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February 22, 2018

EOS hits halfway stage at Hudy Arena

This weekend (23-25 February) marks the half way stage of the Euro Offroad Series as championship leaders Xray welcome their rivals into their back garden as the Hudy Arena in Slovakia hosts the third round of Season #7. Bruno Coelho leads the way in the 4WD standings but the winner of the season opener will be absent this weekend due to his preparations for the defence of his TITC touring car title in Thailand next weekend. In 2WD, Martin Bayer sits at the top of the points table having enjoyed podium finishes at the opening two rounds and the on form previous Hudy Arena race winner will be aiming to complete the full set of podium step positions by becoming the third different winner this season at what is now a ‘home race’ for the Czech native.

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February 22, 2018

Kaja Novotny takes double Mibosport Cup buggy titles

The final round of the popular Winter Mibosport Cup was held last weekend in several electric on-road and off-road classes. Xray’s Kaja Novotny snatched the runner-up spot in the 2WD class behind Martin Bayer and came out on top in 4WD and with these results and despite missing a round due to the IFMAR World Championship in China, he took the overall wins in both the 2WD and 4WD classes. In 2WD Team Associated’s Alex Bidovsky grabbed the overall 2nd place from young Max Götzl (Xray) in 3rd. Over in 4WD Peter Loncsar (Yokomo) and Adam Izsay (Xray) were tie on points with the better end for Peter, who would take the vice-championship title.

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February 22, 2018

2018 IFMAR Drift World Cup – Announcement

The world-famous Yatabe Arena in Tsukuba, Japan will play host for the 2018 IFMAR RC Drift World Cup from April 20th to 22nd. The race is organised by the R.C.D.C. Japan R/C Drift Community, that is spearheaded by Atsushi Ito and RC icon Masami Hirosaka, and the aim is to attract both current and future drift racers from around the world to compete in this exciting and constantly growing RC category. The race will be held in AWD and RWD classes and full information – including travel, hotel and sign-up information – can be found in the Stage 1 report here (large PDF file).

February 21, 2018

Raceform sign Alex Zanchettin

Raceform have announced the signing of Italy’s Alex Zanchettin to their factory team. The Tekno factory driver will be using Raceform tools and accessories, such as the tyre glueing jigs and part trays, from now on and he has the following to say about the deal:

It’s a big pleasure for me start work with RaceformRC. Your amazing products will help me to do things better and in less time!

Source: Raceform RC [raceformrc.com]

February 21, 2018

Hot Race Tyres sign Daniele Ielasi

Hot Race Tyres have announced the signing of former 1/10th 200mm World Champion, Daniele Ielasi to their team. Concentrating on his new venture, 1/8th off-road racing, Daniele will be using Hot Race Tyres products throughout his campaign that will include appearances at all major national events in 1/8th nitro and electric classes.

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]

February 21, 2018

Jörn Neumann joins SWorkz 1/8th team

SWorkz have announced the signing of European frontrunner, Jörn Neumann to their 1/8th off-road team. Jörn will campaign SWorkz’s 1/8th nitro and electric off-road kits at all major races world wide through to 2019 while also helping with research and development. The multi-time European Champion, and Schumacher 1/10th factory driver, had the following to say about the deal:

I am looking forward to join the Sworkz 1/8 team to help develop their 1/8 Offroad Nitro and Electric cars. I will attend National and International races. My first race will be the Neo18 in Spain next month. See you there.

Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]

February 21, 2018

Daniele Ielasi swaps asphalt for dirt

In a statement on social media, Italy’s Daniele Ielasi has announced his, possibly temporary, turning away from competition nitro on-road racing. The former IFMAR World and Italian National Champion will concentrate on 1/8th Nitro and Electric Buggy racing in 2018, campaigning HB Racing’s B817 and E817 kits. Daniele points out that professional 1/8th on-road racing is taking too much of his time, feeling that race preparation counts more than racing itself, something he hopes will be different in off-road racing. About his move Daniele had the following to say:

That’s right. From this year, after 30 exact years of track racing between categories 1/8 on and 1/10 on, it’s time to add a new challenge to my modeling career, off road! I have to admit it was a very difficult decision, but, as often happens in life you come to a point that you must have the strength to make certain decisions that are important to your future, and even if sometimes they may seem too hasty and little sense.

Read his statement in full here

February 21, 2018

Lovan RC Challenge Rd3 – Report

The Rethorica track in Alveringem, Belgium played host for the recent third round of the Lovan RC Challenge. The race schedule saw free practice on Saturday followed by the opening qualifier, three qualifiers on Sunday and triple mains for everybody. As the track layout was also used during the recent Funcup club race, many drivers came well prepared meaning times were very competitive right from the start. In the premier EFRA Modified Touring class some big names joined th field such as Remi Callens and Robin D’hondt as European champions as well as Remi’s training partner, Guillaum Guffroy it promised to be quite a race. Remi and Guillame had the chance to race on the same layout before and Robin did manage to practice on Saturday, however but was not able to make it on race day. Remi would then set the pace in the opening qualifier and took the round TQ in front of Robin, who only had a few days of running with his Capricorn, followed by the Tamiya of Guillaume and Schumacher team driver Ian Bekaert, as Lorenzo did not start due to a stripped spur gear. In the second qualifier Remi set the fastest lap of the qualifiers with a 14,188 with Guillaume coming in 2nd and Robin 3rd. The third qualifier however was a different scenario after a mistake by Remi. Robin took the 1st place in front of Guillaume. The fourth and final qualifier was a bit of the same scenario as the one before. Remi was busy with a great run, but on lap 14 he hit a barrier, but he had the best qualifying run in his second run. Robin came in 1st, Lorenzo 3rd, Remi 4th and Ian did not start, as he was running 1/12 also and tried to take all or nothing in that class.

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