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January 26, 2015

Davide Tortorici wins Italian Electric Offroad champs

This past weekend was the Italian 1/10th Electric Offroad Champion held at the Iron Machine indoor track in Prato. This past weekend was the Italian 1/10th Electric Offroad Champion held at the Iron Machine indoor track in Prato. The qualifiers saw 2-time back-to-back European 1/8th scale Champion Davide Tortorici take the TQ honours in the 2WD class, while Federico Ruggeri would top the timesheets in 4WD. The finals told a nearly identical story, with Tortorici dominating the 2WD class with his Reds-powered Ironmachine-Kyosho and taking the title-worth win in front of the Ruggeri (Kyosho) and the EZ-powered Serpent of Ristori. The 4WD title was finally earned by Kyosho’s Federico Ruggeri, with Viale coming in 2nd and Vasselli rounding out the podium.

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January 26, 2015

RDRP B5 aluminium wing mount set

Revolution Design Racing Products introduce the B5 aluminium wing mount for Team Associated’s rear motor 2WD buggy. Designed to replace the standard plastic mount with a more durable solution the parts are machined from 7075-T6 aluminium and they are coming blue anodised for improved looks. The wing mount is not only a lot more durable than the kit parts but also makes for a more solid base especially for larger or heavier wings, which leads to improved aerodynamic efficiency. As usual with RDRP’s latest line of Team Associated options the parts sport a cool blue colour and laser-etched logos for that factory look.

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January 26, 2015

Miguel Matias continues with Xray

Xray have announced that European Champion and multi-time Portuguese National Champion Miguel Matias will continue to be part of the factory team for the 2015 season. Miguel is a professional off-road car racer with many years of experiences and a stunning list of achievements and victories. Miguel will continue to work closely with the R&D team on the further development of Xray’s electric and nitro off-road car platforms. Miguel has the following to say about the deal:

Being part of the Xray factory team has been a great experience and I am very happy for the support and backup I get. The speed of development is incredibly fast and very professional which is a great inspiration to me to improve as well. I will continue to race both nitro and electric off-road platforms. This year I will travel more and will participate also at the entire EOS series as well all the European Championships on schedule. I cannot wait for the next races, see you soon.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 26, 2015

Laurent & Limoges win at French Winter Nats Rd3

The 3rd round of the French Winter Nationals was held in Pierrelatte this past weekend. In the Touring Car Modified class the race for the TQ position was on between Mathieu Briere and Alex Laurent and at the end it was Alex who was able to win four qualifying rounds to take the overall TQ for the finals. The triple A-mains then saw Alex conserving his qualifying performance as he win the first two legs to take the day’s win from Mathieu Briere who was able to score in the final A-main. Jeremy Limoges rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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January 26, 2015

Francesco Tironi renews with Shepherd

Italian 2014 European and World Championship finalist Francesco Tironi has extended his contract with Shepherd for another year, the German company announced. After a successful 2014 season with a 3rd place in the ENS 1/10th overall ranking, a 7th place at the 1/8th Euros in Austria and a 6th place at the 1/10th Worlds in Bangkok he will also use the Shepherd Velox V8 and the Velox V10 in the upcoming season. Being motivated for 2015 Francesco plans to race at the Italian 1/8th and 1/10th Championships, the complete ENS series in the 1/8th class, both European championships and the 1/8th World Championship in Brazil. Francesco had the following to say:

First of all I want to thank the whole Shepherd Team for a good year and the possibility to be part of such a competitive and nice team with great drivers and wonderful people. The fact that both cars – the V10 “Pro” and the V8 “EC” – work very well on every track right from the first day makes racing much more enjoyable and is also the reason why I’m very optimistic for the future.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

January 26, 2015

Patrick Hofer signs with RDRP

Swiss frontrunner, multiple Swiss champion and Team Associated factory driver Patrick Hofer has signed a contract with Revolution Design Racing Products to run the brand’s Ultra line of tools and the new RDRP Team Associated B5 series option parts in his upcoming campaign. Patrick is one of the, if not the fastest 1/10th electric off-road racer in Switzerland and he will be a nice asset to RDRP’s team of talented racers.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

January 26, 2015

Ronald Völker wins at LRP TCM 2015

The 2015 edition of the LRP Touring Car Masters was held this past weekend in Rüsselsheim, Germany with over 250 entries. The Masters class win went to Yokomo’s Ronald Völker who also grabbed the TQ after the qualifiers. Triple ISTC Touring Car World Champion Marc Rheinard (Tamiya) made a late entry for the race and secured himself the runner-up spot in front of last year’s Master class winner Viljami Kutvonen (Awesomatix).

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January 26, 2015

TRR-Racestuff 10R5.1 narrow chassis conversion kit

Following TRR-Racestuff’s 235mm conversion kit for the Team Associated 10R5.1 the German company now also have a narrow chassis conversion available that retains the standard 200mm width and is compatible with the kit’s standard parts. The conversion includes a slim 2.5mm carbon fibre main chassis plate, new 2.5mm sidelink wings, a front LiPo rail for 1S and 2S shorty LiPo packs, hexagonal chassis standoffs and the needed shims. The chassis allows to three different sidelink configurations; a hanging layout with parallel links, angled chassis-mounted links that open toward the power pod and a third variant using an optional lower power pod plate that allows to run angled links that close towards the power pod. The kit greatly increases the setup potential of Team Associated’s World GT car and the conversion becomes available by end of January.

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