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November 27, 2019

2019 Australian GP On-Road National Champs – Report

The 2019 Australian Nitro On-Road GP National Championships were held at RRCSA in Littlehampton, Adelaide last weekend. In 1/8th scale it was Jesse Davis taking the TQ spot over Luke Duthie in 2nd and Steven Jovanovic in 3rd. In the main final it was factory Infinity driver Jesse Davis comfortably taking the win over 2nd placed Nick Salib (Infinity) by five laps and making up the podium in 3rd was Capricorn’s Steven Jovanovic.

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November 27, 2019

Toms Pukitis wins at Estonian EP Off-road Nats Rd2

Round 2 of Estonian 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held at the newly built Saue HOBI zone off-road track. The small and technical track would prove to be challenging even for the best drivers that Latvia and Estonia had to offer. In qualifying, Team Associated driver Reimo Kosk would take the TQ in front of the Xray duo of Toms Pukitis and Juri Ressar. They were followed closely by Andreas Tolpt and Tonis Lattik. Reimo would go on to win A1 in a tense fight with Toms, the young man would hit back in A2, leaving a full on shootout for A3. In the middle of the race however Reimo would face technical issues, leaving the door open for Toms to take the overall win from Reimo in 2nd and Juri Ressar in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 27, 2019

Tyler Hooks wins 4WD Mod at RC Pro Series Rd3

The third round of the RC Pro 1/10th scale Series was held at the Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas attracting nearly 50 entries. In the 4WD Mod Buggy class Tekno RC’s Tyler Hooks would snatch the overall TQ and he also brought home the overall win following wins in the double A-main format. Xray’s Ethan Lefebvre had to settle for 2nd overall, only tenths of a second behind Tyler in both A-main legs. Xray’s Spencer Harrison came in 2nd, already a lap down in both mains.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

November 27, 2019

Vandborg & Johnsen win at DASU Nats Rd1

The opening round of the Danish DASU Electric On-road Nationals was held in Faxe last weekend. The track was a bit on the bumpy side due to not being used for over year which made finding the right setup a bit difficult. In the Touring Stock class it was Martin Vandborg with the win while Patrick Danielsen and Casper Lund came in 2nd and 3rd respectively for an all-Xray podium result.

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November 26, 2019

Xray Racing Series EuroRC Finland – Report

The XRS EuroRC Finland race was held last weekend at the FullspeedRC on-road track in Hakkila, Finland. The relaxed format of the race attracted some of the fastest on-road drivers from all over the country, Estonia and Russia to attend in Touring Car Modified and Stock classes, Euro Truck, C-12 and GT-12 categories. In the beginning it was obvious that local hero Karri Salmela (Team Associated) was the man to beat in the Touring Modified class and on home soil. He had spent thousands laps to refine his equipment, however Karri was struggling to keep all his car‘s wheels on the ground while Juho Levänen (Xray) clocked the fastest times in two of the three qualifiers and took a valued TQ spot followed by Karri in 2nd and Pekko Iivonen (Schumacher) in 3rd.

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November 26, 2019

Lykaris takes 4th consecutive Greek 200mm title

The fifth and final round of the Greek 1/10th 200mm IC Track Nationals was held at the Fanatix Racing Track in Athens. Having shown a great performance in the previous four rounds, Vasilis Lykaris was also able to also dominate the season finale of the national championship. For the 5th time in a row he claimed the pole position followed by a convincing victory. Labros Tsiklitiras finished the main final in 2nd place while Spyros Sotiropoulos completed the podium. In the overall championship Vasilis took the victory with the maximum points result in front of Nikos Karampelas and Spyros Sotiropoulos in 3rd place.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

November 26, 2019

Czech Open Challenge Rd2 – Report

The second round of the Czech Open Challenge took place in Prague with over 70 participants, which made for some good racing. In the premier Touring Modified category Matej Sulc (Xray) led the opening two qualifiers to secure the TQ spot in front of Jakub Rozycki (Xray) and Zdenek Hamak (Serpent). In the finals Matej scored wins in all three A-mains to take the overall victory in front of Jakub and Zdenek.

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November 26, 2019

XRS PLMS Rd2 – Report

The second round of this season’s XRS PLMS was held recently with drivers from Poland and the Czech Republic in attendance. Racing was close and saw some very different winners this time, ensuring the fights for the overall titles are still wide open. In the Touring Modified class it was Jakub Rozycki with the overall win from Szymon Niebora in 2nd and Jakub Michalski in 3rd.

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