Round 5 of the Berlin Winter Series was held in Berlin, Germany last weekend. Almost 100 drivers signed in and in the Touring Car class it was veteran racer, Patrick Gassauer with the win from Stefan Schulz on the runner-up spot. Another veteran to the class, Dennis Fadtke, would round out the top 3 result.
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The sixth round of the Elefun Cup was held in Grimstad in the south of Norway. The race was held on a tight yet fun indoor track that made for some EOS feeling thanks to the grip available. The event attracted young gun Daniel Kobbevik (Xray) who would set the pace and he also took the win in the 4WD Buggy class with Gisle Brovig and Jaran Flaath (both Xray) rounding out the top 3 results in the wheeler class.
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The third round of the MRC Longwy Winter Series was held at the French MRC Longwy club this past weekend in the usual classes of Touring Modified, Expert Stock, Stock and Formula. 80 entries made for some competitive racing and in the Touring Modified class it was Yokomo’s Ronald Völker with the TQ from Awesomatix driver, Loic Jasmin. In the opening two A-mains Ronald and Loic shared a win each but in A3 Ronald would seal the bag to take the day’s win from Loic in 2nd and Lucas Urbain (Awesomatix) in 3rd.
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The second round of the BRCA Scottish GT Regionals took place last weekend at Grampian Radio Car Club near Aberdeen. A lower than expected entry didn’t detract from the friendly atmosphere and competitive racing. The Grampian track is the largest in the series and the host club laid a fast flowing track capitalising on the extra racing surface. Qualifying would see John Simpson secure pole with Andrew Edwards in 2nd. These two drivers are previous champions of the series and are currently sitting 2nd and 3rd in the championship so were looking to secure maximum points with the absence of the current series leader. Kenneth Rogers would line up third with Colin Leslie fourth and the remaining positions filled by James Eaves and Arthur McGinnis.
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The fifth round of Xray Racing Series Slovakia took a place last weekend at the world-famous Hudy Racing Arena. The event saw around 170 entries for the off and on-road, making it the second biggest XRS ever. In the 2WD Buggy class Adam Izsay took his first pole position of the season with Martin Bayer in 2nd and Max Götzl in 3rd. Adam then had a good run in A1 and took the win as Martin made some mistakes. A2 then went to Martin as it was now Adam who made some mistakes, so it all came down to the decisive third and final A-main. Ultimately Adam took a tone to tone win and with it the overall in front of Martin and Max, making it an Xray 1-2-3.
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Round 3 of the Florida Nitro Series was held in Fort Myers, Florida last weekend in several 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road classes. In 1/10th 200mm Sedan it was Paolo Morganti with the overall TQ, however in the 30-minute A-main event it was DJ Apolaro who would hold the upper hand. taking the win some 10 laps in front of Paolo as Sean Kong rounded out the top 3 podium result. Over in the GT8 class it was Rino Lino with the TQ and win, taking the victory some 18 laps in front of Howard Stamen while Sebastien Prigue came in 3rd, another six laps down.
Round 10 of the popular HNMC Winter Series was held this past weekend with a strong 104 drivers entry. Qualifying would be a three-way battle in Nitro Buggy with Callum Niblet taking it from Graham Alsop and Jamie Clancy by 0.5 of a second. Truggy top qualifier was Brinley Tourle and E-Buggy went to Darren Hayden-Ball. The 20-minutes Nitro Buggy A-final saw Graham Alsop taking the win with a 0.2s margin from Callum Niblet in 2nd. 3rd place went to Lewis Jones with three seconds separating the top 3. The Truggy class had Warabe Tatekoji taking the win from Darren Roper 2nd and John Afshin 3rd. Finally in the E-Buggy class it was Darren Hayden-Ball from Erik Lyke and Russ Brown.
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The second round of the Xray Racing Series Greece Off-road was held in cold and slippery winter weather at the Fanatix Racing Track facility in Athens. Giorgos Kalantzakis was very fast in the first qualification round but Dimitris Ioannidis worked very hard on his car’s setup and with careful driving he ultimately managed to take overall TQ and win. The 2nd place went to talented amateur driver Stelios Kourkoumelis who, with his mechanic Takas, laid down a great performance to collect valuable points for the championship. Giorgos Kalantzakis secured a 3rd place which secured him the lead in the championship and rounded out an all-Xray podium.
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