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October 7, 2016

Jiri Mara wins at Czech Open Rd9

Round nine of the Czech Open series was held for the third time this year at the Horni Jeleni track. Conditions this time were pretty bumpy and the track also had much lower grip compared to the previous rounds. The overall TQ was obtained by Jiri Mara from Max Götzl and Kaja Novotny. The main final started and both Jiri and Kaja took off with no problem, fighting for the lead until about 10 minutes into the race when Kaja ran into engine troubles. Taking wider lines to clear the jumps Kaja was still able to proceed but with about 5 minutes to go his car stopped but his pit crew was able to restart the engine and Kaja was able to end the race at slower speed. Third placed Max Götzl also ran into troubles but was able to carry on. Up front Jiri took an easy win from Kaja and Max who had to settle for second and third respectively.

View the final results here

October 7, 2016

Igor Liptak wins at Slovakian Nitro On-road finale

The final round of the Slovakian National Nitro On-road Championship was held at the Hudy Racing Arena. The main final of the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring class saw some nice battles between Xray teammates Igor Liptak and Oliver Havranek with Igor ultimately holding the upper hand to take the day’s win from Oliver while Michal Abrahamek (Xray) had to settle for third following a bit of a tough ride.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

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.

Continue reading the report here

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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