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May 10, 2013

Xray Challenge Grand Final report

The Xray Challenge Grand Final was held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia and Alexander Hagberg made this report. ‘Once again we saw a perfectly organized event. More than 100 drivers from many different countries joined the race to come and have fun at this great venue. It was a good opportunity as well, to prepare for the upcoming ETS final. The race was run in seven different classes, both electric and nitro, to allow for all kinds of adrenaline charged fun. Unfortunately the weather gods were not with us on Friday as it rained away. It was not a problem for those who had signed up for the electric categories though, as the newly prepared indoor track was open for practice. New curbs and paint gave the track a really nice look and was very enjoyable to race on. Traction levels became high eventually as sugar water was used.

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May 9, 2013

Mark & Derek Sousa win 4th Annual Spring Showdown

This past weekend at HRC Raceway in Flamborough, Ontario, Canada, the outdoor season opener got underway with the 4th Annual Spring Showdown race that resulted in nearly 150 entries. Some of the best drivers and manufacturers all around Canada were there to compete for the title at the end of the weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class the best in the country consisted with only a few missing. Qualifying had got underway with a rocket round format for three rounds. Throughout the qualifying things looked tight, but in the end Mugen Seiki/Alpha powered Derek Sousa would come out on top having held on the top qualifier honors all three rounds with Mugen Seiki/Alpha powered Justin DaSilva second and Mugen Seiki/Alpha powered Mark Sousa in third.

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May 8, 2013

2013 Nitro-West-Masters – Announcement

2013 Nitro-West-Masters - Announcement

The 2013 season of the Nitro-West-Masters will kick-off at Oberhausen at the upcoming weekend (11/12 May). It is the fifth season of this nitro on-road series in Western Germany, which has become more popular year by year since it was launched in 2009. Last year a total of 106 racers have collected championship points. For the first time there will be six race meetings in 2013, one per month from May to October.

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May 8, 2013

Keisuke Fukuda wins Zac Cup race

The 1st Zac Cup race was held at the Keitune Racing Track, host of this year’s WC, last weekend. While the entry for the 1/10th class was low, the quality was there with the best drivers in Japan attending. KM Racing driver Keisuke Fukuda took the top spot in qualifying ahead of Hirano, Watanzbe and Adachi. Former World Champion Fukuda would take a comfortable win ahead of Kyosho driver Watanzbe with Hirano taking the final podium spot after KM driver Adachi flamed out in the very last minutes due to running out fuel and lost out on the podium spot, eventually finishing in 4th.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]

May 7, 2013

Mark Green wins Rd2 in Weston Super Mare

Two weekends ago, Round 2 of the championship was hosted by the Mendip Club in Weston Super Mare. It is noted as round 2 since the first round was cancelled. However, after a drivers vote it was decided that the best course of action would be to scrap the first round and therefore the championship would become best 6 results from 8 rounds. The weekend was again sunny so no risk of using the wet tires which were evident many times last season. With an entry of around 42 drivers, with a good number of top drivers present, it would make for a fascinating fight up front. Also the midfield runners would have separate battles for supremacy within their respective GP2 and GP3 Championships.

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May 6, 2013

Silvio Hächler wins Swiss EFRA GP

Last weekend the Swiss EFRA GP was held at the famous Lostallo track, but this time run in the opposite direction to normal. The track is really big with a very long straight and so it would be really hard to run the 5 minutes without a pit stop. After a wet Friday it was a sunny Saturday allowing for some nice racing. At the front the tactics were really different, Simon Kurzbuch, Claudio Paquin and Remy Hasler the 2nd till 4th from qualification did their runs all without a pit stop, the only one who was able to top this time was Silvio Hächler with fast runs including one pit stop.

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May 6, 2013

Ty Tessmann double at ROAR Nats warmup race

The warmup race for the 2013 ROAR Fuel Offroad nationals took place last weekend at Gulf Coast Raceway’s covered track in Texas. Not all the factory teams were present but defending National champion Ty Tessmann was there along with other former National Champions, Worlds finalists and quick locals. Qualifying was all about HB driver Ty Tessmann, taking the top spot in both buggy and truggy. In the hour long buggy final Tessmann would take a clear win by nearly 2 laps ahead of TLR’s Adam Drake with Barry Pettit completing the podium. The 30 minute truggy final would see the same result this time with Ty nearly a lap ahead of Adam, with Pettit only 6 seconds back in 3rd.

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May 4, 2013

Daniel Sarmiento wins Philippine Offroad Nationals

Racers from all over Metro Manila as well as Cebu and even Riyadh descended on the CV Off-Road Track for The 2013 Nitro Buggy Philippine National Championships. Early in the morning everyone was greeted with fine & sunny weather. World renown Race Organizer & Announcer Scotty Ernst was on hand to as the event’s Race Director. His colorful commentary added even more excitement to what would be an already amped-up Race.

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