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June 18, 2018

Davide Ongaro sweeps Nitro Buggy Euros warm-up

The warm-up race for this year’s EFRA Nitro Buggy European Championship was held in Freixedas, Portugal this past weekend. Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro continued his recent winning streak by adding another TQ and win to his already impressive 2018 season as after coming out fastest in the qualifiers and semifinal, he also brought some the win in the 60-minute main final some 22 seconds in front of HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk as Mugen’s Robert Batlle rounded out the top 3 a lap down.

View the final results here

June 18, 2018

Becker & Schneider win at German Nats qualifier

The Eifel Elos club in the western part of Germany held a round of the German 1/10th Electric Off-road National qualifiers recently and in the 2WD Modified Buggy class it was Xray’s Jens Becker with the TQ and win. Coming in 1st in A1 and A2 secured Jens the overall in front of Team C’s Marcel Schneider and Marcus Lübke as in 4WD Mod Buggy it was HB Racing’s Marcel Schneider with the win from Jens as Team C’s Andre Welker rounded out the top 3 results.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 16, 2018

Mallee Madness & Victorian Drivers Series Rd3 – Report

The 3rd round of the Victorian Drivers series saw just under 150 entries travel to the Mildura club in regional Australia, 6 hours drive from Melbourne. The club members had built a brand new technical track for the event with a new clay surface. Unfortunately very heavy rain on the Friday of the event left the track very heavy for practice Saturday morning, resulting in the track becoming very bumpy and challenging racer’s driving and setup skills. The track dried out and grooved up through the event with competitors starting on pin tyres and ending up on supersoft bars or webs. With slick timekeeping and organisation, the event ran to schedule despite the wet start. In 4WD Modified the qualifying order was the same as 2WD Modified, the two junior racers pushing Ray hard. In the finals Ray again took the win with his son Lachlan finishing 2nd, a very unlucky Isergin just missing the podium after collecting a marshall’s foot in A3. Healy again let his experience show in the finals, finishing 3rd after tough qualifiers.

Continue reading the report here

June 14, 2018

Tim Kunz double TQs & wins German buggy regional

Round 4 of the German 1/10th Off-road central division regionals was held on a permanent astroturf track in Hütschenhausen recently. Xray’s Tim Kunz took the double TQ and win in the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes, leaving behind Team C’s Marcus Lübke and Andre Welker in 2WD while Marcus Lübke (Team C) and Florian Welsch (Xray) rounded out the top 3 result in the 4WD class.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 13, 2018

Lefebvre crowned Thornhill Spring Series 2WD winner

Over the past four months Thornhill Racing Circuit held their 6-race 2018 Thornhill Jr Spring Series. Xray’s Ethan Lefebvre won four of the six rounds for the overall, eventually securing the title already after round 4 that he would finish on the 2nd place. Xray teammates, Chris Allison and Lance Myhre would end the series on the P2 and P3 overall for an Xray podium sweep.

View the championship top 10 results here

June 13, 2018

Pavlovsky & Kosmakov win at Cup of Russia Rd2

The second round of this year’s Cup of Russia was held in Moscow recently. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class Alexander Pavlovsky brought hime the win from Ilya Plakhotnik and Mikhail Baldin. Over in 1/8th E-Buggy it was Alexander Kosmakov with the win from Mikhail Gofshtein 2nd and Alexandros Stefanescu 3rd.

View the E-Buggy podium here

June 12, 2018

Kyle McBride takes win at Queens Cup

Melbourne in Australia played host to the Queens Cup last weekend, attracting some of the country’s fastest 1/8th off-road racers. In the Pro Nitro Buggy class it was Kyle McBride who dominated the proceedings, taking the TQ and a dominant win in the 45-minute A-main, some five laps in front of Max Ricca as Shane Kelly rounded out the top 3 results. Behind the three, Shane Smith and Gavin White would complete the top 5.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

June 12, 2018

5th Annual Quebec Classic – Announcement

The 5th Annual Quebec Classic race will be held from the 23rd to 26th of August near Montréal in QC, Canada. The event will see the attendance of reigning IFMAR World Champion, David Ronnefalk and 2014 World Champ, Ty Tessmann and it will be held in 1/8th Nitro and Electric Buggy and Truggy classes, 40+ Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy categories as well as 1/10th 2WD, 4WD and Pro4 SC classes. More information can be found here and sign-up for the race is already available here.