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January 6, 2014

Mike Truhe joins Serpent

Truhe Serpent

Serpent have released a teaser image showing a partly covered Mike Truhe, confirming many earlier rumours that the former TLR driver had joined the Serpent team. Despite the trademark goatie and body shell giving it away we still have to wait for official confirmation which we are sure will come in the next days. The addition of Mike to their team is a positive development and with their new mid motor 2wd buggy recently added to their their very thorough line-up, having a major name on the team to work alongside Billy Easton was the next logical step to ramp up their offroad program in the US. Update: Mike Truhe made a statement on his FB page confirming the move:

I am now very excited to be working with Serpent racing and Desoto racing to grow and expand the Serpent brand and all that Desoto racing has to offer. I truly feel that this is a great fit for me and that the products available are some of the best on the market. I am very excited to also be apart of this growing brand and bring the consumers the best and freshest ideas of cars and parts that are available.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

January 6, 2014

Viper R/C signs Marc Fischer

Viper R/C have announced the addition of German electric onroad ace Marc Fischer to their fast growing racing team. Marc’s proven talent will help team Viper to maximize the product performance in all major events in 2014 including DHI Race, Snowbirds, TITC, EOS, ETS and IFMAR Worlds. Marc will also be heavily involved in the new product development and European distribution support in 2014.

Source: Viper R/C [viper-rc.com]

January 5, 2014

2014 Asia Contest – Announcement

2014 Asia Contest - Announcement

Bittydesign together with distributor Team RC Pro & PRC staff have announced the 2014 Asia Contest, an event born in 2013 with a successful race format that saw the participation of racers from all neighboring countries and known for its fun atmosphere. The International Pattaya RC Power Boat World track continues as the venue for the event which is set to take place from the 2nd to the 4th of May 2014. Limited to 192 drivers nitro buggy, split between Pro and Open class it will again be a 3 day format running from Friday with free practice, Saturday qualifications and the special one-off race ‘Thai VS Foreigners’ for the top qualifiers. Sunday will be the Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ) followed by Superpole and finals. More information can be found here.

January 4, 2014

Cody King joins Absolute Hobbyz

2010 IFMAR 1/8 Off-Road World Champion Cody King has announced that he has made the move from U.S. online hobby giant A Main Hobbies to the up and coming online hobby store Absolute Hobbyz. Cody had this to say about the move:

I really appreciate the time I had over at A Main Hobbies. I raced with the owner Kendall Bennett 10 years ago before A Main was even started up, and it has been fun running for him and watching his company grow. This move to Absolute Hobbyz just makes sense for me at this point in my career, and opens up opportunities to do things I could not have done otherwise. I’m really looking forward to running at some of the Absolute Hobbyz sponsored events this year, including the Psycho Nitro Blast in March. Hobby shop support is important to me, and I am pleased to have the support of Absolute Hobbyz in 2014.

Source: Cody King [codykingrc.com]

January 4, 2014

Joern Neumann joins Pro-Line

Pro-Line have announced that they have signed EOS Champion and Worlds top qualifier Joern Neumann to a 2 year deal. The Durango driver and multiple European Champion moves away from long time sponsor JConcepts after a successful term with them in both 1/10th and 1/8th offroad. Pro-Line had this to say:

All of us here at Pro-Line are excited to have Jörn on board for the 2014-15 racing seasons. Jörn’s attention to detail and motivation to win are a perfect fit to our organization. Jörn’s years of experience will help strengthen our product development and innovation into the future.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

January 2, 2014

Lee Martin confirmed at Yokomo

Team Yokomo have confirmed the signing of British ace Lee Martin to their international team. The former Tamiya driver has won numerous British National and European titles throughout his career and his vast racing experience and knowledge is certain to help the Japanese company strengthen their off-road racing efforts and product development. Lee’s first race with the team will be at the EOS race in Berlin, and will be joined by his teammates Naoto Matsukura, Ronald Volker, Yannic Prumper, and fellow UK countryman Jack Embling. The team will be using the B-MAX2 2wd and recently released B-MAX4 III 4wd buggies.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

January 2, 2014

Ellis Stafford joins TLR for 2014

Horizon Hobby UK have announced the return of Ellis Stafford to the UK/EU TLR team for 2014. Widely respected for his development skills as well as his on-track pace, the former double European Champion will concentrate on TLR’s 22 2.0 and 22-4 electric platforms and will help spearhead the company’s European 1:10 race program alongside young Dutch sensation Wesley van Helmond. Ellis had this to say:

I’d like to start by saying thank you to Durango but now a new chapter has started, or should I say continues. Joining back with TLR is an exciting adventure and having spent 16 years with Horizon and 12 years with Losi before this really does feel like I’m coming home again. I’m looking forward to running the 22 2.0 to see just how good it is and I’m really excited to get my hands on the 22-4 fairly soon to see just what that can bring us.

Source: Horizon Hobby UK [horizonhobby.co.uk]

January 1, 2014

Hupo Honigl confirmed at Team C

After much speculation about his future, multiple European Champion Hupo Honigl has been confirmed at Team C. Having announced that he was leaving Durango some weeks ago, the Austrian racer now joins the Absima Team C Europe racing team and will not only strengthen their race team but help with the development of Team C’s line of offroad cars. Hupo had this to say:

First of all I would like to say thank you to Team Durango for the support over the last couple of years. It was a great time and I would do everything in the same way again! It was a really hard decision, mainly because of the teamwork with my friends Gerd Strenge and Jörn Neumann and also the rest of the awesome crew at the racetrack! Now I´m looking forward to a new Chapter! I appreciate the pleasant welcome from Stephen Shih and Jürgen Laux to my new home Team C. In the first year i would like to concentrate on racing 1/10 offroad mainly in Europe – if there is any spare time some 1/8th buggy and maybe some electric touring car. Full of motivation I can´t wait for the first race with my new rides!

Source: Absima [absima.rc-car-news.de]