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January 14, 2016

Serpent GT Cup Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the 2016 Serpent GT Cup was held at the TRC race track in Hong Kong with over 70 drivers in attendance. New to the 2016 season is the addition of a Modified class where the drivers are free in terms of engine and tyre chose although the chassis has to remain the standard Cobra GT. The new class attracted a total of 12 drivers with 60 entries for the Stock category. The race schedule of the 1-day event saw three 10 minute qualifiers for the Stock class and a single 15 minute qualifier for the Modified class with the fastest lap counting towards the qualifying results. The A-mains would then be run as a single 40 minute main for the Stock class and two electric-style mains for the Modified category.

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January 14, 2016

Christophe Louis joins J-Tech

J-Tech have announced the signing of 2012 EFRA Euros B runner-up, Christophe Louis to their team for 2016. The French Elite class champion will use the Italian-made rubber in his 1/8th scale campaign this season.

Source: Marchetti Model Service [marchettimodelservice.com]

January 14, 2016

Xray X-Race UK – Announcement

The legendary Cotswolds outdoor on-road track will play host for the first Xray X-Race UK on the weekend of the 12th of June. It is understood that the race is open for everyone and more information about the event will become available soon.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 13, 2016

Xray X-Race Italy – Announcement

The Xray X-Race will be held in Scandiano, Italy on the 19th of March. All Xray friends are invited and welcomed at the race and more information about the event will become available soon.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 12, 2016

Russian Touring Masters 2016 – Announcement

The 2016 edition of the Russian Touring Masters will take place from the 25th of 27th of March in St. Petersburg, Russia. The third installation of the event will be held in the three classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock 17.5T Blinky and Touring Stock 13.5T with the latter class using select motor and speedo combos. Beside the fastest Russian drivers the race will see the appearance of some fast international racers such as Viljami Kutvonen, Max Mächler, and Marcel Geiger. More information can be found on the official event website here.

January 11, 2016

Tasos Batas sweeps Sweep Challenge Rd10

The tenth round of the Greek Sweep Challenge was held at the RC Ring indoor race track. Xray driver Tasos Batas swept the qualifying by winning all rounds and he would continue to lead the proceedings in the finals as he took the win in all legs with a huge margin on second placed Isaakidis (Tamiya) and third placed Totomis (Capricorn). Vasilopoulos (TOP) and Papadakis (Yokomo) rounded out the top 5 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 11, 2016

Mibosport Cup 2015/16 Rd3 – Report

The third round of the 2015/16 Mibosport Cup was held this past weekend at the Hotel-Sport in Hrotovice. The event attracted a total of 246 entries with 114 drivers signing in for the on-road classes while the off-road classes had 132 entries in total. The qualifying of the Touring Car Modified class was won by Kuba Simurda and right from the start of the first A-main, Kuba made his intentions clear as he was able to open a considerable gap on his rivals and he eventually came out successful in A1. Behind him, Helmut Frauenschum finished in second place as he managed to overtake Jiri Vysin who ended A1 in third place. The second A-main then again saw a dominating Kuba who controlled the gap to his nearest rivals Mario Sowka, Jiri Vysin and Zdenko Kunak and this would then also be the result of the second final. The third and final A-main was very similar to the second one as Kuba was in the lead again ahead of Mario, Jiri and Zdenko. The order did not change till the end of the final and so Kuba Simurda took the overall victory with Mario Sowka and Jiri Vysin completing the podium.

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January 11, 2016

Volker claims seventh DHI Cup win

Ronald Volker has taken his tally of wins at the famous DHI Cup to seven. The 16th running of the Danish event, Volker secured what would be his third consecutive win by taking the opening two A-Mains in Odense. Top Qualifier for the race, which marks the first international touring car race of the season, the German took A1 with ease but in A2 Awesomatix driver Viljami Kutvonen. After the strong start however Kutvonen faded a little leaving Volker celebrating the start of the 2016 season with overall victory. In A3 Kutvonen would enjoy a straight forward win over Alexander Hagberg and former winner Adrian Berntsen to secure second overall. Finishing on the same points as his team-mate Bruno Coelho, the tie breaker would leave Hagberg to complete the podium.

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