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October 18, 2016

ROAR announce 2017 calendar dates & tracks

ROAR have announced the dates and tracks for their National Championships for 2017. 360 V2 of New Rochelle, NY will play host to the Carpet Nationals from the 9th to 12th of March. The 1/8th Fuel Off-Road Nationals will be run from the 22nd to the 25th of June at the Stateline RC Raceway in Fremont, IN, while the 1/8th Electric Off-Road Nationals will be held at the Silver Dollar Raceway from July 20th through to the 23rd. The Track in Gaithersburg, MD will play host to the 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals from August 10th to 13th while the Nitro Paved On-road Nationals will be held at MRO in Lincoln, NE from September 28th to October 1st. Last but not least come the Electric Paved On-road Nationals from August 31st to September 3rd at Ncontrol in Dale, TX.

October 18, 2016

Michal Abrahamek takes Czech National 200mm title

The Czech 1/10th 200mm Nitro On-road Championship recently concluded with the fifth and final round. With three wins out of the five events it was Xray’s Michal Abrahamek to take the overall championship from Xray teammate Jiri Kral. KM Racing driver Michal Jansa would round out the overall top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 18, 2016

Dutch 1/8th On-road Championships Rd6 – Report

The sixth and final round of the Dutch 1/8th On-road Championship was held this past weekend at the RACO 2000 track in Utrecht. The weather forecast for Sunday was o.k. but Saturday’s practice was mostly washed away due to rain. With the NK and Nomac class titles pretty much decided the number of entries was a bit lower this time. In the NK class the 30-minute finale was won by Shepherd driver Arie Manten with 121 laps from Frank Baggen (ARC/120 laps) in second and Benny Ciere (ARC/119 laps) in third. In the Nomac class ARC’s Robbin Hertong came out fastest with 118 laps from Andy Muijres (ARC/111 laps) and Addie van de Ven (Serpent/110) in second and third respectively.

View the Nomac class podium here

October 18, 2016

Miguel Matias crowned 2016 Portuguese Buggy champ

The final round of the Portuguese 1/8th Nitro Buggy national championship was held this past weekend. Unfortunately the 45-minute main final would be held in wet and muddy conditions and it was Miguel Matias who made the best out of the situation by taking he win some two laps in front of Goncalo de Melo while Carlos Duraes completed the podium in third. With the win Miguel snatched a 14th national title in his career.

Image: Miguel Matias

October 18, 2016

Serpent GT Cup Rd5 – Report

The popular Serpent GT Cup series saw the running of round five this past weekend. As the racers get more and more used to the control class equipment, the lap times are getting faster every time and racing is getting even more exciting with the top racers being very close together in terms lap times and performance. In the ever growing Cobra GT Modified class, round five saw a new TQ holder. Hui China Ho was able to secure the top spot in front of series points leader Nelson Woo. With the fastest lap time only 0.1s apart, Hui managed to hold off a strong charge from Nelson, eventually winning the 40-minutes A-main while Nelson Woo had to settle for second. After qualifying sixth overall, veteran racer Quai Lo had a very strong race to finish third and to take the final podium spot.

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October 18, 2016

Han Young & Sun Young win at Team James Racing Cup

The IP-Chang racing circuit in Korea recently held round 14 of the Team James Racing Cup. Despite rainy weather about 60 drivers signed in for the event that saw Jeon Han Young (Serpent) taking the win in the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class from Hwang Sun Young (Xray) who was in the mix for the win but a broken rear wing cost him a better result. In third Ryan Lee (Mugen) completed the podium result. The 1/8th E-Buggy class had Hwang Sun Young (Xray) coming out fastest from Ryan Lee (Mugen) in second and Kim Ki Suk (Xray) in third.

View the E-Buggy podium here

October 17, 2016

Takaaki Shimo wins JMRCA 1/8th Nationals

The Japanese JMRCA 1/8th Nitro On-road Nationals were held this past weekend at the Hokusei Circuit. 2015 IFMAR vice world champion, Mugen’s Takaaki Shimo came out fastest after the qualifiers thanks to scoring three round TQs and he would also take the win in the 45-minute main final to become 2016 champion, some three laps in front of teammate Takehiro Terauchi in second.

Image: Mugen Seiki [mugenseiki.com]

October 13, 2016

Rafiq & Shafiq win at 2016 KLGP race

The recent KLGP race was held at the KL International RC Circuit in Malaysia. The event attracted about 50 racers to compete in the three classes of 1/8th Nitro On-road, 1/10th Nitro Touring and 1/8th GT. In the 45 minute 1/8th scale main final it was Amirul Rafiq (Serpent) who took the win from team mate YL Tan (Serpent) in second and Suah (Xray) third. TQ holder Jade Lim (Serpent) had to settle for 13th overall.

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