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January 24, 2014

Dirk Wischnewski signs with Team Shepherd

Shepherd Micro Racing announce that Worlds finalist and multiple European and German champion Dirk Wischnweski joins their factory racing team for 2014. Living close to the Shepherd company he will be heavily involved in the development of the Velox V10 Pro sharing his huge knowledge with the team. In the upcoming season Dirk will attend the ENS series, the EC in Valencia and the Worlds in Bangkok as well as some regional races giving track side assistance to fellow Shepherd racers. Dirk had the following to say:

First of all I would like to thank Xray for their support over the last few years but now it’s time for a new challenge. I’m really happy to work together with Patrick and the rest of the Shepherd crew for the future. It was not so easy for me to make a decision for the 2014 season but when I think about the small distance to the company and the great improvements Shepherd made on the Velox V10 last year I’m really optimistic and looking forward to attending the upcoming races.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

January 23, 2014

Blake Boggs wins at 4th Annual January Jam

Flodwood RC in Flodwood, Mississippi played host for the 4th Annual January Jam. Bubba Barham and the entire FRC crew always does a fantastic job on race promotion and track prep to make FRC one of the most frequented tracks for myself along with the south’s fastest racers. This year they had roughly 240 entries spread out in the most popular classes in RC. In the Pro Nitro Truggy class Team Associated/JConcepts driver Blake Boggs battled it out with FRC’s local Chandler Patrick in the qualifiers. After a TQ and two respective top 3 finishes Blake had to settle for a 2nd place in the grid. In Buggy qualifying Arkansas native Drew Spurgeon, FRC locals Greg Gatewood and JC Team mate Kevin McCoy took the first three places.

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January 23, 2014

Date change for EFRA TC Euros

The EFRA announced several updated for three of this year’s European Championships one of which is a date change for the 2014 European Electric Touring Car Championships in Spain. Due to permission problems beyond control of the organisers and the EFRA set a new date for the 21st to 24th of August. The organiser and also AECAR as well as EFRA apologize for any inconvenience caused by this date change due to reasons which were not foreseeable.

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January 21, 2014

Jones & Weatherholt win at Winter Midwest Champs

JConcepts team driver Tyler Jones took the win in Pro Nitro Buggy at the CRCRC Midwest Nitro Championships. Tyler started from 2nd on the grid with his TLR 8ight 3.0 and finished off the main, lapping the entire field for the win. In the eBuggy class Tyler, coming from 4th on the grid, lead the entire race but a last lap bobble left him with a 2nd place finish behind Collin Weatherholt.

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January 21, 2014

Patrix wins at 2014 MRCC Challenge

The 2014 MRCC Challenge was held at the MRCC Track, Medan, North Sumatera. The annual event attracted a total of 35 participants from Jakarta, Surabaya, Pekanbaru and Medan. In the 50 minutes final Patrix (JQ Products) took the win from Wie Wen (SWorkz) and Jason Nugroho (Xray). John Agus and Andre Irawan completed the top 5 result.

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January 21, 2014

Scotty Gray wins Pan-American GT pro race

The Pan-American GT Race was held this past weekend at Homestead R/C Raceway which is one of the biggest GT events in the US with racers from Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Venezuela, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Peru, and more. Qualifiers were a battle between Paolo Morganti and Scotty Gray having Scotty taking round 2 and 3 and having electrical issues on round 4 while on a new TQ pace. At the end Paolo took the final round and the overall TQ honours. In the finals it was a close battle for the first 35 minutes of the race being both racers 1 second apart the entire time. Scotty was able to gain the lead and make some ground from second place, thanks to a very clean run and a very good pit strategy. Finally Scotty with took the win with his Capamerica developed and XRD-powered prototype car by 8 laps followed by Andy Baez from Puerto Rico and Joel Abreu from the Dominican Republic.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

January 20, 2014

Alessandro Balboni joins Team Shepherd

Shepherd announce that they recently signed RC-talent Alessandro Balboni for the 2014 season. The young Italian driver already had his first race at the US World Nitro Cup in Kissimmee at the end of 2013 showing a very competitive pace clocking some of the fastest laps of the race. Alessandro had the following to say:

Thanks to Team Shepherd and especially Giovanni Bianchi from B-Racing for this great opportunity. I’m really happy to join the strong Team Shepherd for the 2014 season and I’m looking forward to attending the upcoming races with my Velox V10 Pro which has exceeded my expectations already.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

January 19, 2014

2014 IFMAR 200mm Worlds back in Bangkok

Huge RC in Bangkok, Thailand, the track owned and run by 2002 ISTC World Champion Surikarn Chaidajsuriya, has been confirmed as the new host for the 2014 IFMAR 1/10th 200mm World Championships. IFMAR were left looking for a new host for the event after deciding in Japan last November not to travel to Argentina for the race. The event is scheduled to be run from the 7th to the 15th of November and will mean back to back 200mm World Championships in the country following the 2012 Worlds being held at RC Addict in another part of Bangkok.

Source: IFMAR [ifmar.org]