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December 30, 2021

Jamie & Tommy Hall join Associated Factory Race Team

Team Associated, Reedy Power and Factory Team have announced the graduation of UK based brothers, Jamie and Tommy Hall to the Factory Race Team. Starting their R/C journey in 2011 and gaining support from Associated’s British distributor CML, Jamie and Tommy have climbed the ranks in the 1:10 BRCA series while recently venturing in to the 1:8 category. Jamie and Tommy each have a very different approach to racing but they complement one another well. This has lead to rapid improvement and collectively succeeding at an International level. Tommy’s priorities are on racing and race craft whereas Jamie’s focus is on set-up and the technical aspects of the vehicles. Team Associated said ‘We welcome the Hall family to the team and look forward to a long and successful relationship’.

Source: Associated [teamassociated.com]

December 28, 2021

Kyle Branson joins Xray Factory team

Xray have announced that one of the UK’s top onroad drivers, Kyle Branson is joining their Factory Team to race the X4 and NT1 platforms. A World and European Vice Champion in the Nitro classes, he is also a multiple British National Champion and has been running a lot more EP Touring in recent years with much success. Kyle said:

I am very thankful for this great opportunity to be apart of the Xray team. With my main focus now going to electric touring car I knew that with the X4 platform and the untouchable support that Xray offer it was the logical choice to make. I will do my best for the team and work as hard as possible at all times. A big thanks to the whole Xray family and for putting their trust in me.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 28, 2021

Hobbywing sign Michal Orlowski to factory team

Hobbywing has announced that multiple off-road European champion Michal Orlowski is joining forces with the Hobbywing factory team. He will use Hobbywing ESCs and motors to participate in all electric car competitions from the first day of year 2022. The 20 year old Polish driver has achieved great results in both off-road and on-road events, including 2019 IFMAR Worlds podium finish in 1/10 off-road 4WD class and 2020 IFMAR 1/12 on-road championship TQ and vice champion. He also had the double wins in 2019/2020 EOS 1/10 2wd and 4wd class. He had this to say, ‘I am looking forward to working together with the Hobbywing factory team in 2022! The product speaks for itself and I cannot wait to use its full potential at the race track. I would like to thank everyone at Hobbywing for this fantastic opportunity.’

Source: Hobbywing [hobbywing.com]

December 26, 2021

Zak Finlay joins Xray Factory Team

Xray have announced that one of the top UK stock drivers Zak Finlay is joining the Xray Factory Team to race the X4 platform. The multiple BRCA National Champion had the following to say about this new deal:

After a few years running with other manufacturers, I am excited to return back to the Xray factory team for 2022 and beyond. Xray continue to lead the industry with continual development of their products and their professional attitude. I am looking forward to being part of that once again. I would like to thank Martin, Mario and Greg (RC Disco) for the great opportunity. I’m excited for the season ahead! If anyone at the track needs support with the X4 platform, please let me know and I will do my best to help.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 23, 2021

Michal Orlowski joins Sunpadow batteries

Sunpadow is proud to announce that they have signed a contract with top European driver Michal Orlowski. The Polish driver has achieved many good results in various high-level events, including two European championships, two podiums at the IFMAR Worlds and the double wins in 2019/2020 EOS 1/10 2wd and 4wd class. Michal will use Sunpadow LiPo batteries to participate in all competitions in the coming year. He said, ‘I am very excited about joining the Sunpadow factory team for 2022! The batteries they produce are the cutting edge in the RC industry and I am looking forward to having a lot of success with the Sunpadow products. Thank you to everyone at Sunpadow for this opportunity.’

Source: Sunpadow [sunpadow.com]

December 18, 2021

2021 Midland Indoor Carpet Championship Rd3 – Report

The team returned to Telford Tennis centre for the third round of the 2021/2022 MICC championship this past weekend. A nice mix of flowing corners and technical corners on the track created some great racing all through the field. The track is unchanged in size at a whopping 38 meter by 24 meter on the popular ETS Black carpet. There is lots of grip and plenty of space around the lap which makes it much easier to pass cars and let cars pass you during qualifying. The touring car classes all use the very popular Volante 28 MICC spec tyre (1 set per day) and the F1 class uses the Pit Shimizu (Schumacher versions) 571 and 575 tyres. Control additive is supplied for all racers free of charge and is the CS high grip variant.

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December 17, 2021

Ginting takes Pro Stock at Indonesian EIC 2021

The annual Indonesian Electric Indoor Cup 2021 was held at Graha Tamiya Circuit, Tangerang. Within 40 entries which participated at TC Pro Stock Class, Mini Class and Front Wheel Class. In the Pro Stock class it was Muhammad Izzah who started from pole followed by Bowie Ginting and Ridhwan Suteja. Bowie would go on to take A1 and A2 to secure the overall win, while A3 went to Ridhwan, securing him 2nd while pole-sitter Izzah ended the race in 3rd.

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December 13, 2021

Coelho wins epic battle with Rheinard at ETS Rd4

ETS Rd4 took place at Chuck’s Raceway in Neumünster/GER last weekend. The ETS crew organised the event under strict Covid-19 rules, and everybody was vaccinated or recovered and an additional daily test was responsible for the maximum safety of all participants. The race saw 220 entries in six classes and the event started with a free practice day on Thursday, followed by 4 rounds of qualifying and triple finals for everybody. In the Matrix Modified class, Bruno Coelho was able to come out of qualifying on top of the field. Marc Rheinard lined up directly behind him with a fantastic driving Michele Manzo in third, and championship leader Ronald Völker in fourth position.

Continue reading the report here