The aixro XR50 was very well represented at the 2012
IKA Kart Show in Offenbach, Germany.
It was on display with kart manufacturers
Swiss Corse and
Swiss Hutless,
CRG distributor Prespo
and Praga Racing distributor M-Tec.
In addition our ignition supplier PVL
showed an open model of the engine to illustrate the integration of the ignition in the engine's flyweight.
There was a lot of interest in the engine, and everybody reported of very positive feedback, so we are looking
forward to an even more successful karting season in 2012.
Goldberg Racing from Maui, Hawaii have made an excellent video with their two new aixro XR50s. Enjoy!
M-Tec Praga Racing Team at the Essen Motor Show
The Essen Motor Show was a great event for the M-Tec Praga Racing Team.
Many of the more than 330,000 visitors came to see their karts and were curious to take a closer
look at the impressive
Praga R4S racing car (510hp, 790kg, too many pistons:-). Also a cut-out model of the
aixro
XR50 wankel rotary engine was a real eyecatcher, and everybody wanted to turn it to find out how it works.
In addition the M-Tec Praga Racing Team got some track time in the motorsport arena, and
professional driver coach Jean-Louis Capliuk put in a great show for the cheering crowd on a
Praga chassis with the mighty aixro XR50.
Many thanks to our new dealer M-Tec for their excellent representation on one of the biggest car tuning
fairs in the world.
Jurgen De Block successfully defended his title in the Wankel class
of the Karting Events
official Dutch 4-Stroke Championship, and he also gained the title as the first BeNeLux Wankel
champion at the final race of the season in Berghem, Netherlands.
He brought a quite comfortable lead to Berghem in the Dutch championship, but in the BeNeLux
chapionship (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg), which was fought out at the same race weekend,
Bjorn Bourgonjon was right up his heels. In addition there were a few quick new drivers and
comebacks, which could impact the championship result.
With two race wins and one second place Bjorn Bourgonjon took the day's victory ahead of Sven
Salzmann and Julien De Bolle while Jurgen De Block lost some valuable points with just one
second place and two fourth places. Still his lead was comfortable enough to secure the
championship with 672 points, while Bjorn Bourgonjon gained second place with 647 points and
Dave Bult made it to third with 574 points despite a spoiled race weekend.
But in the Karting Events BeNeLux Championship the end result was as close as it could be. Both
Jurgen De Block and Bjorn Bourgonjon ended up with 288 points, and they even had the same number
race victories, but with just one second place more Jurgen De Block also won the title in this
new championship. In addition to this, both Amato Pasquarelli and Kris van Hulle ended up with
249 points, but due to one better result Amato Pasquarelli gained third place ahead of Kris van
Hulle.
Congratulations to the winners, and a big thank to all drivers for making this championship
such a good one!
Bjorn Bourgonjon is the champion of the 2011
AIM MotorSport Aixro XR50 Race Series. He finished
the season in style by winning the last round at PFi, thus extending his lead over Jurgen de
Block and Adam Weller.
Congratulations to Bjorn, Jurgen and Adam - and a big thank you to all drivers who took part
in the race seris this year. Also we would like to thank everyone at AIM MotorSport. You did a great
job setting up and running the series.
Here is the official letter to the drivers from Mike Naylor of AIM MotorSport:
"Hi everyone,
I’ve calculated the points for the final race of the season and they should be on the website
soon, in the meantime though the top three are below:
1. Bjorn Bourgonjon 898pts
2. Jurgen De Block 720pts
3. Adam Weller 678.5pts
Congratulations to all 3 of you! Unfortunately that does mean that this season is over but
thanks to everyone who’s taken part for making it such a good one! There should be plenty of
test days before the next season starts though and I will keep you up to date of when they’re
taking place. The next season will be starting in March 2012 and there will be 8 races in total
so I’ll be sending out the membership info, race calendar and rule updates over the next few
months so please keep a look out for that. Also, we’re keen to make the championship as good
as we can so if you have any suggestions for improvements that can be made then please let me
know.
Many thanks for all your support,
Mike"
The new aixro XR50 wankel rotary engine operation manual (version 4.6) is now online. It includes
details about the PVL ignition as well as some some useful suggestions we got from customers, so we
would like to take the opportunity to thank everybody for their input. At the same time we have
released the final update (version 4.4) for engines up to 2010 with the IDM ignition.
Both manuals can be downloaded in English and German from the
aixro XR50 wankel rotary engine product page.
The new operation manual for the aixro XF40 and XH40 rotary engines is now online as well.
It can be downloaded in English and German from the
aixro XF/XH40 wankel rotary engine product page.
If you should have any suggestions to improve the manuals, please do not hesiate to
contact us. Thank you in advance.
