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November 27, 2017

Xray Racing Series Italy Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Xray Racing Series Italy was held at the Pista Minirace track in Casoria. More than 90 racers signed in for the six classes of Touring Modified, Touring 13.5T “Teamdriver”, Touring 13.5T Stock, Touring 17.5T Stock, Formula and 1/12th pan car. In the Touring Modified class it was Alessio Menicucci with the win from Alessio Mazzeo and Nicola Marrone. Alessio Mancini and Antonio Di Prisco would round out the top 5 results.

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November 27, 2017

2017/18 RugRacers Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of this season’s RugRacers series was held this past weekend in Ware, Herts. In the 13.5 Blinky class, Zak Finlay picked up right where he left off last round, taking FTQ to place his Xray on pole just ahead of Tony Broad’s Xray, while the 3rd place would be taken by Darren Lee for Schumacher. In the finals, both legs would be taken by Zak with Tony 2nd and Billy Fletcher of Awesomatix in 3rd after moving up from his 5th placed start.

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November 27, 2017

2017 MRCZ Open International – Report

The annual MRCZ Open International race was held in Zwevegem this past weekend. The heated event hall and the 20x30m track laid out with ETS carpet made for perfect racing conditions and the event schedule saw two rounds of practice on Saturday followed by three round of qualifiers. On Sunday two additional qualifiers and triple finals were on the agenda. Classes run included Touring Modified, Touring Stock 13.5T, Formula 21.5T, 1/12th Spec 13.5T as well as Rookie 17.5T and also the two fun classes of Ladies and Juniors & Gentlemen to add to the excitement and to attract people to get into the hobby. Tyre-wise the Touring classes relied on the proven Volante 28 while the other classes used free tyres.

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November 27, 2017

Max Flurer wins at Turkey Lurkey Showdown

Beach RC of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina played host to the 2017 Turkey Lurkey Showdown this past weekend. In the Pro 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Yokomo’s Max Flurer with the overall TQ from Griffin Hanna (Serpent) 2nd and James Heaton 3rd. In the 8-minute single A-main Max would be able to conserve his qualifying performance, bringing home the win by 1.8s in front of Griffin while Drew Heaton (Team Associated) rounded out the top 3 result.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

November 27, 2017

Roche P12-2017 optional power pod

Coming from Roche and made for the P12-2017 1/12th scale pan car is a new optional power pod assembly. Consisting of a new motor mount side plate and an updated carbon fibre upper plate, the mount allows for multiple motor mounting positions using just the lower mounts or an additional upper position with the assembly being meant to make for a more planted ride and increased corner speed at corner exit.

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November 27, 2017

Jorge Chacon wins Bolivian Nationals finale

The final round of the Bolivian 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held in Cochabama over the weekend. The tight and technical track with many jumps and a very big double made for challenging conditions as did the lack of oxygen, 8000 ft. above sea level. JQRacing’s Joseph Quagrain, who is on a South America tour currently, took the overall TQ after winning the final three qualifiers and he was also leading the 30-minutes A-main final until, after having already lapped the field, he collided with a competitor’s car landing the big double which damaged the engine of JQ’s car, ultimately ending his race. This made way for young Jorge Chacon (JQRacing) who kept his cool and took the win in front of Wilson Cuellar (HB Racing) 2nd and Carlos Guerra (JQRacing) 3rd.

Source: JQRacing [jqracing.com]

November 27, 2017

12Track Tour Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the 12Track Tour, the Finnish 1/12th scale national series, took place in Vantaa this past weekend. The event was hosted by Finland’s biggest RC club, Fullspeed RC and it is run in 1/12th 6.5T Blinky Modified and 13.5T Blinky Stock classes. In the Modified class Vesa Yli topped the controlled practice and also TQ’d the first qualifying round, however he had some mishaps in Q3 and was on a wrong tyre strategy in the final qualifier, meaning the overall TQ went to Ari-Pekka Kyykkä from Vesa 2nd, and Panu Vehniainen 3rd. For the finals Vesa made some setup changes and managed put pressure on Ari-Pekka and Vesa took quite an early lead with Ari-Pekka keeping the pressure high, however it was Vesa who brought home the win in the opening A-main.

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November 27, 2017

Lennart Skornia succeeds at Euromodell Bremen Fair

Bremen in the north of Germany played host to the Euromodell Fair this past weekend with the event also holding an RC car race. In the Formula class it was Max Wearers with the TQ as Lennart Skornia had to settle for 2nd after the qualifiers. In the mains however it was Lennart who would succeed as the took wins in A1 and A3 to grab the overall from Max in 2nd. Marco Kruse would round out the top 3 podium result.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]