Round one of the Xray Racing Series Australia was held at the revamped Sydney Model Autosports track. The surface was treated with sugar and the grip was perfect but as for the weather; mid to high 30 Degrees on both Saturday and Sunday was hard to deal with for man and machine. In the premier ISTC Modified class Awesomatix’s Jeffery Mackie would bring home the win from Ari Bakla (Xray) in second and Lionel Saunders (Yokomo) third.
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UK company Tudor-Hart Racing have introduced clear polycarbonate shock tower protectors for the Team Associated B6 and B6D. CNC-machined from 5mm material the protectors fit snugly over the front and rear shock towers using the standard bolts included with the kits. The snug fit also means they don’t get in the way of any front or rear wings that may be fitted. The shock tower protectors are available as a pair or singularly, and will fit the front and rear kit towers for both the B6 and B6D.
Protoform have introduced the new BMR-12.1 1/12th scale pan car bodyshell and a set of pre-cut touring car wing endplates. Starting with the body, the BMR-12.1 is based off of the BMR-12 but offers enhanced mid-corner steering for those high-grip tracks. The body also misses the centre fin and a new rear trim line greatly increases rotation. Usable in Modified and Stock classes alike the body also features a front splitter and enhanced dive planes on the front fenders for increased front end rigidity and reduced body rubbing. The BMR-12.1 fits all EFRA/IFMAR, BRCA, ROAR and JMRCA body specs and is offered in both light weight .020″ Lexan for experts and regular weight .030″ for novices.
JConcepts have introduced an updated version of the S2 body the Xray XB2 2WD buggy. Since the 2017 version of the buggy has a 3-gear lay down transmission, JConcepts opted to update the body mould so it is compatible with the vehicle update and so the XB2 S2 body is now compatible with the 3-gear stand-up and both the 3 and 4-gear laydown transmission configurations.
Xray have announced the signing of 2016 Touring Stock European Vice-Champion, Alexandre Duchet to their factory team for the 2017 season. Alexandre will race Xray’s on-road platforms at both national and international level events and he has the following to say:
I was racing as a private driver with Xray and thanks to the outstanding performance of the T4 platform I was able to achieve European vice-champion title in stock class at the last European Championship. I was extremely excited for the opportunity to join the factory team and to work with the Xray team for 2017 season. I am proud and grateful to be part of the team and I will do my best to get the best results.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
This past weekend saw the annual British Winter Open event, a type of indoor national – this year hosted by the Maritime Raceway in Kent and run by the BRCA. The track was extremely fast but had a nice flow to it and average laps of 18s for 4WD and 19s for 2WD. The surface was very short pile blue Astro which had previously been surface utilised by the Silverstone club. The Saturday saw the 2WD class and odds on favourite for the event was TLR’s Ellis Stafford, former European champion and a regular at the Maritime venue. Qualifying was fast and furious with the TQ position to be decided in the fourth and final round – on the tight indoor track, passing places were limited so pole was highly sought. Coming down to the final few laps of the final qualifier, Ellis would put his local experience to use and just edge out Tom by a second to take TQ, with Schumacher’s Tom Yardy 2nd and Jack Neal in 3rd from Richard Barton and Charlie Ware who lined up 4th and 5th.
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SWorkz have announced the signing of UK veteran racer, Simon Reeves to their team. Simon brings many years of experience and outstanding pace to the SWorkz family and this is what Simon Reeves has to say:
During testing I have been highly impressed with the materials and construction of the S35-3 and found great pace even early on with the platform. I look forward to a fantastic 2017 with SWorkz.
Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]
This past weekend was the first of four rounds for the Region 4 Championships held at the Arcadia track in Florida. DJ Apolaro (Capricorn) took the overall TQ of the 200mm class after sweeping each round of qualifying. In the main final, DJ continued to dominate, bringing home the win two laps ahead of second placed Junior Castellanos (Mugen) and third placed Jerry Guerra (Mugen).
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
