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January 6, 2015

Multi-year deal with JConcepts for Cole Ogden

Cole Ogden

US racer Cole Ogden has agreed to a new multi-year deal with JConcepts for 2015. One of the best 1/8th drivers on the east coast of the United States, Cole established a reputation for winning during the 2014 season. Placing in the quarters at the Worlds in Italy last year the young driver from McDonough, Georgia will now team up with the Florida based crew to further sharpen his racing abilities while he looks to work alongside teammate Ryan Maifield at all major 1/8th events in 2015. JConcepts president Jason Ruona states, “This is a great opportunity for us to establish this relationship with a terrific and still upcoming 1/8th driver. We want to provide a steady base of communication, support and experience while utilizing great speed to further develop our products. We take great pride in developing drivers and in this case, we want to help Cole get over the top and race among the greats for years to come.” Look for Cole to begin his racing with JConcepts in early 2015 at the Colonels Classic in Savannah, GA, before the team turns their attention to the worldwide opener, The Dirt Nitro Challenge in February.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

January 6, 2015

Ari Heinonen moves to Agama for 2015

Nemo Racing have announced that top Finnish racer Ari Heinonen will be running the new Agama A215 Buggy in 2015. After coming to the UK for a test session with Darren Bloomfield, Ari was delighted with the performance of the new car and took only a few days to decide that he wanted to be part of the Nemo Racing family in 2015. Having set some stunning times at the Euros in 2014, he was unlucky to not make the main final as his pace was clearly good enough for such a top result. To complete his race package, Ari will use Bullitt engines, Beta tyres & accessories and Piranha Fuel.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]

January 4, 2015

Neumann to run full Maxima package in 2015

Joern Neumann to run full Maxima package

Multiple European Electric Offroad Champion Joern Neumann has made the announcement that from 2015 he will be running the complete Maxima package, both engine and fuel, having only run the Thai company’s fuel up until now. The former Durango team driver, who ran FX Engines last season, had the following to say about the deal:

After already using Maxima fuel last year, I decided for the entire Maxima package for 2015. I want to thank Chira Ratanarat and Sascha Baumann for giving me the chance to use the best engine and fuel for the upcoming season.

January 4, 2015

Dominic Greiner joins Arrowmax

Arrowmax RC announced the signing of young German Serpent driver Dominic Greiner to their team. The World Championship top qualifier will be using Arrowmax honeycomb tools, set up tools and accessories. This is what Dominic Greiner had to say about the deal:

I’m very happy to be a part know from the Arrowmax team. The quality is still perfect from the tools and setup parts. Also the silicone liquids are constant and very good. I’m looking forward for the good cooperation in the next years.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

December 29, 2014

Lars Hoppe joins Savox Factory team

Savox have announced the signing of front running German Lars Hoppe to their Factory team. The recent winner of the opening round of the Euro Touring Series in the Czech Republic will now use the Savox line of servos in his 1/10th electric Touring and 1/8th nitro on road cars during his 2015 campaign.

Source: Savox [savoxtech.com.tw]

December 29, 2014

Nugroho wins 3 Stone Park Off Road Challenge

The 3 Stone Park 2014 Off Road Challenge was held on 21 December 2014 at 3 Stone Park Track in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The race was divided into 2 classes, Pro and Open Class and the race format consisted of three rounds of 10 minutes qualifying with your two best counting. After 3 rounds of qualifying in the Pro Class it was Jason Nugroho who took the TQ. Starting from pole position Jason got a clean start to the final and pulled away to take the win ahead of Kelvin Ngow and Eric Lim. In the open class it was Ryan Stocek, who just a few weeks earlier changed to Xray who took the TQ spot and would go on to take the win from Danny K and Ricky Teoh.

View the race results here

December 23, 2014

Mizan wins Malaysian 1/10th National Championship

Shepherd driver Mizan recently took the Malaysian National Championship title in the 1/10th Nitro Touring class with a 3rd place at the final round in Titiwangsa. Already before the event he wrapped up the overall title with three wins and three TQs in five races. Without any pressure Mizan qualified 2nd for the 45 minute main final. Half way into the race he pitted for tyres but he flamed out and lost valuable time. At the end he recovered to take the final podium spot. With his 2014 title Mizan has won the MNC three times in a row now.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

December 23, 2014

Adam Drake doubles at Toys for Tots race

Revelation Raceway hosted a Toys for Tots race this past Saturday with 115 entries and top drivers like Cody King, Mike Truhe, Barry Pettit, Shaun Kirkman, Tyler Brown, Colin Herzig and Adam Drake in attendance to name just a few. Revelation Raceway also raffled off a bunch of prizes for their annual raffle. As for the race, TLR’s Adam Drake soon set the pace and was the overall TQ in Nitro Buggy and Truck. Drake led both finals from start to finish to sweep the event with Cody King and Mike Truhe rounding out the podium in Buggy and Tyler Brown and Barry Pettit coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively in the Truck class.

Click here to view the Truck podium