The 30th instalment of the famous Pro-Line Cactus Classic will be held from March 7th to 13th at Hobbytown/SRS in Phoenix, Arizona. The event will see the usual mixture of Modified, 13.5T Superstock and 17.5T Stock classes and sign-up starts today, December 1st at rcsignup.com. More information about the event can be found here.
The third round of the Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series was held in the Capital of Alberta, Edmonton. Hosted by the NASCAR Club, great weather helped racers from all around Western Canada make the drive, and this year saw their biggest turnout ever. In Touring Modified, National Champion, Xray driver Blake Bell drove his T4 from pole to checkered without looking back. For his second round in a row, Blake took all 3 class wins, again proving exactly why Blake is “The Champ”. Fellow Xray driver Danny Buck would hold 2nd for almost the entire race, but on the 3rd last lap it all exploded with three different racers, Danny Buck along with Team Associated’s Peter Toszer and Team Awsomatix’s Wayne Mah, holding 3rd place. Ultimately Peter Tozser would bring it across the line, followed by Danny.
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Maritime Raceway held the Off Road Wars World Cup over the weekend on their multi-surface indoor facility. In the 4WD Buggy class Kyosho’s Elliott Boots was the man to beat all weekend. Elliott would grab the TQ and also the overall win from Lee Martin (Yokomo) while Ellis Stafford (TLR) would round out the podium result in third. In the 2WD class Yokomo’s Lee Martin would come out successful after taking the TQ in the qualifiers. The Kyosho duo of Jack Embling and Elliott Boots came in second and third respectively, completing the podium by swapping their qualifying positions.
Round 4 of the Israeli League was held this past Friday at the Ein Vered track near Tel Aviv. After the four rounds of qualifying Yaniv Sivan took the TQ from Omer Assayag and Tal Sales in second and third respectively. Right from the start of the 40 minute main final Yaniv was able to open a small gap on the field while Omer was in a fight with Tal for the runner-up spot. Some five minutes into the race Tal found a way past Omer to take the second spot and he started to close the gap on the leader. Around half way into the race Omer had to stop with technical issues and up front Yaniv Sivan (Kyosho/Reds Racing) was able to control the lead that he would keep until the chequered flag. Tal Sales (Kyosho/Picco) ended the main on the runner-up spot with Ofer Avitan (Kyosho/O.S.) rounding out the podium result in third.
Thanks to Yaniv Sivan for the report.
The 5th and final round of the Asian Onroad Championships has made its way to historic Yatabe Arena in Japan. The popularity of this race has exploded each and every year as the finale race was sold out months prior and hitting over 250 entries making this Yatabe’s biggest race ever (by entry count).
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The second edition of the Mexican Capricorn Cup was held in Merida with drivers from all over the country in attendance. The qualifying of the 200mm Sedan class saw Rino Lino (Capricorn/Tesla) on the top spot. Later in the 40 minute main final Rino would also claim the victory, for the second consecutive year, followed by his teammate Frank Vega (Capricorn/Tesla) in the second spot and Juan Carlos Gonzales (Xray/Novarossi) who rounded out the top 3 result.
Source: RC Target [rctarget.com]
The Xray Challenge Greece will be held this Winter at the Fanatix Racing Track in Stamata – Attiki in the classes of 1/8th and 1/10th on-road. The opening round will be held on the 13th of December with the final round taking place mid-April. More information and sign-up can be found here.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Xray have announced the addition of multiple French Cup winner Alexandre Laurent to their electric on-road team. Alexandre will attend events such as the national championship, the Euros, Worlds and also the ETS and he has the following to say about the deal:
It is a real honor to join Xray Team for the upcoming season. In the last 3 years I have raced as a private driver with the T4 and could not be happier with the reliability and performance of the car. And the team works absolutely great. I can’t wait to start 2016 with the new T4’16 and being part of the team.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
