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December 23, 2011

Adam Drake clean sweep at DNC Europe

The first ever “Dirt Nitro Challenge” in Europe was held last weekend at the amazing IBR Padova Indoor R/C Track. The race attracted around 100 drivers including some of the best European drivers such as Robert Batlle, Reno Savoya, Elliott Boots, Darren Bloomfield and USA’s Adam Drake. The total number of drivers was about 100. Novarossi was the main sponsor of the event and their drivers collected most of the awards. In truggy class it was Adam Drake who took the win in his Novarossi powered TLR 8ight T 2.0 followed by Reno Savoya in second and Walter Floris in third also running a TLR 8ight T 2.0.

Continue reading the report here

December 22, 2011

Taiwanese TRCCA On-Road Nationals

The Taiwanese TRCCA On-Road National championship was held last weekend. In the 1/10th 200mm Expert class it was Mr. Wang that took the TQ and went on to win the final ahead of Zhe-Hong Chen in 2nd and Yi-Hao Huang in 3rd. In the 1/8th scale gas on road class it was Mr. Chu that won from the pole position in front of Cheng-Zhong Wu in 2nd an Hao-Yui Yu in 3rd. Finally in the 1/10th EP Touring Expert class Zea-Hao Chen convert his TQ into victory ahead of Po-Yuan Chen in 2nd with Fu-Seng Zheng completing the podium.

View the other podiums here

December 22, 2011

SWorkz France signs Edouard Hugon

SWorkz France have announced that Edouard Hugon has joined the SWorkz European Team. Hugon is well known in the European R/C scene will use the SWorkz S350 BK1 2012 for the new season and will be attending most of the major events throughout the year.

Source: S-Workz [sworkz.com]

December 21, 2011

Henrique Winik joins Novarossi team

Novarossi Italy have announced that South American Truggy Champion Henrique Winik has joined their factory team. The Brazilian, who won the FAMAR title which in Chile back in October, will run the full range of Italian made engines and pipes during the 2012 season.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.com]

December 21, 2011

Alexander Hagberg joins Orcan team

After working closely with Bertram Kessler in 2011, and team driver Dirk Wichnewski, Alexander Hagberg has decided to join the already strong Orcan team. Alex will run the brand’s engines, mufflers and fuel for all his nitro racing in 2012 and will be looking for strong performances at the European Championships in Cassino, Italy and at the World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand. For the 2012 season, the Xray factory driver will use the latest releases from Orcan including the OAGT3-S MH and OAGT3-C MH engines as well as the new muffler OA1910 Plus while for fuel he will use the reliable and race proven OF 2516 Plus.

Source: SMI [smi-motorsport.de]

December 20, 2011

Fabio Ferrero wins Mendoza State Champs

The last race of the Mendoza State Championship, which is considered the second most important racing series after the nationals, was held in the city of Mendoza, Argentina. The final round out of 7 saw all the championship contenders working hard for the overall victory. Shepherd driver Fabio Ferrero was in good shape and claimed the TQ in front Chilean guest driver Matias Arangue also using a Velox. In the final Ferrero was leading from the start to the end clocking a new lap record of 15,008 sec with Arangue finishing in second place one lap down. Having won 3 rounds out of 7 Ferrero to claimed the overall championship title with this result after placing second at the Argentinian nationals 0,8 sec behind the winner some weeks ago.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

December 19, 2011

Yuichi Adachi joins KM International team

KM Group International have announced that 2010 All Japan National Sports Class Champion Yuichi Adachi has signed to race with KM for the coming season. Yuichi was looking for a new challenge and is joining the KM International Team with team mates like Dario Balestri, Meen V and Hang. He will attend many races as an International Team Driver like the All Japan Nationals, FEMCA and IFMAR World Championship, as well as all major races in Japan. Yuichi had the following to say about his new challenge:

I am very happy KM International give me this chance, I will do my best to represent KM brand and make good race result in the upcoming races. Especially, my goal for 2012 is to make grand final in 1/10 GP Touring IFMAR World in Thailand. I have a big confidence to my new car, H-K1, this is the best of the best GP sedan I have ever driven before. Also, I will do my best to support KM R&D staffs by using my 20 years of racing experiences, for KM Future products. See you guys in 2012 Worlds in Thailand.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]

December 17, 2011

2012 Dirt Nitro Challenge – Announcement

The organisers the 2012 Dirt Nitro Challenge in Arizona were in touch to tell us about this great event which will be run from the 22nd to the 26th of the February. Being held at the Fear Farm RC Raceway in Phoenix, AZ, the event attracts the best offroad drivers in the World and this year will be no exception. This event is open to both gas & electric 1.8th buggy as well as truggy, short course and 1/5th buggy/truck, with the latter running on a separate track. The event starting on Wednesday the 22nd of February for practice and runs through to Sunday the 26th for the buggy mains. For more information on the event and details on how to enter you can view the event flyer here.