Xray have announced the Xray Racing Series Italy, a 3-race event tour held between March and June. The series kicks off on the 19th of March at MiniRace in Casoria and concludes on the 25th of June in Rome. Classes run are Touring Modified, Touring Stock 13.5T HW team driver, Touring Stock 13.5T HW, Formula 21.5 HW and 1/12th pan car. More information and sign-up are available here.
Serpent have announced the signing of Fung Wai Yin, better known as “Stickking” to their racing team. The Hongkong resident will campaign Serpent’s Project 4X touring car at races in Hongkong, China and around Asia.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
The second round of the Puerto Rico On-road National Championship was held at the Barceloneta RC Track. Peter Alvarado took the overall TQ in the 1/10th 200mm class but in the main final he got into trouble in the opening stages. On the sixth lap Alvarado traction-rolled trying to push his car on big tires, passing the track near to the loop. He decided to wait for the second and third car, but recovered but got back into the lead on lap 19 and from that moment on he never looked back. With a flame out 20 minutes into the race, but still with a large enough margin on the field, he finished in 1st, about a lap ahead of 2nd placed Franco Machado who also suffered a flamed out, as did 3rd placed Yamil Ruiz who had problems earlier.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Last Sunday Kuala Lumpur saw its first race in 2017 and it was Nick Chong in the 1/8 GP class who managed to take the victory at the well attended event. On the RC Malaysia race track Nick was able to secure the TQ spot and the final saw a clean start of him but just before the first round of pit stops Nick ran out of fuel, dropping him down to 5th position. With some flawless driving he was able to make up the lost time and to take over the lead again. After the tyre change at the 30-minute mark he controlled the race from the first position and ultimately he took the victory in front of Anthony Wee with Yee Kok Leong taking the final podium spot.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Xtreme Aerodynamics have announced the signing of reigning Brazilian Champion, Flavio Elias to their 2017 factory team. The 31-years old Capricorn driver will use the 1/8th range of Xtreme Aerodynamics’ bodies on his C803 in the upcoming season to try and defend his national title.
Source: Xtreme Aerodynamics [xtremeaerodynamics.com]
Round four of the Lovan RC Challenge was recently held in Belgium and in the Touring Stock class it was Christophe Wojsznis who took the pole position after the qualifiers. Peter Roeygens and Christophe Libeer came in second and third. The finals were a pretty entertaining affair with Peter taking the win in the opening A-main while pole sitter Christophe scored a DNF. Leg 2 then had Mathias Van Laere coming out on top from Christophe Wojsznis while Peter only finished in fourth. In the third and decisive main Peter was back on top again from Christophe Libeer in second, handing the overall win to Peter Roeygens from Mathias Van Laere and Christophe Libeer.
Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]
The opening round of the HKRCSA EP Open Cup was held this past weekend at the Hong Kong based Tom Racing Circuit. In the Touring Modified class it was Hay who took the TQ and the win in the opening A-main only to suffer a DNF in leg 2, allowing Fai Ho to come out on top. In the decisive leg 3 Fai Ho suffered problems early in the run which allowed Hay to take the win only 0.3s in front of team mate Ray Poon to grab the overall victory from Fai Ho in second and Ray Poon in third.
Source: Xpress [rc-xpress.com]
The Swiss Indoor Masters was recently held in Chiasso, Switzerland and it saw Marco Manzo (Yokomo) walking away with the TQ and win in the Touring Modified class. Florian Hauser and (Xray) and Oliver Krähemann (Xray) would round out the top 3 result. The Touring Stock 13.5T category had Noah Asendorf (Xray) taking the top qualifier honours but in the finals he had to settle for second behind Andrea Valerio (Xray) while Nico Catelani (Xray) came in third. 1/10th Pan Car had Luca Martinelli (Xray) taking the day’s win from Simon Del Monego in second and Claudio Pasquin (Xray) in third while the 1/12th scale class saw Erol Sehirtoy (Xray) bringing home the win from Khounmy Bui (Xray) and Raphael Wicki (Serpent).
