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February 27, 2014

John Ermen goes Reds Racing

Reds Racing announce the latest addition to their team in the form of Dutch frontrunner John Ermen. The Xray driver raced with RB engines before and has the following to say about the deal:

Thanks to Marco and Mario Rossi, we did some tests and I am impressed with the performance and speed of the engines. In 2014 I will race the Dutch Nationals, German Nationals, ENS series and the European Championships. Let’s get the race season going and hope for some good results.

Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]

February 27, 2014

Mike Swauger continues with Xray

World and multi national champion Mike Swauger will continue with Xray, the Slovakian company announce. The nitro on-road specialist will use the company’s 1/10 and 1/8 cars during his 2014 campaign and has the following to say about the deal:

I would like to thank Ralph Burch and everyone at RC America and Xray for the past two years of racing. I’m excited to have signed with team again for the 2014 season and looking forward to having a great year of racing with the Xray team. See you at the next race.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 27, 2014

Zoey Zac wins in Kuala Lumpur

The annual nitro on-road race at the KLIRCC track in Kuala Lumpur had Zoey Zac winning the 45 minute final of the 1/10th 200mm class. The Xray driver was sidelined on the podium by his Xray teammates Amar Dungun and Anas.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 26, 2014

New surface awaits ETS in Gran Canaria

This weekend (28 Feb-2 March) the Yokomo Euro Touring Series heads to Gran Canaria where a freshly resurfaced track awaits competitors travelling to the Spanish holiday island for the third round of the championship. The third year for the ETS to visit the Circuito Automodelismo El Hornillo track, the event marks the welcomed switch from a winter of indoor carpet racing to outdoor asphalt and previous encounters have turned up unexpected race winners. Last year the event saw Tamiya’s Viktor Wilck take his first ETS win in 19-races while on the first visit to the island Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp took his maiden victory, both drivers ending the dominant start by Yokomo’s Ronald Volker to the past two seasons.

Continue reading the announcement here

February 26, 2014

Reedy TC Race of Champions – Announcement

Reedy TC Race of Champions - Announcement

Reedy, Tamiya America, and Scotty Ernst Productions are proud to announce that after a five-year absence, the Reedy International Touring Car Race of Champions will return to the Tamiya America circuit May 22-25, 2014. Entries open February 24th at noon PST exclusively on www.RCSignup.com. Due to time constraints and to maintain the world-class nature of the event, Open class entries are limited to 13.5 Blinky (ROAR ESC and motor list) and Modified with total entries capped at 160 (100 13.5, 60 Modified). Each driver is limited to one entry. To allow everyone an opportunity to be a part of the 2014 Reedy Touring Car Race of Champions, a lottery drawing for the Open classes will be conducted on March 17th, with the first 100 13.5 and 60 Modified entries drawn securing a place in the event.

View more details about the event here.

February 26, 2014

Mark Green continues with Serpent

Mark Green recently signed a contract extension with Serpent for the 2014 season. The multi-times champion will continue to race Serpent’s 1/8th and 1/10th nitro cars during his 2014 campaign that will see races such as the EFRA Euros, 1/10th Worlds and the Euro Nitro Series. Mark will also run the S411 electric touring car at selected national events. Mark Green will continue to work closely with Michael Salven on new developments and has the following to say:

I am very happy and excited to be able to continue with Serpent into 2014 and look forward to try and better my 2013 results with new developments and to have fun racing with all the team and continue to help fellow racers with Serpent products in their quest to go fast and enjoy serpent race cars.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

February 26, 2014

Nacho Lopez signs with XRD

Spanish top level racer and 2013 1/8 Euro B vice-champion, Nacho Lopez has signed a contract with XRD Engines. The Spain-based Serpent designer and 2013 Spanish Champion will run the new XRD engines during his 2014 campaign that will include the EFRA Euros on his home track beside other races. This is what Nacho has to say about the deal:

For this year in which I will have the 1/10 European Championship in my home track, I was looking for the best engines. And after testing XRD products carefully I’m convinced of I have chosen the best option, XRD engines. I’m very happy to join this great team with really good drivers. Thanks to XRD, especially Patrizio Rossi for this great opportunity. I’m looking forward to the 2014 season and can’t wait to run these engines this year.

Source: XRD [xrdtech.com]

February 26, 2014

Steven Weiss returns to Xray

Xray have announced that Steven Weiss has re joined the Slovakian company. Steven was part of the team back in 2007 when he claimed the TQ and 2nd at the EFRA Euros in France. After campaigns with other teams Steven has now returned and has the following to say about the deal:

I’m very happy to be back with the best team in the industry. The last 4 years were full of new experiences and involvement with RC projects and various companies & teams which helped me to grow both personally and professionally. All the experiences taught me that there is no better company and racing team in the RC industry than Xray. Since the 2014 is a very important racing year with World Championship on schedule I wanted to race with the fastest car and have a backup of a professional and strong team and as such there was no other option for me than Xray. I am very happy to be given this opportunity to come back to the team and I will do all my best. I am extremely motivated for the upcoming season and can not wait to get to the track once again.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]