Xray have announced the Xray Racing Series Germany for the 2018/19 indoor season. The 5-race series will kick off on the 17th and 18th of November at the MAC Adenau club and with have its grand final at the Arena33 in Andernach from the 23rd to 24th of February 2019. The races will see Touring Stock, FWD, Formula, 1/12th and 1/12th GT classes and more information can soon be found here.
After a tough day yesterday, David Ronnefalk has opened the final day of qualifying at the 1:8 Offroad World Championships with a TQ run. Having kicked off the event with a TQ in Q1, the HB Racing driver topped the times for a second time in the penultimate round ahead of last night’s Q4 winner Davide Ongaro. Building on his big improvement in the fourth round, Spencer Rivkin completed the Top 3 being just 0.034 behind Associated team-mate Ongaro. Robert Batlle would be the best of the Mugen runners setting the fourth fastest time ahead of top Xray for the round CJ Jelin while Jared Tebo once again completed the Top 6. Having held the overnight TQ, it was a rough round for Ty Tessmann who made a number of mistakes that resulted in being 7th fastest – his first time being outside the Top 6.
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The opening round of the Finnish Electric Touring Car Nationals was held in Lahti last weekend. The event was held on ETS carpet and as part of a hobby fair, attracting both many drivers and spectators. The competitive Touring Modified class saw Miko Teponoja taking the overall TQ in the tie-breaker with Joel Valander coming in 2nd on the grid. The opening A-main saw the TQ holder taking the win from Georgy Chmigal while in A2 it was Joel Valander who took the win from Miko in 2nd. The decisive third A-main again saw Miko holding the upper hand from Joel, and so it was Miko with the overall win from Joel 2nd as Georgy rounded out the top 3 in front of Vesa Yli and Henry Salmen.
Davide Ongaro came good on his Top Seeding at the 1:8 Offroad World Championships to TQ the fourth round of qualifying in Perth. The Italian led a Team Associated 1-2 in the evening run with Ryan Cavalieri enjoying a much improved performance as the American manufacturer’s drivers on the whole showed strong. Having failed to run inside the Top 10 in the opening three qualifiers, Spencer Rivkin would take his RC8 to the fourth fastest time. For defending champion David Ronnefalk, who broke in the previous round, his day was not to get any better as he suffered a plug failure during Q4. Another of the title contenders to hit problems was reigning 1:10 electric Offroad World Champion Ryan Maifield who suffered a flame out after he was released from his fuel stop during the 1o-minute heat. Naoto Matsukura would set the third fastest time for the round with his second Top 3 of the event. Behind him and Rivkin, Jared Tebo would have his best result so far with P5 ahead of Ty Tessmann, who having topped his heat was later demoted to 6th.
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The 2018 season of the South African On-Road Electric National Championship concluded recently with the final round. In Touring Modified, Hein Kotze managed to retain his title with ease from Conrad Liebenberg 2nd and Shaun Schutte 3rd.
The second race of the XRS PLMS On-road Series was held in the Polish town of Scinawka Srednia. The event not only attracted local drivers but also guests from the Czech Republic to compete in the three classes of Touring Modified, Touring 13.5T Stock and Formula. The Stock and Formula classes use XRS Hobbywing motors and all classes roll on pre-glued Hudy rubber. In Touring Modified it was Jakub Rozycki who took the win ahead of Jaroslaw Siwek and Martin Korinek in 2nd and 3rd respectively, making it an all-Xray podium.
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It was another TQ run for Ty Tessmann at the 1:8 Offroad World Championships in Australia as the Canadian opened Day 2 of qualifying with a considerably slower time for the 10-minute compared to yesterday. Topping Q2 with a time of 10:08.083 compared to today’s pace of 10:12.716, Tessmann led an Xray 1-2 with Bruno Coelho topping his heat for his best points so far. Having taken the opening round of qualifying, it wasn’t to be a good start to Wednesday’s action for reigning champion David Ronnefalk. On his third lap, the HB Racing driver ‘donkey flipped’ his buggy on the right side of the track leading to a broken suspension arm. A strong run from Spanish Mugen driver Juan Carlos Canas would see him complete the Top 3 ahead of team-mates Ryan Maifield and Robert Batlle. Former Worlds Top Qualifier Elliot Boots, who so far hasn’t featured strongly, would be the top Kyosho for the third round with his first Top 6 run.
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Hi Performance Hobbies in Hutchinson, Kansas held their 34th annual Fall Classic race last weekend with nearly 200 entries for the several electric off-road classes. In 2WD Mod Buggy it was Zac Gastelum with the overall TQ, however he was tie on points with Trevor Nault but the faster tie-breaker handed Zac the overall TQ. In 4WD Mod Buggy it was again the duo of Zac and Trevor that battled it out for the overall TQ, and again Zac would hold the upper hand in the tie-breaker for his second overall TQ that weekend.
