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March 14, 2016

Xpress brand to make a return

Back in the day when electric touring cars had slotted chassis for NiCD cells and drivetrains with ball differentials and high layshafts, the Xpress Pro touring car was one of the kits to beat. The iconic tourer featured a complex 4-link front suspension with step-less adjustable caster and camber settings, comparable to today’s Awesomatix car, as well as as central servo mount with direct links to the steering knuckles and it also featured a huge red anodised aluminium rear bulkhead and motor mount. The brand had a successful yet rather short life, although their 1/10th mini touring car had a certain following afterwards, but it will make a comeback in 2016 with four new on-road kits. No detailed information are available yet but the line will divide into the Xpresso and Road Runner series of cars and it is understood that both “full-size” as well as mini 1/10th touring cars will be part of the line-up. More information to follow.

Source: Xpress [rc-xpress.com]

March 14, 2016

Slovakia Cup Rd6 – Report

The sixth and final round of the Slovakia Cup was held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin over the weekend. The event saw the running of several electric on-road and off-road classes and it had Martin Hudy taking the TQ and win in the Touring Modified class from Austria’s Martin Wollanka in second and Patrick Gollner in third. In the overall championship Martin Hudy took the title from Zdenko Kunak and Oliver Havranek.

Continue reading the report here

March 14, 2016

Jason Nugroho wins at Indonesia Buggy Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Indonesia Buggy National Championship was held at the MRCC track in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia over the weekend. A total of 50 drivers attended and it was Jason Nugroho who took the TQ after the qualifiers and he would also come out successful in the 45 minute A-main to grab the win from Adrian Wicaksono and John Agus in second and third respectively. Chopin Yusuf and Andre Irawan would round out the top 5 result.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

March 14, 2016

Patrick Hofer successful in Bütschwil

The International Bütschwil GP was recently held in Switzerland with over 100 drivers from Austria, Germany, Italy, UK and Swiss in attendance. Team Associated driver and multi-time Swiss national champion, Patrick Hofer would dominate the event right from the start of the practice sessions on. Patrick would grab the pole position for the main final after the semis and he also brought home the win to round out a perfect weekend. Behind him, fellow Team Associated driver Ronny Lüber would grab the runner-up spot from Micha Widmeier (SOAR) in third place.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

March 14, 2016

Orlowski & Risser win at French EP Offroad Nats Rd1

The city of Montbrison played host to the opening round of the French 1/10th Electric Offroad National Championships. The 2WD class podium was occupied by foreign drivers with Polish front runner Michal Orlowski (Schumacher) taking the win from Japan’s Sigiura Yusuke (Kyosho) and Belgium Xray driver Nico Risser. In the 4WD class Nico Risser lead an Xray 1-2-3 with Lorenzo Crolla and Mathieu Briere completing the podium.

View the 4WD podium here

March 14, 2016

Rivkin, Phend & Cavalieri win at 2016 Cactus Classic

The 30th Annual Cactus Classic race was held this past weekend in Phoenix, Arizona and it saw a nice mixture of drivers battling it out for the top spots in the Modified classes. 2WD Modified Buggy had TQ Spencer Rivkin (Team Associated) taking the winning honours, coming from the TQ spot, from TLR’s Dakotah Phend and Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri. Runner-up after the qualifiers, Jared Tebo, had to settle for fourth.

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March 14, 2016

Nacho Lopez wins at Spanish 1/8th on-road opener

The opening round of the Spanish 1/8th On-road Championships was held at the Automodelismo Ronda club this past weekend. Alberto Fernandez would lead the proceedings during practice but it was Nacho Lopez who came out fastest after the qualifiers, winning three of the five rounds. Ruben Olivares with two round TQs placed himself second after the qualifiers with Victor Gonzalez and Jacobo Guerrero coming in third and fourth. The semifinals had Nacho taking the pole position for the finals from Victor but problems around the 18 minute mark meant a DNF for Gonzalez, denying him a battle for the win and allowing Nacho Lopez to cruise to the victory at round one of the championship, some 2 laps ahead of Ruben Olivares with Jorge Revert completing the podium result another three laps down.

Image: Ruben Olivares

March 14, 2016

JJ Wang wins opening SRGP round

Round one of the Shanghai SRGP series was held at the JunTi TRS track in Shanghai, China. The event attracted both local talent and also experienced racers such as JJ Wang, Rocket Zhang, Wanghaifeng, and others. The qualifying was won by JJ Wang with a six seconds margin on the second placed driver but positions 2 to 6 were only separated by a single second, highlighting the stiff competition at the event. The mains saw JJ Wang (Team Associated) taking easy wins to grab the overall win with one leg to spare. Behind him Chao Gor (HB) and Jimmy Qian (Xray) completed the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]