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June 10, 2010

Sabrina Lechner joins GQ Products

GQ Products have confirmed that top female racer Sabrina Lechner will run their tires in both the 1/8th and 1/10th classes this season. The Hong Kong based company has already achieved success with this new partnership with Sabrina using their tires to achieve 8th place at the European B Championships in Monaco recently. Very happy with the quality of their products Sabrina is looking forward to continue to use them throughout the season, which will include the EFRA GP in Hiddelsheim and the German Nationals later in the year.

Source: GQ Products [gqproduct.com]

June 9, 2010

Grant Williams joins the Spektrum revolution

Having just recently joined Spektrum, top 1:10 off-road electric buggy racer Grant Williams got off to an absolute flyer with his new equipment, taking TQ honours at the BRCA 2WD and 4WD national held at Eden Park Raceway last weekend. Grant was using the Spektrum DX3R transmitter with the DSM2 micro SR3520 receivers and the new Spektrum surface S6040 high-speed digital servos in both of his Schumacher cars.

Source: Horizon Hobby UK [horizonhobby.co.uk]

June 7, 2010

Martin Hansen joins team Serpent

Serpent have announced that top-level Danish driver Martin Hansen has joined their team. Running the Serpent 733 1/10th scale chassis, Martin will contest in all National and regional events in Denmark as well as take part in the 2010 1/10th EC in Gothenburg, Sweden later this year.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

June 1, 2010

Travis Amezcua joins TQ Racing

TQ Racing have announced that Travis Amezcua has signed a contract to campaign the TQ Racing SX10 series of 1/10 electric off-road cars through 2011. Travis brings a unique skill set to TQ Racing having been a multiple time IFMAR World Championship A Main Finalist and competed in over 15 ROAR National Championship A Main events in electric off road classes. Travis was the 2003 ROAR 2wd Modified National Champion and he also was the Top Qualifier at that event. He brings with him a long history in the hobby industry with a background that not only includes driving, but also product development and service. Travis’ TQ Racing SX10 2w, SX10T, SX10 4w and SX10 SC will use products from his other sponsors LRP, Orion and Proline. He will be continuing his nitro powered schedule with Mugen Seiki.

Source: TQ Racing [tqracing.net]

May 27, 2010

DJ Apolaro to run ABEC35 bearings

SPDMunki Power products, US Distributor for ABEC35, has just signed top US on-road driver DJ Apolaro for the 2010 season. DJ will be promoting their product line and proving the quality of the bearings through his racing season and results. DJ Apolaro, will be running the ABEC35 bearings for the 2010 season, in all his Serpent cars and had the following to say about the deal:

I would like to thank Steve Pak at SPDMunki Power Products for the opportunity to run the ABEC35 bearings. I have read good things about the bearings and got a chance to test them for myself. After using them to build my car and having felt the true smoothness of the bearings I was very pleased. The next step for me was if they could handle the durability test and they passed with flying colors. I have been searching for months now for quality bearings and ABEC35 are definitely the ones. I can’t wait to show these great bearings at the races to come. These ABEC35 Bearings Rock.

Source: SPDMunki [spdmunkipp.com]

May 25, 2010

Lars Hoppe to race the Sakura Zero

Lars Hoppe, the 2006 DHI Cup winner has signed a contract with LMI Racing that will see him drive the Sakura Zero from 3-Racing this season. Also using LMI Racing parts and the electronic components from GM Racing, Lars will mainly drive 1/10 EP in the winter time, but will also do some LRP Challenge races during the summer.

Source: LMI [lmiracing.com]

May 18, 2010

Jernej Vuga to run Hot Race Tyres

Current European 1/8th scale Champion Jernej Vuga has announced a deal with Hot Race Tyres, having previously raced for ATS. The Slovenian Mugen/Novarossi driver will race the Italian made tires all season including the Euros in Italy as he aims to defend his title he won in Valencia Spain in 2008. Jernej, who is currently heading up his own business Top RC, has also announced that he has inked a deal to run Roga fuel for the new season.

May 10, 2010

Dubi Design teams with Alexander Hagberg

Following the signing of current European 1/10th scale 200mm Champion Dirk Wischnewski some weeks ago, Czech design company Dubi Design have announced that they have also come to an agreement with top international Swedish driver Alexander Hagberg. The Xray team driver will contest this season, just as he did last year, sporting Dubi Design airbrushed shells.

Source: Dubi Design [dubidesign.cz]