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January 4, 2012

Pro-Line sign Adam Drake

Pro-Line has made another big name signing with the announcement that Adam Drake will join their team. Tim Clark said “Pro-Line’s #1 core value is team 1st and that is why we are so thrilled to have TLR’s Adam Drake join forces with Team Pro-Line for 2012. Adams performance and professionalism on and off the track combined with a never give up attitude is well deserving of his overwhelming popularity amongst fellow racers and fans. Adam Drake added “I’m excited to have signed with Pro-Line Racing for 2012. Pro-Line is a world class manufacturer and has a wide range of tires for all scales of racing along with 11 IFMAR World Championships. I will be running Pro-Line tires and inserts on all my TLR and Losi vehicles for 2012.”

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

January 4, 2012

LRP Touring Car Masters – Announcement

LRP have announced that the 15th running of the LRP Touring Car masters will take place from the 30th of March to the 1st of April in Eppelheim, close to Heidelberg, Germany. Open to both modified and open stock classes, as well as the usual round of the LRP-HPI-Challenge, the event attracts big name drivers who will all be looking to prevent the winner of the last two years Ronald Volker from making it 3 in a row. Registration is already open and if you wish to enter you can do so by visiting the official event site here.

January 3, 2012

Pro-Line sign WC Cody King

Pro-Line have made the announcement that they have signed current 1/8th offroad World Champion Cody King away from AKA. Tim Clark said “The Pro-Line Team is excited to announce current IFMAR World Champ Cody King on our team roster for 2012. Cody and his father, Paul King, refined their nitro racing skills as Pro-Line Team members during the peak of the Pro-Line Saturday Series and have since proven themselves as World Class competitors with many national caliber wins and a current IFMAR world title. We look forward to partnering with Cody for the defending of his IFMAR World Championship title.” Cody is “really excited to be working with Pro-Line for 2012. Pro-Line is a dedicated team of individuals and I expect great results using their products.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

December 27, 2011

IFMAR 200mm Worlds Warmup announcement

Having had their previously scheduled World Warmup cancelled due to flooding, the organisers of the 2012 IFMAR 1/10th 200mm World Championships to be held at RC Addict in Bangkok Thailand, have given the final date for the warmup. Set to take place from the 23rd to 29th of January next year, and with the track not going to be resurfaced before the main event, it will give racers the best opportunity to run on the track in similar conditions to those at the actual event which will be held later that year in November. For more information you can contact Jarb at nitrowc2012@gmail.com

December 24, 2011

Marc Rheinard wins 2011 Italian Charity Race

Earlier this month Team La Gang organized a big event for Charity in the permanent track of RCLandia in Scandiano, Italy. The scope of the race was to collect money to donate, this year, to the Child division of the Reggio Emilia’s Hospital. Team La Gang in cooperation with ToniSport decided to use the same rules as the ETS round 2 which will take place on the same track in January which gave the racers the chance to practice in the Pro-Stock division, which is the most popular class in the ETS thanks to the fantastic rules and the support of Speed Passion, the new Formula 1 class and the Modified class.

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December 23, 2011

Adam Drake clean sweep at DNC Europe

The first ever “Dirt Nitro Challenge” in Europe was held last weekend at the amazing IBR Padova Indoor R/C Track. The race attracted around 100 drivers including some of the best European drivers such as Robert Batlle, Reno Savoya, Elliott Boots, Darren Bloomfield and USA’s Adam Drake. The total number of drivers was about 100. Novarossi was the main sponsor of the event and their drivers collected most of the awards. In truggy class it was Adam Drake who took the win in his Novarossi powered TLR 8ight T 2.0 followed by Reno Savoya in second and Walter Floris in third also running a TLR 8ight T 2.0.

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December 19, 2011

Philip Tschupp wins Stock at Italian Charity race

The annual Charity Race Italy took place at Scandiano recently, the location for round 2 of the ETS which will be held there in January. In Pro stock qualifying TOP Photon race Philip Tschupp, using the new Photon EX prototype brought it all together in the final round to take the TQ spot. In the first final Philip had very little steering and got pressured by Franceso Martini and Diego Macchioni. He had to block in every corner until Francesco made a mistake. Then it was Diego who put Philip under pressure. It was a very close race until Diego touched a curb and lost control of his car, so there was a gap between Philip and the other two local drivers and he could take the win. In the second final Philip changed his tire treatment and had much more steering and so could hold a little gap between his and Diego’s car. After a few minutes the Italian Champion closed up to the Swiss driver and they had a great battle but in the end it was Philip Tschupp who won the final to take the overall title ahead of Diego Macchioni in 2nd and Francesco Martini in 3rd.

Source: TOP [top-racing.jp]

December 19, 2011

Yuichi Adachi joins KM International team

KM Group International have announced that 2010 All Japan National Sports Class Champion Yuichi Adachi has signed to race with KM for the coming season. Yuichi was looking for a new challenge and is joining the KM International Team with team mates like Dario Balestri, Meen V and Hang. He will attend many races as an International Team Driver like the All Japan Nationals, FEMCA and IFMAR World Championship, as well as all major races in Japan. Yuichi had the following to say about his new challenge:

I am very happy KM International give me this chance, I will do my best to represent KM brand and make good race result in the upcoming races. Especially, my goal for 2012 is to make grand final in 1/10 GP Touring IFMAR World in Thailand. I have a big confidence to my new car, H-K1, this is the best of the best GP sedan I have ever driven before. Also, I will do my best to support KM R&D staffs by using my 20 years of racing experiences, for KM Future products. See you guys in 2012 Worlds in Thailand.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]