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October 5, 2018

Xray Racing Series Germany Rd3 – Report

The RCRT Duisburg astroturf track played host to round 3 of the Xray Racing Series Germany recently. The track was redesigned at the start of the season with the layout combining fast and technical sections. The schedule saw free practice on Saturday with the actual race taking place on Sunday. In the premier 2WD Modified Buggy class and after some great racing in all three A-mains it was Team Associated driver Jochen Müller with the win followed by Bernd Wiedenbusch (Xray) on the 2nd spot and Sven Braciak (Team Associated) taking the final spot on the podium.

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October 4, 2018

Lefebvre & Hooks wins at the Texas Two Step

The Gulf Coast Raceways in Porter, Texas and the Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas recently played host to the first ever Texas Two Step race. It was setup like the Pro-Line duel race in California. The scoring would be combining your results from Saturday and Sunday to make an overall. Friday was practice at either track with Saturday being raced at the Gulf Coast Raceway and Sunday things would decide at the Thornhill track. When the dust had settled, Ethan Lefebvre would take the overall in Nitro Buggy in front of Dillon Caldwell and Tyler Hooks. Over in Electric Buggy it was Tyler Hooks with the overall from Brandon Rose and Ethan Lefebvre.

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October 3, 2018

Raceform ET410 V2 polycarbonate shock towers

Raceform have released ET410 specific V2 shock towers that are made of a new high-impact modified polycarbonate. They are precisely machined and tested for durability with the rear tour being suitable for rear shock front position conversion with multiple camber locations. M3 threaded camber holes eliminate the use of a nut in order to save weight while calculated flex at critical areas saves gearboxes and shock standoffs. The front tower weighs in at 11g while the rear tower weighs 17g.

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October 3, 2018

Mark Sousa wins at Brian Decaire Memorial Race

SPARC R/C Raceway of Kingsville, Ontario held the Brian Decaire Memorial Race last weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class Xray’s Mark Sousa was able to take overall TQ and win in front of Serpent’s Abiye Birku on the runner-up spot. Douglas Shewfelt (Serpent) would round out the podium in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 3, 2018

Austrian 1/10 Electric Off-road Nats Rd5 – Report

The fifth and final round of the Austrian Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the MRC-Traiskirchen club close to Vienna. The track underwent a major redesign with the former dirt track now being laid out with astroturf. However the natural contours have been preserved to ensure an off-road feeling, making the track very technical. Classes run were 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy and 2WD Truck and it was Team Associated’s Peter Pinisch who took the overall TQs in all categories. In the 2WD A-main 2WD there were tough but fair fights between Peter Pinisch and Yokomo driver, Lucas Grainer. In the end Peter would prevail to take the win from Lucas on the 2 spot. Yokomo’s Thomas Pumpler came in 3rd to round out the podium.

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October 3, 2018

Czech 1/8th Buggy Nationals Rd5 & Rd6 – Report

The final two rounds of the Czech 1/8th Buggy Nationals took place at the Horni Jeleni track last weekend. At round 5 it was Max Gotzl with the overall TQ in the Nitro Buggy class, however after the semifinals it was Martin Bayer with the pole position for the 45-minute A-main event with Max coming in 2nd and Jiri Mara starting from the 3 spot. Soon after the start Martin had a bobble that allowed Max to take the lead but Bayer soon recovered and Max tried to fight back after the final stop for fuel but Martin had the faster pace and so he took the win from Max in 2nd and Jiri in 3rd.

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October 2, 2018

Manuel Iniesta wins Levante regional champs

The Levante regional championship concluded last weekend and it was Mugen’s Manuel Iniesta who took the win and the overall title. The RC Roldan track played host to the race with the Kyosho duo of Oscar and Bryan Baldo competing the top 3 results behind winner Manuel.

Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]

October 2, 2018

Jarno Pijpers doubles at NRC Cup

The Mach-One astro turf track in Helmond, The Netherlands played host to a round of the NRW Cup this past weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class Carsten Keller took the overall TQ while in the Electric Buggy class it was Jarno Pijpers who was in 1st place after the qualifiers. Following the semifinal it was Jarno with the pole position for the Nitro A-main and right from the start he was able to build a gap on Carsten who had bad luck in his semifinal. Ultimately Jarno Pijpers (SWorkz) was able to bring home the win from Carsten Keller (Mugen) in 2nd and Collin Meijer (Serpent) in 3rd. The Electric class had Jarno Pijpers (SWorkz) taking another pole position with Sander van Genechten (Xray) on the 2 spot on the grid. After the start Jarno and Sander would pull away from the rest off the field. Sander would follow Jarno for a few minutes, but Sander made a mistake and Jarno would open a gap to take the win from Sander in 2nd and Tim Donk (Team C) on the 3 spot.

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]