ProTek RC have announced the signing of Mugen’s Adam Drake to their team. “The Drake” will use ProTek RC products such as servos, batteries and chargers in his upcoming campaign that will see appearances at all major races throughout the USA.
Source: ProTek RC [protekrc.com]
Wallace Motorsports welcome top US contender and West Coast based racer Brian Thomas to the Wallace Motorsports Family. Brian has decided to run Hot Race Tyres and Ielasi Tuned engines in both 1/10th Nitro Touring and 1/8th open classes on his current Mugen chassis. Brian brings years of Nitro experience to the table and Wallace Motorsports are extremely happy to have him run and support their brands.
Source: Wallace Motorsports [wallacemotorsports.net]
Quito in Ecuador recently held a nitro on-road race and it was Serpent’s Pipo Bastidas who snatched the top podium spots in both the 1/8th GP and 1/10th 200mm Sedan classes. Martín Campaña (Serpent) was hot on the heels of Pipo, however in the end Bastidas would prevail, taking the win from Pipo 2nd and Capricorn driver Damián Proaño 3rd. Over in 200mm Sedan Pipo kept it clean the whole race to secure the win from Hermann Saa (Capricorn) 2nd and Tito Jativa (Serpent) 3rd.
View the Nitro Touring podium here
The annual Swiss Bütschwil GP was held last weekend and it was HoBao driver Max Hesse who scored wins in both the 1/8th Nitro and E-Buggy classes. In the 45-minute main final Max was able to take the win in front of Alex Schmitt 2nd and Aaron Münster (HB Racing) 3rd, the latter two ended the race a lap short of Max. Over in E-Buggy it was again Max with a dominant drive as he ended the 10-minute encounter a lap in front of his competitors.
Source: Graupner [graupner.de]
Muchmore have announced the signing of Germany’s Eric Dankel to their team. The EFRA European 1/10th Nitro Touring vice-champion and double ENS champ will be using Muchmore products in his upcoming nitro and electric campaigns.
Source: Muchmore [muchmoreracing.net]
The 2018 Batam Challenge was held this past weekend at the Banana RC track in Batam, Indonesia. The track is accessible from Singapore by ferry in only 40 minutes and it is host for the 2018 FEMCA event in April. A total of 34 drivers from Singapore, Jakarta, Bandung, Banjarmasin, Pontianak as well as local drivers attended the event and after four rounds of 10-minutes qualifying it was Xray’s Jason Nugroho with the overall TQ. Jason then also went on to win the 45-minute main final from HB Racing’s Stanley Wangsanegara 2nd and Kyosho’s John Agus 3rd.
The Vedum Spring Indoor race was held this past weekend and it was Pontus Larsson who swept the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class. The race was held in a large indoor facility laid out with astro turf and Pontus was able to take the TQ, semifinal win and also the overall, leaving behind Alexander Castlind in 2nd and Micke Svensson in 3rd. The top 5 result was rounded out by Kristian Johansson and Per Carlsson.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
The Spanish nitro on-road season kicked off last weekend with the Club Automodelismo Autet holding a regional race for 1/8th, 1/10th and 1/5th scale classes. Nacho Lopez was in control of things in the 1/8th category as he took the TQ a lap in front of Ruben Olivares and he would also take the win in the half hour long A-main, some two laps in front of Ruben as Jose Gil completed the podium result from Miguel Solon 4th and Eliseo Boters 5th.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
