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December 29, 2015

Kaja Novotny dominates Open Challenge Rd4

The fourth round of the Open Challenge was held in Prague, Czech Republic this past weekend. As usual the track was nicely prepared, sporting some huge jumps but the traction was higher than at the previous rounds which was welcomed by most racers. Xray’s Kaja Novotny grabbed the TQ in both the 2WD and 4WD buggy classes and he continued to dominate the field in the A-mains also, taking the overall wins in both classes along with the fastest laps. In the 2WD class Zdenek Miksovsky (Xray) ended the event on the runner-up spot from Martin Wünsche (Team Associated) in third.

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December 29, 2015

Nico Risser doubles at OSS XXL GP

The Olibollen Cross XXL race was held just before the Christmas holidays and it saw Xray’s Nico Risser taking the TQ in both the 2WD and 4WD buggy classes. Nico went on to dominate the finals also, taking the overall win in both 2WD and 4WD. Oliver Speith (Schumacher) would grab the runner-up in 2WD in front of Schumacher teammate Bart Mulin. In the 4WD class D. Pauwels (Yokomo) ended the race in the second place from Kristof Dehert (Xray) in third.

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December 28, 2015

Shin Adachi joins Serpent 1/8th offroad team

Serpent have announced the signing of Japanese frontrunner Shin Adachi to their 1/8th nitro offroad team. Shin, who is under contract with Yokomo for the 1/10th scale classes, will join Serpent as a driver, campaigning the company’s forthcoming brand-new nitro buggy, but he will also work closely with Serpent’s offroad designer Billy Easton on future 1/8th offroad projects. Shin has the following to say:

I’m very excited join Serpent 1/8 buggy team. I’m confident and cannot wait to 2016 season. I would like to provide everything that I have learned and experienced from my long R/C racing experience to the team. Thanks to Serpent team to allow me this chance.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

December 28, 2015

Dimitriou wins Speed Hunters Rd1

The opening round of the Speed Hunters race was held at the Zorri RC track in Athens. The race format was a little bit different for the nitro class with two 20 minute qualifiers of which the best three consecutive laps counted toward the overall standings. The finals were then run in an electric format of triple 15 minute mains of which the best two counted. Xray driver Dimitris Dimitriou would set the early pace in the 200mm Nitro class and he took the overall TQ in front of Mugen racer Zacharopoulos and fellow Xray driver Papachristos. Dimitriou then would managed to take three easy tone-to-tone wins in the A-mains to grab the overall victory from Likaris (Xray) and Sogias (Serpent).

View the final result here

December 23, 2015

Julatiwong & Klinfung win Huge RC Club Series

The final round of the 2015 Huge RC Club Series has held this past week Sunday at the Huge RC indoor circuit in Bangkok, Thailand. The 1/8th nitro on-road class had Wittaya taking a maiden win in the main final but the overall championship title went to Serpent teammate Pornpol Julatiwong. Elsewhere in the 1/10th 200mm class Pichakorn Klinfung (Serpent) would take the TQ and win and with it the overall title for 2015.

View the 200mm podium here

December 22, 2015

Risser & Crolla win at Avesnes club race

The annual Avesnes club race saw the attendance of around 110 drivers to battle it out on the club’s very slippery carpet track. Both the 2WD and 4WD buggy class saw some epic battles between Nicolas Risser and Lorenzo Crolla and in the premier 2WD class Nicolas came out successful from young Clement Boda with Lorenzo Crolla ending the day in third place. In the 4WD class Lorenzo would then hold the upper hand over Nicolas who grabbed the runner-up spot after the finals. Anthony Demarais rounded out the podium result in third.

View the 4WD podium here

December 22, 2015

Griffin & Munday take Victorian Drivers Series titles

The Victorian Drivers series is one of the biggest in Australia and 2015 was the biggest yet, with over 480 entries received for four rounds of 1/10th electric outdoor dirt racing in Victoria, South Eastern Australia. Running from April through November, the series finished with the Keilor Cup, with over 150 entries received for the one-day event. In the premier 2WD Modified Buggy class, the series came down to the last race of the last round between Matt Griffin and Ray Munday and ultimately Griffin took the series title by one point from Ray. In 4WD Modified, Ray Munday took the series after three rounds, with young teammate Cameron Zammit finishing second.

View the 4WD podium here

December 22, 2015

Lemes wins Metropolitan Tournament Argentino

The final round of the Metropolitan Tournament Argentino was held this past weekend. Pre-event favourite Lucas Lemes only managed to grab third place in the 1/10th 200mm class A-main behind winner Sebastian Recio and runner-up Enzo Branciforte but the final podium spot was enough to win Lucas the overall title.

View the podium of the final round here