The 2017 edition of the Chi-Town Shootout will be held March 2nd to 5th at Leisure Hours Raceway and Hobbies in Joliet, Illinois. The four-day event will see mainly 1/10th scale racing in modified and stock classes as well as an 1/8th E-Buggy class with Dash-for-Cash and King of the Hill special events held on Saturday. Further details are available here.
Xray have announce the signing of French 1/8th E-Buggy National Champion, Jean-Pierrick Sartel to their team for the 2017 season. JP will race Xray’s 1/8th and 1/10th off-road platforms both on a national and international level and he has the following to say:
I am very happy to join the team Xray 2017. I chose this brand for its technical support, for the quality of its hardware but especially for its competitiveness in all the categories I will use. I have always amazed the speed of development and the dedication that the factory puts into their products. The support at international races is amazing and the premium support at the national races from the French team is also one of the main reasons I decide for Xray. I am very happy for the opportunity and I will do my best. I am looking forward to starting this season with the new team.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Round four of the Estonian Onroad Racing Series was held last weekend in Tallinn, Estonia. Seven rounds of Reedy Race style heats made for exciting racing and in the end Karl Kasekamp (Team Durango) would take the win in the 1/10th Stock class from Risto Haug (Xray) and Henri Nurmela (Yokomo). Reimo Kosk (Awesomatix) and Raivo Laak (3Racing) completed the top 5 result. In the Formula class Rainer Ressar (Xray) took the overall win from Reimo Kosk (Yokomo) and Kaley Lukk (Yokomo) while the GT12 category was won by Henri Nurmela (Schumacher) from Hans Mötshärg (Schumacher).
View the Formula and GT12 podium here
Round four of the Silverstone Winter Series was held with 94 entries and in the premier 2WD class racing was pretty close. Jack Neal, Tom Yardy, Dave Poulter and Ian Mellish each TQ’d a qualifying round. In the final Jack drove a faultless race from the front to win, closely followed by Jonathan Skidmore and Richard Barton. In 4WD Paul Crompton won with Jonathan Skidmore 2nd and Felix de Hamel 3rd.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
Round two of the Xray Racing Series Slovenia was held at the newly resurfaced track in Maribor. The new layout in combination with the proven ETS carpet made for close racing and in the Formula category it was Damir Cindrić to take the TQ after three round of qualifying in front of Matevž Furlan and Sašo Kramljak. The Touring Stock class had Jan Popič coming out fastest from Rok Rudl and Viktor Bolšec while in the fastest class of the weekend, 1/12th scale, Alojzij Osvald took the top qualifying honours from Herfried Pucher and Nejc Mihelič.
Continue reading the report here
Serpent have announced the return of Walter Diaz to their US on-road team. After a stint with Capricorn Walter will run Serpent’s gas and electric on-road cars at events throughout the country and he has the following to say:
Thank you for the opportunity to be back and part of the team again, I really appreciate it and I am looking forward to a great year.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
RC Excitement of Fitchburg, Massachusetts recently held their 12th annual Snow Ball Race. In the 4WD Modified Buggy class it was William Piper (Xray)who came out on top in the A-main but not after working hard as a first lap carnage had send him dead last with the first place driver nearly a lap in front. But after six minutes William was able to get within striking distance when a bobble by first place let William get by with a minute to go, allowing him to cruise to the win from Caleb Jennings (TLR) in second and Stephen Maizer (Team Associated) third.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Modelix Racing have announced the signing of Jean-Pierrick Sartel to their world racing team. JP is a very promising and talented French driver that will be running and helping on the development of the Procircuit tyres, Ultimate engines and other Ultimate Racing products.
Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]
