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January 17, 2018

Jörg Tiit wins at Christmas Cup 2018

The sixth annual Christmas Cup was held in Kiev, Ukraine last weekend on a temporary carpet track at the Karavan Megastores, one of the largest shopping centers of the city. Close to 100 entries foe the two main and two support classes made for competitive racing. The 1/10 2WD Modified Buggy class opened the event. On the challenging but very flowing track, four rounds of qualifiers were held with SWorkz’s Jörg Miikael Tiit taking the Top Qualifier spot, followed by the Team Associated duo of Maryan Beresh and Dmitro Chub.

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January 17, 2018

Pavidis family rolling on Pro-Line rubber

Pro-Line have announced the signing of Mark and Ryan Pavidis to their factory team. The name Pavidis and Pro-Line are synonymous with a long history of winning titles. Mark has won three World Titles spread across 1/8 buggy, 1/10 4WD off-road, 1/10 nitro touring car as well as numerous national championships while being hooked up by Pro-Line. Mark was introduced to the hobby with his father in the mid 1980’s and now Mark is sharing his racing craft with his son Ryan who is already giving the competition fits. For the 2018 racing season, the father and son combo are choosing Pro-Line to continue their winning ways.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

January 16, 2018

Daniel Blalock wins at Top Notch Tour

A round of the US Top Notch Tour was held at Revelation Raceway recently and it was Daniel Blalock (Xray) with the win in the Intermediate Nitro Buggy class. David Carrasco Jr. (HB Racing) came in 2nd from 3rd placed TLR driver David Delgado.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 16, 2018

Xray Racing Series Slovenia Rd3 – Report

For round 3 of the Xray Racing Series Slovenia racers again travelled to the Pik hala Maribor track. The penultimate round of the championship attracted drivers from three countries to fight for the important championship points and in the Touring Stock 13.5T class it was Rok Rudl who took the TQ from young Bjan Mikložič as Stefan Hois grabbed the P3 spot on the grid. In the 21.5T Formula class it was Herfried Pucher with the pole position from Matej Dobnikar and Alojzij Osvald. Finally in 1/12th Pan Car Nejc Mihelič came out fastest after the qualifiers from Jernej Vuga Štendler 2nd and Goran Vignjevič 3rd.

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January 16, 2018

Philipp Huber wins at Islikon Masters Rd2

The second round of the Islikon Masters was held in Islikon, Switzerland this past weekend. Philipp Huber took the pole position in the Touring Pro Stock class and he also came out on top after the A-mains, taking the day’s win from Nuno Huber 2nd and Roland Kupper 3rd.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

January 16, 2018

Martin Bayer dominates XRS Slovakia Rd4

Round four of the Xray Racing Series Slovakia was held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin. The weekend kicked off with free practice on Friday followed by the qualifiers and finals on Saturday. In the 2WD Buggy class Adam Izsay took a popular TQ from Max Gotzl 2nd and Martin Bayer 3rd. In the opening A-main Adam and Max were able to quickly pull away after Martin had some bad luck. Despite his best tries, Max was not able to challenge Adam as Gotzl made a small mistake which cost him the win.

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January 16, 2018

Team Magic J-Star 6S red edition monster truck

Team Magic have introduced the red edition J-Star 6S ready-to-run monster truck. The vehicle comes factory assembled and including a waterproof Hobbywing 150A speed controller, a 2250kV 6S LiPo-compatible brushless motor as well as a waterproof Savöx metal gear steering servo and a red colour truck bodyshell equipped with a LED light bar. The chassis is equipped with new generation front and rear differentials, a metal centre diff and hardened steel universal driveshafts.

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January 16, 2018

Jarno Holtman wins at New Years Cup

Last weekend saw the running of the New Years Cup, hosted by the German MAC Lingen club. In the strong Formula class it was Shepherd driver Jarno Holtman who took home the win. Starting from the 2 spot behind TQ holder Joey Sorber, who was also running a Shepherd car, the finals saw some close but fair battles between both drivers. Ending the day on the 3rd spot was Marco Kruse who significantly improved his car, rewarding himself with a top 3 finish and completing an all-Shepherd podium.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]