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March 28, 2018

Adam Drake doubles at 2018 Ice Breaker

Indy R/C World of Garland, Texas held the 2018 Ice Breaker last weekend. Adam Drake was in control of things in the Pro Nitro Truggy and Pro E-Buggy classes that he would both top qualify. In the 45-minute Pro Truggy A-main Drake would then also take the win some two laps in front of Tyler Hook as Hunter LaFlower rounded out the top 3 result. Over in the Pro E-Buggy mains it was again Adam Drake with the overall, however he had a slight bobble A2 where he only finished 4th. Behind Drake it was Jake Dellinger with the runner-up spot from Brandon Rose 3rd.

View the Pro E-Buggy podium here

March 28, 2018

Ahmet Kasap doubles at Turkish On-road Champs Rd1

The opening round of the Turkish On-road Championship was hosted by the Team NCRC Arena in Northern Cyprus. The TORC Championship consists of six rounds with the season opener was an electric-only affair while the remaining five outdoor races also see 1/8th and 1/10th Nitro On-road classes. At round 1 is was Xray’s Ahmet Kasap with the TQ and win in both the Modified and Stock classes as Aktuğ Kalçay and Ahmet Akber completed the Mod top 3 podium for an Xray 1-2-3. Over in the Stock class it was the Xray duo of Umut Öztümen and Adnan Kanat that rounded out the top 3.

View the Stock podium here

March 28, 2018

JConcepts Carpet Nationals – Announcement

The inaugural JConcepts Carpet Nationals will be held from the 20th to 22nd of April at Northwest Hobbies in Albany, Oregon. The race is held in the usual mix of 1/10th electric off-road classes such as 2WD Modified, 4WD Modified, 13.5T Buggy, Stadium Truck and Short Course, as well as 17.5T Expert and Indy 2WD Buggy. World-class drivers such as IFMAR World Champions, Spencer Rivkin and Ryan Maifield as well as Area 51 genius engineer Kody Numedahl will make an appearance and more information can be found on JConcepts’ event page here while sign-up is available here.

March 28, 2018

Sebastian Beltran doubles at Colombian Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Colombian 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held at the Parque Metropolitano del Café race track in Pereira. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Sebastian Beltran who took the win in the 40-minute main final, coming from the 4th spot on the grid. He would get into the lead in the opening stages and never looked back to take the win from Felipe Salazar 2nd and Luis Quintero 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

March 27, 2018

UK WGTR Championship finale – Report

Last weekend saw the final round of the UK WGTR Championship, held alongside the LMP12 National round at Chesterfield. It’s been hotly contested, the championship being up for grabs all the way to the final round. This final round saw the numbers grow again, which made for a full racetrack, and some hectic driving for the slower cars, but also some very close racing. Qualifying consisted of four rounds, and Chesterfield’s trademark grip did not disappoint; quite times from the off. Andy Murray, Graham Raistrick, Richard Norris and Mark Barford all setting 20 lap times. Round 2 saw the pace increase, Andy, Graham and Richard all setting 21 lap times; George Brewer finally joining the 21-lap club in round 3. Final qualification saw George just pip Andy to TQ, followed by Graham, Richard and then Mark.

Continue reading the report here

March 27, 2018

Xray Racing Series Australia Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Xray Racing Series Australia was held at Castle Hill Onroad Race club in very hot weather conditions. 30 degrees Celsius both on Saturday and Sunday made for demanding conditions but luckily the track is undercover and racers had plenty of shade all weekend. With a total of 50 Entries racing was clean and fair on the tight but grippy layout. In the ISTC Modified class Jeffrey Mackie ultimately took the win from Simon Nicholson and John Puse.

Continue reading the report here

March 27, 2018

Brad Ripple wins at Thornhill Championship

The Thornhill Championship weekend brought almost 100 entries from all over Texas and with almost 30 trucks, E-Truggy drew the most attention. After the double A-mains it was TLR’s Brad Ripple with the win from the Xray duo of Ron Simpson 2nd and Daniel Grobe 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 27, 2018

Marco Kaufmann doubles at Pegasus Masters

The recent Pegasus Masters were held in Piding in four different electric on-road classes. A huge 30×18 metres track made for perfect racing conditions and it was Marco Kaufmann who dominated both the Touring Modified and Stock classes. He took the TQ in both categories and would also seal the overall wins after winning the opening two A-mains. Stadler Dionys and Carl-Friedrich Grössel in Modified and Christian Donath and Andreas Mair in Stock would round out the podium results behind Marco.

View the Stock podium here