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January 14, 2013

Lee Martin signs for Pro-Line

Pro-Line have announced the signing of European & British National champion Lee Martin for 2013. Lee is a World Class racer and has already shown that his newly acquired Pro-Line rubber is capable of World Class results by dominating the Italian Job in his opening event. He had this to say:

I’m proud and excited to be joining one of the major brands in not just tyres, but in RC racing in general! Pro-Line has been a leading brand since as long as I can remember and I will push to succeed and increase their ever growing list of race wins and titles.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

January 14, 2013

Mibosport Cup Rd5 report

The fifth of eight races of the 2012/13 Mibosport Cup presented by Yokomo attracted again 100 Czech and foreign drivers. The Mibosport Cup is organised by Michal Bok and his crew and the event takes place in the same venue as this weekend’s ETS Rd2. As usually the race was held for a variety of electric classes such as 2WD and 4WD buggy, Formula, Yokomo GT, Stock 17.5T and Modified TC. In the TC Modified class 18 drivers fought for the victory and the battle for TQ was on between Radek Flek, David Nemcek, Mario Sowka and Kuba Simurda. The TQ went to Radek Flek ahead of David Nemcek and Mario Sowka. In the A-Main it was big battle between Radek, David and Mario. The win went to David Nemcek, with Radek Flek in 2nd and Mario Sowka third. A very good race in this category also for Kuba Simurda who was fourth place overall.

Continue reading the report here

January 14, 2013

Bernsten & Kunak win 2013 DHI Cup

The annual DHI Cup has opened the 2013 racing season last weekend at a very nice indoor track in Denmark and Martin Hudy sent us this report. “This year the organisers built two tracks, one for on-road racing and one for off-road and the racing as was going on in both categories at the same time, so a lot of action. As usually all the European’s best drivers and factory teams were in the place to fight for the DHI title.

Continue reading the report here

January 13, 2013

2013 Dirt Nitro Challenge – Announcement

The organisers the 2012 Dirt Nitro Challenge in Arizona were in touch to tell us about their annual event which will be run from the 20th to the 24th of the February. Back again at the Fear Farm RC Raceway in Phoenix, AZ, the event attracts the best offroad drivers in the World and this year will be no exception. This event is open to both gas & electric 1.8th buggy as well as truggy, short course and 1/5th buggy/truck, with the latter running on a separate track. The event starts on Wednesday the 20th of February for practice and runs through to Sunday the 24th for the buggy mains and you can follow all the action here on Red RC. For more information on the event and details on how to enter you can view the event flyer here.

January 10, 2013

Dustin Evans extends Team Orion deal

Team Orion factory driver Dustin Evans has re-signed with the Swiss company through 2013. This will be Evans’s 3rd consecutive year with Team Orion and over the past 2 years, Evans was able to capture his 1st ROAR National Championship at NorCal Hobbies in Union City, CA in 2011 as well as countless other races with Team Orion including the prestigious Invitational Class Overall at the Reedy International Off-Road Race of Champions in 2011. Team Orion USA Team Manager Joe Pillars says, “Dustin has been a big piece of the puzzle for Team Orion’s electric off-road program. Dustin has been great to work with and testing new products that we use today”.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

January 10, 2013

Team HB re-sign Andy Moore for 9th season

2006 ISTC World Champion Andy Moore has re-signed with Team HB for the 2013 season. Coming off a strong 2012 season, including a 4th place finish at the IFMAR 1/10th IC World Championships, Andy will be looking for more success in 2013. Andy will be campaigning the HB TCXX and R10 platforms for the upcoming season. He had this to say:

I’m excited to get racing in 2013 after a successful 2012 with both the TCXX and the new R10. This will be my 9th year running for team HB/HPI and I’d like to thank Tatsuro Watanabe and Hiro Kasuya for their continued support. As always I will be at most of the big on road races this year and look forward to seeing everyone at the track.

Source: Hot Bodies [hotbodiesonline.com]

January 9, 2013

Ryan Cavalieri re-signs with Team Orion

More driver signings with Team Orion confirming that current IFMAR 2wd & 4wd Buggy World Champion Ryan Cavalieri will remain with Team Orion through 2014. This will be Cavalieri’s 8th and 9th consecutive year with Team Orion and both parties couldn’t be more excited. Over the past 7 years with Team Orion, Cavalieri has recorded an impressive 15 ROAR National Championships and 2 IFMAR World Championships along with countless other wins. Team Orion USA Team Manager Joe Pillars says, “Its great to have Ryan on our Team for another 2 years. Ryan and I go way back, we have built a solid and trusting relationship that has worked very well. I cant wait to see what the next 2 years brings”.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

January 9, 2013

Team Orion signs Renaud Savoya

Renaud Savoya, who yesterday confirmed he had left RB, has signed for Team Orion. The 3-time European Champion had been with the French brand for 4 years and this move coincides with the Shark’s move to running electric offroad for main sponsor Xray. Reno joins David Ronnefalk on the European team and both will assist Adrien Bertin with the development of the company’s line of engines. Renaud had this to say about the deal.

It’s a real pleasure for me to join Team Orion. I followed for many years their dedication and great results in both electro and nitro classes, and I’m proud to be part of it now. We can’t be anything other than impressed with the professionalism they are bringing to our passion. Working with Adrien is a great opportunity for me, as we live close to each other, and we will have a real connection for developing and working on the nitro engine department. I will of course push as much as I can all the products made by Team Orion in all the classes I’m running! Can’t wait to start racing with my new updated package this week end in Padova for Italian Job! Don’t mess with the Shark!

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]