The 2015 Florida Winternats were held this past weekend in Ft. Myers, Florida with the usual mix of national drivers and international guests. Held in several 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road categories the premier class of 1/8th Open was won by Ralph Burch, who took the win from Mike Swauger and Simon Kurzbuch. Kyle Branson and Paolo Morganti rounded out the top 5 result.
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AMain.com’s world-famous Silver Dollar R/C Raceway will host the Second Annual SWorkz Challenge presented by JConcepts on May 29th to 31st. The race will also serve as the ROAR Nationals Warm-Up Race so you can expect to see the nation’s top nitro off-road racers as they prepare and test for the coveted nationals. The race will see Pro, Open, Electric and 40+ 1/8th scale classes with the Open class racers won’t want to miss the SWorkz Challenge sponsorship opportunity as there will be a sponsorship deal with SWorkz, JConcepts, ProTek R/C and Airtronic. Combined with a best trick contest, TQ’s “$100 Dash For Cash” for all class TQs and Chico’s finest food trucks serving tasty grub, the SWorkz Challenge is sure to be a huge event in late May. More information can be found here and here.
French Picco distributor Racing Experience announce the signing of Nacho Lopez to their team. The Spaniard will use the Italian engines during his 1/8th and 1/10th scale campaign and he had the following to say:
I’m so happy to reach this agreement with Racing Experience and Picco. After a not so good 2014 season I felt there was time for a change and after Racing Experience became Picco distributor for Spain, this opportunity came a long that I could not pass on. After testing in two races new .12 Picco EMX WC platform, I’m delighted with the performance of this new engine. I think the best that I’ve ever have! I am really looking forward to my first 1/8 nitro race next weekend with the first Spanish Nats to test new Picco .21 EMX engines! I’m sure that with this partnership we will achieve really good results together over the coming years.
Source: Racing Experience [racing-experience.fr]
Bittydesign officially announce the 2015 Euro Contest, held at the Barco-Off racetrack in Italy from June 5th to 7th. Situated around an hour’s drive from the Bologna airport the track offers a unique “US style” layout that will receive some big changes for the 2015 race. Entries for the 3-day event are limited to 192 drivers with Friday seeing free practice, qualifying on Saturday and the Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ) followed by the Superpole and Finals on Sunday. The race is held in Nitro Pro and Open Buggy classes as well as an 1/8th E-Buggy category. More information and registration is available here.
Savöx announce the signing of three new drivers to their factory team. John Ermen, Merlin Depta and Marco Kaufmann are known for their raw speed and race winning performances and all three will use Savöx servos in during their national and international race appearances.
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The Fanatix racing track in Greece recently held the opening round of the Greek Touring Series and the 2nd round of the Greek Nitro Series. The day started with the electric class and after the qualifiers Papachristos took the TQ from Mitropoulos and Konstadopoulos.
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The Greek nitro off-road season opening race was held in Athens on a newly refurbished track and under perfect weather conditions. The TQ after the qualifiers went to Tasos Paparegas in front of Kodouzoglou and Zagorisos.
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FX have announced the contract renewal with young and talented Lorenzo Crolla for the 2015 season. The French front runner will use the FX engines during his off-road campaign that will include the EFRA Euros, the French nationals, the NEO Race and more. Lorenzo had the following to say:
I have raced the FX engines during the entire 2014 season and being satisfied with the performance and reliability there is no other consideration than to continue with FX for 2015 as well. I will race all the major nitro off-road races in France as well international races including European Championship, EFRA GPs and NEO race. I am looking forward the 2015 season with my FX engine.
Source: FX [fx-engines.com]
