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April 1, 2010

Tom & Jochen Wiesner join Team SMI

SMI Motorsport have announced that father and son team, Tom and Jochen Wiesner, have both made the switch to use Xray cars, Hudy accessories as well as the complete SMI / Orcan range including engines, fuel and maintenance products. They will both compete regionally, in the Mid division (Hessencup), as well as in the German championship in Sand and Fischach. Both, Tom and Jochen Wiesner, are very experienced and successful racers and had the following to say about the deal:

We are confident in the products and their quality and wish a lot success and good cooperation with the very successful SMI Team.

Source: SMI [smi-motorsport.de]

March 29, 2010

Xray Premium-quality ceramic balls

Xray have released a set of 12 premium-quality ceramic balls made from extra-hard Si3N4 silicone nitride ceramic. Available in 2.4mm and 3.175mm they significantly improve differential lifespan while reducing friction and vibration. High-speed ceramic diff balls have very high durability, when properly lubricated, due to reduced slip and heat and with ceramic being approximately 60% lighter than steel, ceramic diff balls have a significantly lower rotating mass.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 28, 2010

Xray News Round-up

Here we have this weeks round up of product releases and race reports from our site sponsors Xray. Our summary includes everything published by the Slovakian manufacturer on their own website in the past week, so if you didn’t find the time to visit, be sure to read on. This weeks round up includes the following stories.

– New XRAY Team Wear
– XB808 Wins 2010 MORC Indoor GP
– XB808 Podium Finish at Portuguese National Championship R1
– NT1 Wins Malaysia National Challenge 2010 1/10 GP R2
– T2’008 2nd at 2010 EP Nationals, New Zealand
– XB808‘10 takes TQ & Double podium at Clanfield R4
– NT1 TQs & Wins Singapore Edam Open
– XII Link Wins Middle Swedish Electric car Cup R6

Click here to view the round-up

March 26, 2010

Juraj Hudy selected as Entrepreneur of the Year

Xray have announced that owner and chief designer Dipl. Eng. Juraj Hudy has been selected as Entrepreneur of the Year in Innovations in an annual contest. This highly profilic and prestigious contest is organized world wide by Ernst & Young and only the best companies and business people are nominated to this highly competitive contest where the jury selects the winners based on very tough criteria. Based on this very strict criteria, previous business achievements, and work over the years, Juraj was selected into the main final in Slovakia and at the official ceremony held in February 2010 was announced as Entrepreneur of the Year 2009 in Innovations and at the same time received the award for Best Success Story.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 22, 2010

Xray 2010 Hooded Sweater & Cap

New from Xray is their authentic hooded team sweater, which is made from high-quality 100% cotton fabric in a classy blue hue. The new hooded sweater is very comfortable to wear and has soft elasticized cuffs at the ends of the full-length arms and is emblazoned with the Xray Racing Team logos front and back. Xray have also released a new dark blue flex-fit system cap made from 100% cotton for great look & feel and high durability. Sporting a cool 3D embossed “Xray” logo on the front and rear it will be available in 2 sizes, S-M and L-XL.

Click here to see the new cap

March 21, 2010

Xray News Round-up

– New Alu Lightweight Locating Collar
– XB808 Wins Sao Paulo State Championship – R1
– XB808 2nd at MRCC Buggy Challenge
– XB808E-Prototype TQ and 2nd at Silver State Challenge
– T3 Double Podium Finish at ETS in Poland
– XII & Charlie Ware take the 1/12 European Junior Stock Champion
– XII Podium Finish at IC Circuit Nationals
– XT8 Wins the 4th Annual Ice Breaker Race

Click here to view the round-up

March 17, 2010

Xray USA Challenge – Announcement

RC America, the US distributor of Xray and Hudy, in cooperation with Mike’s Hobby Shop will organize the Xray USA Challenge for 1/10 nitro and electric touring cars. The event is going to take place at Gulf Coast Raceway, TX on May 21st-23rd, the host track of the 2010 World Championship. With the US and European factory team in attendance, including Juraj and Martin Hudy, it will be a great event to discuss technical and set-up issues.

Full information on the event can be found here.

March 15, 2010

Xray Column – DHI, ETS, Nürnberg Show

The 40th installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column he talks about this year’s DHI Cup, ETS in Czech Republic and the Nürnberg Toy Fair.

Production in January was completely booked with the production of T3 kits and as such I didn’t have to hurry but I still needed to push myself to finish a few final details on the new X10 car to get it ready. The new Link version of the 1/10 GT pan car has for the last few weeks been in the last final design stage after the release of the XII Link a few weeks ago, and needed only the final confirmation.

Read the full column here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]