December 4, 2019

Horak & Hoch win at Winter Race Morava Rd2

The second round of the Winter Race Morava was held last weekend with more than 90 entries for the classes of Hobby, Formula, Touring Stock, Touring Modified, 1/12th Modified and 1/10 GT Pancar. In Touring Stock, Radko Cernohous took the overall TQ, but Simon Horak managed to get past him in the finals for the overall from Radko Cernohous in 2nd and Karel Kratochvil in 3rd, making it an all-Xray top 3.

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December 3, 2019

Johnson & Switzer win at ORCF 1/8 Turkey Race

The Ohio RC Factory of Jeffersonville, Ohio held their 1/8 Turkey Race last Saturday, attracting over 60 entires. In 1/8th Pro Nitro Buggy it was Xray’s Paul Ciccarello with the overall TQ, however it was 3rd place qualifier, Serpent’s Adam Johnson with the win in the 20-minute A-main event, leaving behind Paul in 2nd some 6.8 seconds back. 4th place qualifier, HB Racing’s Scott Kuchler came in 3rd, a lap behind Paul and Adam.

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December 3, 2019

Graham Alsop successful at NWN Winter Series Rd2

Round 2 of the NWN Winter Series was held at the North West Nitro club in Blackpool, United Kingdom over the weekend. HB Racing’s Graham Alsop took a popular win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class, leaving behind HB Racing’s Nick Cox in 2nd, some two laps down. Tekno RC’s Mitchell Booth came in 3rd some nine seconds behind Nick while Chris Sharpe-Simkiss completed the 27-laps club some 13 seconds behind Mitchell.

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December 3, 2019

Nicholas Lee wins at Zombie Christmas Fun Race

Urban RC of Singapore held their Zombie Christmas Fun Race last weekend in several electric on-road classes including Touring, FWD, M-chassis, Truck and Formula. In Touring 17.5T, that attracted nearly 30 drivers alone, it was Yokomo’s Nicholas Lee with the overall TQ from Xray’s Dominic Quek on the runner-up spot. Nicholas went on to dominate the A-mains also and with wins in A1 and A2 we secured himself the overall victory with one leg to spare as Dominic cemented his overall runner-up spot with a win in A3. Xpress’ Esmail Apandi would round out the overall top 3 results.

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December 3, 2019

2020 Scottish GT Regionals Rd1 – Report

The first round of the BRCA Scottish GT regionals took place last weekend at Dundee and Angus Radio Control Car Club. This popular series is now in its seventh year of running. The regional series is typically run on smaller club tracks so heats and finals are run with six cars to give the best racing possible. The Dundee club laid a fast and flowing track and with four rounds of qualifying and three finals for all, drivers had plenty of time to show what their cars could do. Qualifying saw a two way battle for pole position between last year’s series winner John Simpson and Kenneth Rogers with these two drivers the only two to reach a 35 lap time. John would line up first ahead of Kenneth. Colin Leslie would line up 3rd ahead of David McLean, David Bruce and Fraser Leslie.

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December 3, 2019

Iivonen & Haatanen win at Winter Jumps Series Rd1

The opening round of this season’s Winter Jumps series was held at the popular Fullspeed RC indoor track in Vantaa, Finland with over 90 entries and some world class level of racing. The weekend kicked off with open practice on Friday allowing plenty of time to learn the new layout. Saturday then is for the 2WD class and Sunday the 4WD racing is the order. The race was announced by Karri Salmela with great passion and vast knowledge about drivers and their cars. As for the action on the track, Joona Haatanen was able to TQ both 2WD and 4WD, but it was Pekko Iivonen who managed to take the 2WD victory over Joona while the latter took the win after a really intense fight until the final A3 in 4WD.

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December 2, 2019

Xray Racing Series Off-road Australia – Report

The 2019 Xray Racing Series Off-road Australia was held with over 100 entries on two meetings in a row. With rain threatening on Saturday there were plenty of cars getting some laps in before the day, fortunately the weather held off all day and the track was looking good for race day. 4WD Mod Buggy once again saw Lachlan Donelly and Matthew Couper fighting for the lead, with Lachlan coming out on top to take the double, Peter Seckold coming in 3rd.

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December 2, 2019

Bregante & Palomar crowned Argentinean GT Champs

The Argentinean 1/8th GT Nationals were held recently and in the GT Pro class it was Xray’s Nicolas Bregante with the overall TQ, the win and also a new track record. In a main final that saw team strategies play a major role, Beto Altesi (IGT8) came in 2nd as Damian Martin (IGT8) completed the Pro category top 3 podium result. Over in the GT Masters class it was Marcos Bregante with the win fro Silvio Magrino and Cristian Manzzini.

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