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October 20, 2015

Nicholas Lee & Daryl Thong win at PRCA finals

The final race of the 2015 PRCA series was held at the RCMC outdoor asphalt track in Singapore with drivers from Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Sweden in attendance. Considered the second largest race in the country after the AOC, the event attracted international racers such as Xray’s Alexander Hagberg and Serpent’s Viktor Wilck while star announcer Scotty Ernst flew in to make for some more international flair. With the big names attending, the Modified class attracted the most drivers, making for a lot of on-track action. The Modified class qualifiers then saw a close battle between top Singapore driver Nicholas Lee (Tamiya), Alexander Hagberg (Xray) and Viktor Wilck (Serpent) with Nicholas nailing it on the TQ position with one qualifying round to spare while Alexander and Viktor lined up in second and third respectively.

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October 19, 2015

Alpe Adria Masters 2015 – Report

The Alpe Adria Masters 2015 recently concluded with the third and final round held at the LAMAC track in Austria. The very technical but smooth track layout attracted some 60 drivers despite a less-than-pleasant weather forecast for Saturday. In the 1/8th Nitro On-road class local driver Herfried Pucher (ARC/Picco) took the win from Nejc Mihelic (ARC/Picco) and Jernej Vuga Stendler (Xray/Reds Racing). As for the overall result, the third place at the final round of the three race series handed Jernej the win from Nejc on the runner-up spot. Roland Riegler (Capricorn/Picco) would round out the top 3 result.

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October 13, 2015

Leo Arnold teams up with Xray

Xray have announced the signing of French National Champion Leo Arnold to their on-road team. Leo will be racing at national and international 1/8th and 1/10th scale events using Xray’s RX8, NT1 and T4 cars. Leo’s campaign will include attendances at the ENS, ETS and European Championships and 3-times French Cup winner and multiple ENS and ETS finalist has the following to day about the deal:

I’m very motivated to join Xray for the upcoming season. The support that the factory and the team can give me is the best way to obtain better result. Xray is the most professional RC factory in the world, with high quality product and constant development, so it’s with big intention that I join the team. I really want to thank the Xray team and the Hudy family for this nice opportunity.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 13, 2015

Olly Jefferies joins Hot Race Tyres

Top international on-road racer Olly Jefferies has signed to race with Hot Race Tyres for the 2016 season. Olly will be using the tyres during his upcoming 1/12th scale campaign and he will also be helping to with 1/10th touring car tyre development.

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]

October 12, 2015

Offroad rookie Coelho is 4WD World Champion

Bruno Coelho is the new 1:10 4WD Offroad World Champion, the Xray driver securing the sport’s top prize in Japan with a convincing victory in the second A-Main of the Yatabe Arena hosted event. Coming into his first electric offroad Worlds as a relative unknown in the class, the Portuguese Touring Car star would become the second Rookie to triumph at the first Worlds to be run on astro turf, Spencer Rivkin winning the 2WD title at 16th running of the bi-annual IFMAR event earlier in the week. A driver who burst onto the international scene when one year ago to the week he finished runner-up at the Touring Car Worlds in the USA, today’s result was made even sweeter by the fact that he would beat his onroad rival & reigning Touring Car champion Naoto Matsukura to the title. With Coelho forced to sit out A3, Matsukura would take the win ahead of David Ronnefalk to finish 2nd overall with Ronnefalk completing the podium.

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October 10, 2015

Coelho takes controversial A1

Bruno Coelho has won the opening A-Main at the 1:10 4WD World Championships in Japan however the Top Qualifier’s win over Naoto Matsukura would be controversial. Making a mistake at the tabletop causing his Xray to land off the side of the jump and onto the next section of the track, while he would wait on the chasing pack his rivals felt he should have given position as the error led to him shortcutting the track. Resuming ahead of second place starter Michal Orlowski, Coelho would go on to win the 5-minute encounter by 2.3 second from Matsukura with David Ronnefalk completing the Top 3. Unfortunately for Orlowski he would make a mistake on lap 3 that would drop him to 9th from where he could only recover to 6th.

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October 10, 2015

Top Qualifier Coelho puts in fastest run in Q5

Having sewn up the overall TQ at the World Championships yesterday in the fourth round of qualifying, Bruno Coehlo would lay down the gauntlet in the final qualifier this morning in Japan posting the fastest time of the event to claim his 4th TQ of the five rounds. With the 1:10 Offroad World Championship’s Rookie already decalred Top Qualifier, Q5 was all about determining the starting order behind the Xray driver. The driver most expected to challenge Coelho for the win, Naoto Matsukura went into the concluding qualifier needing a second or better to put his Kyosho second on the grid but it wasn’t to be. A number of mistakes would leave him only 12th for the round, meaning Michal Orlowski would hold onto his overnight second overall with him ending his qualifying with a P2 run. Having sat 12th at the end of yesterday, Jared Tebo would complete the Top 3 in Q5, his best qualifying run securing the former champion a spot in the final. Starting 7th, the Kyosho driver is the best American starter with Ryan Maifield the only other US driver to make the A-Main in 9th. Having been the best represented manufacturer in the 2WD A-Main, a noticeable absence from the grid will be defending 4WD champions Team Associated, their biggest hope Ryan Cavalieri having a bad final qualifier.

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October 9, 2015

Coelho takes early overall TQ in Japan

It is turning out to be a World Championships at which the rookies are making their mark with Spencer Rivkin winning the 2WD World title earlier in the week and now Bruno Coelho securing the overall TQ in 4WD on his 1:10 Offroad Worlds debut. Unlike 2WD qualifying when the Top Qualifier was decided in the fifth & final round on the morning of the finals, Coelho got the job done early in a dramatic fourth qualifier which brings Day 2 of the 4WD action to a close. Running at the top of the timing monitors 3-seconds clear of his rivals, the Xray driver would find himself being instructed by referee Dallas Mathiesen to open to allow 2nd placed Naoto Matsukura through. Having passed Matsukura following a mistake by the Japanese driver, Coelho eventually heeded the strange instruction, Matsukura would try to close the gap but with time running out a stripped spur gear in the last sequence of corners before the finishing straight denied a Q5 showdown. Coasting his Kyosho across the loop, Matsuskura with still get second behind Coelho with Michal Orlowski completing the Top 3. Two drivers that went head to head at last year’s Touring Car World Championship, Matsukura coming out on top, a good Q5 for the Japanese star would set the stage for a re-match.

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