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January 15, 2014

Alexander Hagberg re-signs with Xray for 2014

Alexander Hagberg renews with Xray for 2014

More driver re-signings from Xray with the Slovakian company announcing that team driver Alexander Hagberg has extended his contract for 2014. ‘Alexander has been with Xray for a long time and the team cooperation has been successful over the years with Alex a great supporter and member of the development team.’ Alex had this 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 helped me to develop into one of the best on-road racers in Europe, if not in the world. For the upcoming season I did not consider any other option than to continue to work closely together with Xray. I am confident that we can achieve even better results together in the future!

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 15, 2014

Xray Challenge Moravia & Slovakia Rd4 – Report

Xray Challenge Moravia & Slovakia Rd4 - Report

The 4th round of this Winter’s Xray Challenge Moravia & Slovakia Cup saw the participation of a good amount of drivers from Austria, Finland and Slovakia. Many of the drivers used the practice on Friday to learn the track and to finalise chassis setup. In the Touring Car Modified class Kuba Simurda and Jirka Vysin battled out the win with the better end for Kuba. David Nemcek, Tomas Liptak and Werner Schmitzer came in third, fourth and fifth respectively.

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January 15, 2014

Dominic Greiner joins Contact tyres

Contact Tyres have signed 2013 EFRA 1/10th IC European ‘B’ Vice Champion Dominic Greiner to be part of their nitro team. The German Serpent driver, and winner of the Romanian Nitro Cup last year, joins an already impressive team line up which includes former World Champion Robert Pietsch, Dario Balestri, Kyle Branson and Simon Kurzbuch.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

January 15, 2014

Nicolas Schwendimann joins Team Magic

Swiss Team Magic distributor HRC announce that 2013 French Champion Nicolas Schwendimann has joined Team Magic to race the company’s latest electric touring car in his 2014 campaign. He will also assist with future development of the car and had this to say about the deal:

I am very glad to join Team Magic and HRC Distribution. It allows me to start the 2014 season in the best conditions and to represent the brand during national and international races. I would also like to thank the team for the seriousness and the trust they placed in me, particularly Lionel Troyon for his availability.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

January 15, 2014

Mike Malkinson wins TC Stock at WCICS Rd5

Round 5 of the Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series (WCICS) was held by the IROCC and Nanaimo RC in Victoria, BC, Canada. With 220 entries running in 8 different classes, there where 24 entries in Modified Touring Car and 36 in Stock TC. In Stock Touring Car Awesomatix driver Mike Malkinson finished in first place after taking TQ while team mate Frank Bortolazzo finished third.

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January 14, 2014

2014 ISTC Worlds control tire is Hot Race Tyres

The organisers of the 2014 IFMAR ISTC World Championships, Full Throttle Raceway in Florida, have announced that they have selected Hot Race Tyres as the official control tire of the event. ‘After intense trackside testing for the past 3 months to ensure the best overall results & durability will be provided we have selected Hot Race Tyres as the 2014 IFMAR controlled Tyre for Touring’. They went on to state that the compound was yet to be finalised, something that will be voted on by the different blocs. News regarding the 1/12th scale side of the event is said to be released soon.

January 14, 2014

DJ Apolaro wins at Florida State Series Rd5

This past weekend was the 5th round of the Florida State Series held at the Homestead RC Raceway. Paolo Morganti and DJ Apolaro battled for TQ in the 1/8th class and at the end it was Pablo who grabbed the prestigious position followed by DJ. At the start of the final DJ got a good jump on Paolo, but could not get the inside line and had to back off the power to not take both out. This allowed the 3rd place driver through. DJ then made an error on the same lap and got caught at the timing loop and lost time to get a turn marshal, falling back to 9th place so he had to work his way back through the field.

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January 14, 2014

Robert Pietsch confirmed at Picco

As we noted earlier this month, 2011 IFMAR 1/8th onroad World Champion Robert Pietsch has signed a 2-year contract with Italian World Champion engine maker Picco. Robert will join present WC Tadahiko Sahashi and US champion Mike Swauger while assisting with engine development and among other events he is set to race at the IFMAR Worlds, EFRA races as well as the first full season of the newly established Euro Nitro Series.

Source: Picco [teampicco.com]