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March 24, 2015

JMRCA Offroad Nats & Worlds Warm-up – Entries open

This year’s Japanese JMRCA 1/10th Electric Off-Road Nationals will be held from the 5th to 7th of June at the Yatabe Arena, host of the 2015 IFMAR 1/10th Electric Buggy World Championships. The Nationals will also act as the Warm-up for the Worlds in October and the entries for oversea drivers are now open here. The race, run on a purpose-built astroturf track, will see the use of the official Schumacher Worlds control tyres and inserts as listed below.

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March 24, 2015

Dirk Wischnewski renews with Matrix

Matrix Racing Tires have announced that former European Champion and multiple time German Champion Dirk Wischnewski renewed with the Italian manufacturer for the 2015 season. A 200mm class specialist the 33-years old Sheperd team driver is a regular A-Main finalist at international races, and in 2015 he will be in contention for the European title as well as the Euro Nitro Series title.

Source: Matrix [matrixtires.it]

March 23, 2015

2015 Florida Winternats – Report

The 2015 Florida Winternats were held this past weekend in Ft. Myers, Florida with the usual mix of national drivers and international guests. Held in several 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road categories the premier class of 1/8th Open was won by Ralph Burch, who took the win from Mike Swauger and Simon Kurzbuch. Kyle Branson and Paolo Morganti rounded out the top 5 result.

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March 23, 2015

Hagberg & Hönigl win at 2015 1/12th Euros

The 2015 EFRA 1/12th scale European Championships were held at the famous Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia this past weekend. Almost 100 entries from all over Europe split into the two classes of Modified and Stock. Practice and the first round of qualifiers were on schedule for Friday with 2014 European Champion Alexander Hagberg (Xray) being on rails from the early beginning as set the early pace in the Modified class while Hupo Hönigl (Serpent) placed himself on top of the timing sheets in the Stock class.

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March 19, 2015

Ermen, Depta & Kaufmann join Savöx factory team

Savöx announce the signing of three new drivers to their factory team. John Ermen, Merlin Depta and Marco Kaufmann are known for their raw speed and race winning performances and all three will use Savöx servos in during their national and international race appearances.

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March 17, 2015

Lorenzo Crolla continues with FX

FX have announced the contract renewal with young and talented Lorenzo Crolla for the 2015 season. The French front runner will use the FX engines during his off-road campaign that will include the EFRA Euros, the French nationals, the NEO Race and more. Lorenzo had the following to say:

I have raced the FX engines during the entire 2014 season and being satisfied with the performance and reliability there is no other consideration than to continue with FX for 2015 as well. I will race all the major nitro off-road races in France as well international races including European Championship, EFRA GPs and NEO race. I am looking forward the 2015 season with my FX engine.

Source: FX [fx-engines.com]

March 17, 2015

John Ermen renews with Matrix

Matrix have announced that Former Dutch Champion and 2014 ENS race winner John Ermen will continue with the Italian company for 2015. A driver with more than 20 years of experience, his contribution is very important to the team both in terms of racing and product development. The newly signed ARC team driver will be racing this year’s ENS as well as the Benelux Cup, the German Nationals and the EFRA Euros.

Source: Matrix [matrixtires.it]

March 17, 2015

Jernej Vuga re-signs with Xray

Xray have announced that former European and multi-National Champion Jernej Vuga has extended his contract with the Slovakian company for 2015. Jernej is a nitro on-road specialist and will race Xray’s RX8 nitro car while swapping it for an X12 1/12th scale car for the Winter season. Jernej will participate at all major regional, national and international races including the European Championship, the ENS and the Alpe Adria Cup and he had the following to say:

I’m so happy to race with Xray X12 and RX8 cars in 2015 season. Having the possibility to be also a part of the 1/8 on-road test team makes me even more satisfied and motivated, since I will have a chance to contribute my feedback to make the new car even better. The team work and dedication to every single detail of their products makes Xray something special. So, looking forward to a very productive and successful 2015 season.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]