July 2, 2016

2016 Chinese National Onroad Champions crowned

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The 2016 Chinese Nationals, organised by the Car Modelling Association of China, was once again run at the amazing 3-Circles owned ARC International Raceway in Xiamen in the south east of the country. The facility featuring both an onroad and offroad track, set side by side and overlooked by a huge 200m long 3-storey pit area, driver stand & viewing area played host to 260 entries competing in 9 different classes in both onroad and offroad. With offroad still to be completed, onroad was run first and after 3 extremely warm and humid days, interrupted by rain, we saw 4 new National Champions crowned.

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July 2, 2016

HNMC Grand Prix – Announcement

HNMC Grand Prix – Announcement

The Herts Nitro Model Club have announced the HNMC Grand Prix for the weekend of the 29th of August. The open tyre event is run to BRCA rules and it will be held on the club’s popular multi-surface track, running 1/8th Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truggy as well as E-Buggy classes. The event starts off on Saturday with controlled practice, Sunday is reserved for five rounds of qualifying with christmas tree mains held on Monday. Sign-up for the event is available here here.


July 2, 2016

Völker, Ratheisky & Gosvig TQ at EFRA On–road Euros

Völker, Ratheisky & Gosvig TQ at EFRA On–road Euros

The 2016 EFRA 1/10th Electric On–road European Championships are being held this week at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia. After five rounds of qualifying in very hot weather conditions it was Yokomo’s Ronald Völker who put his car on the 1 spot for the triple A–main events with Xray’s Bruno Coelho coming in second. Marc Rheinard (Tamiya) rounds out the top 3 result for now.

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July 1, 2016

Malin Karlsen takes win at Norwegian Nationals Rd3

Malin Karlsen takes win at Norwegian Nationals Rd3

Round three of the Norwegian 1/10th Electric Off-road National Series was recently held at the Oslo-based Hverven Raceway. In the 4WD Buggy class, Xray’s Malin Karlsen would bring home the day’s win with victories in A1 and A3, coming from the 3 spot on the grid. Yokomo team mates Eirik Andreassen and Daniel Kobbevik rounded out the podium in second and third respectively.

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July 1, 2016

Will Brinton wins at AE Summer Series Rd4

Will Brinton wins at AE Summer Series Rd4

Round four of The Team Associated Summer Series at the Hobbyplex was last weekend, and the competition was stacked with heavy hitters from all over the mid-west with the race having a nice turnout with 194 entries. Will Brinton was an unstoppable force in Modified Racing Truck, taking the TQ in both rounds of qualifying, and a wire-to-wire win in the 8-minute single A-main with a near-flawless run.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]


June 30, 2016

Mustafa Alp doubles at Xray TORC Rd3

Mustafa Alp doubles at Xray TORC Rd3

Round three of the Xray TORC series was held at Burmod Bursa last weekend. The weekend started off with very hot weather but ended – yet again – in a rain drama. In the Nitro Touring class, Mustafa Alp took round TQs in Q1 and Q2 but suffered strange car problems in the following two rounds. After an overnight car rebuild Alp was back on track in Q5, taking the final qualifier and with it the overall TQ in front of Halit, who came out fastest in Q3 and Q4.

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June 30, 2016

Thrasyvoulou wins at Cyprus International Buggy race

Thrasyvoulou wins at Cyprus International Buggy race

Last weekend the Cyprus International 1/8 Nitro Buggy Race was held in Nicosia with drivers from Cyprus, Greece and Israel in attendance. The weather was extremely hot and the new track layout with high jumps and a lot of bumps made for challenging racing conditions. In the A-main Andreas Thrasyvoulou (Xray) brought home the win from Rafail Panayi (Xray) and Marios Christodoulou (Mugen).

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June 30, 2016

Robert Okonski successful at Polish Nationals Rd3

Robert Okonski successful at Polish Nationals Rd3

Round three of the Polish On-road Championships was held at the recently refurbished Jelcz-Laskowice track. Offering fast sections and a low grip level the track was a bit of a handful for many of the EP Formula class drivers especially those who prepped their cars according to the EFRA rules with rubber tyres and slower motors than the boosted 17.5T and foam tyres that are allowed in the Polish Championship. In the qualifiers, run in very hot weather conditions on Saturday, the battle for the TQ was on between Michal Milanowicz and Robert Okonski with the better end for Robert. The final on Sunday were a much different affair with 20°C and some rain. Robert though would bring home the win from Michal who suffered from bad luck in A1 and A2. The third and final A-main was than dropped by the organisers due to too much rain. Overall, Jan Ruman would round out the top 3 result, making it an all-Xray top 3.

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