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December 27, 2009

Michael Wächter joins Team SMI/Xray

Team SMI/Xray has welcomed Michael Wächter to their Offroad Team for the 2010 season. After some good years with Team Thunder Tiger, Michael will drive the new Xray XB808 and XT8 using Orcan/Novarossi engines and Orcan fuel in 2010. Competing in the South German championship, Xray Nitro masters and the German championship in Sand and Fischach, Michael had the following to say “I’m happy to join such a professional team around engine Guru Bertram Kessler and I`m really looking forward to 2010”

December 24, 2009

Ilia van Gastel returns to Serpent

Serpent has annouced the return of top Belgian driver Ilia van Gastel to their 1:8 Onroad Team line-up for 2010. Having raced with Kyosho for the past few seasons, the former European Championship podium finisher will race Serpent’s 966 and his main focus will be the Euros at Locorotondo in Italy and preparations for the 2011 Worlds in Florida. A race winner in the Dutch Nationals he will again contest this tough National championship where he will be up against the likes of World finalists Rick-V & Robin d’Hondt, Steven Cuypers and Serpent team-mate John Ermen. Van Gastel will continue his relationship with Team Orion engines.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

December 21, 2009

Richi Gomez to run Boss engines in 2010

SchepisModel have announced that they have made an agreement with the Spanish 1:8 offroad driver Richi Gomez. Richi will race the 2010 Spanish Nationals and other International competitions, including next November’s World Championships in Thailand, using the new Boss engines which has been designed and tuned by Mario Rossi.

Source: Schepis Model [schepismodel.it]

December 18, 2009

Raimondo Gilletti joins Savox Team

Savox have signed a deal with Team Magic factory driver Raimondo Gilletti to run with their Servos next season. Very pleased with the deal given to him by Savoxtech in Taiwan, Raimondo is happy to use Savox’s high quality products in his car and is looking forward to help promote the brand in Europe. Raimondo will use Savox SC-1251 low profile servos in his Novarossi powered Team Magic.

Source: Savox [savoxtech.com.tw]

December 18, 2009

John Ermen joins RB for 2010

RB Products in France have announced that they have signed multiple Dutch National Champion John Ermen to their team. The former Novarossi driver, and European ‘B’ Championship runner up, will use the company’s Circuit 9 engine and associated accessories in his Serpent 966 chassis for the 2010 season and had the following to say:

I’ve been cooperating, promoting, testing & developing with a lot of professional companies over the years in the 1/8th scale onroad market and I’m really looking forward to working with the RB team in 2010. See you on the track side!

Source: RB Products [rbproducts.com]

December 17, 2009

DJ Apolaro reports on Florida S.S. Rd4

DJ Apolaro has a report from this past weekend’s 4th round of the Florida State Series. Normally I run sedan or both 1/8 scale and sedan. I am leading the points for sedan, however I made a choice to concentrate more on 1/8 scale for the next few months, as the competition is higher in the 1/8 scale class. I got to the track with my friends on Friday morning and we set up out pits. I was the only one of us running 1/8 scale and I was going to help them battle for the sedan class. I was looking to learn more about the 1/8 scale, as I am never really satisfied, like I am with the sedan. I started with a basic setup and the car was OK, but needed a lot of work. First I ran in a motor while the track was still green. By the end of Friday my car was pretty good and I was excited about the race weekend. The faster racers at this event where Paolo, Scotty, Ronnie, myself and a few others.

Continue reading the report here

December 17, 2009

Capricorn to fuel young talent Simone Pausini

Italian company Capricorn RC have signed young 11 year old Italian racer Simone Pausini to use their fuel for the 2010 season. This very promising driver will compete in the Italian Junior Championships as well as the European 1/8th scale ‘B’ Championships in Monaco using his IDM powered Shepherd Velox V8, fueled by Capricorn’s competition fuel.

Source: Capricorn RC [capricornrc.com]

December 17, 2009

Alessio Mazzeo to use BOSS engines

Schepis Model in Italy have announced an agreement with former European B Champion Alessio Mazzeo to use their BOSS engine for the 2010 season. The front running Italian Serpent driver previously ran with JP and Max Power engines. Schepis Model had the following to say about the deal:

Mazzeo will replace team driver Giuseppe D’Angelo as official development driver – we thank Giuseppe for the activities carried out so far on our behalf. Our choice has been motivated by the fact that Mazzeo is in our opinion one of the best international drivers and, besides, he lives in our city, Messina. For this reason, the agreement will definitely help us in the process of testing and development of our engines.

Source: Schepis Model [schepismodel.it]