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October 7, 2016

BRCA GT Nationals Rd1 – Report

The 2016/17 BRCA GT Nationals got under way last weekend at a new addition to the calendar, the event was hosted by Barley Mow RC Car Club in Birtley just outside Newcastle. Like last year the the event was split into two days with GT10 and F1 on Saturday and GT12 on Sunday. The club laid a great track for the weekends action, praised by many drivers over the weekend, it had a good mix of corners from fast and flowing to tight and technical. Onto the racing, Saturday started with the GT10 class. It was Andy Murray who set the pace. He was closely followed by young Ollie Payne driving the Roche P10. As the day progressed grip levels improved and the times got better and better. Andy Murray would continue to top the results board being the fastest in all four rounds of qualifying. Ollie Payne challenged Andy in all the rounds but just lacked a little consistency, he would line up second, followed by Mark Christopher with his Xray, Craig Nutting was in the fourth spot with his Roche less than two tenths from third. Bob Hill completing the top 5 with his CRC.

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October 6, 2016

Malin Karlsen wins OMK Fall Classic Rd5

Malin Karlsen win OMK Fall Classic Rd5

Round five of the OMK Fall Classic 2WD race series was hosted by the Oslo R/C Car Club and the event saw Xray’s Malin Karlsen making a clean sweep in the three qualifiers to take the pole position for the triple A-mains. The opening final had Malin leading from tone to tone but in the second leg she lost two positions after getting in contact with the track markers. From third she was able to catch up, pass the cars in front and take over the lead again. From that moment on she never looked back to take the win in A2 and with it the overall victory. To get as much track time as possible Malin decided to also run the third A-main and again she would end the race in dominant fashion, taking the third win of the evening. Behind her, Morten Bremsrud (Team Associated) and Steffen Larsen (Yokomo) had to settle for second and third overall.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 6, 2016

Traugott Schär crowned Swiss 200mm National Champ

The sixth and final round of the Swiss 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring Championship was held in Sitterdorf. Going into the final round it was Raphael Wicki who lead the championship with Traugott Schär also having the chance to take the overall title. Unfortunately the weather had different plans than to offer the pilots a nice weekend of racing and so the first three qualifiers were held on a wet track with Q4 being the only one to be run on a dry track. Michael Schäfer would take a maiden TQ in a National Championship race in front of Raphael Wicki. Traugott Schär came in third from nitro newbee Oliver Krähemann.

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October 5, 2016

Philip Leung wins at TRC racing track GT series

The recent GT series race held at the Hong Kong based TRC racing track saw Philip Leung walking away with the win in the main final. Philip took the pole position for the A-main and right from the start he never looked back to take the victory with his Tesla-powered Mugen ride.

Source: Capricorn [carpricornrc.com]

October 5, 2016

Xray Racing Series Poland – Announcement

The opening round of the Xray Racing Series Poland will be held on the 29th and 30th of October in Lodz, Poland. Classes run will be 1/10th 2WD buggy, 4WD buggy and truck with round two and round three dates have yet to be announced. More information can be found here.

October 4, 2016

7th annual Top Gun Challenge – Report

The 7th annual Top Gun Challenge at NorCal Hobbies was run last weekend. The race is put on by following the classic Top Gun movie theme with first place trophies being fighter pilot helmets. The finals were run in a double A-main format, meaning drivers have to do well in both mains. In Modified Touring Car, young Kevin Chiu was battling with TQ holder Rick Yoder for the entire day and at the end Chiu got second in leg one, and first in leg two to take home the Top Gun helmet.

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October 4, 2016

BRCA 1/8th Circuit National Championship Rd8 – Report

Round 8 of this year’s BRCA 1/8th Circuit National Championship was hosted by the Mendip circuit in Weston Super Mare. With the championship already won by Serpent’s Marc Green with an almost perfect score, the race was on for the minor places. The competition up front would be close with the inclusion of Infinity factory driver Kyle Branson to the entry. Kyle would be racing the new car for the second time in preparations for the final ENS race. His car was also fitted with O.S. engines for the first time to allow him to gain valuable setup knowledge and drivability experience. On Saturday, the pace early on was quick but the track seemed to slow during the day with the lap times around 0.4 seconds slower than the best times of 15.2 seconds. The pace setters were Green and Branson. The Mendip track asphalt as become very abrasive over the years making it critical on tyre wear.

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October 4, 2016

Jean Michel Varinard wins at French EP On-road finale

The final round of the French Electric On-road Nationals was held in Thionville with the weather conditions being nice but a bit tricky. Cold nights and hot days made for changing track conditions with some “hidden” bumps on the track adding up to the mix. In the Formula class Jean Michel Varinard would end the day on the top spot with newly crowned champion, Jeremy Limoges in second place. Frederic Favier would round out the all-Xray podium in third.

View the A-mains results here