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July 20, 2020

Belgian Tamiya Cup Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the Belgian Tamiya Cup was held at the Motorsport Arena in Genk this past weekend. The MRG track is located between a karting and MX track, which makes it the perfect location for petrol heads. Due to the Coronavirus measures, the drivers needed to wear masks, which made social interaction a bit strange. The race was held in perfect conditions though as most drivers were eager to rock their rides after such a long break. The fastest class of the day was Euro GT. Run with mostly TRF cars and powered by a Carson 12T combo these cars achieve similar speeds to the 13.5 class. After an absence of four years from the drivers rostrum, David Joos decided to make his comeback at this nice track of MRG Genk. Claude Gyselinck (TRF420) achieved a very popular TQ, his first TQ ever. He was followed by David Joos (TRF420), Steve Heyman (TRF419X) and the surprising Hannu Coopman who ran a TA07R. Hannu even finished a fine P2 in the opening A-main with his TA07 and grabbed a nice P4 overall in front of the unlucky Claude Gyselinck who couldn’t capitalise of his great TQ. The final victory went to David Joos, Wesley Desmet (TRF419XR), who won A3, finished in a fine P2 overall in front of Kenneth Meisters.

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July 20, 2020

Ollie Payne wins at King Of Clubs Rd1

The opening round of the King Of Clubs championship was held at the West London Racing Centre last weekend and while Billy Fletcher snatched the win in Touring 17.5T Blinky it was Ollie Payne with the TQ and win in 13.5T Blinky. Sunday morning the drivers were greeted with a wet track and Ollie missed practice and round 1 however he managed to take the TQ in rounds 3 and 4 which put him on pole for the single A-main. The final went smoothly and he managed to take the win in front of Ashley Wiffen in 2nd and Liam Hendy in 3rd, making it an all-Awesomatix top 3.

Source: Zen Racing [zen-racing.co.uk]

July 20, 2020

Johnson & Yoshii win at Summer Cooler

PDX Underground of Portland, Oregon held their Summer Cooler Modified race this past Sunday in 2WD Mod Buggy and 4WD Mod Buggy classes. The format was seven rounds of Reedy style racing with two drop outs and in 2WD it was Joseph Johnson (Yokomo) who took the win in the tie-breaker of fastest laps and time with Mikey Brown (TLR) having to settle for 2nd overall. Harley Yoshii (Yokomo) took 3rd to round out the top 3. Over in 4WD Mod Buggy Harley Yoshii would bring home the win from Daniel Jeppesen (Xray) 2nd and Mikey Brown in 3rd.

View the 4WD Mod Buggy top 3 here

July 20, 2020

Adrien Bertin wins at ARCF42 Challenge

The French ARCF42 club hosted their Challenge race this past weekend in nitro and electric 1/8th scale buggy classes. The nitro category saw HB Racing pilot, Eliot Marcon with the overall TQ after winning three of the four qualifying rounds. Adrien Bertin (HB Racing), who won the opening qualifier, came in 2nd. The half-hour long A-main event saw Adrien taking the win with a 1-lap margin on Celian Rousset (HB Racing) in 2nd, while Eliot came in 3rd overall, another lap down. Tomy Svitex and Nicolas Noble completed the top 5.

Image: Celine Leonard

July 20, 2020

Lex Tyler wins at High Rollers race

702 RC Raceway of Las Vegas, Nevada hosted the High Rollers indoor on-road race this past weekend. The event attracted over 75 entries and in Touring Modified it was Xray’s Lex Tyler with the overall TQ and also the wins in A1 and A2. Taking the title early allowed him to sit out A3 which was won by young Yokomo driver, Jacob Cruz who cemented his runner-up position from Katunyu Chom-im in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 20, 2020

Schneider & Becker win at NRW Off-Road Cup Rd4

Round 4 of the German NRW Off-Road Cup was hosted on the newly-built track of the MC Dortmund club this past weekend. The 2WD Buggy class saw Team Associated’s Marcel Schneider walking away with the silverware from Team Associated teammate, Nils Luft in 2nd. Xray’s Jens Becker came in 3rd overall. Over in 4WD Buggy it was Jens Becker who would excel as he took the win from Marcel Schneider in 2nd while Jens’ fellow Xray driver, Max Montermann came in 3rd overall.

View the 4WD Buggy podium here

July 20, 2020

Ilias Reise wins at Electric Nord Cup

The Electric Nord Cup was held at the Bad Oeynhausen outdoor dirt track in northern Germany this past weekend. Hot weather conditions and a technically demanding track made for a challenging race for man and machine and in the end it was young Ilias Reise with the win in the E-Buggy class from Janik Reddehase in 2nd place. Frank Grieger rounded out the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 20, 2020

Max Götzl doubles at Czech Open Series Rd3

Round 3 of the Czech Open Series was held at the new Horni Jeleni track in nitro and electric off-road classes. Rain before the event meant the track crew had to work hard to ensure proper track conditions but in the end everything worked out and a good preparation made for a level playing field. In the Nitro Buggy class Xray’s Max Götzl would win his semifinal A with about a 3-lap margin over the 2nd place driver so he took the pole for the main in front of Tomas Kapicka and Radim Kolek. The main final, that was held in mixed weather conditions, then saw Max again out in front and he took the win with a huge gap over 2nd placed Tomas Kapicka (Kyosho) and 3rd placed Jan Hujer (Kyosho).

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