The Greek nitro off-road season opening race was held in Athens on a newly refurbished track and under perfect weather conditions. The TQ after the qualifiers went to Tasos Paparegas in front of Kodouzoglou and Zagorisos.
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FX have announced the contract renewal with young and talented Lorenzo Crolla for the 2015 season. The French front runner will use the FX engines during his off-road campaign that will include the EFRA Euros, the French nationals, the NEO Race and more. Lorenzo had the following to say:
I have raced the FX engines during the entire 2014 season and being satisfied with the performance and reliability there is no other consideration than to continue with FX for 2015 as well. I will race all the major nitro off-road races in France as well international races including European Championship, EFRA GPs and NEO race. I am looking forward the 2015 season with my FX engine.
Source: FX [fx-engines.com]
New from Xray comes the independent servo mount set for the XB4 buggy. The floating servo mount design is a common sight in electric touring car racing as it eliminated tweak created by the steering servo and it also makes appearances in off-road racing nowadays with the Xray set allowing to mount the servo on the left or right side of the chassis. Included come black anodised 7075 aluminium servo mounting brackets and a carbon fibre brace.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The Navan Winter Series attracted drivers from all over Ireland and it finished up at the weekend. In Nitro Buggy Jason Noonan took 3rd, Jakub Wawrzacz 2nd and Barkley Abernethy took the overall win for an all-Agama podium lock-out while in E-Buggy Agama driver Colin Whelan grabbed the overall win.
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Factory RC introduce new colour weave carbon fibre battery braces for the TLR 22.4 and the Team Associated B5M and T5M vehicles. First up is the Patriot Edition shorty LiPo mount for the 22.4. Offering the same features as the Factory RC’s original mount the Patriot Edition offers a machined star logo and colour weave carbon fibre material. Available in red or blue the braces sparkle in glorious colours when the light hits them. As for the B5M and T5M mount, again the brace is modelled after Factory RC’s original but it comes made from blue weave fibre material to match the anodised blue parts of the chassis.
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With industry veteran Billy Fischer Tekno RC announce the latest addition to their team. Billy is well known around the world for his speed, setup knowledge, and willingness to help others off the track. He is already up to speed and will debut his new ride at the upcoming Silver State Nitro Challenge. Billy had this to say:
I’m really excited to join the Tekno team! I’d like to thank Daniel Lewis and Matt Wolter for the opportunity, and Casey Peck for initiating this relationship. The product quality is amazing and the performance has been great right from the start. I really look forward to working with such an awesome group of people and can’t wait for the first race!
Source: Tekno [teknorc.com]
Last weekend the Silver State warm-up race was held in Las Vegas. Local track record holder Kyle Johnson TQ’d over JQ Racing’s Joseph Quagraine after two rounds of qualifying. The A-main was 25 minutes long, and after a fun race on a true offroad track, bumpy and difficult, JQ took the win with former World Champion Greg Degani (JQ Racing) finishing 2nd at one of his first outings after coming out of retirement. Track owner Chris Tocco got 3rd with his Kyosho to complete the podium.
Source: JQ Racing [jq-products.com]
The 2015 edition of the prestigious Cactus Classic was held this past weekend at SRS Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona. The five 1/10th Modified classes saw four different winners with Ty Tessmann coming out successful in the 2WD Modified Buggy class racing a prototype HB 2WD buggy. Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri came in 2nd while Yokomo’s Lee Martin rounded out the podium.
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