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July 11, 2018

Patrick Fankhauser wins at Swiss IC Track Nats Rd3

The Langenthal track played host to the recent third round of the Swiss IC Track Nationals. In the 200mm class and on Friday’s practice it was Xray’s Patrick Fankhauser with the fastest time, some 0.2 seconds ahead of teammate Traugott Schär. During Saturday’s qualifiers however Patrick ran into some issues caused by the high temperatures and so he only qualified in 4th place behind Thilo Thödtmann, Niclas Scherrer and Traugott Schär. In the 30-minute main final it was at first Shepherd’s own Thilo Tödtmann who lead the race, however he ran into technical issues at about the 20-minute mark that promoted Patrick, who had to recover from a collision in the opening stages, into the lead that he would hold onto until the checkered flag. Some seven laps behind Fankhauser it was Xray driver Michael Schäfer on the runner-up spot as Jakob Bühler (Xray) rounded out the top 3 results.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 11, 2018

Papanikolaou successful at Buggy Masters Rd1

The opening round of the 2018 Buggy Masters was held at the STR track in Athens, Greece. In the 1/8 Nitro Buggy class it was Kyosho driver Papanikolaou with the win in the main final from Xray’s Bornovas who showed a very stable performance in the main. Takas (Xray) had a moment at the start of the A-main, however the was able to recover from the huge marshal mistake and eventually finished on the 3 spot to round out the podium.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 11, 2018

Brayden Stanley wins at PDNR Winter Champs

The Penrith District Nitro Racing club of Sydney, Australia held their Winter Championships last weekend. In the Nitro Touring class it was young Mugen driver, Brayden Stanley with the TQ, just over three seconds in front of Joel Casey. In the 20-minute main final it was then again Brayden who held the upper hand to take the win with a lap margin from Tony Firth (Kyosho) as John Germanos (Shepherd) rounded out the top 3 results.

Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]

July 11, 2018

Juan Jose Serna sweeps Colombian Championships

The recent Colombian 1/8th Off-road Nationals saw Juan Jose Serna making the double in the Nitro Truggy and Nitro Buggy classes. Juan would take the double TQ in both categories and right from the start of the Truggy A-main he would open a gap on the field to bring home the win with a lap margin on Sebastian Beltran and Eduardo Jaramillo who rounded out an all-Xray podium. In the Buggy class things weren’t so clear at first as Juan Jose Serna (Xray) was in a battle with the 2nd place driver for the first eight minutes, however Juan’s pace got better and he was able to win this race also with a lap margin on the runner-up, Sebastian Beltran (Xray) as Mugen driver, Juan Pablo Torres rounded out the top 3.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 11, 2018

RCMC Singapore GP Nationals Rd4 – Report

The East Coast Race Track played host to round four of the RCMC Singapore GP Nationals last weekend. Finally Singapore gave everyone perfect weather with plenty of drivers and some exciting on track action. With 1/8th GP, GT, 1/10th GP and 1/5th scale racing, it wasn’t going to be a boring day for the spectators and racers alike. For 1/5th and 1/10th racing the organisers decided to try a new format for finals, where the final would be split into two 15-minute sprints, instead of the usual single 30-minute final. Similar formats are being used on the European Continent with a view to make the racing more exciting, and less of an Endurance style race. This would make qualifying even more important than usual for these classes.

Continue reading the report here

July 10, 2018

Diatta Collymore wins at King of Cali Race

This past weekend Speedworld Raceway & Hobby located in Roseville California, hosted the annual King Of Cali race that had drivers from all over California dish it out in their respected classes for both Nitro and Electric On-Road in order to fight for the title and the crown. In the competitive Nitro Touring class and after qualifying it was Bryce Butterfield with the TQ from Diatta Collymore in 2nd. The main started out with some pretty close racing between Diatta and Bryce and after a mistake in the deadly chicane from Bryce, Diatta was eventually able to bring it home and take the crown while setting overall fast lap. Bryce would end the race on the 2 spot while Chet Miller had to settle for 3rd overall.

Thanks to Diatta Collymore for the report.

July 10, 2018

Sebastian Lucchini takes Chilean National title

The Chilean Off-road National Championship race was held at the RC Vina track in Vina Del Mar, Chile recently. With a brand new layout for everyone the challenge was set. JQRacing’s Gastón Zegard Latrach would take over all TQ starting in pole position with Sebastian Azocar Lucchini (JQRacing) in 2nd. The two would battle it out in the 40-minute A-main as Sebastian would edge out Gaston for the win and crowning him National Champ. Kyosho’s Felipe Lyon would round out the top 3 podium result.

Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]

July 10, 2018

French 1/8th IC Track Nats Rd4 – Report

This past weekend the fourth round of the French 1/8th IC Track Nationals took place at the ARCA16 club in Angoulême in the centre of France. Great weather with temperatures close to 35°C in the shade, and a very fast and demanding track awaited the drivers. In the National class, it was Simon Bergoin with the TQ followed by Faisal Affejee. In the Elite class, it was Stef Bouche who took the TQ honours just ahead of Arnaud Mathieu, after a very tight qualifying between the first 8 drivers.

Continue reading the report here