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February 2, 2018

2018 JConcepts MT event schedule – Announcement

2017 was a monster year for JConcepts as the iconic company attended and supported some of the best, action packed R/C monster truck events from around the nation. For 2018, JConcepts has decided to step it up to the next level, filling out a schedule fueled by their passion and love for R/C monster trucks. The year kickes off on March 22nd to 24th at the Monster Jam World Finals where JConcepts will take part in the R/C Monster Jam World Finals Performance which coincides with the Monster Jam Party in the Pits in Las Vegas. This is the perfect opportunity to Meet and Greet with some of the world famous Monster Jam drivers during the pit party and take in some R/C monster truck action. After kicking off the year with the Monster Jam World Finals Performance, JC invite you to bring your trucks and compete at the other thrilling events filled with ultra-competitive side-by-side bracket-style racing in various classes like Pro Mod, 2.2, Retro, etc. An event set out to be different from the rest is the 1st Annual JConcepts MonsterCross held on May 5th to 6th in St. Beaver, PA. Borrowing ideas from 1/10th scale off-road racing, multiple trucks will go wheel to wheel in heat races to sort qualifying for Sunday’s main events. The concept is to give more racers more track time and to determine who truly owns the baddest and fastest truck in the land. The complete schedule can be found here.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

February 2, 2018

CJ Jelin joins Xray factory team

Xray have announced the signing of Junior Reedy Race Champion, CJ Jelin to their factory team. Already in his young racing career CJ has scored ROAR 1/8th fuel and electric buggy A-main finishes and he will race Xray’s 1/10th and 1/8th platforms at events such as the Desert Classic, the Dirt Nitro Challenge, Hot Rod Shootout, and the US Nationals. As for the factory deal CJ had the following to say:

Last year has been one of my most successful years with the Xray cars. I have made the mains at ROAR nationals, won the Junior Reedy Race, and many more. I’m happy to become a member of Xray factory team and to continue with Xray cars for the 2018 season! The team and cars have been outstanding for me and I can’t what for the 2018 season! Looking forward to great year with a great team!

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 1, 2018

Schumacher Indoor Masters Rd5 – Report

The fifth round of the Worksop Series once again had a great entry of 15 heats of drivers spread across the three classes of 2WD, 4WD and vintage buggy. As always it was round by round qualifying as the racing format, with the best two results from four rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position. Qualifying in 2WD was dominated by Mitchell Fiddling who took TQ in three out of four rounds, so therefore he would line up on pole. In 4WD it was much closer and several drivers were battling it out for TQ honours, in the end Tom Cockerill would line up on pole. In the Vintage class it was very close between Richard Johnson and Chris Slater, in the end they were tied on points but Richard had the fastest time so would line up on pole.

View the final results here

February 1, 2018

Shahrin wins at EPJB race

The EPJB electric on-road race was held at the Speedway Track in Hutan Bandar Mutiara Rini Johor, Malaysia last weekend. The opening round of the series attracted mostly local racers but also guests from Kuala Lumpur and in the Touring 13.5T Boosted class it was Xray racer Shahrin with the win from Norazam (Xray) on the runner-up spot and Arman Ahmad (Xray) who rounded out the top 3 results.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 1, 2018

HIT Winter Racing Series – Report

A round of the Czech HIT Winter Racing Series was held recently and in the Touring Modified class the race for the win was on between the trio of Matěj Šulc, Oliver Havránek and Kuba Šimurda. Qualifications weren’t decided till the end as only the best round would count towards the starting grid and only Oliver was able to score faultless runs to take the overall TQ. With the grip coming up the finals were challenging for everyone as it was hard to make a clean run but with some bad luck for Kuba and Matej, Oliver would score an overall win from Kuba 2nd and Matej 3rd.

<Continue reading the report here

February 1, 2018

Xray Racing Series Greece Rd1 – Report

Round 1 of the Xray Racing Series Greece was held at the Fanatix Racing Track near Athens recently. In Touring Modified class Nikolakopoulos took the pole position and won all final legs with 2017 XRS champion, Diamadis, coming in 2nd after some nice battles with 3rd placed Kidis.

Continue reading the report here

February 1, 2018

Mizan wins at Malaysian Electric National League

The 2018 Malaysian Electric National League was held recently and it was Serpent driver Mizan with the TQ and win in the 1/10th 4WD Buggy class. SWorkz’s Hakeem came in 2nd from Yokomo driver Danny K who rounded out the podium in 3rd.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

January 30, 2018

Ellis Stafford teams up with Carisma Racing

Carisma Racing have announced the signing of former 2-time EFRA European Champion, Ellis Stafford to their growing team. The multiple UK national champion will not only lead the charge on track running both 2WD and 4WD 1/10th buggies, he will also be instrumental in progressing the designs, with real world testing, racing data and honest feedback. With the 4XS attending its first Worlds in 2017, growing in popularity with racers globally, and the new 2XS in its final stages of development, Ellis will be an invaluable asset to the team’s global dynamic, and each cars ongoing development. When asked why Ellis had decided to join the Carisma team, he had this to say:

The main thing that really struck me having spoken to Ivan on the phone, was his genuine desire to take his cars and company to the next level. We both understand this may not be a quick project, but we both want the same thing, and that is to positively bring Carisma Racing to people’s a en on, and to create both quality and fast, R/C race cars. I have a new found enthusiasm for racing, and am really looking forward to seeing what Ivan, his team, and myself can come up with in the future with the cars and the race results.

Source: Carisma Racing [carisma.com.hk]