August 5, 2016

Brett Drayton sweeps Asian Onroad Championship Rd2

Brett Drayton sweeps Asian Onroad Championship Rd2

Round two of the Asian Onroad Championship was held at Australia’s ACT model car racing club. With a spacious hall at the Exhibition Park in Canberra the venue offered a large high-speed track that was laid out using the proven ETS carpet with a couple of technical sections to keep things interesting, providing passing opportunities and close hard racing in all classes. In the 1/12th Modified class it was Brett Drayton to take the day’s win from Kerren Nottle and his team mate Mark Wallin. 1/12th 10.5T Stock also had Brett Drayton coming out fastest in the triple A-mains with Chris Peet in second and Mark Wallin, who scored another podium result this weekend, in third.

View the Stock class podium here


August 5, 2016

Nicolas Bregante TQs & wins Speed Paradise race

Nicolas Bregante TQs & wins Speed Paradise race

The Argentinian Speed Paradise race was recently held at the venue of the 2012 IFMAR World Championships and the opening round of the Metropolitan Championship attracted a good amount of drivers that divided into the four classes of Buggy Pro, Buggy Master, Buggy Open and Truggy Master. In the Buggy Pro class it was Nicolas Bregante to take the TQ and win from Sebastian Recio and Lucas Pons. Buggy Master had Matias Lence coming out fastest in the 30 minute final from Damian Li Fraine and Diego Baigorri while in Buggy Open it was Juanba Calens to take the day’s win from Gonzalo Bat and Maxi Lence. Finally in Truggy Master it was Matias Diaz who took the winning honours while Dante Covino and Adrian De Luca had to settle for second and third.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


August 4, 2016

Max Götzl wins at Czech Open Race

Max Götzl wins at Czech Open Race

The Open Race was recently held in Trutnov, Czech Republic and it was Xray’s Max Götzl to set the pace right from the start. Max would TQ three qualifying rounds on a drying track to take the overall TQ while for the finals, rain came up again but this did not stop young Max from taking wins in the first and second final to grab the overall victory from Petr Tomasek (Mugen) in second and Marek Strihavka (Team Associated) in third.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


August 4, 2016

Vesa Yli & Karri Salmela take 2016 FinTrack titles

Vesa Yli & Karri Salmela take 2016 FinTrack titles

FinTrack, the Finnish Championship series for electric touring cars, has completed its final round and crowned its 2016 champions in the Stock 21.5, Prostock 13.5, and Modified classes. The series consists of four indoor rounds followed by two outdoor rounds with points from a driver’s five best results counting. Unlike the Stock 21.5 and Modified classes, the Prostock 13.5 class only competes at the indoor rounds, with the best three results used to determine the champion.

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August 3, 2016

Traction 2016 indoor GT series – Announcement

Traction 2016 indoor GT series – Announcement

The forthcoming Traction 2016 series, held at Swifts Raceway, is a rebirth of the Autumn Shootout Championship which became an instant success last year. The series is open to racers of all abilities and for all four 12 section classes like GT12, F1, WGT10 and LMP12. It will be the perfect championship to set up both car and racer for the up and coming BRCA LMP and GT Nationals. The 4-round series is run to the same professional standard as last year, just like the national rounds the club have hosted at Swifts in the past. More details and booking in is available here.


August 3, 2016

Malin Karlsen takes EFRA Euros 4WD Junior title

Malin Karlsen takes EFRA Euros 4WD Junior title

During last week’s 2016 EFRA 1/10th Electric Off-road European Championships in Valladolid, Spain, it was Xray’s Malin Karlsen to take the 4WD Junior Championship title. With stunning drives in the A-mains she would come out 7th behind her highly experienced Xray team mates Martin Wollanka and Martin Bayer. Beating Team Associated’s Joona Haatanen, who finished 9th in the A-main, as well as leaving JQRacing/PR’s Max Mört behind won her the 2016 Junior title.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


August 3, 2016

Malaysia National League Rd4 – Report

Malaysia National League Rd4 – Report

Round four of the Malaysia National League was held in Kulim State, Northern Malaysia with about 60 entries for the Pro and Semi-Pro 1/8th Nitro Buggy classes. In the Pro Buggy A-main event, Kelvin Yong (Xray) would take the win from Danny Kato (Tekno) and Danny Teh (Tekno). The Kyosho duo of BH Gan and Loon Lee rounded out the top 5 result.

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August 3, 2016

BRCA British Open GP – Announcement

BRCA British Open GP – Announcement

The BRCA have announced the 2nd annual running of the British Open GP. This year the premier event will take place at the Halifax circuit in West Yorkshire over the weekend of the 27th and 28th of August. Making its debut last year at the Cotswold circuit, this year the entry will be boosted by the addition of 1/8th electric and 1/8th GT classes which will run alongside 1/8th IC, 1/10th 200mm and 1/10th Sports GT. 2015 Champions Alex Thurston and Andrew North have already confirmed that they will battle to defend their titles. The meeting will feature organised practice and qualifying along with bump up finals using the same format as the highly popular ENS series. The event is open to any BRCA license holder and registration is available here.


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