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January 5, 2016

RC Concept net Reno Savoya

French company RC Concept have bagged themselves a big fish with the signing of multiple World finalist and 3 times European Champion Reno Savoya to run the full RC Concept line of nitro and electric products through to 2019. With the Shark onboard RC Concept aims to improve greatly through his expert feedback and it was great that pre-season testing produced happy faces all-round. Reno will make his race debut with the new products at this weekend’s Italian Job Race in Padova.

View a video interview with Savoya here

January 5, 2016

Bradley Baird teams up with Kyosho

Kyosho Europe have announced the signing of Bradley Baird to their team. He joins a young Kyosho UK team and his first major race will be in February at the Montpellier GP in France. Brad will be racing the BRCA 1/8th National events, local club races in 1/10th and 1/8th off-road as well as the Kyosho Masters in June at the Sucy en Brie track.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoeurope.com]

January 5, 2016

Joe Bornhorst joins Pro-Line

Pro-Line have announced the signing of US racer Joe Bornhorst to their team. The factory Tekno RC driver is another big gun to leave AKA and he has the following to say about the deal:

I’m really excited to be signing with Pro-Line for 2016! I feel that with this addition to my racing program, the possibilities are endless. I would like to give a huge thank you to Daniel Adams and Pro-Line for giving me this opportunity, and I will see everyone at the CRCRC 1:8 Midwest Champs for my first big race with them!

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

January 4, 2016

JP Richard joins Team Durango

Team Durango have announced the signing of 2014 Reedy Race 2WD Open class winner and Stock ROAR National Champion, JP Richards to their team for 2016. The former TLR driver has a wealth of racing experience to bring to the team with also a strong focus on further increasing track side support and social media coverage for all Team Durango drivers. JP has the following to say:

I am super excited to be joining Team Durango for the 2016 racing season. I’d like to thank Travis Amezcua and Brad Brucker for the opportunity. Their products have been proven on a national and world level and I look forward to continuing that heritage. My first race will be the CRCRC Midwest Champs the 2nd weekend in January, then the Reedy International Race Of Champions.

Source: Team Durango [team-durango.com]

January 2, 2016

Loran Whiting joins Ielasi Tuned

Ielasi Tuned have announced the signing of US female racer Loran Whiting to their team. Loran will use the Novarossi-based Ielasi Tuned engines in her 2016 campaign that will include all major nitro on-road classes including 1/8th, 1/10th 200mm and 1/8th GT. Her first official outing with the new engines will be the 1/8th GT World Grand Prix Race in a couple of weeks time.

Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]

January 1, 2016

Tanner Denney completes move to TLR

Team Losi Racing have announced the signing of Tanner Denney to its Factory Team. The former long time Associated driver brings years of experience and race winning results to the team including countless JConcepts Indoor National wins, KBRL Series wins, ROAR National finalist and the coveted Reedy Race Open Class Champion to name just a few. Denney will once again be teammates with one of his local mentors, Ryan Maifield. Maifield took Denney under his wing at a young age and helped groom him into the talented racer he is today. To round out the deal, Denney will be making the switch to run the new Spektrum servos in all of his 1/10 and 1/8 vehicles. In the horsepower department, Denney will also be making a change to Team Orion.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

December 31, 2015

Bruno Coelho signs with Mon-Tech Racing

Italian company Mon-Tech Racing has announced the signing of 2015 4WD Offroad World Champion and 2014 Touring Car Vice World Champion Bruno Coelho to their team. Bruno will use Mon-Tech’s bodyshells in his 2016 campaign that will include all major national and international races.

Source: Mon-Tech [mon-techracing.net]

December 30, 2015

Rick Vrielijnck joins F.T. Line

Rick Vrielijnck joins XRD

F.T. Line have announced the signing of Dutch racer Rick Vrielijnck for the 2016 season. Finalist at the 2009 World Championship in Lostallo, Switzerland, Rick came back to racing in 2014 after quite a long hiatus and proved strong in his 2014 and 2015 ENS outing. In 2016 Rick will use the “F.T. Line” version of the XRD engines to power his Shepherd Velox V8 throughout the racing season.

Source: XRD [facebook.com]