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September 12, 2016

Roy Gjemble crowned Norwegian 4WD national champ

The fourth and final round of the Norwegian National 1/10th was held this past weekend and hosted by the Trondheim RC Car Club at the astroturf track in Skogn. Unfortunately the weather, that was warm and sunny during the 2WD portion of the event, changed over night and turned into heavy rain so the 4WD race was definitely a wet race event as it rained throughout all four qualifiers. Malin Karlsen was unbeatable in qualifying and took the TQ honours after winning the two first rounds. Her buggy looked really good in the wet and in what was a switch of roles from from the 2WD event, Roy Gjemble and his Schumacher took the second spot on the A-main grid while another Schumacher driver, talented Steffen Hjortshøj, completed the top 3.

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September 12, 2016

Brunei Nitro GT Nationals Rd5 – Report

Round five of the Brunei Nitro GT Nationals was held at the big Budiman Youth Park track in the country’s capital. Even though the turnout was smaller than at the previous rounds, the race still offered very close and competitive racing. With the series’ top two points leaders Darul and Pg Shamsul absent from this race it was a great opportunity for the other racers to score some big points. In the qualifying rounds, Bahreen, one of the up and coming stars in this class swiftly clinched to TQ spot after topping two rounds straight.

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September 9, 2016

Fifth round added for EOS Season #6

As the Euro Offroad Series gets set to enter into a sixth season of world class competition, the organisers are excited to announce the addition of a fifth date to the calendar. As it did last season, the successful Indoor 1:10 Electric Offroad Championship will open next weekend (Sept 16-18) at the iconic Nurburgring race circuit as part of the 1:1 scale Blancpain GT Series race weekend.

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September 9, 2016

Dante Piersante wins 200mm class at SRC Trophy

The SRC Trophy was held in Montegiorgio, Italy last weekend in the two classes of 1/8th nitro and 1/10th 200mm nitro. The 1/10th class saw very tight battles right from the start of the qualifying when Dante Piersante, Mattia Collina and Alessio Menicucci fought for the pole position. At the end Piersante took the TQ in front of Collina and Menicucci in second and third respectively. From the sound of the tone a battle for the top spots arose in the main final but Menicucci had to stop due to a broken tyre. At the end of the 30 minutes long final Dante Piersante would take the win over Mattia Collina and Federico Iezzi (all Xray).

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 9, 2016

Malin Karlsen wins OMK Fall Classic Series Rd1

The opening round of the OMK Fall Classic Series for 2WD buggies was hosted by the Oslo R/C Car Club. The race series consists of eight rounds held in the evenings at the OMK track and the race format is three qualifiers and triple A-mains. Xray’s Malin Karlsen would take the pole position for the A-mains after some eventful heats. In the opening A-main Malin would then come out successful even after a bobble in the opening stages that cost her the lead but with swift laps and a bit of patience she was able to regain the lead and to take the win in A1. A2 then again was won by Malin who was closely chased by the second place driver but she would take the win after opening a gap on the field. A3 and the sun had settled meaning it would be colder and also a bit moist in some parts of the track. Sticking with her dry track tyre choice she again was the fastest car on the track, allowing her to take the leg win and with it the overall victory from Marius Kristensen (Serpent) in second and Steffen Larsen (Team Associated) in third.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 9, 2016

Kaja Novotny doubles at Czech Nationals Rd5

Round five of the Czech 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the Zabreh track last weekend. The organisers opted to sugar-treat the track right before the event but watering it on Saturday morning took away some of the traction, making things more interesting. In the 2WD class Xray’s Kaja Novotny took the overall TQ from Ales Bidovsky (Xray) and Marek Schiller (PR). The 4WD qualification was pretty much the same story as Kaja TQed every round with Ales Bidovsky coming in second and Marek Schiller in third.

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September 9, 2016

Frédéric Santos takes Portuguese Stock TC title

The fifth round of the Portuguese Touring Stock National Championship was held at the Armaia track. Frédéric Santos (Xray) laid down a brilliant performance all day, sweeping the qualifiers to take the pole position for the A-mains. In the mains Frédéric would continue to dominate, taking the opening two A-mains to grab the overall win and with it the 2016 Touring Stock National Championship title. Helder Silva (Capricorn) would come in second both at round five and in the overall ranking while Jorge Chalupa (Schumacher) completed the podium in third but overall in the Championship it was Patrick Santos (Xray) who obtained the final spot on the podium.

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September 9, 2016

Swedish National Cup Rd3 – Report

Round three of the Swedish National Cup for 1/10th scale electric buggies was held at the new astro turf track in Karlskrona. The track was an open, flowing layout with some interesting jumps and a fairly low-grip surface. In 2WD local racer David Ronnefalk laid down an exhibition of great driving skills when he swept all qualification rounds as well as the two first A-mains to take the overall win. What was left for the others was to fight for the remaining podium spots. Alexander Landén qualified in third behind “Fredde” Mathiesen.

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