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February 7, 2011

Kyle McBride does the Meakin Masters three-peat

Kyle McBride as taken his third straight win at the Meakin Masters, held at the Brickyard, Logan Off Road’s track in South East Queensland, Australia. The event took place last weekend and after 6 rounds of qualifying, Kyle took the TQ with his DNX408, setting an extremely fast pace. At the start of the A-main Kyle battled hard with the 2nd place qualifier for the first 5 minutes and then made a break to take a comfortable lead, after the first fuel stop Kyle was in a very strong position and continued to push hard – eventually lapping the whole field by the 25 minute mark. By the time the 30-minute final was over Kyle had built up a fantastic lead to give his DNX408 another great win. This is Kyles third straight win in the annual Meakin Masters race with victories in 2009, 2010 & now in 2011 piloting the Team Durango DNX408.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]

February 7, 2011

Daniele Ielasi and Shepherd continue indefinitely

Shepherd have announced at the Toy Fair that they have signed an open ended contract with former World and European Champion Daniele Ielasi. The deal will see the Italian driver race for the German company indefinitely. The new contract follows on from their previous 2 year contract together and so happy with the working and personal relationship, referring to him as a member of the family, they have come up with this new contract. Daniele has been testing the Velox V8 ‘eleven’ recently in Miami and will go for more testing prior to April’s World Championships where he aims to compete for the win.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

February 7, 2011

Joern Neumann signs for Team Picco

Former LRP driver Joern Neumann has signed a deal that will see him race Italian made Picco engine for 2011. Joining Ricardo Rabitti running Boost engines, the factory Durango driver is a contender for the win at any race he attends and will be a great addition to their Offroad team, helping to promote and develop the brand.

Source: Picco [teampicco.com]

February 7, 2011

Alexander Hagberg to be fueled by Orcan

Two time European Championship runner up Alexander Hagberg of Sweden has signed a deal that sees him use Team Orcan fuel for 2011. The factory Xray driver had this to say about the deal:

After two successful years with the Spanish company Merlin Fuel, I thank them for their support, and look for new challenges with my new sponsor, Orcan. At the end of 2010 I compared many types of fuel to determine which would be best suited to my high demands. I am confident that Orcan fuel will provide me with the best consistency and power in all conditions, and I will rely on the experience of Mr. Bertram Kessler in this department.

Source: SMI Motorsport [smi-motorsport.de]

February 3, 2011

Cody King announces 2011 sponsors

Current IFMAR World Champion Cody King has announced that he has signed contracts with all the sponsors that took him to the title in 2010. “Last night was the final piece of the puzzle, so now it’s official! I have a three year deal with Kyosho, and a two year extension with Orion, so I know I will be running the Inferno with Orion power again in 2012 when we go to the Worlds in Brazil. I want to thank all my sponsors, Kyosho, Orion, AKA, KO Propo, Byron Fuels, A Main Hobbies, Lunsford, Stickit1 Racing, Brain Speed Graphix, Dialed Inc., and Cig2O.” Cody did make one change having switched to BC1 Graphics/Stickit1 Racing from UpgradeRC. “I want to thank UpgradeRC for several years of support and basically revolutionizing the way people do skins and stickers. This switch to Stickit1 is allowing me to do some things that otherwise would not be possible, and I want to thank Brian Causse and Stickit1 for the opportunity. They have very high quality products and basically unlimited potential to do whatever we want. Brain is a super cool and efficient guy, and I am just looking forward to working with him and running their very high tech and light weight vinyl skins and decals. Check them out at Stickit1racing.com.”

February 1, 2011

Jörn Neumann to race DNX408 for Durango

Jörn Neumann has signed to race the Durango DNX408 1/8th scale buggy to accompany the electric DEX410 and DEX210 prototype he’s already had great success with. The former LRP buggy driver is a multiple national champion in Germany, European champion and took 9th in the 2010 IFMAR 8th buggy worlds. Jörn had this to say about the deal:

I am very happy to join Team Durango also in 8th scale. After testing the DNX408 at Revelation Raceway, I was really impressed how the DNX408 handles. I’m really looking forward to many great years with Team Durango.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]

February 1, 2011

Ryan Lopez wins Pro Buggy at GSS Rd1

Last weekend saw the first round of the Georgia state series at The Wasteland track in Henry County with over 150 entries and some very good talent in town. Ryan Lopez Took TQ and would go on to take the win in Pro buggy with his Go Engine Gx5 powered Losi buggy. Mugen racers Barry Pettit and Mike Batille took 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: VP Pro USA [vp-pro-usa.com]

January 31, 2011

JConcepts announce 2011 factory team

JConcepts have announced their factory team for the 2011 season which sees some new additions to the team including Jeremy Kortz, Brian Kinwald and Billy Fischer. Drivers to extend their contracts with JConcepts include JR Mitch, Joern Neumann, Elliot Boots, Steven Hartson and of course Ryan Maifield whose re-signing we covered earlier.

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