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June 20, 2014

Tessmann top Truggy seed at US Nationals

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Ty Tessmann will be the top Truggy seed when qualifying for the US National Championships gets underway at Thornhill Racing Circuit in Texas tomorrow. The factory HB driver and defending champion ended the seeding day top of the time sheets thanks to his opening run, with the second only netting the Canadian a fourth. After a DQ in the first practice, Ryan Lutz took his Durango to the fastest 3-consecutive laps in the final practice to end the seeding second overall. Although he couldn’t improve on his morning pace having posted the second fastest time, Serpent’s Mike Truhe completed the final Top 3 of the seeding.

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June 19, 2014

Dani Vega joins Schumacher electric off-road team

Schumacher announce the addition of multi-champion Dani Vega to their off-road factory team to race the 2WD chassis Cougar KR and KF. Dani brings huge experience to the Spanish off-road scene and has this to say about the deal:

I’m very excited to join Team Schumacher, they are one of the most famous, old and most experienced brands of 1/10 electric cars. Some of the most famous drivers of the world have in the past driven the cars having the best of the results, making available to achieve in the RC sport, as World Champions, European Champions or Multinational Champions. After some test I did, I have no doubt that these cars now are also the very best choice to go faster as possible for any driver. I will be also trying my best to bring all the support necessary to make to win as well to any Schumacher driver in their respective championship.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

June 12, 2014

Miguel Mathias teams up with Modelix Racing

Modelix Racing announce that former European Champion, three time Worlds finalist and multi-time Portuguese National Champion Miguel Matias has joined their racing team. Miguel will run Procircuit tyres and Ultimate Racing products and he will work closely with the Modelix R&D team on the further development of the Procircuit and Ultimate products.

Source: Modelix Racing [modelixracing.com]

June 12, 2014

JP Richards joins Xpert RC US

JP Richards joins Xpert R/C US

2014 Reedy Race of Champions 2WD Open Class winner JP Richards has officially joined the Xpert RC US racing team. JP has been moving up the racing ladder in the US from winning events in the Mid West to now featuring at higher level events like the Reedy Race, JConcepts Indoor Series and Short Course Showdown Series events. In his first event with Xpert products JP would TQ and win the 2WD Modified class at the MS Benefit Race at Delaware Ohio RC Raceway.

Source: Xpert RC [xpert-rc-us.com]

May 22, 2014

Arrowmax RC sign Marc Fischer

Arrowmax RC announce the signing of German front runner Marc Fischer to their team. Marc will use the company’s honeycomb series tools, setup equipment and silicone fluids to get the most out of his Serpent rides. This is what Marc has to say about the deal:

I am very happy to use Arrowmax tools, they are getting better and better and have right know the best quality, I am looking forward to work with Arrowmax together.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

May 22, 2014

Tanner Stees joins Team HB/HPI Racing for 2014

Team HB/HPI Racing welcome 16 year old Tanner Stees from Chandler, Arizona to their family. Tanner has been racing 1/8th scale nitro off-road for nearly 10 years and has continually improved his performances at the National level. Additionally Tanner also competes in the 1/8th scale E-Buggy, Modified Electric 4WD and 2WD 1/10th scale Buggy classes. For the 2014 season Tanner will be using HB/HPI Racing’s line of competition off-road kits and he is looking forward to a great 2014 race season and plans to improve upon his excellent results from 2013.

Source: HPI [hpiracing.com]

May 22, 2014

Leo Arnold joins Team Magic & HRC Distribution

HRC Distribution announce the signing of French ace Leo Arnold to their team. The successful nitro racer will now also attend at electric touring car events such as the French Championships and the ETS using Team Magic’s latest E4RS II Evo kit.

Source: HRC [hrcdistribution.com]

May 18, 2014

Mack takes overall TQ at ENS in Aigen

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Oliver Mack gave Team Shepherd the perfect qualifying result at the Round 2 of the Euro Nitro Series in Aigen, Austria, as he secured the overall TQ honours for 1:8 adding to the 1:10 TQ secured by team-mate Francesco Tironi. Like Tironi, Mack claimed his third & fastest TQ run in the final round of qualifying to secure pole position for the 45-minute 1:8 Main. In the closely contested final qualifier, Robert Pietsch was second fastest just 3/10th off but it will be the Serpent of Q1 pace setter Michael Salven, despite two tough qualifiers today, who will start second on the grid with Pietsch’s Mugen third. Third in both of today’s qualifiers, BMT’s Daniele Ielasi will start 4th.

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