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October 10, 2018

P.Y. Tang wins XRS Indonesia

The 2018 XRS Indonesia was held at Sunter International Speedway recently in a single 13.5T Touring Blinky class. To make the race more enjoyable the organisers customised the layout with a tight chicane and some fast sweepers so all drivers could optimise the motor power with their car setups. Racers from cities around Indonesia and Singapore participated in this last leg of the South East Asia XRS Series. Ultimately it was P. Y. Tang who took the overall TQ and eventually also took the overall win with M. Izza Karunia and Christian Abang completing the podium.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 10, 2018

Nacho Lopez wins Spanish 1/8th IC Track finale

The final round of the Spanish 1/8th IC Track Nationals was held in Sevilla last weekend. Adrian Santerio was on fire the whole weekend, taking the overall TQ with Nacho Lopez securing himself the 2 spot on the grid after the super pole race. The start of the main final was a clean affair and Adrian was able to jump into the lead, closely followed by Nacho. However Adrian had a small bobble some minutes into the race that allowed Nacho to take the lead and from there he tried to manage the gap as he was on a tyre saving strategy. Later Adrian had to retire due to radio issues which allowed Nacho to keep it a bit easier and to bring home the win after the 45-minute A-main.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 10, 2018

Tim Wood crowned BRCA 1/8th IC Track Champion

The final round of the UK 1/8th Circuit championship took place at the Brooklands Circuit in Kent in the South East. Saturday saw all racers have good track-time perfecting their setups for Sunday. After four rounds of qualifying John Carr (Shepherd) took his first ever TQ, followed by newly crowned 2018 Champion Tim Wood (Shepherd) and Neil King (Capricorn). A busy start of the Main final saw Tim take the lead which he never relinquished – completing his sixth victory of the year. John Carr finished 2nd with Andy Hastings 3rd making a Shepherd lockout podium.

View the final results here

October 9, 2018

Bruno Coelho wins Cup of Portugal

The annual Cup of Portugal took place at CRB with 22 drivers in attendance. As a special guest, Xray’s Bruno Coelho made an appearance with the World Champion taking the opportunity to race on home soil. As expected Bruno showed a blistering pace with newly-crowned national champion, Serpent’s Hugo Miguel coming in 2nd and Mario Miranda following in 3rd. The start of the opening A-main was smooth, however a couple of corner later Hugo made a pass on Bruno with the latter trying to regain the position later which resulted in a crash of both. After loosing a lot of time the two tried to recover with Bruno ultimately bringing home the A1 win as Hugo had to settle for 3rd. A2 was a less stressful affair as Bruno brought home the win on new tyres easily, taking the overall with one leg to spare as Hugo came in 2nd this time. To not disturb the fight for the remaining podium spots Bruno wanted to sit out A3 but the other drivers asked him to take part anyway. Following a clean start Bruno later had a bobble over a curb, making way for Hugo Miguel. The now-leader drove his heart off but Bruno closed the gap in the closing stages and tried to find a way past, however holding tight lines Hugo was able to bring home the win and with it the overall runner-up spot from Nuno Duraes (Mugen) in 3rd.

Thanks to Hugo Miguel for the report.

October 9, 2018

Vasilis Lykaris takes Greek National 200mm title

The sixth round of the Greek 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring Championship took place at Fanatix Racing Track recently. After four rounds of qualifying, Vasilis Lykaris managed to take the overall TQ with Nikos Karabelas in 2nd and 14 years old George Lekkas, making its A-final debut, qualifying 8th on the grid. In the final Vasilis started pulling away from the field early on and from there he drove an error-free final and crossed the finish line first while George Lekkas managed to finish 6th. Nikos Karabelas had to battle for the runner-up position very hard throughout the whole race, but he managed to bring it home and scored important points to achieve a 2nd position in the championship behind Vasilis.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

October 9, 2018

Sunpadow sign Jin Sawada

Sunpadow have announced the signing of newly-crowned Japanese National Champion, Jin Sawada to their factory team. Jin will use Sunpadow’s line of competition battery packs at all major events from now on.

Source: Sunpadow [sunpadow.com]

October 9, 2018

2018/19 Rug Racers Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the 2018/19 Rug Racers series was held last weekend. The new series returned with a few changes made to the track in an effort to help with the racing and limit the number of car breakages. The 13.5 Blinky Touring win was taken by long serving Ashley Wiffen. Ashley was being pushed hard by Jamie Hickin but was able to hold him off for the overall A-final win from Jamie Hickin in 2nd and Shaun Batt in 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

October 9, 2018

Kevin Nielsen joins Xray factory team

Xray have announced the addition of Danish top driver, Kevin Nielsen to their factory team. The multi-time ETS and DHI Cup A-finalist will campaign Xray’s T4 platform at national and international events such as the ETS, DHI Cup, XRS and more and he had the following to say about the deal:

I’m extremely happy and proud to join the Xray factory team. Thanks to Xray for putting the trust in me. My dream just came true. The quality of the products is just amazing, and the cars are on point like the support no matter what level you race at. I will as always try my best to get some great results both in nationals and internationals races.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]