The Czech 1/8th off-road outdoor season kicked off this past weekend with the Czech Open race. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class it was Jiri Mara (Serpent) who took the win after ending the qualifiers on the TQ spot and starting main final from pole position. Jan Samis (Mugen) came in 2nd while Tomas Kapicka (Kyosho) rounded out the top 3 result.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
The 2nd round of Greek Touring Series and the 3rd round of Greek Nitro Series was held at the Fanatix racing track in cold, medium grip conditions. The day started with the GTS’ electric touring car class and right from the start Georgiadis made his intentions clear to end the day on the top spot. He won all qualification rounds and nobody was able to match the times he set. At the end he took the TQ in front of Isaakides and teammate Papachristos.
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RC Tracks of Las Vegas, host of the 2016 IFMAR World Championships, played host of the 2015 Silver State race. Privateer racer Aaron Breuer, attending Silver State with his dad and fellow privateer Steve, turned in a fantastic race in the Intermediate Buggy A-Main. Qualifying 5th, Aaron moved to the front of the pack in the early laps, and lead through the end finishing a lap up on the field. Behind Aaron Ryan Johnson and Noah Dickerson came in 2nd and 3rd to complete the podium while Tim Willson and Clayton Saxton rounded out the top 5 result.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Xray have announced the signing of multi-time Turkish Champion Mustafa Alp to their team. Mustafa is focused on nitro and electric touring car racing in which he won many national races and now he aims for international success as well. The former ETS A-main finalist will participate at regional, national and international races this year including the Legend 4 Ever race, the European Championships and the ENS. Mustafa says:
Xray cars have always amazed me with highest quality and performance in the racing market and the dedication of the team is second to none. Xray team is very friendly and bulletproof for customers. With the European Championship 2015 that will be for first time held in my home country in Turkey I wanted to race only the best car which is nothing else than the World Championship winning NT1. I would like to thanks to Umut from NCRC and Hudy family for their belief in me and supporting me for what I love to do: Racing RC cars.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The 2015 NeoX was held this past weekend at Harper Adams Arena in Shropshire, England. This is one of the largest annual International races of the year with some of the best competition you can find in one building. This year’s track was very technical with allot of jumps and fast flowing sections. In the 1/8 Electric Buggy class, after all five rounds of qualifying were complete, it was HB/Team Orion’s Ty Tessman who would come out on top to take the overall TQ! On Sunday night, the two 10-minute semi’s would be ran to see which drivers would transfer and have a chance to battle it out for the Electric Championship on Monday.
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Ielasi tuned and Fun & Drive have announced that Serpent driver Tobias Kerler will be using the Ielasi tuned Fun & Drive Edition engines this season. The young and talented driver will compete at all ENS rounds as well as the European Championship A in Ettlingen as well as some local races and the German Masters in Türkheim. Tobias had the following to say:
The test in Ettlingen was great, the engines work perfect, and I am happy to get support by Fun & Drive Klaus Lechner and Daniele Ielasi at all races this year.
Source: Fun & Drive [funanddrive.com]
Ryan Cavalieri has snapped his 2nd place finish streak with a stellar performance in the 45 minute Nitro Buggy final at the NeoX race this past weekend. Cavalieri would start on pole and quickly jump out into a 5-sec lead with his AKA-shoed and Mx-powered Team Associated prototype buggy. Teammate Jared Tebo (Kyosho/Mx), fresh off of a pair of wins at the Silver State rolled that confidence over to England and kept the pressure on Cav with a one less pit strategy and some blazing fast laps. David Ronnefalk (HB/Team Orion) had a rough start to the final but kept his head down and the tyres on the dirt, and worked all the way back up to 3rd.
Source: AKA [raceaka.com]
Italian company Matrix announce the re-signing of former World and European Champion Daniele Ielasi for the 2015 season. The 37 years old RC legend will keep on working closely with Matrix, not only representing the brand on the racetracks, but also helping with development and production.
Source: Matrix [matrixtires.it]
