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December 1, 2015

Autumn Shoot Out Rd4 – Report

This past Sunday Swifts Raceway held the final round of the Autumn Shoot Out Series. With over 60 drivers in attendance, the season finale was going to be an exciting one. The track layout was fast and flowing with a lot of great areas for overtaking. The team had also managed to schedule in a structured practise making a perfect event to use as a practice before the Nationals. All the championship titles were still available going into the final round with the GT12 title the closest and it would be Mark Jewitt and Andy Murray who were giving it everything for this final battle. For the last few rounds it was Jewitt who was just able to keep ahead and take TQ. The pair were divided by literally nothing, only a 0.52 second difference over 6 minutes. It was going to be another titanic final. Craig Mawson and Stephen Lander were also locked in a qualifying battle and finished 3rd and 4th respectively.

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December 1, 2015

Mibosport Cup Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Mibosport Cup was held this past weekend at the Hotel-Sport in Hrotovice. The event again attracted a good amount of entries with 229 sign-ups in the six classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock, Formula, and 1/12th scale, as well as 2WD and 4WD Buggy. 38 drivers attended in the Touring Modified class in which Elliott Harper had a very good start when he won the opening qualifier. Unfortunately he failed to keep up with the pace and was beaten by Finnish driver Viljami Kutvonen, who took the overall TQ. Elliott finished on the 2 spot behind Viljami and ahead of Marc Rheinard. A bit further down the A-main grid Harley Eldridge was the first girl ever in the history of the Mibosport Cup to end up in the Modified class top 10 after the qualifiers.

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December 1, 2015

Protoform WCICS Rd3 – Report

WCICS Rd3 – Report

The third round of the Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series was held in the Capital of Alberta, Edmonton. Hosted by the NASCAR Club, great weather helped racers from all around Western Canada make the drive, and this year saw their biggest turnout ever. In Touring Modified, National Champion, Xray driver Blake Bell drove his T4 from pole to checkered without looking back. For his second round in a row, Blake took all 3 class wins, again proving exactly why Blake is “The Champ”. Fellow Xray driver Danny Buck would hold 2nd for almost the entire race, but on the 3rd last lap it all exploded with three different racers, Danny Buck along with Team Associated’s Peter Toszer and Team Awsomatix’s Wayne Mah, holding 3rd place. Ultimately Peter Tozser would bring it across the line, followed by Danny.

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November 29, 2015

Ronald Volker tops Qualifying at AOC Rd5

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The 5th and final round of the Asian Onroad Championships has made its way to historic Yatabe Arena in Japan. The popularity of this race has exploded each and every year as the finale race was sold out months prior and hitting over 250 entries making this Yatabe’s biggest race ever (by entry count).

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November 28, 2015

Rino Lino TQs and wins Mexican Capricorn Cup

The second edition of the Mexican Capricorn Cup was held in Merida with drivers from all over the country in attendance. The qualifying of the 200mm Sedan class saw Rino Lino (Capricorn/Tesla) on the top spot. Later in the 40 minute main final Rino would also claim the victory, for the second consecutive year, followed by his teammate Frank Vega (Capricorn/Tesla) in the second spot and Juan Carlos Gonzales (Xray/Novarossi) who rounded out the top 3 result.

Source: RC Target [rctarget.com]

November 28, 2015

Xray Challenge Greece – Announcement

The Xray Challenge Greece will be held this Winter at the Fanatix Racing Track in Stamata – Attiki in the classes of 1/8th and 1/10th on-road. The opening round will be held on the 13th of December with the final round taking place mid-April. More information and sign-up can be found here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 27, 2015

Alexandre Laurent joins Xray

Xray have announced the addition of multiple French Cup winner Alexandre Laurent to their electric on-road team. Alexandre will attend events such as the national championship, the Euros, Worlds and also the ETS and he has the following to say about the deal:

It is a real honor to join Xray Team for the upcoming season. In the last 3 years I have raced as a private driver with the T4 and could not be happier with the reliability and performance of the car. And the team works absolutely great. I can’t wait to start 2016 with the new T4’16 and being part of the team.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 27, 2015

Leo Arnold wins at French Carpet Nats Rd2

Round 2 of the French Carpet Nationals was held in the city of Loos near Lille. In the Touring Modified class Leo Arnold (Xray), Lucas Urbain (VBC) and Loic Jasmin (Yokomo) battled for the TQ spot with Loic taking the opening round while Lucas came out fastest in Q3 and Q4. Leo would take round TQs in round 2 and 5 to grab the overall TQ and the pole position for the A-mains. A1 then saw Leo grabbing the win after a super close battle with Lucas who in turn came out successful in A2, making for an interesting third and decisive final. In leg 3 Leo would hold everything together and he secured another super close win just 0.04 seconds in front of Lucas. Alexandre Laurent (Xray) in third would round out the podium result.

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