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June 8, 2016

JJ Wang teams up with Xray

Xray have announced the signing of Shanghai based JJ Wang to their electric team. The young Chinese-American, who recently won the AOC season opener in Shanghai, is considered to be one of the most talented drivers at present and he will campaign Xray’s line of 1/10th scale electric on-road and off-road kits at major national races in the USA as well as at selected international events. The former HB driver has the following to say about the deal:

After the departure from my previous team, I had the opportunity and freedom to try almost every platform in the market. After several extended testing with most of the brands, Xray was by far the most consistent in performance and quality. I am very happy and thankful to join Team Xray and be a part of the family for years to come. Special Thanks to Hudy family for this opportunity.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 8, 2016

Hungarian RC Offroad Series Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Hungarian RC Offroad Series was held in Homokbodoge in several electric and nitro classes including E-Buggy, E-Truggy and Nitro Buggy. Sunday morning’s qualifying saw Sándor Paár (TLR) taking the TQ spot in E-Truggy, Peter Loncsar (TLR) grabbed the TQ in E-Buggy and Gergely Csekő (TLR) took the TQ in Nitro Buggy. The Nitro Buggy main then also brought the closest racing as Gergely Csekő (TLR) managed to take the win in the 30-minute final by only 0.238 seconds in front of Peter Loncsar (TLR) while Adam Izsay (Mugen) rounded out the podium further 10 seconds behind.

Continue reading the report here

June 8, 2016

Belgian SCT Cup Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Belgian SCT Cup was held at the BPT club’s astroturf track. The drivers were greeted by a new surface and track layout with the latter being even more technical with a huge step-up sequence and nice off-camber turns while overall the grip level was lower than before. Rain the week before the race let the surface being slightly damp even on Sunday, making tyre choice crucial this time. In Pro2, Géry Ledocq (Kyosho) started off with the TQ in round one ahead of Edouard-Benoit Michez (Team Associated). Géry snatched another TQ in the second round ahead of Nicolas Evens (TLR) while in the third and final round, Géry broke his truck on the second lap, allowing Nicolas to win the qualifier ahead of Tom Pierard.

Continue reading the report here

June 7, 2016

Paul Field wins at BRCA Southwest regionals Rd3

Round three of the UK’s BRCA Southwest regionals took place last weekend at a very sunny Mendip Raceway. The track was very fast and flowing, making for some great racing. Paul Field (Schumacher) took the TQ and the win in the 2WD class andhe also confirmed himself as the 2016 2WD regional champion with a round to go so a very big congratulations to him on his first ever 2WD regional championship. Paul Penny (PR) took a great second place from fourth on the grid while Martin Owen (Team C) finished up third on the podium from his third place qualifying spot to keep it all close for a battle for the overall runner-up spot going into the last round at Tiverton on the 31st of July.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

June 7, 2016

Patrick Hofer wins Swiss 1/8th Buggy Nats Rd3

Round three of the Swiss 1/8th Nitro Buggy Nationals was held at the Lütisburg track this past weekend in mixed weather conditions. HB driver Jeremy Pittet would TQ the Expert class from the Team Associated duo of Patrick Hofer and Ronny Lüber in second and third respectively. In time for the finals the weather turned to the worst, making for challenging track conditions. Starting from the pole position into the 45-minute A-main after winning the semis, Patrick Hofer would jump into the lead that he would hold onto until the checkered flag. A lap down Ronny had to defend himself from Jeremy with both being separated by only 2.6 seconds at the end.

Thanks to Patrick Hofer for the report.

June 7, 2016

Graham Alsop wins East Shrewsbury Winter Series Rd3

Round 3 of the East Shrewsbury Winter Series saw Graham Alsop taking the TQ followed by Ashlee Owen. Ashlee then made a couple of changes to his car for the main helping him maintain a gap of approximately 5 to 6 seconds until the final fuel stop, when Graham pulled away to take a comfortable win. Kieran Cox had a final long battle for third managing to take a podium spot during the last laps, making it an Xray podium lockout.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 7, 2016

Kaja Novotny TQs & wins at Czech Open Rd4

The fourth round of Czech 1/8th Buggy Open series took place in Kolin last weekend. Despite the weather forecast not looking too good the home club prepared everything nicely, making it a great event for everyone. Following a wet Friday’s practice Saturday started with even more moisture but once the sun came out the track dried very quickly. The opening qualifier was won by Kaja Novotny ahead of his Xray team mates Max Gotzl, Frantisek Kalenda and Milan Mudra. The following two qualifiers were again won by Kaja who in turn took the overall TQ. The semifinals once again saw Kaja dominating and despite having a tyre coming loose, he was able to take the win to grab the pole position for the A-main.

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June 7, 2016

JQ grabs 10th Nordic Championship title

The 2016 Nordic Championships were held in Stockholm, Sweden over the weekend. The race, catering to racers from Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark, was TQed by HB’s David Ronnefalk, followed by Christoffer Svensson (Mugen) and JQRacing’s own Joseph Quagraine. The times were really close in qualifying with the rounds being decided on the last laps. David and JQ raced in the same semi final, and battled for the entire race, with David eventually coming out on top. The pace was fast enough to place them 1 and 2 on the grid for the main, with Svensson winning the other semi lining up third. The main was 60 minutes, and was pretty exciting for the first 10 minutes, with multiple lead changes, but then Ronnefalk clicked into a higher gear and pulled away. JQ and Svensson would go on battling for second place for almost 45 minutes. At that time, Ronnefalk just lapped JQ and flamed out right after handing JQ the lead. The last 15 minutes JQ just maintained his lead over Svensson who fought off a hard charging Marcus Sandberg (Mugen), and crossed the finish line winning his 10th Nordic Championship.

View the final results here