June 30, 2016

Robert Okonski successful at Polish Nationals Rd3

Round three of the Polish On-road Championships was held at the recently refurbished Jelcz-Laskowice track. Offering fast sections and a low grip level the track was a bit of a handful for many of the EP Formula class drivers especially those who prepped their cars according to the EFRA rules with rubber tyres and slower motors than the boosted 17.5T and foam tyres that are allowed in the Polish Championship. In the qualifiers, run in very hot weather conditions on Saturday, the battle for the TQ was on between Michal Milanowicz and Robert Okonski with the better end for Robert. The final on Sunday were a much different affair with 20°C and some rain. Robert though would bring home the win from Michal who suffered from bad luck in A1 and A2. The third and final A-main was than dropped by the organisers due to too much rain. Overall, Jan Ruman would round out the top 3 result, making it an all-Xray top 3.

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June 30, 2016

Jason Conley successful at 2016 Byron Challenge

The 2016 Byron Challenge recently wrapped up at Leisure Hours Raceway with some fantastic racing among drivers from across the eastern half of the United States. While the forecast was for heavy rain on Sunday, the conditions were high temperatures and sunny skies throughout the weekend. In 1/8th Open 4WD, Xray teammates Eric Jones and Jason Conley battled all weekend for the TQ starting position with Joseph Wright (Serpent) right on their heels. With Jason and Eric both TQ’ing two of the four qualifying rounds, Eric’s better tiebreaker gave him P1 for the start of the main event.

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June 30, 2016

Robert Lu wins at 2016 MTS China Rd2

This past weekend, the second round of 2016 Muchmore Touring China Series was held at the Shanghai-based RCI V2 indoor circuit. The rain season brought nice and cool weather to the early Summer which made for a good day of racing. In the 1/10th Touring Blinky class, local Xray driver Robert Lu was on fire right from the start. He took the TQ after the three rounds of qualifying and he  would then continue to dominate in the finals by winning the first two legs to claim the overall victory early. In A3, Robert would sit out and so Xray young star Nicolas Koh took the win, securing his runner-up spot. Huang Hua finished 3rd place to round out an all-Xray podium.

Source: Rossel Hobbies [rossellhobbies.com]

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June 30, 2016

Michal Abrahamek wins at Laszlo Timar memorial race

The Laszlo Timar memorial race was recently held at the Morac Graz track in Austria with about 80 racers from the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Hungary and Slovenia in attendance. The race format saw independent races on Saturday and Sunday with the combination of both would make up the final result. Xray’s Michal Abrahamek won the Saturday portion and he would take the TQ on Sunday but due to heavy rain making it impossible to drive the main final, the results were taken from the qualifiers, handing Michal his third title in a row after winning the event in 2015 and 2014. Gergö Lehner (Shepherd) and Sagi Tamas (Serpent) would round out the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

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June 29, 2016

2016 Winter Champs title for Aaron Lee

The recent 2016 Winter Champs in Australia saw Aaron Lee walking away with the triple of TQ, fastest lap and new track record as well as the win in the competitive A-main event. The victory is even more impressive as this was the first outing for his new chassis sponsors after having only received the kits on the Monday before the race.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

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June 28, 2016

Barry Baker wins at Big Fat Turkey Race

This past weekend, the 10th annual Big Fat Turkey Race was held in Camarillo, California. With nice weather and with just over 130 entries and 18 heats, it was bound to make for a good day of racing. In the Modified Touring Car class the race for the win was on between veteran racer Barry Baker (Team Associated), Max Kuenning (Xray) and Randy Caster (Team Associated). In the opening two mains Kuenning scored a 3-2, Baker a 2-1, and Caster a 1-4. At the start of A3, Caster put a small gap between himself and the second and third spots of Baker and Kuenning. On lap 23, Baker got into some traffic and had to retire early due to a mechanical failure. With the points from A1 and A2, Randy needed a win in A3 to take the overall; but if Kuenning won, it would make for a 3-way tie for the win. At the finish line, Kuenning held on the for the win, forcing a three-way tie. Coming down to the driver’s fastest single main event as the tie breaker, Baker took the overall, beating Kuenning by only nine-tenths of a second.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

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June 28, 2016

Dimitriou wins at Greek National Cup

The Greek National Cup was held at the Modelodromio track in Patra in sunny weather conditions. Xray’s Dimitriou would TQ three of the four qualifiers what gave him the overall TQ from Papadopoulos (Xray). In the main, Dimitriou was the fastest driver on the track in the very hot conditions, allowing him to take the win with a huge margin from second placed Papadopoulos while Christodoulou (Mugen) finished in third place.

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June 28, 2016

French Electric On-road Nationals Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the French Electric On-road Nationals was held at Tournefeuille, near Toulouse, in southwest of France. In the Touring Modified class, current championship leader Thomas Vigneron scored a popular win, also turning the fastest lap of the event, in front of Maxime Favrelle and Jeremy Limoges.

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