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December 21, 2014

Mibosport Cup Christmas Race – Date change

The traditional Christmas Race of the popular Mibosport Cup will take place at a later date due to technical and operational reasons at the Hotel Sport venue in Hrotovice. The event will now be held on the 3rd of January 2015. The race will also see the use of the popular black ETS carpet. The next dates of the Mibosport Cup series have already been set and won’t be changed. Thus the 4th round will be held on the 14th of February 2015, a week earlier than it was originally announced, and the final round including the podium ceremony will take place on the 14th of March 2015. The ranking leaders in the respective classes after round two are Kuba Simurda in Touring Car Modified, Rene Kölbel in TC Stock LRP and Formula, Marcell Wostalek in 1/12th scale and Martin Bayer in the 2WD and 4WD buggy classes.

Source: Mibosport [mibosport.com]

December 19, 2014

Ellis Stafford renews with Team Losi Racing

Horizon Hobby announce that Ellis Stafford has extended his contract with Horizon Hobby and TLR for the 2015 race season. Ellis has been the lead figure for the 1/10th scale team in the UK with some great results in his first season and with this experience he will be looking to better this years performance undoubtedly. He will continue to provide feedback on the UK race scene to the team in the states as well as developing set ups and contesting in the UK national series as well as the Euros that are to be held at the RHR facility amongst regional and club events.

Source: Horizon Hobby [horizonhobby.co.uk]

December 19, 2014

Tyler Hook wraps up RC Pro Series Titles

The RCPro Series finals and Toys for Tots race was held this past weekend and it the 1/8th E-Buggy class Tyler Hooks was able to take the overall TQ over teammate Brian Henn. The two would fight it out taking 1-2 which would give Tyler the overall RC Pro Series Title. Tyler then would start 2nd in the 1/8 E-Truggy class and he would handily take A1 and A2 to wrap up his second RC Pro Series Title of the weekend.

Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]

December 19, 2014

Miguel Matias doubles at RC Oeste Birthday race

The RC Oeste 3rd Birthday Race saw Xray’s Miguel Mathias taking the win in both the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes in front of runner-up Fabio Ramos (Team C). Goncalo Melo (TLR) rounded out the podium in the 2WD class while Pedro Dias (HB) completed the top 3 in the 4WD category.

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December 18, 2014

Lloyd Storey wins 2WD at SWS Rd3

The 3rd round of the popular Silverstone Winter Series was held at their indoor astroturf track in Northampton. As ever, the Silverstone team built a challenging yet flowing track to test the full entry of drivers. In the main 2WD class, Lloyd Storey and Nathan Waters took all four rounds of qualifying, with two each. Lloyd took the overall TQ by virtue of the faster time over 5 minutes, and would line up on pole for the A final. Nathan stayed on Lloyds tail for the entire length of the final, but Lloyd managed to take the win just ahead of Nathan, closely followed by Kev Lee in 3rd.

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December 17, 2014

Michael Schoettler wins at Northwest Indoor Series Rd1

Last weekend kicked off the first round of the Northwest Indoor Series in Tacoma, Washington at Tacoma R/C Raceway. A race series that wasn’t supposed to exist, but with a last minute decision by Scott Brown and a little help from the community … the most competitive off-road racing series in the pacific northwest is back. This unique event caters to all the passionate off-road racers in efforts to unite the community for a weekend of friendship, competition, and fun.

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December 17, 2014

Xray X1 Work.Shop Italy – Announcement

After the success of the first ever Xray Work.Shop the second instalment will be held this coming weekend, the 19th to 21st of December, at the Minispeedway in Remedello at Angiolino in Italy. Organised by multiple Italian Champion Francesco Martini participants will learn on how to setup the Xray X1 and T4. Francesco was the part of the X1 development team so you have the best chance to learn all the finest X1 building and setup tricks directly from the designer. The schedule sees a build workshop on Friday, practice sessions and a tips ‘n tricks part on Saturday and a fun race on Sunday.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 17, 2014

Taylor Petersen doubles at The Lone Star Classic

The Lone Star Classic was held at Indy R/C World in Garland, TX which attracted some of the top Pros from nearby states. TLR’s Taylor Petersen dominated both Pro classes with a pair of TQ’s once qualifying was finished. Petersen then was able to drive both his TLR rides to victory in the gruelling long main events.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]