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February 25, 2015

Marco Kaufmann continues with Xray

Xray has announced that Marco Kaufmann has re-signed with the Slovakian team to race the company’s T4 and NT1 in the 2015 season. Marco is a young and talented driver and he has been a main driving force of the Xray team in Germany. Marco will participate at all major national and international races and he has the following to say about the deal:

I am very happy to re-sign with Xray. I have been racing with Xray since I have started to drive RC cars and I am very proud to represent this finest company and to be part of the Xray R&D team. In 2015 I plane to start nitro racing and will race with the NT1 at as many races as possible. I am sure with the World Championship winning model and the experience and help from Hartmut Rose, Bertram Kessler and my father we can achieve great results. Looking forward to a great and successful future.

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February 25, 2015

Nicolas Risser wins at RCmag Brushless Tour Rd1

The first round of the RCmag Brushless Tour was held at the Black Country Arena in Charleroi. In the 1/8th E-Buggy class it was Nicolas Risser who came out successful in front of Thomas Musso and Lorenzo Crolla, who rounded out the podium in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 25, 2015

South African National Championship Rd1 – Report

The first round of the 2015 South-African ORE national championship was held at the TRAP track in Pretoria. The Touring Car Modified class again provided for some spectacular high-speed racing with top speeds as high as 105km/h during the finals. 2014 champion Jason Hillcoat showed a good form by taking the TQ after the qualifiers and the overall win in the finals after some good battles with team mates Antonio Caroli and Shaun Schutte.

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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]