XFactory sign Phil Sleigh to the team

[jimmy]

XFactory announced today the signing of their new superstar UK driver and oOple regular - Phil Sleigh, who'll be joining the team after a season with HotBodies.

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/misc/news/sleigh.jpg


U.K. star Phil Sleigh has signed with X Factory for the 2009 season. "It's an awesome opportunity to join the X-Team," said Sleigh. "Right from my first run with The New Math I couldn't believe that it was so easy to produce quick lap times with such ease and consistency."

31-year old Sleigh hails from Telford in U.K. where he is an IT Network Manager. He is a veteran of 18 years' R/C racing gaining his F1 license in '99 and running near the top of the pack ever since. Phil finished 7^th in 2WD and 8^th in 4WD in this year's B.R.C.A. National series.

X Factory president Chazz said, "We're so happy to add Phil to the X Factory Team. He's another experienced A main driver who has lots of great design ideas. All the other X Team drivers already get on very well with him, and Phil will provide that blend of top 10 ability and intellect that's so important to us."

Sleigh added, "I've just been with the Team a short time, and everyone has already been so helpful. Next season is going to be awesome, with the real possibility of X Factory cars being the most popular A main car in both classes. The feeling here is just different than anyplace I've been before. I'm part of the Family already and haven't even gotten all my stuff yet!"

Reached at home by phone, U.K. Champion Ellis Stafford sounded excited. "I'm so happy to be racing with Phil instead of against him, and we get on great. We looked at several possible drivers, and Sleigh is the one I most wanted for our Team." Chazz added, "The addition of Phil Sleigh rounds out our U.K. Team very well. We've got four of the best-known names in U.K. racing, and a great blend of youth and experience."

Look for Phil Sleigh's distinctive green X Factory shirt at the Indoor Finals, all the B.R.C.A. Nationals, the Belgian GP, and the Euros, as well as Mid West club races.

Source: XFactory

[Wraggy]

Nice one Phil Congrats mate :thumbsup:
Green doesnt suit you though :woot::woot:

[super__dan]

Good skills ace!

[bigred5765]

awesome news Phil and for X-factory, roll on 2009 out doors,:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Chris Doughty]

Well done Phil!! and of course well done X-Factory! :thumbsup:

what electrics are you putting in your new rides?

[Lee]

Congrats Phil and Xfactory :thumbsup:

[Chris Doughty]

will his new electrics sponsors mean we can now call him Phil 'The Power' Sleigh ??

[Jonesy]

Green is defo not your colour dude, maybe on your shells but not you!!

Congrats on the ride though

[James]

Charming, poor phil :p

Good luck with the new gear mate :D

[Lee]

Charming, poor old phil :p




He's only 31 :woot:

[_sleigh_]

Cheers guys, next season is going to be awesome :thumbsup:


Nice one Phil Congrats mate :thumbsup:
Green doesnt suit you though :woot::woot:
Green is defo not your colour dude, maybe on your shells but not you!!

Green is the future!!! I'm sure Chazz will find a suitably bright t-shirt for the official shirt (available soon from all good hobby stores)

Press-release photo is of a mock-up t-shirt, photshop'd by a highly skilled individual.


what electrics are you putting in your new rides?

LRP all the way :D

[Chris Doughty]

so it is true... Phil 'The Power' Sleigh!! :thumbsup:

[Belsten]

Well done Phil :thumbsup:

[_sleigh_]

so it is true... Phil 'The Power' Sleigh!! :thumbsup:

Now that might have to be the new signature for the t-shirt. :woot:

[Chris Doughty]

I think we should all look to the athletic sport of Darts for inspiration for nicknames, there should be more nicknames in RC

[Garry Driffill]

Cool ! Contratulations X-Factory and Mr Sleigh ;)

[Lee]

when we were in the states last year the 1/8th guys all had nicknames like batman and joe dirt etc

it would be cool but we do already have

Multiple European A finalist Tom Maximum Commitment Cockerill :thumbsup:

[James]

I think we should all look to the athletic sport of Darts for inspiration for nicknames, there should be more nicknames in RC

http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12065

[Chris Doughty]

I think X-Factory are down with this all ready

Ellis 'Big E' Stafford
Phil 'The Power' Sleigh
Tom 'Max Commitment' Cockerill
'Super' Dan Greenwood
Brian 'Dirt' Kinwald

I am sure there are some missing... but its ace!

