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June 5, 2017

Pelle Culmsee doubles at Danish 1/8th Off-road Nats Rd2

Round 2 of the Danish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held in Skanderborg with the Truggy class run on Saturday and Buggy on Sunday. Pelle Culmsee would TQ three of the four Truggy qualifying rounds to take the overall TQ and by winning the semifinals he also put himself on pole position for the main final. Just before the main rain began to fall that would endure the whole race but this did not stop Pelle Culmsee from taking the win after having to recover from a bad start. Maguns Frandsen came in 2nd while Jan D. Hansen had to settle for 3rd.

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June 5, 2017

Micha Widmaier doubles at BAWÜ Cup

Round two of the BAWÜ Cup was held in Fischach over the weekend. SWorkz’ Micha Widmaier would sweep the event by bringing home the wins in both the 1/8th Nitro and E-Buggy classes. Alex and Tobias Nagel (both TLR) would round out the Nitro podium while Morris Voldenauer (HB Racing) and Kevin Meschenmoser (Tekno) came in 2nd and 3rd respectively in the E-Buggy class.

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June 5, 2017

Riccardo Berton teams up with Muchmore

Italian Muchmore Racing distributors Mikimodel have announced the signing of Riccardo Berton to the Muchmore Italy team. The Kyosho driver will use Muchmore products in his 1/8th and 1/10th off-road vehicles this season with Mikimodel and Muchmore Racing looking forward to some great results.

Source: Mikimodel [mikimodel.net]

June 5, 2017

Tessmann, Lutz & Maifield win at Manufacturers Cup

The Manufacturers Cup was held at A-Main Hobbies’ Silver Dollar Raceway this past weekend. The event used Reedy-style heads-up racing to determine the winners in the three Pro classes with Xray’s Ty Tessmann bringing home the winning honours in the premier 1/8th Pro Buggy class from Mugen’s Ryan Maifield and Tekno RC’s Ryan Lutz.

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June 5, 2017

Max Götzl wins Czech Open Rd4

The 4th round of the Czech Open series took place in Terezín last weekend. Xray’s Max Götzl, who sat on the 2 spot after the qualifiers, would win his semifinal the quickest time that put him on pole position for the 1/8th Nitro Buggy main final. Right from the start of the main, Max would be able to pull a gap on the field and he would bring home the win with a 3-laps margin on 2nd placed Adam Babka (Xray) while Martin Pejzl (Xray) rounded out an all-Xray podium.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 2, 2017

Daniel Kobbevik teams up with Xray

Xray have announced the signing of up and coming Norwegian racer Daniel Kobbevik. Even at his young age Daniel has achieved some remarkable results such as the Norwegian and Swedish Championship titles. Daniel will be using Xray’s full line of 1/10th and 1/8th off-road kits during his campaign that will include appearances at events such as the the World and European Championships as well as the EOS events. The European Championship and EOS A-finalist has the following to say about the deal:

I am very happy for this unbelievable opportunity. To be part of the Xray factory team is a chance I could not resist. So many great drivers are in the team and everything is so incredibly professional For me this is where I feel I can take the next steps and I am super excited to work with these products and be a part of this team! My goals for future are to improve my skills and win big!

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 2, 2017

Turkish On-road National Championship Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of the Turkish On-road National Championship was held at the BUMOD track recently. The event kicked off on Friday with practice on a pretty dusty track that made setup critical. In Touring Modified it was Ahmet Kasap who swept the qualifiers to take the overall TQ and in the Touring Stock class it was again Ahmet who took the TQ honours by coming out fastest in the last three qualifiers while Mustafa Alp took the opening two rounds. Unfortunately Sunday’s electric finals had to be cancelled due to rain meaning Ahmet would take the overall win in both classes as the results were based on the qualifying results.

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May 31, 2017

Paul Crompton wins at Northern Regionals Rd2

Round 2 of the UK Northern Regionals series was held at the North West Nitro track near Blackpool. Xray’s Paul Crompton took the win in the Nitro Buggy main final from Stuart Mahon (Mugen) in 2nd and Graeme Miller (Agama) 3rd. Kiernan Cox (Kyosho) and Dom Nun (Xray) would round out the top 5 result.

Source: RC Pit Box [rc-pitbox.com]