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August 15, 2009

Carpet Racers: A Crash Course – The Movie

Hitting the big screen, the feature length documentary ‘Carpet Racers: A Crash Course’ explores a year long journey into the subculture of grown men and women that make a living, or try to, racing radio control cars… professionally. The movie documents the ultimate victories and crushing defeats of five of the top carpet racers in the world in their quest to be the best they can be. Life in the small lane… it ain’t easy.

View full information including the movie trailer here.

Source: Carpet Racers [carpetracers.com]

July 8, 2009

Adam Skelding joins Team Durango

Team Durango UK have announced the appointment of Adam Skelding as the Team Driver’s Manager for Team Durango UK. Adam has many years’ experience in RC racing and engineering and he will be a valuable asset to the team. Adam will be attending all of the remaining national events in the UK, and will welcome any questions you may have about Team Durango.

Source: Team Durango [team-durango.com]

June 17, 2009

GRP back in business as MRP

GRP are back in business, at least as far as their tire brand is concerned, with production once again underway. Some tire ranges are available right now while others will come later in the summer and the newly name MRP S.r.l. has decided to cease its production of engines for good after the molds and machinery were destroyed. With both Gandini brothers still in charge and the staff unchanged, the tire quality will once again be top notch and they will carry through with their new pricing strategy introduced in January of this year together with sales going through their own website, expected to be online by the end of this month.

Click here to read the full statement

June 2, 2009

Sweep Racing continues to grow

Korean based tire manufacturer Sweep Racing continues to expand with the upcoming release of many new products including 1/5 scale tires, new touring car inserts and high traction tires, mini wheels & tires, 1/8th and 1/10th buggy tires and even body shells. The recent appointment of Mr. Ryan Lee (above right), who had previously worked at Muchmore Racing as their Team Manager as well as in Sales, R&D and Design, will strengthen the team at Sweep Racing. Sweep owner, Mr. Kong Seok-in, personally developed all current Sweep Racing products and has many years experience working with tires for R/C use. Available worldwide, supply to the domestic (Korean) market will commence in late October.

Source: Sweep Racing [sweepracing.com]

June 1, 2009

HPI Europe seek Account Manager

HPI Europe have been in contact to tell us that they are looking to recruit a high calibre, experienced Account Manager to compliment and work closely with their successful sales team. This position covers a geographical territory selling the HPI range of products to a customer base of hobby shops and R/C specialist outlets in the UK. The successful applicant will be a highly motivated and professional individual with drive, confidence and enthusiasm to sell, promote and manage all the products within the range and have experience of the following:-

– Front line sales
– Knowledge of radio controlled products
– Account Management techniques
– A good understanding of the retail sector
– The ability to seek and open New Accounts
– Creating Excellent Customer relationships

Closing date for applications is the 10th of June 2009 and further information on how to apply can be found here.

June 1, 2009

GRP Fire – Official Statement

Following on from last weeks fire at the GRP factory in Italy, that destroyed the company’s facilities, the Gandini brothers have released the following statement:

As you probably may have heard already last Tuesday 26th of May, our factory was completely devastated and destroyed by a serious fire. Fortunately, nobody got injured amongst any of the Gandini’s members or workers.

In the next days, as soon as we have recovered from our physical and mental shock, we will take stock of the situation from the technical point of view, to understand what we can do to rebuild ourselves and restart from this huge set-back.

In spite of our deep sadness and sorrow for what has happened, our first thought and thank goes to all those persons who in many ways have expressed and shown their sympathy and support during that horrible night and the following days.

Our will and hope is to be able to restart again soon, and we are working round the clock, if needed to make it happen and not to lose completely the work of the last 20 years. However, we will keep you updated soon on the schedule of our resumption.

In faith,
Maurizio and Stefano Gandini

May 27, 2009

GRP Gandini factory destroyed by fire

We received the terrible news out of Italy that fire has ripped through the GRP Gandini factory in Guidizzolo, Italy last night. Thick, and i’m sure toxic, smoke fueled by plastic in the building filled the air around the blaze. Needless to say this is a massive set back for the manufacturer and their employees, but thankfully it seems no one was hurt and the Gandini brothers will hopefully rebuild. We will keep you informed of any updates.

May 21, 2009

Greg Hill appointed MD at RC Disco

New UK RC Distribution Company, RC Disco, has announced the appointment of its new Managing Director. Company founder Jason Dearden is pleased to welcome experienced racer, salesman & promoter Greg Hill (left) to take on the day to day management of this new enterprise. Jason said “Greg’s massive RC experience (both nitro & electric) plus his friendly personality is just what our customers need. I was delighted to be able to offer Greg this opportunity”. Greg had the following to say:

It’s exciting to be involved from the beginning of something like this. Xray put out some of the best product in the racing scene; their combination of quality & performance is unrivalled. Everyone knows and respects Hudy product, it’s simply the best. We are just getting a building & phones sorted; and we talking to other brands, so hopefully some more announcements soon.

RC Disco are also looking for staff to join the team, so if you are passionate about RC and have relevant experience then send in your CV to the distribution@rcdisco.com