The 2015 Florida Winternats were held this past weekend in Ft. Myers, Florida with the usual mix of national drivers and international guests. Held in several 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road categories the premier class of 1/8th Open was won by Ralph Burch, who took the win from Mike Swauger and Simon Kurzbuch. Kyle Branson and Paolo Morganti rounded out the top 5 result.
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RCLandia in Scandiano, Italy hosted the Automodelli.it Race in several electric on-road classes including Touring Car Modified and Stock, Formula and Mini with more than 90 drivers in attendance. In the Touring Car Modified class Manuel Busoli made a perfect race to take the win in front of Federico Milanesi and Fabrizio Manicardi.
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The 2015 EFRA 1/12th scale European Championships were held at the famous Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia this past weekend. Almost 100 entries from all over Europe split into the two classes of Modified and Stock. Practice and the first round of qualifiers were on schedule for Friday with 2014 European Champion Alexander Hagberg (Xray) being on rails from the early beginning as set the early pace in the Modified class while Hupo Hönigl (Serpent) placed himself on top of the timing sheets in the Stock class.
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French Picco distributor Racing Experience announce the signing of Nacho Lopez to their team. The Spaniard will use the Italian engines during his 1/8th and 1/10th scale campaign and he had the following to say:
I’m so happy to reach this agreement with Racing Experience and Picco. After a not so good 2014 season I felt there was time for a change and after Racing Experience became Picco distributor for Spain, this opportunity came a long that I could not pass on. After testing in two races new .12 Picco EMX WC platform, I’m delighted with the performance of this new engine. I think the best that I’ve ever have! I am really looking forward to my first 1/8 nitro race next weekend with the first Spanish Nats to test new Picco .21 EMX engines! I’m sure that with this partnership we will achieve really good results together over the coming years.
Source: Racing Experience [racing-experience.fr]
Savöx announce the signing of three new drivers to their factory team. John Ermen, Merlin Depta and Marco Kaufmann are known for their raw speed and race winning performances and all three will use Savöx servos in during their national and international race appearances.
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The Fanatix racing track in Greece recently held the opening round of the Greek Touring Series and the 2nd round of the Greek Nitro Series. The day started with the electric class and after the qualifiers Papachristos took the TQ from Mitropoulos and Konstadopoulos.
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Xray have announced the re-signing with young and talented David Perez. The multiple Spanish national champion will continue to be part of the Xray team in 2015 and he will focus on electric touring racing. David will compete at the ETS, the EFRA Euros, the Spanish and Canary national championship and he had the following to say:
I have been racing with Xray cars as a private driver for several years and thanks to the best performance of the T4 and the support I got I was able to win plenty of races including several national titles. To be part of the Xray team is a great honor for me and my motivation to continue to improve my skills and result is the highest ever. I will participate at as many international races as possible to learn more from the factory team including Martin, Alex, Bruno and all the great people in the team but at the same time I will continue to race all the national series in Spain so anyone looking for a good set-up or help please do not hesitate to contact me.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The final round of the Portuguese Indoor Series was held in Barreiro last weekend. Bruno Coelho dominated the qualifying and finals, taking a strong TQ position and finishing all three A-mains more than 3 laps ahead of the runner-up spot. Behind Bruno Goncalo Alves came in 2nd and while Joao Martinho rounded out the top 3 result.
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