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June 22, 2017

Hönigl & Pinisch win at Austrian EP Buggy Nats Rd2

The second round of the Austrian 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held up north close to the Czech border at the dirt track of the GMAC Litschau. Low temperatures and a strong wind on Saturday cleaned the track which resulted in good traction – something Hupo Hönigl made maximum use of to grab the overall TQs in both the 4WD and 2WD classes. On Sunday though things changed a lot as hot temperatures left the track dusty and slippery. At the end of the day Hupo was able to convert his 4WD pole position into a win while in 2WD it was Peter Pinisch who took home the win while Hupo struggled a bit with his buggy’s setup.

View the final results here

June 22, 2017

Heung Kim & Soo Kim win at Chuncheon Onroad Champs

Last weekend saw the Chuncheon Onroad Championships, one of Korea’s biggest RC races, taking place. In the premier 1/8th Nitro On-road class it was Ki Heung Kim who claimed the TQ honours. In the main final Kim pulled away in the early stages of the race and he controlled the field from the top. At the end Ki took the win by half a lap ahead of Ki Yong Hong with Yeong Rok Lee rounding out the podium in 3rd.

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June 22, 2017

Daniel Kobbevik successful at Summer Champs

The Hveren Raceway of Oslo, Norway played host to the 4WD portion of the popular Summer Champs race. Xray’s Daniel Kobbevik would set the early pace by winning all three qualifiers to take the overall TQ from Serpent driver Marius Kristiansen and Schumacher’s Steffen Larsen. The opening A-main then was smooth sailing for Daniel who took a convincing win from Marius and Steffen. A2 was pretty much a blue print of the opening main with Daniel looking smooth and controlled while others struggled to follow his pace. Behind him it was again Marius and Steffen for the top 3. For A3 Daniel opted to sit out to not disturb the race for the final podium spots. After some eventful five minutes it was Marius Mossum (Xray) with the win from Steffen Larsen and Magne Kobbevik, giving a podium result of Daniel, Marius Kristensen and Marius Mossum.

View the final results here

June 21, 2017

Victor Pelaez scores win at Spanish 200mm Nationals Rd2

Last weekend the second round of the Spanish 1/10th 200mm Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the Ronda track in Andalusia. The race took place in quite extreme conditions due to the high temperatures, and at the end of the qualifying it was Jonnhy Pastor to take the TQ honours, while Juan Hidalgo would line up in 2nd on the A-main grid after winning the Superpole race. In the main final though, it was Victor Pelaez who took the lead in the early stages of the race, never to letting it go and taking the win ahead of Raul Amella for a Capricorn 1-2, with the Mugen of Sergi Franch rounding up the podium.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

June 21, 2017

CWIC Xray Racing Series UK – Announcement

Xray have announced the CWIC XRS UK racing series for the 2017/18 winter season. The races will be held at Christie Miller Sports Centre, Melksham with the series kicking off on the 15th of October and it finishes off with round 7 held on the 11th of March 2018. More information can be found here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 21, 2017

Polish On-road Championship Rd3 – Report

The third round of the Polish On-road National Championship was held recently in several electric and nitro classes. In the Touring Modified class it was Arkadiusz Smyk who took round TQ in Q2 and Q3 to take the overall TQ and the pole position for the finals. In the opening two A-mains Arkadiusz brought home wins to bag the overall victory from Bartosz Pochopień, who challenged Arkadiusz in A1 but made a mistake in A2. The podium was rounded out by Mateusz Ogonowski in 3rd.

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June 21, 2017

Chan Chau-man doubles at Shepherd China Cup Rd2

The second round of the Corona Shepherd China Cup was recently held at the SRC track in Shenzhen. In the 1/10th Open class it was Chan Chau-man who was the man to beat as he swept all three qualifying rounds to take the overall TQ. Also in the main final Chan Chau-man drove a flawless race, leading from the start to the checkered flag he took the win in front of Fai Ho and Ray Poon in 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the 1/10th Shepherd class, run with mandatory Shepherd Velox V10 cars, Chan Chau-man completed his podium sweep by taking another win that weekend. Ray Poon came in 2nd with Pong rounding out the podium. With this result Chan Chau-man claimed the second win in a row in the Shepherd Championship and increased his lead in the championship standings.

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June 21, 2017

Mark Wallin wins at AARCMCC EP On-road State Titles

The 2017 AARCMCC EP On-Road State Titles were held at the Sydney Model Autosports track in the west of Sydney. The SMA track is a flowing technical track with a challenging layout to really test drivers abilities. The lead up to the meeting was dogged with bad weather which ultimately caused the meeting to be abandoned after the completion of qualifying. Saturday kicked off with a seeding run, each class was given a 5-minute session on the track, a drivers quickest three consecutive laps would then be counted for a total time that would seed the first three rounds of qualifying. In 1/12th Modified Mark Wallin went all in, using a set of brand new, un-cut and un-treated tyres and his decision proved to be a good one as he set a seed time of 52.068 seconds placing him at the top of the order for round one. The first round of 1/12th qualifying confirmed that Mark was going to have to work hard. After missing the seeding round, Ed Clark came out strong posting several quickest laps to take 2nd behind Mark in the round.

Continue reading the report here