SWorkz have announced the signing of UK veteran racer, Simon Reeves to their team. Simon brings many years of experience and outstanding pace to the SWorkz family and this is what Simon Reeves has to say:
During testing I have been highly impressed with the materials and construction of the S35-3 and found great pace even early on with the platform. I look forward to a fantastic 2017 with SWorkz.
Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]
This past weekend was the first of four rounds for the Region 4 Championships held at the Arcadia track in Florida. DJ Apolaro (Capricorn) took the overall TQ of the 200mm class after sweeping each round of qualifying. In the main final, DJ continued to dominate, bringing home the win two laps ahead of second placed Junior Castellanos (Mugen) and third placed Jerry Guerra (Mugen).
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
The fourth round of DRCMU Danish Nationals was held in Skanderborg on a purpose-built track laid out with grey ETS carpet and located in a sportshall. Xray’s Mike Gosvig would bring home the win from young Kevin Nielsen (Xray) and VBC Racing driver Frederik Broløs Mikkelsen.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The recent fifth round of the CWIC Xray Racing Series UK saw ever increasing entries with some top names either making their debut or a return to the series. Olly Jefferies continued his dominance in the Super Touring class taking TQ and back to back final wins. from Alex Thurston (Serpent) and Chris Grainger (Team Associated).
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Modelix Racing have announced the return of Italian frontrunner, Riccardo Rabitti to their world factory team. The multi-national champion and international events A-main finisher will be running Procircuit tyres, Nitrolux fuel as well as Ultimate Racing products and accessories from now on.
Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]
Round three of this year’s Xray Racing Series Slovenia was held at the Genius Ring in Meduzza, Italy with driver from five countries attending an event that was pretty much booked out. The weekend kicked off with practice on Saturday and continued with one heat of controlled practice for re-seeding on Sunday. In the Touring Stock class it Andrea Ghilotti who took the TQ closely followed by BA Arnaldi and Rok Rudl. The Formula class saw Daniele Conte coming out fastest in the qualifiers from Matej Dobnikar, who only arrived on Sunday morning, while Luca Conte would start into the A-mains from P3. In the fastest class of the weekend, 1/12th Pan-car, it was Alojzij Osvald to take the TQ in front of Nejc Mihelič and Mattia Collavo.
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Coming soon from ProStar R/C are blue carbon kevlar shock towers for the Team Associated B6 and B6D buggy. The 4mm thickness shock stays are made using blue carbon fibre and tough kevlar strands to up durability and looks. The towers are available as set and they come as gull wing or flat-type front and short or tall rear option, allowing to mix and match a set purpose-selected for your vehicle.
Over the weekend Florida’s Lake Park played host to the second round of the JConcepts 2017 Spring Super Cup Series. The event was a fusion of New School meeting Old School as Lake Park once upon a time hosted one of the biggest races in the United States that saw roots dating back to the 80’s – those referred to it as the Florida Winter Champs. Although the gear has changed with the advent of mid-motors cars, LiPos, brushless motors, and modern tire technologies, Lake Park was transformed into a modern day classic for the weekend with over 250 entries. Iconic for the red clay surface and great Florida winter weather, the Lake Park track crew, headed by long-time Florida native Ryan Eckert, did a fantastic job with track prep and layout. The layout was awesome and consisted of a great mix of jumps, elevation changes, and flow that resulted in a really fun track that was also a delight to race on.
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