March 26, 2015

Ty Tessmann fuelled by VP Powermaster

Ty Tessmann fuelled by VP Powermaster

1/8th Nitro Buggy World Champion Ty Tessmann has teamed up with VP Racing Fuels for the Silver State and Neo race. Ty will “officially” be using VP PowerMaster’s “Tessmann Edition” fuel at the 2015 Silver State in Las Vegas and at the 2015 NeoX race at Harper Adams University in Newport, Shropshire, England. After extensive on-track testing and racing, Tessman was convinced that the custom formulated VP Powermaster delivered the performance demanded at the highest levels of R/C Offroad racing. “Fuel mileage is very important to us without sacrificing power, with this blend we do not sacrifice anything”, said Gord Tessmann.

Source: VP [powermasterfuels.com]

March 25, 2015

Ryan Maifield teams up with TKO

Ryan Maifield teams up with TKO

TKO have announced that Team Losi Racing’s Ryan Maifield has joined their team. TKO products, such as wheel, clutch and engine bearings will be in his race cars and with the rolling out of TKO’s new electric performance product line Ryan will also help with testing and development. Currently Ryan is running TKO products such as ceramic engine bearings, flat & finished diff rings, special RT clutch bearings and wheel bearings, Eureka gear box lube, and Enhanced Rotation bearing lube with more to come.

Source: TKO [tkocompetitiondev.com]

March 25, 2015

Showtime as EOS heads to Austria

Showtime as EOS heads to Austria

Following a two month break, the Euro Offroad Series resumes this weekend (March 27-29) with Round 3 of the 1:10 Offroad Championship taking drivers to Wels in Austria. For the second year running the EOS will run as part of Austria’s largest modelsport show ‘Modellbau Wels’ with show organisers this year placing the indoor track in one of the Messe Wels newly constructed entrance halls. In term of the racing action, the event marks a important stage in the championship in terms of determining who the title contenders will be and there will be a lot of attention around the championship’s most successful driver Joern Neumann as the Round 2 4WD winner makes his EOS debut with Serpent.

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March 24, 2015

JMRCA Offroad Nats & Worlds Warm-up – Entries open

JMRCA Offroad Nats & Worlds Warm-up – Entries open

This year’s Japanese JMRCA 1/10th Electric Off-Road Nationals will be held from the 5th to 7th of June at the Yatabe Arena, host of the 2015 IFMAR 1/10th Electric Buggy World Championships. The Nationals will also act as the Warm-up for the Worlds in October and the entries for oversea drivers are now open here. The race, run on a purpose-built astroturf track, will see the use of the official Schumacher Worlds control tyres and inserts as listed below.

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March 24, 2015

Dirk Wischnewski renews with Matrix

Dirk Wischnewski renews with Matrix

Matrix Racing Tires have announced that former European Champion and multiple time German Champion Dirk Wischnewski renewed with the Italian manufacturer for the 2015 season. A 200mm class specialist the 33-years old Sheperd team driver is a regular A-Main finalist at international races, and in 2015 he will be in contention for the European title as well as the Euro Nitro Series title.

Source: Matrix [matrixtires.it]

March 23, 2015

2015 Florida Winternats – Report

2015 Florida Winternats – Report

The 2015 Florida Winternats were held this past weekend in Ft. Myers, Florida with the usual mix of national drivers and international guests. Held in several 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road categories the premier class of 1/8th Open was won by Ralph Burch, who took the win from Mike Swauger and Simon Kurzbuch. Kyle Branson and Paolo Morganti rounded out the top 5 result.

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March 23, 2015

Hagberg & Hönigl win at 2015 1/12th Euros

Hagberg & Hönigl win at 2015 1/12th Euros

The 2015 EFRA 1/12th scale European Championships were held at the famous Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia this past weekend. Almost 100 entries from all over Europe split into the two classes of Modified and Stock. Practice and the first round of qualifiers were on schedule for Friday with 2014 European Champion Alexander Hagberg (Xray) being on rails from the early beginning as set the early pace in the Modified class while Hupo Hönigl (Serpent) placed himself on top of the timing sheets in the Stock class.

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