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Xray have announced the signing of 2016 Touring Stock European Vice-Champion, Alexandre Duchet to their factory team for the 2017 season. Alexandre will race Xray’s on-road platforms at both national and international level events and he has the following to say:

I was racing as a private driver with Xray and thanks to the outstanding performance of the T4 platform I was able to achieve European vice-champion title in stock class at the last European Championship. I was extremely excited for the opportunity to join the factory team and to work with the Xray team for 2017 season. I am proud and grateful to be part of the team and I will do my best to get the best results.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

This past weekend saw the annual British Winter Open event, a type of indoor national – this year hosted by the Maritime Raceway in Kent and run by the BRCA. The track was extremely fast but had a nice flow to it and average laps of 18s for 4WD and 19s for 2WD. The surface was very short pile blue Astro which had previously been surface utilised by the Silverstone club. The Saturday saw the 2WD class and odds on favourite for the event was TLR’s Ellis Stafford, former European champion and a regular at the Maritime venue. Qualifying was fast and furious with the TQ position to be decided in the fourth and final round – on the tight indoor track, passing places were limited so pole was highly sought. Coming down to the final few laps of the final qualifier, Ellis would put his local experience to use and just edge out Tom by a second to take TQ, with Schumacher’s Tom Yardy 2nd and Jack Neal in 3rd from Richard Barton and Charlie Ware who lined up 4th and 5th.

The first final produced a great head to head battle between Tom and Ellis but with a slight bobble from Ellis off the table top jump, Tom hit the front where he would stay to the end. Ellis had a late error which let Charlie in for 2nd and Ellis 3rd. Leg 2 saw a front 3 break away as Jack held on in p3 waiting to pick up any pieces which duely came – after a few laps of pressure, Ellis got his 22 up on 2 wheels but as Tom tried to sneak inside he caught the track marker and became beached allowing Jack to sneak past the pair and into the lead. Tom made it back into 2nd and chased down Jack to try and sew up the title but he couldn’t find a way by and Jack held on to take it to leg 3. Tom’s 2nd in leg 2 put him in prime position for the win but he would need to keep Jack behind in leg 3 to be sure. Again a 3-car breakaway was the theme for leg 3 but after the first minute Jack made an error coming into the straight and which  gave Tom the opportunity to hunt down Ellis knowing the title was his – a daring last corner move didn’t pay off and Ellis took the leg win giving him 2nd overall behind Tom – the new 2WD BWOC champion. Jack came home 3rd with Charlie and Richard rounding out the top 5.

The Maritime crew made minor changes to the layout for Sunday and right from practice Jack Neal and Tom Yardy traded fastest laps. In qualifying Jack showed he was the man to beat – despite being close on the times, Jack’s consistency saw him take pole with three round wins. Richard Barton had a storming final qualifier to leap frog Tom to go 2nd on the grid with Tom 3rd. Stage set for a great team mate battle in the final. Leg 1 saw a clean start from Jack but at the end of lap 1 his car came to a halt with a loose pinion. Rich hit the front with Tom in hot pursuit until he crashed at the end of lap 2. Ed Kerry (Xray) came through to 2nd but would also profit from a later error from Rich giving him a lead he’d hold to the end while Rich got 2nd. Leg 2 would be a little more straight forward, the front three gapped the field until Richard made a mistake and Tom was through to 2nd. He pushed hard for a way past Jack which really entertained the crowd but he couldn’t get through and Jack held on for a deserved leg win. Tom came 2nd with both now back in contention for the title. All to play for in leg 3 but Tom’s chances of the double were virtually over as he clipped the 2nd corner allowing Jack and Rich to race out front. Rich got by momentarily but immediately gave Jack the lead and as he looked like doing from early on, Jack powered home to become 4WD BWOC champion. Rich had a bobble towards the end of the leg which let a recovering Tom by for 2nd which gave him 2nd overall with Rich 3rd for an all-Schumacher podium.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

SWorkz have announced the signing of UK veteran racer, Simon Reeves to their team. Simon brings many years of experience and outstanding pace to the SWorkz family and this is what Simon Reeves has to say:

During testing I have been highly impressed with the materials and construction of the S35-3 and found great pace even early on with the platform. I look forward to a fantastic 2017 with SWorkz.

Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]

This past weekend was the first of four rounds for the Region 4 Championships held at the Arcadia track in Florida. DJ Apolaro (Capricorn) took the overall TQ of the 200mm class after sweeping each round of qualifying. In the main final, DJ continued to dominate, bringing home the win two laps ahead of second placed Junior Castellanos (Mugen) and third placed Jerry Guerra (Mugen).

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

The fourth round of DRCMU Danish Nationals was held in Skanderborg on a purpose-built track laid out with grey ETS carpet and located in a sportshall. Xray’s Mike Gosvig would bring home the win from young Kevin Nielsen (Xray) and VBC Racing driver Frederik Broløs Mikkelsen.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

The recent fifth round of the CWIC Xray Racing Series UK saw ever increasing entries with some top names either making their debut or a return to the series. Olly Jefferies continued his dominance in the Super Touring class taking TQ and back to back final wins. from Alex Thurston (Serpent) and Chris Grainger (Team Associated).

Super Touring final results:
1. Olly Jefferies
2. Alex Thurston
3. Chris Grainger
4. Tom Green
5. Nick Waywell
6. Liam Hammond
7. Scott Booth
8. Phil Vickers
9. Alex Everett

The CWIC XRS’s most successful class, Pro Stock, was once again dominated by Zak Finlay (Xray) even though he was pushed in qualification by Jonny Bowden. He won though and took back to back victories in the finals. Marcus Askell (Xray) came in second while Dan Blake (Xray) continues his great series of results also and liking good for a championship podium.

Pro Stock final results:
1. Zak Finlay
2. Marcus Askell
3. Dan Blake
4. Andy Travis
5. Shaun Ogden
6. Chris Gunter
7. Jon Bowden
8. Michael Bolt
9. Jon Seals
10.Steve Davis

Formula seen the Lee’s (both Xray) battle it out for the victory with Dan Blake (Xray) keeping them honest.

Formula final results:
1. Michael Lee
2. Luke Lee
3. Dan Blake
4. Jonathan Simblet

Once again the well attended GT12 CWIC XRS support class seen Tom Hampson take both finals to take the overall win.

 

GT12 final results:
1. Tom Hampson
2. Chris Gunter
3. Jonathan Simblet
4. Lee Owen
5. Rob Jackson
6. Tony Wade
7. Simon Biles
8. Mark Bruten Young
9. Daniel Sparrow
10.John Ridding

In LMP 1/12th, given the absence of Jimmy Maddison, the win was up for grabs. Sam Exton continued his recent success in the class.

LMP 1/12th final results:
1. Sam Exton
2. Paul Ash
3. Daniel Sparrow
4. Mark Winslow
5. James Alexander

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

Modelix Racing have announced the return of Italian frontrunner, Riccardo Rabitti to their world factory team. The multi-national champion and international events A-main finisher will be running Procircuit tyres, Nitrolux fuel as well as Ultimate Racing products and accessories from now on.

Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]

Round three of this year’s Xray Racing Series Slovenia was held at the Genius Ring in Meduzza, Italy with driver from five countries attending an event that was pretty much booked out. The weekend kicked off with practice on Saturday and continued with one heat of controlled practice for re-seeding on Sunday. In the Touring Stock class it Andrea Ghilotti who took the TQ closely followed by BA Arnaldi and Rok Rudl. The Formula class saw Daniele Conte coming out fastest in the qualifiers from Matej Dobnikar, who only arrived on Sunday morning, while Luca Conte would start into the A-mains from P3. In the fastest class of the weekend, 1/12th Pan-car, it was Alojzij Osvald to take the TQ in front of Nejc Mihelič and Mattia Collavo.

The finals started right after the lunch break and in the Touring Stock A-mains it was a battle between TQ Andrea Ghilotti (Xray) and BA Arnaldi (Xray) who had about the same speed. Ultimately Andrea managed to hold off BA and took the win in all three finals while Rok Rudl had to settle for third.

