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March 15, 2016

Cavalieri & Phend win at Cactus Classic

Beside their respective wins in the Modified Truck and 4WD Modified Buggy classes Ryan Cavalieri and Dakotah Phend also came out successful in the Modified Short Course categories. In 2WD Modified Short Course veteran racer Brian Kinwald (Team Associated) would take the TQ position after the qualifiers but in the final Brian’s AE team mate Ryan Cavalieri would take the title from Brian while TLR’s Ryan Maifield rounded out the podium result in third. Elsewhere in the 4WD Modified SC class TQ Dakotah Phend (TLR) came out fastest in the single 7 minute A-main from David Jenson (TLR) and Gregg Taylor.

View the 2WD Modified Short Course podium here

March 15, 2016

Kevin Zwahlen wins at DMTCC Challenge Rd4

The fourth and final round of the Swiss DMTCC Challenge was held in Court over the weekend and it saw Kevin Zwahlen (HB) taking the TQ from the Team Magic duo of Arthur Brulé and Christophe Plancherel. After the four A-main legs the top 3 order would not change with Keving taking a commanding win from Arthur and Christophe in second and third respectively.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

March 15, 2016

2016 SARDA National Championship Rd1 – Report

The first round of the 2016 South-African ORE National Championship was held at the Krugersdorp Model Racers club. Free practise started on Thursday but Summer rains only allowed for a couple of hours practise on Thursday and Friday. The rain stayed away for the weekend and a full racing schedule could be managed. The weather challenged the drivers with a little variation in traction due to temperature differences but the track was in great shape and the drivers pushed hard and raced fast. The opening round also marked the introduction of new Nationals rules that see less classes with now only Touring Modified, Touring Pro Stock 13.5T Blinky, 1/12th Modified, Formula and 13.5T FWD being run.

Continue reading the report here

March 15, 2016

Songsiri & Surikarn C. win at Huge RC club race Rd1

The 2016 Huge RC club race series kicked off this past weekend at the Huge RC indoor track in Bangkok, Thailand. The facility recently underwent a major refurbishing and this was the first race on the new asphalt surface with the track layout also having received a make over. In the 1/8th nitro on-road class Wittaya Songsiri took the TQ and win from Roongdej P. and Wattakorn while in the 1/10th Touring class former IFMAR Electric Touring World Champion Surikarn C. came out fastest from Akepol K. and Somjit.

View the 1/10th class podium here

March 15, 2016

Deniz & Alp win at TORC Series Rd1

The opening round of the TORC Series was held at the Team Ncrc Arena in Lefkosa, Cyprus. In the premier Touring Stock class Mustafa Alp (Xray) took the TQ from Adnan Kanat (Xray) and Ahmet Kasap (Xray) and Mustafa would also easily win the first A-main with a margin of a lap as both Ahmet and Adnan suffered from an incident in the opening stages of the race. A2 then was a much closer affair as Adnan was in chase of Mustafa and he eventually took over the lead but a mistake of Kanat allowed Alp to regain the number 1 spot the same lap and from that moment on Mustafa Alp was able to cruise to the win to take the overall victory from Adnan Kanat and Niyazi Deniz.

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March 15, 2016

Dante Piersante teams up with Xray

Xray have announced the signing of reigning Italian Champion and long-time Xray privateer, Dante Piersante to their factory team. Dante will use the NT1 1/10th 200mm nitro on-road car in the national championship, regional races as well as selected international events such as the World Championships in Gubbio, the Italian Championship Series and also the ENS. Dante says:

As a private semi sponsored driver I have been racing with Xray for several years winning also my first national title last season. As Italy will host this season the World Championship I wanted to ensure to have the best possible chances and there was no other option for me than to team up with Xray factory team to have the best performing car and the most professional team in backup. I will practice and work hard the entire season to be ready for the Worlds. You can see me at all Italian races and I will be glad to help anyone. Thanks to Xray for this opportunity.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 14, 2016

Slovakia Cup Rd6 – Report

The sixth and final round of the Slovakia Cup was held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin over the weekend. The event saw the running of several electric on-road and off-road classes and it had Martin Hudy taking the TQ and win in the Touring Modified class from Austria’s Martin Wollanka in second and Patrick Gollner in third. In the overall championship Martin Hudy took the title from Zdenko Kunak and Oliver Havranek.

Continue reading the report here

March 14, 2016

Jason Nugroho wins at Indonesia Buggy Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Indonesia Buggy National Championship was held at the MRCC track in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia over the weekend. A total of 50 drivers attended and it was Jason Nugroho who took the TQ after the qualifiers and he would also come out successful in the 45 minute A-main to grab the win from Adrian Wicaksono and John Agus in second and third respectively. Chopin Yusuf and Andre Irawan would round out the top 5 result.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]