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January 11, 2012

Neumann dominates offroad at DHI Cup

Alongside the DHI Cup touring car race it was the first time for an international indoor off-road race. Many top drivers from northern Europe countries had showed up for this event. Not very surprising was that Germany’s Jörn Neumann was the man to beat in both 2WD & 4WD classes, in 2WD Oskar Levin from Sweden tried to beat Neumann together with Alex Hardt from Germany and they could put their cars on the grid on 2nd and 3rd spot. Neumann kept the pace up in all three finals and won all three legs ahead of Oskar Levin and Alex Hardt. 1/8 Nitro ace Martin Hansen made great progress in the finals from his 9th place start position as he ended in 4th position overall with a very good run in the third leg where Martin put himself into 2nd place.

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January 11, 2012

JConcepts sign Dustin Evans for 2012

Concepts have signed 2011 ROAR National Champion Dustin Evans to the 2012 racing team. One of TLR’s top drivers, Dustin brings versatility to an already speedy JConcepts driver line-up. The Denver, Colorado, native has ascended through the World rankings and established himself as a winner while being one of the few drivers capable of competing in 7 different classes of competition. Having won the ROAR Nationals as well as the Reedy Invitational race last year, Dustin’s first official race with the team will be at West Coast RC Raceway in 2 weeks to defend his Reedy Race title.

View an interview with Dustin here

January 10, 2012

Volker & Leinburger take 2012 DHI Cup titles

Last weekend Odense RC Minirace hosted the 12th edition of DHI CUP and the big news for this years event was the off-road race run alongside the Touring Car event, a first. In the Modified class it was a battle between, Marc Rheinard, Ronald Völker and Alexander Hagberg for the Pole Position, a battle between the two Germans helped Hagberg clinch the pole position. The A-finals were very tight and in the first Rheinard managed to overtake Hagberg close to the end the run, Hagberg tried to come back and touched Rheinard’s car making him lose position and allowing Hagberg to win the 1st leg. Völker put in a steady run in the 2nd and 3rd final and with Rheinard and Hagberg also coming together in both these legs, with the Swede coming of worse each time, the Yokomo/LRP driver could cruise by to take the overall win.

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January 10, 2012

Simon Kurzbuch extends contract with Shepherd

Shepherd Micro Racing have announced that Swiss star Simon Kurzbuch has extended his contract with them for another two years. The World and European Championship main finalist will continue to use the Velox V8 at various national and international events including the European Championship A in Portugal. Together with his father and brother as mechanics he will also help the Shepherd team to improve their products by giving assistance on testing new items. Simon had the following to say:

I’m looking forward to racing another two years for Team Shepherd. The A-Final at the WC in Miami and at the EC in Luxemburg were definitely the highlights of the last season. This hadn’t been possible without the good support and cooperation of the whole team. I would like to thank Team Shepherd and my two fantastic mechanics.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

January 9, 2012

Freddy Sudhoff joins Awesomatix team

Top International touring car driver Freddy Sudhoff has made the switch from Hot Bodies to race for the Russian Awesomatix team. The German driver, who is a front runner in the Euro Touring Series, where the A700 took its first international win last summer in Rd6 of the Pro Stock series, will join an already strong team that includes Ivan Laptev, Steen Graversen and Martin Lissau. He had this to say:

First of all I want to thank HPI/ HB for the support during the last two years. But now I am looking forward to a great experience and new challenges. Therefore I changed to the very innovative Awesomatix team with it’s designer Oleg Babich. My first tests went very well and I am quite confident for the upcoming season as the car sets new standards in quality and performance.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

January 9, 2012

Olly Jefferies to run Reedy Sonic for 2012

UK-based Reedy/Team Associated driver Olly Jefferies’ cars will be powered by Reedy Sonic motors for 2012. Olly’s Team Associated TC6.1 and 12R5.1 have been powered by Reedy LiPo batteries for some time, but he now expects to take advantage of the powerful motor/battery combination early on in the season and at the World Championships this summer. Jefferies, one of the premier on-road drivers in Europe and a regular on the BRCA UK 1/12 and TC circuit, is looking forward to his new equipment and had the following to say:

I am very happy to be running the Reedy Sonic motor for 2012 and to carry the Reedy name on my car. I have been extremely pleased with how testing has gone. Combined with the Reedy LiPo, TC6.1, 12R5.1, and the hard-working guys at Team Associated/Reedy, I feel very confident for the coming season.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

January 9, 2012

Hara & Rheinard continue with ABEC35

Ball bearing specialist, ABEC35, continues with a strong team this year by extending their contract with Hot Bodies factory driver Atsushi Hara and Tamiya factory driver Marc Rheinard. Both world champions will once again run the company’s range of high quality ball bearings in their respective cars throughout 2012.

Source: ABEC35 [abec35.com]

January 9, 2012

Kyosho Masters 2012 – Announcement

Kyosho France were in touch to inform us of the 14th running of the Kyosho Masters. The race will take place at Sucy en Brie in France from the 15th to the 17th of June this year. It will be your typical Masters with top racing, lots of fun and giveaways. For more information you can contact the organisers at kyoshomasters@kyoshoeurope.com