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September 8, 2017

Gary Huang wins at Chinese National Champs

The Chinese National Championship was held in Yongkang City, China in very hot weather conditions. Air temperatures of over 40 degrees Celsius and track temperatures of up to 65 degrees Celsius made for challenging racing conditions and in addition the drivers of the 1/8th Nitro On-road class had to cope with the relatively short and narrow track. In the main final it was Gary Huang with the best start from the 2 spot and he was heavily chased from the storming pack but ultimately Gary would prevail to take the win and with it the Chinese Youth Nationals title from Xu Zhanhao 2nd and Luo Wen Tao 3rd.

View the final results here

September 7, 2017

Ty Tessmann TQs & wins at Sikcross Race

The 2017 Sikcross Race was held at Southern California’s Pro-Line test track. The race was put on by Levi Jackson with Sik Track Designs and the format was different than the standard IFMAR qualifying, as it is setup more like motocross event with heads up gate starts. The first two rounds of Expert Nitro Buggy qualifying were won by Xray’s Ty Tessmann and after a resort, he was qualifying in the last one in a heads up race with Mugen’s Ryan Maifield who won his first two rounds of qualifying. The two had a really good battle, swapping positions back and forth a couple of times, but when coming out of the sand trap on the last lap, Ty hit a hole that he knew was there but he couldn’t see his car well due to the dust from the sand trap. Tessmann took a tumble and Maifield got by to TQ the final round. However Tessmann was able to take the overall TQ with Maifield qualifying 2nd overall.

Continue reading the report here

September 7, 2017

Augustin Mejor crowned Belgian 1/8th On-road Champ

The final round of the Belgian IC Track Nationals saw Augustin Mejor walking away with the day’s win and also the overall championship in the 1/8th On-road class. Team mate Gunther van Staay would seal the runner-up spot in the championship while Yves Zoma completed the top 3 overall result.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

September 7, 2017

Claus Ryeskov takes Danish 200mm Championship

The final round of the Danish IC Track National Championship was held in Naestved last weekend. Going into the final race pre-event favourite Claus Ryeskov had a points advantage over his competitors Rene Kjellerup and Chris Nielsen but still needed a top 3 finish to seal the championship. With a TQ Claus made a first step towards the championship and started from pole into the A-main, leaving Chris Nielsen and Rene Kjellerup behind in 2nd and 3rd. Chris Nielsen in his debut season looked like he would be able to challenge Claus but once the main got underway Ryeskov never looked back to take the win while Chris was battling with Rene Kjellerup and Lars Bo Larsen for the final podium spots. Ultimately it was Chris who maintained the 2 spot. In the overall ranking it was Claus with another national championship title from Chris Nielsen 2nd and Rene Kjellerup who rounded out the all-Xray podium.

View the championship top 3 here

September 7, 2017

British Xray Racing Series GP – Report

The 2nd annual British Xray Racing Series GP was held at the Cotswolds model car club and it was a weekend of polar opposite weather conditions. Saturday’s practice day was ran in glorious sunshine allowing racers to get in seven rounds of practice. The pit chatter was that Sunday was to be wet. But racers had been assured that the straw bales in a neighbouring field wouldn’t have been left out by the farmer if rain was expected. So on that advice everyone went home happy thinking they were in for another day like Saturday.

Continue reading the report here

September 6, 2017

Tom Sommer wins Bavarian Nitro Buggy Championships

The 2017 Bavarian Nitro Buggy Championships were held in Landshut last weekend. Mugen racer Tom Sommer would snatch the pole position for the double A-mains and right from the start of the two mains he would be able to pull away, with only Michael Wintersberger able to stay in touch. At the end Tom would take the overall win and was handed the enormous challenge cup. Michael Wintersberger came home in 2nd for a Mugen 1-2 while HB Racing’s Stephan Bauer rounded out the top 3.

Source: RMV Deutschland [rmv-lounge.de]

September 6, 2017

Cameron Zammit takes double Driver Series titles

Round 4 of the Victorian Championship Driver Series was held in Barmah on a very technical and challenging track. Cameron Zammit managed to TQ both the Pro Buggy and Pro Truggy classes and he also snatched the wins in both 30-minute finals. As a result Camerin also took out the Victorian Championship driver series in both classes.

Thanks to Cameron Zammit for the report.

September 6, 2017

Nico Bregante wins GT class at Metropolitan Champs

A round of the Argentinean Metropolitan Championship was held at the Hernan Matticoli track, home of the 2017 GT World Cup in December. In the GT class and due to the bad weather the program was shortened and ultimately it was Nico Bregante who made the best out of the slick conditions as he took the day’s win in the light rain.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]