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May 17, 2021

Top names confirmed for GTS Race 1

With the first event in the 2021 GTS set to take place next month (June 12-13) at the Autodromo di Vallelunga near Rome in Italy the organisers are pleased to confirm a number of high profile racers set to be in attendance. Xray are to be represented by a strong team consisting of multiple World Champion Bruno Coelho who will compete alongside the car’s designer, and himself a top international racer, Martin Bayer. The multi-discipline specialist and multiple Italian National Champion Alessio Mazzeo is also confirmed and he will head the Serpent team’s entry alongside British National Champion Mark Green. If you wish to attend, entry is now open here and you can find more information on the series page here.

May 13, 2021

Dominic Bauer joins TPro racing team

MW RC Cars have announced that top Austrian racer, Dominic Bauer, will join their TPro racing team. Dominic will use TPro tires and fuel in the coming seasons and joins a growing team of factory racers that includes Elliott Boots and Jorn Neumann.

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

May 10, 2021

Mon-tech Racing GP 2021 – Report

The iconic track layout at Minicar Fontanellato (Italy) has been home to the annual Mon-tech Racing GP for many years now. 2021 was no exception as the race was also included in the official calendar of the Italian RC Federation (ACI Sport), thus allowing the race to go ahead with all the necessary authorisations and safety protocols. A strong 65 entries and a very competitive drivers’ field, coupled with good weather and excellent track conditions, saw some breathtaking action. In TC Modified, Gabrielle Berselli took the win ahead of Alessio Menicucci and Silvio Boni.

Continue reading the report here

May 6, 2021

FSEARA Rd7 Fort Myers – Report

Home of the world-famous Nitro event Winter National, this iconic layout at Fort Myers has been the same for over 30+ years. In the past, there were not many ‘Electric’ only events. For this weekend, The FSEARA brought in a record 74 entries for this track, one of the largest Electric events at this track. The Weather and traction were amazing all weekend. Without the noise from the Nitro for a long time, the crashes were still pretty intense. One of the world’s most challenging tracks for nitro for sure did some damage as well to the Electric group of racers as well.

Continue reading the report here

May 5, 2021

Team Powers MBX V3 brushless motor

Team Powers have released the V3 version of their MBX brushless motor for the 1/27 or Mini-Z classes. Based on the MBX V2 motor, outwardly its has the same appearance and dimensions however internally changes include to the stator wiring and rotor dimensions in order to achieve smoother acceleration especially useful for drifting.

View more images of the motor here

May 4, 2021

Shanghai International Model Auto Racing Arena

Some exciting news coming out of China where the Shanghai International Model Auto Racing Arena (SIMARA) officially opened recently. Designed to be one of the best RC car arenas in the world, the construction took nearly one year with the initiative spearheaded by Salton Dong. It features three different types of international standard RC car tracks, as well as special tracks for drift cars and crawlers. Sitting in the centre of the stadium between the offroad and onroad tracks, the large double-sided display has a size of 54 square meters, giving spectators and players an impressive visual experience. This arena is located in the Youth Activity Centre of Baoshan District, Shanghai and it will mainly serve primary and middle school students throughout Shanghai and will also be open to the public on weekends.

View more images of SIMARA here

May 3, 2021

Olly Jefferies joins Xray race team

Xray have announced the signing of Olly Jefferies to their race team. Olly, who last raced for Xray back in 2018 before moving to Schumacher, will re join the Slovakian brand to run their T4 and X12 platforms at British Nationals and other major UK event as well as select International events.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 29, 2021

Michal Orlowski joins Nemo Racing

Nemo Racing are very excited to announce that Polish super star and one of the Worlds fastest drivers, Michal Orlowski has joined the team to run the Agama A319P, A319EP & A215T cars. Michal and his father are known for their dedication to perfection and with hard work and a huge talent, Michal has already become European Champion in 1/10th as well as multiple EOS Champion. Now Michal takes his speed to the 1/8th scene and will be competing at as many events as the World allows us to get too safely as well as running the 1/8th Nationals in his home country.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]