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July 20, 2020

Adrien Bertin wins at ARCF42 Challenge

The French ARCF42 club hosted their Challenge race this past weekend in nitro and electric 1/8th scale buggy classes. The nitro category saw HB Racing pilot, Eliot Marcon with the overall TQ after winning three of the four qualifying rounds. Adrien Bertin (HB Racing), who won the opening qualifier, came in 2nd. The half-hour long A-main event saw Adrien taking the win with a 1-lap margin on Celian Rousset (HB Racing) in 2nd, while Eliot came in 3rd overall, another lap down. Tomy Svitex and Nicolas Noble completed the top 5.

Image: Celine Leonard

July 20, 2020

Lex Tyler wins at High Rollers race

702 RC Raceway of Las Vegas, Nevada hosted the High Rollers indoor on-road race this past weekend. The event attracted over 75 entries and in Touring Modified it was Xray’s Lex Tyler with the overall TQ and also the wins in A1 and A2. Taking the title early allowed him to sit out A3 which was won by young Yokomo driver, Jacob Cruz who cemented his runner-up position from Katunyu Chom-im in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 20, 2020

Schneider & Becker win at NRW Off-Road Cup Rd4

Round 4 of the German NRW Off-Road Cup was hosted on the newly-built track of the MC Dortmund club this past weekend. The 2WD Buggy class saw Team Associated’s Marcel Schneider walking away with the silverware from Team Associated teammate, Nils Luft in 2nd. Xray’s Jens Becker came in 3rd overall. Over in 4WD Buggy it was Jens Becker who would excel as he took the win from Marcel Schneider in 2nd while Jens’ fellow Xray driver, Max Montermann came in 3rd overall.

View the 4WD Buggy podium here

July 20, 2020

Ilias Reise wins at Electric Nord Cup

The Electric Nord Cup was held at the Bad Oeynhausen outdoor dirt track in northern Germany this past weekend. Hot weather conditions and a technically demanding track made for a challenging race for man and machine and in the end it was young Ilias Reise with the win in the E-Buggy class from Janik Reddehase in 2nd place. Frank Grieger rounded out the top 3 result.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 20, 2020

Max Götzl doubles at Czech Open Series Rd3

Round 3 of the Czech Open Series was held at the new Horni Jeleni track in nitro and electric off-road classes. Rain before the event meant the track crew had to work hard to ensure proper track conditions but in the end everything worked out and a good preparation made for a level playing field. In the Nitro Buggy class Xray’s Max Götzl would win his semifinal A with about a 3-lap margin over the 2nd place driver so he took the pole for the main in front of Tomas Kapicka and Radim Kolek. The main final, that was held in mixed weather conditions, then saw Max again out in front and he took the win with a huge gap over 2nd placed Tomas Kapicka (Kyosho) and 3rd placed Jan Hujer (Kyosho).

Continue reading the report here

July 20, 2020

Burak Kilic wins at Polish Off-road Nats Rd2

The second round of the Polish Off-road Nationals was held in the city of Wolsztyn this past weekend in 1/8th and 1/10th scale classes. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Michal Orlowski with the overall TQ after winning three of the four qualifying rounds, leaving behind Burak Kilic in 2nd, who took a single qualifier. In the 45-minute A-main event it was Burak who would take profit of a couple of issues Michal suffered from. Ultimately Michal was able to hold onto 2nd place a lap behind Burak and some eleven seconds in front of Berkan Kilic as Bartosz Zalewski and Bartek Zambrzycki rounded out the top 5 results.

Images: Abdullah Kilic

July 20, 2020

Ethan Lefebvre doubles at Thornhill Championship

Round 4 of the Thornhill Championship Series was held at the Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas this past weekend, attracting nearly 100 entries. In the Expert Nitro Buggy class Xray driver, Ethan Lefebvre would take the overall TQ and also the win in the single 20-minute A-main event, leaving behind Spencer Harrison (Xray) in 2nd. Another 18 seconds back it was Aiden Ferrell (Team Associated) with the 3rd place from Hagen Gray (Team Associated) in 4th and Kurt Wenger (Team Associated) in 5th.

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July 20, 2020

Liam Brocklehurst wins at NDOR warm-up event

The Notts and Derby Off Road Road club near Nottingham, UK held their pre-season warm-up race this past weekend. In the mixed 1/8th nitro and electric buggy class it was Liam Brocklehurst (Tekno RC) with the win some 13 seconds in front of electric-powered Hot Bodies driver, David Corden in 2nd. Lee Maggs (Tekno RC) came in 3rd overall while Adam Marshall (Tekno RC), also running electric, and Andrew Pritchard (Xray) rounded out the top 5.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]