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January 26, 2016

Hupo Hönigl trifecta at Slovakia Cup Rd4

The Hudy Racing Arena played host to round four of the Slovakia Cup over the weekend. The event attracted a record breaking 140 entries including some international guests. The 1/10th Buggy classes saw newly signed Xray driver Hupo Hönigl coming out fastest in 2WD while Martin Bayer was the man to beat in the 4WD qualifiers. Hupo would continue to dominate in the 2WD mains as he won all three legs to take the overall win from Martin Bayer (Xray) and Juraj Hudy (Xray).

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January 26, 2016

Kim Sungmin TQs & wins at Sweep Challenge

The Korean Sweep Challenge was held at the Busan World indoor circuit and the event saw Kim Sungmin taking the TQ in the the Touring Stock category. In the finals Kim would again excel by taking a dominant win over second placed Kim Boram and third placed Mun Taesung.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

January 26, 2016

Lorenzo Crolla doubles at GP of Lyon

The fourth annual GP of Lyon was held over the weekend and as usual the event attracted some the country’s fastest drivers. In the 2WD Buggy class Xray’s Lorenzo Crolla would win the double A-mains to take the overall victory, coming from the 2 spot on the grid. Renaud Savoya ended the day on the second spot in front of Stephane Deroch (Team C).

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January 26, 2016

Jackson & Bird win at HNMC Winter Series Rd7

Round 7 of the popular HNMC Winter Series was held over the weekend. Hopes were that the race would be run on the dirt track but good old british winter weather put an end to it with misty raining first thing in the morning. Jamie Clancy dominated qualifying in the Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy classes with a very happy Steve Brunsden taking the Truggy TQ. The Nitro Buggy A-main than saw Karl Jackson coming out fastest from Darren Hayden and Gary Brace in second and third respectively. E-Buggy was won by TQ holder Jamie with Daniel Austin grabbing the runner-up spot. Ian Fuller rounded out the top 3 result. Finally in Nitro Truggy Peter Bird would take the day’s win from Martin Hard in second and Dominic Powles in third.

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January 26, 2016

Kevin Zwahlen wins at SITCC Series Rd4

The fourth round of the popular SITCC Series was held in Geneva, Switzerland. Kevin Zwahlen (HB) brought home the day’s win from Jean-Marc Betticher (HB) in second while Arthur Brule (Team Magic) completed the top 3 result. Walter Pollet-Villard and Raffaele Tolotta rounded out the top 5.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

January 25, 2016

Ali Kaya joins Serpent Turkey

Serpent have announced the addition of Ali Kaya to their growing 1/10th GP on-road racing team. Ali will be racing at all major national 1/10th events held at the well-known Izmir and Bursa circuits and he will also join several practice days at the Serpent Turkey home circuit in Maltepe, Istanbul along with selected track days being held at the EFMOD circuit Izmir.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

January 25, 2016

Danish electric on-road nationals Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the Danish electric on-road national was held at the Brondby Racing Club and in the four classes of Touring Super Stock, Touring Stock, 1/12th scale and Formula. In the 13.5T Super Stock class Mike Gosvig made a clean sweep in the qualifiers to take the overall TQ from Frederik Brolos and Gustav Pind. In the opening A-main Mike would take it easy and he won with a margin on around 2 seconds in front of Frederik and Gustav in second and third respectively. A2 and it was again Mike who came out fastest in front of Frederik while in third it was Michael Johnsen who took profit of a coming together between Gustav and Patrick. In the third A-main it was again Mike who was the man to beat although he struggled a bit due to some setup testing. Frederik again came in second, cementing his runner-up spot, but the fight was on between Patrick and Gustav for the final podium spot. Ultimately Gustav held the upper hand with the better tie-break that handed him the third place overall.

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January 25, 2016

Kaja Novotny doubles at Czech XWS Rd4

Round four of the Czech Xray Winter Series was held this past weekend in Kolin, Czech Republic. Just like the previous rounds the event saw both on-road and off-road racing with the buggies being required to run Sweep slick tyres to not harm the carpet surface. Young Kaja Novotny (Xray) would take the TQ in both the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes and he continue to dominate the 2WD class by taking win in A1 and A2 to grab the overall win early. Martin Korinek (Xray) and Milan Mudra (Xray) rounded out the top 3 result. The 4WD class was a different affair though as Kaja messed up the second A-main due to a different tyre preparation. Nevertheless, wins in A1 and A3 secured him his second victory of the weekend from Milan Mudra (Xray) in second and Jiri Vysin (Xray) in third. In the Touring Modified class Jiri Vysin grabbed the day’s win from a hard charging Dominic Sulc while in the Touring Stock class it was Vitezslav Hola who ended the day on the top spot.

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