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April 4, 2014

Kurzbuch tops first 1:8 timed practice at ENS

Former 1:8 World Championship finalist Simon Kurzbuch set the pace in the first timed practice at the opening round of the all new Euro Nitro Series which is taking place this weekend in Melzo, Italy. The factory Shepherd driver posted the fastest 3-consecutive laps to head team-mate Oliver Mack by .070 of a second with former World Champion Robert Pietsch completing the Top 3. Top Italian on the timesheets at the Mini Racing Ayrton Senna track with the fourth fastest time would be Alberto Picco.

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April 4, 2014

Balestri fastest in first ENS practice

Dario Balestri has set the pace in the first 1:10 200mm timed practice at the opening round of the all new Euro Nitro Series in Melzo, Italy. The factory Capricorn driver ran the fastest 3-consecutive laps of the Mini Racing Ayrton Senna track over the 6-minute session to head HB’s Teemu Leino by .097 of a second. Behind the two well known racers Xray driver Luca Redaelli was 3rd fastest as the Top 5 was filled by cars from 5 different manufacturers, Shepherd’s Dirk Wischnewski fourth fastest and Dominic Greiner’s Serpent 5th.

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April 4, 2014

Xray Challenge Grand Final – Announcement

Xray will hold their Xray Challenge Grand Final on the weekend of the 4th of May at the famous Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia. Run on the outdoor asphalt track the race will see Touring Car Modified, Touring Car 17.5T Stock, Formula 1 and World GT classes along 1/10th and 1/8th nitro on-road racing. The weekend starts with free practice on Friday afternoon, Saturday is reserved for more practice and the first qualifiers with the final round of qualifying and the mains will take place on Sunday. More information, the rules for each class and the registration can be found here.

April 3, 2014

J Sotiropoulos takes Greek 200mm nationals Rd1

The opening round of the Greek nitro on-road nationals took place at the historic track in Athens. After five rounds of 4 minute qualifying J. Sotiropoulos took the TQ in front of Karabelas and Sidiropoulos. In the 35 minute main final Sotiropoulos was able to conserve his qualifying performance while Kirkos and Nikiforos, who qualified 4th and 5th respectively, shifted to second gear to take the last remaining podium spots in 2nd and 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 3, 2014

Xray Challenge Moravia & Slovakia Cup Rd6 – Report

After a month-long break the final round of the Xray Challenge Moravia & Slovakia Cup took place at the Hudy Racing Arena last weekend. Again all seven categories including Touring Car and Buggy classes where run. As usual the meeting started on Friday with free practice while the qualifiers and finals where run on Saturday. The off-road race took place on the same track as the EOS round two weeks before and had Martin Bayer walking away with the win in the 2WD class. Martin and Juraj Hudy completed the podium for an Xray XB4 2WD 1-2-3.

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April 2, 2014

CWIC 2013/14 final round – Report

The final round of the 2013/2014 Chippenham Winter Indoor Championship took place with 100 drivers booked in. The track and conditions were good as the new carpet started to get a groove in. With final places and outcomes still possible in most of the championships it would lead to some fast and furious racing. In 13.5 Boosted Touring Chris Gunter was also leading the way, with a great third round run to take TQ and pole for the finals ahead of Luke Bennetts, who lined up second, 0.30 of a second ahead of Mark Giaquinto, who took third.

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April 2, 2014

Muhammad Izzah wins 13.5T at SIS Challenge Rd1

The 1st round of the indonesian SIS Challenge 2014 was held at the SOS track in Jakarta, Indonesia with a total of 40 entries in the 13.5T Stock and FWD class. The best out of 3 qualifying rounds was used to determine the starting grid and it was Ronny Suwarto (Xray) who took TQ in front of Bowie Ginting (Xray) and Muhammad Izzah. In the opening 13.5T A-final, Bowie took the lead followed by Izzah in 2nd as Ronny had a bad start. Izzah was able to pass Bowie and win the 1st leg, followed by Ronny and Bowie. Izzah then also went on to win the 2nd final as Ronny made a mistake in the last minute while defending his lead. In the 3rd final, it was Bowie who took the win in front of Danny and Izzah. In the overall result Muhammad Izzah came in first followed by Bowie Ginting and Ronny Suwarto, who where tie on points, making it an all-Xray podium. Danny Izawahyudi and Faiza completed the top 5 result.

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April 2, 2014

Marek Cerny doubles at Czech Championship

The Czech electric on-road championships where held in the small Moravian town of Jedovnice last weekend. The race was run in Touring Car Open and Stock, GT, Hobby and a Formula class on quite a fast track with a lot of straights and a medium grip level. Ride ETS tyres where used in the Open class while Stock was run on LRP rubber. After a full day of practice on Friday the race started on Saturday with 5 rounds of qualifying with the best 3 to count.

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