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December 7, 2015

Philipp Walleser wins at MRCL Winter Series Rd2

Round 2 of the MRCL Winter Series was held in Longwy and in the 10.5T Touring Stock category it was Philipp Walleser who grabbed the pole position for the triple A-mains with the round TQ in the third and final qualifier. Behind him Michael Kiesewetter and Alexander Becker lined up in second and third respectively. In the finals Philipp, who had just ended a year off from RC, took win in the first and second leg to grab the overall win early. Thomas Stenger would end the day on the runner-up spot with Michael Kiesewetter rounding out the top 3 result.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

December 7, 2015

Alexander Hagberg wins high-class Slovakia Cup Rd3

The third round of the Slovakia Cup was held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia this past weekend. With the opening round of the 2015/16 ETS taking place at the iconic venue in only one week time, both national and international drivers used the event to get some last minute practice, making for a total of 97 entries for the weekend. In the Touring Modified class Xray’s Alexander Hagberg would dominate the proceedings by taking the TQ and the win from Martin Hudy (Xray) with Germany’s Dionys Stadler (Xray) rounding out the top 3 result.

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December 7, 2015

Azri Amri wins at SIS Year End Race

Sunter International Speedway in Jakarta, Indonesia played host to the SIS Year End Race with more than 70 drivers in attendance in the three classes of Touring 13.5T Boosted, FWD and Mini. In the 13.5T Boosted category the race for the TQ was on between Azri Amri and Bowie Ginting with both scoring round TQs on Saturday and they were tie on points going into the final qualifier on Sunday morning. A very fast run saw Bowie taking the final round TQ and with it the pole position for the triple A-mains with Azri putting his car on the two spot. Suwardi Suliandy and Peter Anthonisz would round out the top 4 result.

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December 7, 2015

Max Mächler wins Touring Stock class at Charity Race

The annual Charity Race was held this past weekend at RC Landia in Scandiano, Italy. As usual the race attracted the some of the fastest Italian drivers to compete against guests from abroad and in the 13.5T Touring Stock class it was Germany’s Max Mächler (Awesomatix) who would be in control of things by taking the overall TQ from Riccardo Rabitti and Gabriele Berselli (Xray). In the opening A-main Max would score a clean win some four seconds on front of Nico Catelani (Yokomo) and Riccardo. A2 and it was Nico who would come out fastest from Riccardo while Max only finished in 4th place meaning the third and final leg would bring the decision for the day’s win. Scoring the fastest lap in the finals, Max soon made his intensions clear to bring home the win in A3 and at the end he would come out successful some three seconds in front of Riccardo and Nico to grab the 13.5T Touring Stock title from Nico Catelani on the runner-up spot while Riccardo Rabitti rounded out the podium in third.

Image: Max Mächler

December 7, 2015

Euro Nitro Series releases 2016 calendar

The Euro Nitro Series has released details of its 2016 calendar with the third season of the hugely successful nitro onroad championship again set to run over four rounds. With almost 300 drivers from around the world registering championship points over the 2015 season, a growth of over 10% on its inaugural running in 2014, the ENS will take competitors to Italy, Austria and Germany.

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December 4, 2015

Xray Work.Shop XWS Morava – Announcement

Xray team driver and European Junior Champion, Kuba Simurda will hold an Xray Work.Shop at the forthcoming third round of the XWS Morava. Held on December 19th in the Jedovnice Sport Hall the workshop will focus on the T4 touring car with Kuba teaching interested drivers all setup secrets. Sign-up for the event is available here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 4, 2015

Patrick Gollner signs with Xray

Xray have announced the signing of Austrian Junior Champion and multiple ETS finalist, Patrick Gollner to their team. For 2016 Patrick will focus on the touring car class and he will be joining the Xray Factory team at all major races in Europe including the EFRA European Championships, the ETS as well as the Austrian nationals. Patrick says:

I am very thankful to get this great opportunity to be part of the famous Xray team. With my focus on more international races I wanted to be part of the strongest and best working team which Xray is with no doubts. The T4 platform along with the support are hard to beat and therefore were for me the logical choice. I will do my best for the team and will work as hard as possible. A big thanks to the whole Xray family for this great opportunity and the big trust in me.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 3, 2015

Nikos Karabelas takes Greek 200mm title

The final round of the Greek Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the Zorri track with many of the country’s top drivers in attendance. In the 1/10th 200mm class Nikos Karabelas (Capricorn) took the TQ after the qualifiers, some six seconds in front of the second fastest driver while smashing the track record in the progress. Nikos would be able to conserve his qualifying performance going into the 45 minute main final in which he would take a tone-to-tone victory to secure the 2015 Greek 1/10th Nitro title. Giannis Sotiropoulos (Mugen) grabbed the runner-up spot at the final round while Dimitris Dimitriou (Xray) was promoted into the third place post-race, as the car of Vasilis Lykaris (Shepherd) failed to pass scrutineering.

View the top 10 result here