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October 1, 2018

Ryan Cavalieri doubles at Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout

The annual Hot Rod Shootout is always a racer’s favorite and attracts some of the fastest pros in the nation for one final mega outdoor showdown in Santa Clarita, California, home of the world famous Hot Rod Hobbies and the 21st running of the Hot Rod Shootout. In 2WD Modified and for those who thought Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri was slowing down because fatherhood stepping in was proven wrong over the course of the weekend as Cavalieri went head to head with current WC and took a resilient bounce back wing after losing A1. It would be easy to give in and just settle for 2nd, but Cavalieri’s inner fire wouldn’t allow that to happen. After stepping up the pace and winning A2, Cav Mode was in full sync and carried the momentum in A3 to seal up the overall in the 2WD Modified class. Ryan Maifield (Yokomo) had to settle for 2nd as Team Associated’s Jake Mayo rounded out the podium result.

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October 1, 2018

Davide Ongaro sweeps Buggy Summer Cup

The inaugural Buggy Summer Cup was held at the Italian Gli Archi track this past weekend with some of Europe’s fastest 1/8th off-road drivers in attendance. In the Nitro Buggy Invitational class it was HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk with the overall TQ while the E-Buggy class was lead by Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro. After the Nitro Buggy main final however it was Davide Ongaro who walked away with another high-class win this season as Mugen’s Robert Batlle and David Ronnefalk came in 2nd and 3rd overall.

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October 1, 2018

German Electric On-road Nationals – Report

The 2019 German Electric On-road Nationals were held at the Arena33 indoor track in Andernach over the weekend. The race was held in three Electric Touring and a single Formula class with the Touring Modified title being snatched by multiple German national champion, Ronald Völker (Yokomo). Awesomatix’s Frederick Südhoff came in 2nd as Thimo Weissbauer rounded out the podium result for Awesomatix.

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October 1, 2018

Xray Racing Series PLMS Poland – Announcement

The 2018/19 edition of the Xray Racing Series PLMS Poland will kick off on the 20th of October. The 6-race series is held in Touring Modified, Touring Stock 13.5T, and Formula 21.5T classes in Scinawka Srednia with the season final held on the 16th of March. More information can soon be found here.

September 28, 2018

Bartosz Zalewski takes Oder Pomerania Cup E-Buggy title

The fourth and final round of the Oder Pomerania Cup was recently held in Germany. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class and after three challenging and exciting finals it was Steven Nortdorf (Agama) with the win from Bartosz Zalewski (Xray) and Thilo Schittko (Agama) on the 3 spot. With his 2nd place finish at round 4 it was Bartosz Zalewski who took the overall title from Steven and Thilo.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 27, 2018

Slovakian EP Off-road Championship Rd7 – Report

The seventh and final round of the Slovakian Electric Off-road Championship was held in Bratislava recently. Morning rain meant a delayed start but also high traction. In the 4WD Buggy class Roman Pavlus took the overall TQ and he also walked away with tone-to-tone wins in the opening two A-mains to take the day’s win from Lacko Toth and Milos Svihran.

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September 27, 2018

Urbain wins French EP TC finale as Duchet takes title

The final round of the French Electric On-road Championship was held at the Angoulême track last weekend. In the Touring Modified class it was Lucas Urbain who took the day’s win while Alexander Duchet had to settle for 2nd overall with P2 and P1 scores in the A-mains. The runner-up spot however was enough to win Duchet the overall Touring Modified championship title. Behind the two, Hugo Ragaut would end the day on the 3 spot, rounding out the podium.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 27, 2018

Xray Racing Series Slovakia – Announcement

Xray have announced the 2018/19 Xray Series Slovakia that will start with round 1 held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trenchin on the 13th of October. The following five rounds will also be held at the iconic place with the finale being scheduled for the 16th of March 2019. Classes run include Touring Modified, Touring 13.5T Stock, Formula, 1/10th Pan Car, 1/12th Pan car and 1/12th GT as well as 1/10th 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy and Truck. More information can be found here.