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April 14, 2015

Taylor Petersen joins Xray

Xray have announced the signing of talented US off-road racer Taylor Petersen to their team. The multiple US Nationals and World Championship finalist will attend at various races across the USA and he had the following to say about the deal:

I would like to Thank Xray/RC America for the opportunity to race for them again, as I feel they have the best platform for me to succeed with. Xray has made leaps and bounds the last few years and I know they will never stop improving, and I will do my best to show the public how good this car really is. I Look forward to seeing everyone at the races!

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 14, 2015

Western German Championships Rd1 – Report

The first of four rounds of the Western German Nitro Onroad Championships was held at the track of the MCK Dormagen in the North of Cologne. A total of 65 competitors joined this first qualifier for the German Nationals in the three classes of 1/8th scale class 1 and 2 and as well as 1/10th scale 200mm. Following the Nitro-West warmup race two weeks before, which has been washed out by rain, all drivers tried to make maximum use of the ten hours of practice on Saturday, which was interrupted by slight rain for about one hour at lunch time. Unfortunately more rain hit the track in the evening which resulted in a still damp track during the first heat on Sunday morning.

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April 14, 2015

Max Mört joins Alphaform Reds JQRacing Team

Alphaform Reds JQRacing havoc announced the signing of young and talented Max Mört from Finland to their factory team. Max will now be running Reds Racing engines, LRP electronics, AKA tyres, Savöx servos, GHEA Accessories and Maugrafix stickers. Max has been a part of the JQRacing team for quite a few years and he will now be getting a full factory ride.

Source: JQRacing [jq-products.com]

April 14, 2015

Gunther van Staey stays with Serpent

Serpent have announced the re-signing of top Belgium 1/8th nitro on-road racer Gunther van Staey to their Benelux team for 2015. The 2014 Dutch champion will try to defend his title while also competing at selected Benelux and ENS races as well as the 1/8th Euros in Germany.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

April 14, 2015

Carson Wernimont doubles at JBRL Nitro Series Rd1

The opening round of the 2015 Jimmy Babcock Racing League series was held at the Pro-Line Raceway in Banning, California. Run in several 1/8th off-road categories including 1/8th E-Buggy the event always attracts a good mixture of World-renown drivers and local talent. In the premier class of 1/8th Nitro Buggy Team Associated’s Carson Wernimont took the win driving a prototype of the forthcoming RC8B3 buggy in front of Drew Moller (HB) and newly signed Mugen racer Adam Drake.

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April 13, 2015

French Nitro On-Road Championship Rd1 – Report

The opening round the 2015 French 1/8th Nitro On-Road Championship was held at the Circuit Carole, a fast and challenging track with the event attracting a total of 86 racers. Four rounds of qualifying were scheduled but only three would be held due to rain. In the Elite class it was Romain Picard who took pole position, just 0.14 seconds in front of Christophe Louis. In the National class Mickael Foin took pole position after the qualifiers.

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April 13, 2015

Dirk Wischnewski wins at Central German champs Rd1

Last weekend the first round of the central German championship took place at the AMC Lahntal track. In the 1/10th 200mm nitro on-road class Dirk Wischnewski took the chance to get in shape for the upcoming opening round of the ENS 2015 in Bologna. After qualifying he was ranked 2nd behind Thilo Tödtmann and missed the TQ by only 0,2sec as he had a moment in the fastest qualifying round. The 30 minute final saw a clean start from all competitors with Dirk charging hard on Thilo. After a few corners Dirk managed to take over the lead and he started to increase the gap lap by lap. Clearly faster than the remainder of the field he never looked back and crossed the finishing line with a massive 4 laps lead.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

April 13, 2015

John Agus wins at Jakarta Buggy Championship Rd1

The opening round of the Jakarta Regional Buggy Championship was held last Sunday at the Graha Raya Track in Serpong, West Java. The race format saw three rounds of 10 minute qualifying with the best two to count, bump up finals and dual A-mains with a points system. Jason Nugroho took the TQ after the qualifiers and he started from pole position into the opening final but at the end it was John Agus who took the win in the A-mains from Indra Liono and Jason Nugroho who had two mixed finals.

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