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January 21, 2020

Simon Kurzbuch departs Novarossi

In a message on social media former IFMAR 1/8th scale IC Track World and EFRA European Champion, Simon Kurzbuch has announced his departure from long-time engine sponsors Novarossi. The multi-time Swiss National Champion is looking back on a very successful campaign with the iconic Italian engine manufacturer and he has the following to say about his departure:

Season 2020 starts with the communication about my departure from Novarossi as engine supplier. Thanks to Grazia, the whole Novarossi factory, Alfredo, Laura, Francesca, Malik, Federico, Daniele, Stefano, Silvio and Cesare! We had a really great time, sometimes better some time bad but all the races we won together speak for itself, grazie grazie grazie! All the best for you all! Soon we post more for 2020, very excited about it!

January 20, 2020

Ryan Lutz VP PowerMaster fuelled

VP PowerMaster R/C Hobby Fuels have announced the addition of champion caliber driver Ryan Lutz to the VP Racing Fuels PowerMaster national and international race team. Lutz, from Medina, Ohio, will be fuelling with PowerMaster’s newest off-road blend. 30% Ryan Lutz was developed by VP Racing Fuels and Ryan Lutz to be a versatile off-road fuel for everyone from the seasoned pro to the club racer. Power, fuel mileage, and engine reliability were the development goals in mind. 30% Ryan Lutz blend is formulated with a high-performance proprietary oil package for additional engine protection. Lutz will compete and develop national and international markets for PowerMaster’s Lutz developed fuels and will be available for product support. The Agama factory driver comes fresh from his first race with VP Racing Fuels as he top qualified and won the Pro Truggy class at the 2020 Southern Indoor Championships. Ryan says:

I’m excited to race for and represent VP Racing Fuels.

Source: VP PowerMaster [vpracingfuels.com]

January 20, 2020

FEMCA IC Track Championships – Announcement

The FEMCA IC On-road Championships and IFMAR 1/10th 200mm Pre-Worlds will be held as a joint event at England Park Raceway, Brisbane, Australia from May 26th to 31st. The Pre-World Championship for 1/10th IC Track Touring Cars will be run concurrently with the FEMCA Championships for 1/10th and 1/8th scale IC Track classes. All classes will be run using controlled fuel and tyres and more information can be found on the official event website here as well as on social media here.

January 20, 2020

Völker & Ratheisky win at GP3F

The 2020 Grand Prix des 3 Frontieres was hosted by the French MRC Longwy club this past weekend, attracting a full 150-car entry for the two classes of Touring Modified and Touring Stock. The event attracted some of Europe’s fastest electric on-road racers and it was Yokomo’s Ronald Völker with the overall TQ from free agent Yannic Prümper and Marc Rheinard, the latter campaigning an Awesomatix car. The triple A-mains saw Ronald taking wins in A1 and A2 for an early overall while Mark Rheinard snatched the overall runner-up spot with a win in A3. Yannic Prümper had to settle for 3rd overall as Yokomo’s Christopher Krapp completed the top 4.

Continue reading the report here

January 20, 2020

Jörn Neumann sweeps IFMAR GT Worlds

Homestead RC Raceway of Homestead, Florida played host to the 2020 IFMAR GT World Championships last week. The event was held in both Nitro and Electric classes and attracted nearly 80 entries. Qualifying in the Nitro class was won by Alessio Mazzeo from Meen Vejrak in 2nd and Jeff Hamon in 3rd. In the Electric class it was Martin Bayer with the overall TQ from Jörn Neumann in 2nd and Felix Law in 3rd.

Continue reading the report here

January 16, 2020

Bruno Coelho joins Xtreme Aerodynamics

Xtreme Aerodynamics have announced the signing of multi-time IFMAR World Champion, Bruno Coelho to their team. The Xray factory driver will use Xtreme Aerodynamic’s body shells to deck out all of his on-road rides from now on and he has the following to say about the deal:

I’m really happy to announce that I decided to join Xtreme Aerodynamics! I’ve been following the work of Xtreme in on-road nitro classes and how they totally dominate that market and since they joined electric TC their results have been impressive. The new Xtreme Twister is for sure the body of the moment and I can’t wait to start this project. Finally I want to say thank you to Cristian Boni for the great opportunity and see you all in the next race!

Source: Xtreme Aerodynamics [xtremeaerodynamics.it]

January 16, 2020

Ielasi Tuned sign Robert Pietsch

Ielasi Tuned from Italy have announced the signing of former IFMAR 1/8th World Champion, Robert Pietsch to their factory team. Robert will use the Novarossi-based engines to power his Mugen ride during his 2020 1/8th scale campaign and he has the following to say about the deal:

First of all I want to thank O.S. Speed and in particular Mr. Shimazaki for the support of the past two years. In the near future I will focus more on the Mugen Seiki 1/10 touring electric model car project, so with the Nitro I will not be able to race with the 1/10 this season, but only in the 1/8 On-Road category and I am sure that together with Daniele, with all his passion and experience as a mechanic on the track, we will do our best to obtain good results.

Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]

January 13, 2020

Aaron Stringer wins at 2020 Vietnam Challenge

The 2020 Vietnam Challenge was hosted by the Long An track in Can Giuoc, Vietnam this past weekend. The event attracted over 120 entries including some international top stars such as Atsushi Hara. The 1/8th Nitro Buggy class was top qualified by HB Racing’s Atsushi Hara from Serpent’s Aaron Stringer and the latter would take the overall win in the 20-minute A-main event that was cut short due to the threat of heavy rain. HB Racing pilot Zac Ryan came in 2nd, a lap down while Takashiro Wataru (SWorkz) completed the top 3 result, some 0.7 seconds behind Zac.

View the final result here