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January 7, 2014

Xray re-signs Martin Bayer for 2014

Xray announce that 2013 European Champion Martin Bayer will continue to race for their team in 2014. Martin has been important member of the R&D team participating at the development and testing of XB4 platform as well was actively involved in testing & development of the all-new XB8. Martin had this to say:

2013 was my most successful year with wining the European Championship 1/10 and finishing on podium at European Championship 1/8 off-road as well winning the German & Czech National Championship series. All the Xray off-road cars belong to the absolute top in the racing market and I am very glad to have the best possible cars to defeat the title in 2014 and especially I have been looking for the new season with the new XB8. We showed how good the prototype has worked and now with the final car I am very confident for both the Euros and Worlds. Working with the Xray Factory team is a pleasure and I am happy to re-sign for 2014. I hope our result will be even better and I will do all for it.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 7, 2014

JConcepts Super Cup Rd4 report

At the end of December, Florida’s top 10th scale racers descended upon Shiverville Raceway for the final round of JConcepts Super Cup Series Fall session. Most classes were still up for grabs as some classes were in a tie for the title of Champion. Racers arrived to the track in High Springs Florida early on Friday to work on setups. On Saturday everyone was at the track by daylight for the last hours of practice before racing began at 9:30am. Racers had to adapt to a more “old school” track condition with a loamy surface as sunlight was in short supply and moisture was plentiful.

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January 6, 2014

Lee Martin signs 3 year extension with Viper R/C

Lee Martin has signed a new 3-year contract extension with Viper R/C. After a strong finish to 2013, which saw the British driver take the runner-up spot at the World Championships in the USA, Viper RC and Lee Martin are now aiming to go one step further at the next IFMAR World Championships. The newly signed Yokomo driver will work closely on new product testing and development as well as new UK market distribution.

Source: Viper R/C [viper-rc.com]

January 6, 2014

Teemu Leino continues with Team HB for 2014

HB / HPI Racing have announced that Teemu Leino will continue to represent Team HB for 2014 and will apply his versatile skills to both their on and off road racing platforms. ‘We look forward to a great year ahead with the Finnish ace, plus some more exciting developments just around the corner for the World Championship winning Team HB!’. Teemu had this to say:

I look forward to 2014 racing season with many exciting race meetings to coming up. I feel HB/HPI Racing gives me best package of full range racing cars in all my different racing categories. I would like to thank Tatsuro Watanabe, Hiroyuki Kasuya, Masayuki Miura, Takashi Miyashita, Torrance Deguzman and all my team mates.

Source: HPI [hpiracing.com]

January 6, 2014

Mike Truhe joins Serpent

Truhe Serpent

Serpent have released a teaser image showing a partly covered Mike Truhe, confirming many earlier rumours that the former TLR driver had joined the Serpent team. Despite the trademark goatie and body shell giving it away we still have to wait for official confirmation which we are sure will come in the next days. The addition of Mike to their team is a positive development and with their new mid motor 2wd buggy recently added to their their very thorough line-up, having a major name on the team to work alongside Billy Easton was the next logical step to ramp up their offroad program in the US. Update: Mike Truhe made a statement on his FB page confirming the move:

I am now very excited to be working with Serpent racing and Desoto racing to grow and expand the Serpent brand and all that Desoto racing has to offer. I truly feel that this is a great fit for me and that the products available are some of the best on the market. I am very excited to also be apart of this growing brand and bring the consumers the best and freshest ideas of cars and parts that are available.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

January 6, 2014

Viper R/C signs Marc Fischer

Viper R/C have announced the addition of German electric onroad ace Marc Fischer to their fast growing racing team. Marc’s proven talent will help team Viper to maximize the product performance in all major events in 2014 including DHI Race, Snowbirds, TITC, EOS, ETS and IFMAR Worlds. Marc will also be heavily involved in the new product development and European distribution support in 2014.

Source: Viper R/C [viper-rc.com]

January 3, 2014

Motter wins Top Notch Winter Series Rd2

This past weekend was the second round of the season for the Top Notch Winter Series. Averaging about 200 entries at each event, the TNS is continuing to grow and be very successful. Round number two was held at Coyote Hobbies in sunny Victorville, CA. With just under 300 entries and 33 heats this would be a very competitive and fun day of racing. Team Associated/Reedy’s Kevin Motter and his B4.2 Factory Team with Centro conversion were on point in the first round of 2WD Modified Buggy qualifying. He set the early TQ and the time to beat. As the first round went exceptionally well for the young driver, the second round brought a a couple bobbles and Motter lost the overall TQ. Starting from second on the grid, Motter had his work cut out for him.

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January 2, 2014

Lee Martin confirmed at Yokomo

Team Yokomo have confirmed the signing of British ace Lee Martin to their international team. The former Tamiya driver has won numerous British National and European titles throughout his career and his vast racing experience and knowledge is certain to help the Japanese company strengthen their off-road racing efforts and product development. Lee’s first race with the team will be at the EOS race in Berlin, and will be joined by his teammates Naoto Matsukura, Ronald Volker, Yannic Prumper, and fellow UK countryman Jack Embling. The team will be using the B-MAX2 2wd and recently released B-MAX4 III 4wd buggies.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]