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January 2, 2018

Thilo Tödtmann wins at German EP on-road regional

Last weekend the second round of the German electric on-road regionals, a qualification race for the German nationals, took place in Grossauheim near Frankfurt. In the Formula class Shepherd‘s own Thilo Tödtmann took the TQ honours and in the finals two wins in A1 and A2 secured Thilo the overall victory, with the fight for the runner-up spot being undecided until the last final. With a clean run Markus Specko defended his position and took the overall 2nd place with Andreas Giesa obtaining the final podium spot making it an all-Shepherd podium.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

January 2, 2018

SWorkz sign Martin Wollanka

SWorkz have announced the signing of Austrian frontrunner, Martin Wollanka to their team. The former European vice-champion, multi-time Euros A-finalist and multi-time Austrian champion will race SWorkz cars in 1/8th and 1/10th off-road classes from now on. The former long-time Xray driver has the following to say:

I am very happy to switch into the SWorkz team where I get full support and respect. The cars are really fast with many smart details. I will race 1/8 and 1/10 class. And I am sure we will do even better in 2018. See you on the track.

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

January 2, 2018

Pillars appointed Muchmore Racing USA team manager

Muchmore Racing have announce that they have signed Joe Pillars as their USA team manager. Joe was the long-time USA Team Orion team manager until the end of 2017 and brings with him a wealth of knowledge and success and Muchmore are very excited he has joined their team beginning in 2018. Joe says:

I am very happy to join Muchmore Racing and help expand the brand here in the USA. I would like to thank Yusuke Kobayashi and Ji-Hyun Jang for this great opportunity! It will also be great working with long time friends Ryan Cavalieri & Marc Rheinard in which we had a lot of success in the past! As of today, I will start accepting driver resumes for our 2018 race team at my direct email: joepillars@hotmail.com

Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.com]

December 29, 2017

Sunpadow International Offroad GP – Announcement

The 2018 Sunpadow International Offroad GP will be held from March 16th to 18th at the ARC International RC Car race track in Xiamen, China. The event will see 1/8th nitro and electric buggy racing on a redesigned track. Registration is now open and all information can be found on the official event website here.

December 29, 2017

Adam Drake joins PR Racing 1/10th off-road team

PR Racing have announce that Adam Drake will be joining their team for the upcoming 2018 season. Adam will be racing 1/10th scale electric and help with R&D on all platforms but mostly the SB401 LW 4WD buggy platform while also campaigning the company’s PRS1V3 TypeR 2WD buggy. Along with his five Roar National Championships Adam brings a ton of experience in racing, building and designing which he currently also does for Mugen Seiki Racing in the 1/8th off-road categories.

Source: PR Racing [pr-rc.com]

December 28, 2017

Robert Batlle signs with Hot Race Tyres

Hot Race Tyres from Italy have announced the signing of reigning EFRA European 1/8th Nitro Buggy Champion, Robert Batlle to their team. The Spanish Mugen driver has inked a 2-years contract and while running their products at events around the world, he will also assist with product development as well as being the new Hot Race Tyres distributor for Spain. Robert says:

It is an honour to let you know that I will be part of HotRace team for the upcoming years! When I tested the tires I got really surprise about the speed and consistency they have, also because of the passion Nicola put into the development of the tires, I love the way he works so I just can say yes to his project! I invite you all to test this tires as Hot Race off road tires have just two years old, but you will love the feeling of driving them!

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]

December 22, 2017

Milan Mudra sweeps a round of the Lestr Cup

A round of the Czech-based Lestr Cup was held recently and it was Xray’s Milan Mudra who took double TQs and wins in both the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes. Václav Brož (Xray) came in 2nd in the 2WD category from Kyosho’s Jan Kapička in 3rd. Over in 4WD it was Jiří Dvořák (Xray) and Fanda Kalenda (Serpent) who completed the podium results.

View the 4WD podium here

December 22, 2017

’17 JConcepts Indoor National Series – Report

The 2017 JConcepts Indoor National Series has come to an end recently and with over 1500 entries for the year and highlighted by the biggest names in the industry, the JConcepts INS7 season set new records for participation, competitiveness, while promoting a fun racing atmosphere. Points were calculated with a win being maximum points of 100, 2nd place was awarded 99 and so on. There is also a TQ bonus of 1 point making a TQ and win a total of 101 points. 3 races out of 5 were required to enter into the overall series total.

Continue reading the report here