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May 29, 2015

Max Mort teams up with Schumacher

Schumacher welcome young up and coming Finnish star Max Mort to their team. Max will be competing in many regional and national races in Finland as well as select international races such as the EOS events. This is what Max has to say:

I am happy to start driving with Schumacher Off Road cars for 2015-2016 season. I was given an opportunity to drive with factory support with really competitive cars on carpet and I couldn’t have said “no”. I am really looking forward to the EOS season and Finnish races and I hope that we can have a great year together.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

May 29, 2015

2015 Muchmore Masters – Report

The recent 2015 Muchmore Masters took place last at Sydney Model Autosports with this year’s racing format was a 1 day event with finals completed under lights in the evening. The classes contended were Touring Car Stock 13.5T, 21.5T, Formula and 1/12th scale. After drying off the track due to overnight rain practice and qualification rounds kicked off just before lunch time. After the four qualifications rounds and some very close racing Christian Silva and Damien Zarb were at the front of the Touring Car Stock field in position 1 and 2.

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May 29, 2015

Ehrhardt wins at East German LRP-HPI-Challenge Rd2

The 2nd outdoor round the the East German division LRP-HPI-Challenge was held at the MRC raceway in Hoeckendorf near Dresden, host of the 2011 German championships. In the fastest of the Stock classes, run with 10,5T brushless motors, zero boost controllers and open gear ratio Fabian Ehrhardt took the overall TQ by winning two out of three qualifying heats. The opening A-main then was an easy affair for TQ-holder as Fabian won the leg some 8 seconds ahead of Tony Streit. The second A-main then saw a close battle between Tony Streit and Fabian but Tony took benefit of a small mistake to grab the win in the second A-main too. A-main number three then again had Fabian coming out successful to underline his good performance this weekend.

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May 28, 2015

Volker ‘LUX’ to secure fifth ETS title

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Ronald Volker travels to Luxembourg this weekend looking to claim a fifth consecutive title in the Yokomo Euro Touring Series. Securing 4-in a row when he took victory at the huge track famed for its Laguna Seca style feature corner, a perfect weekend for the Yokomo driver would be enough to put the title beyond the reach of the German’s three remaining challengers.

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May 28, 2015

Greek Touring Series Rd4 – Report

The fourth round of the Greek Touring Series was held at the FRT track in Athens. The race was a good opportunity for many drivers to test their cars and skills for the upcoming second round of the National Championship that will be held on the same track in June and at the end of the qualifying it was Xray’s Georgiadis who took the TQ position from Yokomo driver Mitropoulos and Papachristos (Xray).

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May 28, 2015

Moss & Martin win at BRCA 1/10th Buggy Nats Rd3

Round 3 of the BRCA 1/10th Buggy Nationals was held at the Telford club in Broseley, Shropshire. In the 2WD class, run on Saturday, Schumacher’s Simon Moss took the TQ and pole position for the triple A-mains from Neil Cragg (Team Associated) and Lee Martin (Yokomo). Tom Yardy (Team Associated) and Elliott Boots (Kyosho) rounded out the top 5 result.

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May 27, 2015

LRP America signs Kyle Johnson

LRP America have announced the signing of Kyle Johnson to the LRP Factory Team for 2015. Coming from his recent win at the Nevada State Champs at the World-famous RC Tracks of Las Vegas Kyle will rely on LRP equipment to power his Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy and he will also be in attendance at the forthcoming ROAR 1/8th Fuel Nationals. Kyle had this to say:

I want to thank LRP America and JD Mora for this opportunity and I’m excited to run LRP products.

Source: LRP [lrp-america.com]

May 27, 2015

X-Race Italy – Announcement

The X-Race Italy will take place on the weekend of the 12th of July at the Minicar Bientina club in Bientina. The event will see the running of a Modified, 13.5T Stock, 17.5T Real Stock and a Formula class and registration for the race will open on the 1st of June at 6 p.m. here. Entries are limited and the exact date, the race will be held either on the 11th or 12th, will be announced soon.