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February 15, 2012

Rodriguez & Zayas win at NOS Rd2

The second round of the Puerto Rican Nitro On-Road Series took place last weekend at the Barceloneta RC Track and it was Andy Báez with his MTX5 who set the TQ with 14 laps in 5:09.382. In the 45 minutes race the battle for the first position started early when Juan Rodríguez, Andy Báez and Guillermo Camacho started to swap positions in the first 15 minutes of the race. A bad pit stop for Camacho took him from the lead, bumping Fernando Méndez and his MTX5 into third. RC America driver Juan took the lead from that point and was followed home by Andy and Fernando.

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February 14, 2012

Paolo Morganti wins Florida State Series Rd6

Last weekend was the sixth round of the Florida State Series held at the Ft Myers track, one of the most dangerous and fast tracks around. Despite the chilly conditions, due to a cold front, many people showed up in preparation of next weekends famous Florida Winter Nationals. After a long and hard weekend of work, Paolo Morganti and his Novarossi powered Serpent 966 TE was able to secure the win 3 seconds ahead of TQ Sean Lue in 2nd, with Tony Rice completing the podium.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

February 14, 2012

The Salemi brothers joins Xray

Xray have announced that top Italian on-road drivers Mirko and Walter Salemi are joining the Italian Xray team. The Salemi brothers will race and represent Team Xray at all major national and international 1/8 and 1/10 nitro on-road races as well as joining the team at the 2012 European Championship. Walter is a multiple Workd and European finalist as well as an Italian Champion while his younger brother Mirko is reigning European B Champion as well as a F1 and F2 Italian Champion. Walter and Mirko had this to say:

I am very proud to join Team Xray as I believe that they make the best model car products in the World. I am also lucky because as well as having a racing collaboration, I also have a great friendship with all my sponsors and this for me is more important. Through passion and hard work together we will achieve the best result. I also want to thank Motonica for our previous collaboration.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 14, 2012

2012 JConcepts Clash – Announcement

For 2012 the JConcepts Clash is going Indoors to the Flowood, Indoor R/C park in Flowood, Mississippi on the weekend of September 21-23, 2012. A large building and track operated by super promoter Bubba Barham equals big-time Clash action. The 6th annual event will take place on a newly built indoor race course at the Flowood R/C park and will be specifically built for this annual event. With the uniqueness of the Clash, special considerations are always made to the layout, making it both electric and nitro friendly; rest assured your vehicle of choice will be tested. A 125’x100’ Indoor track is easily among the largest in the world and contains one of the best indoor racing surfaces in existence. Be prepared for a well run race courtesy of the JConcepts Events crew and a famous race director who will be named at a later date.

For more information visit the event site here.

February 11, 2012

Oscar Cabezas joins Novarossi

Spanish nitro on-road racer Oscae Cabezas has signed a contract with Novarossi for the 2012 season. The multiple Spanish 1/8 scale on-road champion and European championship finalist will use the Italian engines in his Spanish and European championship campaigns.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

February 11, 2012

Robin D’Hondt re-signs for Motonica

Motonica have re-signed World & European Championship Finalist and 2009 Dutch and German Champion Robin D’Hondt to their factory team. Robin, who will be driving P81 RS2 in the Dutch National Championship and the Portugal Euro Championship this year, had this to say:

I am very happy to be joining Motonica for another 2 years. I have been very satisfied by the way the team works and the cooperation that I have with them and I would like to thank Maurizio Ficcadenti for this great opportunity.

Source: Motonica [motonica.com]

February 9, 2012

Matrix Racing tires sign Ronald Volker

Matrix Racing tires have announced that they have signed Shepherd driver Ronald Volker to use their tires for 2012. The deal which was finalised at last week’s Nuremberg toy fair will see the German electric ace run the Italian foam all season which will include the Winternats in Florida, European Championship in Italy, World Championships in Bangkok and other select races.

Source: Matrix Tires [matrixtires.it]

February 9, 2012

Hot Race Tyres sign Jilles Groskamp

Top international on road racer Jilles Groskamp has signed to race with Hot Race tyres for the 2012 season. The decision was made following extensive testing at the Pre Worlds in Bangkok, where Jilles was pleased with their performance. The Capricorn/Orion driver will participate with Hot Race tyres in this year’s European Championships in Cassino as well as the 1/10th 200mm World Championships in Bangkok.

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracerc.com]