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July 2, 2017

2017 EFRA 1/10th Electric Track Euros – Report

The 2017 EFRA 1/10th Electric Track European Championship was held this weekend in Almussafes, Spain. Unseasonable rain here in Spain put the drivers, and their cars, in a spin at the finals on Saturday until the sun came out and normal service was resumed. In ISTC Modified Touring and with the first A-final held about 90 minutes after the rain stopped grip was beginning to return to the Almusafes track. However neither of the front row starters could find any traction and it was P3 starter Marc Rheinard who shot into the lead, which he held for the entire five minutes. Behind him runner-up after the qualifiers, Bruno Coelho clung on to his 2nd place starting position, but pole man Ronald Volker had a nightmare spinning out four times before retiring from the race.

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June 30, 2017

Xray Racing Series Austria – Announcement

The Xray Racing Series Austria will take place on the weekend of the 23rd of July at the MRC Wiener Neustradt track in Vienna. Held in Modified, Pro Stock and Formula classes the event will see a full day of practice, including the famous floodlight practice, on Saturday with Sunday being race day. More information, rules and registration are available here.

June 30, 2017

BRCA 1/8th Circuit National Series Rd4 – Report

Round four of the BRCA 1/8th Circuit National Series was held at the famous Mendip circuit near Weston Super Mare. It is a circuit famous for its Diggers dip before the main straight and it has seen many big names in the RC world race here down the years, including some of Europe’s Elite in the 90s. Race day was sunny and tyre wear was extremely high with the track surface very abrasive. Top international racer Mark Green was one noticeable absentee from the top heat and meant it would be a closer affair between the top nitro guys. In total, around fifty drivers were competing across the two classes with the electric class now not far off being as popular as nitro.

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June 29, 2017

Nitro-West-Masters Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the popular Nitro-West-Masters took place at the Dueren track near Aachen with a total of 51 entries. Perfect weather conditions – only on Sunday morning a few rain drops came down during the first heat – and the 232 metre track with its fluent layout and high grip level set the stage for some spectacular racing on Sunday. In the premier 1/8th Open class, Tobias Hepp captured the pole position as he did at round 1 at Hamm. Other direct qualifiers included ARC fellow Philipp Roemer and the two Mugen drivers Christian Wurst and Daniel Toennessen.

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June 28, 2017

Ty Tessmann takes 2017 ROAR Nitro Truck title

The 2017 ROAR Fuel Offroad Nationals were held at Stateline RC Raceway last weekend. Rainy weather made things unpleasant at times but the track owners went above and beyond to make sure everyone had everything they needed and more, and got the track ready to run again after the rain came. In the Nitro Truck A-main runner-up after the qualifiers, Ty Tessmann (Xray) tried to keep up with leader Ryan Maifield (Mugen) right from the beginning and he waited for an opportunity to pass. Both battled back and forth during the beginning of the race but eventually Maifield made a bigger mistake which allowed Tessmann to get out in front and form a gap between them. Ty didn’t push too hard but just tried to maintain the gap and finish the race in 1st place which he was able to do, giving him his 4th national Truggy title. Behind Tessmann, Ryan Maifield and Tekno RC’s Ryan Lutz would round out the podium result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com] | Image: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

June 28, 2017

Broc Champlin doubles at JBRL Electric Series Rd4

Round 4 of the Jimmy Babcock Racing League Electric Series was held at OC/RC Raceway in Huntington Beach, California. The event again attracted some of California’s fastest electric drivers to compete in several Modified and Stock classes with young Broc Champlin (Team Associated) making the double in the 2WD Open and 4WD Open categories. The Team Associated duo of Ron Devoll and Tommy Hinz came in 2nd and 3rd respectively while in the 4WD Open class Broc was side lined by Jake Mayo (Team Associated) and Tommy Hinz (Team Associated) in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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June 28, 2017

Swiss Electric On-road Championship Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the Swiss Electric On-road Championship was held in Geneva in the usual classes of Touring Modified, Touring Pro Stock, Formula and Swiss GT. 45 drivers signed in to battle it out in the most south-west point of the country. In the Touring Modified class Michele Manzo swept qualifying to secure the pole position for the triple A-mains. A1 then also went to plan for Michele but in A2 he struggled with backmarkers and he had some bobbles in A3 but nevertheless he was able to bring home the win in front of teammate Fabian Widmer. Philipp Huber would round out the podium result.

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June 27, 2017

Sobue & Lee win at Asia Onroad Championship Rd2

Round 2 of the Asia Onroad Championship was held at the famous TRC circuit in Hong Kong. This time, for the sake of variety and the driver’s opinion, the organisers had decided to use the bigger GP track for the event. This was a much welcomed move, as it was very fun to drive as a result of its bigger size and high grip levels. Unfortunately, the event was struck by heavy rain showers throughout but the organisers were able to be flexible with the schedule, to allow drivers to get most of their runs in. The Touring Modified finals were rather eventful and ultimately it was Infinity’s Akio Sobue who walked away with the win from teammate Naoto Matsukura in 2nd and Xray’s Alexander Hagberg 3rd.

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