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May 10, 2019

Coelho tops Q2 from Rheinard

Having rolled out of contention for a TQ run in the opening qualifier at the ETS in Austria, Bruno Coelho has delivered an error free TQ performance on his second attempt. The Xray driver topped the times by 4/10ths from Marc Rheinard, the Q2 pace 3/10ths slower than the opening time set by Ronald Volker. Again leading away the field, Volker looked to be on target for 2 out of 2 as he pulled clear in the early laps but on his fifth lap he spun out in the chicane and spinning again on the following lap the Yokomo driver decided to pull off. This promoted Rheinard to the top of the timing screens but ultimately two bad laps from the Infinity driver was enough to allow Coelho to come out on top. Behind, Lucas Urbain backed up his P5 in Q1 with an impressive drive to claim 3rd ahead of Yannic Prümper, Akio Sobue and Freddy Südhoff.

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May 10, 2019

Volker takes opening qualifier at ETS

Ronald Volker has taken the opening round of qualifying at the fourth round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Austria. With the Championship making its first trip to the technical ERC Wiener Neudorf track, Volker maintained his practice form in the difficult conditions to top the times ahead of No.2 seed Marc Rheinard. With a roll coming onto the main straight eliminating reigning Champion Bruno Coelho from the TQ hunt, it was Xray team-mate Alexander Hagberg who completed the Top 3 ahead of Akio Sobue, Lucas Urbain and Yannic Prumper. Describing the track during practice as ‘the most difficult track I’ve been to so far’, ETS Madrid winner Freddy Sudhoff had an error fill Q1 which left the Awesomatix driver 10th behind Coelho. With bad weather showing in the Vienna area for Sunday, it is going to be a busy Friday for drivers with the schedule being brought forward to run all four rounds of qualifying today to hopefully allow enough time to run all triple finals tomorrow.

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May 10, 2019

2019 SBS 1/10 EP Malaysian Major League Rd2 – Report

The second round of the SBS 1/10 EP Malaysian Major League was held at the SBS track in Sungai Buloh, Malaysia recently. Round 2 was run on a full astroturf surface for the first time and most racers found that the high traction surface was easy to drive on but not easy to be quick. Most spent days before the race trying out different tires and shock setups while at the same time learning to drive on such a high grip surface, which is a rarity in this part of the world. This round saw also drivers from the UK and also Indonesia who travelled for the sole purpose of racing. With the aim to make the race day more interesting, this year’s format is a two-round qualifying heat with four rounds of mains per class. In 2WD Modified, it was Team Associated’s Bashir who took TQ and after a close fight during the finals, took the win in the tie-breaker. 2nd place went to Shahrin (Xray) with the 3rd place being taken by Yuri Taruna from Indonesia.

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May 10, 2019

Tasos Paparegas wins Greek 1/8th Buggy Nats Rd2

The second round of this year’ Greek 1/8th Buggy National Championship was held at the STR track in Athens. Xray’s Tasos Paparegas was in control of things in the A-main final, bringing home the win from the SWorkz duo of Kostas Zagorisios in 2nd and Thanos Makropoulos in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 10, 2019

Hönigl & Kreil win at Austrian 1/10th Buggy opener

The opening round of the Austrian 1/10th Off-road Nationals was held at the GMAC Litschau club, one of the few real dirt tracks left in the country. The weather forecast looked terrible the week before the event, with even having the chance of snow on Sunday. Luckily things did not materialise with only one rain delay on Saturday afternoon. Racing on Sunday was held in very cold and slippery conditions, making things difficult for the drivers. In 2WD Buggy Xray’s Hupo Hönigl could secure the TQ in front of AE’s Peter Pinisch and Xray’s Lucas Grainer. The finals were even closer and Pinisch, Grainer and Hönigl won one final each so in the end the best time made the difference, which Hönigl had in front of Grainer and Pinisch.

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May 9, 2019

2019 Silver State – Report

The annual Silver State race was held at the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas last weekend. Presented by The Dirt Racing crew, the race for sure is one of the best 1/8th experiences of the year. 2018 was the inaugural year that the South Point Hotel and Casino hosted the Silver State and now with a whole year to make think about changes and adjustments, this year’s event was even better. The new make-shift driver stand felt like a real driver stand, the 1/5th scale track turned into a practice track for guys to get more run time than just three five minute quals and to dial in their rides on a surface that was similar to the race track. The track layout is always going to be fun as Joey and Aaron have been doing this for nearly 20 years now and they just understand racing and what it takes to make a fun track that challenges all levels. The real magic of the Silver State race is the evolution of the track and track surface. With Nevada being a desert climate and the driest state in the US, it’s really hard to find good natural earth dirt to make a track. However, by using what they have, the sandy fine dirt never packs together for longevity and over the course of the weekend will break apart creating holes, craters, and broken jump faces making it extremely difficult to race on by the mains. Despite all this, this is what makes the Silver State so special as it really does test the racer’s ability to adapt and overcome.

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May 9, 2019

Mibosport Summer Race – Announcement

Mibosport have announced their Summer Race for the 1st of June. The event will be held at the popular Blansko track in the Czech Republic in several on-road classes including Touring Modified, Touring Stock, Formula, 1/10th Pan Car, Hobby as well as 200mm Nitro Touring. Included with the entry for the Touring Modified and Stock classes is a free set of hand-out Sweep tyres. And as the 1st of June is the International Children’s Day, all kids can attend the race for free. Full information can be found of the official event website here.

May 9, 2019

Bryan Baldo successful at Spanish Buggy Nats Rd2

Round 2 of this year’s Spanish Nitro Buggy National Championship was held at the RC Silla track last weekend. Kyosho/Bullitt’s Bryan Baldo took the overall TQ and he also came out on top after the 45-minute A-main event, leaving behind HB Racing/XTR’s Ignacio Candel in 2nd and Mugen/Ultimate’s Ricardo Monteiro in 3rd. Oscar Navarro (Mugen/Ultimate) and Daniel Bernabe (Agama/Bullitt) would round out the top 5 results.

Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com] | InfoRC [inforc.net]