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January 12, 2010

Mugen Seiki Racing sign Travis Amezcua

Mugen Seiki Racing have announced the signing of former Hot Bodies team driver Travis Amezcua. Travis is regarded as one of the top drivers in the world and has been a finalist in many National and World Championships events. For the 2010 season, Travis will be running with the MBX6 Buggy and MBX6T Truggy, which will be powered by the Ninja JX21B01A engine. Expect his debut for Mugen at the upcoming 2010 The Dirt Nitro Challenge.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

January 11, 2010

Rico Kröber joins Xray for 2010

SMI Motorsport, German importers for Xray, have announced that Rico Kröber has made the switch to Xray/Orcan after many seasons with Kyosho. The multiple Kyosho World Cup winner, had a good season last year, finishing runner up at the European ‘B’ Championships in Austria and this year will compete at the World, European and German Championships with the NT1. Rico had the following to say about his move:

I am switching to Team Xray, because on the one hand the quality and performance of the models is unbeatable and also because the team at all events always work perfectly together and are well supported.

Source: SMI [smi-motorsport.de]

January 11, 2010

Borja Hernandez joins Sweep Racing

Having just joined Mugen from GS Racing, Sweep have announced that top Spanish off road driver Borja Hernandez has joined their team. With new off road products due from the Korean company, such as their V2 wheel, EXP foam insert and new tire called Exagon, Borja will play a big role in development of these as well as new tires, including those for truggy. Borja had this to say about the deal:

Sweep Racing is a hard working company, with possibilities to improve their actual products. They have new ideas and are motivated to make their tires better and better. The company values the drivers input and the quality of all the products is good. I am happy to be joining the team.

Source: Sweep [sweepracing.com]

January 9, 2010

Sanwa to control Andy Moore

Former World and European Champion Andy Moore has inked a deal with Japanese radio gear company Sanwa to use their products from 2010 onwards. Having raced with KO Propo equipment up until recently, the British Hot Bodies factory team driver is making his international debut for his new sponsors at this weekend’s DHI Cup. Andy will be controlling his car with the Exzes Plus X 2.4Ghz stick transmitter with his car is equipped with a Sanwa low profile steering servo.

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January 7, 2010

Jörn Neumann switches to LRP for 2010

LRP have confirmed the signing of star racer Jörn Neumann to their team. Jörn has been one of the hottest international stars on the R/C scene for the last few years and is regarded as one of the most talented off road drivers in the world. Having been running with Team Orion, Losi, Proline and Futaba, the former European Champion has made the switch to use the complete LRP product line for 2010. Jörn will begin the new season with the S8 BX buggy having already attended the Worlds warm-up event in Thailand with his new buggy. Jörn will be powering his S8 BX buggy with the LRP ZR.21X nitro engine & 1/8 OR Competition exhaust system together with VTEC off road tyres in his quest for further international success. Neumann will represent LRP at races all over the world as well as holding an important and fundamental role in their R&D design team when developing future off road cars, engines and tyres.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

January 7, 2010

Steven Weiss joins Team Yokomo

Yokomo have announced that they have signed front running German driver Steven Weiss to partner current team drivers Ronald Volker and Martin Hofer. The former Xray driver and European Championship top qualifier will make his debut for the Japanese squad at this weekend’s DHI Cup, which Red RC will be covering live, having spent some time over the winter testing with Volker and is very happy with his new equipment. Steven retains LRP as his main power sponsor.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

January 7, 2010

Speed Passion confirm Elliot Harper

Speed Passion have announced the signing of top young UK driver Elliott Harper to compliment their growing team for the 2010 season. The 16 year old is already an established racer and has some great racing results already, being a Worlds and European A finalist in 2008. Elliott will use the Speed Passion Competition 3.0 motors along with their GT2.0 Pro Speedo in his cars to give him the best power possible. He will be putting the package together for the next ETS at Hrotovice, Czech Republic at the end of January 2010 for his first major race meeting. Elliott said:

Firstly, I would like to thank Nosram, and in particular Reto, very much for the support they have provided over the last 2 season and I really enjoyed being associated with them. The Speed Passion equipment is easy to use and set up and there have been lots of very positive comments from users. The plug and play arrangement for the motor makes any changes much easier and faster so there is no need for a soldering iron. Speed Passion is keen to strengthen their position and are attracting top drivers in a number of areas and continue to develop their product range making them a very strong force for 2010. I am very much looking forward to the coming seasons with Speed Passion as I have run the package a few times now and it is really, really good.

Source: Speed Passion [speedpassion.net]

January 5, 2010

Durango desperately seeking Hupo

Team Durango have taken a rather unconventional approach to gain the services of multiple European Champion Hupo Honigl, by posting on their official blog stating that they are “actively trying to attract Hupo Honigl back to Team Durango”. Pointing out that the Austrian has previously driven for the Durango team back in 2006, when he used one of the then handmade chassis’, they feel that they had to take this approach in the face of ‘mega bucks RTR companies’ also trying to secure his services. Durango want to have the current Tamiya and LRP team driver at the controls of their DEX410 1/10th scale 4wd buggy and soon to be released DNX408 1/8th scale buggy and believe that together they can grow to expand into other classes including the design and production of a 2wd buggy chassis. We contacted the current European 2wd Champion to get his reaction:

It would be great to race for Durango again and I did enjoy working with Gerd Strenge in the past, but I have some contracts still in place and I can’t make any decisions on my future until the time is right.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]