December 3, 2018

2019 AWS Rd3 – Report

This past Sunday was the day to hold the third round of the AWS 2019 at Nene Valley Raceway with slightly lower numbers this weekend as 32 drivers made the trip to The Nene. The day kicked off with a round of timed practice and the drivers found the track tricky as to was very moist. After the round of practice everyone went into three rounds of qualifying with the best two to count. After a 45 minutes break for lunch the club went through the three 15 minute finals of the day. In the Buggy A-final, Jon Spencer took 1st place, Chris Sharpe-Simkiss took 2nd place. The very lucky driver Chris Lovell managed to get back up to 3rd after an unlucky crash at the start. Scott Follington took 4th place after a good battle with Chris.

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December 3, 2018

Ray Munday wins at 2018 Victorian State Titles

The final major race of the Australian calendar for 2018 was the Victorian State Titles, held at the Knox track in Melbourne with just over 100 entries received. Mother nature played a role this year with unseasonal heavy rain washing out practice and the scheduled 2WD day. The entire event was squeezed into the final day of racing, with the sun and traffic helping the outdoor clay track to groove up perfectly. In 4WD Modified Ray Munday took the TQ from Andrew Selvaggi and 12-year-old Lachlan Munday. In the finals Ray took A1 from Selvaggi after a close battle, with Lachlan Munday taking his first state title A final in A2 to take it to A3. Ray took the win, giving him the overall title from Lachlan, with Selvaggi tieing for third but losing on a countback.

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November 30, 2018

2018 Arrowmax Cup Rd5 – Report

The fifth round of the 2018 Arrowmax Cu was held at the SYE track in Shanghai, China lest weekend. Despite this race held under the tread of bad weather, letting it end easier than planed, it was pretty competitive. In the Touring Modified class Nicolas Koh took the TQ from local driver Lin in 2nd. After the finals it was still Nicolas on top in front of Lin as young local talent Dai Shuxia rounded out the top 3.

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November 30, 2018

Caroli & Laubscher crowned SA 1/12th champions

The 2018 season of the South African On-Road Electric National Championship for the 1/12th scale class recently concluded and it was Xray’s Antonio Caroli who managed to retain the Modified class title. Antonio took the overall win following a great battle with Marius van Niekerk (Xray) on the runner-up spot as Shaun Schutte (Xray) rounded out the top 3 results.

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November 29, 2018

Paul Ciccarello joins Xray Factory team

Xray and RC America have announced the addition of veteran racer, Paul Ciccarello to their factory team. The former multi-time Dirt Nitro Challenge winner is a multi-class talent with titles across both on-road and off-road categories and he will be campaigning Xray’s XB8, XB8E, XB2 and XB4 platforms at races across the country. Paul says:

I’m really excited for the opportunity to race and represent Team Xray. Everything from the bottom to the top, cars, team and company has been top notch. Thank you to Gord, John, RC America and Team Xray for everything!

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 29, 2018

Luke Duthie takes Australian 1/8th On-road title

The Australian IC Track Nationals were held in Melbourne last week in challenging weather conditions. In the 1/8th IC Track class it was Steven Jovanovic (Capricorn) with the TQ from Mugen’s Jeff Hamon. In the 45-minute A-main event however it was Infinity’s Luke Duthie who would prevail, taking the win some four laps in front of Shepherd’s Ric Bartolozzi on the runner-up spot. Leigh Dytor (Mugen) would complete the top 3 podium result.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

November 29, 2018

Tom Firsching wins 1/12th Stock at 2018 U.S. Indoor Champs

The 39th running of the famed U.S. Indoor Championships was held in Cleveland last weekend. The event presented some new motor and gearing rules for several classes designed to level the playing field and each competitor received a motor and only one gear selection was allowed. CRC drivers dominated the 1/12th 17.5 class qualifying, with a 1-2-3 sweep. Tom Firsching, Dana Bailes and Mark Calandra grabbed the top 3 positions after four rounds of qualifying. In the A-main, Tom Firsching would be steady and smooth, fending off an early full-fledged assault from teammate Dana Bailes. The top 2 would have a titanic battle with Tom hanging tough and Dana doing an incredible job trying to find his way around Tom without any contact. John Wiita would work his way into 2nd position to make it a CRC 1-2 on the podium while Team Associated’s Joe Trandell rounded off the podium.

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November 29, 2018

Alex Vaughn doubles at Wednesday Night Turkey Nats

Leisure Hours of Joliet, Illinois held their Wednesday Night Nationals last week. In the 4WD Mod Buggy class it was Alex Vaugh with the TQ and win from Jason White in 2nd and Frank Hodits in 3rd. Over in 13.5T Wheeler class it was again Alex Vaughn with the TQ and win as Rich S and Nick Smrt rounded out the top 3. The 17.5T 2WD Buggy class had Austin Wick taking the day’s win from Alex Vaughn on the runner-up spot and Rich S taking 3rd.

View the 13.5T 4WD and 17.5T 2WD podiums here

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