This past weekend saw the opening race of the RC Indoor Oeste track in Portugal. Miguel Matias took the TQ and win in both the 1/8th Nitro and E-Buggy classes. In the Nitro category Joao Figueiredo and Rabio Ramos rounded out the podium while in the E-Buggy class Nuno Roque and Pedro Dias came in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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Maxima Fuel has announced the signing of Czech off-road front runner Kaja Novotny to the team. Previously mainly running electric classes Kaja will also attend at nitro races in the 2015 season exclusively using Maxima fuel.
Source: Chiratech Europe [chiratech-europe.com]
Hot Race has announced the signing of vice World and European as well as multiple Portuguese national champion Bruno Coelho. Bruno will not only attend national and international races using Hot Race tyres but he will also assist with research and development and he has the following to say:
After such a huge success last year with Hot Race tires at the IFMAR ISTC Worlds where I was Vice World Champion I’m very proud to join Hot Race and use their tires which i consider well above the average in quality and performance. I will do my best in my next challenges, as well as help Hot Race to develop their line of high performing tires.
Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]
LRP has announced the signing of Davide Ongaro to their nitro team. The young Italian was already using LRP equipment for his 1/10th off-road campaigns and he now made the move to race with LRP’s nitro engines, exhausts and equipment also. After making the 1/4 finale at the 2014 IFMAR Buggy Worlds and having the speed to proceed to the 1/2 final, which bad luck denied him, Davide is looking forward to the 2015 season with his new equipment.
Source: LRP [lrp.cc]
The second round of the Canary Island Championship was won by Cristian Artiles Cruz who dominated both the qualifying and the main final. He also smashed the track record in the qualifiers while Agama driver Cristo Gonzales Perez took 2nd with Xray racer Leandro Romano Pulido rounding out the top 3 result in the final.
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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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Team Shepherd has announces that multiple Brazilian National and South American champion Flavio Elias joins company’s factory racing team for the 2015 season. With the 2015 1/8th World Championship being held at his home track he was in search of the best performing 1/8th car and he finally choose the Velox V8 EC after various practise sessions. His focus for 2015 is on the 1/8th Worlds but he also plans to attend all nationals, the South American Championship, the Winternats and also selected 1/10th scale national event using Shepherd’s Velox V10 Pro. Flavio had the following to say:
I am very happy with Shepherd and for this world championship year at Brazil I had to choose what is the best for me. Nowadays I know that Shepherd has everything I need to be competitive in 1/8th and 1/10 scale. Thanks for the trust and we are going to do everything to have good races during the year.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Last weekend the Moro Race was held at the Moro race track in Sant Joan, Spain. Following a 2nd place in the qualifiers Alejandro Daras took the pole position for the main final. With consistent driving and a bit of luck Alejandro was able to retain his position to cross the finish line as the leader in front of Andres Marcelino and Alejandro Gual who rounded out the top 3 result.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
