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December 31, 2020

Marc Rheinard makes switch to ORCA

ORCA have announced the signing of 5-time IFMAR World Champion Marc Rheinard to their team. Marc will be joining other elite drivers like Jilles Groskamp, Naoto Matsukura and Akio Sobue to mention a few. Making the switch from long time sponsors Muchmore, Marc will be using the full series of ORCA products to power all his rides for 2021 and beyond and ORCA hopes they will be able to power him to many more wins. Rheinard has the following to say:

I would like to thank the whole ORCA Team to take me on board for 2021 and more! I’m motivated and ready to win many more races! When I tried the ORCA electronics, I was really happy about the feeling on the track, especially the brakes! Thanks again and we will meet at the track soon!

Source: ORCA [orcarc.com]

December 30, 2020

Mattia Collina joins Schumacher Racing

Schumacher Racing have announced the signing of Mattia Collina to their onroad team. Mattia comes with a great pedigree, including ETS Pro Stock race winner, multiple EFRA Stock A finalist and 6 x Italian National Champion. He had the following to say:

I would like to thank Schumacher for the opportunity to be able to represent them in a year when the TC IFMAR Worlds will be right in my Country. I am excited to start working with the Team and make my contribution to achieve our common goals.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

December 23, 2020

Brandon Foote & Roger Seim win at Rockstar Series Rd2

Round 2 of PDX RC Underground’s 12th Annual Rockstar Winter Off-Road Series was held this past Friday. Once again it was a great turnout and all modified classes were stacked with some of the best talent from all over the Northwest. In the 2wd Modified Buggy class, 1up Racing’s Brandon Foote went onto dominate the night by winning all 4 rounds of heads up racing and secure the overall win with his Muchmore powered Team Associated B6.2. Harley Yoshii (1up Racing/Associated) took the big win in his final heat to secure 2nd overall for the night with Travis Harker (TLR) completing the podium in 3rd. In the 40+ 2wd Modified Buggy it was all Roger Seim (1up Racing/Associated) who won all 4 heats to take the overall win with Daniel Jeppesen finishing 2nd overall PDX Track Owner Kevin Focht finished in 3rd.

View the 40+ podium here

December 22, 2020

Race Stars Contest Rd1 – Report

The first round of Race Stars Contest was held in Atlas Arena, the biggest sport venue in Lodz, Poland with strict sanitary requirements and without additional visitors. The competition had gathered more than 120 cars and the track was a record 920 m2 on brand new EOS style carpet. Race Stars Team has prepared additional 2 races for the junior (Race Stars Junior) and real though drives (Race Stars Games).

Continue reading the report here

December 21, 2020

Awesomatix welcomes Martin Hofer to their team

Awesomatix have announced the signing of German touring car specialist and former ETS Champion Martin Hofer to their factory team. Martin will attend all major races including the ETS, Euros and other well known events. Furthermore his urge to perfection will be an additional help for the proactive development of the Awesomatix brand and products. Martin had the following to say about the deal:

I still vividly remember the first race Awesomatix burst onto the ETS stage back in 2011, for it was also my first ETS victory. Back then this little known weird Russian car was all the talk in the pits because it was so radically different. As a curious engineer I have followed their progress ever since and I am very glad to finally make the jump and join the team. I thank everyone at Yokomo and Ronald in particular for the amazing time. As this year of change concludes I feel excited again and cannot wait to see everyone at the races. Stay healthy.

Source: Awesomatix [facebook.com]

December 8, 2020

JConcepts announce INS11 & NCTS3 series

JConcepts have announced the complete schedule for the INS11 and NCTS3 events. For the first time, the INS will start in the centre of the United States at the Hobby Plex in Omaha, Nebraska while the NCTS will kick-off once again at 702 Raceway in Las Vegas, Nevada. 4 events scheduled on each series provides the opportunity for racers to score their best finishes in 3 of 4 events to chase the championship in each series. The JConcepts events provides drivers with an array of classes to choose from to compete nationally or on a race by race basis. However the racer choses to participate, rest assured knowing, locations, dates and facilities have been carefully selected for the ultimate 1/10th off-road experience.

View the complete series details here

December 8, 2020

Jackie Shum joins Serpent Hong Kong

Serpent have signed top Hong Kong driver Jackie Shum to their regional team. A veteran of the HK scene and well known across Asia, the former Yokomo team driver had this to say:

First of all, I would like to thank Serpent for giving me the opportunity to join Serpent EP on-road team. It is for sure a great pleasure of me to be part of the team. I have tested the car for a couple weeks and I can say that the car is great. From now on, I will help develop and promote Serpent brand with my other teammates.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

December 8, 2020

Fuller & Tebo win at Tekno RC Winter series Rd2

The second round of the Tekno RC 1:8 Winter Series at the Plex at the Hobbyplex did not disappoint. Mason Fuller (TLR) and Jared Tebo (Tekno) would be going at it again, just as they had in the opening round, fighting super close in qualifying. Jared would take the TQ in Pro Nitro Buggy, Mason in Pro Electric Buggy. The Tekno driver would try a new setup and go long on his stops, and while the pole man could battle closely with Mason, following the first pit stop Jared just couldn’t hang on anymore and lost touch. He would then battle with Tom Rinderknecht (TLR) who also got passed and in the end had to settle for 3rd, behind winner Fuller and runner up Rinderknecht. In the 10 minute Pro Electric Main, Jared would challenge Mason early and they would pass each other a few different times. The race was shaping up to be an awesome battle but with Tebo leading, Mason had a problem and dropped out of the race giving the Tekno driver an easy win. The Xray pairing of Zac Gastelum and Ashton Abdul completed the podium.

View the EP podium here