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February 12, 2015

Mike Swauger renews with Xray

Xray has announced the contract renewal with World and multiple US National Champion Mike Swauger. Mike is a dedicated nitro on-road racer and he will be using Xray’s 1/10th and 1/8th nitro kits at all major races in 2015 such as the World Championships, the Florida Winter Nationals and the ROAR Nationals. Mike says:

I would like to thank Ralph Burch and everyone at RC America and Xray for the past years of racing. I’m excited to have signed with team again for the 2015 season and looking forward to having a great year of racing with the Xray team. I will travel to all major USA nitro races and I will be more than happy to assist anyone with any questions or comments.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 12, 2015

Stiles wins BRCA GT12 Nationals Rd2

Round 2 of the four-round BRCA 1/12 GT12 Nationals took place at the Broxtowe track in central UK. GT12 cars are simplified 1/12 scale pan cars which utilise basic suspension, 13.5 stock motors, and GT style bodies. The emphasis is on affordable, low-cost racing that is well suited to club, regional, and national competitions. Over the last two years GT12 has exploded in popularity in the UK as drivers have welcomed the simple and low-cost nature of racing the class at club level. At this event there was a capacity entry of 70 GT12 cars complimented by 20 World GT cars and 10 F1 cars.

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February 11, 2015

WRC Contest Italy – Report

The WRC Contest Italy was held at Mini Racing Chiasso in Faloppio, Italy this past weekend in several electric on-road classes including Touring Car, Pro10, 1/12th scale and Formula. The Touring Car Stock category was the premier class at the event and it was won by Markus Streuli from Nicola Di Palma and Antonino Mangiaracina.

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February 11, 2015

WCICS Rd6 at Fastraxx – Report

The Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series visited the wide open prairies of Saskatchewan, this time in Moose Jaw for Round 6, hosted by Fastraxx. A little town with a big race, and as the countdown to the finals begins the championships battles are getting close. The Touring Car Modified class offered the most dramatic high-speed main of the weekend. This time Danny Buck and his Xray had pole, but an early mistake put him back to 5th. Korgae Scales and his Awesomatix then had the lead for the first minute, but Steve Soon, who had started 2nd on the grid, took the lead on lap 6 with his Serpent and never looked back. Danny battled all the way back and passed Korgae with just a minute to go to take 2nd. Korgae brought his Awesomatix home 3rd.

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February 10, 2015

Olly Jefferies continues with Xray

Xray has announced that 5-times BRCA national champion Olly Jefferies signed a contract extension with the Slovakian company for the 2015 season. Olly joined Xray only last year and in his debut year he already won both the BRCA 1/10th and 1/12th classes. Olly’s racing calendar this year will see appearances at all major UK races and also at the European Championships in 1/10th Touring Cars and 1/12th scale. Olly has the following to say:

I would like to thank Xray for the continued support and look forward to another successful year in 2015. I have enjoyed my first year with Xray and have been impressed with the professionalism and desire to improve constantly. The highlights of the year were winning two national titles but look to have more success in 2015 now I am fully settled in to my new surroundings.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 10, 2015

Akio Sobue wins at 2015 Speed King Tour Rd1

The Kazuki Endo presented Speed King Tour 2015 started at the Rajiten Nagoya indoor tarmac track this past weekend in the two electric touring car categories of Modified and Stock with more than 50 drivers in attendance. Last year’s Speed King Akio Sobue shows great speed right from the start of the qualifying and he took the TQ in the Modified class with his Tamiya TRF419. ARC driver Yusuke Goto placed his car 2nd on the grid and 2014 1/12th Electric On-road National Champion Hayato Ishioka came in 3rd with his VBC D07.

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February 10, 2015

JJ Wang continues with Arrowmax

Arrowmax RC has announced that JJ Wang, one of their very first sponsored drivers in the history of the brand, will continue to use Arrowmax tools and accessories for the 2015 season. JJ has the following to say:

Arrowmax has given me the tools to be successful during the past 3 years and I am really excited to continue with such a great brand with great products.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

February 9, 2015

Volker & Prumper complete ETS podium

Ronald Volker and Yannic Prumper completed the podium at Round 2 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Germany after the Yokomo pairing claimed a 1-2 finish in the 3rd A-main. With Marc Rheinard wrapping up his first ETS win on carpet in 5-years with a second win of the weekend in A2 and sitting out A3, the closing race of the record breaking event would see Volker lead an uneventful race from start to finish. Behind him Prumper, despite making early attempts to pass his team-mate would run the entire race in second despite coming under pressure from a much improved Alexander Hagberg in the closing laps. Winner of the event last year, Hagberg would be classified 4th overall followed by Viktor Wilck and Christopher Krapp, all drivers having started the leg with a chance of a podium finish.

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