The Hot Race Trophy Brazil took place in Americana City at the venue of this year’s 1/8th Nitro On-Road World Championships. In the 200mm class the TQ went to Flavio Elias with Eduardo Dulac coming in 2nd. In the final Eduardo then was on a mission and he not only scored the fastest lap of the race but he also finished the main some five laps in front of the 2nd place driver.
Source: Hot Race Tires [hotracetyres.com]
Xray has announced that the US top off-road racer Josh Wheeler will continue to race with the Slovakian team in 2015. The multiple World Championship finalist will race Xray’s 1/8th and 1/10th 4WD vehicles and he has the following to say:
I am pleased to announce that I will continue with Xray for the 2015 race season. Xray has been a great partner that has continually strived to produce the best cars in the world and never cease to improve. The entire Hudy family has been a great support and continue to allow me to follow my dream. I look forward to another great race season and all the exciting things to come.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Former 1/8th nitro on-road French National and European B Champion Anthony Abisset will make a switch to Picco engines for his upcoming campaign. The deal is part of a shuffle that takes place at the newly appointed French Picco distributor Racing Experience at the moment and it is understood that more drivers will make a swap to the Italian engines soon.
Source: Racing Experience [racing-experience.fr]
FX announces the contract renewal with European vice-champion Martin Wollanka. The Austrian frontrunner will use the company’s engines in his 2015 campaign that will include appearances at events such as the European championships, the Austrian national series and selected international events. Martin says:
The 2014 season was the first year for me with the FX engine and it was also my best year ever with winning all national races and also gaining the European Vice-Champion title. The performance and reliability of the FX engine have been absolutely amazing for me and during the year I did not have any technical or reliability issues which gives me the needed confidence. After the successful first year and my positive experiences there is no other option for me than to continue to use FX engine in my car in the 2015 season.
Source: FX [fx-engines.com]
Last weekend the season opening Indoor GP of Saint Brieuc took place in France with 70 drivers attending in five classes including 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road. In the 200mm class it was Kevin Rasquin who dominated the class by taking TQ and starting from pole position into the final. He then also scored an undefeated win in the 30 minute main, some five laps in front of runner-up Jose Rosas. Mathieu Delfour came in 3rd another lap down to complete the podium.
Source: RB [rbproducts.com]
Following his departure from Team Durango Germany’s Gerd Strenge now officially teamed up with Serpent for a long term cooperation that will combine racing, event support and product development duties. Gerd joins his protégé Jörn Neumann, who only recently signed with Serpent, as his race mechanic and engineer. Gerd will also assist Serpent’s on-road designer Michael Salven and also Billy Easton, who cares about everything off-road, with prototyping, testing and product development. Gerd’s first main event under the Serpent banner will be this week’s Dirt Nitro Challenge that you can follow on Red RC from Wednesday on.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
The Warm Up del regional Madrid was held this past weekend at Seracines RC in Madrid, Spain. SWorkz’ Alberto Garcia was the man to beat in the final and he ultimately won the race to get a splendid start into the 2015 season.
Source: RB [rbproducts.com]
2014 IFMAR 200mm Nitro Touring Car World Champion Alexander Hagberg will continue to use Orcan and Hipex products in his 2015 campaign, the Swede announced. Alex’ 2015 race calendar sees appearances at the Euro Nitro Series, the EFRA Euros and the Swedish Cup events and Alexander has the following to say:
After the big success with our IFMAR WC title in 2014 we decided to continue our successful co-operation which means that I will be using Orcan engines, Hipex mufflers, Orcan fuel and accessories also for the 2015 season. I will use Orcan equipment throughout my entire nitro program including ENS, EFRA Euros and Swedish Cup events. I would like to thank SMI Motorsport and Bertram Kessler, as well as Hipex for their support.
Source: Alexander Hagberg
