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February 26, 2014

New surface awaits ETS in Gran Canaria

This weekend (28 Feb-2 March) the Yokomo Euro Touring Series heads to Gran Canaria where a freshly resurfaced track awaits competitors travelling to the Spanish holiday island for the third round of the championship. The third year for the ETS to visit the Circuito Automodelismo El Hornillo track, the event marks the welcomed switch from a winter of indoor carpet racing to outdoor asphalt and previous encounters have turned up unexpected race winners. Last year the event saw Tamiya’s Viktor Wilck take his first ETS win in 19-races while on the first visit to the island Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp took his maiden victory, both drivers ending the dominant start by Yokomo’s Ronald Volker to the past two seasons.

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February 26, 2014

Reedy TC Race of Champions – Announcement

Reedy TC Race of Champions - Announcement

Reedy, Tamiya America, and Scotty Ernst Productions are proud to announce that after a five-year absence, the Reedy International Touring Car Race of Champions will return to the Tamiya America circuit May 22-25, 2014. Entries open February 24th at noon PST exclusively on www.RCSignup.com. Due to time constraints and to maintain the world-class nature of the event, Open class entries are limited to 13.5 Blinky (ROAR ESC and motor list) and Modified with total entries capped at 160 (100 13.5, 60 Modified). Each driver is limited to one entry. To allow everyone an opportunity to be a part of the 2014 Reedy Touring Car Race of Champions, a lottery drawing for the Open classes will be conducted on March 17th, with the first 100 13.5 and 60 Modified entries drawn securing a place in the event.

View more details about the event here.

February 26, 2014

Steven Weiss returns to Xray

Xray have announced that Steven Weiss has re joined the Slovakian company. Steven was part of the team back in 2007 when he claimed the TQ and 2nd at the EFRA Euros in France. After campaigns with other teams Steven has now returned and has the following to say about the deal:

I’m very happy to be back with the best team in the industry. The last 4 years were full of new experiences and involvement with RC projects and various companies & teams which helped me to grow both personally and professionally. All the experiences taught me that there is no better company and racing team in the RC industry than Xray. Since the 2014 is a very important racing year with World Championship on schedule I wanted to race with the fastest car and have a backup of a professional and strong team and as such there was no other option for me than Xray. I am very happy to be given this opportunity to come back to the team and I will do all my best. I am extremely motivated for the upcoming season and can not wait to get to the track once again.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 26, 2014

Josh Pain doubles at 2014 Tasmanian EP off-road titles

The first major race on the Australian electric off-road calendar has been run and won, with a nationals quality field and a very challenging track. Josh Pain took the TQ in both 2WD and 4WD modified classes and the Yokomo driver then went on to win the 2WD class by taking A1 and A2 leaving Sam Wells and Matt Tied fighting for the runner-up spot. At the end it was Sam who ended in second while Matt settled for third spot. 4WD was a different affair with some tight battles coming from second place driver Chris Sturdy and third place driver Matt Griffin. All three drivers gained a win in the three finals, with Josh and Chris both having a win and a second, the tie break going to the fasted winning time. Josh just edged out Chris by 2 seconds to get the overall win and claim the prestigious Dual Tasmanian titles along with some vital Worlds Qualifier points that should help toward Japan in 2015.

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February 26, 2014

2014 Euro Indoor Race 1/8th Edition – Report

The popular Euro Indoor Race at the Black Country Arena in Belgium this year was split into two separate race weekends with a 1/10th race three weeks ago and a second event that saw the running of the 1/8th E-buggy class along 2WD and 4WD Short Course Trucks. In the 1/8 race Nicolas Risser (Team C) took the win in front of Team C teammate Tom Maquel. Nicolas Hammerton (Mugen) came in third. In the 2WD SC class Marc Schiling (Team C) came in first while Sascha Hengen (Team C) and Patrice Roussel finished second and third respectively. In the 4WD Short Course class Thierry Mathieu (Tekno) successfully ended the race while Sascha Hengen (Team C) and Patrice Roussel again filled up the remaining podium spots again.

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February 25, 2014

2014 Super Cup Championship Series Rd2 – Report

It was a perfect South Florida Valentines weekend at Coral Springs Raceway for round 2 of the JConcepts Super Cup Championship Series. Drivers began to arrive Thursday evening for an early start on Friday morning’s practice day. One by one they took to the track to find that perfect setup on the nicely flowing outdoor clay battleground. Practice closed early on Friday for the track crew to make final preparations for Saturdays show. Early Saturday morning, the final pit spaces filled quickly and 180 entries were ready to start racing.

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February 25, 2014

Mikael Johansson doubles at VBC Race Rd4

The 4th round of the Swedish VBC Race took place in Viskafors. Mikael Johansson took the TQ with his Xray XB4 2wd in front of Christoffer Svensson’s Kyosho RB6 and TLR’s Otto Ausfelt. Mikael then went on to win A1 and A2 to secure the win in the 2WD Buggy class from Otto Ausfelt and Team C’s Oskar Levin. In 4WD Mikael Johansson topped the time sheets in practise and was also able to take the overall TQ in front of Team Associated’s Niclas Mansson and Otto Ausfelt. Niclas then won A1 in front of Otto while the two also had an epic battle in the second A-final. In A3 Mikael was able to cruise to the win with much less hassle. Otto Ausfelt finished second once again and Niclas secured the last podium spot. 8-year old Malin Karlsen impressed many with her driving and finished on 8th place in her first ever VBC race.

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February 24, 2014

Robert Batlle wins Spanish E-Buggy nats Rd1

Mugen’s Robert Batlle has won the first round of this year’s Spanish 1/8 E-Buggy nationals held in Santa Perpetua, close to Barcelona in the south of the country. Dani Vega (Agama) and Carlos Pineda (Associated) would complete the podium in second and third position respectively.

Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]