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January 21, 2014

Xray Challenge Scandiano – Report

The first Xray Challenge of 2014 was held at the RC Landia facilities of Team La Gang, in Scandiano, Italy. The race was sold out quickly after the entry was opened and a total of 120 drivers attended in three classes. Open practice started on Friday, whereas the race commenced on Saturday, with 5 qualifying rounds for all drivers, and triple finals. In Touring Car Modified Xray’s Alexander Hagberg won all rounds in front of Alessio and Martin, and he also set TQ in the 1/12 category in front of fellow Xray drivers Massimo Fantini and Marek Cerny. In the Touring Car Stock class, Xray took a 1-2 as well with Marek Cerny on the top spot followed by Mattia Collina.

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January 21, 2014

Dragon RC pre-mounted 1/8th GT tyres

Dragon RC introduce new pre-mounted 1/8th scale GT tyres. Coming in a medium compound on white BBS style multi-spoke wheels the tyres are suitable for GT and Rally Game cars alike and they are are ideal for permanent and parking lot tracks alike thanks to their realistic tread.

Source: Dragon RC [dragon-rc.com]

January 21, 2014

Sweep extends Viktor Wilck contract

Viktor Wilck extends Sweep contract

Sweep Racing have extended the contract of Reedy Race of Champions winner Viktor Wilck for the 2014 season. The Swede, who joins current Touring Car World Champion Jilles Groskamp, will not only use the company’s line of accessories but also Sweep tyres in open events and he will also assist with tyre and on-road bodyshell development.

Source: Sweep [sweepracing.com]

January 21, 2014

HPI Plazma Pro 4000mAh shorty LiPo battery

New in HPI Racing’s Plazma Pro range of LiPo batteries is the 4000mAh 2S shorty pack. Build from 95C cells the pack meets the latest ROAR and EFRA size specifications and it is ideal for off-road and on-road cars alike. Included with the pack, that is fitted with 4mm female gold-plated connector tubes, comes a suitable charging and balancing harness.

Source: HPI [hpiracing.com]

January 21, 2014

Scotty Gray wins Pan-American GT pro race

The Pan-American GT Race was held this past weekend at Homestead R/C Raceway which is one of the biggest GT events in the US with racers from Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Venezuela, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Peru, and more. Qualifiers were a battle between Paolo Morganti and Scotty Gray having Scotty taking round 2 and 3 and having electrical issues on round 4 while on a new TQ pace. At the end Paolo took the final round and the overall TQ honours. In the finals it was a close battle for the first 35 minutes of the race being both racers 1 second apart the entire time. Scotty was able to gain the lead and make some ground from second place, thanks to a very clean run and a very good pit strategy. Finally Scotty with took the win with his Capamerica developed and XRD-powered prototype car by 8 laps followed by Andy Baez from Puerto Rico and Joel Abreu from the Dominican Republic.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

January 21, 2014

Stiles & Jefferies win at BRCA 1/12 Nationals Rd4

Round 4 of the BRCA 1/12 nationals took place at Crewe last weekend. A fast and open track layout greeted the 100+ drivers entered for the event, which ran over two days and catered for both stock & modified LMP12 classes as well as GT12. Saturday’s LMP12 10.5 stock class saw one of the closest ever qualifying results at a BRCA national event. Olly Jefferies took TQ on his debut with the Xray XII chassis equipped with Reedy and LRP electrics. Reigning champion David Spashett lined up 2nd for Zen-Racing/LRP a mere 0.04s adrift of Olly’s benchmark. Mark Stiles was next up for Yokomo/Reedy/LRP ahead of fellow Yokomo runner Matt Varah. These 4 drivers were covered by less than half a second after 8 minutes of racing. In fact the entire top-10 was split by little more than a lap, so the A-final promised to be a close encounter.

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January 21, 2014

Hebert wins 1/12th Modified at WCICS Rd5

Round 5 of the Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series took place in Victoria, British Columbia and it was one of the largest races in Canadian history, with almost 250 registrations. Jointly organized by local clubs IROCC and NRC, it was attended by some of the World’s best RC racers, like Kevin Hebert, Brian Bodine, Cody Knudtson, Dave Ehrlich and many more of the fastest racers from across Western Canada and the NW USA, the action was tight across all 8 classes.

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January 20, 2014

Alessandro Balboni joins Team Shepherd

Shepherd announce that they recently signed RC-talent Alessandro Balboni for the 2014 season. The young Italian driver already had his first race at the US World Nitro Cup in Kissimmee at the end of 2013 showing a very competitive pace clocking some of the fastest laps of the race. Alessandro had the following to say:

Thanks to Team Shepherd and especially Giovanni Bianchi from B-Racing for this great opportunity. I’m really happy to join the strong Team Shepherd for the 2014 season and I’m looking forward to attending the upcoming races with my Velox V10 Pro which has exceeded my expectations already.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]