The Battle of the Sikest was held at Thornhill Racing Circuit in Texas recently. Jason Woolridge (Xray) would sweep the Open Nitro Buggy class by taking the TQ and win from Brian Rohde 2nd. Kyosgo driver Brian Beck rounded out the podium result in 3rd.
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The Genius ring indoor track recently played host to round 1 of the Xray Racing Series Slovenia. Drivers from six different countries attended the event with some big names being present such as Jan Raitheisky, Andrea Ghilotti, B.A. Arnaldi and many others. The Touring Stock 13.5T class, run with XRS handout motors, was TQ’d by Jan Ratheisky from Andrea Ghilotti and B.A. Arnaldi. The 21.5T formula class, also run with handout motors, again went to Jan with Matej Dobnikar and Daniele Conte coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Finally in 1/12th scale Pan Car it was Valentin Mis with the TQ from Simone Bellin and Lorenzo Milanese.
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The opening round of the Xray Racing Series Poland was held in Lodz. The event took place in a newly-built sports hall and the track, laid out with EOS carpet and using new jumps, made for real EOS feeling. Bartlomiej Zambrzycki made a clean sweep in the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes by taking the TQ and win in both at round 1. Bartosz Zalewski obtained the runner-up spot in 2WD from Jakub Luczak 3rd with the two swapping places in the 4WD ranking, handing Jakub the overall 2nd place from Bartosz 3rd.
The Italian UISP Nationals were held at Indoor Racing Chilelli in Scrivia, Italy. The race schedule was free practice on Saturday followed by triple qualifiers and triple mains on Sunday. Classes run included Touring Modified, Touring 13.5T Stock, Touring 17.5T Stock as well as Formula, 1/10th Pan Car and LRP Blast Truck. In 13.5T Stock it was Xray’s Mustafa Alp, who TQ’d round 1 and 3 of the qualifiers while sitting out Q2 to save tyres. In the finals it was again Mustafa on the top spot from the Capricorn of Federico Barbieri and Team Associated driver Davide Ongaro.
The fourth and final round of Greek 1/8th Buggy Championship took place at the Renti track with drivers from all over Greece attending the event. Reigning champion, Tasos Paparegas (Xray) was in attendance to defend his title with a 4th place overall being enough for him to take another national title. Qualifying went well for him but at the start of the A-main he went into issues with slower drivers that send him dead last. However Tasos would start a comeback and ultimately he would end the race on the 3 spot which was enough for him to take his sixth consecutive title. Anapoliotakis (Tekno) would end the day on the highest step of the podium from Kyosho driver Papanikolaou in 2nd. Overall in the championship, Anapoliotakis took the runner-up spot from Papanikolaou 3rd.
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The Deportivo de Automodelismo de Sevilla club will hold a season-ending 3-hour 1/8th on-road endurance race on the 16th of December in Sevilla, Spain. Teams will consist of two pilots and spots available are limited. More information about the event can be found on the club’s website here.
The final round of the Jakarta Grand Prix was held at Sunter International Speedway with around 45 racers attending in the 1/10 GP, 1/8 GP and 1/8 GT classes. The 1/8 GP category saw Muhammad Izzah walking away with the win from Dimas Ardian and Teddy Syach. Arya Wiriadipoera and Ignatius Ryan would round out the top 5 result.
While the snow was beginning to fall in Western Canada racers braved the conditions to head to Chilliwack, BC for the annual Big Chill. The host club, Overgeared Racing, picked up four rolls of the new CRC Black Carpet and ran a tricky 110’ by 48’ layout that was both technical and fast. This open motor class didn’t disappoint with exciting battles between Pittman, Bell, Scales and Korey Harbke all weekend. Pittman was able to hold TQ throughout qualifying on Saturday and was ready to defend it come the last chance qualifier Sunday morning. Off to a slow start in Q4 Pittman fell back a few positions early in the run, but was able to make up some time and get on the TQ pace with a couple minutes left.
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