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]
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
As the New Year is upon us, all of us in the EOS organization want to wish everyone a very happy New Year. The new year will bring with it the beginning of the much anticipated Euro Offroad Series, kicking off in the Czech Republic on February 10th to 12th. As we prepare for the EOS, we would like to take this time to announce that the official race tire for the 2012 EOS will be dBoots tyres. Adam and all the team at dBoots have been working very hard with us to ensure the EOS will be a tremendous success and with the quality of the dBoots tyres it will prove to be a winning combination.
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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]
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.
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]
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
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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