Xray have announced the signing of French top off-road racer, Patrick Auvinet to their team. Patrick will campaign Xray’s XB2, XB4 and XB8 platforms at national as well as select international events.
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Round 5 of the Czech Masters Series was held in Prague last weekend, attracting a very competitive field of drivers. In the 2WD Buggy class it was Adam Izsay who was able to TQ all three rounds of qualifying with Max Götzl in 2nd and Antonia Kovalzski in 3rd. 4WD Buggy qualifying saw Max taking the overall TQ after coming out on top in Q1 and Q3 as Adam came in 2nd and Jiri Mara putting his car on the 3 spot on the grid. In the Truck class Max made a clean sweep in the qualifiers to take the overall TQ from Frank Hempel in 2nd and Marcel Dostál 3rd.
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Schumacher have added a lightweight 1/10th stadium truck wheel to their range. The wheel is moulded from a lightweight material yet the design is super strong and thanks to 12mm hex fittings it is suitable for most of the popular 1/10th scale stadium trucks. The dimensions of the wheel allows to mount all popular 1/10th stadium truck tyres and the wheel is available in pairs and in white, neon yellow or black colour. Also available are pre-mounted sets based on white wheels and using yellow compound Stagger Rib or Mini Pin as well as silver compound Stagger Rib tyres.
MHOR RC Raceway of Aurora, Colorado played host to the 2020 Rumble In The Rockies race this past weekend, attracting nearly 240 entries. Team Associated’s Dustin Evans was the driver to beat in the 2WD Modified and 4WD Modified classes, as he took the TQs and wins in both categories. In 2WD Mod Buggy Dustin bagged the win early after coming out on top in A1 and A2 for the overall from A3 winner, Xray’s Zac Gastelum in 2nd and TLR’s Tyler Whitt in 3rd. Over in 4WD Mod Buggy it was again Dustin with wins in A1 and A2 for an early overall title. TLR’s Zeke Ballinger took A3 to cement his overall runner-up spot from Zac Gastelum in 3rd.
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The Fear Farm RC Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona played host for the first instalment of the MOD 5th Scale Championship Series of 2020. The event attracted nearly 75 entires for the 4WD and 2WD Truck and Buggy classes and in 4WD Truck Pro it was Matt Olson with the overall TQ. The 30-minute A-main event then again saw Matt up front, taking the win some two laps in front of Chris Higa in 2nd. Aaron Brown came in 3rd, some twelve seconds behind Chris.
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The second round of the Lithuanian Electric Off-road Nationals was held recently and in 4WD Buggy it was Danielius Staliunas with the overall TQ after the qualifiers. A1 then saw Danielius building a gap on the field right away, however a mishap and a bent turnbuckle as a result made things interesting again. Nevertheless he brought home the win in the opening A-main. A2 was a bit of a disaster for the pole-sitter as worn-out tyres meant his buggy’s pace would drop significantly and after a few mishaps Danielius found himself dead last. He tried to fight back but over-pushed his car and after another mistake he broke his car and scored a DNF. For A3 Danielius put on a new set of tyres and with a fast and controlled pace he brought home the win and with it the overall victory from I. Vilcinskas in 2nd and L. Grigas in 3rd.
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Xray have announced the soon release of their forthcoming new XB8 2020 1/8th scale nitro off-road buggy. As usual no official images or details are available prior to the release, but with the teaser already circulating on social media, full information about the latest incarnation of Xray‘s EFRA European and ROAR US National Championship winning platform should surface very soon.
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The Team Electric Buggy Club of Gargenville, France held their Indoor Electric Off-road Race this past weekend. In the 2WD Open Buggy class it was Team Associated driver, Ludovic Valtier with the overall win, courtesy of winning the opening two A-mains as A3 winner, Francois Guerbois (Xray) came in 2nd overall. Thomas Roland (Kyosho) would end the day on the 3 spot and in front of Cedric Devillers. In 4WD Open it was Francois Guerbois with the overall win from Thomas Roland in 2nd and Emmanuel Da Cruz in 3rd.
Image: Francois Guerbois
