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June 18, 2016

Jeff Hamon wins at 2016 NSW titles

The 2016 NSW titles were recently held at the John Grant International Raceway in Sydney, Australia, a favourite for many racers. Moved from the traditional Easter long weekend, the weather was perfect for the duration of the event and plenty of great racing was had over the classes. In the 1/10th Nitro Touring class Jeff Hamon (Mugen) would cruise to the win with Xray’s Tim Lee grabbing the runner-up spot after having a mixed race, dropping down the order while fighting with another car but making a compact to second. Alex Koussas (Capricorn) would take the final podium position in third.

View the final results here

June 17, 2016

Mazzeo tops TP1 at ENS Germany

Despite a flight delay causing him to miss yesterday’s practice, Alessio Mazzeo has topped the first round of timed practice at Round 2 of the Euro Nitro Series in Germany. Setting the fastest 3-consecutive laps ahead of Kyle Branson ad Jilles Groskamp, the Serpent driver’s time could prove significant. With heavy rain returning over Minidrom Ettlingen as the first 1:8 seeding round was underway, the latest rain delay may mean the qualifying heats may now be based off the single timed practice. While good news for Mazzeo, such a scenario would leave ENS Italy Top Qualifier Bruno Coelho in the third fastest heat as the Xray driver struggled for traction in TP1 and could only manage the 27th fastest time.

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June 17, 2016

Rybak & Abrahamek score at Czech IC Track Nats Rd3

The recent third round of the Czech Nitro On-road Nationals saw Jiri Rybak (Xray/O.S.) taking a narrow win in the 1/8th class from Filip Uher (Xray/O.S.) who ended the A-main some three seconds down in second. Miroslav Jurenka (Sheapherd/Novarossi) would complete the top 3 podium result. In 1/10th 200mm Touring, Michal Abrahamek (Xray/ O.S.) took the TQ after the qualifiers and he would continue to dominate in the main final as he ended the race some four laps ahead of Ondřej Kulhánek (Xray/ O.S.) while Michal Jansa (KM/Reds Racing) rounded out the top 3.

View the 200mm Touring podium here

June 17, 2016

Wesley van Helmond wins at Dutch Buggy Cup Rd3

The recent third round of the Dutch Buggy Cup was held at the Oberhausen track in Germany. The Nitro Buggy main final saw a battle for the win between Wesley van Helmond (TLR) and Jarno Pijpers (Xray), the latter coming from the 7 spot on the grid. Both made mistakes at one or the other point but a flame out after a crash cost Jarno dearly so he had to settle for second behind Wesley while Marcel Müller (Team Associated) rounded out the top 3 result.

View the final results here

June 17, 2016

Chen Yanfu wins at Beijing BGP opening race

The recent Beijing BGP opening race saw the running of a 1/12th 13.5T spec class and it was Lu Yi Heng (Xray) who took the TQ after the triple qualifiers. The battle for the overall TQ was a very close one with Lu finally grabbing the TQ in the third and final qualifier by 0.4 seconds. In the triple A-mains Lu suffered from setup issues with the car constantly traction rolling on the grippy CRC black carpet. Chen Yanfu (Xray) made maximum use of the situation to bring home the win from TQ holder Lu Yi Heng while Liu Yunan (Kyosho) completed the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 16, 2016

Peter Pinisch doubles at rain-affected Austrian Nats Rd3

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Last weekend the third round of the Austrian Nationals was held at the dirt track TSA Krieglach. The weather forecast for the race day was not so good and the rain stopped the race after three rounds of qualifying. Schumacher’s Peter Pinisch took the win in both classes with the fastest time of the day. The Team Associated duo of Stefan Pfeifhofer and Lucas Grainer would side-line Peter on the 2WD podium while Hupo Hönigl (Xray) and Marcel Rekettye completed the 4WD top 3 result.

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June 16, 2016

Victorian Drivers Series Rd2 – Report

Round two of the Victorian Drivers Series was held at the regional club on Mildura, around 550km northwest of Melbourne. Over 140 entries were received for the event, including close to 20 in the under 16 junior class, the first to be held at the famous club’s new facility which their members ha. With a very large red clay track with a unique diagonal centre straight, and winter desert climate giving freezing mornings and sunny afternoons, the event was a challenge for all racers. The surface was very cold and slick in the mornings but grooved up through the day, making tyre choice critical. With the large entries the meeting was run over 3 days, practice Friday and Saturday morning, qualifying Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, finals Sunday afternoon.

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June 16, 2016

Kurzbuch & Wischnewski aiming to build on early ENS lead

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Simon Kurzbuch and Dirk Wischnewski travel to Germany this weekend aiming to build on the early points lead victory brought them at the Euro Nitro Series season opener in April. Following an 8-week break since the Bologna event, the onroad nitro championship returns to Minidrom Ettlingen which last year made its first appearance on the ENS calendar bringing contrasting results for the two drivers. For 1:10 specialist Wishnewski, his home race would end a 6-year drought of international wins as he notched up both his and Team Shepherd’s first victory in the high profile championship. For Kurzbuch, then as the reigning ENS Champion, the race would effectively end his title hopes as the Top Qualifier finished only 7th. As he struggled, up front it was the new champion to be Dario Balestri who would claim his first 1:8 victory of the ENS.

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