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August 9, 2018

Arena 1/12 League – Announcement

The newly introduced Arena 1/12 League, a race series founded by Germany’s Markus Mobers and Andreas Reifferscheidt, will kick off with its maiden race on the weekend of the 7th of October at the Arena33 in Andernach, Germany. The 2-day events are held in the three classes of 1/12th scale Modified 6.5T Blinky, 1/12th scale Stock 13.5T and 1/12th GT 17.5T. Unique for electric RC racing, the series will run with fixed – an specially designed – starting numbers for each participant with the pilot’s next year’s numbers being based on this season’s results. More information, rules and the calendar can be found on the series’ social media page here.

August 8, 2018

Joona Haatanen crowned European Junior Champion

Every year, Europe’s finest gather for the ultimate 1:8th nitro showdown, better known as the EFRA 1/8th European Championships. This year, the CRF track in Freixedas, Portugal played host to offer its challenging yet extremely fun layout to decide the victor and crown a new European Champion. The CRF track is quite unique and extremely beautiful to look at. Some call it a work of art and in many ways, it does live up to the hype. The white dirt is sealed with a glue/bonding agent to help keep the track together. The result is a very hard surface that’s almost like sandpaper. However, the weight and sheer force of the 8th scale cars hitting the jumps, the faces would get massively deformed and practically unjumpable. The track crew worked hard each night as they patched the track with cement that’s rolled onsite. While Xray’s Bruno Coelho took a surprise win in the main final, the Junior finals saw Europe’s brightest stars battle it out for top honors with Team Associated’s Joona Haatanen peaking at the right moment. In the young field of talent, Joona’s precision started to shine as the track picked up grip and his motor, car tuning, and driving all coming together for the main where he was able to win with a decent time margin back to 2nd. Leonardo Valente finished 2nd with Kyosho’s Jessica Palsson 3rd.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

August 8, 2018

Miko Teponoja takes FinTrack Touring Modified title

The Finnish FinTrack Tour series saw the running of the seventh and final round at the Laukaa circuit last weekend. Competition was tough as ever with most of the top drivers joining the Touring Modified class. Mugen’s Viljami Kutvonen would take the overall TQ and also the win after the A-main events, however it was round 7 runner-up, Awesomatix’s Miko Teponoja with the overall title from Viljami 2nd. Xray’s Georgy Chmigal would round out the top 3 at both round 7 and overall.

View the top 10 results here

August 8, 2018

Martin Christensen wins at Nordic Championships

The 2018 Nordic Championships were held in Lidkobing, Sweden in several 1/10th, 1/8th and 1/5th scale classes. The track is part of a huge full-scale motorsports centre and in combination with the hot summer weather it made for excellent conditions for all participants. In the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring class it was Markus Elmerfors who took the overall TQ from Georg Ellingesen. The semi-finals were held under the treat of rain and indeed the heaven opened during the semifinal B with a big thunderstorm. The re-run would take place under the rain and this is what would stop then-leader Claus on lap 12 as his car’s receiver stopped working due to the water. As many other driver opted to not attend, Claus was still able to take the final spot on the grid for the A-main event. The 45-minute main final was held on Sunday and in good weather conditions. As the track was very hard on the tyres the pit strategy would play a major role and after a turbulent start to the race with lots of mistakes of the drivers and also some penalties, the drivers would get into swing and ultimately it was Martin Christensen with the win from single tyre-stopper Claus Ryeskov as Mattis Jargren rounded out the top 3 results.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 8, 2018

2018 Xcampus Golem Challenge – Report

The annual Xcampus Golem Challenge was held at the Gian Arena Circuit in Banjarmasin, South Borneo, Indonesia. The race attracted a total of 75 racers from all around of Indonesia which competed in Modified, 13.5T Open Brushless and FWD classes. A very large track layout and high temperature of nearly 40 Degrees Celsius created a big challenge for both man and machine. In the Touring Modified class Bowie Ginting (Yokomo) converted his pole spot into a win from Christian Mamesah (Serpent) and Peter Anthonijsz (Xray).

Continue reading the report here

August 8, 2018

Czech Outdoor Electric On-road Nationals – Report

The Czech Outdoor Electric On-road Nationals were held last weekend. In the premier Touring Modified class it was Matej Sulc and Oliver Havranek battling for the pole position while Matus Benetin and Dominik Sulc were in a fight for P3 in the qualifiers. Ultimately Oliver could take the TQ spot in front of Matěj and Matus but the finals changed everything. In the first A-main leg Oliver and Matej were hard battling until Oliver’s crashed on the straight, allowing Matej to play it safe in order to bring home the leg win. In the second final Matej would overtake Oliver to take the win and with it the overall in front of Oliver 2nd and Dominik 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

August 7, 2018

Dane Ryan wins at QLD GP Onroad State titles

The recent QRCCRA 2018 RCRA QLD IC Onroad Championship saw Dane Ryan taking the win in the Nitro GT class following some ups and down in qualifying. Qualifying 10th on the grid Dane quickly moved from 10th to 2nd in three laps and was feeling confident to chase down Ian Haley who was leading. On the 78th lap, the 1st placed driver ran into some back markers that had crashed and Dane sore a gap and went for it and snuck through for 1st and the next three laps, he keep his calm and focused on the finish and tried not to make mistakes. In the end and with less than one second difference Dane Ryan would snatch the title from Ian Haley 2nd and Edward Olyslager 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

August 7, 2018

Mark Sousa wins at Canadian Large Scale Nationals

Walton RC Raceway in Walton, Canada hosted the Canadian Large Scale Off-road Nationals last weekend and in the 4WD Pro Buggy class it was Matt Olsen who would hold the overall TQ after the qualifiers. After the double A-main events however it was Mark Sousa with the overall, leaving behind Matt in 2nd place. Tom Bitz in 3rd would round out the podium result.

Source: Cardinal Racing Canada [cardinalracing.ca]