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April 16, 2018

Dominican Republic 1/8 GT & 1/5 Nats Rd3 – Report

The third round of this year’s Dominican Republic 1/8th GT and 1/5th scale National Championships was held by the Dominican Association of Car Runners of Radio Control ADOCARC this past weekend in 1/8th GT and 1/5th scale Touring categories. The beautiful Santo Domingo track played host to the event and in the 1/8th GT class it was Antonio Taveras with the win from runner-up, Diego Medina. Elvin Alba would round out the podium as top qualifier, Alex Wachsmann did not make the A-main top 3.

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April 13, 2018

Callegari wins at Italian North-East GT regionals Rd3

The third round of the Italian North-East GT regionals was held at the technical track of Rivoli recently. At the start of the single speed class Fabio Callegari would jump into the lead that he would hold onto until the checkered flag to take the day’s win from Egidio Bellon 2nd and Stefano Lajo 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 13, 2018

Xray Racing Series Slovenia Rd1 – Report

Round 1 of the 2018 Xray Racing Series Slovenia took place at a new track to the calendar, the Pista Verde Fener in Italy. A lot of drivers made use of Saturday’s practice in order to get some laps under their belt following the winter indoor season. The EP categories were run using mandatory Hudy hand-out tyres, Hobbywing motor and Hudy additive while in 1/8th track a mixed set of rules is used with drivers who compete in the championship having to use Contact tyres while all other can use free tyres and additives. Following two controlled practice runs on Sunday everyone jumped straight into the qualifying action. In the 1/8th IC Track class the overall TQ went to ARC’s Mattia Collavo while the best control tyre pilot was Xray’s Jernej Vuga Štendler. In the Touring 13.5T Stock class it was Gabriel Benvenuti (Xray) with the TQ from Alessandro Arisi (Yokomo) and Lovro Šušteršič (ARC). Over in Formula 21.5T Andrea Ghilotti (Xray) snatched the TQ from Andrea Grigoletto (Roche) and Flavio Brun.

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April 13, 2018

Fabio Callegari wins at Italian North-East GT regionals

The second round of the Italian North-East GT regionals was held recently and it was Fabio Callegari with the win in the single speed class. Egidio Bellon came in 2nd as Marco Modolo rounded out the top 3 results.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 13, 2018

Simon Horak doubles at Rebels Race Rd5

The fifth round of the Czech Rebels Race series was held recently and it was Simon Horak who would sweep the Touring Stock qualifiers to take the overall TQ. Karel Kratochvíl was hot on Simon’s heels the whole day and in the opening A-main he would snatch the lead for a couple of moments following a mistake of Simon, however, the latter would regain the lead later on to take the win in A1. With flawless drives in the second and third A-main Simon would later seal the day’s win from Karel Kratochvíl as Ondřej Kohoutek rounded out an all-Xray podium. Over in the Formula class it was again Simon with the TQ and win as Dalibor Valder and Jiří Ročňak completed the top 3 result.

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April 13, 2018

Jari van de Wal wins at ERCE Open Champs Rd1

The opening round of the 2018 ERCE Open Championship was held in Eindhoven, The Netherlands with 15 racers attending in the 17.5T Touring class. Jari van de Wal took the TQ after the qualifiers and in the finals he was hotly chased by Mark Tullemans in A1 and A2, but ultimately it was Jari who hold the upper hand to take the win from Mark Tullemans 2nd and Dave Lunenburg 3rd.

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April 12, 2018

Jerome Sartel wins at French BL Champs Rd2

The second round of the French Brushless Championship was held at the Pierrefeu track last weekend. TLR’s Jerome Sartel took the TQ in the E-Buggy class and he would also come out on top after the A-mains to take the win from Kyosho’s Rayan Medjoubi 2nd and Team Associated driver Cyril Baldini 3rd. Over in the E-Truggy class it was again Jerome with the TQ and win, leaving behind TLR’s Felix Koegler and Mugen’s Gerald Delaguette in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Image: Rayan Medjoubi

April 12, 2018

Philipp Uber wins at Chiasso club race

The Swiss Chiasso club recently held a club race and in the Touring Modified class it was Philipp Uber with the win. Local hero Antonino Mangiaracina seemed a bit quicker in the finals, however Philipp would take profit of a DNF and new tyres, meaning he would be able to secure the win as Markus Streuli rounded out the podium result in 3rd.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]