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May 17, 2016

Kaja Novotny TQs & wins at Czech Open Rd3

The third round of the Czech Open series was held on the tight and bumpy track in Mlada Boleslav. Xray’s Kaja Novotny would TQ round one and two of the qualifiers to grab the overall TQ and after some tough semi finals, with the track becoming more and more bumpy, Kaja would also put his car on the 1 spot for the main final. Right from the start of the A-main Kaja, on a different tyre choice than in the qualifiers and semi, was able to gap the field but problems during the second and third fuel stop made things interesting again. With a last lap pass though Kaja was able to grab the win from Serpent’s Jiri Mara in second and Tomas Kapicka (Kyosho) in third. Elsewhere in the Junior class standings Frantisek Kalenda (Xray) would come out successful thanks to making the A-main.

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May 17, 2016

Tanner Denney takes E-Buggy win at JBRL Nitro Series

The second round of the JBRL Nitro Series was held at Thunder Alley R/C Raceway and in the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was TLR’s Tanner Denney who brought home the win in the 10 minute single A-main format. Behind him Team Associated’s Jake Mayo ended the race some 17 seconds down in second while a lap down Steve Harris (Mugen) had to settle for third.

Image: Tanner Denney

May 17, 2016

Joe Kerry wins British 1/10th 200mm Nationals Rd3

Round three of the British 200mm Nationals was held at the fast Halifax track. The weather was very good with temperatures around 25 Degrees Celsius and Saturday’s practice saw Joe Kerry setting the pace getting down to 16.0 laptimes, with his best only 0.06 from the lap record. Alex Thurston was second quickest around 0.4 seconds back, just ahead of Matthew Cook who was third fastest. Overnight rain washed away some of the grip so it took a little while to build it up again on Sunday. By the end of qualifying it was Kerry who took the TQ with a time of 19/311.78.

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May 16, 2016

Arnaud Mathieu wins at French 1/8th On-road Nats Rd2

The second round of the French 1/8th Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the Mulhouse track. The demanding track with high tyre wear made things interesting and to top it off did rain make for another factor during the Elite class qualifying that was ultimately won by Adrien Bertin in front of Antoine Gaschet, Thomas Eytard and Anthony Abisset, while Arnaud Mathieu rounded out the top 5 after the qualifiers.

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May 16, 2016

Mark Green wins BRCA 1/8 Circuit Nationals Rd3

The third round of the BRCA 1/8 Circuit National series took place this past weekend at the small, tight and technical track of Adur. Close to the limit for how small of a track a modern 1/8 scale car can race around, this track provides a unique challenge with heavy braking zones, tight hairpins, and a short straight to keep the drivers on their toes. Saturday was dry, warm and perfect conditions for racing, Andy Hastings, Neal King and Tim Wood were setting the pace during practice on Saturday. Sunday morning was a touch colder, but stayed dry through the day.  After four rounds of qualifying Mark Green came out fastest on top of Andrew Hastings and Neal King.

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May 16, 2016

Cody King takes JBRL Nitro Series Rd2 win

Round two of the popular JBRL Nitro Series was held at Thunder Alley R/C Raceway this past Saturday. As usual the event attracted both local talent and internationally experienced racers and in Expert Nitro Buggy it was Adam Drake who took the overall TQ after the qualifiers. In the A-main Cody King, coming from the 3 spot on the grid, had some good battles with Jeremy Kortz and Adam Drake after suffering from a couple of bobbles at the start. Cody would come back though and after Kortz and Drake made a few mistakes, Cody was able to gap the field and cruise to the win with Jeremy Kortz and Dayton Brown completing the top 3 result.

Source: Cody King [codykingrc.com]

May 16, 2016

RC Lemans Series South Division Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the new RC Lemans Series South Division, a sister series of the popular RC Lemans Series, was held at the MBC Bamberg track in the south of Germany over the weekend. The weather forecast wasn’t too promising for the weekend but despite some rain drops in the third Stock class A-main the race would be held in dry conditions. In the Modified LMP1 class Tobias Weist would be able to grab the TQ some 0.8s in front of Timo Schad with Maxi Vief only 1.1s behind Timo in third. In the Stock LMP2 category it was local hero Matthias Feld who took the TQ with the only 17 laps run from Marlon Beuershausen and Timo Schad in second and third.

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May 13, 2016

Xray Work.Shop Czech Republic – Announcement

Xray designer and European Champion, Martin Bayer will hold an Xray Work.Shop during the second round of the Czech Nationals on Saturday 21th of May. The race and workshop will take place in Janovice, Czech Republic and Martin will teach interested drivers some of his XB4 and XB2 related tips and tricks.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]