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June 17, 2016

Xray sign young Alexander Landen

Xray have announced the signing of young swedish talent, Alexander Landen to their junior racing program. The 10-years old will race 1/10th electric off-road at events such as the EOS, the WBC races, the Swedish National Cup and more and he has the following to say about the deal:

I am very happy for this opportunity and I am of course very proud. I have been running Xray cars for the last 2 years with a great success. The quality and attention to details in the products are top notch and the performance and reliability of the products are superior. With the recent release of the new 2WD platform we believe the Xray overall package currently is the strongest in the 1/10 off road racing market on all surfaces. Therefore this seems as a perfect time to join a very successful team and I will do my best to represent the team.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 17, 2016

John Spencer teams up with PR Racing UK

PR Racing UK and Inside Line Racing have announced that top UK RC driver John Spencer is joining the team to run the 4WD PRSB401 buggy. John is well known on the European RC racing scene being a BRCA National A-finalist and multiple European top 20 finisher. As the DMS Racing shop manager he has loads of day to day experience to offer to the PR UK team and racers in general regarding set ups and improving your lap times.

Source: Inside Line Models [insidelinemodels.com]

June 17, 2016

Wesley van Helmond wins at Dutch Buggy Cup Rd3

The recent third round of the Dutch Buggy Cup was held at the Oberhausen track in Germany. The Nitro Buggy main final saw a battle for the win between Wesley van Helmond (TLR) and Jarno Pijpers (Xray), the latter coming from the 7 spot on the grid. Both made mistakes at one or the other point but a flame out after a crash cost Jarno dearly so he had to settle for second behind Wesley while Marcel Müller (Team Associated) rounded out the top 3 result.

View the final results here

June 16, 2016

Peter Pinisch doubles at rain-affected Austrian Nats Rd3

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Last weekend the third round of the Austrian Nationals was held at the dirt track TSA Krieglach. The weather forecast for the race day was not so good and the rain stopped the race after three rounds of qualifying. Schumacher’s Peter Pinisch took the win in both classes with the fastest time of the day. The Team Associated duo of Stefan Pfeifhofer and Lucas Grainer would side-line Peter on the 2WD podium while Hupo Hönigl (Xray) and Marcel Rekettye completed the 4WD top 3 result.

View the 4WD podium here

June 16, 2016

Victorian Drivers Series Rd2 – Report

Round two of the Victorian Drivers Series was held at the regional club on Mildura, around 550km northwest of Melbourne. Over 140 entries were received for the event, including close to 20 in the under 16 junior class, the first to be held at the famous club’s new facility which their members ha. With a very large red clay track with a unique diagonal centre straight, and winter desert climate giving freezing mornings and sunny afternoons, the event was a challenge for all racers. The surface was very cold and slick in the mornings but grooved up through the day, making tyre choice critical. With the large entries the meeting was run over 3 days, practice Friday and Saturday morning, qualifying Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, finals Sunday afternoon.

Continue reading the report here

June 16, 2016

Ilya Plakhotnik wins at Cup of Urals

The Cup of Urals was held at the Corrtezz Raceway in Ekaterinburg, Russia, about 2000km away from Moscow. More than 50 drivers from the Urals and Siberia signed in for the event that was held in challenging weather conditions with wind, sun and rain. Moscow-based Ilya Plakhotnik would take the win in the 45-minute Nitro Buggy A-main, coming from the 2 spot on the grid. Ilya would take the lead in the opening stages of the final, defending the position for the remainder of the race to bring home the win.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

June 16, 2016

2017 The Dirt Nitro Challenge – Announcement

The Dirt Racing have announced that the 18th annual, 2017 The Dirt Nitro Challenge will once again be held at the famous Fear Farm facility in Phoenix, Arizona. The dates are set at February 22nd to 26th 2017. As the new entry and class limit proved to be a success, with the 2016 race selling out and allowing the event to run smoothly with a scheduled race itinerary and 10 pm finish time, the 2017 DNC will continue to implement the same format to insure a successful, scheduled event. As usual The Dirt offers a discounted entry fee for a limited time in the Summer. Starting Saturday June 18th the early entry fee is 60US$ and it will be available until an allotted number of entries are sold. Classes will be the same as last year with the 40+ drivers allowed to run in addition to the regular classes. To enter, paypal fees to thedirtracing@aol.com and put the racer info in the notes section, or email Joey Christensen at thedirtracing@aol.com. More information about the race can be found here.

June 15, 2016

Shay Brand takes Pro Buggy win at SOS Rd1

This past weekend the first round of the Southern Off-road Series was held at HCRCR in McDonough, Georgia. The race brought in drivers from all over the Southeast, reaching a grand total of 195 entries for the 1-day event. Qualifying was close throughout the day and in the end Shay Brand was able to get the TQ in Pro Buggy despite some limited practice before. The Pro Buggy race saw a mistake of Shay on the first lap putting him about mid pack. After some great driving, Shay was able to make his way back to the front and had some really good racing with both Eddie Cordoba and Chandler Elliot. Shay was then able to come away with the win at the end of the 20 minute A-main event.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]