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February 24, 2015

Steven Hartson continues with LRP

LRP have announced the contract renewal with 2013 IFMAR 4WD Offroad World Champion Steven Hartson. The Team Associated driver will continue to use LRP’s full line of electronics including brushless motors, speed controller, batteries, chargers and accessories as well as LRP’s nitro off-road engines for his 1/8th offroad excursions. Steven has the following to say about the deal:

I’ve trusted LRP equipment for 8 years now and I’m very happy to be continuing with LRP in 2015. LRP products have provided me awesome power throughout my career and I know there is more “Blue is Better” technology coming soon, starting with an entirely new battery line in April 2015. I look forward to using this new technology to defend my 4WD IFMAR World Championship at Yatabe Arena in Japan this year.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

February 24, 2015

French Winter Championship Rd4 – Report

This past weekend the 4th and final round of the French Winter Championship was held in Montbrison. In the premier class of Touring Car Modified, Cyril N’Diaye took the overall TQ from Jeremy Limoge and Mathieu Briere. The opening final then saw Cyril taking the win in front of Alexandre Laurent and Mathieu Briere who suffered a bit on used tyres. In A2 Mathieu started with a new set of tyres and he was able to challenge Cyril but the latter managed to stay in front to take the win and with it the overall victory early. Mathieu came in 2nd while Jeremy rounded out the top 3 so far. In the final A-main Mathieu cemented his runner-up spot by winning the leg in front of Alexandre and Jeremy. With the 2nd place finish in the final round of the championship Mathieu Briere took the overall 2014/15 French Winter Championship title.

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February 23, 2015

Malin Karlsen continues with Xray

Xray has announced that young and talented Malin Karlsen will continue to be part of the factory junior team, Xray’s melting pot of uprising RC talents. The 8 year old girl from Norway has so far shown an exceptional talent and she will continue to race Xray’s XB8, XB8E, XB4 and XB2 in her 2015 campaign that will include appearances at the 1/8t and 1/10th EFRA Euros, the EOS, the Nordic Championships and the Swedish National Championship and the Swedish Cup Series. Malin has the following to say:

I love RC cars and Xray was my first car and I have a lot of passion for this car and like everyone on the team. I am very proud that I was chosen by Xray to be part of the junior factory team and I am very happy to be given this opportunity. This year I will continue to participate at as many races as possible around the globe to learn as much as possible and to gain new experiences to improve my skills and results. I am looking forward to meet you all again.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 23, 2015

Jefferies & Finlay win at International Carpet Challenge

The International Carpet Challenge was held in Southend, south-east England over the weekend. Xray’s Olly Jefferies completed his domination of the 2015 ICC event by taking a clean sweep of qualifying and the triple leg finals. The British National Champion was clearly the class of the field at signature race of the well-known EWS team in the UK. Olly topped the controlled practice rounds, and then proceeded to win every one of the five qualifying rounds at the 2-day event. German star Christopher Krapp looked liked being Olly’s closest challenger, taking his Kyosho to second place in the opening three rounds of qualifying.

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February 23, 2015

Griffin Hanna wins Pro E-Buggy at Motorama

This past weekend the annual Motorama race was held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In the Pro E-Buggy class Serpent’s Griffin Hanna took the TQ and he went on to win the main final also while coming in 2nd in the Pro E-Truggy class.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

February 22, 2015

Carlsson & Andersson win at SSIC Rd5

Carlsson & Andersson win at South Swedish Indoor Cup Rd5

The fifth round of the South Swedish Indoor Cup was held in Hasselholm in the three classes of Touring Car Modified, Stock 17.5T Blinky and Formula. The race was held on a small and technical track and in the Modified class it was Daniel Carlsson who finished the day on top after grabbing the pole position for the finals. Christian Holmström came in 2nd while Kenneth Carlsson rounded out the podium on the 3rd spot.

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February 22, 2015

Tessmann adds eBuggy to DNC title list

Having won 5 out of a possible six nitro titles over the passed three years of the Dirt Nitro Challenge at the Fear Farm, tonight Ty Tessmann added his first eBuggy title. Top Qualifier for the race, the HB driver led the 10-minute entire from start to finish with only Jared Tebo and Ryan Maifield attempting to put pressure on the Canadian.

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February 20, 2015

Spanish National Series – Announcement

The Spanish National Series is a new electric on-road race series for all drivers who seek fun racing with easy rules. Run in a Modified Touring, 10.5T Stock Touring and a 21.5T Formula class with control tyres, handout tyre additive, cleaner as well as rental motors for the Stock classes the 4-race series starts on March 1st at the RB36 Arena in Barcelona and concludes on September 12th in Puerto de Santa Maria, Cardiz. All information, rules and sign up can be found on the series’ website by clicking here.