The XRS Italy International Race was held recently at the Indoor Racing Chilelli track. The event was held in several electric on-road classes, attracting both local Xray racers and guests from abroad. In Touring Modified it was Alexander Hagberg with the win from Alessio Menicucci 2nd and Gabriele Berselli 3rd. Mattia Collina and Jan Ratheisky would round out the top 5 results.
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The opening round of the 2017/18 Lovan RC Challenge kicked off this past weekend at their new location, which is a bit closer to the Belgian coast and the French boarder. The redesigned track measures 35x18m and it is laid out using the popular ETS carpet. 71 sign-ups made for a competitive field and a good amount of entries for a Belgium race. The weekend started off on Saturday with six rounds of 4-minute heat practice, reseeding and the opening qualifier. In the EFRA Touring Modified class young Liam van de Wouwer made a first impact as did Remi Callens, Hush Ragout and Guillaume Guffroy.
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The 2017 APPA Championship was held in São Paulo, Brazil last weekend, attracting some of the country’s fastest nitro and electric on-road drivers. In the 1/8th Nitro On-road category it was Roberto Nunes with the win from Marcio Lopez in 2nd and Hamilton Santos, who rounded out the top 3 podium result.
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Coming from Italian company BMT is the Evo aluminium main chassis plate for the 701 1/10th 200mm nitro on-road car. The chassis is 1mm longer and it features a stiffer rear area and smaller openings under the engine section for optimised flex characteristics. The updates will result in improved stability and increased corner speeds.
Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]
The opening round of the 2017/18 Rug Racers series was held this past weekend at Wodson Park in Ware, Hertfordshire. In the premier Touring Modified class it was Paul Pinkney and his Schumacher taking the win from Yokomo’s Harley Eldridge. It was Harley who locked down the pole position with FTQ, but a mistake in leg 1 moved her down to 3rd and Paul was able to capitalise. In 3rd Aaron Rose and his Schumacher completed the podium.
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The 2017 TQ Carpet Championship Summer Series concluded this past weekend, attracting 83 racers and a total of 559 entries during the ten rounds of racing this summer. In the Sportsman Sedan class it was Gino Kwan with the overall from William Yip Sam Ip who ended the series tie on points with the better tie-breaker handing William the overall runner-up spot.
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Coming from WRC Racing are several reinforced drivetrain belts for the GTX 1/8th and NTX 1/10th 200mm nitro kits. Available as 177, 186, 201, 390 and 432 belts, the items offer improved durability over the standard parts for less maintenance and also longer belt pulley life.
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Multiple former Pro Stock & Formula Champion Jan Ratheisky bounced back with a bang at the Euro Touring Series season opener in Austria today wrapping up a double victory in the second round of A-Main encounters. Securing his first pole position in over a season at the Vienna hosted race, the Xray driver ended a 9 race victory drought in Pro Stock thanks to a repeat of his dominant A1 performance. In Formula, the 4-time back to back champion’s last race win was more recent, the German had to work harder for the win in A2. The man who took the title off him last season, David Ehrbar pushed him hard with the duo swapping positions before Ratheisky found his way back passed the Serpent driver to win by half a second. With Ratheisky sitting out A3, Ehrbar would take the win to secure 2nd overall despite a strong challenge from Luke Lee, the British driver completing the Scorpion Power System Formula podium with his Xray.
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