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March 2, 2016

Yannic Prümper teams up with VBC Racing

Jannic Prümper teams up with VBC Racing

VBC Racing have announced the signing of German frontrunner, Yannic Prümper to their factory team. The former Yokomo driver will compete in electric on-road and off-road classes at all major races while also assisting with product development. Yannic has the following to say:

I would like to thank VBC Racing for putting the trust in me and giving me the opportunity to become a part of the very exciting VBC Racing Team! I can’t wait to share my experience with the team and work on future projects. See you at the track!

Source: VBC Racing [vbcracing.com]

February 29, 2016

Bruno Coelho TQ’s & wins at 2016 TITC

Bruno Coelho TQ's & wins at 2016 TITC

The 2016 edition of the famous Thailand International Touring Car Championship, TITC, was held this past week at the RC Addict track in Bangkok with around 250 drivers attending in various electric on-road classes. Super hot asphalt temperatures of sometimes above 60 degree Celsius combined with a somewhat bumpy track made for challenging conditions for the drivers who had to seek for a setup that allowed for consistent lap times over the five minute runs. In the Touring Modified class Xray’s Bruno Coelho made the best out of the conditions and he would grab the overall TQ after the qualifiers by winning three of the six qualifying rounds. The Yokomo duo of Meen Vejrak and Ronald Völker would line up in second and third while Marc Rheinard (Tamiya) and Alexander Hagberg (Xray) would round out the top 5 result.

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February 26, 2016

Mark Green signs with Matrix Tires

Italian company Matrix Tires have announced the signing of multiple British Champion, Mark Green to their international factory team. Veteran in both the 1/8th and the 1/10th 200mm classes, Mark will compete in the BRCA National Championship, at the European and World Championships, and the Euro Nitro Series while being a key figure in supporting Matrix customers track side.

Source: Matrix [matrix-tyres.com]

February 26, 2016

Miguel Mathias teams up with HB Europe

HB Europe have announced the addition of former European Champion and multiple Portuguese National Champion, Miguel Matias to their team. The former Xray driver recently left the team after being with the Slovakian manufacturer since 2014. It is understood that Miguel will attend both national and international 1/8th off-road events with HB’s range of vehicles.

Source: HB Europe [hbeurope.com]

February 25, 2016

Colin Herzig sweeps Expert classes at 2016 DNC

This past weekend, the 2016 Dirt Nitro Challenge was once again held at The Fear Farm in Goodyear, Arizona. Joey and The Dirt track crew did an amazing job on the track build for this years event and it was a big hit with all the drivers. Kenny Brosh and Jimmy Babcock did another great job keeping the race program moving silky smooth all weekend long and with the total 1/8th race entries being limited to 600 this year, the event went off without a hitch and was very well received by all the racers. On Saturday night, the 30-Minute Expert Nitro Truggy A-Main event would be run. Kyosho America’s Colin Herzig would start 3rd on the grid and as the dust settled after the 30-Minute A-main, it was Herzig taking the impressive win by just under 1 second ahead of TQ holder CJ Jelin (HB). Victor Guerrero (HB) would go onto finish 3rd on the podium.

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February 24, 2016

RC Concept sign Tom Cockerill

French company RC Concept have announced the signing of Yokomo’s Tom Cockerill to their team for 2016. The UK frontrunner and 2015 IFMAR Worlds finalist will bring his speed and knowledge to the company and he joins swift team mates such as the recently announced Lee Martin and Reno Savoya.

Source: RC Concepts [rcconcept.net]

February 22, 2016

Cavalieri denies Maifield in epic DNC final

Ryan Cavalieri denied long standing arch rival Ryan Maifield from retaining his Dirt Nitro Challenge buggy title reversing the outcome of last year’s final to win an epic 45-minute encounter at the Fear Farm. Starting 3rd on the grid, Cavalieri would take a late lead and see off a final corner lunge by Maifield to claim his first DNC title at the Fear Farm by 1.151-seconds, his last win coming in 2010 when the race was held at the Nitro Pit. With both Cavalieri and Maifield hitting trouble in Saturday’s Truggy Main when they ran out of fuel, in Buggy it was the new Truggy Champion Ty Tessmann who was to have the bad luck as he was robbed of the race lead just after the halfway mark when a stone got caught up in a rear wheel. The race’s most winning driver, Tessmann would drag his HB back to pits and while a repeat of his 2014 double was done the Canadian would still finish on the lead lap to complete the podium at the 17th running of the Joey Christensen event.

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

February 22, 2016

Andy Moore gets Infinity drive

Creation Model have announced the signing of former HPI/HB factory driver, Andy Moore to their team. The 2006 Touring Car World Champion joins his former team mate Teemu Leino, who only just recently teamed up with Creation Model, to run the company’s Infinity brand cars while also helping with development of future projects. Andy has the following to say about the deal:

I’m extremely happy to announce that I am joining Creation Model to run their Infinity brand of cars. This exciting new company has an amazing passion for R/C and I hope my experience will help them while working together on future projects over the coming years. See you all at the track soon.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]