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February 25, 2016

Colin Herzig sweeps Expert classes at 2016 DNC

This past weekend, the 2016 Dirt Nitro Challenge was once again held at The Fear Farm in Goodyear, Arizona. Joey and The Dirt track crew did an amazing job on the track build for this years event and it was a big hit with all the drivers. Kenny Brosh and Jimmy Babcock did another great job keeping the race program moving silky smooth all weekend long and with the total 1/8th race entries being limited to 600 this year, the event went off without a hitch and was very well received by all the racers. On Saturday night, the 30-Minute Expert Nitro Truggy A-Main event would be run. Kyosho America’s Colin Herzig would start 3rd on the grid and as the dust settled after the 30-Minute A-main, it was Herzig taking the impressive win by just under 1 second ahead of TQ holder CJ Jelin (HB). Victor Guerrero (HB) would go onto finish 3rd on the podium.

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February 25, 2016

Ales Bayer doubles at Benek Cup

The Polish Benek Cup in Poland, considered to be one of the most popular races in the country, was recently held in the city of Lodz. Ales Bayer would be in control of things in the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes as he not only TQ’d both categories but he also took the overall wins. In 4WD Szymon Luczak and Siwy Luczak would come in second and third respectively while the 2WD podium was completed by Wojciech Rzepecki and Sebastian Migal.

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February 24, 2016

Nico Schmid doubles at Islikon Masters Rd3

The recent third round of the Swiss Islikon Masters attracted a total of 100 drivers to compete in several electric classes including 2WD and 4WD Buggy. Xray’s Nico Schmid made a clean sweep both in the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes by taking the TQs and wins to round out a perfect weekend. Second in 2WD was Team Durango driver Philipp Huber from Florian Schmid (Xray) in third.

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February 24, 2016

Defrenne & Libeer win at Lovan RC-Challenge Rd4

The recent fourth round of the popular Belgian Lovan RC-Challenge saw Stefan Rommens taking the TQ honours in the Touring Stock category. Rico Claeys and Jerome Defrenne lined up in second and third on the grid. For the finals, Jerome shifted into second gear, taking two wins to grab the overall victory from runner-up Rico Claeys. TQ holder Stefan Rommens had to settle for third overall.

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February 24, 2016

Bowie Ginting victorious at Indonesian EP Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Indonesian Electric On-road Nationals was held at the Progresif Circuit in Bandung, West Java with a total of 60 racers signed in for the three classes of Touring Open, FWD and Mini. In the Touring Open class the opening qualifier was TQed by Ronny Suwarto from Donnie Pangemanan and Bowie Ginting with the latter having the speed to TQ but a last lap incident with a backmarker costed him dearly. Q2 was a different affair with Bowie grabbing a dominant TQ, a lap ahead of runner-up Suwardi Suliandy. Another dominant showing in the final qualifier handed Bowie Ginting the overall TQ and the pole position for the A-mains from Ronnie Suwarto who would line up in second on the grid.

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February 24, 2016

Xray Winter Series Greece Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Greek Xray Winter Series was held this past weekend after the race had to be postponed earlier due to weather issues. The event was held at the FRT track in the three classes of Touring Modified, Formula and Pan Car and in the Touring Modified class it was Georgiadis who instantly set the pace and swept qualifying by winning all rounds to take a dominant TQ spot. Behind him, Batas and Papachristos completed the top 3 result.

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February 23, 2016

2016 UISP Indoor Nationals – Report

The RC Landia track in Scandiano, Italy played host to the UISP Indoor Nationals with drivers attending in the three classes of Touring Modified, 10.5T and 13.5T. The event kicked off on Saturday with two rounds of controlled practice and two rounds of qualifying. On Sunday three more rounds of qualifying and the triple mains would be held. In the Touring Modified class, Alessio Menicucci took the TQ by winning three of the five qualifying rounds from Mattia Collina who placed his car on the 2 spot and Dario Balestri in third.

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February 23, 2016

Aaron Dexter takes Australian Junior national title

The recent opening round of the Australian Off-road Nationals in Tasmania saw the running of a Junior race on Saturday. Aaron Dexter would take the win in the Buggy class, coming from 13th on the reversed grid. He had a tough start into the main as he got bumped off the track but with 10 minutes to go he found himself battling for the lead. Suddenly Mitchell Steer, who was in the lead at that time, had a flame out when he came in for fuel. That placed Aaron first until he clipped the rope and crashed. That put Mitchell back into the lead but Aaron was able to apply pressure on him. On the second last lap, Mitchell crashed twice and Aaron managed to get a good enough gap to win and to be crowned the Australian Junior National Champion.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]