Xray team driver and Turkish national champion, Mustafa Alp will hold an Xray Work.Shop at the Team NCRC Arena-Lefkosa on the 30th of January. The workshop will focus on the T4’16 touring car and all participants can try the teached tips and tricks at the following indoor season warm-up race on Sunday the 31st of January, held at the same place. More information about the Work.Shop and the warm-up race can be found here.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The opening round of the 2016 Serpent GT Cup was held at the TRC race track in Hong Kong with over 70 drivers in attendance. New to the 2016 season is the addition of a Modified class where the drivers are free in terms of engine and tyre chose although the chassis has to remain the standard Cobra GT. The new class attracted a total of 12 drivers with 60 entries for the Stock category. The race schedule of the 1-day event saw three 10 minute qualifiers for the Stock class and a single 15 minute qualifier for the Modified class with the fastest lap counting towards the qualifying results. The A-mains would then be run as a single 40 minute main for the Stock class and two electric-style mains for the Modified category.
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J-Tech have announced the signing of 2012 EFRA Euros B runner-up, Christophe Louis to their team for 2016. The French Elite class champion will use the Italian-made rubber in his 1/8th scale campaign this season.
Source: Marchetti Model Service [marchettimodelservice.com]
The legendary Cotswolds outdoor on-road track will play host for the first Xray X-Race UK on the weekend of the 12th of June. It is understood that the race is open for everyone and more information about the event will become available soon.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The Xray X-Race will be held in Scandiano, Italy on the 19th of March. All Xray friends are invited and welcomed at the race and more information about the event will become available soon.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Italian company Hot Race Tyres has announced the signing of young Portuguese driver Joao Figueiredo to their off-road team for the 2016 season. The Kyosho driver plans to participate at events such as the national championship, the Montpellier GP, the Neo Race as well as the European and World championships. Joao has the following to say:
It’s with great honor that I announce that I’ll be racing with HotRace Tyres for this 2016 season. I have been trying/testing this tyres since the IBR Indoor Worlds 2015. As they have a unique type of rubber, their traction and feeling on the track is simply amazing, I’m very happy to make this change and I must thank Nicola Marrone for the trust and help he as been giving to me and for this awesome opportunity. Thank you.
Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]
The newly founded California Touring Series kicks off with round 1 on February 27th at 209 RC Raceway in Stockton, California. The organiser’s vision is to promote electric on-road popularity in the USA to help grow the hobby in America. The maiden season will be visiting six different tracks with a theme on each race day. The CTS is run in the four classes of Touring Modified, Touring 17.5T, USGT and Formula and it will have live coverage through Periscope and LiveRc. More information, dates and venues can be found on the series’ Facebook page here.
Maclan Racing have announced the signing of JP Richards for the 2016 season. The 2014 Reedy Race 2WD Open Class winner and former ROAR National Champion has spent the last several months working with Maclan Racing on development of their new 1/10 sensored racing motors and speed controls. In the most recent CRCRC Midwest Electric Championship, JP has achieved podium finishes in both 2WD and 4WD classes with the company’s soon to be released MRR series motors.
Source: Maclan Racing [maclan-racing.com]
