Team Shepherd have confirmed the signing of Marco Müller for the 2009 season. The current Swiss 1/8th Scale On-Road Champion will use the Velox at National races as well as at the World Championship next year in Lostallo, Switzerland. Marco, who formerly raced for Mugen, will continue to use Novarossi engines.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Byron Originals have announced the addition of Jared Tebo to the Byron Factory Team. Jared fills the role as “Lead Team Driver” and will bring years of experience and exceptional driving skills to the rapidly expanding Byron Team. Not only will Jared be flying the Byron Race banner around the world, but he will be providing valuable input into enhancements to the current line of Byron Fuels and also the development of allied Byron Fuels Accessories lines. Jared had the following to say:
I am extremely pleased to be part of the Byron Fuel Team. Race Gen2 is awesome, runs great, burns clean and keeps my engines running stronger and longer. And I can count on that quality on a consistent basis, gallon after gallon.
Source: Byron Fuels [byronfuels.com]
Team Shepherd have announced that the 7-times Slovenian and Croation National Champion Dejan Sabeder joins their team for the 2009 season. The well experienced electric driver wants to continue his success in the 1/8th scale nitro class and with his knowledge he will also give support to the local Shepherd racers in Slovenia and Austria.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Ryan Maifield has signed on with JConcepts to run their full range of products for the upcoming racing seasons. Although Ryan has been running JConcepts products for some time, they feel that this agreement strengthens their relationship:
Ryan gives us an amazing opportunity to win races at any level, and will enable racers worldwide to have further exposure to the product. We know that his abilities on track are well complimented by his off track attitude and willingness to assist others. JConcepts looks forward to working with Ryan today and in the future as we’re working towards a common winning goal.
Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]
Xray have confirmed that front running French driver Jérôme Ezazian, one of the top 10 drivers of the French Championship since 2002, is joining their team for the 2009 racing season. A former winner of the GP Montpellier & GP Pierrefeu, Jérôme will use RB engines to power his XB808 next season.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
RB Products are happy to announce that current European Champion Renaud Savoya has joined their team. Renaud and father Jean-Michel, who previously used Ninja motors, bring with them their vast experience gained from racing at the very highest level. For 2009 Renaud’s target is to retain his National and European titles and to prepare the 2010 World Championships.
Source: RB Products [rbproducts.com]
RMV Deutschland have announced that current German 1/8th scale buggy and truggy National Champion Tim Bremicker will be joining their Team in 2009. He will run an RB powered Mugen Seiki MBX-6 along with brand new Tourex racing tires and of course will also be promoting the brands at all major races as an important part of the team. Tim leaves behind a successful time at Kyosho to once again team up with Daniel Reckward who recently also moved to Mugen.
Source: RMV [rmv-deutschland.de]
2007 European Champion and 2008 IFMAR World Championship finalist, Robert Batlle has signed on to represent Team Associated and Factory Team products. Formerly racing for Hobao, Batlle brings an impressive resume to the Team and now at the controls of the Factory Team RC8, looks to take the next step in his career. Batlle joins BRCA Champion Neil Cragg as a top racer for Team Associated in Europe and will also work closely with Craig Drescher of England. Upon learning of Batlle’s signing Drescher had this to say, “I don’t know Robert very well on a personal level, but his results are very impressive and I look forward to working with him to build the Associated name in 1/8th European racing”. Batlle will also be working with Team Associated’s Spanish distributor Fasol to increase the exposure of Team Associated and Factory team products across Europe. When asked what he is most excited about in joining the 23 time World Championship winning team, Batlle had this to say:
I want to drive for a top team and working with Team Associated brings that. I am really anxious to start the 2009 season leading towards the 2010 World Championships. Thank you for this opportunity and I hope to win many championships with Team Associated.
First on the list for Batlle is The Dirt Nitro Challenge hosted by the famous Nitro Pit in Wittmann, AZ. Here he will join fellow Team Associated IFMAR World Finalists Ryan Maifield and Ryan Cavalieri in kicking off the season’s major events.
Source: Associated [rc10.com]
