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May 26, 2018

Rheinard first repeat winner at Reedy Race

Having taken a win in the opening round of racing at the Reedy Race of Champions Marc Rheinard has become the first repeat winner as he held off Christopher Krapp in Race 2 of the third round. Starting from the outside of the front row, the Infinity driver got the jump and broke clear quickly but once Krapp found a way passed pole sitter Randy Caster, he quickly reeled in his fellow countryman. In the end however Krapp got caught at the loop allowing Rheinard to take a victory lap with JJ Wang finishing a close third. Following Rheinard’s win all the attention was on what Ronald Volker could do in Race 3. Starting from pole position Reinard’s team-mate Jilles Groskamp would become the day’s 8th different winner keeping Volker in second which leaves the duo even on points at the top of the standing – Rheinard having 2 wins and a 3rd compared with a win and 2 second places for Volker. In the opening race of the round Ryan Cavalieri came through from 3rd to post his first win followed by pole sitter Barry Baker who had a good battle holding off Jan Ratheisky.

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May 25, 2018

Wins for Sobue, Wang and Wilck in RROC 2nd round

The second round of racing at the Reedy Race of Champions produced an all new batch of winners with Akio Sobue, JJ Wang and Viktor Wilck registering their first wins of the event. In the first of the 3 encounters, Infinity’s Sobue recovered from a first lap altercation with the Tamiya Raceway’s kink to come from the back to win ahead of Meen Vejrak. Also recovering from an early incident, when he caught the kernbing in the sweeper and rolled, Christopher Krapp completed the Top 3 ahead of pole sitter Keven Hebert. Having failed to start in Round 1, Xray’s JJ Wang would bounce back in the best way possible take the Race 2 win ahead of Jilles Groskamp and Nicolas Lee while pole sitter & offroad ace Ryan Cavalieri had a tough race dropping back to 6th. The main attention however would be on the stacked Race 3 in which both title favourites Marc Rheinard and Ronald Volker lined up against Wilck. Both Wilck and Volker had bad starts while Rheinard got things wrong in the chicane while holding third. This and an incident between Volker and Barry Baker played into the hands of the recovering Wilck he would take the win ahead of Volker, with whom he now shares the points lead together with Sobue. A disappointing race for Rheinard given he started ahead of his title rivals he would have to settle for third.

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May 25, 2018

Champion Rheinard opens 21st Reedy Race with win

Reigning Champion Marc Rheinard has opened the 21st running of the Reedy Race of Champions in the best way possible winning the opening race of the first round of racing at Tamiya Raceway in California. Starting on pole for the opening race, the Infinity driver took an easy win ahead of no.2 starter Viktor Wilck with Christopher Krapp moving up one place to complete the Top 3 ahead of Jilles Groskamp. Posting the fastest winning time of the 3 races, Rheinard was also the only driver to post an 11-second lap with the best lap of 11.958. Race 2 of the opening round would produce the best lead battle with Andy Moore coming under intense pressure from Infinity team-mate Akio Sobue but the pole sitter held on for the win despite the pair making contact a number of times. Behind Xray’s Jan Ratheisky completed the Top 3 from 5th on the grid. After a delayed started to Race 3, JJ Wang having an electrical issue that prevented the Xray driver who second fastest in practice yesterday from taking the start, it would be Ronald Volker who came out on top. Fastest in practice yesterday, the Yokomo driver started third behind team-mates Meen Vejrak and Nicholas Lee who was on pole. A great pass around the outside of Lee moved Volker up to second and that soon became the lead when Vejrak became the first casualty of the kink. Rick Hohwart would come through for second from P5 on the grid as Lee and Vejrak battled for third, Lee holding on for the position.

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May 25, 2018

Nitro-West-Masters Rd2 – Report

Round two of six of the Nitro-West-Masters was held at the Haltern track, located in the North of the Ruhr region in Western Germany. 66 drivers meant an impressive entry for the hosting Rallye-Club Haltern club. It was more than only a race weekend because a new tarmac surface on the 234-meter track and a newly-build driver´s rostrum including race-control were dedicated as well as more than 80 people joined the Saturday night party to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Nitro-West-Masters which was initialised by Uwe Baldes back in 2009.

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May 25, 2018

Hanson & Barron win at Gone Bananas race

The Gone Bananas Trophy Race was held at Finish Line Raceway in Indiana recently. In the 2WD Mod Buggy class John Barron II would take the overall TQ with his Stock buggy and he would also lead the A-main until he had a bobble and fall back to 3rd. With some fast laps he was soon back in 2nd again, however he did not manage to catch the leader and finish on the 2 spot behind Frank Honson and in front of Tony Fox.

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May 25, 2018

Czech 1/10th Off-road Nationals Rd2 – Report

The second round of Czech 1/10th Off-road Nationals took place in Janovice recently. The track layout was more on the easy side so close racing was expected and rain on Friday morning meant lots of grip for the practice rounds, however that would change over Saturday. For the qualifiers the track still kept some water and grip was on the okay side and in the 2WD class it was Kaja Novotny who showed great speed and winning Q1 and Q2 got him the overall TQ with Max Gotzl and Zdenek Miksovsky completing TOP 3 for the finals.

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May 25, 2018

Xray Racing Series Czech Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Czech Xray Racing Series was held at the Celakovice race track. In the premier Modified class, it was Matěj Šulc, who took the TQ and overall win from Michal Blahovský. Kája Doležal, Martin Kořínek and Tomáš Svoboda wouldn’t give up the battle for the 3rd place until the last final, but with some small mistakes from Martin and Tomáš, Kája could finish 3rd in the last final to become the final podium finisher.

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May 25, 2018

Arrowmax V2 1/10th touring car setup system

Arrowmax have introduced the updated V2 variant of their black and golden setup system for 1/10th touring cars. New to the version 2 system are wider faceplates that help with precision and a more stable stand on the setup board. Arrowmax’s signature honeycomb design is keeping the tool’s weight low and the included bag ensures comfortable and secure storage and transportation.

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