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January 20, 2015

Alexander Hagberg renews with Xray

Xray have announced that long time team driver and 2014 IFMAR 200mm Gas On-road World Champion Alexander Hagberg has extended his contract for 2015. Alexander has been with Xray since “ever” and the team cooperation has been successful over the years with Alex being a great supporter and member of the development team. The Swede will attend the European 1/10th Electric and Nitro Touring Championships, the 1/12th Euros, the ETS and many other races beside the local Swedish Cup and Nationals in 2015 and he has the following to say:

I have been racing for Xray ever since the start of my international racing career. Over the years we have built a strong and successful relationship which has resulted in 2014 into my best achievements gaining the title of World and European Champion. The titles I have achieved last year have been a culmination of our long term hard and dedicated work and I am more than happy to announce that for 2015 I will continue with Xray team and will do my best to repeat the success also this racing season.

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January 20, 2015

Russian Touring Masters 2015 – Announcement

The Russian Touring Masters 2015 will be held from the 27th to 29th of March in St. Petersburg, Russia’s second largest city. The event will see the running of four different classes including Modified, 10.5T Stock blinky, 17.5T Stock blinky and 13.5T Stock with Hobbywing combos, with Russia’s fastest drivers, such as Denis Zuykov and Kirill Trofimov plus special guests from abroad in attendance. The 2014 LRP Touring Car Masters champion, multiple ETS A-finalist and Awesomatix team driver Viljami Kutvonen is already confirmed for the race and more information can be found on the event’s official website by clicking here.

January 20, 2015

Jan Ratheisky teams up with LRP

German electric on-road frontrunner Jan Ratheisky has recently teamed up with LRP to run the company’s electric brushless motors, speed controllers, battery packs, chargers and power supplies. The Euro Touring Series Formula champion and Pro Stock Vice champion will also assist with product development. Jan’s 2015 event schedule includes the LRP Touring Car Masters, the ETS and also the Euros and German nationals and he has the following to say about the deal:

During last year’s European Championships in Spain I was impressed by the team work of the LRP crew and I was involved in the tests right from the start. After a couple of practice runs and nice talks with Ales and Jürgen I was offered a team drive – an offer I could not deny.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

January 20, 2015

Olly Jefferies seals double BRCA 1/12th title

Round 4 of the 2014/15 BRCA 1/12th scale Nationals took place at Crewe last weekend. A track which combined fast, sweeping bends with a tight and technical infield section proved to be challenging for drivers but also very good for providing some close, clean racing. The weekend is split into two separate race meetings, with classes for 13.5 and 10.5 Stock on Saturday and 10.5 and Open Modified on Sunday.

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January 20, 2015

Jan Ratheisky joins Savox Factory Team

Savox have announced the signing of Euro Touring Series Formula Champion and Pro Stock Vice Champion Jan Rathiesky to their factory team. The Formula class winner of the opening round of the Euro Touring Series will use the Savox line of servos in his formula and 1/10th electric touring cars during his 2015 campaign.

Source: Savox [savoxtech.com.tw]

January 20, 2015

Apolaro & Martello win at Pan American GT Race

The 3rd edition of the GT only Pan American GT Race was held on the previous IFMAR Worlds track in Homestead, Florida this past weekend with racers from Puerto Rico, Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Curacao, US and other countries in attendance. Paolo Morganti in the Open class and Fabrizio Martello in the 5-port Spec class were the top qualifiers of the weekend and with with only four direct qualified to the A mains, semifinals were full of action and close racing. The one hour mains then saw DJ Apolaro taking the win from Rino Lino and Rablo Tejada while in the Spec class Fabrizio Martello came out successful. Franco Franco Desiderio and Jose Sanchez rounded out the Spec class podium.

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January 19, 2015

Essex Winter Series Rd4 – Report

The fourth and penultimate round of the popular Essex Winter Series championship took place this weekend on the large carpet circuit in the South-East of the UK. With the International Carpet Challenge taking place at the venue next month, a few drivers were not only using the meeting to hunt for EWS glory, but also to test ahead of the upcoming event. The Modified class saw a return to the championship for round 1 winner, Andy Moore, and his almost production-ready HPI HB Pro 5. Andy continued where he left off, topping the first round of qualifying, ahead of former multi-time EWS champion Paul Pinkney for Schumacher.

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January 19, 2015

Juho Levanen joins Revolution Design Racing Products

Revolution Design Racing Products announce the signing of Finland’s Juho Levanen to exclusively use RDRP’s range of Ultra tools and accessories. The 2-times European Champion and veteran Team Associated Factory driver has been using the tools for a while already and he had this to say about the deal:

I am very impressed by the durability and precision of the tools. Tools measurements are excellent as they are snug fit to screws. On top of this they look very cool.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]