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February 10, 2009

Mark Green switches to Novarossi engines

Multiple World Championship finalist and Pre Worlds winner, Mark Green, has announced that he has signed for Italian engine maker Novarossi World. The British racer had until recently used Mega powerplants to power his Serpent chassis’ but will now use Novarossi’s new 353 and Flash engines in the 1/10th and 1/8th scale classes respectively. Mark will soon announce more new sponsors, as he gears up both the European 1/10th scale Championships in Gubbio Italy, and of course the 1/8th scale World Championships in Lostallo, Swtizerland.

February 8, 2009

Toy Fair 2009 – Novarossi

Another engine manufacturer getting a make over accross the range was Novarossi, the Italian establishment has upgraded all cooling heads in their Nova line to purple, so no more blue as seen on last years 353, among others. The 353 has also received an upgrade, with a new larger crank pin, and so is no longer the only engine in their .12 line using a unique conrod. The mounting point between the carburettor and crankcase has also been fitted with a plastic isolator and so aims to stop the transfer of heat into the carb and allows them to use an aluminium carburetter which has more stable tuning, than a plastic version, but which had until now gotten too hot.

January 9, 2009

Novarossi R21 3.5cc buggy engine

Novarossi have released their R21, 3.5cc buggy engine. This 3 port motor is an entry level engine that features a large black and white head, easy to tune carburettor and good quality materials used throughout. Available exclusively through Racing Experience in France, it is available with or without pullstart.

Source: Racing Experience [racing-experience.fr]

January 5, 2009

Yannick Aigoin to use Novarossi engines

It has been confirmed that former European Champion and Losi team driver Yannick Aigoin has done a deal with Novarossi for 2009. Coming onboard, not only as a front running driver, Yannick will help with the development and promotion of the engines as Novarossi tries to regain its leading position in the buggy market. Yannick once more will team up with Bernard Durand at Racing Experience, having both worked together previously at RB Products. Aigoin Racing, the French driver’s company, is the National distributor for GRP engines and tires but it is unclear now if this will continue.

Source: Racing Experience [racing-experience.fr]

December 2, 2008

Michele Romagnoli signs for Novarossi

Front running Italian racer Michele Romagnoli has been confirmed as moving to Novarossi engines for 2009. The Serpent racer, and 2007 Italian EP National Champion, up until recently raced for Max Power, with some decent results in previous years in both 1/8th and 1/10th scale. With Max Power and Serpent importer Sprint RC working closely together in Italy its still to be seen if Romagnoli will also continue to drive Serpent range of cars?

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.com]

November 28, 2008

Guillaume Vray joins Novarossi

Bernard Durand from Racing Experiences, the French Novarossi importers, has been in touch to tell us that have signed top French buggy racer Guillaume Vray. Formerly racing with RB Products, where Bernard also previously worked, Vray the 2004 World Champion will now use Novarossi engines exclusively to power his off road cars. Having Guillaume joining their team is one of the first steps in the partnership with Novarossi to get the Italian brand back on the top of the off Road racing scene.

Source: Racing Experiences [racing-experience.fr]

November 24, 2008

Oscar Cabezas joins Novarossi team

Oscar Cabezas to use Novarossi products

Multiple Spanish National Champion Oscar Cabezas has signed for Novarossi. Leaving behind a successful run with Mega engines, the 1/8th European Championship direct qualifier, will use the Italian company’s engines to power his 1/8th scale chassis, the class he will focus on in the build up to the World Championships held next year in Lostallo, Switzerland.

Source: JB TRC Racing [jbtrcracing.com]

November 21, 2008

Novarossi Plus 4 buggy engine

Novarossi, always working on improving their products and staying ahead of the competition, have released the Plus 4 Buggy engine. This new engine has been designed from a clean sheet of paper, incorporating their usual high standards for quality and performance. During the 1/8th scale buggy World Championship held earlier this year the company’s team drivers did extensive test work, making this already good engine even better. At the moment Novarossi are finalizing the last details of this engine, but for those who put their order in early enough they have released 180 Pre-Series engines for the American market only. The final version will be available in the coming months.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.com]