The Hot Race Trophy Brazil took place in Americana City at the venue of this year’s 1/8th Nitro On-Road World Championships. In the 200mm class the TQ went to Flavio Elias with Eduardo Dulac coming in 2nd. In the final Eduardo then was on a mission and he not only scored the fastest lap of the race but he also finished the main some five laps in front of the 2nd place driver.
Source: Hot Race Tires [hotracetyres.com]
Xray has announced that the US top off-road racer Josh Wheeler will continue to race with the Slovakian team in 2015. The multiple World Championship finalist will race Xray’s 1/8th and 1/10th 4WD vehicles and he has the following to say:
I am pleased to announce that I will continue with Xray for the 2015 race season. Xray has been a great partner that has continually strived to produce the best cars in the world and never cease to improve. The entire Hudy family has been a great support and continue to allow me to follow my dream. I look forward to another great race season and all the exciting things to come.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Former 1/8th nitro on-road French National and European B Champion Anthony Abisset will make a switch to Picco engines for his upcoming campaign. The deal is part of a shuffle that takes place at the newly appointed French Picco distributor Racing Experience at the moment and it is understood that more drivers will make a swap to the Italian engines soon.
Source: Racing Experience [racing-experience.fr]
The 5th round of Danish DSMU nationals was held in Faxe on a large track with technical corners, chicanes and a good flow was okay. The traction changed quite a lot because of the additive from the foam tyre race. During practice it soon became clear that Mike Gosvig would be the driver to beat and come qualifying Mike scored round wins in all three qualifiers to take the overall TQ in front of Soren Boy Holst and Casper Morgen.
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The fourth round of the Norwegian Electric Onroad Championships was held in Gjøvik on a permanent track facility in the centre of the city. The event had 45 entries in total, divided in four classes with the main classes being 1/10 Touring Car Modified and 1/12th pan car. In the opening round of qualifying reigning Nordic Champion Nikolai Håheim and ETS A-finalist Helge Johannessen opened up the first laps swapping the lead, but after 5 laps Nikolai started to build up a 1.5 seconds gap which he held throughout the round. Nikolai took the overall TQ ahead of Helge in 2nd, followed by an impressive 3rd place for Rune Svestøl. Petter Bernsten, in a fight with Nikolai for the overall championship, would see himself struggling throughout the whole qualifying, as he felt uncomfortable the whole weekend with the track that he felt was too “technical for his driving style”.
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Reedy have announced that popular UK racer Ben Jemison has been added to the Reedy factory racing team for 2015. Jemison has been a long-time Reedy runner and now with factory team support and new chassis sponsor lined up, is highly motivated for the 2015 UK season. He had the following to say about the deal:
I would like to give a huge thank you to Rick Hohwart and Brent Thielke for giving me this amazing opportunity to run for the Reedy Factory team! After running Reedy batteries and motors for the last 5 years I know the quality, performance and reliability is first class. I’m very happy to be running Reedy’s full line up of ESC, motors, batteries, servos, and chargers in 2015 and look forward to a great season!
Source: Reedy [reedypower.com]
The organisers of the 2015 IFMAR 1/10th Electric Buggy World Championships have their Stage 1 report ready for download. Following the recent final announcement regarding the track surface – World Championship tracks are now allowed to have a 100 percent astro turf surface – it is now also clear that the track will be fully purpose build on the Yatabe Arena’s on-road grand prix track, leaving the usual off-road track untouched to guarantee equal conditions for Japanese and foreign drives alike. The 34-page Stage 1 report with travelling, hotel and track information can be found here (PDF file) or by using the link below.
Source: 2015 EP Offroad Worlds [2015worlds.yatabearena.com]
FX announces the contract renewal with European vice-champion Martin Wollanka. The Austrian frontrunner will use the company’s engines in his 2015 campaign that will include appearances at events such as the European championships, the Austrian national series and selected international events. Martin says:
The 2014 season was the first year for me with the FX engine and it was also my best year ever with winning all national races and also gaining the European Vice-Champion title. The performance and reliability of the FX engine have been absolutely amazing for me and during the year I did not have any technical or reliability issues which gives me the needed confidence. After the successful first year and my positive experiences there is no other option for me than to continue to use FX engine in my car in the 2015 season.
Source: FX [fx-engines.com]
