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March 6, 2016

Hagberg holds overnight TQ at Hot Race Shootout

The 2016 Hot Race Winter Shootout is taking place this weekend at the RCLandia track in Scandiano, Italy. The 2-day event has attracted 90 drivers from seven different countries to compete in the four classes of Touring Modified, Touring Stock, Formula and 1/12th scale. The race format saw free practice, two qualifiers and the Shootout Race on Saturday with two more qualifying rounds and the finals to follow on Sunday. After two rounds of qualifying Alexander Hagberg is sitting on top in the Touring Modified and 1/12th scale class with Marco Kaufmann, Dionys Stadler, Mattia Collina, Fabrizio Manicardi and off-road racer Marco Baruffolo being in chase of Alexander in the Modified category. Fastest in the Touring Stock class so far is Simone Alleotti while Simone Brocca is holding the overnight TQ in the Formula class.

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March 3, 2016

Francesco Tironi joins Infinity

Creation Model have announced the signing of Italy’s Francesco Tironi to their team. The multiple European and World Championship finalist will join prominent team members such as Lamberto Collari or the recently signed Andy Moore and Teemo Leino. The former Shepherd racer and multi-time Italian national champion had the following to say about the deal:

I’m really proud to communicate you that from 2016 I will be part of the Infinity Team; we have an important program for 1/8 on road scale and I will be involved in the development of the new projects that company will start in the future. I wanna say my thanks to Mr Kenji and all Infinity staff for this opportunity; don’t hesitate to contact me at the racing fields… See you soon!

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

March 2, 2016

2016 RC Lemans Series – Announcement

Going into its 11th season the 2016 RC Lemans Series will kick off on the weekend of the 24th of April at the iconic Appeldoorn track in the Netherlands. Run in the two Pro10 classes of LMP1 Modified and LMP2 10.5T Stock the series will visit seven different tracks in the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium and Germany with the 2015 instalment having attracted drivers from five different countries. New for 2016 is also the South German RC Lemans Series with the August round at the Rötz track also being the German Nationals warm-up race. More information, the race calendar and more can be found on the series’ website here.

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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