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February 17, 2014

Tyler Vik joins Xray

Xray announce that top US off-road racer Tyler Vik has joined their factory team. The multi-time off-road nationals finalist will race the company’s 1/8th and 1/10th scale nitro and electric buggies and trucks at events such as the ROAR nationals, the Dirt Nitro Challenge and the 1/8th IFMAR Worlds beside other selected events. This is what Tyler has to say about the deal:

I’m excited to become a part of the Xray factory team, and look forward to showing the performance of the cars throughout the 2014 racing season. Over the years, I’ve watched the Xray off-road program and team grow. After testing the cars and running them as a privateer, I was more than surprised with the performance and reliability of the cars. I am looking forward to work with the US team as well as the European team including Reno Savoya and Martin Bayer. I’m very confident in the support of the team, as well as the cars, and I’m looking forward to the 2014 season. I’d like to thank the Hudy family, as well as Ralph and Bryan at RC America for making this possible.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 17, 2014

David Crompton wins at SWorkz Winter Series Rd5

Radiosistemi RR8 driver David Crompton walked away with the win at the 5th round of the SWorkz Winter Series. Neil Cragg (Team Associated) came in second while Colin Brennan (Xray) completed the podium. Graeme Miller (TLR) and Gavin Uttely (SWorkz) rounded out the top five.

Source: Radiosistemi [radiosistemi.it]

February 17, 2014

Balestri & Apolaro win at Florida Winternats

The 38th annual Florida Winternats were run last weekend in Fort Myers, Florida. The race again attracted a huge number of drivers including some international starts alongside the fastest nitro on-road racers from the U.S.. In 1/8th Open Capricorn driver Dario Balestri, running for his new engine sponsor XRD, took the win some six laps ahead of top qualifier Mike Swauger (Xray/Picco) with Flavio Elias (Mugen/Novarossi) coming in third another three laps down.

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February 17, 2014

Robert Batlle wins Grand Prix de Montpellier

Mugen’s Robert Batlle has won the annual Grand Prix de Montpellier in a thrilling final against Agama’s Darren Bloomfield who took TQ for the hour long final. First Robert was challenged by Darren Bloomfield and Elliot Boots (Kyosho) and also Xray’s Renaud Savoya was in the mix but once Elliot broke his car and Renaud suffered a short engine hick-up Robert could open a gap to the field. Towards the end Darren then shifted into second gear, charging Battle hard and eventually overtaking him only minutes from the one hour mark but an empty fuel tank prevented Darren from taking the win for Agama. Robert would take the win for Mugen while Darren managed to take the runner-up spot. Reno Savoya came in third, only one lap down.

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February 16, 2014

Collari opts to start 2014 a free agent

Collari

9-time World Champion Lamberto Collari has been in contact to give us an update on his current situation heading into the 2014 season, answering the many requests he has received concerning his race package. For the first time in many years the Italian RC legend will run the season without a chassis sponsor which will allow him to evaluate what car best suits him ahead of the 2015 World Championships. In terms of engine, he hopes to remain with long time sponsor Novarossi, but no deal has yet been finalised. Those who are onboard so far for the new season are previous sponsors Sanwa and Protoform, while new for this year are Hudy tools and Zac Project tires.

View the statement from Lamberto in English & Italian here

February 14, 2014

Seymonsbergan & Lee win at IMCC Cup

The First big race of the year for Nitro Tourer and Nitro GT was held at the IMCC Club located in Wollongong south of Sydney. Top qualifier in Nitro Touring was Aaron Lee (Serpent) followed by Alex Koussas, some 8 seconds behind. The TQ in the GT class went to Chris Stanley, just edging out fellow Serpent driver Rick Seymonsbergan by 1 second and in 3rd was Darren Neave only 2/100s of a second behind.

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February 13, 2014

Riccardo Acciari joins Radiosistemi for 2014

Radiosistemi have announced the signing of former European B Champion Riccardo Acciari to their factory team. After a small hiatus he is back running the RR8 chassis as well as the complete Modelix package with Ultimate Racing products, Ultimate Engines, ProCircuit tires and Nitrolux fuel. Ricky will compete in this year’s Italian Naionals as well as the European B Championships and other major races such as the Pierrefeu GP and Italian Job.

Source: Radiosistemi [radiosistemi.it]

February 13, 2014

Josh Wheeler extends contract with Xray

US top off-road driver Josh Wheeler will continue to race with the Xray team in 2014, the Slovakian company announce. Josh will race the XB8, XB4 and XT9 in 2014 while attending several high-class races such as the Dirt Nitro Challenge, the Psycho Nitro Blast, the ROAR nationals and of course the IFMAR 1/8 Buggy Worlds. This is what Josh has to say about the deal:

It has been great working with a top notch company like Xray for many years. I look forward to many more years of great racing and good times with Xray and the Hudy family. Xray’s commitment to perfection and making the best parts possible has allowed me to chase my dreams and compete with the top drivers in the world. Xray and the Hudy family works nonstop to provide the best parts and constantly push the RC industry. I want to say Thank You for all the support and the friendships that have been made. 2014 is going to be the best year yet.

Source: Xray [teamXray.com]