The Evora track in Southern Portugal hosted the 3rd round of the Portuguese 1/8 Offroad nationals this weekend, heading qualifying was XRAY’s Bruno Coelho – winner of round 2 at Guarda however the win would go to Rd 1 winner and 11x Portuguese Champion Miguel Matias. Matias mastered the challenging track, sporting difficult technical sections coupled with a [...]
As part of Volkswagen’s rallying coverage of the Portuguese stage of the WRC they did a cool feature including our TLR’s Miguel Matias and Volkswagen’s WRC driver Andreas Mikkelsen, have a watch!
The second round of the Portuguese Nationals took place this past weekend at the Guarda track. Unfortunately heavy rain made the track very heavy and difficult to negotiate however that being said Bruno Coelho secured overall victory ahead of Ricardo Monteiro and Miguel Matias (TQ) who finished in second and third. The classification after two [...]
XRAY’s Reno Savoya reports from the weekend’s Easter event in Portugal – the Modelcar Cup which Bruno Coelho would TQ but Savoya would go on to win. Organized by well represented distributor in Portugal, the Modelcar cup is a growing event and see an increasing level every year. This time, Darren Bloomfield made the trip to fight [...]
The 2013 Modelcar Cup is due to take place between the 29th and 31st of March in Freixedas, a small village of Pinhel town located in the northeast of Portugal. The track boasts a large outdoor boxed paddock which accompanies their impressive rostrum combined with additional facilities such as a water & air cleaning station [...]
The first round of the Portuguese National Championships took place this past weekend at the splendid track of Vilela located in a small village in the north of Portugal, between the towns of Paredes and Paços de Ferreira. The qualifying heats were dominated by Miguel Matia who won the first 2 rounds claiming the overall TQ, [...]
The recent C.R.T 8 hour endurance race took place at the Trofa Circuit located 12km from oPoto. Team ‘Still Alive’ consisting of drivers; Miguel Matias and Ricardo Monteiro claimed victory after leading the race for the duration of the 8 hours, only experiencing slight problems which were resolved within minutes. We understand that all 18 [...]
The organisers of the upcoming NitroFest 2012 have confirmed the entry of several top European drivers for their second consecutive year at the TOP RC track in Thessaloniki Greece… Joseph Quagraine: The Finnish founder of JQ Products comes for the second time in Thessaloniki to participate in the race. He accepted the invitation with joy, because [...]
The last round of the Portuguese nationals was held this past weekend at the Torres Vedras track near Lisbon. With the championship title on the table between Miguel Matias – TLR/RB, Ricardo Monteiro – TLR/RB, Carlos Durães – X-Ray/RB and Bruno Coelho – Mugen/Novarossi it was of course, a very tense race. Miguel Matias TQ’d [...]
We catch up with some of the Top Guns at this year’s Euros – with Darren Bloomfield, David Ronnefalk, Elliott Boots, Miguel Matias, Robert Batlle & Reno Savoya. Link to all Euro videos
