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December 3, 2015

Nikos Karabelas takes Greek 200mm title

The final round of the Greek Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the Zorri track with many of the country’s top drivers in attendance. In the 1/10th 200mm class Nikos Karabelas (Capricorn) took the TQ after the qualifiers, some six seconds in front of the second fastest driver while smashing the track record in the progress. Nikos would be able to conserve his qualifying performance going into the 45 minute main final in which he would take a tone-to-tone victory to secure the 2015 Greek 1/10th Nitro title. Giannis Sotiropoulos (Mugen) grabbed the runner-up spot at the final round while Dimitris Dimitriou (Xray) was promoted into the third place post-race, as the car of Vasilis Lykaris (Shepherd) failed to pass scrutineering.

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December 3, 2015

Paul Lemieux takes Modified TC title at USIC

The U.S. Indoor Championships is among the oldest and most prestigious events in carpet racing. Held on Thanksgiving weekend at the Holiday Inn in Strongsville, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, the event draws top talent from across North America. At the end of qualifying, Paul Lemieux would hold TQ in Touring Modified while Sam Isaacs snatched the Touring 17.5T TQ, Danny Jenkins took the top qualifying honours in USGT, and Max Kuenning captured TQ in WGT.

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December 2, 2015

Risser & Wartelle win at Franck Deboes Memory race

The Franck Deboes Memory race was held last weekend at the Loisirs Modélisme de Loos club with some of the fastest drivers from France in attendance. In the 2WD Buggy class Nico Risser swept the qualifiers to take the overall TQ and the pole position for the A-main. After some nice battles with Stephane Deroch, Nico would grab the overall win with Sebastien Wartelle rounding out the podium result. In the 4WD class TQ Sebastien Wartelle would come out successful from Stephane Deroch on second and Remi Callens in third.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 2, 2015

XRAY NT1 wins Attiko Cup in Greece

The Greek Attiko Cup was recently held at the Fanatix Racing Track in Athens. The race format was three rounds of qualifying followed by 30 minute finals and in the 200mm Sedan class it was Xray driver Dimitriou who took the overall TQ by coming out fastest in the early round one that allowed for the fastest times. Second on the grid was young and talented Licaris (Shepherd) from Sotiropoulos (Mugen) in third.

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December 2, 2015

Andrew Knapp wins at US Indoor Champs

The grand daddy of all indoor races in North America, the U.S. Indoor Championships, was held in Cleveland, Ohio with the 36th running of this prestigious event attracting over 330 entries. In the 1/12th Modified A-main, CRC’s Andrew Knapp had a classic dogfight with Team Associated driver Keven Hebert. It was a real treat and a pleasure to watch both drivers wrestle the little rockets around the track within inches of each other. After a couple lead changes and a couple minor board meetings, Andrew fought his way to the front, coming from the 2 spot on the grid, to win the A-main in the featured class at the U.S. indoor Champs.

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December 2, 2015

Rakasiwi wins Indonesia National Year End Champs

The Indonesia National Year End Championship was held at the Maxspin Track in Lembang, West Java. In the 60 minute main final Reza Rakasiwi (Kyosho/MX) took the win from Stanley Wangsanegara (Mugen/O.S.) in second and Adrian Sutanto (TLR/O.S.) in third. Jason Nugroho (Xray/Novarossi), who started from the 2 spot into the final, ran into trouble once the track got bumper and problems with traffic had him ending the race in fourth place. Overall in the Indonesian Buggy championship Reza Rakasiwi would grab the 2015 title with Jason Nugroho taking the runner-up spot and vice-championship title.

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December 1, 2015

Blake Boggs triples at Black Saturday Blowout

The Black Saturday Blowout was held at Radioactive Raceway in Wingo, Kentucky with 120 entries in the one day event. The race schedule saw rocket rounds with three, five minute qualifiers and single 8-minute A-mains. In the Modified 2WD Buggy class, after close battles with teammate Chris Rakus and Xray’s Nate Jaskot, Team Associated driver Blake Boggs would end up overall TQ. In the main Jaskot, Rakus and Boggs would be swapping the lead early and eventually Boggs would pull away near the end to take the win.

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December 1, 2015

Tasos Paparegas wins 4WD class at Greek Nats

The final round of the Greek Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the Zorri racing track near Athens. The opening 4WD qualifier, run in wet conditions, was won by Sikianakis with Tasos and John Paparegas one second behind him. Tasos then won the second round more than a lap ahead of the second place driver and another win in Q3 secured him the overall TQ from John Paparegas, with Sikianakis rounding out the top 3.

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