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March 22, 2016

Xray X-Race Italy – Report

The recent X-Race Italy was hosted by the Team La Gang in Scandiano, Italy with the event attracting over 100 drivers to compete in the five classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock 13.5T, Formula, 1/10th GT and 1/12th scale. The 2-day event saw controlled practice and the first three qualifying rounds on Saturday followed by two more qualifiers and triple mains on Sunday. In the Touring Modified class Coelho Bruno would take the TQ from Marco Kaufmann and Martin Hudy while in Touring Stock Jan Ratheisky would come out fastest from Davide Bertuzzi and Andrea Valerio. In the Formula class Guido Barbera would grab the pole position for the finals while 1/10th GT had Jan Ratheisky took the TQ honours. Finally in 1/12th pan car it was Alessio Mota who placed his car on the 1 spot for the finals.

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March 22, 2016

Marka Racing MDF14 aluminium upgrades

Italian company Marka Racing have new aluminium option parts available for the MD Racing MDF14 formula car. First up is a 2mm 7075-T6 aluminium main chassis plate. The part was designed to offer improved drivability in medium to high-bite conditions thanks to less torsional flex of the chassis. This can lead to improved traction and an easier to drive car. The plate is made from high-quality material, and it comes black anodised for wear.

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March 22, 2016

Paul Sinclair doubles at Tennessee Winter Champs

Paul Sinclair and Cade Bivens dominated the Modified Buggy and Modified Short Course classes at last weekend’s 4th Annual Tennessee Winter Championships held at Thunder R/C in Nashville, Tennessee. Bivens and Sinclair qualified 1-2 in Modified Buggy, with one of them winning every qualifier; they reversed positions in Modified SC, also winning every qualifier. Cade then made an early mistake in the Buggy main, and Paul took the win, lapping all but Bivens and third place while turning in a ballistic 14.3 fast lap and in Modified Short Course, it was Sinclair and Bivens 1-2 wire-to-wire, both with a lap on the field.

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March 22, 2016

Mobers & Klier take wins at German 1/12th Nationals

The German 1/12th scale National Championships were hosted by the SLR Ingolstadt club in the South of the country. In the premier Modified class, veteran racer Markus Mobers would add another national championship title to his belt by coming out successful from Dionys Stadler and Daniel Sieber. Tim Altmann and Stefan Mraz rounded out the top 5 result.

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March 22, 2016

2015/16 Mibosport Cup Rd5 – Report

The fifth and final round of the 2015/16 Mibosport Cup was held this past weekend at the Hotel-Sport in Hrotovice, Czech Republic with a total of 225 entries that split into 120 on-road and 105 off-road entries. The Touring Car Modified class was dominated by Ronald Völker who won the qualifying and took TQ without any problems. Second in qualifying was Michal Orlowski ahead of Elliot Harper.

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March 22, 2016

Texas Electric On-Road Series Rd2 – Report

Round two of the Texas Electric On-Road Series was held this past Sunday at RSD Speedway in Houston, Texas. 54 entries in total were present between the six classes. Three rounds of qualifying and single mains were run on the new fast and flowing lay-out. A cold front in the weather the day before resulted in medium traction conditions on the carpet. This change in the norm caused drivers to search for traction and steering in their setups. In Modified Touring Car and after three rounds of qualifying, Brandon McNally topped the time charts and claimed TQ by 3 seconds over recently crowned ROAR National Champion Chris Adams. Another 3 seconds behind Adams was 3rd qualifier, David Joor. During qualifying, John Hodges would put together the fastest overall lap of the entire weekend, by over a tenth, with a 9.3 second lap.

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March 22, 2016

BRCA 1/12th Nationals Rd5 – Report

The BRAC 2015/16 1/12th National series went to MB Models in Leeds for the final meeting of the season to run in a newly built permanent race venue run by Michael Ball. In Sunday’s Open Modified qualifying Alexander Hagberg would take FTD from Olly Jefferies by just under 0.8 of a second, while Chris Kerswell takes third. Adam Catchpole, Mark Stiles, David Spashett, Andy Murray and Marcus Askell line up behind.

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March 22, 2016

Brian Thomas doubles at 2016 Airtronics race

The 2016 Airtronics on-road was was held at the Greater L.A. Radio Control Racing Club over the weekend. Brian Thomas would double up at this year’s event by bringing home wins in the 30 minute A-mains of both the 1/8th Expert and 1/10th Expert classes.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]