The third round of the Luxembourg Cup was held in Mertzig, Luxembourg, attracting both local racers and guest drivers from Germany. In the Touring Modified class the day’s win went to Xray driver Marc Schilling from Patrick Beltrallo (Team C) in second. Joe Streff (Xray) would round out the top 3 result.
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The opening round of the Spanish 1/8th E-Buggy National Championship was held this past weekend at the RBR36 Arena in Barcelona. Home soil for Robert and Dani Batlle the event would see the two brothers in a fight for the overall win. Dani Batlle (Mugen/Hobbywing) held the upper hand after the qualifiers when he was tie on points with Robert Batlle (Mugen/LRP) and a better tie-breaker handed him the pole position for the triple 10-minute A-mains. Robert though would strike back by taking A1 and A2 in style to grab the overall win early. With a second place in A1 and a win in A3 Bryan Baldo (Mugen/LRP) would secure himself the runner-up spot in front of Dani Batlle who scored two third places. Oscar Baldo (Mugen/LRP), coming from the 7 spot on the grid, would round the “family affair” top 4.
Source: InfoRC [inforc.net]
VBC Racing have announced the signing of Dominic Vogl to their team. The 2015 Austrian Touring Modified national champion joins a growing European team and he has the following to say about the deal:
I’m super happy to announce that I am joining VBC Racing to run their all new D08 car. I want to thank VBC racing for the trust in me and for this awesome opportunity. I can’t wait to work with my new team and I really looking forward to the next races.
Source: VBC Racing [vbcracing.com]
The final round of the Automodelli.it series was held at the Indoor Racing Chilelli track. Roberto Fabiano would take a close TQ in the 13.5T Touring class but with a win in the second A-main and a second place finish in A3, Andrea Valerio would grab the overall win at the final round. Davide Gianuzzi snatched the runner-up spot from pole position holder Roberto Fabiano. Andrea Simari and Giuseppe de Liquori would round out the top 5 result.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Last weekend saw Singapore holding its first ever Offroad Indoor Carpet Event – aptly named ICE – at the nation’s famous Science Centre. Over 60 racers signed in for the three classes of 2WD Open, 4WD Open and a Junior under-12 race. The event was run on a custom-built carpet track and saw all racers running on the new track with a new layout on new tires for the first time. These conditions, coupled with a strict no-additive rule, made for an incredibly fair and exciting race. The 2WD Open Buggy practice and qualifying saw racers clocking faster laptimes with every round as setups were tuned and the handout Sweep Nonslip tyres started to groove in and generate more grip. Topping the table on 2 of the 3 qualifying runs, Mark Lim would take a convincing TQ position with Vincent Yong in second and Jeremy Hong qualifying third.
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The Xray Work.Shop Italy will be held on the 7th and 8th of March at the Hot Race Track in Teverola, Italy. Xray’s Alexander Hagberg and Nicola Marrone will introduce the forthcoming NT1’16 1/10th scale 200mm nitro touring car in an exclusive pre-release and they will also be doing some track testing with the latest incarnation of Xray’s World Championship winning platform.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The King of Whiteman race was held at the MORBC track in Perth, Australia, on their newly refurbished clay surface track. The one day race meeting had three qualifiers and A/B/C finals with 30 minute mains. The Nitro Buggy A-main had Kyle Francis (Tekno) having a great start, as he passed the leader on the opening lap but a collision let him drop back to 7th. He then played catchup for the next 20 minutes and ultimately managed to close on the leading group of Josh Pain (SWorkz) and Steve Smith (Mugen). At the 24 minute mark Kyle was able to take the lead and at the end he took the win some 9 seconds in front of Josh. Steve would round out the podium in third. The 30 minute Truggy main again saw Kyle Francis (Tekno) running into trouble on the opening lap, that let him drop to 7th. Up front Aaron Dexter (Xray) and Fabio Silvi (SWorkz) battled for the lead but on lap 12 Kyle got into front and never looked back. Behind him Aaron and Dexter were in a fight for the runner-up spot and ultimately Aaron would come out successful when Fabio crashed his truck on the final lap. This allows Aaron to take the second place behind Kyle while Fabio had to settle for third.
Source: Tekno [teknorc.com]
The fifth round of the Slovakia Cup was held at the iconic Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin. The event saw the running of several electric on-road and off-road classes and it not only attracted some of the country’s fastest drivers but also guests from Austria and Germany. The Touring Modified class was won by Xray’s own Martin Hudy from team mate Patrick Gollner. Capricorn driver Zdeno Kunak rounded out the top 3 after the A-mains.
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