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January 27, 2017

Paparegas & Sikianakis win at Greek Off-road XRS Rd1

The opening round of the Greek Off-road Xray Racing Series was held at Fanatix Racing Track’s new astroturf off-road track in sunny but cold weather conditions. The low temperatures made things a bit slippery but once everyone got used to that things heated up in the three classes of 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy and SCT. In the 4WD class it was Tasos Paparegas (Xray) who came out fastest after the triple A-mains from brother John Paparegas (Xray). John Takas (Xray) rounded out the top 3 podium result.

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January 26, 2017

Xtreme Aerodynamics welcome Daniele Ielasi

Xtreme Aerodynamics welcome reigning Italian Champion, Daniele Ielasi to their team for the 2017 season. Having often used Xtreme’s products in the past, Daniele has now officially joined the team, running alongside the likes of World Champion Kurzbuch, Robert Pietsch, Francesco Tironi, and Adrien Bertin.

Source: Xtreme Aerodynamics [xtremeaerodynamics.com]

January 26, 2017

Lee & Chiang successful at Urban Astro Buggy Champs

Singapore’s electric buggy racing season flagged off this past weekend at the first round of the 2017 Urban Astro Buggy Championships. Run at Urban PlaySpace in downtown Singapore, racers were greeted with a track layout sporting a new wall-ride as well as an elevated straight. In the 2WD class, Esmail Apandi (Xray) TQ’ed in front of Nicholas Lee (Yokomo) and Kamen Koh (Serpent). In the finals, Esmail took the leg 1 win after an early mistake by Nicholas. In leg 2, Nicholas bounced back with a win as Esmail tumbled in the tricky front-double section. With Kamen finishing second in both legs 1 and 2, there would be a 3-way showdown in the final leg. A3 then was a close affair with Esmail holding the early lead after mistakes by Nicholas dropped him to fourth. Never giving up, Nicholas put in a masterclass performance to close rapidly on Esmail. At 90 seconds remaining, Nicholas took advantage of a small opening as Esmail ran wide to take the lead. Nicholas held off the determined Esmail to win an exciting Leg, taking the overall win.

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January 25, 2017

Aaron Stringer doubles at Pine Hills race

The recent Pine Hills race saw Mugen’s Aaron Stringer walking away with a double win in the Nitro Buggy and Nitro Truggy classes. Aaron would grab the top qualifying honours in Buggy while Mitch McCallum (Kyosho) went fastest after the qualifiers in Truck. The Buggy final then saw Aaron bringing home the win from Mitch McCallum and Alex Bernadzik (Team Associated) in second and third respectively. In Truggy it was again Aaron who walked away with the hardware while Caleb Noble (Mugen) and Mitch McCallum (Mugen) had to settle for second and third.

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January 25, 2017

Xray welcome Armand Lantheaume

Xray have announce the signing of former French National Champion, Armand Lantheaume to their team for the 2017 season. Armand will race the XB2 and XB4 platforms at national and international level events and the 3-times national vice-Champion had the following to say:

After extensive testing of all Xray cars last year I was just amazed by the performance and quality of the cars and I am really happy that I was given the opportunity to be part of the Xray team for 2017. I will attend all the major French races and will do my best both in racing as well helping all Xray customers. Big thanks to Xray for the trust in me and I cannot wait to hit the track.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 25, 2017

Alex Zanchettin successful at Enjoy Drive race

This past weekend the Enjoy Drive race was held in Rome, Italy and it was newly signed Tekno driver Alex Zanchettin who took the winning honours in the Electric Buggy class with his TMG-powered buggy. Patrick Pistolesi (Mugen/TMG) would come in second.

Source: Tommygarage [tommygarage.eu]

January 24, 2017

Lutz, Bornhorst & Drake win at Southern Indoor Champs

The 2017 Southern Indoor Championships were held in Alabama. The weekend started off a bit crazy with a tornado hitting the area on Saturday which caused a 4-hour delay but with running the electric program with available sunlight and after the power was restored qualifying was finished up around 1am Sunday morning. The layout for this year’s SIC offered some big air and some fast air sections and the surface was a little on the looser side. In Nitro Buggy Tekno RC’s Ryan Lutz would take the TQ after a battle with Tekno teammate Joe Bornhorst who would start second into the main. Nitro Truggy also saw the Lutz-Bornhorst duo up front while E-Buggy was TQ’d by Mugen’s Adam Drake from Lutz and Bornhorst.

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January 24, 2017

Francesco Tironi teams up with Xtreme Aerodynamics

Xtreme Aerodynamics have announced the addition of Francesco Tironi to their factory team. Francesco will equip his XRD-powered Infinity vehicles with the Italian manufacturer’s bodyshells in both the 1/8th and 200mm classes for 2017. A former Worlds podium finisher, Tironi will face a busy 2017 season taking part at the Italian nationals, the EFRA GP series, Worlds, Euros and select ENS races.

Source: Xtreme Aerodynamics [xtremeaerodynamics.com]