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January 29, 2014

Hara rejoins ETS with Yokomo deal

RC racing legend Atsushi Hara will make a return to the Yokomo Euro Touring Series after concluding a deal with reigning champions Yokomo to contest this weekend’s (31st Jan – 2nd Feb) second round in Germany. A two time ETS race winner, Hara has signed with the Japanese manufacturer to also contest Round 3 of the world famous touring car championship which takes place on the Spanish holiday Island of Gran Canaria in March. Teaming up with three time series champion & Round 1 winner Ronald Volker and race winner Yannic Prumper, this will be the 2006 World Champions first competitive ETS outing since Apeldoorn in 2012. One of world’s most popular racers, as highlighted by the reaction when he drove in the ‘Dash for Cash’ in the season finale last year at the Hudy Arena, ETS Round 2 will be Hara’s first international touring car event since his departure from HB/HPI Racing last August. Also joining Hara for the weekend at Yokomo will be 1:8 offroad rival and reigning World Champion Robert Batlle who will make his touring car debut at the Muelheim-Kaerlich event.

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January 29, 2014

Vesa Yli joins JFT Tires

Xenon Racing and JFT Tires have announced the signing of top European 1/12th scale drive Vesa Yli. The Finnish driver, who is the manufacturer of the well know V-Dezign chassis, has made the switch to the Japanese made JFT tires for the new season and will also continue to use other Xenon Racing parts on his cars as he has in the past. Vesa gave this statement:

I would like to thank Terutaka Hanaumi from Xenon and JFT Racing for this opportunity to race with their tires made with the highest quality standards! Been supported by Xenon Racing since 2007 already, I am very excited and looking forward to the future races and to help developing even better products! I would also like to thank Markus Mobers for his support for tires over the last 5 years.

Source: Xenon Racing [xenon.ne.jp]

January 28, 2014

2014 Xray Challenge Germany – Announcement

2014 Xray Challenge Germany - Announcement

The 2014 Xray Challenge Germany is being held a stone’s throw from the world famous Nürburgring. The setting is to be local club MAC Adenau’s permanent indoor race track, called the “Eifel Ring” in a nod to its big brother. With a 90-metre-long carpet track that’s almost as challenging as the Nürburgring’s legendary Nordschleife, the international Xray Challenge Germany event offers drivers the chance to compete in three classifications: touring cars – modified or stock categories – and 1/12 standard.

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January 27, 2014

Marek Cerny renews with Xray

Xray announce that 2013 ETS Stock class Champion, Marek Černý has renewed his contract with the Xray factory racing team and that he will race the company’s T4 touring car in 2014. The European Junior Champion has the following to say about the deal:

Being part of the Xray team is a dream come true. Racing the best performing car and having the best possible support helped me to win last year the world’s most competitive racing series ETS and is an obligation in 2014 for me to do my best to retain the title. Since I joined the factory team my experience and results have improved and I enjoy being part of the team a lot – the professionalism, dedication and working atmosphere are second to none. I would like to thanks especially to Martin Hudy for all his advices, support and trust in me.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 26, 2014

GForce TS120 Competition Black Aluminium Edition

Available from end of January is the GForce TS120 Competition Black Aluminium Edition brushless speed controller. The ESC sports an all-black CNC-machined aluminium case, an integrated on/off switch, optional high-flow fan unit and it incorporates a build-in data port for swift and easy programming via the optional programming box. The 120A controller is usable with 2S to 3S LiPo batteries, features a 6V/3A BEC system and measures 39x38x20mm.

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January 25, 2014

Cavalieri first to double up at Reedy Race

The third round of racing at the Reedy Race of Champions at OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach, California, saw Ryan Cavalieri become the first double winner of the event. The defending champion took the win by just over one second from a hard charging Dustin Evans while the other two heats saw European duo Lee Martin and Joern Neumann notched up their first maximum points haul.

Continue reading this report here or view our full event coverage here.

January 24, 2014

Dirk Wischnewski signs with Team Shepherd

Shepherd Micro Racing announce that Worlds finalist and multiple European and German champion Dirk Wischnweski joins their factory racing team for 2014. Living close to the Shepherd company he will be heavily involved in the development of the Velox V10 Pro sharing his huge knowledge with the team. In the upcoming season Dirk will attend the ENS series, the EC in Valencia and the Worlds in Bangkok as well as some regional races giving track side assistance to fellow Shepherd racers. Dirk had the following to say:

First of all I would like to thank Xray for their support over the last few years but now it’s time for a new challenge. I’m really happy to work together with Patrick and the rest of the Shepherd crew for the future. It was not so easy for me to make a decision for the 2014 season but when I think about the small distance to the company and the great improvements Shepherd made on the Velox V10 last year I’m really optimistic and looking forward to attending the upcoming races.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

January 24, 2014

Hungarian National Championship R4 – Report

The 4th round of the Hungarian National championship was held at the RC Arena track in Budapest in Touring Car Stock 13.5T, Boosted 13.5T and Modified. Qualifying proofed to be challenging for the Touring Car drivers as there also was a Buggy race that made for changing track conditions. The finals of the Modified class saw Zsolt Kalnay taking the win from Viktor Juhasz and Bandabas Toth.

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