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February 5, 2015

Kelvin Yong wins at Malaysian Regional Championship

The Malaysian Central division Regional Championship kicked off its inaugural race at the Cempaka Speedway Bangi with 2014 National Champion, Daniel Law leading the field. Qualifying started on a damp, slippery track and ended with a blue grooved hard pack track. Katoh San took TQ after the three qualifying rounds over Kelvin Yong. The 1 hour A-main then began with a clean start by Kelvin who took the lead after half a lap and stretching it at the round of pitstops for fuel. Around the 15 minute mark, Kelvin dropped to the back of the field when he needed marshalling which also caused a flame out but some very clean and fast drivering allowed him to regain the lead and to win the race in front of Danny The and Kenny Chin.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 4, 2015

Alex Zanchettin joins Reds Racing

Italian company Reds Racing announce the signing of Italian frontrunner Alex Zanchettin to their team. The TLR drivers will use company’s off-road engines in his 2015 campaign and Reds Racing would is proud to welcome Alex on board.

Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]

February 4, 2015

Serpent confirm long term deal with Viktor Wilck

Having just earlier today announced that he was to leave long time sponsor Tamiya, Viktor Wilck has been confirmed at Team Serpent. The Swedish ace has signed a long term deal with the Dutch brand to run their complete lineup of cars, both on and offroad, and will be making his touring car debut this weekend at the 2nd round of the ETS in Muelheim Kaerlich, Germany. The deal sees Serpent further strengthen their factory race time with Wilck joining Marc Fischer on the EP TC team, Greiner, Mazzeo, Green and the Sahashi brothers in the Gas TC team and Mike Truhe, Hupo Honigl and a soon to be confirmed German superstar on the offroad team. Viktor had this to say about his new deal:

I’m happy to reach this agreement with Serpent and HP Hobbyprodukter. I felt there was time for a change and after a close relationship with Swedish distributor this opportunity came a long that I could not pass on. I have seen the quality of there products from racing Serpent’s nitro cars and was impressed by their performance so I am really looking forward to this new partnership and to the prospects of achieving good results together over the coming years.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

January 31, 2015

Dario Balestri re-signs with Capricorn for 2015

Capricorn have announced that multiple European champion Dario Balestri has re-signed with them for 2015. The current 1/8th European champion will be running both 1/10th and 1/8th chassis, but new for this season Dario will use Capricorn fuel and tyres. Dario had the following to say:

I would like to thank Piero Torregiani from contact for all the support over the time that I have been racing for him. Also to Matteo Passerini at runner time for the help that he has gave to me. Lastly thanks to Patrizio Rossi for giving me the opportunity to run for another season with them.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

January 29, 2015

Marco Baruffolo renews with RB

RB Products announce the contract extension with young double European Champion Marco Baruffolo. The 2013 Euro B and 2014 Euro A Junior Champion will run the full line of RB products including the 1/8th RB One R buggy, nitro engines, fuel and tyres and he has the following to say:

I’m very proud to continue with the RB French company, I will do my best to get some good results during this year. See you on the track.

Source: RB [rbproducts.com]

January 29, 2015

Jeff Hamon takes double Victoria State titles

At the 2015 Victoria State Titles Jeff Hamon took the win in both the 1/8th and 1/10th on-road nitro classes. Steven Jovamovic came in 2nd in the 1/8th category, Tim Westwood rounded out the podium in 3rd. In the 1/10th championship Ricky Vocale grabbed the runner-up spot from Andrew Gillespie in 3rd.

Click here to view the 200mm podium

January 29, 2015

Tyler Vik continues with Xray

Xray have announced that US top off-road driver Tyler Vik has renewed his contract with the Slovakian company for 2015. Tyler is the winner of many major US off-road races and multi time US off-road nationals’ finalist. Tyler is a multi-class off-road driver and will race with the XB8, XT9, XB8E, XB4 and the XB4 2WD and he has the following to say:

I am happy to continue to be part of the Xray factory team, and look forward to showing the performance of the cars throughout the 2015 racing season. The progress we have been doing with both 1/10 and 1/8 off-road cars is impressive and I am excited what this year will bring me. I will travel to all the major US races so do not hesitate to see me. I’d like to thank the Hudy family, as well as Ralph and Bryan at RC America for making this possible.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 28, 2015

2015 Asia Contest – Announcement

Bittydesign in collaboration with Team RC Pro and PRC announce the 2015 Asia Contest, an event born in 2013 and known to all drivers who attended the previous editions as “the funniest race they ever participated”. The 3rd edition of one of the largest independent off-road races will be held at the International Pattaya RC Power Boat World track from 24th to 26th of April 2015 and the entries are limited to 192 drivers for the Nitro Buggy class, split into a Pro and Open category. The 3-day event will see fee practice on Friday, qualifiers and an one-off “Thai vs. Foreigners” race on Saturday and the last change qualifiers, super pole and finals on Sunday. More information and sign-up can be found on the dedicated event page by clicking here.