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April 21, 2016

Ficco, Wynn & Witteman win at Mile High Indoor Champs

The recent Mile High Indoor Championship marked the unofficial end of the 2015/16 indoor season in the US and it saw TQ holder Mario Ficco walking away with the win from team mate Brian Wynn in the Formula class. In the growing World GT-R rubber tyre category, Brian Wynn would secure the pole position for the A-main that he went on to win in style. Elsewhere in the hotly contested 1/12th 13.5T class, veteran racer Mitch Witteman laid down some impressive TQ runs and he also took the win in the A-main final in a group of fast, sponsored, top level drivers.

Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]

April 20, 2016

Gosvig & Lehm take Danish on-road titles

The final round of the Danish electric on-road nationals was held at the Viborg RC Racing club on a purpose-built track with a super high-speed layout. In the Touring class Mike Gosvig TQ’d all qualifiers despite having a crash in Q1, to take the overall TQ in front of Frederik Broløs and Soren Boy Holst.

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April 20, 2016

Michal Abrahamek wins at Internationclub Series Rd1

The opening round of the Internationclub series was held at the Morac Graz club in Austria. The event attracted racers from Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia and Austria and it was held in several on-road classes. In 1/10th 200mm Michal Abrahamek (Xray/O.S.) took the TQ and he went on to win the main final in pretty dominant fashion from the Sonic-powered Shepherd of Gergö Lehner. Igor Liptak (Xray/FX) rounded out the podium result in third.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 20, 2016

Max Götzl wins Czech Offroad Party series Rd1

The season opener of the Czech Offroad Party series was held in Kolin this past Saturday. Due to rain the qualifiers only started at noon and also for the main finals the drivers had to cope with a damp track and it was Max Götzl (Xray) who made the best out of the conditions by taking the TQ in all qualifying rounds to grab the overall TQ from Jiri Benes (Xray) and Frantisek Kalenda (Xray). For the main final Max was able to conserve his qualifying performance and after a flawless run he took the win from Jiri and Frantisek in second and third respectively.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 20, 2016

Hovgaard & Gosvig score at Danish EP Buggy opener

The opening round of the Danish Electric Off-road Nationals was held in rather wet track conditions. In the 2WD Buggy class it was Yokomo driver Frederik Hovgaard who came out fastest in the A-mains by winning A1 and A2 to grab the overall win early. Behind him Jesper Rasmussen (Team Associated) and Mike Gosvig (Xray) battled for the runner-up spot with the better end for Jesper while Mike rounded out the podium result.

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April 20, 2016

Gray & Desoto Jr. win at Miami Grand Prix

Last weekend’s 2016 Miami Grand Prix attracted over 200 drivers to compete in the four classes of 1/8th Open and Masters, 1/8th GT and 1/10th 200mm Sedan. While Chris Tosolini grabbed the win in the 1/8th Open category it was Scotty Gray who came out fastest in the Sedan class from Paolo Morganti. Junior Castellanos rounded out the top 3 result. In the growing 1/8th GT class Joaquin Desoto Jr. took a comfortable win with a 4-lap margin over runner-up, Joachim Bruneau. Charles Parsons came in third another two laps down.

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April 20, 2016

Chris Tosolini wins at Miami Grand Prix

Last week the top US nitro drivers made there way to Homestead, Florida to compete in the 2016 Miami Grand Prix with the top drivers from almost every manufacturer set the stage for a shootout in nearly perfect South Florida weather. As practice began the fastest 1/8th drivers were getting down into the 15’s showing some ballistic pace. DJ Apolaro, Paolo Morganti, Chris Tosolini, and Joaquin Desoto Junior all looked to be a factor to contend for the win. On Friday qualifying got underway and DJ Apolaro set the bar putting down a 16 lap run followed by Paolo, Joaquin, and Tosolini.

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April 19, 2016

Czech National On-road Championships – Report

The 2016 Czech National On-road Championships were held this past weekend in Prague. In the premier class of Touring Modified the battle was on between last year’s champion Kuba Simurda (Xray), who ultimately took the TQ, Jiri Vysin (Xray), Petr Grof (VBC Racing) and Michal Blahovsky (Serpent). In the finals Simurda and Vysin offered a huge show while battling for the overall win but with victories in A1 and A2 Vysin would come out successful to grab the overall title with one leg to spare. Simurda had to settle for second while Grof rounded out the top 3.

Continue reading the report here