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February 16, 2022

Branson takes first EWS title

The fourth round of the 2021/2022 Essex Winter Series was held this weekend. As the championship was entering its final stages, there were opportunities for more titles to be decided. In the Scorpion Modified Class, Kyle Branson had a good chance of securing his first EWS Championship if things went his way. The Xray pilot got things off to the best start as he set the pace in qualifying, eventually topping all of the four rounds. Capricorn’s Alex Thurston kept Kyle honest however, running within a few seconds of Kyle and securing second on the A Final grid. Chris Grainger (Awesomatix) managed to find a new turn of speed to also put himself in the mix and often matching the times of Kyle and Alex and would line up third on the grid. The front half of the grid was completed by Harley Eldridge, the new Xray signing rebounding after a difficult debut last month for her new team, and Schumacher designer Andy Murray, piloting the production version of the Mi8 car he had penned himself.

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February 16, 2022

Andrea Ghilotti joins MR33 factory team

Another MR33 announcement, this time for the signing of Italian Onroad front runner Andrea Ghilotti to their factory team. The former EFRA European junior champion will participate at the Euro Touring Series events and at events in his home country Italy. Andrea will use the complete range of MR33 products in his racing programme and he had these words about his new sponsor MR33, ‘It is a great pleasure for me to join the MR33 factory team. I already enjoyed some products from their great line up in the past, and I can’t wait to use even more MR33 stuff on and off track. I would like to thank everybody at MR33 for this great opportunity.’

Source: Tonisport [tonisport.de]

February 15, 2022

Akio Sobue joins MR33 factory team

MR33 have announced the signing of Japanese onroad front runner Akio Sobue to their factory team. Akio will use the complete range of MR33 products to keep his Onroad program running, and he will attend all the most important Onroad races in Asia and other big races around on the globe. Akio had the following to say about him joining MR33, ‘I am very happy and thankful to join the MR33 team. I know their products since a long time, and it is fantastic how much the brand was growing over the last couple of years. I will use the MR33 products for all my Onroad cars and I am sure they will help me to achieve great results on track.’

Source: Tonisport [tonisport.de]

February 15, 2022

Coelho leads X4 dominance of TC classes at Snowbirds

The world famous Snowbird Nationals was held for the 28th time in Kissimmee, near Orlando, Florida, in the USA recently and Xray driver Alexander Hagberg sent this report. This unique on-road and oval race saw a total of over 600 entries combined between these two disciplines. The Xray team was in full attendance, not only with the US team drivers, but also with a big European team once again. The prestigious TC Modified class was dominated by Xray X4 cars. Reigning world champion Bruno Coelho converted his TQ into a win in the final, at this first ever appearance at the Snowbird Nationals. Bruno TQ’ed 3 out of 4 rounds of qualifying, and Alexander Hagberg took the TQ in the very first round. Alex was demoted to 3rd overall in the standings in the final after a few mistakes which allowed Sam Isaacs to take the runner up spot.

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February 10, 2022

Nils Gustafsson joins Dash RC

Dash RC have announced that they will be teaming up with one of Swedens top young offroad racers, Nils Gustafsson. The Team Associated driver will be powered by Dash electronics with the support from NettoRC and Dash is very happy to welcome him on board. The 15 year old will focus on 1/10 and 1/8 offroad with a focus on national and select international races.

Source: Dash [dash-rc.com]

February 9, 2022

Lex Tyler joins Reds Racing

Reds Racing are happy to announce that the 1/10 touring class multi-winner Lex Tyler has joined their team for the 2022 and 2023 racing season. Lex will be using Reds Racing 1/10 electronics and will be attending several important competitions in the next months. Lex had this to say, ‘I’m excited to join a family that is passionate about racing. The Reds Racing electronics has been a very solid contender in my immediate choice of TC classes. Quality and design are premium on top of well performing. I look forward to more races using Reds Racing products.’

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

February 7, 2022

Völker wins ETS Rd5 in Daun and is overall champion

ETS Rd5 took place at the Sporthotel Grafenwald in Daun/GER last weekend. The race saw 285 racers in the six ETS classes, and the event started with a free practice day on Thursday, followed by 4 rounds of qualifying and triple finals for everybody. The track layout was technical, challenging, and perfect for some intense ETS racing. In the Matrix Modified class it was a two-horse race for the win between Marc Rheinard and Ronald Völker. After a hard fight in qualifying, with both drivers taking two out of four rounds, Völker was able to secure the pole position with the faster overall runtime compared to Rheinard. Christopher Krapp was in striking distance to the leaders all time and lined up third on the grid.

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February 2, 2022

Kilic brothers join Yokomo Factory team

Team Yokomo have welcomed the Kilic brothers to their factory team. Burak Kilic who recently turned 18, and younger brother Berkan Kilic who is only 16 years old will be part of the offroad factory team. The Kilic brothers will pilot the YZ4-SF2 4wd buggy and YZ2-CAL3.1 2wd buggy for EOS, Nationals and World championship races. Bringing great results and experience, from their knowledge in 1/8 buggy platforms, the brothers will bring this speed and knowledge across to the 1/10 buggy program for Team Yokomo.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]