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May 10, 2013

Xray Challenge Grand Final report

The Xray Challenge Grand Final was held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia and Alexander Hagberg made this report. ‘Once again we saw a perfectly organized event. More than 100 drivers from many different countries joined the race to come and have fun at this great venue. It was a good opportunity as well, to prepare for the upcoming ETS final. The race was run in seven different classes, both electric and nitro, to allow for all kinds of adrenaline charged fun. Unfortunately the weather gods were not with us on Friday as it rained away. It was not a problem for those who had signed up for the electric categories though, as the newly prepared indoor track was open for practice. New curbs and paint gave the track a really nice look and was very enjoyable to race on. Traction levels became high eventually as sugar water was used.

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May 6, 2013

Silvio Hächler wins Swiss EFRA GP

Last weekend the Swiss EFRA GP was held at the famous Lostallo track, but this time run in the opposite direction to normal. The track is really big with a very long straight and so it would be really hard to run the 5 minutes without a pit stop. After a wet Friday it was a sunny Saturday allowing for some nice racing. At the front the tactics were really different, Simon Kurzbuch, Claudio Paquin and Remy Hasler the 2nd till 4th from qualification did their runs all without a pit stop, the only one who was able to top this time was Silvio Hächler with fast runs including one pit stop.

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May 3, 2013

Tim Wahl joins Xray factory team

Xray have announced that German multiple junior champion Tim Wahl has joined the Xray factory world racing team. Tim has been a young talented driver who has showed in the last years excellent results and permanent growth. Tim and Xray have joined the forces for the 2013 season to achieve the best possible race results at German and international events. Tim will race the T4 platform and will participate all major international races. Tim had this to say:

I have been racing with Xray since 2006 and now I’m really happy to be a part of the Xray factory team. It is the chance to learn a lot from the other guys in the team and improve both my skills and results. The working atmosphere in the team is great and I really like how we push each other forward. I’m really looking forward to a successful year 2013 with the Euros and the ETS races. I would like to thank Xray and SMI for the support and the trust in me.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 3, 2013

Novarossi supports Euro Nitro Series

World famous Italian engine manufacturer Novarossi are to support the inaugural Euro Nitro Series, the multiple reigning World Champions joining Xray and Shepherd Micro Racing as a Primary sponsor of the exciting new nitro onroad series. The sport’s most successful maker of RC racing engines, Novarossi will have a very strong representation at both races that will make up the ENS ‘Pilot Series’ the most notable of whom will be reigning 1:8 World Champion Robert Pietsch.

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April 30, 2013

Shepherd commit to Euro Nitro Series

Shepherd Micro Racing is the latest company to get behind the inaugural Euro Nitro Series, the German chassis manufacturer signing up to become a primary sponsor of the ‘Pilot Series’ and committing to field an international driver line-up at both races. With their headquarters located just 15km from the Hockenhiemring, which will host the first ever ENS event in one months time, it was Shepherd’s annual European Nitro Challenge which lead to the creation of the Euro Nitro Series.

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April 28, 2013

Volker & Franke win titles at 2013 LRP TCM

The 2013 LRP Touring Car Masters took place this weekend on a later date than usual and at an all new venue in Althengstett near Stuttgart. Some of the big names were missing this year but there was still a lot of quality in attendance. In the modified class Yokomo driver Ronald Volker took the top spot in qualifying in front of Awesomatix racer Freddy Sudhoff in 2nd with another Yokomo driver Eric Dankel third. In the finals Volker wrapped up the win early to take his 4th consecutive win with the Awesomatix pairing of Sudhoff and Finnish team mate Viljami Kutvonen completing the podium in 2nd and 3rd. In the Pro Stock class Oliver Franke took his HB chassis to the TQ spot in front of Xray driver Marek Cerny in 2nd with Tobias Vogel in 3rd. Franke would take the overall win after 2 legs with Cerny needing the 3rd leg to confirm the runner up spot after a bad result in Leg 2. Yokomo driver Zdenko Kunak would complete the Top 3.

View the final top 10 results here

April 24, 2013

Joseph Quagraine wins RedBull GP in Moscow

Last week end a RedBull GP was held at a Hobby Expo in Moscow Russia. There were over 200 entries all together in a race that covered all the electric offroad classes. This was the debut of the production JQ Electric 1:8th Buggy. There were three JQeCars at the event, and all three made the main, JQ, Dmitry Malyshko and Timo Jalas. The racetrack threw some curve balls to certain drivers with two jumps that crossed over the diagonal main straight. Tricky to jump, and marshall. In the end Joseph Quagraine would take the win ahead of Serpent driver Jörg Tiit in the 2nd with JQ driver Dmitry Malyshko completing the podium in 3rd.

Source: JQ [jq-products.com]

April 24, 2013

Alexander Hagberg reports on Xray Challenge Greece

The Xray Challenge Greece was held last weekend at the FRT track outside of Athens and this report is by Alexander Hagberg. ‘The track is huge by its size, comparable to the famous Lostallo track in Switzerland. It has been the host of numerous EFRA European Championship events in the past, so the quality of the track is very good. This time, the race featured the 1/10 GP and 1/10 EP Modified classes. A total entry count of around 50 had joined the event which was held over one day. The weather was sunny and reaching well over 20 degrees C, which meant perfect racing conditions.

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