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March 30, 2015

Magnus Vassmar joins Schumacher

Schumacher welcome top Swedish driver Magnus Vassmar back full time with the team. Magnus is a respected competitor on the Swedish and European scene, being Swedish Off Road Champion and ETS Modified top 10 finisher. Magnus will make an excellent addition to the Schumacher team and he had this to say:

I started my racing career with Schumacher so I’m very glad and excited to be back again! I think that Schumacher is one of the most professional companies in the R/C industry with great support, feedback and up to date ideas. The current cars have, as always, a very fresh feel and innovative design. I want to thank the Schumacher family for giving me this opportunity to represent them. I look very positive on the future.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

March 30, 2015

Ricardo Monteiro wins at Portuguese Buggy Nats Rd1

The first round of the Portuguese 1/8th Nitro Buggy Nationals saw Ricardo Monteiro (TLR) taking the win from Serpent’s Carlos Duraes. Goncalo Melo (TLR) came in 3rd while multi-time National Champion Miguel Matias (Xray) rounded out the top 4.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

March 30, 2015

Francesco Tironi wins at Italian 1/10 Nitro Nats Rd1

The first round of the Italian 1/10th Nitro Touring Nationals took place in Gubbio, host of the 2016 IFMAR 200mm Worlds. Francesco Tironi won the first two qualifying rounds to directly proceed to the A-final and to start the 45 minute main from pole position. At the start Francesco was able to defend the lead from Dario Balestri in 2nd and after the first round of pitstops he opened a gap of several seconds over the rest of the field. Step by step he increased his lead until he was nearly 2 laps in front around halftime. Controlling the race from the front for the final 20 minutes Francesco conserved the gap and crossed the finish line 2 laps in front of Luca Redaelli with Alessio Mazzeo completing the podium.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

March 30, 2015

Tebo & Maifield win at 2015 Silver State

The 2015 Silver State race was held at RC Tracks of Las Vegas over the weekend. In the Expert Nitro Buggy class Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri took the TQ and he led for a good part of the race until a driving error let Jared Tebo, who also had a mixed A-main, by for the lead and at the end the Kyosho driver brought home the title in front of Ryan Cavalieri with Ty Tessmann (HB) rounding out the podium.

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March 30, 2015

Matrix Revolver 190mm touring car bodyshell

Following a first teaser image Matrix now officially announce their new Matrix 190mm touring car bodyshell. Offering a flowing design the body is meant to make for a well-balanced handling with exceptional steering response and a stable rear end, resulting in high corner speeds and a unique driving feeling.

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March 30, 2015

Mike Gee doubles at ROAR Carpet On-Road Nationals

This past weekend Horsham RC in Horsham, PA hosted the 2015 ROAR On-Road Carpet Nationals. In the Touring Car Stock 13.5T class Awesomatix’ Mike Gee would take the TQ from the Xray duo of Robbie Dodge and Drew Ellis. Larry Fairlace (Awesomatix) and Michael Hanulec (Awesomatix) rounded out the top 5 after the qualifiers.

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March 29, 2015

Yannick Aigoin wins rained out French Buggy Opener

The opening round of the French 1/8th Nitro Off-Road Nationals was held this weekend. Severe rainfall made things unpleasant and only three rounds of qualifying could be completed on Saturday. On Sunday the track was found to be in very muddy condition and thus the race was stopped in the morning and the qualifying results were taken to determine the winner. With two TQs in the qualifiers Yannick Aigoin (Team Associated) took the win from his brother Jerome (Kyosho) with HB’s Reno Savoya rounding out the podium in 3rd.

Source: Automodelisme [automodelisme.com]

March 29, 2015

Drew Moller joins VP Powermaster

VP Racing Fuels’ Hobby Fuel division has announced that off-road National and World contender Drew Moller has selected VP Powermaster to fuel his 1/8th scale nitro buggies and truggies in 2015. Drew joins a high class team including Josh Wheeler, Carson Wernimont, Mark Pavidas, and recently signed Ty Tessmann to name just a few.

Source: VP [powermasterfuels.com]