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February 5, 2016

6th Annual January Jam Race – Report

Flowood R/C Indoor Park hosted their 6th Annual January Jam Race with 200 entries from all over the US showing up to run in 13 classes. The layout was awesome and the track looked better after the race than it did during practice on Friday with the very unique layout giving both the 1/8 and 1/10 some of the best racing ever at FRC. The 1/8th Expert Nitro Buggy class had Jake Dellinger (Team Associated) taking the TQ and win from fellow Team Associated driver Josh Glancy with TLR’s Graham Gonzales rounding out the top 3 result.

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February 5, 2016

Jose Martinez wins SOR Championship Rd1

Round 1 of the SOR Championship was held in Puerto Rico with over 100 racer from all over the country in attendance. In the Nitro Truggy class Jose Martinez took the TQ honours after the qualifiers and he would be able to conserve his qualifying performance in the main final, taking the win some two laps ahead of second place driver Alex Vasquez. Miguel Cotto would round out the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 4, 2016

Rheinard targets repeat win at ETS Germany

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Having made the perfect start to Season #9 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series with the TQ and win in the Czech Republic, Marc Rheinard will be targeting a repeat performance as the championship travels to Germany this weekend (5-7 February). Attracting a record 440 plus entries, Round 2 takes place in Muelheim-Kaerlich where the Tamiya driver has enjoyed two key successes in the past 12-months. Last season the 4-time onroad World Champion ended a 5-year drought of ETS victories on carpet at the event and having claimed his first ever Euro Offroad Series win at the same venue just last weekend, the ETS’ most winning driver’s confidence couldn’t be higher. Racking up his 13th ETS win in Hrotovice, Rheinard’s biggest competition is again set to come from Yokomo in reigning champion Ronald Volker and Xray in both Bruno Coelho & 2014 Mulheim winner Alexander Hagberg.

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February 4, 2016

XWS Slovenia Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the Xray Winter Series Slovenia was held at the Pik Hala track in Maribor on a small yet nice track that offered a slightly updated layout compared to the previous round. The weekend started off with free practice on Saturday followed by seeding practice rounds on Sunday morning, qualifiers and finals. The Touring Pro Stock class had Jan Popic coming out fastest after the qualifiers with two round TQs. Dario Veseli and Viktor Boslec would line up in second and third for the finals. In the Formula class Nejc Marcic lead the pack to take the pole position for the A-mains from Jan Pernarcic and Borut Svoljsak, who followed closely behind. Finally in the 1/12th scale pan car class Rok Rudl took the TQ from Valentin Mis and Goran Vignjevic.

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February 4, 2016

Li Jiawei & Cong win at Spring Cup

The recent Spring Cup in China attracted about 70 drivers to attend in four different 1/10th scale nitro and electric classes. A wet track in the morning as well as cold and snowy weather made things pretty unpleasant for the drivers and the race was postponed until 11:30 am to allow the track to become usable. Gerry Li Jiawei (Xray) would take the TQ in the Electric Touring class and although he used harder, less appropriate tyres for the A-main, he was able to bring home the win from Liu Rong (Xray) in second and Alfred Lao Min Hao (Xray) in third.

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February 3, 2016

Ryan Maifield wins Arizona State Championships

The Arizona State Championships were held last weekend and in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class TLR/Reds Racing’s Ryan Maifield would take the win. Mugen’s Mike Truhe would take his OS-powered buggy the runner-up spot just ahead of Mugen team mate Adam Drake in 3rd.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

February 3, 2016

X-Race UK – Announcement

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The Cotswolds outdoor racetrack will play host to the first ever X-Race UK on the 11th and 12th of June. The event will see the running of Electric Touring Modified and 13.5T Pro Stock boosted classes as well as a Formula and a Nitro Touring Car class. The entries are limited to 30 Modified, 50 Pro Stock, 20 Formula and 10 Nitro Touring drivers. More information and sign-up can be found here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 3, 2016

HFCC Indoor Racing Series Rd2 – Report

Following a successful opening round, the HFCC racing club of The Hague, the Netherlands, recently hosted the second round of the HFCC Indoor Racing Series. As with the previous round, Saturday was devoted to track building and practice while the actual race took place on Sunday. In the Touring 17.5T Stock class the battle for the TQ was on between Sybrand de Boer, Daniël Jansma and Steven Koiter with Sybrand holding the upper hand, placing his car on the pole position for the finals.

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