Ruona & Borkowitz win Super Cup Series Rd1
Basher’s R/C Raceway was the site of the 2012 Super Cup Championship Series Spring session race 1 and what a race it was. With 175 entries, tight race course, and plenty of traction the action was plenty. Close lap times, within seconds of each other, made for an exciting event with positions changing in a blink of an eye.
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 - add a comment
Philip Sting back with Serpent for 2012
More driver announcements with German Serpent distributor 2-speed announcing that Philip Sting has switched back to Serpent for the coming race season. Starting his racing career with Serpent, Philip is going back to his roots with this decision. He is concentrating on the 1/8 on-road class and will use the Serpent 966TE in combination with Xceed engines, tires and fuel for national and international races.
Source: 2-Speed [2-speed.de]
Thursday, January 26, 2012 - add a comment
Jilles Groskamp joins Capricorn factory team
Capricorn have announced the signing of Dutch driver Jilles Groskamp to their team for 2012. The former ETS and European Electric touring car champion and 1/10th gas Worlds top qualifier, who is based in Thailand, will compete for the Italian company at the Euros in Cassino during the summer and at next November’s World Championship in Bangkok. The former Shepherd driver is currently competing for his new sponsor at the World Championship warmup race which is being held at RC Addict in Thailand this week.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
Thursday, January 26, 2012 - add a comment
Nicholas Lee joins Matrix tyres
Having recently signed for KM Racing, 2011 Tamiya Asia Cup & World Cup Touring Car GTA Class Champion Nicholas Lee has also joined Matrix tyres for the 2012 season. The Singapore driver has this to say:
As I will be competing at most of the major nitro events this year, it has come to my attention that using the best tyres will be important. So I have chosen Matrix and I would like to thank Cristian for giving me this opportunity. I will give my best to produce desirable, if not winning results in my future races.
Source: Matrix Tires [matrixtires.it]
Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 1 comment so far
RC Racing – Series 6 Episode 2
Episode 2 of the sixth series of RC Racing, shown in Europe on cable channel Motors TV, is now online and can be watched in the player above and below.
This month we have double EFRA European championship action! First off we’re in Austria with multi-camera coverage from the 1/10th Electric Touring Car event and then we visit Luxembourg for the awesome 1/8th track event.
Source: RC Racing TV [rcracing.tv]
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Picco sign Oliver Mack
Picco in Italy have announced that former German champion and multiple World and European finalist Oliver Mack has joined our racing team. The factory Shepherd driver will work closely with Edoardo Picco to race for the coming race season and get important feedback on their Torque on-road engine line. Oliver will make his competition debut with the new engines at the Florida Winternats in the middle of February.
Source: Picco [teampicco.com]
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Shin Adachi confirmed at Team HB
Having recently announced his departure from Kyosho, Team HB have today announced the addition of Shin Adachi to it’s ranks. Shin has been racing R/C cars since he was 3 years old and has amassed an impressive list of achievements throughout his career. He will be a valued addition to the World Championship Winning Team HB and joins the likes of Atsushi Hara, Andy Moore, Ty Tessmann & Jesse Robbers. Shin Adachi had this to say:
I am very happy and excited to join Team HB. As a team driver on this world top team, I’m confident and cannot wait to go to the races coming up this year. As I will also be a part of R&D, I would like to provide everything that I have learned and experienced from my long team professional R/C racing experience to the team. I’m very confident that the team will be even stronger with my addition. Please stay tuned for both myself and Team HB in this 2012 race season!
Source: Hot Bodies [hpiracing.com]
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Pro-Line Cactus Classic – Announcement
The 26th Annual Pro-Line Cactus Classic will take place on March 23-25 with the World Famous Scotty Ernst announcing the race. As always, the race will be held at Hobby Town’s Scottsdale R/C Speedway in beautiful Scottsdale Arizona. Entries are limited to 500 so if you are interested in signing up for the event be sure to visit RC Signup. For more information visit the Pro-Line site here.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
