The CARTT Christmas Cup was held at the Fuencarral track in Madrid, Spain. 102 drivers filled the only class at this event, 1/8th off-road buggy. In the 30 minute final, run in dry and slippery conditions, SWorkz’ Alberto Garcia came in 1 lap ahead of Daniel Pariente, followed by Oscar Navarro, who completed the podium another lap down. Chema Casado Gil and Janma Guileen came in 4th and 5th respectively.
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The Nitro Onroad Christmas Race 2013 took place at the Extreme Speed Alley raceway. The race saw the running of a 1/8 nitro, 200mm nitro and 1/8 GT class and in 1/8th it was Ricky Tangan (Serpent/Novarossi) who took the winning honours, despite a late show-up for qualifying, in front of Serpent/Novarossi teammates Denis Lucindo and Clemen Pancho. In the 200mm touring class veteran off-road racer Jordan Go (Serpent/Novarossi) took the win after a very strong and consistent race from Joseph Evaristo (Serpent/Novarossi) and Edgar Ngo (Serpent/Novarossi). 1/8 GT was won by Edgar Ngo (Serpent/Novarossi) in front of Garet Santayana (Team C/NH) with another veteran, Leo Virtucio (Serpent/Novarossi) who was racing for the first time at the ESA track, taking the final podium spot.
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The 1st Annual US World Nitro Cup took place at Full Throttle R/C Raceway in Kissimmee, Florida. The racing format ensured excitement from the qualifiers to the mains. For the larger classes, only the top four qualifiers are guaranteed a spot on the grid, while all of the other spots are filled by bump-ups from the lower mains. The triple A format also changed the strategy that is common in regular racing formats. In the 1/8 Open class, Paolo Morganti held TQ honors for most of qualifying until an amazing run by Daniele Ielasi in the final round on Saturday morning put him in the top spot. Alberto Picco cemented his spot in the top for in the first round of qualifying, while Vincent Jackson struggled thorough the first two round until finally setting his fourth position run in round 3.
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The 2014 Silver State Nitro Challenge will take place on the weekend of the 13th of April at the Boulder City track in Las Vegas. The race running from Friday to Sunday with the practice taking place on Thursday. The event also marks the second race of the 2014 USProCup. More details will become available soon.
Xray announce that multiple and current Austrian Champion, Martin Wollanka has joined the Xray factory team to race the company’s 1/8 and 1/10 off-road buggies in 2014. Martin will attend the Austrian and European Championships, the IFMAR 1/8 Worlds and the remaining rounds of the 2013-14 Euro Offroad Series beside other events. This is what Martin has to say about the deal:
I have been racing Xray cars as a privateer for 2 years without any technical problems. The performance and reliability of the car allowed me to win the Austrian Championship which was a great personal achievement for me. I am happy to join the Xray international racing team and I am very excited since the World Championship will take place Europe and to be part of this strong team makes me feel confident.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The 2013 US World Nitro Cup took place in Kissimmee, Florida. Serpent’s Paolo “Paulie B” Becattini brought home the win after the triple A-mains in the 1/8th Masters class. Following some technical issues in the first A Paolo was able to wrap up the victory in A2 and A3.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
The fourth round of the 2013 Hong Kong based HKRCSA GP Series took place at the TRC Racing track in 1/8 and 1/10 200mm nitro on-road. KM team driver Hung Cheung Hang took the TQ in both classes and later went on to win the 10 minute finals. In 1/8th he was sidelined by T. Myashita and Luk Chi Hung who completed the podium coming in one lap down. In the 200mm class Luk Chi Hung came in second, one lap down on Hung Cheung Hang, while Faiho came in 3rd another lap down. The class wins also handed Hang the overall 2013 championship titles in 1/8th and 200mm.
Source: KM [km-rc.com]
Xray have announced that the young talented European Junior Champion Mikael Johansson has joined the Xray team. The former Kyosho driver is 1/10 2WD & 4WD European Junior Champion as well multiple Swedish cup winner and has finished on the podium at various Nordic Championships. Mikael will race all the off-road classes with the XB8, XB4, XB4 2WD, XB9E & XT9. He had this to say:
I am so happy that I got this possibility to work with a great company like Xray and to work with superstars like Bayer and Savoya. Xray has a strong team both in Sweden and around the world and I am very glad to be part of it and I am looking forward this new challenge. Thanks to Henrik Gustafsson, Mario & Martin Hudy and of course my dad for letting me to have this opportunity, I will do all my best.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
