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March 3, 2016

Kyle Francis doubles at Australian KOW race

The King of Whiteman race was held at the MORBC track in Perth, Australia, on their newly refurbished clay surface track. The one day race meeting had three qualifiers and A/B/C finals with 30 minute mains. The Nitro Buggy A-main had Kyle Francis (Tekno) having a great start, as he passed the leader on the opening lap but a collision let him drop back to 7th. He then played catchup for the next 20 minutes and ultimately managed to close on the leading group of Josh Pain (SWorkz) and Steve Smith (Mugen). At the 24 minute mark Kyle was able to take the lead and at the end he took the win some 9 seconds in front of Josh. Steve would round out the podium in third. The 30 minute Truggy main again saw Kyle Francis (Tekno) running into trouble on the opening lap, that let him drop to 7th. Up front Aaron Dexter (Xray) and Fabio Silvi (SWorkz) battled for the lead but on lap 12 Kyle got into front and never looked back. Behind him Aaron and Dexter were in a fight for the runner-up spot and ultimately Aaron would come out successful when Fabio crashed his truck on the final lap. This allows Aaron to take the second place behind Kyle while Fabio had to settle for third.

Source: Tekno [teknorc.com]

March 2, 2016

2016 RC Lemans Series – Announcement

Going into its 11th season the 2016 RC Lemans Series will kick off on the weekend of the 24th of April at the iconic Appeldoorn track in the Netherlands. Run in the two Pro10 classes of LMP1 Modified and LMP2 10.5T Stock the series will visit seven different tracks in the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium and Germany with the 2015 instalment having attracted drivers from five different countries. New for 2016 is also the South German RC Lemans Series with the August round at the Rötz track also being the German Nationals warm-up race. More information, the race calendar and more can be found on the series’ website here.

March 2, 2016

Slovakia Cup Rd5 – Report

The fifth round of the Slovakia Cup was held at the iconic Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin. The event saw the running of several electric on-road and off-road classes and it not only attracted some of the country’s fastest drivers but also guests from Austria and Germany. The Touring Modified class was won by Xray’s own Martin Hudy from team mate Patrick Gollner. Capricorn driver Zdeno Kunak rounded out the top 3 after the A-mains.

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March 2, 2016

Joe Streff wins 10.5T class at MRCL Winter Series Rd4

Joe Streff wins at MRCL Winter Series Rd4

Round four of the MRCL Winter Series was held in Longwy in the North of France in the usual array of several electric on-road classes. In Touring 10.5T the race was on between Philipp Walleser (Team Magic) and Joe Streff (Xray). Philipp would obtain the top qualifying position but during the mains both swapped positions, ultimately handing the day’s win to Joe while Philipp had to settle for second. Richard Volta (Xray) completed the podium result in front of Thomas Stenger and Dirk Rischard.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

March 2, 2016

Niclas Mansson wins at WBC Cup Rd4

Round four of the Swedish WBC Cup was held this past weekend, hosted by the MSK Kvarnvingarna club. In the 4WD Buggy class Niclas Mansson took the TQ from Alexander Landen and Marcus Sandberg. The triple A-mains were a pretty close affair with Alexander coming out successful from Niclas in the opening A-main. The win in the second A-main then went to Niclas from Marcus and Alexander with the latter suffering from radio glitches which denied him to battle for the win. The third A-main then again had Niclas coming out fastest from Alexander, handing Niclas Mansson (Team Associated) the overall win from young Alexander Landen (Xray), who achieved a maiden podium at the WBC Cup series. Behind the two, Marcus Sandberg (HB) completed the top 3 result.

View the 4WD A-main result here

March 1, 2016

Kaja Novotny dominates Czech XWS Rd5

Round five of the Czech Xray Winter Series was held in Kolin over the weekend. As usual the track was an all-carpet affair with removable jump sections to allow the running of both electric on-road and off-road classes. Xray’s Kaja Novotny would TQ the 2WD Buggy class even though he at first struggled with the somewhat low grip conditions created by the mandatory slick tyres. Kaja’s team mates Zdenek Miksovsky and Martin Korinek would round out the top 3 so far. In 4WD Kaja made a couple of mistakes in Q1 but he stroke back in the second and third qualifier to grab a second TQ this weekend. The top 3 was completed by Milan Mudra and Zdenek Miksovsky.

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March 1, 2016

Vanessa Wende takes Wintercup Offroad Series title

The fourth and final round of the German Wintercup Offroad Series was hosted by the MCRT Aschaffenburg club over the weekend. In the 4WD Buggy class Sebastian Fenske would take the TQ only a tenth of a second in front of team mate Vanessa Wende. In the triple A-mains Vanessa was able to do even better by coming out successful in front of Sebastian. The win handed her the overall 4WD title from Sebastian with Thomas Henrich completing the top 3 overall.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 1, 2016

Mike Gosvig wins at Danish EP On-road Nationals Rd4

Round four of the Danish Electric On-road Nationals was held in Aalborg. In the Touring Super Stock class Xray’s Mike Gosvig would win all qualifying rounds with a margin of around 1.5 to 2 seconds from Frederik Brolos (Yokomo) to grab the pole position for the finals. Off-road expert Jesper Rasmussen would place third on the grid with this Team Associated.

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