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November 24, 2017

Lefebvre & Kemper win at Gulf Coast Grand Prix

The 2017 Gulf Coast Grand Prix was held at Mikes Hobbytown in Porter, Texas with the race having attendees from all three coasts, California, Florida, and Texas. At the start of the GT8 final, Nick Lefebvre (Xray), coming from 4th on the grid, was able to move into 2nd within just a few laps trailing Marcus Williams who was leading. Marcus and his Serpent would need to make an extra fuel stop during the 30-minute main event. With 7:30 to go Nick made his last stop and came out of the pits just behind the leader. This would give Nick the gap he needed as Marcus was making one more stop and in the progress Nick was able to hang onto the lead and cross the line to take the win. Marcus would come in 2nd from Jeff Whiting (Serpent) 3rd.

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November 24, 2017

Espinel & Bruck win at FORCE Series Rd7

River Rat RC Raceway recently held round 7 of the FORCE Series and it was Kayla Espinel (Xray) who took the TQ in the Intermediate Nitro Truggy class. From the tone Kayla would pull away and about five minutes into the race she already was a lap up. With clean and issue-free driving she was able to bring home the win from Xray teammate Jason Frank 2nd and Duane Sizemore (TLR) 3rd. Over in Intermediate E-Buggy it was Christian Bruck (Serpent) with the win from Brandon Denmark (Tekno) 2nd and Kayla Espinel (Xray) who rounded out the podium result in 3rd.

View the Intermediate E-Buggy podium here

November 24, 2017

Adalberto Pinto takes 200mm win at Portuguese Cup

The Travessas track located in S. João da Madeira recently played host to the Portuguese Cup and in the 1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring class it was Adalberto Pinto (Serpent) who took a maiden win in the nitro class. Adalberto started into the A-main from the 10th spot on the grid following some issues in his semifinal but with a strong pace and on only a single set of tyres he was able to bring home the silverware from Frederic Santos (Xray) 2nd and Pedro Grandao (Xray) 3rd.

Thanks to Rui Reis for the report.

November 23, 2017

Argentinean Nitro Off-road Champs Rd3 – Report

The third and final round of the Argentinean Nitro Off-road Championships took place at the El Condor track in Mendoza recently. Nice weather made for good racing conditions and in the 45-minute Pro Buggy finale it was Agustin Cutini with the win from Federico Davico and Joseph Quagraine in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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November 23, 2017

Andrea Pirani rolling on Hot Race rubber for 2018

Hot Race Tyres have announced the signing of Italy’s Andrea Pirani to their team. The multiple national Champion and European podium finisher will use the company’s tyres at open races world-wide while also helping with product development.

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]

November 22, 2017

Joao Figueiredo doubles at RC Oeste track opening

Indoor RC Oeste recently held a grand opening race to celebrate their new 1/8th off-road outdoor track. Kyosho driver Joao Figueiredo took the TQ in the nitro class and he would also bring home the win from TLR’s Goncalo Melo and Xray’s Pedro Gomes. Over in E-Buggy it was again Joao with the in s Pedro and Goncalo battled for the 2 spot with the better end for Pedro as Goncalo had to settle for 3rd overall.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 22, 2017

Xray sign Toni Santana

Xray have announced the signing of European GT8 champion, Toni Santana to their factory team. Toni is also a multi-times Spanish GT8 champ and he will be using Xray’s GTX8 platform at national and international events such as the Euros and Worlds. Toni says:

I am following the work of Xray for a long time and I have been always amazed by the professionalism and dedicated approach for the continuous development of the cars. I am very happy to be part of this great family, to be able to participate on the further development of the GT platform and I am really happy to be part of the team. I hope to return that trust with work and results and I will work very hard to showcase next year at the European and World Championship.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 21, 2017

Adam & Ronda Drake win at Top Notch Tour Rd4

Revelation Raceway hosted round 4 of the Top Notch Tour this past weekend with the event attracting nearly 80 entries. In the Pro Buggy class Mugen’s Adam Drake set the pace in both rounds of qualifying and started first in the 30-minute final. Drake went on to win the 30-minute final followed by the HB Racing duo of Tyler Brown and Chad Grana.

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