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January 25, 2013

Surikarn C & Meen V win @ Futaba Cup

The 2013 Futaba Cup in Thailand took place at the famous RC Addict track in Bangkok, Thailand. The race saw a 13.5T open brushless and a 13.5T non-boost class with 70 drivers attending in both classes. In the non-boost class Xray’s Surikarn C started from second place with a win in the first and a second place in the deciding final handing him the overall win. Second place went to Kitipong R with Trin T in third place. In the open class Surikarn took TQ but due to bad starts ended up third overall. Meen V was able to take the win followed by Xray’s Kitipong R.

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January 25, 2013

Hai Feng wins Super GP Formula 1 League Rd1

The first round of the Chinese Super GP Formula 1 League took place at the RCI Track in Shanghai. The race series is in its second year now and consists of six races with the first three of them are being run on rubber tires indoor while the last three races are carried out outdoor on foam tires. The first race of the year was won by Wang Hai Feng (T.O.P. Rebel R-F01) with Zhang Fang Zhou (Tamiya F104 WGP) taking second and Bob Peterson (Tamiya F104) taking third place. TQ JJ Wang finished fifth.

Source: T.O.P. [top-racing.jp]

January 24, 2013

Alexander Hagberg renews with Xray

Xray have announced the renewal of their contract with long time team driver Alexander Hagberg for 2013. Alexander has been with Xray for many seasons and the team cooperation has been successful over the years with Alex being a great supporter and member of the development team. Alexander 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 24, 2013

Dario Balestri continues with KM Racing

KM Racing announce the renewal of their contract with Dario Balestri to have the fast Italian drive the company’s World Championship winning H-K1 1/10th 200mm nitro on-road car for two more years. This is what Dario has to say about the deal:

I am very happy to renew the contract with KM for two years, because I think is the best factory for RC products and racing cars. And I have the best relationship with KM President Mr. Kenny Ng because he is a very nice and aggressive working guy, for this reasons I would love to continue for the next two years and hopefully beyond.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]

January 23, 2013

Dario Balestri returns to Capricorn

Capricorn have announced the return of Dario Balestri to their factory team. The top Italian driver will use the Capricorn Lab 801 for the next European Championships in the UK and World Championships in Japan and for all other races this season. Dario had this to say:

I’m happy to came back to the Capricorn team that gave me a lot of satisfaction at the World championship in 2011 in Miami with a third place and pole position at the European championship as well as the Italian championship title. I hope to have good results in the season 2013.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

January 22, 2013

Scotty Gray wins Panamerican GT race

The Panamerican GT race took place this last weekend in Homestead Florida with racers from all over the country including Puerto Rico and countries like the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Peru and Venezuela in attendance. Scotty Gray driving an Xray GT conversion TQ’d every round of qualifying followed by Joaquin Desoto Jr. and Paolo Morganti, both driving Serpent Cobras. The main was full of action, switching the lead between Morganti and Gray several times. In the end Scotty took the win for a remarkable weekend of the Xray Team, Paolo Morganti was second and Maxy Velazco third.

Thanks to Alfonso Lino for the update.

January 22, 2013

KM Racing confirm Meen V for two more years

KM Racing have confirmed that newly crowned World Champion Meen V will continue for 2 more years with KM & PRC to drive the H-K1 as well as the upcoming K8 1/8th scale. The Thai driver had this to say:

I would like to thank KM Kenny & PRC Charlie for giving me a good opportunity, more experience and new challenge. I will do my best to test and help for the new upgrade improvement of H-K1, and also I will be very excited to challenge the 1/8 GP on road category with the coming KM racing new car K8. For 2013-2014 I hope to grow up and win again with KM Racing & PRC!

Source: KM [km-rc.com]

January 21, 2013

Hart & Clinch win Essex Winter Series Rd 4

The fourth round of the Essex Winter Series took place this weekend, and with snow forecast all week, some wondered if the meeting would even take place. However, with Saturday proving nicer than forecast, the EWS team built the track and spent time making sure the venue access road was gritted, ready for the meeting as usual. With no overnight snow, the meeting went ahead as normal, however with snow forecast later in the day, the organisers decided to only run four rounds of qualifying rather than the usual five, to allow people a slightly earlier finish. Despite a few drivers not wishing to travel in the uncertain conditions, an impressive 86 drivers still turned up to race, including Keith Dempsey and Ryan Campbell making the trip over from Ireland. In the Stock 21.5 class, the battle for pole was between series newcomer Gavin Clinch and last year’s runner-up Mark Trinder. Mark topped the first round with his Xray, three tenths of a second ahead of Gavin, with series returnee Matthew Rowe taking third in the round and Trevor Bailey an excellent fourth. Mark also took round two, before Gavin fought back and took his Serpent to the top of the time sheets in round 3, with the fastest time so far.

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