The recent round 3 of the Portuguese Nitro On-road Nationals saw Fabio Ramos (Shepherd) walking away with the win in the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring class. Fabio took the TQ, win and fastest lap, leaving Xray’s Carlos Manuel, who suffered problems in the qualifiers, behind in 2nd place. Jose Felix (Shepherd) would round out the top 3 podium result.
The recent round 1 of the Slovenian Off-road Nationals saw Dejan Cigler (HB Racing) taking the win in the 1/8th E-Buggy main final. Xray’s Peter Cej would come in 2nd while Andraz Strefe (Agama) rounded out the podium. The Mugen duo of Nejc Orazem and Eric Klanjscek would complete the top 5 result.
The second round of the Austrian 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held up north close to the Czech border at the dirt track of the GMAC Litschau. Low temperatures and a strong wind on Saturday cleaned the track which resulted in good traction – something Hupo Hönigl made maximum use of to grab the overall TQs in both the 4WD and 2WD classes. On Sunday though things changed a lot as hot temperatures left the track dusty and slippery. At the end of the day Hupo was able to convert his 4WD pole position into a win while in 2WD it was Peter Pinisch who took home the win while Hupo struggled a bit with his buggy’s setup.
Last weekend saw the Chuncheon Onroad Championships, one of Korea’s biggest RC races, taking place. In the premier 1/8th Nitro On-road class it was Ki Heung Kim who claimed the TQ honours. In the main final Kim pulled away in the early stages of the race and he controlled the field from the top. At the end Ki took the win by half a lap ahead of Ki Yong Hong with Yeong Rok Lee rounding out the podium in 3rd.
The Hveren Raceway of Oslo, Norway played host to the 4WD portion of the popular Summer Champs race. Xray’s Daniel Kobbevik would set the early pace by winning all three qualifiers to take the overall TQ from Serpent driver Marius Kristiansen and Schumacher’s Steffen Larsen. The opening A-main then was smooth sailing for Daniel who took a convincing win from Marius and Steffen. A2 was pretty much a blue print of the opening main with Daniel looking smooth and controlled while others struggled to follow his pace. Behind him it was again Marius and Steffen for the top 3. For A3 Daniel opted to sit out to not disturb the race for the final podium spots. After some eventful five minutes it was Marius Mossum (Xray) with the win from Steffen Larsen and Magne Kobbevik, giving a podium result of Daniel, Marius Kristensen and Marius Mossum.
Last weekend the second round of the Spanish 1/10th 200mm Nitro On-road Nationals was held at the Ronda track in Andalusia. The race took place in quite extreme conditions due to the high temperatures, and at the end of the qualifying it was Jonnhy Pastor to take the TQ honours, while Juan Hidalgo would line up in 2nd on the A-main grid after winning the Superpole race. In the main final though, it was Victor Pelaez who took the lead in the early stages of the race, never to letting it go and taking the win ahead of Raul Amella for a Capricorn 1-2, with the Mugen of Sergi Franch rounding up the podium.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
Xray have announced the CWIC XRS UK racing series for the 2017/18 winter season. The races will be held at Christie Miller Sports Centre, Melksham with the series kicking off on the 15th of October and it finishes off with round 7 held on the 11th of March 2018. More information can be found here.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The third round of the Polish On-road National Championship was held recently in several electric and nitro classes. In the Touring Modified class it was Arkadiusz Smyk who took round TQ in Q2 and Q3 to take the overall TQ and the pole position for the finals. In the opening two A-mains Arkadiusz brought home wins to bag the overall victory from Bartosz Pochopień, who challenged Arkadiusz in A1 but made a mistake in A2. The podium was rounded out by Mateusz Ogonowski in 3rd.
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