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November 17, 2017

Xray Racing Series Poland Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Xray Racing Series Poland was held in Lodz. The event took place in a newly-built sports hall and the track, laid out with EOS carpet and using new jumps, made for real EOS feeling. Bartlomiej Zambrzycki made a clean sweep in the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes by taking the TQ and win in both at round 1. Bartosz Zalewski obtained the runner-up spot in 2WD from Jakub Luczak 3rd with the two swapping places in the 4WD ranking, handing Jakub the overall 2nd place from Bartosz 3rd.

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November 17, 2017

Mustafa Alp wins at Italian UISP Nationals

The Italian UISP Nationals were held at Indoor Racing Chilelli in Scrivia, Italy. The race schedule was free practice on Saturday followed by triple qualifiers and triple mains on Sunday. Classes run included Touring Modified, Touring 13.5T Stock, Touring 17.5T Stock as well as Formula, 1/10th Pan Car and LRP Blast Truck. In 13.5T Stock it was Xray’s Mustafa Alp, who TQ’d round 1 and 3 of the qualifiers while sitting out Q2 to save tyres. In the finals it was again Mustafa on the top spot from the Capricorn of Federico Barbieri and Team Associated driver Davide Ongaro.

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November 17, 2017

Paparegas takes 6th consecutive Greek IC Buggy title

The fourth and final round of Greek 1/8th Buggy Championship took place at the Renti track with drivers from all over Greece attending the event. Reigning champion, Tasos Paparegas (Xray) was in attendance to defend his title with a 4th place overall being enough for him to take another national title. Qualifying went well for him but at the start of the A-main he went into issues with slower drivers that send him dead last. However Tasos would start a comeback and ultimately he would end the race on the 3 spot which was enough for him to take his sixth consecutive title. Anapoliotakis (Tekno) would end the day on the highest step of the podium from Kyosho driver Papanikolaou in 2nd. Overall in the championship, Anapoliotakis took the runner-up spot from Papanikolaou 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 17, 2017

World Champion Coelho delivers first TQ run

Reigning World Champion Bruno Coelho ‘finally’ delivered his first TQ run in China as he became the first driver to run 13-laps at Xiamen ARC International Raceway. With a P4 for the opening round and a P5 in Q2, the Xray driver produced his cleanest run on his third attempt to top the times from David Ronnefalk and Ryan Maifield – the consistent duo of qualifying so far switching their Top 3 order of the previous two rounds. With Coelho the third different driver to top the times in qualifying, Q2 pace setter Ty Tessmann would back it up with a P4 while Spencer Rivkin managed a much improved performance on his previous qualifier to end up 7th for the round.

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November 17, 2017

3-hour 1/8th On-road Endurance Race – Announcement

The Deportivo de Automodelismo de Sevilla club will hold a season-ending 3-hour 1/8th on-road endurance race on the 16th of December in Sevilla, Spain. Teams will consist of two pilots and spots available are limited. More information about the event can be found on the club’s website here.

November 17, 2017

Izzah & Ginting win at Jakarta GP finale

The final round of the Jakarta Grand Prix was held at Sunter International Speedway with around 45 racers attending in the 1/10 GP, 1/8 GP and 1/8 GT classes. The 1/8 GP category saw Muhammad Izzah walking away with the win from Dimas Ardian and Teddy Syach. Arya Wiriadipoera and Ignatius Ryan would round out the top 5 result.

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November 17, 2017

Tessmann takes Q2 in China

Ty Tessmann has TQ’d the second round of qualifying at the 1:10 Offroad World Championships in China. Having opened 4WD qualifying with a P5 run, the Xray driver found 7-seconds to top Q2 by a 1.4-second margin from Yokomo’s Ryan Maifield who posted another P2 run. Despite a number of mistakes over the 5-minutes, David Ronnefalk would have the pace to again complete the Top 3, the HB Racing driver posting the fastest lap on his penultimate lap to finish a further 1.1-seconds off Maifield. Having failed to finish Q1, Ryan Cavalieri would recover with a fourth for the round while Associated team-mate and Q1 pace setter Spencer Rivkin had a messy round ending up 19th fastest.

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November 17, 2017

Rivkin surprises to TQ opening qualifier

Spencer Rivkin has taken a surprise TQ in the opening round of 4WD qualifying at the World Championships in China. Seeding 8th in the fastest heat after a disappointing 2WD campaign, the former champion took the first of the 5-scheduled rounds of qualifying from his 2WD World Champion successor Ryan Maifield, the American duo separated by half a second. Behind them, David Ronnefalk would recover from an early mistake to complete the Top 3 ahead of reigning champion Bruno Coelho, Ty Tessmann and Naoto Matsukura. Having topped yesterday’s seeding in Xiamen, Joern Neumann have a costly mistake that cost him 6-seconds as he waited on marshals leaving the German with a P12 for the opening round.

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