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February 15, 2016

Freddy Südhoff is back with Awesomatix

Awesomatix have announced the signing of former HPI/HB driver, Freddy Südhoff to their team. The multiple ETS A-finalist was under contract with the Russian company already from 2012 to the end of 2014 and he will race Awesomatix’ new A800 car at all major European races including the European Championships as well as the World Championships in Beijing. Freddy had this to say about the deal:

I am really happy to announce that I have signed a contract with Awesomeatix. Immediately after testing the new Awesomatix A800 car, I feel very exciting to come back to this team. The fact that we know each other from previous years working together will help us to become even more close. I am looking forward to a great racing time with Awesomatix. Special thanks to Oleg Babich and Max Mächler for giving me the opportunity to be a part of the team.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

February 15, 2016

Patrick Hofer doubles at Swiss 1/10th Buggy opener

The opening round of the Swiss Electric Off-road Nationals was held in Stäfa near Zurich. One of the biggest races of the year the event attracted over 150 entries from Switzerland, Austria and Germany. Multi-times Swiss national champion, Patrick Hofer would dominate both the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes as he not only took the TQ spots after the qualifiers but he also came out fastest in the triple A-mains from Fabian Luca Widmer. In 2WD it was veteran racer Sven Zünd who came in third while the 4WD class podium was rounded out by Philip Jeisy.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

February 15, 2016

Dustin Evans triples at the Rumble in the Rockies

The 21st annual Rumble in the Rockies race was held this past weekend at MHOR RC Raceway in Aurora, Colorado. The prestigious event attracted both local talent and internationally experienced racers such as Dustin Evans, Kody Numedahl and Travis Amezcua to race in the usual mix of Modified and Stock categories. In the premier 2WD Modified Buggy class Dustin Evans would grab the top qualifier spot from Kody Numedahl and Frank Root. 4WD Modified Buggy again had Dustin Evans coming out fastest in the qualifiers, this time in front of Travis Amezcua and Frank Root. With a TQ in Modified Truck Dustin Evans would round out his domination while Zeke Ballinger and Matt Chambers had to settle for second and third on the grid. Finally in Modified Short Course it was Kody Numedahl who set the pace from Brandon Steele and Lars Johnson.

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February 15, 2016

2015/16 Mibosport Cup Rd4 – Report

Round four of the 2015/16 Mibosport Cup was held this past weekend in Hrotivice, Czech Republic. The race attracted a total of 238 entries that pretty much equally split into the four electric on-road and two off-road classes. The Touring Car Modified category saw Patrick Gollner taking the TQ and the pole position for the finals and in the first A-main, Jiří Vyšín moved up from the fifth to the second place just behind Patrick. Dominic Vogl finished on the third position. Patrick then also managed to take the win in the second A-main while behind him Dominic Vogl finished in second place ahead of Mario Sowka. The third and final A-main again went to Patrick who completed a perfect sweep. Zdenko Kunák and Dominic Vogl finishing second and third respectively. Behind Patrick, Dominic Vogl and Zdenko Kunák completing the podium result in second and third respectively.

Continue reading the report here

February 15, 2016

David Ronnefalk teams up with Highest

Korean company Highest have announced the signing of Swedish frontrunner David Ronnefalk to their factory team. The former European Champion joins prominent team mates such as Robert Batlle and Reno Savoya and he will use the company’s servo line from now on. It is understood that his first official outing for his new sponsors will be the forthcoming The Dirt Nitro Challenge.

Source: Highest [highestrc.com]

February 12, 2016

Clark wins at Eastern States Indoor On-Road Champs

The 2016 Eastern States Indoor On-Road Championship was recently held at RC Car World in Willingboro, New Jersey, attracting over 90 entries. Races were held for a variety of classes including Vintage, 17.5 Touring, USGT, F1 Rubber, F1 Foam, Mini, and 1/12, with 17.5 Touring being the most popular. The story of the weekend was the dominant performance of Patrick Clark (Team Associated) in this respective class. With a first round TQ run of 35 6:00 five racers were within a few seconds of the TQ lap pace. In round two several drivers began to close the gap and apply pressure on Pat. Come round 3 and Pat erased all doubt of who would end the day holding TQ, with his most dominate run of the event of a 37 6:09. Patrick was the only driver of the event to break into the 37 lap mark. With his strangle hold on TQ attention shifted to the remaining nine spots in the A-main. When the dust had settled only eight seconds separated the remaining top 8 drivers. The grid was for an exciting A-main and as expected, Pat’s dominance continued as he took a tone to tone victory from Quin Moon (VBC) in second and Courtney Townend (Xray) in third.

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February 12, 2016

Aapo Koro wins at FinTrack Tour II

The recent FinTrack Tour II was organised by KyPak and it attracted a good amount of drivers to compete in several electric on-road classes including Touring Cars and Formula. In the Formula category it was Aapo Koro who dominated the qualifiers to take the TQ and with it the pole position for the triple A-mains. A1 then saw Aapo rolling in the fast chicane, promoting Riku Teräväinen into the lead that he would hold until the end. In A2 Aapo had learned his lesson and he took an easy win, meaning the third and final A-main would decide over the win. In the high-grip conditions of A3 Riku was not able to match Aapo’s pace and this allowed Aapo Koro to take the win and with it the overall victory. Riku Teräväinen ended the day on the runner-up spot in front of Ilpo Koivisto.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 11, 2016

Freddy Südhoff leaves HPI/HB

Following the recent announcement of Andy Moore and Hiroyuki Kasuya leaving HPI/HB, another high-class driver has declared his contract termination by mutual consent with the Japanese company. Germany’s Freddy Südhoff joined the team back in December 2014 and his departure will only fuel speculations about the current state of HB mother brand HPI. Freddy states:

I would like to take the opportunity to let you know that I have by mutual consent ended my contract with HPI/ HB inc. Sometimes, things change faster then expected and even it was a short time, I truly enjoyed this and it was great to work with some of the biggest names in RC business together. Thanks to the whole HPI crew around the world. You guys taught me a lot! I wish you all the best for the future.