Touring Stock final results:
1. Andrea Ghilotti
2. BA Arnaldi
3. Rok Rudl
4. Viktor Bolšec
5. Luca Giovannoni
6. Dario Veseli
7. Matej Miklavec
8. Patrik Požgaj
9. Jan Pernarčič
10.Rok Pongrac

In the Formula A-mains, Matej Dobnikar (Xray) who started from P2 came out fastest in all three legs to take a dominant win from Luca Conte (Shepherd) and TQ holder Daniele Conte (Shepherd).

Formula final results:
1. Matej Dobnikar
2. Luca Conte
3. Daniele Conte
4. Mirco Bordin
5. Stefano Sinopoli
6. Luciano Bordin
7. Joshua Milanese
8. Marvin Aguilar
9. Robert Simčič
10.Luka Školaris

The 1/12th scale class was to be decided between pole sitter Alojzij Osvald and Nejc Mihelič. The first leg was won by Alojzij, but in the closing stages of the second leg, Nejc would make an all-or-nothing pass on Alojzij to take the win. So it was the last leg to be the decisive one and Alojzij took the lead while Nejc started to make some mistakes, allowing Alojzij to take the win with a comfortable margin. Mattia Collavo in third would round out the all-Xray podium result.

1/12th scale final results:
1. Alojzij Osvald
2. Nejc Mihelič
3. Mattia Collavo
4. Stefan Hois
5. Cristiano Sartor
6. Simone Bellin
7. Lorenzo Milanese

The fourth and final round of the XRS Slovenia will take place in Maribor, Slovenia on the 19th of February 2017, where also the XRS champions will be decided.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

Coming soon from ProStar R/C are blue carbon kevlar shock towers for the Team Associated B6 and B6D buggy. The 4mm thickness shock stays are made using blue carbon fibre and tough kevlar strands to up durability and looks. The towers are available as set and they come as gull wing or flat-type front and short or tall rear option, allowing to mix and match a set purpose-selected for your vehicle.

Source: ProStar R/C [prostarrc.com]

Over the weekend Florida’s Lake Park played host to the second round of the JConcepts 2017 Spring Super Cup Series. The event was a fusion of New School meeting Old School as Lake Park once upon a time hosted one of the biggest races in the United States that saw roots dating back to the 80’s – those referred to it as the Florida Winter Champs. Although the gear has changed with the advent of mid-motors cars, LiPos, brushless motors, and modern tire technologies, Lake Park was transformed into a modern day classic for the weekend with over 250 entries. Iconic for the red clay surface and great Florida winter weather, the Lake Park track crew, headed by long-time Florida native Ryan Eckert, did a fantastic job with track prep and layout. The layout was awesome and consisted of a great mix of jumps, elevation changes, and flow that resulted in a really fun track that was also a delight to race on.

One of the biggest factors that impacted racing was mother nature as the track and grip would evolve from the cold start of the day to face the beating heat of the sun midday. Later, racers would have to deal with the cold, slicker track conditions at night while racing under lights. The window of “dialled” was constantly shifting throughout the day, but that is part of the beauty of outdoor racing and this track had it by the truck loads. The 2WD Modified Buggy A-main saw class TQ and 2nd place qualifier make contact in the 1st turn resulting in the two falling back in the pack. This gave way to Team Associated’s Daimon Borkowicz to take the lead and check out from the field. The battle would be for 2nd and 3rd between Team Associated’s Paul Wynn and Xray’s Landen Lewis. Nearing the end of the 5 minute main, Wynn would hold on to finish 2nd with Lewis finishing a very close 3rd.

4WD Modified Buggy saw the class TQ, TLR’s JR Mitch recover from an early mistake to recapture the lead and take the win. Making his way from 5th on the grid, Team Associated’s Daimon Borkowicz would put in a terrific drive and minimalize his mistakes to find himself 2nd overall. Serpents’ Justin Fales would momentarily take over the lead, but would fall back to 3rd and secure his podium spot with a great drive on the challenging evening slick track.

Modified Truck had Landen Lewis (Xray) taking a popular win from JR Mitch (TLR) and Jader Lopez (Team Associated) in second and third respectively.

More results and images can be found here.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]