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December 13, 2016

Tamiya Invitational Race 2016 – Report

The newly opened indoor asphalt track of Graha Tamiya, located in Gading Serpong, just outside of Jakarta City, Indonesia, played host to the Tamiya Invitational Race 2016. The first official race since its opening in April the event attracted about 50 entries in the three classes of Super GT, Stock and M-Chassis. The race attracted some international top drivers such as UK’s Andy Moore, as well as Thailands Charvit and Trin and also some guests from Singapore as well. With the top guns in the Super GT class all running the Tamiya TRF 419X, it provided the crowd with the maximum entertainment as results from two out of the four rounds of qualifying would count. At the End, it was Charvit (Thailand) who took the top spot, winning two rounds with Andy Moore (UK) lining up on P2 and Alvin Koh (Singapore) on P3 both TQing a round each.

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December 12, 2016

2017 Euro Nitro Series to open in France

The Euro Nitro Series is excited to announce that it will travel to France for the first time in 2017 with Mulhouse in the east of the country the location for the opening round of Season #4 of the high profile Onroad Nitro Championships on May 19-21. Continuing as a four round championship, this will be the first year all rounds will be staged in different countries with Germany, Austria and Italy making up the rest of the schedule. A country with a rich history of onroad nitro racing, and with the ENS attracting a growing number of French competitors each season, the addition of Mulhouse has been welcomed by both manufacturers and racers.

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December 12, 2016

Video – Jared Tebo Interview

JConcepts founder Jason Ruona interviews multiple World Champion Jared Tebo and talks about racing, life, retirement, and his relationship with Speed RC owner, former Formula 1 & Nascar racer Scott Speed.

December 12, 2016

World Champion David Ronnefalk departs AKA

Following a first wave of departures and new sponsorship announcements things got a bit more quiet the recent days but the silly season is still in full swing with many high-class drivers jumping ships weather it be chassis, engines or fuel. The latest Pro to announce a change in his sponsorship package is HB Racing’s David Ronnefalk. The 2016 IFMAR Gas Buggy World Champion has just announced his departure from long-term tyre sponsors AKA. So far there are no words on his new deal but in the meantime he had the following to say:

To all friends, fans and followers that have supported my racing, earlier this year I decided 2016 would be my last year with AKA. I’ve been with AKA since the start and just felt like it was the right time for something new after 8 happy years racing together. I will forever be thankful for everything the guys at AKA have done for me and to my racing career. Big thanks to Joel, Mark and Gil for always supporting me to the fullest with great products that made us win those titles together. I would also like to thank Greg, Pres, Jeremy and Brent for their hard work during these years together. I’m delighted that I was able to win the big one a second time for AKA, as well as the 2 Euro titles and many other accolades together as a team in my racing career. I wish them the best in the future and also look forward to a fresh start in 2017!

December 12, 2016

Jörg Tiit gets Nosram power

1/6th scale European Champion and multiple 1/12th Euro A-finalist, Jörg Tiit will get Nosram power for the 2017 season. The Estonian SWorkz driver will compete at events such as the EOS, the 1/8th Euros and other major races using Nosram electronics and he has the following to say about the deal:

I am very happy to be part of the team. The performance and quality of Nosram makes me feel very confident for the coming season.

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

December 11, 2016

Balint Rajki teams up with Xray

Xray have announced the signing of Hungarian Formula champion, Balint Rajki to their team. The former ETS Stock, Hungarian 1/10th 200mm Nitro, and HPI Nitro Stock European and World Champion will focus on electric touring car and formula racing at all major electric on-road events including the ETS and he has the following to say:

I’m very happy to announce and also feel honoured to be able to join the Xray factory team. I have been following the formula project since the beginning and I truly believe that the X1 car is the best car at the moment so far and I’m sure it will remain the same. Besides the X1 I will also race T4 cars in our National Championship, ETS and some XRS races. I had been basically racing the past 10 years with one brand, but now I feel that this is the right brand to join with having all the different cars I had raced before and also planning to race in the future. I would like to thank Jan Ratheisky and the Hudy family for the opportunity, I will do my best. I also would like to say Thank You to Modell & Hobby and Arpad Kocsis for supporting me with cars over the past years.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 10, 2016

Race in to Reedy Event – Announcement

The Reedy Offroad Race of Champions organisers have announced a unique opportunity for those racers who were not drawn in the lottery for the Open class. On January 14, 2017 at 6pm, OCRC will host a qualifying event where racers will vie for six additional spots in the Open Class and earn a position into the Reedy International Offroad Race of Champions. These six spots will be in addition to the original 100 drawn lottery entrants. More information about the qualifying event can be found here.

December 10, 2016

Nothing in it as Tebo tops 2WD seeding from Rivkin

Having topped 4WD seeding at the JConcepts Indoor National Series Finals, Jared Tebo went on to complete the double when he topped the 2WD times but only just from Spencer Rivkin. Tebo set the fastest three consecutive laps in a time of 50.804 while Rivkin posted a time of 50.809. The only other driver to manage a 16-second lap around the Speed RC track, Brent Thielke would complete the Top 3 with the Team Associated Team Manager outpacing his team driver Alex Kosciuszek and Serpent driver Will McIver.

Continue reading this report here or view our full event coverage here.