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December 5, 2015

Tyre prep order of day in practice at JConcepts Finals

Tyres are the order of proceedings on the opening day of the JConcepts Indoor National Series Finals at HobbyTown USA Hobby Plex in Omaha, Nebraska. The fifth & final stop on the JConcepts INS calendar, the series’ third year to visit the impressive Hobby Plex facility has attracted a high quality driver line up among the 260 plus entries with all using practice to get their tyres down to the right thread depth in preparation for qualifying.

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December 4, 2015

Xray Work.Shop XWS Morava – Announcement

Xray team driver and European Junior Champion, Kuba Simurda will hold an Xray Work.Shop at the forthcoming third round of the XWS Morava. Held on December 19th in the Jedovnice Sport Hall the workshop will focus on the T4 touring car with Kuba teaching interested drivers all setup secrets. Sign-up for the event is available here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

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.

View the final results here