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January 14, 2015

Martin Bayer renews with Xray

Xray have announced that European Champion Martin Bayer will continue to race with the Slovakian company in 2015. Martin is an important member of Xray’s off-road R&D team and he will continue to use the company’s 1/10th and 1/8th scale off-road cars in his 2015 campaign that will include the 1/10th Worlds, 1/8th and 1/10th Euros, the EOS, as well as the Czech and German nationals beside other selected events. Martin has the following to say:

After successful racing seasons with [the] Xray team with my first European Champion title 1/10 off-road, winning the German national title and achieving multiple podium finishes at international races including European Championship I did not hesitate at all to extend my contract for 2015. Being part of the development team I now realize how much dedication and effort the entire R&D team puts in their work to make the best cars always better. I am very motivated to continue to help Juraj and the R&D team to make Xray cars this year successful on the tracks & races around the world and will work even harder in the R&D and of course on all the races to provide support to our Xray drivers and customers.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 14, 2015

Daniele Ielasi continues with BMT

Former World and multiple Italian champion Daniele Ielasi will continue to run for Italian company BMT for the 2015 season. The 2014 Italian 1/8th nitro on-road champion will use the company’s 984 car in this year’s campaign that includes events such as the World Championships in Brazil, the European Championships in Germany as well as the complete ENS series. Daniele has the following to say about the deal:

I’m sure this 2015 can be one good year for all this race. Special thanks to Pasquale for all the support and the trusting also for the future.

January 13, 2015

Carson Wernimont makes the switch to Pro-Line

Pro-Line have made the announcement that they have signed Carson Wernimont to their factory team. Having finished on the podium at the 1/8th Worlds in Sicily last year and having subsequently changed car sponsor to Team Associated, it looks like 2015 will be a fresh start for the young American, having raced for AKA in previous years. Carson had the following to say about the deal:

I’m super excited to be joining Pro-Line Racing! They’ve proven that they have a great race program and are committed to developing all the right tires, bodies, and accessories for the different racers on all different levels. I’m excited to join PL to further develop the line of bodies that I have already been working on. Looking forward to working with them in 2015 and beyond.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

January 12, 2015

Capricorn sign Thilo Tödtmann

German driver Thilo Tödtmann has joined the Capricorn factory team to run the Italian company’s full line of 1/10th cars, fuel and tyres for the 2015 season. The EFRA EC-B winner, EC-A finalist and regular ENS A-Main participant was already using the Lab C03 and Lab TE02 car since last year with good results. Thilo will attend all major 1/10th nitro races and he has the following to say about the deal:

I’m very excited to be joining Capricorn. I’m looking forward being part of the team and working with them throughout the next races. I’d like to thank Patrizio Rossi at Capricorn who is granting me that opportunity which I take grateful.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

January 12, 2015

Riccardo Berton wins at Italian Job Race 2015

The 2015 edition of the The Italian Job Race was held this past weekend at IBR Padova in Italy featuring the usual turnout of local talent and internationally experienced drivers. In the 1/8th Pro Nitro Buggy class it was TLR’s Alex Zenchettin who took the qualifying honours with his RB-powered buggy from the UK front runners Elliott Boots (Kyosho/Reds) and Darren Bloomfield (Agama/Bullitt). Alexander Stocco (TLR/Novarossi) and Renaud Savoya (HB/Team Orion) rounded out the top 5 result while other international pro drivers such as Lee Martin in 8th and Robert Batlle in 11th were found further down the field.

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January 10, 2015

Cody King to remain at Kyosho

Cody King has finalized a new contract with his long time chassis sponsor Kyosho. This contract extension will push the relationship between King and Kyosho to 15 years and beyond. During his tenure with Kyosho, Cody has 18 National A main appearances, 4 consecutive IFMAR Worlds final appearances, and one World Championship title in 2010. Cody will compete in the 1/10 off-road, and 1/8 off-road categories using Kyosho vehicles with the biggest race on the calendar for 2015 being the IFMAR 1/10 Off-Road World Championship at Yatabe Arena in Japan.

Source: Cody King [codykingrc.com]

January 9, 2015

New Capricorn deal for Kyle Branson

Young British ace Kyle Branson has renewed his contract with Capricorn for another year to run their entire range of cars. Kyle will also attend the complete ETS series with the recently announced TE03 along with other races around Europe and the UK and will also attend all major 1:10th and 1:8th races with his nitro cars. New for 2015 Kyle will run Capricorn tyres and fuel. Kyle gave the following statement:

I would like to thank Matteo Passerini at Runner Time for the help and support that he has given to me. And also Piero Torregiani at Contact for everything he has done for me and helped me with over the years. Lastly thanks to Patrizio Rossi at Capricorn for allowing me to continue with them for another year.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

January 7, 2015

Riccardo Rabitti to use Pro-Line tires in 2015

Multiple Italian National Champion Riccardo Rabitti will use Pro-Line tires for the 2015 season following a deal with Italian importer Italtrading. The designer of the Radiosistemi 1/8th buggy, who made the semi finals at last year’s World Championships in Sicily, will also use EZ Power batteries from the same company to power the radio equipment in his cars.

Source: Italtrading [italtradingstore.it]