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January 18, 2017

Mugen Seiki Europe welcomes Marco Natale

Mugen Seiki Europe has announced the signing of Marco Natale to their international racing team. The Italian ace will use the MBX7R Nitro and Eco buggies during his forthcoming campaign that will include appearances at the Italian nationals and at major international events. Marco had the following to say:

I am very happy with this new adventure, thanks to Mugen Seiki Europe giving me this great opportunity. The quality and performance of Mugen Seiki cars made an easy decision for me to join. I am very proud to be part of Team Mugen Seiki.

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugen.eu]

January 18, 2017

Team Magic Europe sign Andres Gonzales

Team Magic Europe have announced the signing of former Galician Touring Modified Champion and Spanish Nationals A-finalist, Andres Gonzales to their team. Andres will campaign Team Magic’s electric touring car at local and national races and also at select international events including the ETS.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

January 18, 2017

2017 HotRace Summer Cup – Announcement

HotRace Tyres and Tonisport have announced the HotRace Summer Cup for the 15th and 16th of July. The event will see the running of an Invitational Touring Car Modified class as well open Touring Car Modified, 13.5T Stock Touring and Formula categories. The Invitational class will be held in a special format with six open Modified drivers able to bump up into the A-main and the best drivers from Italy and Europe racing against each other. In addition to the race there will be a huge party as usual and more information, including a presentation of the hosting track, will become available soon.

January 18, 2017

2017 Kick Off race – Announcement

The 2017 Kick Off race will be held at the M.A.C.H. One track in Helmond, The Netherlands on the 22nd and 23rd of April. The season opener will see 1/8th nitro and electric classes run on the club’s astro turf track with the Saturday being devoted to practice and a first qualifier while Sunday is the official race day. More information and registration is available on the club’s website here.

January 18, 2017

Texas Electric Onroad Series Rd1 – Report

The sixth season of Texas’s premier electric on-road race series got underway last weekend with the opening round at Banana Raceway in Dallas, Texas. This year’s series consists of five races across the best tracks Texas has to offer. To emerge as the coveted series champion at the end of the season, racers will have to conquer tracks ranging from small indoor high-bite carpet tracks to large outdoor asphalt circuits. This weekend, the best electric on-road racers in the state, featuring former national and international champions, descended upon the high-bite carpet track at Banana Raceway. The event saw a full field of 75 drivers across six different race classes. In the premier Modified Touring class, current national champion Chris Adams put on a clinic in the A-main with a perfect run to back up his TQ position. Chris’s Xray team mates Steve Breuer and Andrew Doherty would round out the top 3.

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January 17, 2017

2017 Charity Race – Report

The 2017 edition of the annual Charity Race, organised by Team La Gang and held at the RC Landia track in Scandiano, Italy, attracted some of the fastest Italian drivers to compete against guests from all over Europe. Touring Car Modified was a showcase for the sport with Marc Rheinard taking the win in front of Ronald Völker after a big fight. The final podium spot was was taken by super fast Mattia Collina who won the fight for the lower stair of the podium over Alessio Menicucci and Christopher Krapp.

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January 17, 2017

Yokomo confirm Ryan Maifield signing

Finally confirming what we already know, Yokomo have announced that top-ranked offroad specialist Ryan Maifield has joined their team. Bringing with him a wealth of knowledge and experience in all facets of offroad racing, Ryan will play an integral role in helping Yokomo develop their vehicles to be better suited to North American style tracks, and serve as brand ambassador attending numerous events throughout the US, Europe and Asia. Having tested extensively in the build up to this weekend’s Reedy Offroad Race of Champions, Ryan had the following to say:

The Yokomo YZ-2 and YZ-4 have performed flawlessly in my testing, both cars respond very well to small changes making the cars easy to get dialed in. The precision and quality of the Yokomo parts are second to none which makes my life easier and lets me focus on tuning and racing instead of constant maintenance.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

January 17, 2017

2017 Keilor Yokomo Invitational – Report

The 2017 Keilor Yokomo Invitational, a Reedy Race style event in Melbourne, Australia kicked off the Australian 1/10th off-road racing season. The Keilor club had worked hard over the New Year break to build a completely new track which was fast, flowing and encouraged wheel to wheel racing. For the invite classes, ten 17.5 racers and 18 Modified class racers battled over five heats of 2WD and five heats of 4WD heads up racing with rotating grids. Invites were sent out based on 2016 race results and racers came from all around the country. In addition, Open classes were offered to allow all racers to vie for direct spots into the 2018 Invitational. Around 140 entries were received in total and the track copped over 9000 laps over the course of the weekend. No laps were allowed on the new layout until midday Friday, however a rainstorm meant a very muddy start to the event. The summer sun and traffic soon grooved up the track, with perfect weather on Saturday and Sunday.

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