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January 11, 2012

Ronda Drake joins Team Losi Racing

More TLR news with Team Losi Racing announcing the signing of Ronda Drake for 2012. Ronda will be racing both nitro and electric for TLR and will also be using Nitrotane fuel. Ronda is very excited to be back with TLR as she was a team driver for them many years ago and had this to say:

I would like to thank Kris Moore and Robbie Collins from Mugen as well as Bobbi Jo Clausen from Byron’s for the great support over the past seven years. I’m really looking forward to being back with TLR and running the same vehicles as my husband. The team of people and products from TLR are amazing See you at the races!

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

January 11, 2012

Miguel Matias signs for TLR

Team Losi Racing have announced the signing of Miguel Matias for the 2012 racing season. Miguel is an 8x Portuguese National Champion, former European Champion and multiple European and World Championship podium finisher. The former JQ Products driver will be racing both nitro and electric for TLR and will also be using the Spektrum DX3R Pro Radio. Miguel will attend local races, as well as major races worldwide, concentrating on the Nitro and Electric Euro’s and the IFMAR 1/8th World Championship in 2012.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

January 11, 2012

JConcepts sign Dustin Evans for 2012

Concepts have signed 2011 ROAR National Champion Dustin Evans to the 2012 racing team. One of TLR’s top drivers, Dustin brings versatility to an already speedy JConcepts driver line-up. The Denver, Colorado, native has ascended through the World rankings and established himself as a winner while being one of the few drivers capable of competing in 7 different classes of competition. Having won the ROAR Nationals as well as the Reedy Invitational race last year, Dustin’s first official race with the team will be at West Coast RC Raceway in 2 weeks to defend his Reedy Race title.

View an interview with Dustin here

January 11, 2012

Apolaro & Giorgio take Florida SS Rd5

This past weekend we had the 5th round of the Florida State Series at the famous Worlds track in Homestead Florida and Kosmic Fuel was in the house full force. In Qualifying is was DJ Apolaro taking the TQ in Sedan and having 9 of the 10 cars in the final. In 1/8 scale is was Kenny Ives qualifying 3rd with 5 of the 10 car field running Kosmic. First up was Sedan and some close racing was expected. With DJ Apolaro getting a good start he was able to pull way and never look back. A close race for 2nd, 3rd and 4th would take place with Gianni, Eduardo and Rino ending up on the same lap, just 2 laps behind DJ. Giving Kosmic the Win and taking all the podium spots. In 1/8 scale there was a lot of action early in the race and by the half way point is was all about just trying to finish. Sean Laue would take the early lead just to have his race ended. In the end it was Gianni Giorgio taking the win, with Jamie Gonzalez in second and Kenny Ives taking 3rd. Giving Kosmic the Win and 3rd place.

View the 1/8th podium here

January 10, 2012

Simon Kurzbuch extends contract with Shepherd

Shepherd Micro Racing have announced that Swiss star Simon Kurzbuch has extended his contract with them for another two years. The World and European Championship main finalist will continue to use the Velox V8 at various national and international events including the European Championship A in Portugal. Together with his father and brother as mechanics he will also help the Shepherd team to improve their products by giving assistance on testing new items. Simon had the following to say:

I’m looking forward to racing another two years for Team Shepherd. The A-Final at the WC in Miami and at the EC in Luxemburg were definitely the highlights of the last season. This hadn’t been possible without the good support and cooperation of the whole team. I would like to thank Team Shepherd and my two fantastic mechanics.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

January 10, 2012

Hang takes Hong Kong title with Rd4 win

The final round of the 2012 IFMAR WC 1/10 GP Selection series took place last weekend at the ACO Racing Track in Hong Kong. KM Racing team driver Hang TQ’d the three qualifiers by one lap over the second driver Poon who was driving the Xray. Hang was the only driver who could make 30 laps in the qualifiers. In the 30 minute final, Hang led from start to finish, heading second placed driver Chan with his NT1 by 4 laps, breaking his own track record with the best lap of the day. Hang was using the newest H-K1 side battery version & the waist twister system and the handling was great. With this results Hang became 2011 Hong Kong Champion and won the first spot of the two available to attend the 2012 IFMAR World Championship in Thailand.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]

January 9, 2012

Drake & Moller wins Rd1 of Snowman Series

ARC Raceway kicked off its 2012 race season this past weekend with round one of the Snowman Series. Consisting of four rounds, round one had 12 heats. TLR, Novarossi, Pro-Line driver Adam Drake TQ’d both rounds of qualifying in the 1/8th Pro Buggy class in front of teammate’s Drew Moller and Matt Schreffler. In the 1/8th Pro Truck class Ronda Drake TQ’d round one with her new TLR 8ight T 2.0. Drew Moller TQ’d round two and would be the overall TQ for the truck class. In the 30 minute buggy final Adam Drake ran flawless and took the victory by more than two laps over Carson Wernimont in second and Colin Herzig in third. Drew Moller won the 20 minute truck final followed by teammate Andy Carillo in 2nd and Ronda Drake in 4th after a rough start.

View the final results here

January 9, 2012

Kyosho Masters 2012 – Announcement

Kyosho France were in touch to inform us of the 14th running of the Kyosho Masters. The race will take place at Sucy en Brie in France from the 15th to the 17th of June this year. It will be your typical Masters with top racing, lots of fun and giveaways. For more information you can contact the organisers at kyoshomasters@kyoshoeurope.com