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January 27, 2017

Tekno RC welcome Ricardo Monteiro

Tekno RC have announced the signing of Portugal’s Ricardo Monteiro to their factory team. Ricardo’s experience and talent will be a great asset to their expanding European team as well as Tekno RC racers in the EU region. His first race for his new sponsor will be the Oleiros Trophy race in February and he had the following to say:

When the opportunity came to work with Tekno, I knew I had to take it into consideration. The quality of the cars plus the people that I would work with made for an easier decision. I would like to thank Ilias Arkoudaris, Daniel Lewis and all the guys involved, I believe we will have an awesome partnership together. I am already working hard getting to know the products and will be at the tracks soon with the new cars, they are awesome!

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

January 26, 2017

Xtreme Aerodynamics welcome Daniele Ielasi

Xtreme Aerodynamics welcome reigning Italian Champion, Daniele Ielasi to their team for the 2017 season. Having often used Xtreme’s products in the past, Daniele has now officially joined the team, running alongside the likes of World Champion Kurzbuch, Robert Pietsch, Francesco Tironi, and Adrien Bertin.

Source: Xtreme Aerodynamics [xtremeaerodynamics.com]

January 25, 2017

Xray welcome Armand Lantheaume

Xray have announce the signing of former French National Champion, Armand Lantheaume to their team for the 2017 season. Armand will race the XB2 and XB4 platforms at national and international level events and the 3-times national vice-Champion had the following to say:

After extensive testing of all Xray cars last year I was just amazed by the performance and quality of the cars and I am really happy that I was given the opportunity to be part of the Xray team for 2017. I will attend all the major French races and will do my best both in racing as well helping all Xray customers. Big thanks to Xray for the trust in me and I cannot wait to hit the track.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 24, 2017

Francesco Tironi teams up with Xtreme Aerodynamics

Xtreme Aerodynamics have announced the addition of Francesco Tironi to their factory team. Francesco will equip his XRD-powered Infinity vehicles with the Italian manufacturer’s bodyshells in both the 1/8th and 200mm classes for 2017. A former Worlds podium finisher, Tironi will face a busy 2017 season taking part at the Italian nationals, the EFRA GP series, Worlds, Euros and select ENS races.

Source: Xtreme Aerodynamics [xtremeaerodynamics.com]

January 24, 2017

Serpent sign Austin Wolfe

Serpent have announced the signing of US top driver, Austin Wolfe to their American team. Austin will campaign the company’s Project 4X touring car and he will be working closely with recently signed Ralph Burch. Austin says:

A special thank you goes out to Ralph Burch and Joaquin Desoto for the tremendous support in getting me race ready. The quality and innovation of the Project 4X is one of a kind. I look forward to learning the chassis and getting to the race track!

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

January 24, 2017

Horizon Hobby supported JP Montoya takes ROC title

This past weekend not only the annual Reedy International Offroad Race of Champions was held but it also saw the running of the iconic Race of Champions, an annual event that draws many of the biggest names from across the world of racing. Formula 1, NASCAR, World Rally Cross, MotoGP – they all come to one spot where they go head-to-head on the same track in identical cars. The 2017 edition, held at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida, saw Colombian motorsport great, Horizon Hobby sponsored Juan Pablo Montoya taking on a field of the world’s best drivers in front of 15,000 fans to win the title of Champion of Champions. In addition to Montoya, this year’s roster of competitors included other notables such as Tom “Mr. Le Mans” Kristensen, four-time Formula 1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel (and last year’s ROC Champion of Champions), Felipe Massa, David Coulthard, Kyle Busch, Travis Pastrana – and the list goes on. This year’s event also featured a brand new figure-of-eight track that challenged drivers even more. The best-of-three Grand Final boiled down to a battle between Montoya and Kristensen in which Montoya took two straight heats to become the undisputed Champion of Champions.

Source: Horizon Hobby [horizonhobby.com]

January 23, 2017

Hot Race Tyres sign Jeremy Harris

Hot Race welcomes 2014 ROAR Stock Buggy U.S. National Champion and multi-time Region 4 champion, Jeremy Harris to its factory race team. Jeremy will be a key part of the brand’s 2017 1/10th off road tyre launch program and will also be promoting the Hot Race 1/8th off road tyre line.

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]

January 23, 2017

XRD sign Mattia Collavo

XRD have announced the signing of Italian frontrunner Mattia Collavo. The ENS A-main finalist and 2015 Italian national champion will power his ARC R8.0 and BMT 701 cars with the high-end F.T. Line version of the Italian engines throughout his 2017 campaign that will hold races such as the Italian Nationals, select ENS events and the Italian Manufacturer’s championship as well as other major national and international level meetings.

Source: F.T. Line [ftlineteam.com]