[Lee]

fancy joining up Chris "Blue blood" Doughty :thumbsup:

[Richard Lowe]

How about Tom 'crysis management' Cockerill?

Arrive at the corner way too fast then deal with it?! :p

[strobe]

Congrats Phil.
Did using Griffs X6 at Stotfold sway your decision.

[Darren Boyle]

LMAO @ you lot.........

Welcome on board the team Phil, what a shock did not see that one coming ;) :woot: :D

Phil will of course become part of our Factory Team of the following UK drivers:-

Tom Cockerill
Dan Greenwood
Phil Sleigh
Ellis Stafford

These four will be supported by the following "X Factory UK" team drivers also for the 2009 season-

Alex Carter
Mat Dodd
Lee Farrer
Craig Harris
Matthew Latham

As well as these there will also be several local club drivers and shop drivers too, spread all over the country to promote at a local club level.

If you see any of our team drivers out and about at the tracks then please go up and say hello to them, they wont bite and I am sure they
will all be extremely helpful in providing any information that you need to help get your X5 Squared, X6 or X60 dialled and flying around the race track!!!

More news will apppear on our all new UK website for X-Factory coming soon, with all the team drivers profiles.
The website is due for launch within the next few weeks, when it's up check it out at

www.xfactoryrc.co.uk (http://www.xfactoryrc.co.uk)

[trekkerkk]

congratulations phil and x-factory,

trekkker

[James]

[quote=DMS Racing;166065]
These four will be supported by the following "X Factory UK" team drivers also for the 2009 season-

Alex Carter
Mat Dodd
Lee Farrer
Craig Harris
Matthew Latham

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Are these guys all running both cars then ?

[Darren Boyle]

They will be indeed, X5 Squared and X6 and some may well be running the X60 too.......

[Lee]

They will be indeed, X5 Squared and X6 and some may well be running the X60 too.......

Darren can i still run your X60 at the clash? :)

[Darren Boyle]

Depends how well behaved you are!!!!!

[Lee]

Anyone got a truck i can lend for the clash :confused:


:woot:

[Body Paint]

Well done Phil :thumbsup:

Glad to be in the Family with you;) and the other X Team guys.

Can't wait to start "doing the math", it's going to be one heck of a season with a really exciting blend of youthfull exuberance and sensible old heads.

[strobe]

Well done Craig. Great News. What shell you going to use?

[David Church]

Congrats to you Phil and all the X Factory drivers!!!

I know someone that had a tenner on phil joining another team:p best get your money out dude:thumbsup:

[GRIFF55]

Did using Griffs X6 at Stotfold sway your decision.[/quote]

Must have been the time put into setting the that car up on the day:woot:
Nice one Phil 'the power' and all the rest of the guys!!! Should be some good results for xfactory next season

[rich_cree]

Nice one Phil

Best of luck with the new rides!

[bigred5765]

A big well done to all the new X-Factory team drivers for next,with the support of Darren and his team at dms,what a year its going to be,a strong team indeed.

[Body Paint]

Well done Craig. Great News. What shell you going to use?

Would be rude not to run an Azarashi Vaykal really wouldn't it ;)

[Al3xis007]

hi team mate... i want to see if they make one for the x5

[Body Paint]

Hey Alex! We seem to be sharing a few sponsors there LOL

Would be cool if Azarashi did an X5 shell wouldn't it:thumbsup:

[woOdy]

nice one dood! Green is defo not the colour for your eyes though mate:eh?:

[matdodd]

Well I didn't see that coming mate :o Love the green though!
It should be a good season ahead :thumbsup:

[Wraggy]

well done on ur drives guys !!!
i might be passing by to get some setups :thumbsup:

[Spencer Mulcahy]

Well done to Phil and all the team drivers looks like I made the right decision to go with the X5 for next year. I must have the prize for longest nic name
Spencer 'Johny the Bullet Fast Pants' Mulcahy.:thumbsup:

[matdodd]

well done on ur drives guys !!!
i might be passing by to get some setups :thumbsup:

You know we will help you out mate!

