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December 23, 2019

Xray Racing Series Poland Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Xray Racing Series Poland was a joint race together with the Polish Nationals and it attracted more then 300 entries for the electric on-road and off-road classes. Held in the Polish “RC capital” Lodz, the races were held on purpose-built tracks in the Atlas Arena with the two main tracks being added by drift, trail and micro racing tracks. Racing-wise and in the on-road classes it was Jakub Rozycki (Xray) who was unstoppable in Touring Modified with the TQ and overall win. Filip Jasionowski (Xray) came in 2nd and Arkadiusz Smyk (Tamiya) ended the day on the 3 spot.

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December 20, 2019

Xray Racing Series Slovakia Rd3 – Report

Round 3 of the Xray Racing Series Slovakia was held last weekend, with off-road and on-road classes being run. As for the on-road portion of the event, it was Xray’s own Martin Hudy who dominated the Touring Modified class, taking the TQ from Oliver Havranek (Xray) after the qualifiers. A1 saw Oliver putting some pressure on Martin in the opening stages, however the latter was able to withstand and to bring home the win as he did in A2, when Oliver had to retire due to catching a corner when he tried to pass Martin. A3 then finished again with Martin on top, leaving Oliver behind in 2nd while Xray’s Igor Liptak completed the top 3 result.

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December 19, 2019

Umberto Pernice TQs & wins at Xpress Cup 2K19

The MCM RC indoor asphalt track in Ciserano, Italy hosted the Xpress Cup 2K19 race last weekend in several electric on-road classes. In Touring 13.5T EFRA F1 it was Umberto Pernice (Team Associated/Rebellion-RC) with the overall TQ some 0.3 seconds in front of WRC Racing’s Orlando Fenili. The opening A-main was won by Diego Locatelli from Alessandro Belotti Celli in 2nd, while Umberto scored a DNF, however the latter stroke back with wins in A2 and A3 for the overall from Diego in 2nd, while Alessandro had to settle for 3rd overall after the tie-breaker with Diego.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

December 18, 2019

WRC Racing sign Flavio Elias

WRC Racing from Italy have announced the signing of Brazilian nitro on-road frontrunner, Flavio Elias to their team. The multi-time Brazilian national and South American champion will campaign WRC Racing’s line of nitro on-road kits at national and international events in 2020.

Source: WRC Racing [wrc-racing.com]

December 17, 2019

Rheinard running for Schumacher at 1/12th Worlds

Schumacher have announced that 4-time IFMAR World Champion Marc Rheinard has chosen their Eclipse 3 as his weapon of choice for the 2020 IFMAR 1/12th scale World Championships in the UK. The Infinity factory driver as well as Schumacher are looking forward for this special race with the 2014 IFMAR 1/12th scale World Champion being keen to add another pan car Worlds title to his belt.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

December 17, 2019

Sergi Franch wins at Year End Race

The “Social Gasolina Fin de Ano” Year End Race was held at the Club Automodelismo AUTET track in Almussafes, Spain over the weekend. In the 1/8th IC Track class it was Nacho Lopez with the overall TQ some three seconds in front of Vicente Eres while Sergi Franch, who usually runs 1/10th 200mm Touring Cars, came in 3rd, already a lap down. The final then saw Sergi, in his first 1/8th IC Track race for 15 years, upping his pace and even though he had to come back from the bottom of the field after a mishap, he took the win with a lap margin on Eugenio Rodriguez in 2nd while Miguel Marquina came in 3rd to round out the podium.

Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]

December 17, 2019

Bryce Butterfield doubles at Race For Kids event

Steel City RC Raceway of Fontana, California held the Steel City Race For Kids event last weekend. The race saw the running of several on-road classes and in 1/8th Open it was Xray’s Bryce Butterfield with the overall TQ and he also came out on top after the 15-minute A-main event, leaving behind 4th place qualifier, Kevin Cole (Mugen) in 2nd and 5th place qualifier, Josh Alton in 3rd.

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December 16, 2019

10th Annual Charity Race – Announcement

The tenth edition of the popular Charity Race will be held at the RC Landia indoor carpet track in Scandiano, Italy on the weekend of the 25th and 26th of January 2020. The race will see the running of Touring Modified, Touring Stock EFRA, Formula, 1/12th Pan Car and the newly added classes of USGT, GT12 and FWD. Beside the fastest Italian electric on-road racers, European Pro drivers such as Ronald Völker have announced their attendance. Due to the limited pit space the entries are capped off at 120 drivers with the first Pro drivers having already signed up. The race will be held on CRC carpet using Volante ETS tyres for the touring cars and formula classes, Ride ETS tyres for USGT and FWD and Contact handout tyres for GT12. Like the years before, Team La Gang will hold a charity lottery for the good cause. Registration for the race will start on the 18th of December at 18:00 on Myrcm and for more information feel free to email to Toni Rheinard (info@tonisport.de) or Davide Sillingardi (sillarcmail@gmail.com) or visit the club’s website here.

Source: RC Landia [facebook.com]