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November 20, 2015

Marco Kaufmann wins at Pegasus Masters

The Pegasus Masters was held in Piding, Germany with 96 entries in four electric on-road classes. The track was made using the famous ETS carpet and the control tyre for the Touring classes was the Volante indoor tyre. In the Touring Modified class Marco Kaufmann (Xray) would dominate right from the start by coming out fastest after the practice and scoring round TQs in the first three qualifiers on Saturday. Despite posting the only 24 laps run the whole weekend Marco struggled on Sunday when Q4 and Q5 went to Xray teammate Tim Wahl. In the finals the fight was then on between Marco and Tim with the latter taking the win in the opening main following an early mistake of Marco. Kaufmann though stroke back with a win in A2, meaning the decision over the overall win would be made in the third and final A-main. From the tone both tried to open a gap on the field and due to the tight nature of the track overtaking was difficult and so Marco would hold the upper hand to take the win in A3 and with it the overall victory from Tim Wahl and Dominic Vogl (Yokomo).

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 20, 2015

ROAR Super 8 regional – Report

The ROAR Super 8 regional was held at ProlevelRC in St. Louis, MO, on a technical yet fast and high-bite layout. The race saw the running of a Touring Modified, Touring Stock, 1/12th Modified, 1/12th Stock as well as Formula class and the race format was three rounds of qualifying on Saturday with a final qualifier on Sunday followed by the mains. In the Touring Mod class Cody Woods would come out fastest while in Touring Stock Eric Andreson took the overall TQ. Drew Ellis put his car on pole position in 1/12th Mod while the 1/12th Stock class had Jim Piersol taking the TQ honours. Finally in the Formula class it was Jack Kloeber who found the fastest way around the track.

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November 19, 2015

2nd Annual Georgia Indoor Championships – Report

The 2nd Annual Georgia Indoor Championships was once again hosted by HotshotRC Raceway in Marietta, GA. The track was beautifully manicured, hard packed, pure Georgia red clay. With 175 entries, race director Lance MacDonald made the decision to let the track go dry as it would take too much time to keep it wet. Qualifying got underway Saturday morning and in 2WD Mod Buggy and Mod Truck it was young Daimon Borkowicz who took the overall TQs while veteran racer JR Mitch came out fastest in 4WD Mod Buggy.

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November 19, 2015

Dutch Formula & 1/12th Winter Race Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Dutch Indoor Winter Formula and 1/12th Series was held at the The Border indoor track. 15 drivers attended in the Formula class while the 1/12th category attracted only seven racers. After the triple 7 minute qualifiers of the Formula category, that uses ETS rules with the addition of Shimizu tyres, Michel v.d. Velde (Xray) set the early pace, putting at least one lap on the second place driver. Michel then would also easily take the win in the double 10 minute finals to grab the overall victory from Nick Anneveld (Xray) and Dennis v. Lammeren (Xray) while setting a new track record of 9.967s in the progress.

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November 19, 2015

2015 SARDA Electric On-road Nationals – Report

The South African On-Road Electric National Championship recently concluded and in Touring Modified Jason Hillcoat (Xray) managed to defend his 2013 and 2014 titles with consistent performance in the season making it three in a row with his teammate Deon Gove (Xray) achieving the vice-championship title. Antonio Caroli (Xray) would grab the final podium spot from Anderton Smith (Yokomo) in fourth.

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November 19, 2015

Kyle McBride takes double Australian 1/10th titles

The recent 1/10th EP Australian Nationals were hosted by Chargers RC race club and in the 2WD Buggy class Kyle McBride managed to TQ all four rounds of qualifying. Once finals came around, Kyle dominated A1 and A2 to take the 2WD National championship early. 4WD was up the next day and the drivers were only allowed one practice round in the morning and then they went straight into the same qualifying and finals setup. The track had really come up to a very high traction, even more so than in 2WD. Kyle again managed to take the overall TQ, having won three out of the four qualifiers. In the finals McBride would continue to dominate by taking the win in A1 and A2 to grab his second title of the weekend.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

November 19, 2015

WCICS Rd2 – Report

The Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series round 2 was held among the beautiful wine country of Penticton, British Columbia. Hosted by the PRCC Club, this race just keeps on growing. After doubling last year, they were again up an astounding 50 percent, due in large part to the amazing creativity of the organizers. This year, every racer received a WCICS 25th Anniversary pit towel, personalized with their name. In addition, as the race weekend fell on WCICS President Josh Carter’s birthday, this club surprised him with a beautiful cake, and an entire gymnasium of RC racers singing Happy Birthday. On the racing side of things in the Modified Touring class National Champion, Xray driver Blake Bell drove his T4 from pole to checkered without looking back. But he was never alone, with Orca’s Keith Yu close behind in 2nd, and Awesomatix’s Korgae Scales in third, the three crossing the line just a few seconds apart, with almost exactly the same fast lap times.

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November 19, 2015

Tamiya Kakegawa Circuit gets a renewal

Tamiya’s iconic Kakegawa Circuit is celebrating its 20 anniversary next year and while the original circuit, that once was the largest permanent track in the world, is still in pretty good shape the track will get a major make-over to turn it from an outdoor track into an all-weather indoor facility. Two huge tents will keep the elements away from both the track and the pits and beside the waterproofing the track itself will also see a revision with a new layout and more. The completion of the construction work is planned for May 2016 and we really look forward seeing the result.

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