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February 8, 2019

David Ronnefalk signs with Performa Racing

Newly-formed Performa Racing have announced the signing of World Champion racer David Ronnefalk to their factory team. The HB Racing factory pilot will race, test and help develop Performa Racing electric and nitro power units and accessories for off-road and on-road racing. Performa Racing’s Adrien Bertin says: “Over the past two years we have had great success with HB Racing, and some of our HB team drivers wanted to use a complete Neidhart SA package that included the car and power source. After some talk with Neidhart SA owner Philippe Neidhart, we decided that the Performa concept will work alongside HB Racing.” From elite world class racers like Ronnefalk to club racers around the world, Performa Racing is committed to deliver industry leading products developed by the most experienced designers and tested by the top racers in the R/C industry. Look for the complete line Performa products to roll out in early 2019, including nitro engines, electric motors, speed controllers, batteries for on-road, off-road, crawlers and much more.

Source: Peforma Racing [performaracing.com]

February 7, 2019

Xray Racing Series Italy Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Xray Racing Series Italy, a 3-race indoor tour, was held recently at the SRC track with 70 drivers in attendance. In the premier Touring Modified class, Menicucci lead the race from the qualifying rounds with Mazzeo, Baruffolo, Romagnoli, Piersante and Mancini fighting for the remaining podium places. In the end it was Menicucci with the win from Baruffolo and Romagnoli (all Xray).

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February 6, 2019

Dominic Greiner leaves Novarossi

1/10th 200mm Nitro Touring benchmark driver, Serpent’s Dominic Greiner has announced his departure from Italian engine manufacturer Novarossi. The former IFMAR 1/10th 200mm World Champion leaves behind a very fruitful 3-year campaign with the brand, that culminated in the 2016 Worlds title, and he has the following to say about his departure:

With the season hopefully starts soon I would like to announce that I will no longer race for Novarossi engines. It was a difficult decision for me but it’s time for a change. We had grateful three years together and could win some big events including my first world championship title 1:10 in Italy 2016. I want to thank the whole Novarossi factory for the trust and the support. Especially to Daniele Ielasi for the work at the track and the time for improvements. News will follow soon.

February 6, 2019

Gassauer & Janssen win at Dutch EP On-road Nats

The Dutch Electric On-road Indoor Nationals were held at the Racing Arena Limburg track in Sittard last weekend. The weekend saw practice on Saturday and racing on Sunday, the latter being divided into free practice, triple qualifiers and double finals. The Touring Modified class suffered from a shockingly low turnout on drivers, however ETS A-main finisher Patrick Gassauer, current Dutch modified champion Rick Van den Akker, former Belgian champion Steve Lambrechts, as well as “Party Animal” Florian Joos would still make for a very high level of driving.

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February 5, 2019

Hagberg & Ratheisky win at 2019 Snowbird Nationals

The world famous Snowbird Nationals was held once again at the Park Inn Resort in Kissimmee, Florida. A strong North American as well as international presence meant that the race would be as prestigious as ever and with more than 700 entries in total, it makes this one of the bigger events of the year in the US. Touring Modified was a pretty straight forward affair. After winning all qualifiers, Xray’s Alexander Hagberg also went on to win the main final, after a clean run in the A-final. Awesomatix’s Sam Isaacs came in 2nd from Destiny driver, Yugo Nagashima.

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February 4, 2019

Charlie Menard wins GT12 class at Snowbird Nationals

Last week’s 2019 Snowbird Nationals saw the running of the growing GT12 class with CRC’s Brian Wynn taking the overall TQ after the qualifiers, leading the 29-car field. In the A-main, Charlie Menard, team leader for the Menard Factory Racing (MFR) effort, harassed Wynn, sneaking his CK25 past Brian to take the A-main victory. Charlie was super fast all weekend and despite having to put up with his pit buddies John Wiita and Kevin Van Ert for a full week, he was able to clear his mind and focus, taking the win in GT12. Colorado CRC teammate Mario Ficco mounted a broom to his CK25 making it a CRC sweep of the podium.

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February 4, 2019

Kazuki Yamashita TQs & wins at 2019 Snowbird Nationals

The 2019 edition of the iconic Snowbird Nationals was held in Orlando, Florida last week. The race attracted the usual mix of national and international top drivers and in 1/12th GTP Modified it was Destiny’s Kazuki Yamashita from Japan, who took the overall TQ after the qualifiers in front of new Xray signing, Keven Hebert. In the single 8-minute A-main final Kazuki would hold the upper hand, taking the win from UK’s Ollie Payne (Roche) as Keven Hebert had to settle for 3rd overall. Xray’s Jan Ratheisky from Germany and multi-time Snowbird winner, Alexander Hagberg (Xray) would round out the top 5.

Source: Destiny [destinyracing.jp]

February 4, 2019

Brocca & Huber win at Swiss Indoor Champs Rd4

The Palapenz track in Chiasso played host to the fourth round of the Swiss Indoor Championship this past weekend. The race was held in several 1/10th and 1/12th scale touring and pan car classes and in the popular Formula category, attracting nearly 30 entries, it was Simone Brocca with the pole position after the qualifiers from Marco Donadelli in 2nd and Luca Marinelli in 3rd. After the triple A-mains the top 3 would remain the same, with Simone taking the win from Marco and Luca.

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