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 [...]
This past weekend Team XRAY had an almost perfect appearance at the Portuguese 1/8th Off Road Regionals, by winning 2 out of 3 big races. The Portuguese Regionals are divided by 3 regions, North, Center and South; the team won North and the Center and dominated the South almost until the end of the race. North: Usually [...]
The second round of the Portuguese North Regional Championships took place this past weekend at the URO club located in the centre of Portugal. A total of 51 drivers attended the event which featured a high level of competition throughout the race. Pedro Miguel Sousa claimed overall victory ahead of Nuno Filipe Ferreira in second [...]
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 [...]
SOAR Racing – the new engine company from Taiwan have begun to appoint distributors in various territories – first up in southern Europe – can our readers identify which countries the two flags belong to without help? SOAR’s line of engines & accessories will be available in Italy via BBF Models - a small company famous in [...]
SWORKz team driver Carlos Duraes finished second in the Portuguese 2013 International Model Cup Race with his SWORKz optional BK1 F.C.S.S (Flat Chassis System Set) and the new Pro Shocks 2.0. After putting away several very fast laps Carlos finished just ten seconds behind winner Savoya with fellow SWORKz team mate Dani Bernabe finishing in [...]
The last race of the Portuguese TT National Indoor Series took place this past weekend at the RC Fun Zone Track located in Palmela just minutes away from Lisbon. Around 40 drivers took part in the event with Xray represented by Nuno Rebel in 4WD. Free pratice took place on the Saturday which Nuno showed [...]
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, [...]
SWORKz Portugal recently organized a ‘SWORKz Track Day’ with the main purpose to promote the S350BK1 buggy. We understand around 60 drivers tested the car during the event which can be seen via the video below.
