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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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]
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.
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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]
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.
ARC have announced the signing of Italy’s Cristiano Sartor to their 1/8th on-road team. After being with Shepherd for five years Cristiano will use ARC’s R8.0 car for the 2016 season and he has the following to say about the deal:
First of all I’d like to thank Shepherd and Bracing for the help they provided me in the last five years, full of victories and satisfaction, but I felt it was time for me to catch this new opportunity ARC gave me, and I’m impatient to start the new season with my new team. See you all on the tracks.
Source: ARC [arc-rc.com.tw]
The opening round of the Xray Winter Series Slovenia was held at the Genius Ring in Italy. The famous ETS carpet and a challenging layout made for a fun weekend for everyone. In the Touring Stock class Xray’s Marek Cerny was the man to beat as he set fast times right from the start. In the qualifiers he was able to take the TQ for the finals in which he would make a clean sweep to take the overall win from Bernard-Alain Arnaldi (Xray) and young Andrea Ghilotti (Xray).
Round 2 of the Xray Winter Series Morava was again held at the Jedovnice sports hall. The event attracted 64 racers to compete in the five classes of Touring Open, Stock 17.5T, Hobby, Formula and GT. The Touring Open class was dominated by the fight between the two teammates David Nemcek and Kuba Simurda. In the finals Kuba held the upper hand over David to take the day’s win while Michal Vitamvas would round out the top 3 result.
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