March 6, 2015

Marco Spiniello renews with Xray

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

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

2014/15 Mibosport Cup finale – Announcement

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

Protoform PFM-10 190mm bodyshell

Protoform PFM-10 190mm bodyshell

Following the success of the PFM-12 GT12 class bodyshell Protoform now introduce the PFM-10 for 190mm touring cars. The body takes its styling cues from the British supercars that call the esses of Silverstone and Brands Hatch home. Made for USGT, GT10 or Spec Grand Touring racing the realistic, GT-style body features a low-slung, cab-forward design sure to provide exceptional handling characteristics while also looking stunning on the track. The body is made from .030″ Lexan and comes including injection-moulded wing struts, wing mounting hardware and a decal sheet.

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March 5, 2015

Xray X1 soft front springs

Xray X1 soft front springs

Xray have two new front spring sets available for the X1 formula car. Coming as soft C=3.0 and even softer C=2.0 variant the colour-coded springs help to fine-tune the suspension of the car and they add to the already existing range of C=3.5 to C=6.0 springs. Depending on the stiffness the springs come powder-coated for easy identification.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


March 5, 2015

Oskar Fjeld wins at Banken Cup Rd2

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

Ari Bakla continues with Xray

Ari Bakla continues with Xray

Xray has announced the re-signing with multiple Australian National Champion Ari Bakla for the 2015 season. Ari has been the main leader of the Australian Xray team in a variety of classes and with countless victories under his belt. In 2015 Ari will attend in electric touring car, electric off-road and nitro off-road classes and he had the following to say:

To work with the Xray team is a true pleasure, all the racing cars belong to the absolute best in the racing market which allows me and our team to continue to win the races. The 2014 racing season was successful for me and our Australian team and I am sure the 2015 will be another successful year and we will do our best. I will be traveling to all major Australian races to support our Xray team and I will be happy to help anyone, just stop by to see me.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]


March 4, 2015

Mike Gosvig wins Danish National Championship

Mike Gosvig wins Danish National Championship

The final round of the Danish Electric On-Road Nationals not only saw the title decision in the Le Mans class but also the Touring Car drivers battled for the overall championship. Organised by the Broendy RC club and run with the help of the Faxe RC club the race, that was held in the City2 shopping mall near Copenhagen, attracted a good turnout of drivers while being attractive for the many spectators as well. During the practice sessions it soon became clear that Mike Gosvig was the man to beat as he was able to pull the fastest laps.

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