Between qualifying rounds at the recent 2016 IFMAR World Championships in Beijing, Red RC’s Oli Meggitt sat down with legend of the sport, 2-time World Champion Atsushi Hara to talk about his career and life away from the track.
During some down time at the 2016 IFMAR World Championships in Beijing last month Red RC’s Oli Meggitt sat down with 4-time World Champion Marc Rheinard to talk about life and racing.
Following his departure from long-term sponsors Serpent and a short campaign with Capricorn, Germany’s Marc Fischer has now found a new home at VBC Racing. An A-main finisher at the recent IFMAR ISTC World Championships, Marc will campaign VBC Racing’s on-road kits at events such as the German Nationals, the ETS as well as the DHI Cup and other international events. Marc will also assist with product development and testing and he has the following to say about the deal:
I am really happy to start work with the VBC Team and I want to thank Mr. Victor L for this opportunity to drive for VBC Racing. I am looking forward for the first races and I am just really happy.
Source: VBC Racing [vbcracing.com]
Xenon USA have announced the signing of multinational champion, U.S. racer Dave Johnson to drive for new Japanese company Destiny. Along with Josh Cyrul, Dave will use the company’s RX-10S touring cars for the upcoming 2016/17 season and he had this to say:
First I would like to thank Scott Jakes, Josh cyrul, and Xenon USA along with Terutaka Hanaumi as well as David Spashett for this huge opportunity! The kits go together incredibly well and can’t wait to get testing laps down with these awesome cars!
Source: Xenon [xenon-usa.com]
Spanish company MD Racing have announced the signing of Luxembourg’s Jaques Libar to their team. Having used a range of different brands this season Jaques now found a new home at MD Racing and he has the following to say about the opportunity:
I’m really excited to join MD Racing Rc Team to be running their brand cars. After several different cars that I tried over the season the MD Racing MDF14’16 got me the best feeling. I want to thank Vicente Machancoses at MD Racing RC and Thomas Schröder at RcTeile.de for the opportunity to represent the team, and look forward to achieving more great results with them.
Source: MD Racing [mdracingrc.com]
ARC USA have announced the signing of KO Propo Grand Prix winner Brandon Cho to their team. Brandon will campaign the 2016 ARC R8.0 1/8 scale nitro kit at major national races in the US. His first race is next month as he defends his title at the 2016 KO Propo Grand Prix. This is what Brandon has to say about the deal:
I am ecstatic to be joining Team ARC USA. The ARC R8.0 is an excellent car and the parts are made with great quality. I would like to thank Jones Chu, and also Willie Chung and Paul Dabao at Hobby Authority Distribution for this opportunity. I’m looking forward to many great results!
Source: Hobby Authority [hobbyauthority-dist.com]
Arrowmax have announced the signing of former IFMAR 1/10th 200mm World Champion, Meen Vejrak to their team. The Thai frontrunner will use Arrowmax’ range of tools to build, maintain and tune his rides for this season and beyond.
Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]
Tekin have announced the addition of UK on-road ace Jimmy Maddison to the team. The Xray factory driver brings years of experience and top results to the team and he has the following to say about the deal:
I picked up a few of the latest Gen3 Redline motors for a race and was blown away by their performance right out of the box. I got great support from team manager Randy Pike even not being on the team. With his help I had great success right away and knew Tekin would be a great fit for me. I look forward to working alongside Randy and helping others around me go fast with Tekin.
Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]
