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February 15, 2022

Akio Sobue joins MR33 factory team

MR33 have announced the signing of Japanese onroad front runner Akio Sobue to their factory team. Akio will use the complete range of MR33 products to keep his Onroad program running, and he will attend all the most important Onroad races in Asia and other big races around on the globe. Akio had the following to say about him joining MR33, ‘I am very happy and thankful to join the MR33 team. I know their products since a long time, and it is fantastic how much the brand was growing over the last couple of years. I will use the MR33 products for all my Onroad cars and I am sure they will help me to achieve great results on track.’

Source: Tonisport [tonisport.de]

February 15, 2022

Coelho leads X4 dominance of TC classes at Snowbirds

The world famous Snowbird Nationals was held for the 28th time in Kissimmee, near Orlando, Florida, in the USA recently and Xray driver Alexander Hagberg sent this report. This unique on-road and oval race saw a total of over 600 entries combined between these two disciplines. The Xray team was in full attendance, not only with the US team drivers, but also with a big European team once again. The prestigious TC Modified class was dominated by Xray X4 cars. Reigning world champion Bruno Coelho converted his TQ into a win in the final, at this first ever appearance at the Snowbird Nationals. Bruno TQ’ed 3 out of 4 rounds of qualifying, and Alexander Hagberg took the TQ in the very first round. Alex was demoted to 3rd overall in the standings in the final after a few mistakes which allowed Sam Isaacs to take the runner up spot.

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February 9, 2022

Lex Tyler joins Reds Racing

Reds Racing are happy to announce that the 1/10 touring class multi-winner Lex Tyler has joined their team for the 2022 and 2023 racing season. Lex will be using Reds Racing 1/10 electronics and will be attending several important competitions in the next months. Lex had this to say, ‘I’m excited to join a family that is passionate about racing. The Reds Racing electronics has been a very solid contender in my immediate choice of TC classes. Quality and design are premium on top of well performing. I look forward to more races using Reds Racing products.’

Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]

February 7, 2022

Völker wins ETS Rd5 in Daun and is overall champion

ETS Rd5 took place at the Sporthotel Grafenwald in Daun/GER last weekend. The race saw 285 racers in the six ETS classes, and the event started with a free practice day on Thursday, followed by 4 rounds of qualifying and triple finals for everybody. The track layout was technical, challenging, and perfect for some intense ETS racing. In the Matrix Modified class it was a two-horse race for the win between Marc Rheinard and Ronald Völker. After a hard fight in qualifying, with both drivers taking two out of four rounds, Völker was able to secure the pole position with the faster overall runtime compared to Rheinard. Christopher Krapp was in striking distance to the leaders all time and lined up third on the grid.

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January 31, 2022

Yokomo sign Ethan Cheng to factory team

Team Yokomo would like to welcome Ethan Cheng from Singapore to their factory team. Cheng, who is only 16 years old, will be a part of the Onroad team. The young talent, who recently competed at the ETS Rd4 in Germany, will be piloting the BD10LC and future touring car platforms locally and international races.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

January 28, 2022

2022 BRCA 1/12th Rd1 & Rd2 report

Rounds 1 and 2 of the BRCA 12th Circuit Section Nationals were held last weekend in Eastbourne. This was the first national competition for the section since before the pandemic so was well anticipated. There has been a change to the format of the series with the LMP12 and GT Circuit sections combining forces and offering a GT12 class and a 13.5 stock LMP12 class. The championship is being held over 6 rounds with 4 counting rounds. The Eastbourne club laid out a large track at their Robertsbridge facility using the excellent carpet used at the 2020 World Championships. On first impressions the track layout looked quite intimidating but was actually a fast and flowing track that would test the skills of all the drivers. There was a capacity entry of 30 GT12 drivers and 56 LMP12 drivers.

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January 28, 2022

Cyril N’Diaye joins Xray Factory Team

Xray is happy to announce that French National Champion Cyril N’Diaye is joining the Xray Factory Team to race the X4 platform. On his new team, Cyril said, ‘I am super happy to join the team Xray. No doubt it’s most professional company in RC industry. Performance of the new X4 platform has already shown awesome potential, I am really proud and thankful to Xray and Aigoin Racing to be part of that new project.’

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 27, 2022

FSEARA Rd4 Beachline Raceway – Report

Another strong 115 entries event at the Beachline Raceway for the 4th round of the FSEARA Series. It has been a tradition every January that there is a big FL Warm up race for the world-famous Snowbird National and this year was no exception, Robbie Michael continued this tradition to host it at Beachline Raceway. Using the track & space to duplicate the layout of the Snowbirds, Robbie did a great job as he prepared and opened the track early on Friday to give racers the chance to lay down some traction for the race day. There are many drivers from all around FL to attend these 3 days to get this final chance in order to prepare for the Snowbird Nationals.

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