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March 1, 2013

Volker takes Q1 at ETS Gran Canaria

Ronald Volker has TQ’d the opening round of qualifying at the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Gran Canaria, the defending champion setting the fastest time ahead of last year’s top 2 finishers on the holiday island with Alexander Hagberg just 2/10th off the German’s pace with last year’s winner Christopher Krapp completing the Top 3. Having set the pace in practice Team Yokomo’s Yannic Prumper pulled up after three laps to save tyres after he lost time when got out of shape through the sweeper leading on to the main straight.

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March 1, 2013

Hagberg tops first timed practice in Gran Canaria

Team Xray’s Alexander Hagberg set the pace in the first timed practice for the 3rd Round of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series in Gran Canaria where it was a Swedish 1-2 with Viktor Wilck taking his Tamiya to the second fastest time over 3-consecutive laps just 15/1000th ahead of Yokomo’s Yannic Prumper. Last year’s winner Christopher Krapp posted the 7th fastest time while defending champion Ronald Volker was 5th.

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March 1, 2013

Hara & Lee win at TITC 2013

The TITC 2013 was held at the RC Addict track in Bangkok at sizzling hot temperatures. The race saw the attendance of all five former or recent IFMAR EP World Champions in the Modified class and an entrance of about 150 drivers in Open brushless class. Atsushi Hara (Hot Bodies) TQ’d the Modified class while Nicholas Lee (Tamiya) took the first spot in the starting grid of the Open class. In the finals both drivers were able to defend their number one positions with Atsushi taking the win from Jilles Groskamp (Tamiya) in second and Naoto Matsukura (Yokomo) in third position. In the Open class Nicholas had a clean sweep in the finals with PY Tang and Araya Ingwethvongsa in second and third position respectively.

Source: Hobbywing [hobbywing.com]

February 28, 2013

Caroli & Myburg win @ SA championship Rd1

The first round of the South African national championship was held at the Welkom RC Raceway in Welkom, South Africa. Racing was super competitive in all classes that were run over the weekend. Team Xray SA dominated the competition by taking away almost all the silverware. The 13.5T touring class was dominated by Antonio Caroli who took TQ and the first place in his class followed by Xray team mate Anderton Smith. Third place went to Shaun Schutte. In the 17.5T class Xray’s Andre Greef took TQ honours but was not able to defend his position in the finals. It was Gerrie Myburg (Xray) who ended up on the top podium spot followed by Andre in second and Justin Cloete (Xray) in third place. In the Modified class it was again Antonio Caroli who not only took the TQ honours but also ended on the top sport. He was followed by Anderton Smitch who had Xray team mate Deon Gove in tow for third place.

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February 27, 2013

Xray Challenge races – Announcement

Xray Challenge races - Announcement

Xray have been in touch to invite racers to the series of the Xray Challenge races around the Europe. A full list of confirmed dates can be seen in the calendar below with more events to be added to the calendar throughout the year. Each race will have a separate and detailed leaflet published, so watch the Xray site for more details to come.

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February 27, 2013

Gran Canaria takes ETS season outdoors

This weekend (March 1-3) the Yokomo Euro Touring Series marks its 30th event traveling to the popular Spanish holiday island of Gran Canaria for the first outdoor race of the 2012/13 season. Making its debut on the ETS calendar 12-months ago, the race produced one of the most popular wins of the season when Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp notched up his first victory in the World famous electric touring car championship.

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February 26, 2013

KM Racing sign double WC Adrien Bertin

World Champion manufacturer KM Racing have announced the signing of 2-time World Champion Adrien Bertin to their team. The French driver and man behind the Orion engine program will not only race for KM in both 1/10 and 1/8 categories but will also be helping with the development of the H-K1 the upcoming K8—Killer Eight. Adrien had this to say:

I am really pleased to join the World champion brand KM Racing as at first Kenny and Hang are my friends for a long time and it was just a matter of time for us to work together. I know how hard it is to create a new brand and make it successful and when I got the opportunity to help them for the 1/8 on road project, it became evident for me to jump into this new adventure. My experience with the J-max project will help a lot to be quickly competitive! KM’s facility and power of development are just amazing so it will be for sure a great feeling to get ready for the coming World championship and fight for the victory again! With Fukuda and Meen, we will be 3 World champions to take part in this new project and all our team work will help to establish KM Racing as the major brand in the on road nitro market. I am excited to be back on racing and will be more than happy to support KM customers all over the World. See you at the track!

Source: KM [km-rc.com]

February 25, 2013

Olly Jefferies wins BRCA Winter National

The BRCA held its 2013 Winter National at the fantastic Essex Winter Series venue in Essex. The format saw three rounds of qualifying with the top 32 drivers going through to a Reedy style Race of Champions. The remaining drivers contested a more familiar UK national format with round by round qualifying and three leg finals. After three rounds of qualifying it was the young Team Associated driver Zak Smith who took TQ honours and would carry the number 1 position into the Race of Champions. Nitro driver Kyle Branson who races electric during the winter months qualified second with Team Xray’s James Hart in third. After not having the fastest car in Qualifying, current BRCA national champion Olly Jefferies who qualified twelfth began his assault at the Winter National Championship in fine style by winning his first two Race of Champions races and was in a good position going into Sunday. EWS regular Tony Broad also had a good start with a first and a second in his two races.

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