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June 17, 2016

John Spencer teams up with PR Racing UK

PR Racing UK and Inside Line Racing have announced that top UK RC driver John Spencer is joining the team to run the 4WD PRSB401 buggy. John is well known on the European RC racing scene being a BRCA National A-finalist and multiple European top 20 finisher. As the DMS Racing shop manager he has loads of day to day experience to offer to the PR UK team and racers in general regarding set ups and improving your lap times.

Source: Inside Line Models [insidelinemodels.com]

June 17, 2016

Rybak & Abrahamek score at Czech IC Track Nats Rd3

The recent third round of the Czech Nitro On-road Nationals saw Jiri Rybak (Xray/O.S.) taking a narrow win in the 1/8th class from Filip Uher (Xray/O.S.) who ended the A-main some three seconds down in second. Miroslav Jurenka (Sheapherd/Novarossi) would complete the top 3 podium result. In 1/10th 200mm Touring, Michal Abrahamek (Xray/ O.S.) took the TQ after the qualifiers and he would continue to dominate in the main final as he ended the race some four laps ahead of Ondřej Kulhánek (Xray/ O.S.) while Michal Jansa (KM/Reds Racing) rounded out the top 3.

View the 200mm Touring podium here

June 17, 2016

Wesley van Helmond wins at Dutch Buggy Cup Rd3

The recent third round of the Dutch Buggy Cup was held at the Oberhausen track in Germany. The Nitro Buggy main final saw a battle for the win between Wesley van Helmond (TLR) and Jarno Pijpers (Xray), the latter coming from the 7 spot on the grid. Both made mistakes at one or the other point but a flame out after a crash cost Jarno dearly so he had to settle for second behind Wesley while Marcel Müller (Team Associated) rounded out the top 3 result.

View the final results here

June 17, 2016

Chen Yanfu wins at Beijing BGP opening race

The recent Beijing BGP opening race saw the running of a 1/12th 13.5T spec class and it was Lu Yi Heng (Xray) who took the TQ after the triple qualifiers. The battle for the overall TQ was a very close one with Lu finally grabbing the TQ in the third and final qualifier by 0.4 seconds. In the triple A-mains Lu suffered from setup issues with the car constantly traction rolling on the grippy CRC black carpet. Chen Yanfu (Xray) made maximum use of the situation to bring home the win from TQ holder Lu Yi Heng while Liu Yunan (Kyosho) completed the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 16, 2016

Peter Pinisch doubles at rain-affected Austrian Nats Rd3

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Last weekend the third round of the Austrian Nationals was held at the dirt track TSA Krieglach. The weather forecast for the race day was not so good and the rain stopped the race after three rounds of qualifying. Schumacher’s Peter Pinisch took the win in both classes with the fastest time of the day. The Team Associated duo of Stefan Pfeifhofer and Lucas Grainer would side-line Peter on the 2WD podium while Hupo Hönigl (Xray) and Marcel Rekettye completed the 4WD top 3 result.

View the 4WD podium here

June 16, 2016

Victorian Drivers Series Rd2 – Report

Round two of the Victorian Drivers Series was held at the regional club on Mildura, around 550km northwest of Melbourne. Over 140 entries were received for the event, including close to 20 in the under 16 junior class, the first to be held at the famous club’s new facility which their members ha. With a very large red clay track with a unique diagonal centre straight, and winter desert climate giving freezing mornings and sunny afternoons, the event was a challenge for all racers. The surface was very cold and slick in the mornings but grooved up through the day, making tyre choice critical. With the large entries the meeting was run over 3 days, practice Friday and Saturday morning, qualifying Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, finals Sunday afternoon.

Continue reading the report here

June 16, 2016

Gavin Kwok wins at Chinese GM Cup

GMCGavin Kwok wins at Chinese GM Cupup

The 3-Circles Battery track in Xiamen, China recently played host to the GM Cup. In the triple Touring Modified A-mains Xray driver Gavin Kwok would take wins in A1 and A2 after being in battles with both Xray team mate Gary Huang and Yokomo’s Faiho. Ultimately Gary would grab the runner-up spot with two second place finishes and even a win in A3, where he also scored the fastest lap of the weekend, while Faiho had to settle for third overall.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 16, 2016

Ilya Plakhotnik wins at Cup of Urals

The Cup of Urals was held at the Corrtezz Raceway in Ekaterinburg, Russia, about 2000km away from Moscow. More than 50 drivers from the Urals and Siberia signed in for the event that was held in challenging weather conditions with wind, sun and rain. Moscow-based Ilya Plakhotnik would take the win in the 45-minute Nitro Buggy A-main, coming from the 2 spot on the grid. Ilya would take the lead in the opening stages of the final, defending the position for the remainder of the race to bring home the win.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]