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September 11, 2018

Jason Nugroho claims Indonesian Buggy Nats title

The 3rd round of the Indonesian National Buggy Championships were held last weekend at the famous C-Netic Track in Surabaya, East Java. It was the final round of the National series and a total of 39 drivers attended this event from Jakarta, Bandung, Medan, Batam, Gresik, Madiun, Banjarmasin, Bali, Kendari and local drivers. The race comprised of 6 rounds of 10 minutes qualifying, with the best 4 counting. After 6 rounds of qualifying it was Jason Nugroho (Xray/Novarossi) who the TQ honours. In the 60 minute final the top qualifier also took the win followed by Stanley Wangsanegara (HB/OS) in 2nd and Ery Setiawan (Mugen/OS) in 3rd.

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September 11, 2018

Shanghai’s N8 Club – Race Report

This past weekend, the N8 Nitro Racing Club in Shanghai saw 20 drivers come out to compete. N8 is promoting nitro on road racing in China and getting great support from manufacturers all over the world such as Matrix Tires, VP Fuel and Sunpadow Batteries. With a growing interest for nitro racing in Shanghai, N8 has become the premier Nitro RC racing Club in China. Club qualifying and race format promotes interaction and participation between members. Qualifying is an hour long where drivers decide when to set their 3 consecutive fast laps to determine final heats. 2 car bump ups in each mains give drivers a chance to make the A-Main, all mains are 30 minutes. You don’t need to bring your own pitman because mechanics are assigned thru lottery where different members get to teams up with other members every month. The club meets every 6-8 weeks.

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September 10, 2018

Hansen & Stub-Holm take Danish National titles

Last weekend the final round of the Danish Nitro On-road Championship was held at the high speed track of Næstved model Racing club. In the 1/8th class it was Martin N.O Hansen who set the pace, and claimed the TQ spot by winning three qualifying rounds. Henrik Christensen lined up in 2nd and Bo Nielsen had to settle for the 3rd spot after the qualifiers. Going into the 30-minute final Martin N.O looked to be under pressure from Henrik and Bo, as they had set a high pace and were pushing Martin until some traffic that went wrong and left Bo in the grass with a damaged rear tyre, Henrik was still on the same lap as Martin, but was unlucky when he was lapping a slower car, as he ran a little too wide which sent him airborne and damaged his car and body. This allowed Martin N.O Hansen (ARC/Novarossi/Contact) to take the win five laps in front of Henrik Christensen (Shepherd/Novarossi/Contact) in 2nd and Bo Nielsen (Infinity/Kabuto/Ulti) 3rd. That is how they also finished in the championship.

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September 10, 2018

Tamiya Benelux final – Race report

The Tamiya Benelux final is the annual closing race of the Dutch and Belgian championship series. Like the previous years, the race was held at the fast and beautiful track of MAC de Baanbrekers in Rucphen, the Netherlands. The race attracted almost 120 racers, divided in the classes of Fighter (DT03 chassis), Euro Truck (TT01E chassis with truck bodies and Carson cup 16t motor), Euro stock (TT01 or TT02 chassis with Carson cup 540 brushed motor), Euro M-chassis (mostly M07 with Carson cup 16t motor), Euro TW (TA07 with Carson cup 16T motor), F1 (21,5 brushless) and Euro GT (TRF cars with Carson cup 12T motor). Saturday was open for free practice and a 2,5 hours Endurance race with TT01 Mercedes 190 cars. Sunday saw 2 rounds of qualifiers followed by 3 finals of 7 minutes each. Due to the high number of racers and the longer finals, the last final was run at 19pm.

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September 7, 2018

Top Factory names confirmed for OneTen Series Rd1&2

The organisers of the new OneTen Series presented by Infinity are delighted to announce the confirmation of a number of top factory drivers for the opening double header of the championship. Set to be held at the awesome RCI V2 Indoor carpet track in Shanghai on October 6-7, joining the top regional and local racers in attendance will be TITC Champion Akio Sobue who will be joined by his Infinity team mate and current Japanese National Champion Jin Sawada. All the way from Germany, current ETS Pro Stock Champion Jan Ratheisky will be representing Xray in both Mod and Stock and will be joined by his team mate, multiple Chinese National Champion Gary Huang. From Singapore Nicholas Lee, who is no stranger to racing in China, will lead the Yokomo factory effort and all these drivers will be on hand to provide technical support for those in attendance. More information about this and all future rounds of the series can be found here and entry for rounds 1 & 2 is now open here.

September 7, 2018

Tessmann & Rivkin win at 2018 Surf City Classic

The world famous OCRC in Huntington Beach, CA was the location for the Proline Surf City Classic this past weekend and with Xray driver Ty Tessmann in attendance, he sent us this report. ‘Once again they outdid themselves with another awesome, challenging layout and a smoothly run race. The track is very well prepped and maintained and the whole facility is top notch. It is a well known fact that after a new layout is put in, the track starts out low bite but will continue to increase in grip throughout the weekend, so to be fast your car setup has to be changing constantly to keep up with the changing condition. Tire prep is also a big factor at this race, to adjust for the changing grip level. All this combined, makes for a very challenging and competitive race. As usual all the top drivers from the US were at this race and with one of Europe’s shining stars added into the mix made for a very competitive field.

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September 6, 2018

Kyle McBride wins 2018 Indonesian Challenge

The Indonesia R/C Car Community (IRCC) together with Infinity hosted the recent 2018 Indonesian Challenge at Hobby Track Sukoharjo, an indoor track located in central Java, Solo. The event was attended by Racers from several countries, including, Australia, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, and also from various provinces across Indonesia, the most notable overseas drivers were Naoto Matsukura and Kyle McBride. The format of the race is run with 4 Qualifying Rounds and Bump up Finals. Kyle McBride took the opening round TQ, followed by Matsukura in the second round. While Matsukura was not able to run the 3rd round, McBride easily took his second TQ, but Matsukura bounced back and got the TQ for the last round and with a faster time took the overall TQ.

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September 5, 2018

Hupo Honigl wraps up 2018 Austrian EP titles

The 4th and penultimate round of the Austrian Nationals was held on the beautiful, high speed,and high traction astro turf track of the ERT Steyregg near Linz. Xray team driver Hupo Honigl managed to TQ and win both classes and with it wrapped up both National Titles with one round still to run. In 4wd it was a very close battle for the remaining podium spots and it came down to the very last corner of A3 where Martin Kreil made a mistake and Lucas Grainer could finish 2nd while Martin had to settle for 3rd.

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