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March 18, 2015

Sebastian Johansson wins at Mini-Prix 2015

The Minicars indoor track in Sweden recently hosted the Mini-Prix 2015 for 1/10th Formula cars. It was the first race in a very long time in the central parts of Sweden so most drivers had never attended a Formula race before nor had very much practice. Running the race very similar to the ETS Formula class rules made for some tight and interesting racing both for the drivers and the spectators trackside. In the A-main Sebastian Johansson came out successful in front of fellow Xray racers Mattias Trotte and Alex Hofvander.

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March 17, 2015

Niclas Nillson returns to Serpent

Serpent have announced the return of Niclas Nillson to their electric on-road team. The Swede will be racing Serpent’s Eryx 3.0 touring car and the S120-LTR 1/12th scale pan car while working closely with Serpent designer Michael Salven and the factory team of Marc Fischer, Viktor Wilck, David Ehrbar and Hupo Hönigl in terms of testing and racing.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 17, 2015

Slovakia Cup Rd3 – Report

The third round of the Slovakia Cup was held at the Hudy Racing Arena this past weekend in the six classes of Touring Car Modified and Stock, Pan Car, Formula and 2WD and 4WD Buggy. The Touring Car Modified class was dominated by Martin Hudy who won all qualifiers and finals to grab the day’s win. David Nemcek came in 2nd while Igor Liptak rounded out the top 3 result. Lacko Toth and Daniel Zak completed the top 5 result.

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March 17, 2015

John Ermen renews with Matrix

Matrix have announced that Former Dutch Champion and 2014 ENS race winner John Ermen will continue with the Italian company for 2015. A driver with more than 20 years of experience, his contribution is very important to the team both in terms of racing and product development. The newly signed ARC team driver will be racing this year’s ENS as well as the Benelux Cup, the German Nationals and the EFRA Euros.

Source: Matrix [matrixtires.it]

March 17, 2015

Arnaud Soulignac wins at SITCC 2014/15

The final round of the SITCC attracted 70 drivers including participants from France. French guests Arnaud Soulignac and Walter Pollet Villard put their cars on 1st and 2nd on the grid while Cham Dassanayake came in 3rd with Kevin Zwahlen rounding out the top 4. After the 6 minute A-mains the top 3 order remained the same with Arnaud taking the win from Walter and Cham.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 17, 2015

Belgian Electric Touring Car Nationals Rd1 – Report

The opening round of the Belgian Electric Touring Nationals was held at GTM in Vosselaar on a small and technical indoor track, attracting 52 entries. In the Efra class it was 6-times champion Olivier Bultynck who took TQ after the qualifiers. Behind him the race was on between Nick Joosens, Nicolas Delisé, Thomas Stockman and Mitchell Van Es with Mitchell eventually taking the 2nd spot in front of Thomas.

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March 17, 2015

Jernej Vuga re-signs with Xray

Xray have announced that former European and multi-National Champion Jernej Vuga has extended his contract with the Slovakian company for 2015. Jernej is a nitro on-road specialist and will race Xray’s RX8 nitro car while swapping it for an X12 1/12th scale car for the Winter season. Jernej will participate at all major regional, national and international races including the European Championship, the ENS and the Alpe Adria Cup and he had the following to say:

I’m so happy to race with Xray X12 and RX8 cars in 2015 season. Having the possibility to be also a part of the 1/8 on-road test team makes me even more satisfied and motivated, since I will have a chance to contribute my feedback to make the new car even better. The team work and dedication to every single detail of their products makes Xray something special. So, looking forward to a very productive and successful 2015 season.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 16, 2015

Tom Krägefski joins Xray

Xray have announced the signing of German 1/8th Class 2 and Kyosho World Cup Champion Tom Krägefski to their nitro on-road team. The ENS main finalist will be racing Xray’s 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road cars at all major races in Germany and Europe. Tom says:

I am happy to join the Xray factory Team for the 2015 season. I look forward to cooperating with such a professional team and I am sure that we can work successfully together. I am particularly pleased to continue my racing career with Bertram Kessler and the whole SMI Motorsport team at my side. In the upcoming season we will be participating in the European Championships, Euro Nitro Series and the National Championships with the NT1 and RX8.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]