Round three of the Norwegian 1/10th Electric Off-road National Series was recently held at the Oslo-based Hverven Raceway. In the 4WD Buggy class, Xray’s Malin Karlsen would bring home the day’s win with victories in A1 and A3, coming from the 3 spot on the grid. Yokomo team mates Eirik Andreassen and Daniel Kobbevik rounded out the podium in second and third respectively.
Round four of The Team Associated Summer Series at the Hobbyplex was last weekend, and the competition was stacked with heavy hitters from all over the mid-west with the race having a nice turnout with 194 entries. Will Brinton was an unstoppable force in Modified Racing Truck, taking the TQ in both rounds of qualifying, and a wire-to-wire win in the 8-minute single A-main with a near-flawless run.
Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]
Last weekend the Cyprus International 1/8 Nitro Buggy Race was held in Nicosia with drivers from Cyprus, Greece and Israel in attendance. The weather was extremely hot and the new track layout with high jumps and a lot of bumps made for challenging racing conditions. In the A-main Andreas Thrasyvoulou (Xray) brought home the win from Rafail Panayi (Xray) and Marios Christodoulou (Mugen).
The third round of the Dutch BL Cup was held at the MACH One club in Helmond. Agama’s Bart Mullink would take the win in the A-main from Xray’s Jarno Pijpers, who suffered problems early in the final but he was able to recover grab the runner-up spot on the podium. Sander van Genechten (Xray) rounded out the podium in third.
The second round of the Czech 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held at the Dolni Bukovsko track. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class, Xray’s Kaja Novotny took the win in the opening qualifier but technical issues for Kaja in Q2 and Q3 made way for David Kukla (Xray) who left Jiri Mara (Serpent) and Max Gotzl (Xray) behind in second and third.
The fourth round of the Alpencup series was recently held on the all-new astroturf track of the EFAC Hohenems club. In the 2WD Buggy class, Xray’s Nico Schmid brought home the win, coming from the 2 spot on the grid, from Xray team mate and TQ holder Michel Buschor. Nico’s brother Florian Schmid (Xray) rounded out the podium in third.
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Round two of the Austrian Nitro Buggy National Championship was held at the Waidhofen track. Xray’s Martin Wollanka made a clean sweep, taking the TQ after the qualifiers and the pole position for the A-main with his FX-powered ride. The main final was then also won by Martin in pretty dominant fashion, as he ended the race a lap ahead of Dominic Bauer (Mugen/Novarossi) with Maximilian Hauenschild (Mugen/Novarossi) coming in third.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Northern California’s Central Valley RC Raceway hosted the 2nd race of the Nitro Nights Series with some of Northern California’s top drivers were in attendance including Jonathan Hernandez, Bryce Beaver, and Austin Blair. In Pro Buggy and after a flawless drive Cooter Kenney brought home the win from second placed Bryan Curran and third placed Bryce Beaver.
Thanks to Cooter Kenney for the report.
