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May 23, 2018

Van Helmond sweeps at Race Real Dirt event  

The second edition of the international Race Real Dirt event was held on the Pentecost weekend. The MAC Vlijmen club was the host of this event that offered a nicely prepared and flowing clay track to race on. The three-day event started with a full day of free practice on Saturday followed by the 2WD Buggy class on Sunday and 4WD buggy on Monday. During free practice a lot of laps where turned and the track started to groove in nicely, ,making it faster and more consistent to drive. With good weather ahead for the race days this made for perfect condition for everyone. On Sunday morning, it was immediately clear that the top drivers were very close in terms of pace and after the first qualifying round Wesley van Helmond was on top of the list. He wasn’t so fortunate in Q2, where a last lap crash allowed Bruno Heremans to take the top spot. However, after four rounds of qualification it was Wouter Wynen with a win in Q3 and Q4, securing him the pole position.

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May 23, 2018

Paulista Championship Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of the Paulista Championship was held at the ABC race track in Santo Andre, Brazil. The top positions were hard fought for and after the 17.5T Blinky finals Marcel Servidone (ARC) came out successful from Stig Santos (Xray) and Paulo Martin (VBC Racing) in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Over in the 13.5T Touring class it was Dennis Pickthall (Awesomatix) with the win from Erich Heshiki (Xray) in 2nd and Vinicius Rebello (ARC) 3rd. The next round of the championship will be held in June.

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May 22, 2018

Daniel Vega wins Madrid Buggy regionals Rd1

The opening round of the Spanish Madrid regional championship was held at the Fuencarral track last weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class Oscar Navarro took the TQ from Alberto Garcia and Daniel Vega with the latter taking the win with a 1-lap margin in the 45-minute A-main from Juanma Guillen 2nd and Alberto Garcia 3rd.

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

May 22, 2018

Fenix introduce new Pro10 diffs & silicone fluids

Fenix have introduced a new Pro10 gear differential specifically designed for the popular VIP Performance VTE kit, a prototype ball differential as well as a range of silicone fluids. Starting with the VIP gear diff, the assembly uses a 7mm titanium axle and a new diff housing that allows for proper 235mm specifications. Included in the kit comes a clamping diff hub with M3 and 4-40 unc threads that allows to use either of the two. As for the prototype ball differential, it builds on a 1/4 inch titanium axle for durability and precision, it utilises 16 1/8 inch diff balls for smoothness and like the above gear diff, it will make use of the double thread clamping hub. Last but not least comes Fenix’s new silicone fluid range that covers everything from shock to touring diff up to gear diff silicone oils. The 100 percent pure silicone oils are made in Europe and they come in convenient snap cap bottles.

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May 22, 2018

Aaron Münster double TQs & wins Dirt Classics

The 2018 Dirt Classics were held at the Elektro Offroad Club in Dielsdorf, Switzerland over the weekend in several electric off-road classes. Aaron Münster would double TQ the 2WD Modified and 4WD Modified Buggy classes and he was able to convert the pole positions into wins also for a perfect sweep. Peter Forster and Philipp Huber in 2nd and 3rd respectively would complete the 2WD podium while Philip Jeisy and Fabian Widmer rounded out the 4WD top 3 results.

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May 22, 2018

Bryan Baldo wins Levante Championship Rd5

Last weekend the fifth round of the Spanish Levante Championship was held at the Elda with some of the region’s fastest drivers in attendance. Kyosho’s Bryan Baldo took the win in the Nitro Buggy A category from Mugen’s Manuel Iniesta on the runner-up spot. Oscar Baldo (Kyosho) came in 3rd from Joan Espasa 4th and Luis Ignacio Candel 5th.

Image: Bryan & Oscar Baldo

May 22, 2018

Xray Racing Series South-East Asia – Announcement

Xray have announced the Xray Racing Series South-East Asia will be held at Urban PlaySpace in Singapore on the 2nd and 3rd of June. The event will see Touring Modified, Touring Stock 13.5T Blinky and Formula 21.5T Blinky classes and it will be held at Urban PlaySpace’s iconic roof-top racetrack in down town Singapore. The race will see the attendance of World-class drivers such as Jan Ratheisky and Dominic Quek and more information and sign-up for the event are available here.

May 22, 2018

Kilic brothers sweep BIG Hamburg anniversary race

The BIG Hamburg club held their 35 years anniversary race this past weekend at their large outdoor dirt track. Classes run were 1/8th Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy and the race attracted some of the country’s fastest off-road racers to compete under perfect weather and track conditions. In the Nitro class and at the start of the 40-minutes main final it was Burak Kilic (Agama) who lead the field from Maik Wiesweg (Mugen) and Berkan Kilic (Agama). The latter ran into trouble later and scored a DNF, making way for Jan Sievert (Mugen). This would then also be the top 3 result at the end of the 40 minutes.

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