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March 1, 2011

Ronald Volker defends European Indoor title

Ronald Volker has successfully defended his EFRA European Indoor title with victory over the weekend in Hrotovice in the Czech Republic. The Yokomo driver dominated proceedings, as he has done in almost all races in the past 12 months, and took the TQ spot in qualifying ahead of Xray driver Alexander Hagberg in 2nd and Yokomo team mate Yannic Pruemper in 3rd. In the finals Ronald checked out in the first two to wrap up the title early and so didn’t race the 3rd leg allowing Pruemper and Hagberg to battle it out for the runner up spot. Hagberg with two 2nd spots in the first legs looked favourite to take it but a diff problem allowed Pruemper to snatch the leg win and claim 2nd overall on a tie breaker, with Hagberg having to settle for 3rd spot.

Source: RC Magazine [rcmagazine.cz]

February 27, 2011

Andy Moore dominates 2011 TITC

2006 Touring car World Champion Andy Moore has won this year’s annual TITC race in Bangkok, Thailand held at the awesome new RC City venue. The factory Hot Bodies driver dominated proceedings from practice, through to qualifying, taking 4 of the 6 qualifying heats to line up on pole position for the A-main ahead of Shin Adachi, Jilles Groskamp, Marc Rheinard and Atsushi Hara. In the finals Andy was untouchable and took all three A-mains in dominant fashion to win from Tamiya driver Jilles Groskamp in 2nd and Hot Bodies team mate Atsushi Hara in 3rd.

Source: TITC [titc.in.th]

February 23, 2011

Xray re-sign Eric Dankel for 2 more years

Xray have announced the re-signing of German driver Eric Dankel. A three-time German National Champion, Eric is a very versatile all round driver, winning those titles in both electric and gas sedan. Eric had this to say:

I am proud to race another two years for Xray. People at Xray working really hard and I am looking forward to another great and succesful two years. I would like to thank Xray and also SMI for their trust and support.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 23, 2011

Jaco Van Eeden wins opening SA buggy national

The past weekend saw the 1st round of the 1/10th off road electric SA National Championship held at Swartkops raceway. The track is a tricky one, with a tight and technical section on the inner field. Team Durango had the most cars in the field with a total of 5 out of the A main being TD cars with another two Team Durango DEX410R in the B main. Jaco Van Eeden took overall TQ in the 4WD Modified A-Main, leading a 1-2-3 procession in qualifying for Team Durango. Positions in the final didn’t change for the top three, with Jaco taking the win ahead of Neil Wanvig and Charles Hollander.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]

February 23, 2011

Associated dominate Motorama event

Team Associated are reporting on the Motorama event which is hosted at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and is a total of 60 acres. Motorama is an all-inclusive indoor motorsports show that includes a wide variety of events including Arenacross, Go Karting, Sprint Cars, Car Shows, Battle Bots, and Remote Control car racing. Team Associated drivers Ryan Maifield, Ryan Cavalieri, and Brent Thielke dominated the event, taking home all six major championships in the Nitro Offroad and Electric Offroad events.

Continue reading the report here

February 22, 2011

Neumann & Honigl victorious at Vienna Winterchamps

The 2nd annual Vienna Winterchamps, indoor off-road race was held over the weekend of 18-20th February at the RC-Carpetfun track in Vienna, Austria, with 2WD, 4WD and Short Course 2WD classes. Team Durango driver Jörn Neumann took the overall TQ in both 2WD and 4WD buggy classes with his DEX210 Prototype and DEX410 2010 spec buggies. Hupo Hönigl and Martin Kriel made it a 1-2-3 for Team Durango in 4WD qualifying with Hupo also placing 4th overall in 2WD qualifying after the 5-rounds. In the 3-leg finals, Jörn Neumann took all three legs of the 2WD class to show his blisteringly quick form at the moment, taking the win with Hupo Hönigl third piloting another DEX210 Prototype. In the 4WD class Jörn had taken TQ but it was his Team Durango team mate Hupo Hönigl that secured the victory with his DEX410. Jörn finished second and Rene Trauner in third gave Team Durango a clean sweep for the 4WD podium.

View the 4wd podium here

February 21, 2011

Hupo Honigl joins RCAllStickers team

RcAllstickers.com have announced that it will support Austrian driver Hupo Honigl throughout the 2011 season with their full range of products. Providing the multiple European Championship finalist with their premium quality R/C skins and stickers, they will adorn the Factory Durango driver’s transmitter, starter box, as well as the body shells from his DNX408, DNX410, DESC410 and DEX210.

Source: RcAllstickers [rcallstickers.com]

February 19, 2011

Much More Spain sign Javier Hidalgo

Much More Spain have announced the signing of multiple Spanish National Champion Javier Hidalgo to run their products in 2011. As a new challenge the 3-time 200mm Champion will this year take part in the Spanish EP TC Nationals as well as selected ETS races and will use the full range of Much More products including the Cell Master Legend, Power Master Legend, CTXW tire warmers Impact LiPos and more.

Source: Model Spain [modelspain.com]