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January 17, 2012

Neumann & Honigl confirmed for EOS Rd1

The organisers of next month’s Euro Offroad Series season opener (February 10th to 12th) in the Czech Republic have confirmed that Team Durango will be sending their factory team to Hrotovice for round 1. Winner at the EOS Pilot race in Sweden last year, Joern Neumann will be in attendance, coming off a dominant indoor season that has seen him win both the DHI Cup and Petit race in the last fortnight. He will be joined by team mate Hupo Honigl, who also took a win at last weekend’s Petit race and both are confirmed to run in the 4wd, 2wd and 4wd SC classes. More top driver announcements will come in the next days, including a Japanese superstar, as this race shapes up to be a classic. Entry is currently open at MyRCM, so if you want to compete against the best in the World at an awesome venue with a great atmosphere then sign up now. For full event information please visit the EOS site here.

January 17, 2012

Italian ETS attracts World class nitro drivers

This weekend (January 20-22) the Euro Touring Series travels to all new territory as Italy plays host to the second round of the Yokomo backed 2011/12 Series with a massive 300 strong entry set to descend on the town of Scandiano in the North East of the country. A nation famed for its motoring passion and in rc racing for producing world class nitro drivers, the event has attracted one of the sport’s greatest legends Lamberto Collari who will be joined by other big names from the onroad nitro scene such as Dario Balestri, Walter Salemi and Andrea Pirani. A nine-time 1:8 Onroad World Champion, Collari has already shown his ability to quickly adapt to 1:10 electric touring cars having made the A-Main at the Italian Charity Race in December which attracted a quality field as the main factory teams used it as a warm-up event for the first ever Italian ETS encounter.

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January 16, 2012

Jörn Neumann double at 2012 Petit race

JConcepts Team Driver Jörn Neumann competed at the 6th annual Petit race last weekend at Ardent Raceway in the UK. It was 2WD buggy and Pro4 Short Course on Saturday and 4WD buggy on Sunday. Every driver was able to run two rounds of practice and then qualifying got underway with only the fastest time counting. Jörn was able to TQ 2WD with his JConcepts Finnisher equipped Durango DEX210 while in Pro4 Jörn qualified 2nd. The finals were a little chaotic, but in the end Jörn was able to take the win in 2WD buggy and Pro4 short course. On Sunday 4WD qualifying started great, Jörn had really good runs and again the fastest time giving him the TQ spot for the mains. In the finals Jörn started off well but got tangled in traffic and ended up finishing in the 2nd spot behind Durango team mate Hupo Honigl.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

January 13, 2012

Ryan Maifield to use Reedy Sonic motors

Long-time Reedy/Team Associated driver Ryan Maifield has chosen Reedy Sonic motors for 2012 and beyond. The precision power band of the Sonic is a huge advantage in off-road where one of the keys to winning is confidence in power delivery. Expect Ryan to take full advantage of his Sonic motors at the CRCRC Midwest Winter Championships in Columbus, OH this weekend.

Source: Reedy [reedypower.com]

January 13, 2012

Eric Dankel joins Capricorn factory team

Italian company Capricorn have signed top German international racer Eric Dankel to their factory team. The former Xray driver will run the company’s Lab-C02 and Lab-C801 cars at both National and international events throughout 2012 including the 1/8th and 1/10th Euros in Portugal and Italy as well as the 1/10th Worlds in Thailand in November.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

January 13, 2012

Renaud Savoya signs to Sweep Racing

Sweep Racing have signed 3 time European Champion Renaud Savoya. The French factory Xray driver, who previously raced for Pro-Line, had the following to say about the deal:

Here we are! After many tests in different conditions, my choice naturally went to Sweep. They showed me an unbelievable potential, as for the products and the people. It’s a real pleasure to work with such great guys, as they always do their best to improve and develop the best products worldwide. I’m looking forward to this new season, as part of their R&D dept and can’t be more confident in my package! Special thanks to Ryan Lee and Maugrafix for putting us in contact!

Source: Sweep Racing [sweepracing.com]

January 12, 2012

EFRA clarify 1/10th IC Track rules

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EFRA 1/10th IC chairman Franky Noens got in contact to clarify some matters regarding the rules that were decided upon at the recent AGM. Most notably is the fact that the new weight limit for the 1/10th gas class will only change to 1550 grams from the beginning of 2013, meaning the current limit of 1725 grams will be in use for this season. Read the full letter below for more details.

Read the full letter here

January 11, 2012

Miguel Matias signs for TLR

Team Losi Racing have announced the signing of Miguel Matias for the 2012 racing season. Miguel is an 8x Portuguese National Champion, former European Champion and multiple European and World Championship podium finisher. The former JQ Products driver will be racing both nitro and electric for TLR and will also be using the Spektrum DX3R Pro Radio. Miguel will attend local races, as well as major races worldwide, concentrating on the Nitro and Electric Euro’s and the IFMAR 1/8th World Championship in 2012.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]