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February 20, 2019

Xray Racing Series Slovakia Rd5 – Report

The fifth round of Xray Racing Series Slovakia took a place last weekend at the world-famous Hudy Racing Arena. The event saw around 170 entries for the off and on-road, making it the second biggest XRS ever. In the 2WD Buggy class Adam Izsay took his first pole position of the season with Martin Bayer in 2nd and Max Götzl in 3rd. Adam then had a good run in A1 and took the win as Martin made some mistakes. A2 then went to Martin as it was now Adam who made some mistakes, so it all came down to the decisive third and final A-main. Ultimately Adam took a tone to tone win and with it the overall in front of Martin and Max, making it an Xray 1-2-3.

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February 19, 2019

HNMC Winter Series Rd10 – Report

Round 10 of the popular HNMC Winter Series was held this past weekend with a strong 104 drivers entry. Qualifying would be a three-way battle in Nitro Buggy with Callum Niblet taking it from Graham Alsop and Jamie Clancy by 0.5 of a second. Truggy top qualifier was Brinley Tourle and E-Buggy went to Darren Hayden-Ball. The 20-minutes Nitro Buggy A-final saw Graham Alsop taking the win with a 0.2s margin from Callum Niblet in 2nd. 3rd place went to Lewis Jones with three seconds separating the top 3. The Truggy class had Warabe Tatekoji taking the win from Darren Roper 2nd and John Afshin 3rd. Finally in the E-Buggy class it was Darren Hayden-Ball from Erik Lyke and Russ Brown.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

February 19, 2019

Ioannidis Dimitris wins XRS Greece Off-road Rd2

The second round of the Xray Racing Series Greece Off-road was held in cold and slippery winter weather at the Fanatix Racing Track facility in Athens. Giorgos Kalantzakis was very fast in the first qualification round but Dimitris Ioannidis worked very hard on his car’s setup and with careful driving he ultimately managed to take overall TQ and win. The 2nd place went to talented amateur driver Stelios Kourkoumelis who, with his mechanic Takas, laid down a great performance to collect valuable points for the championship. Giorgos Kalantzakis secured a 3rd place which secured him the lead in the championship and rounded out an all-Xray podium.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 19, 2019

Motorama 2019 – Report

The Motorama 2019 was hosted at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex, this past weekend. The race is actually part of a huge motorsport expo that incorporates ArenaCross racing, Car show, Go Kart racing, Quarter Midget racing, Scaling, Speed, show and beauty pageant all in one. Luckily for the racers, world-famous Scotty Ernst was on hand building both dirt tracks for 1/8th and 1/10th scale racing for all of the RC racing enthusiasts to enjoy. By taking the best 2 of 3 qualifiers to seed for the triple A-Mains, racing was action packed as both tracks were going off at the same time keeping racers that were participating in both, extremely busy. Here’s a recap of how it all went down.

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February 18, 2019

Oskar Navarro wins at Madrid Buggy regionals Rd1

The opening round of the Madrid 1/8th Buggy regionals was held at the Circuito Rozas de Puerto Real track this past weekend, attracting over 40 entries for the single 1/8th Nitro Buggy class. Oskar Navarro took the overall TQ in front of Dani Vega with Juanma Guillen coming in 3rd. In the 45-minute main final it was again Oskar Navarro who would hold the upper hand, bringing home a narrow 1.5s win in front of a recovering Juanma Guillen while Dani Vega had to settle for 3rd overall in front of Daniel Pariente and Oscar Martin.

Image: Dani Vega

February 18, 2019

Joan Espasa wins at Catalonian Off-road Champs opener

The Racbsa Montjuic track in Barcelona hosted the opening round of the Catalonian 1/8th off-road regional championship this past weekend. Carlos Pineda swept the qualifiers to take the overall TQ in front of Joan Espasa and young Marc Janer. The 45-minute main final then saw Joan Espasa (Xray) taking the win some 30 seconds in front of Alex Valls (Mugen) as Carlos Pineda (Team Associated) completed the top 3 podium result.

Image: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

February 18, 2019

Andy DiBrino wins at Rockstar Winter Off-road Series Rd6

PDX Underground of Portland, Oregon held round 6 of the 2018/19 Rockstar Winter Off-road Series last Friday. In 2WD Modified Buggy it was the Yokomo duo of Andy DiBrino and Joe Pillars who battled for the overall TQ with the better end for Andy, who would take the pole position by less than 0.2s. The single 5-minute A-main then would again see Andy on top with Joe coming in 2nd, some six seconds down on Andy.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

February 18, 2019

Jack McMillan doubles at South Australian State Titles

The Adelaide Radio Control Raceway hosted the South Australian State Titles this past weekend. In the 2WD Modified Buggy class Jack McMillan (Team Associated) made a clean sweep, taking the overall TQ after winning each of the four qualifying rounds. In the triple A-mains events Hack was equally dominant, as he came out on top in all three legs to take the 2WD Modified State title in front of the Yokomo duo of Antoni Caretti and Damon Davis Perry.

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