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October 8, 2013

Tadahiko Sahashi tops first qualifier

Tadahiko Sahashi set the pace in the opening round of qualifying at the 1:8 Onroad World Championship in Japan, the Serpent driver one of only two drivers to complete 36 laps of the Keitune track. Producing a time of 10:14.886 the younger of the Sahashi brothers was 9/10ths of a second faster than his nearest rival Mugen’s Takaaki Shimo. Missing out on a 36 lap run by just over a second, KM Racing’s Meen Vejrak completed the Top 3 for the round which saw practice pace setter Jilles Groskamp not finish.

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October 8, 2013

Xray Challenge Czech Republic – Announcement

Xray announce the seven round Xray Challenge Czech Republic that will be held in the Sportovní hala, Prague, starting at the 26th of October and ending with round number seven on the 22nd of March 2014. Classes run are Short Course 1/10, 2WD and 4WD Buggy, Formula, Touring Car Stock 17.5T “blinky” and Touring Car Modified. All dates, rules and additional information can be found here.

October 8, 2013

Marco Rizzo wins at final round of Swiss nats

Xray’s Marco Rizzo has won the 1/8th Armateur class at the final round of the Swiss nitro on-road nationals. A second place after the qualifiers behind Andy Geisser and in front of Rudi Scherer made for a good position to grab the number one spot in the A final. At the end Marco won the class in front of Andrea Hächler and Noah Asendorf which also secured him the vice championship.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 8, 2013

Adrian Castro wins Argentinian off-road nationals Rd3

The third round of the Argentinian off-road nationals took place at the Cordoba track. Adrian Castro (Xray/Novarossi) took the win in front of Agustin Cutini (Mugen/Novarossi) and Sebastian Recio (Mugen/Novarossi), who completed the podium.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

October 8, 2013

Groskamp top seed for qualifying in Japan

Jilles Groskamp

Jilles Groskamp is the top seed for qualifying at the 1:8 Onroad World Championships, the Dutch ace again putting his Shepherd top of the time sheets in Japan in the second controlled practice. Groskamp managed 3-laps in a time of 50.330 on the slower track his CP1 time some 8/10ths faster. Continuing to impress, Italy’s Raiola Carmine set the second fastest time in CP2, his Xray just 9/1000th off the European Championship pace. Japanese National Champion Takaaki Shimo, the widely tipped event favourite, posted the third fastest time having struggled in CP1 with a lack of steering.

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October 8, 2013

Groskamp fastest in first controlled practice

Team Shepherd’s Jilles Groskamp got Day 3 of the 1:8 Onroad World Championships off to a flying start as he set the pace in the first of the two rounds of controlled practice. The Dutch ace did a best 3-consecutive lap time of 49.524 over the 10-minute run outpacing by 2/10th of a second Mugen’s Takehiro Terauchi (49.857) and Serpent ‘s Yuya Sahashi. The first sunny morning at the Keitune Racing Speedway since drivers arrived for the event, the warmer opening conditions caught out many drivers most notably pre event favourite Takaaki Shimo who said afterwards he had ‘no steering’ leaving him to post the 7th fastest time.

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October 7, 2013

Nick Georgiades wins Greek Touring Car champs

Nick Geo wins Greek Touring Car championships

The 4th and final round of the Greek touring car championship took place near Heraklion, Crete. After qualifying local driver Terzis (Xray) took TQ in front of Nick Georgiades (Xray) and John Doucakis (Awesomatix). The first A main saw John passing both Xray drivers in lap 1 but he got hit by Nick sending the Awesomatix on its roof and creating a chain reaction. John found himself at the back of the field while Nick received a stop-and-go penalty. Both soon recovered and Nick took the win with John in second place. The 2nd A final again had a lap 1 carnage to offer, this time Nick Georgiades hit Terzis causing lots of confusion but now Nick escaped further action against him and ended in second position behind John. The decisive third A final saw John losing a position against T.O.P. driver Jim on lap 2 but the Awesomatix driver soon regained the third place and went on to chase the two Xrays of Nick and Terzis. The latter showed great sportsmanship by letting John by as he was clearly faster. John now was on a mission to try and catch Nick. After a short coming together as Nick went wide and John tried to pass him Nick ended in second place with John close behind. The result handed Nick the race win after the tie breaker and this also secured him the Xray driver overall title win of the series. John Doucakis ended the season sitting in the runner-up sport.

Source: JD & Racing [jdandracing.blogspot.com]

October 7, 2013

Rene Trauner wins 2013 Austrian electric buggy titles

Last weekend saw the final round of the Austrian 1/10h Electric Buggy Nationals held at the Steyregg track. Vampire Racing’s Rene Trauner (Yokomo) took the win both in 2WD and 4WD securing him both 2013 national titles. Vampire Racing team mate Stefan Pfeifhofer (Team Associated) ends the season in second place in 2WD and 4WD making for a perfect 1-2 finish for Vampire Racing.

Source: Vampire Racing [vampire-racing.com]