The EPJB electric on-road race was held at the Speedway Track in Hutan Bandar Mutiara Rini Johor, Malaysia last weekend. The opening round of the series attracted mostly local racers but also guests from Kuala Lumpur and in the Touring 13.5T Boosted class it was Xray racer Shahrin with the win from Norazam (Xray) on the runner-up spot and Arman Ahmad (Xray) who rounded out the top 3 results.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
A round of the Czech HIT Winter Racing Series was held recently and in the Touring Modified class the race for the win was on between the trio of Matěj Šulc, Oliver Havránek and Kuba Šimurda. Qualifications weren’t decided till the end as only the best round would count towards the starting grid and only Oliver was able to score faultless runs to take the overall TQ. With the grip coming up the finals were challenging for everyone as it was hard to make a clean run but with some bad luck for Kuba and Matej, Oliver would score an overall win from Kuba 2nd and Matej 3rd.
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Round 1 of the Xray Racing Series Greece was held at the Fanatix Racing Track near Athens recently. In Touring Modified class Nikolakopoulos took the pole position and won all final legs with 2017 XRS champion, Diamadis, coming in 2nd after some nice battles with 3rd placed Kidis.
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The 2018 Malaysian Electric National League was held recently and it was Serpent driver Mizan with the TQ and win in the 1/10th 4WD Buggy class. SWorkz’s Hakeem came in 2nd from Yokomo driver Danny K who rounded out the podium in 3rd.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Hobbywing have added another high-class on-road driver to their constantly growing super star team in the form of Germany’s Freddy Südhoff. Freddy will debut his new power combo, the XeRun XR10 Pro speed controller and the all-new XeRun V10 G3 motor, at this weekends second round of the ETS in Germany and he has the following to say:
I am very happy to join Team Hobbywing and thankfully for their trust into me to join their Factory Team for 2018 and beyond. I’m already looking forward the upcoming races and can’t wait to hit the track with my new equipment. See you trackside!
Source: Hobbywing [hobbywing.com]
Carisma Racing have announced the signing of former 2-time EFRA European Champion, Ellis Stafford to their growing team. The multiple UK national champion will not only lead the charge on track running both 2WD and 4WD 1/10th buggies, he will also be instrumental in progressing the designs, with real world testing, racing data and honest feedback. With the 4XS attending its first Worlds in 2017, growing in popularity with racers globally, and the new 2XS in its final stages of development, Ellis will be an invaluable asset to the team’s global dynamic, and each cars ongoing development. When asked why Ellis had decided to join the Carisma team, he had this to say:
The main thing that really struck me having spoken to Ivan on the phone, was his genuine desire to take his cars and company to the next level. We both understand this may not be a quick project, but we both want the same thing, and that is to positively bring Carisma Racing to people’s a en on, and to create both quality and fast, R/C race cars. I have a new found enthusiasm for racing, and am really looking forward to seeing what Ivan, his team, and myself can come up with in the future with the cars and the race results.
Source: Carisma Racing [carisma.com.hk]
JConcepts is well-known for their popular race events such as the Indoor National Series or the Super Cup Championship Series. Now the Florida-based company has released a quick list of all the 2018 JConcepts events, making it easier to plan race dates accordingly. All information, such as dates and locations, of the upcoming events, such as the Carpet Nationals, Turf Nationals, and Stock Nationals can be found here.
The third round of the Swiss SITCC series was held in Geneva recently and it was HB Racing’s Kevin Zwahlen who walked away with the day’s win. Kevin would start from the pole position into the triple mains with Cham Dassanayake and Briac Berthoud on P2 and P3. After the finals however it was Arnauf Buffat who obtained the runner-up spot after some setup changes allowed him to challenge the other front runners. The overall top 3 result was rounded out by Briac Berthoud in 3rd.
Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]
