March 28, 2013

Marco Kaufmann signed to Xray factory team

Marco Kaufmann signed to Xray factory team

Xray have announced that Marco Kaufmann has joined their factory world racing team. Marco is a young talented driver who has showed in the last years excellent results and permanent growth. Marco and Xray have joined the forces for the 2013 season to achieve the best possible race results at German and international events. Marco will race the T4 platform and will participate all major international races and he had this to say:

I have been racing with Xray since I have started to drive RC Cars. I choose Xray because the quality and performance are both perfect. I am very proud to represent this finest company and to be part of the Xray world racing team. I’m looking forward to great and successful future. In 2013 I will concentrate mainly on 1/10 electric touring modified class and I hope some more great results will come.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 28, 2013

Mike Swauger double at Airtronics race

Mike Swauger double at Airtronics race

Picco are reporting that Mike Swauger dominated the 2013 Airtronics race in Southern California in both 1/8th and 1/10th scale with Picco EMX Power engines. The talent that came to the Airtronics race is a show case of what the Nationals is going to be like with some of the best drivers in the USA coming to do battle. Mike TQ’d the 1/8th class and won by 2 laps over Paolo Morganti and won the sedan class ahead of DJ Apolaro. Robert Morris took the win the Sportsman class also using Picco engines.

Source: Picco [teampicco.com]

March 27, 2013

ETS organisers announce Pilot Series for onroad nitro

ETS organisers announce Pilot Series for onroad nitro

The organisers of the Euro Touring Series, the world famous championship for electric touring cars, are pleased to announce, following ongoing requests from a number of leading, onroad nitro manufacturers and drivers the establishment of a two round Euro Nitro Series Pilot Series for 2013 as preparations for a full five round championship in 2014.  Catering for both 1:10 & 1:8 Onroad, the first of the 3-day events in the ENS Pilot Series will take place at Hockenhiem in Germany from May 31-June 2 with race two to be held in Austria at Stöhr-Ring on the weekend of June 28-30.

Continue reading the announcement here

March 27, 2013

Carlos Lambas wins Comunidad de Madrid Cup

Carlos Lambas wins Comunidad de Madrid Cup

The Comunidad de Madrid Cup took place last weekend at the Asoger Circuit. It was a wet start to the day and choice of tires was difficult, because only one set is allowed for the entire race. The rain stopped, but the track surface was still a bit wet and closer to the finals the track was drying up and having more grip. Carlos Lambas (Yokomo, Dualsky) managed to win the first two finals from pole position and so sat out the third final. Behind there was a close battle for 2nd overall between Rafa Ortiz (T.O.P., Acorn) and Carlos Fernandez (T.O.P., Acorn). In the end Rafael Ortiz took the second position in the leg but overall he would finish 3rd behind Isaiah Paul in 2nd.

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

March 25, 2013

Picco takes victory at International GP Rd1

Picco takes victory at International GP Rd1

Last weekend saw the opening round of the new International GP series take place in Fiorano. The race was scheduled for Saturday and Sunday but due to the bad weather forecast all the action was moved to Saturday only. Unfortunately some of the finals, including the GP1 (1/8th expert) had to be cancelled due to the rain. The organizers based the results on the qualifying times and so Alberto Picco took the win, as one of the few to run 5 minutes without a stop. Dario Balestri took 2nd and Capricorn team mate and 9-time World Champion Lamberto Collari was 3rd.

Source: Picco [teampicco.com]

March 25, 2013

Mibosport Cup Rd8 report

Mibosport Cup Rd8 report

The grand final of the Mibosport Cup presented by Yokomo took place recently and the race attracted over 130 drivers from the Czech Republic and many other European countries including ETS Champion Ronald Völker. Again the race was held for a variety of electric onroad and also offroad classes such as 2WD a 4WD buggy, Stock Zero 17.5T, Modified TC, Formula and Yokomo GT. For Dash for Voucher Race the organizer drew one of the offroad categories, final A 2WD, and the fastest driver was Jiri Mara.

Continue reading the report here

March 25, 2013

Bowie Ginting wins Indonesian Regionals Rd1

Bowie Ginting wins Indonesian Regionals Rd1

The First round of the Indonesian Regionals, the Jakarta EP Championship was held at SIS track, Jakarta. The race was attended by a very strong 50 competitors competing in the 10.5 Super Stock class, Stock 13.5 class, 1/12 Pan Car class and FWD classes. Very hot and sunny conditions welcomed all the racers on race day but since it rained the previous night there was lots of dust and sand left on the track which made the track surface very loose compared to Saturday’s practice day. The Superstock qualifying saw Bowie Ginting place his Xray into the TQ spot with 19 laps in 5.09. Rama Tribudiman was next with his Tamiya in 2nd with 19 laps in 5.14 with Xray driver Ronny Suwarto being the last man to take 19 laps in a 5.16. Defending national champion, Heri Susanto was a bit shy of the 19 laps and finished his best run in 18 laps @ 5.00 with Suwardi Suliandy completing the top 5.

Continue reading the report here

March 24, 2013

Asian Onroad Championship – Announcement

Asian Onroad Championship - Announcement

The world renowned Scotty Ernst is heading East for his latest venture, the newly announced Asian Onroad Championship. The AOC will be a group of standalone events that travel around Asia. On Road racing is extremely strong in this part of the World and the roots of many of the companies that design and manufacture cars and parts are located within Asia making this the perfect place to make an exciting Championship. In this the opening year they will begin with 4 events, starting in China then on to Australia, Thailand and ending in Japan. The races are open to Super Stock (13.5 Boosted), Stock (17.5 Non Boost), FWD (17.5 Non Boosted) and F1 (21.5 Non Boosted) plus each event may have other additional classes depending on local interest. Full information on the series can be found at the official site here.

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