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September 16, 2011

Team Orion confirm Elliot Harper signing

Team Orion have officially announced young on-road star Elliot Harper to their growing international team. Elliot who has been two time Worlds finalist, making the podium last year, will use Orion’s ESC, batteries and motors. The Tamiya driver, who has been running the Swiss company’s products for a few months now made the following statement:

I really like using the Team Orion products in my car. They are of high quality and the performance is awesome. The motors have great power and good feeling. The speedo is highly tunable for all conditions and tracks which is ideal, it is an ideal power package.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

September 10, 2011

Ryan Cavalieri – A day in the life

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Back in July we had our cameras follow Associated factory driver Ryan Cavalieri in the build up to the 2011 IFMAR EP Offroad World Championships in Finland to see how a 4-time World Champion prepares for the race of his life. Check out the video above to see the results.

September 9, 2011

Renaud Savoya joins Xray

Xray have announced that 3x European champion Renaud Savoya has joined their team. Having just confirmed his split with Durango earlier this week, the French driver has already been testing his new ride in an effort to get up to speed with 808. Reno will play an important role at the R&D team to help with the further development of the 808 platform as well help to provide the technical support at the major events. Reno had this to say:

I’m very excited and motivated to join the Xray family! They always show huge motivation and ambition for racing, fuelled up by passion and devotion. As we were having different opinions and objectives with my previous sponsor, we decided to break our partnership in a friendly atmosphere. I’m really looking forward to bring Xray the best results and it will be a pleasure to meet all Xray customers, present and future! See you soon on the racetracks.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 8, 2011

MiboSport Arena Opening race – Announcement

MiboSport in the Czech Republic, headed up by international TC driver Michal Bok have been in contact to tell us about the opening race at the new MiboSport Arena in Trebic. A friendly end of season race, it will take place from the 24th to the 25th of September on their sweet new purpose built astroturf track. The race will be open to 2wd and 4wd buggy as well as 2wd and 4wd Short Course. On Saturday evening there will a party with BBQ and some tradition Czech drinks which is free for all entrants. A great way to finish off the outdoor season, you can find more information here and make you entry here.

September 3, 2011

Euro Touring Series announce 2011/2012 schedule

Having crowned the 2010/11 champions just weeks ago, the organisers of the Euro Touring Series have announced the schedule for season number 5. Coming off the back of a very successful fourth series, that saw over 630 drivers register points, the ETS will once again be run over six rounds and visit six different countries, two of which are new to the championship.

View the full 2010/11 calendar here.

September 1, 2011

Reedy Offroad Race of Champions – Announcement

The 2012 Reedy International offroad Race of Champions will once again be held at West Coast R/C Raceway in La Mirada, California on January 26th – 29th. Entries open September 1st at Noon PST on www.RCSignup.com and with 200 spots for the open classes and 30 Invitational drivers, spaces are limited. The event continues its traditional 2wd Open and 4wd Open class along with the Invitational 2wd/4wd format. To allow everyone an opportunity to be a part of this historic event, a lottery drawing will be conducted on October 21st with the first 200 open class entries selected securing a place in the event. Entry fees are due for the selected entries and Invitational drivers by November 20th.

More information can be found here

August 30, 2011

Jilles Groskamp joins Sweep Racing

Sweep Racing have announce that double Euro Touring Series Champion Jilles Groskamp has joined their team. The Tamiya TRF and Team Orion factory driver had this to say about the deal:

After some tests with the Sweep tyres I’m very excited to join the Sweep racing team. As a professional driver I spend many days testing new parts on the car and new electronics and good tyres are needed for this. It allow me to test my Orion powered Tamiya 417 in a perfect way due the fast and consistent tyres of Sweep racing.

Source: Sweep Racing [sweepracing.com]

August 28, 2011

Jörn Neumann takes European 4wd offroad title

Jörn Neumann put in a great performance at this week’s electric off road European Championships in Pau France. Qualifying 2nd overall behind 2wd Champion Lee Martin in the shortened schedule, after heavy rain washed out the previous day, Jörn lead the Team Durango charge, with team mates Hupo Hönigl qualifying right behind in 3rd. The field was strong, with two former/current World Champions and 6 former/current European Champions in the A-main. Jörn took the opening two legs of the A-Final to take the overall win in a close fought battle with Lee Martin and Neil Cragg and become the 2011 4WD European Champion. Having already won the title, Jörn sat out the third leg of the A and Hupo took up the fight, taking second which he held to the line for 4th overall. Lee Martin took 2nd overall with Neil Cragg in 3rd.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]