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September 30, 2019

Masami Hirosaka leaves Yokomo after 30 years

In what sounds a bit of a shock announcement, record IFMAR World Champion, multi-time Japanese National Champion and all-time RC icon, Masami Hirosaka has announced his departure from long-time sponsors Yokomo. Being with the Japanese company for 30 years now, Masami has taken to social media that he will leave Yokomo effectively today, September 30th, following the retirement of company founder Tom Yokobori. Masami and mechanic Masaaki have won countless national and international titles campaigning Yokomo cars, with Masami being the company’s main brand representative after his official retirement from racing, a couple of years ago. For now Masami leaves open what comes next for him.

September 26, 2019

2020 Silver State Indoor Worlds – Announcement

The team at The Dirt Racing has announced the 2020 Silver State Indoor World Championship will take place from May 14th to 17th at the South Point Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The venue will be hosting the event for the third year and the organisers have some awesome plans to make it a great event. The schedule will be the same as the first year with Thursday practice, Friday and Saturday qualifying with some lower mains on Saturday night and remaining mains on Sunday. The arena is packed for the season and the only move in and set up dates available require the The Dirt team to follow this format. Entry spots may be limited so for early entry sign ups go to the official website here.

September 24, 2019

Paul Crompton joins Schumacher

Schumacher have announced the addition of UK’s Paul Crompton to their team. He is a regular BRCA National A-finalist, also he finished in the top 10 at the EOS championship and recently had a strong top 30 finish at the Worlds event. Schumacher Racing are pleased to have Paul on board and look forward to working with him. He shall be attending the EOS series, 1/10th off road Euros and the BRCA National series along with some other events. Paul had the following to say:

I am looking forward to starting a new chapter with Schumacher Racing in my RC career, it should be great and I thank them for the opportunity.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

September 24, 2019

Naoto Matsukura wins at International Nitro Grand Prix

The RCMC Singapore club held the Infinity International Nitro Grand Prix last weekend, attracting some of the World’s fastest nitro on-road drivers. The event was held in 1/8th and 1/5th scale classes and saw Infinity’s Jesse Davis taking the overall TQ from Infinity teammate, Naoto Matsukura in 2nd. The 45-minute main final then was a pretty close affair with Naoto taking the win by less than a second from veteran racer, Infinity’s Alberto Picco while Rick Vrielijnck (Infinity) came in 3rd, some nine laps down, to round out the podium result in 3rd.

Image: Alberto Picco

September 23, 2019

Sobue & Sawada return for OneTen Season 2

The organisers of the 2019/20 OneTen Series presented by Infinity are pleased to announce the return of Akio Sobue and Jin Sawada for the opening double header of the season at RCI V2. Set to take place on October 19-20 at the World famous indoor facility in Shanghai, the reigning series Champion and Vice Champion of the modified class will lead the charge for Infinity as the Japanese manufacturer aims to win back to back titles. Akio and Jin will be joined by more international and national drivers, to be announced soon, as well as the strong local contingent in Shanghai. More information on the event can be found hereand entry can be submitted here or directly at RCI V2.

September 19, 2019

Ulti Tyres UK sign Ollie Payne

Ulti Tyres UK have announced the signing of Ollie Payne to their factory team. Ollie has an already incredible record in what is still the early stages of his professional radio control car racing career. So far Ollie has acquired the titles of the 2018 European Stock 12th Scale Champion, double BRCA Modified National Champion, as well as 2018/19 Arena 12th League Stock and Modified Champion to name only a few. Ollie brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience in RC racing, but most importantly in 12th Scale. Ollie will be working closely with the design team in Japan and the UK to constantly develop the range of tyres Ulti offers and he has the following to say about the deal:

This is an incredible opportunity to be an ambassador of a tyre brand that wants to invest in and improve upon a wheel and tyre that is already a fantastic product. I would like to thank Ulti Tyres UK for giving me this opportunity, and the backing to use their tyres. I can’t wait to get the 2019/20 carpet season started!

Source: Zen Racing [zen-racing.co.uk]

September 19, 2019

20th annual E24h Race – Report

Last weekend the 20th annual E24h Race was held on the iconic Andernach outdoor asphalt track in Germany. The event has a long history and took place on several different outdoor tracks during the last years before it now returned to its birthplace. The attendance was very high as 140 drivers from Germany, Great Britain, The Netherlands and Belgium made their entries in 20 teams of seven drivers each. On a sunny Saturday morning all teams received their mandatory Yokomo SD Sport chassis kits, equipped with a Hobbywing 17.5T combo, Silverback LiPos and Volante tyres. Main organiser Uwe Rheinard together with the event supporting Tonisport crew took charge of providing all required stuff for the teams. After the drivers meeting the teams had to build their cars according to the manual and shortly after lunch the race started on its very long journey of 24 hours.

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September 17, 2019

Spencer Rivkin takes IFMAR 2WD World Championship

The 2019 IFMAR 1/10th Off-road World Championships are held at the Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia this week. The event kicked off with 2WD racing that saw a 3-horse race for the overall TQ. In the end 2015 2WD World Champion Spencer Rivkin took three round TQs for the overall from Italy’s 1/8th Nitro Buggy World Champion, Davide Ongaro. Japan’s Yusuke Sugiura, with a steady performance, snatched P3 on the grid from 2015 4WD World Champ, Bruno Coelho who would also take a single round TQ. The opening A-main then saw Davide taking the win by 0.6 seconds as Spencer had a bobble in the opening stages of the race. Bruno Coelho would end A1 in 3rd.

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