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July 3, 2018

David Loppini wins Italian 200mm Nats Rd2

The 2nd round of Italian Championship was held at the Mini Autodromo Fiorano track last weekend. In the 200mm Nitro Touring class it was David Loppini (Xray) with the TQ. For the final David went for a super aggressive strategy as he was the only one to go for a full tyre change, starting with qualfying tyres. After a few minutes a little touch with Francesco Tironi resulted in a stop & go penalty but after few laps David was back in the lead again. Running in qualifying mode with a super fast pace David was confident to recover after the tyre change and after a super tight battle in the final minutes he finally saw the chequered flag in the 1st position as Francesco Tironi (Infinity) came in 2nd and Salvatore Gilberto (Capricorn) ended the race on the 3 spot.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 3, 2018

Neumann & Orlowski successful at Belgium GP

This last weekend saw the prestigious annual Belgium GP at Kampenhout. In 2WD Michal Orlowski took TQ from Jörn Neumann, but it was reversed in the finals with Jörn taking the overall win from Michal and an excellent 3rd for Wesley Van Helmond, rounding out an all Schumacher podium. In 4WD Michal and Jörn were battling out for TQ once again, this time Michal came out on top TQ’ing and winning the finals. Tom Cockerill for Yokomo in 3rd spoilt the Schumacher podium lockout.

View the 4WD podium here

July 3, 2018

Johansson doubles at Swedish National Cup Rd2

The second round of the Swedish National Cup was held at K-raceway and hosted by the Karlskrona MRK club. The event marked the start of the outdoor season for many as the opening round was cancelled. In the 4WD Buggy class Alexander Landen set the pace in qualifying to line up on the 1 spot in front of Elias Johansson in 2nd and 1/8th scale Buggy specialist, Hampus Berg 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

July 3, 2018

Degani wins Expert Buggy at Cali Summer Classic

The California Summer Classic was held at Channel Islands Raceway this past weekend and in the Expert Nitro Buggy class it was veteran racer and former IFMAR World Champion, Greg Degani (JQRacing) with the win in the 30-minute A-main. Cole Jenson (HB Racing) came in 2nd, some four seconds down as TQ holder Don Vinkemulder (TLR) rounded out the top 3 another 14 seconds down.

Source: Top Notch Series [topnotchseries.com]

July 3, 2018

Daniel Kobbevik takes double Norwegian 1/8th title

This year it was Sandefjord RC Club, that was going to host the Norwegian National 1/8th Off-road Championship for 2018. The event saw the running of the nitro and electric class at the same weekend and the race was very well organised with the good and warm weather further adding to the whole fun. Xray’s Daniel Kobbevik was one of the pre-event favourites as he had a clear winning streak going into the event. However he would only arrive late on Friday evening for a short shakedown of the cars and his strategy was to use the qualifiers to learn the layout and find the right setup and speed. The strategy worked out perfect, and already in first qualifier round Daniel was the only one to score a 10-laps run. The only other driver with a 10-laps run in qualification was Xray driver Lars Erik Mo. Daniel carried on in tremendous speed and would ultimately win all rounds both in 1/8 electric and nitro, all 10lap runs, so already on Saturday he was top qualifier in both categories.

Continue reading the report here

July 3, 2018

Urban Touring Series Rd3 – Report

The Urban Touring Series returned to the rooftop circuit at Urban PlaySpace this past Sunday. This round marked the halfway stage of the 5-race series, and most of the racers in the top-10 of the championship ranking list entered. Anticipation was therefore high as to who would take the win and assume the lead in the overall championship rankings. The day started off overcast, but thankfully dry. After a short open practice session, racers hit the track for the first of three rounds of qualifying. Out of the gate, it was clear that young Sean Lee meant business as he showed tremendous pace to challenge regular front-runners Dominic Quek and PY Tang. Another youngster, Koh Boon Yang, was also translating his recent practice track time to a strong showing.

Continue reading the report here

July 3, 2018

Likaris wins Greek 200mm Nationals Rd4

Round 4 of this year’s Greek 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring Nationals was held at the Fanatix Racing Track in Athens. After four rounds of qualifying Bill Likaris managed took the overall TQ while scoring the fastest lap of the day in the process. In the A-main Bill then took over the lead, never looked back and though he did an extra pit stop he finished 1st with a 16-seconds gap on 2nd placed Xray driver Sotiropoulos. Nikos Karabelas had an amazing beginning in the final, holding 3rd place, and looking forward to overtake 2nd place John Sotiropoulos until Nikos made a mistake, missed the timing loop and lost a lap which dropped him in the last position. Lampros Tsiklitiras held the 4th position and after the mistake of Nikos he took over the 3rd place, doing his best to manage the podium but a flame-out cost him one minute, promoting Capricorn’s Dimitris Papadopoulos into 3rd. Not having enough time to overtake him Lampros finish 4th in the A-main, gaining important points for the the championship.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com] | Image: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 2, 2018

Fotinos wins 2WD Buggy class at XRS Greece Rd5

The fifth round of the Xray Racing Series Greece was held at the Fanatix Racing Track in Athens recently. In the 2WD Buggy class and in the opening A-main it was Fotinos with the win from Ioannidis 2nd with the two having a nice battle for the whole five minutes. In the second main Ioannidis was able to take profit of electronic issues that plagued Fotinos. Going into A3 the decision for the overall win was still wide open. In the opening lap Ioannidis made a nice pass on Fotinos but Ioannidis would suffer a crash and he would eventually finish on P3, handing Fotinos the win with Ioannidis coming in 2nd from Sikianakis 3rd.

View the final results here