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February 27, 2015

Francesco Martini re-signs with Xray

Xray has announced that the multiple Italian Champion Francesco Martini has re-signed with the Slovakian manufacturer for the 2015 season. Francesco is an extremely dedicated touring car racer and an important member of Xray’s R&D team as he was involved in the development of the T4 platform as well of the X1 formula car. Francesco says:

I am very happy and thankful to continue my collaboration with the Hudy family. In the last year I was able to work directly on a new X1 platform development and this has been for me the greatest RC experience. Being direct involved in the entire development process from design stage through very long and exhaustive prototype testing until final production has been a great journey that I have enjoyed and that allowed me to experience how passionate, professional and dedicated everyone at Xray is with Martin in the lead. With my involvement into R&D I am fully motivated to continue our work on the further development and I am very honored to be part of this great team. I am available to anyone with any questions concerning the X1 so do not hesitate to see me.

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February 27, 2015

Jernej Vuga wins 1/12th Open class at WES

The 2014/15 Winter Electric Series was held as a 3-race series with all three rounds counting towards the overall championship. In the 1/12th Open class former 1/8th scale European Champion Jernej Vuga took the title by TQ-ing and winning all three rounds of the series. Denis Fink came in 2nd while Luka Skolaris rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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February 27, 2015

Jeppe Svendsen wins at DRCMU Rd4

The fourth round of the Danish DRCMU series was hosted by the Ti-Mo club in Tinglev with 73 drivers from Denmark and Germany in attendance. The 17.5T blinky class attracted a good turnout of drivers and young Jeppe Svendsen took the TQ after the qualifiers but come the finals he started to become nervous and so the first two mains did not went perfect for the Xray driver. In the final and decisive A-main though he got everything together to take the win and with it the overall victory in front of his team mates Bjarke Nyskov and Jens Otto Frederiksen.

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February 25, 2015

2015 Reedy TC Race of Champions – Announcement

Reedy, Tamiya America, and Scotty Ernst Productions announce that the Reedy International Touring Car Race of Champions will return to the Tamiya America circuit May 21-24, 2015. Entries open February 25th at Noon PST exclusively here. Due to time constraints and to maintain the world-class nature of the event, total entries are capped for the Open classes. Due to high demand, a 17.5 class will also be offered this year in addition to the traditional 13.5 and Modified classes. Open class entries are limited to 160 (110 combined 13.5 and 17.5, 50 Modified) with each driver limited to one entry. To allow everyone an opportunity to be a part of the 2015 edition race, a lottery drawing for the Open classes will be conducted on March 23rd, with those chosen securing a place in the event. More information and updates including (entry) rules, spec tires, hotels, and more will be posted soon on the dedicated event page here.

February 25, 2015

Marco Kaufmann continues with Xray

Xray has announced that Marco Kaufmann has re-signed with the Slovakian team to race the company’s T4 and NT1 in the 2015 season. Marco is a young and talented driver and he has been a main driving force of the Xray team in Germany. Marco will participate at all major national and international races and he has the following to say about the deal:

I am very happy to re-sign with Xray. I have been racing with Xray since I have started to drive RC cars and I am very proud to represent this finest company and to be part of the Xray R&D team. In 2015 I plane to start nitro racing and will race with the NT1 at as many races as possible. I am sure with the World Championship winning model and the experience and help from Hartmut Rose, Bertram Kessler and my father we can achieve great results. Looking forward to a great and successful future.

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February 25, 2015

Flavio Elias joins Team Shepherd

Team Shepherd has announces that multiple Brazilian National and South American champion Flavio Elias joins company’s factory racing team for the 2015 season. With the 2015 1/8th World Championship being held at his home track he was in search of the best performing 1/8th car and he finally choose the Velox V8 EC after various practise sessions. His focus for 2015 is on the 1/8th Worlds but he also plans to attend all nationals, the South American Championship, the Winternats and also selected 1/10th scale national event using Shepherd’s Velox V10 Pro. Flavio had the following to say:

I am very happy with Shepherd and for this world championship year at Brazil I had to choose what is the best for me. Nowadays I know that Shepherd has everything I need to be competitive in 1/8th and 1/10 scale. Thanks for the trust and we are going to do everything to have good races during the year.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

February 25, 2015

South African National Championship Rd1 – Report

The first round of the 2015 South-African ORE national championship was held at the TRAP track in Pretoria. The Touring Car Modified class again provided for some spectacular high-speed racing with top speeds as high as 105km/h during the finals. 2014 champion Jason Hillcoat showed a good form by taking the TQ after the qualifiers and the overall win in the finals after some good battles with team mates Antonio Caroli and Shaun Schutte.

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February 24, 2015

French Winter Championship Rd4 – Report

This past weekend the 4th and final round of the French Winter Championship was held in Montbrison. In the premier class of Touring Car Modified, Cyril N’Diaye took the overall TQ from Jeremy Limoge and Mathieu Briere. The opening final then saw Cyril taking the win in front of Alexandre Laurent and Mathieu Briere who suffered a bit on used tyres. In A2 Mathieu started with a new set of tyres and he was able to challenge Cyril but the latter managed to stay in front to take the win and with it the overall victory early. Mathieu came in 2nd while Jeremy rounded out the top 3 so far. In the final A-main Mathieu cemented his runner-up spot by winning the leg in front of Alexandre and Jeremy. With the 2nd place finish in the final round of the championship Mathieu Briere took the overall 2014/15 French Winter Championship title.

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