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March 6, 2015

Marco Spiniello renews with Xray

Xray has announced that European vice-Champion and top Italian nitro touring car driver Mario Spiniello will continue to race with the Slovakian team in 2015. Mario will race and focus primarily on 1/10th nitro touring cars and he will join the factory team at all the major nitro touring events including the European Championships, the ENS and all Italian races. Mario had the following to say:

I am very happy to stay with the World Championship team for the 2015 season and now after five years racing with Xray I am more than confident in the car and the team as well. The 2016 World Championship will be in Italy and I want to race the best car and represent the best team which is without the doubts Xray and as such I took the opportunity and resigned with Xray for 2015 season. Thanks to Xray for trust in me, I will continue to work as hard as possible to improve my results and racing skills.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 6, 2015

Milan Holthuis joins Serpent junior on-road team

Serpent announce the signing of talented Milan Holthuis to their junior on-road team. Milan will be running in the 1/10th 200mm class backed by selected electric touring car races if time allows. This is what Milan had to say:

In the past few years that I joined the 200mm races and I ran different Serpent models. Started with a used 733, up to a new 747 and now with the 748. In 2015 I will run the brand new 748 Natrix TQ edition, and I would like to thank Ronald, Michael and Stef for their support. Hope to celebrate my first victory this year, although the competition in Holland is very strong. I can’t wait to see the new season to begin, specially the EC –A in Turkey as main event. My new school gave me free off already for that. I will race my Heemstede clubraces, as well as the Dutch championships as well, and practise as much as I can. Greetings to all Serpent drivers and good luck this year.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 6, 2015

Murray joins Schumacher engineering department

Schumacher Racing welcome Andy Murray to their Engineering Department. Andy is an experienced and accomplished RC racer, having made BRCA national A-finals in 1/10th Touring, 1/12th, and GT12 classes. Andy will be contributing to the design and development of Schumacher products, and will be providing customer support and technical assistance at races.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

March 6, 2015

Renaud Savoya doubles at GP Thurins

For the 3rd consecutive year, the Storm Team organised what is considered one of the biggest and most fun 1/10th off-road events in France. Around 130 drivers attended the event for both 4WD and 2WD classes. In the 4WD class Renaud Savoya came out successful in front of Arnaud Vialle and Cham Dassanayake after taking the TQ position.

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March 6, 2015

2014/15 Mibosport Cup finale – Announcement

The final round of the 2014/15 Mibosport Cup will be held on the 14th of March at the Hotel Sport in Hrotovice. The event will see the attendance of special guest Ronald Völker who will compete in the Touring Car Modified and 2WD Buggy classes. The Touring Car Modified standings before the final round see Kuba Šimurda 13 points in front of Dominic Vogl but Jiří Vyšín, who is currently 11th as he only attended at three rounds, is also a hot candidate for the top spot. The Stock LRP class sees Oliver Havránek, Aleš Pelikán, Jürgen Horn, René Kölbel and Bartlomiej Zambrzycki all having a chance to take the overall victory.

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March 5, 2015

Michael Schoettler doubles at thrilling NIS Rd3

Last weekend saw the continuation of the highly competitive Northwest Indoor Series make its way to Four Seasons’ Raceway in Olympia, Washington for round 3 of the glorious Pacific Northwest racing series. With 2 races already in the books, this 3rd race proved to be a pivotal weekend for all racers as there are no drops making each race vital for points in deciding the overall champion in each class. One bad race and your chances are out the window. One great race finish can catapult you up the standings and put you right there in the mix for the title hunt as all classes are still undecided.

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March 5, 2015

Oskar Fjeld wins at Banken Cup Rd2

The second round of the Norwegian Banken Cup was held in Kvinesdal on a large indoor carpet track. The Touring Car Modified class once again attracted a strong field of drivers. The race format saw two rounds of qualifying followed by triple mains. In the first round of qualifying reigning Nordic champion and Schumacher driver Nikolai Haaheim started out TQ-ing the round from Xray drivers Rune Svestol and Oskar Fjeld.

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March 4, 2015

Adam Drake teams up with Mugen

Mugen Seiki Racing has announced that RC legend Adam Drake will be joining the team following a shock departure from Team Losi Racing and Horizon Hobby. Adam brings 20 plus years of racing experience to Mugen and will put it to work as a full time employee. Racing will be top priority but also Adam will work in race promotion/team management, research and new product development. Adam will race all Mugens off-road vehicles and will compete in club, regional, national and world championship events around the globe. Adam says:

I am very excited to be given the opportunity to be part of Mugen Seiki Racing as an employee and team driver. I am really looking forward to putting my knowledge and experience to good use with such an amazing company. I would like to especially thank Kris Moore and Tim Long for the support and for believing in me.

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugenracing.com]