Yokomo have announced the signing of Jake Thayer to their US team. Store manager at OC RC Raceway in Huntington Beach, California, Jake is known as an extremely hard worker and also wicked fast on the track, taking countless club race wins while also bringing a great knowledge of set-up and racing experience to Yokomo’s growing USA race team.
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
Xray have announced the dates, venues and rules for the XRS Tour Italy 2018. The 3-race series kicks off at MiniRace Casoria on the 19th of November and will conclude at the T5 Roma track on the 8th of April. Classes run will include Touring Modified, Touring Stock 13.5T and 17.5T as well as Formula and 1/12th Pan Car. More information (in Italian language) and sign-up are available here.
Round 2 of the Rebels Race was held in Trebešín, Prague last weekend. The very technical track was laid out on ETS carpet and one or the other driver had his problems to tackle the challenging circuit. In Touring Modified 31 entries made for competitive racing and after the four qualifiers it was Michal Blahovský who came out on top in front of Petr Grof and Matěj Šulc. After the finals things had mixed up a bit as Matěj Šulc, with a 1st and 2nd place finish took the win from Michal with a 1st and 3rd place while Petr had to settle for 3rd in the tie-breaker.
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The final round of the 2017 Catalan Pro10 Championship was held last weekend and it was Isaac Amorós who won at the season finale. However it was Marc Valero who ended the 8-race series on top, snatching the back-to-back championship while Jaime Lacuesta, who missed the final round, completed the championship in 3rd overall. With an ever rising number of entries at the races, the top positions were fiercely fought for with drivers such as Sergio Lacuesta or Raul Carmona also battling for the top spots and the family team of Jaume and Jordi Creus becoming a steady force in the championship.
Source: Pro10.cat [pro10.cat]
ROAR have announced the dates and tracks for their National Championships for 2018. Apex Raceway and Hobbies of Murfreesboro, Tennessee will play host to the Carpet Nationals from the 8th to 11th of March. The Electric Paved On-road Nationals will be held from April 26th to 29th at Ft. Myers RC Car Club in North Ft. Myers, Florida. The 1/8th Fuel Off-Road Nationals will be run from the 14th to the 17th of June at the Southside RC Raceway in Lake City, Florida, while the 1/8th Electric Off-Road and 4WD SCT Nationals will be held at HobbyTown Hobbyplex in Omaha, Nebraska from July 19th through to the 22nd. Hobby Action RC Raceay in Chandler, Arizona will play host to the 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals from August 16th to 19th while the Nitro On-road Nationals will be held at Nuggets Ranch Raceway in Pompano Beach, Florida from September 20th to 23rd.
Source: ROAR [roarracing.com]
During the recent Australian 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals it was Xray’s Jarred King with the TQ and win in the 4WD Modified Buggy class. Jarred came out fastest after the qualifiers and he took the title by only 0.7s from Josh Pain (Xray) 2nd and Chris Sturdy (Team Associated) 3rd.
The recent Australian 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals were hosted by the Maitland club and changeable weather conditions made things tricky for the drivers. In the 2WD 17.5T Junior Stock class it was Xray’s Jack Grey with the win from Team Associated driver Andrew McGee and Xray’s Aden Young. The Team Associated duo of Ethan Kelland and Cameron Couper would round out the top 5 results.
Kyosho America have appointed Zachary Rogers as their new US team manager following the departure of Joe Pillars. Zack brings with him a wealth of experience and Kyosho America is looking forward to working with him. In a statement on social media Kyosho America states:
Zachary “Zack” Rogers, an accomplished Southern California racer and avid RC enthusiast for more than a decade (six of those years running Kyosho cars) is joining Kyosho America as its new US Team Manager. Zack has been a driver during six years of Joe Pillar’s tenure, plus he brings a great deal of his own personal experience and enthusiasm to the position. Zack will focus on higher quality communication with the drivers at the local and regional levels, and he will also be serving a number of roles on the Team Kyosho International. The Kyosho staff would like to welcome Zack to the Kyosho family and racing team.
