Top Spanish driver Sergi Franch has signed with KM Racing Spain distributor MaxiRacing for the upcoming season. Sergi, who won the final round of the Spanish National Championship, will attend the Spanish Nationals as well as the ENS Series along selected regional races in the 1/10th 200mm class.
Source: KM [km-rc.com]
LRP announce the contract renewal with 18-year old Drew Moller. The IFMAR Worlds finalist signed a full factory support contract and he will continue to use LRP’s range of electric brushless motors and speedos, battery packs and chargers as well as the company’s nitro engines and accessories in his 2015 campaign that will see both 1/10th and 1/8th scale racing.
Source: LRP [lrp.cc]
Team Shepherd announces the contract renewal with front running nitro touring car racer Dirk Wischnewski through 2015. Playing an important role for the development of the Velox V10 Pro in 2014, Dirk will continue to share his experience with the German manufacturer and he will attend races such as the German national championship, the EFRA Euros in Turkey as well as all ENS races. Dirk had the following to say:
I would like to thank Patrick and all the Shepherd staff to give me the chance to continue our cooperation in the future. Result wise it was a solid first year with Team Shepherd. I finished second in the overall ENS Championship and had a good chance to win the European championship in Spain. Further we had two Velox V10 in the main final at the World championship what showed that we developed the car in the right direction. All in all I’m very happy with the way we work together and I’m looking forward to having a successful future.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
The final round of the Proline Challenge Australia was held at LRRCC in super hot weather conditions in the morning and thunderstorms in the afternoon that made it hard to keep up with the changing conditions. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class Ari Bakla came out successful in front of Dallas Gardiner while Shane Kelly rounded out the podium in 3rd. The Nitro Truggy class had Wade Lazich walking away with the win from Brendhan Wade and Shane Kelly in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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This past weekend was the 35th running of the US Indoor Champs, held this year at the Holiday Inn in Cleveland, Ohio. The event saw over 200 entries, and 31 heats overall. 17.5T was the biggest touring class with 40 entries, with the USVTA, USGT, 13.5T, and Modified classes also offered for TCs. This years track was very tricky combining a tight layout with high traction, soft spec tires and a bumpy subfloor, making perfect setups at a premium.
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The 35th US Indoor Championships were held this past weekend in Cleveland, Ohio. The event had the usual array of Modified and Stock Touring Car and Pan Car classes and the latter saw Josh Cyrul dominating the proceedings as he took the TQ in the 1/12th Modified, 13.5T and 17.5T classes and he also put himself on top of the timesheets in 1/10th World GT. The 1/12th Modified A-main Josh made maximum use of his pole position as he took the win from Keven Hebert in 2nd and Ray Darroch in 3rd.
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The Indonesian Electric On-Road Year End Race 2014 was held at the Sunter International Speedway, with 60 drivers competing in the premier class of 13.5T Boosted Touring Car, as well as the supporting FWD, Mini, 1/12 pan car and Scalpel classes. The weather was cloudy with a bit of rain pouring down in Saturday’s qualifying but the Sunday stayed dry. In the 13.5T Boosted class, Bowie Ginting set the quickest time to secure the TQ spot in front of Muhammad Izzah, who was just 0.3 seconds behind. PY tang lined up in 3rd followed by Peter Anthonijsz and Andy Sanjaya who completed the top 5 result. In the finals Bowie scored a clean sweep all three legs, allowing him to take the overall win from Izzah and PY in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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The Mexican Capricorn Cup was held in Merida, Mexico with drivers from all over the country attending. Backed by the support of both the city of Merida and the local media the race attracted a good amount of drivers. Qualifying in the Nitro 200mm Sedan and Electric Touring classes was dominated by Rino Lino who would also come out successful in the mains of both classes. In the Sedan class it was Luis Hidalgo who grabbed the runner-up spot while Manual Ortiz completed the podium in 3rd.
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