[ashleyb4]

Well done phil "the power" sleigh Why have 3 when you can have 1

Well done to the DMS drivers to with doddy aswell soon the midwest A finals will be a sea of x5's

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[Darren Boyle]

Ash, soon ALL A finals will be a see of X5's (and X6's when we race 2wd!!) not just the Mid West.

Are you gonna convert your XX4 then Ash??

[ashleyb4]

I might be tempted Darren all depends really. Only problem is 2wd.

A

[matdodd]

Thats easy Asy just get an X6 ;)

[_sleigh_]

Yeah Ash, get an X6. I know where there may be a B4 FT going for a good price ;)

[matdodd]

Where might that be then?

[bigred5765]

ash knows the math adds up dont you,

[ashleyb4]

I know where there is a free one. Ill have to do some thinking. The CR is nice but it doesnt seem to get me where i want. The xx4 is awsome i know the suspension geometry is the same but ive never driven a x5.

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[_sleigh_]

Where might that be then?

Well there's mine from this year, and I also know of another possible. ;)

[GRIFF55]

if its free ash, what's to think about?? You can doooo iiiiittt!!

[Body Paint]

I agree with the mid west massive Ash... get an X-6 :thumbsup:

[matdodd]

I agree with the mid west massive Ash... get an X-6 :thumbsup:

The mid west are always right :thumbsup:

So whats your nick name then Craig?

[GRIFF55]

Craig 'THE DRAGON' Harris!!:p

[_sleigh_]

I'm sure I could come up with a few good ones, but as the very nice Welshman is going to be employed to spray my new shells, then prehaps not. :D

[Body Paint]

Craig 'Thumbs' Harris :thumbsup:

Though I think I know where 'The Power' was going :o:D

[GRIFF55]

Give us a clue 'thumbs'

[ashleyb4]

What about farrer?

Lee "Northern Cock" Farrer

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[matdodd]

:o Thats a bit harsh Ash :)

[Chris Doughty]

fancy joining up Chris "Blue blood" Doughty :thumbsup:

its just 'Blue' thats what Tricky calls me.

[Darren Boyle]

Lee "the Root" Farrer....................long story (you can wear it with pride now Lee..LOL)

[Lee]

Lee "the Root" Farrer....................long story (you can wear it with pride now Lee..LOL)

Thanks Darren :wub

Has Mr Latham been telling you stories ???

Ash, i lived about 30 mile from you for over 20 years, im not as northern as you may think, just because i moved near to newcastle doesn`t make me a geordie, just like if i moved to india i wouldnt instantly turn into an indian. :confused:


How is the weather in wales today? :p

[GRIFF55]

gorgeous sunshine here!!!! :eh?:

[Lee]

3 degrees and wet here :thumbdown:

[bigred5765]

lee how dare you lol, me tell stories about you, never, never i say,i think its more a frank root tbh.

[Lee]

I thought it was more to do with frank because i wore it and changed the name to Lee root for the day.

But then there was the IBIS incident and darren wrote Lee "the" Root and i didnt know if you had told him something :woot:

[Darren Boyle]

You two really are bored in the day are'nt you.......

[Lee]

Like you wouldn't believe darren :thumbsup:

[bigred5765]

lol sad but true, im supposed to be spraying boring car shells, but i just cant make myself start,i just keep zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Body Paint]

go play with mattys new sig line then :thumbsup:

[ashleyb4]

:o Thats a bit harsh Ash :)

Trust me Matt he deserves alot more grief with all the comments ive had to put up with from him.

A

[bigred5765]

go play with mattys new sig line then :thumbsup:

you da man

[CLARKSON]

Trust me Matt he deserves alot more grief with all the comments ive had to put up with from him.

A


Now Lee is being good, can i have a go in a williams :thumbsup:

[Body Paint]

you da man

Glad you like it ;)

[rc boy]

thanks craig thats just ace,glad u came back to the family,and well done phill

[ashleyb4]

Thought ide dig this thread up to say wow the new teams Sigs are awsome really liking sleigh's but matty's doddy's, Craigs and farrers are all really cool.

A