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February 18, 2015

Josh Wheeler extends Xray deal

Xray has announced that the US top off-road racer Josh Wheeler will continue to race with the Slovakian team in 2015. The multiple World Championship finalist will race Xray’s 1/8th and 1/10th 4WD vehicles and he has the following to say:

I am pleased to announce that I will continue with Xray for the 2015 race season. Xray has been a great partner that has continually strived to produce the best cars in the world and never cease to improve. The entire Hudy family has been a great support and continue to allow me to follow my dream. I look forward to another great race season and all the exciting things to come.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 18, 2015

Mike Gosvig wins at Danish DMSU Nationals Rd5

The 5th round of Danish DSMU nationals was held in Faxe on a large track with technical corners, chicanes and a good flow was okay. The traction changed quite a lot because of the additive from the foam tyre race. During practice it soon became clear that Mike Gosvig would be the driver to beat and come qualifying Mike scored round wins in all three qualifiers to take the overall TQ in front of Soren Boy Holst and Casper Morgen.

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February 18, 2015

Norwegian Electric Onroad Champs Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the Norwegian Electric Onroad Championships was held in Gjøvik on a permanent track facility in the centre of the city. The event had 45 entries in total, divided in four classes with the main classes being 1/10 Touring Car Modified and 1/12th pan car. In the opening round of qualifying reigning Nordic Champion Nikolai Håheim and ETS A-finalist Helge Johannessen opened up the first laps swapping the lead, but after 5 laps Nikolai started to build up a 1.5 seconds gap which he held throughout the round. Nikolai took the overall TQ ahead of Helge in 2nd, followed by an impressive 3rd place for Rune Svestøl. Petter Bernsten, in a fight with Nikolai for the overall championship, would see himself struggling throughout the whole qualifying, as he felt uncomfortable the whole weekend with the track that he felt was too “technical for his driving style”.

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February 18, 2015

Ben Jemison joins Reedy factory team

Reedy have announced that popular UK racer Ben Jemison has been added to the Reedy factory racing team for 2015. Jemison has been a long-time Reedy runner and now with factory team support and new chassis sponsor lined up, is highly motivated for the 2015 UK season. He had the following to say about the deal:

I would like to give a huge thank you to Rick Hohwart and Brent Thielke for giving me this amazing opportunity to run for the Reedy Factory team! After running Reedy batteries and motors for the last 5 years I know the quality, performance and reliability is first class. I’m very happy to be running Reedy’s full line up of ESC, motors, batteries, servos, and chargers in 2015 and look forward to a great season!

Source: Reedy [reedypower.com]

February 17, 2015

2015 IFMAR Electric Buggy Worlds website launched

The organisers of the 2015 IFMAR 1/10th Electric Buggy World Championships have their Stage 1 report ready for download. Following the recent final announcement regarding the track surface – World Championship tracks are now allowed to have a 100 percent astro turf surface – it is now also clear that the track will be fully purpose build on the Yatabe Arena’s on-road grand prix track, leaving the usual off-road track untouched to guarantee equal conditions for Japanese and foreign drives alike. The 34-page Stage 1 report with travelling, hotel and track information can be found here (PDF file) or by using the link below.

Source: 2015 EP Offroad Worlds [2015worlds.yatabearena.com]

February 17, 2015

Rasmus B. Nielsen wins DMSU DM5 race

The Danish DMSU DM5 Nationals race was held at the Faxe Og Omegns Motorklub in the 1/10th pan car class. On Saturday almost all drivers took the change to practice with Michael Johnsen being the fastest driver with a lap of 12.3, followed by Rasmus B. Nielsen with a 12.4. During qualifying it became clear that the race for the TQ position would be between Michael and Rasmus, while Thomas Mortensen and Claus Ryeskov battled it out for the 3rd place on the grid. At the end of the three qualifying rounds Rasmus came out successful in front of Michael and Thomas.

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February 16, 2015

Mibosport Cup 2014/15 Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the 2014/15 Mibosport Cup was held this past weekend at the Hotel-Sport in Hrotovice, Czech Republic. The event attracted 198 drivers in total, with 38 drivers attending in Touring Car Modified, 30 drivers signed in for Stock LRP, 13 drivers for the Formula class, 9 drivers tackled the 1/12th scale class, 58 drivers came to drive 2WD Buggy and 50 drivers attended in 4WD Buggy.

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February 16, 2015

BRCA 1/12th scale Nationals Rd5 – Report

The penultimate round of the 2014/15 BRCA 1/12th scale Nationals was held at the permanent Teesside track near Stockton on Tees last weekend. It was a somewhat depleted field due to the travelling distance for some competitors, so Saturdays qualifying started with three heats of 13.5 and fiveheats of 10.5 stock. After 4 rounds of qualifying in 10.5 Stock the normal order resumed with Team Zen principal David Spashett heading the times with Andy Murray and Mick Farrell following close behind. In the 13.5 Stock class it was Leigh Dibble, Matthew Lax and Jason Butterfield heading the timesheets.

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