Novarossi have announced the signing of a long term agreement with Spanish driver and Team Associated factory driver Robert Batlle. The 2007 European Champion and 4 time consecutive Spanish National Champion ends his relationship with GRP engines and joins the Novarossi ‘Super Team’ of Adam Drake, Yannick Aigoin, Jerome Aigoin, Darren Bloomfield, Martin Bayer and Billy Fisher with more announcements expected.
Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]
Last weekend saw MSV-Woelbling, hosts of last year’s European buggy championships, run round 1 of their Indoor Winter Splash at a large indoor hall in St. Pölten, west of Vienna. In the truggy only event it was Mugen/Novarossi driver Michael Selner who would win all 3 heats, semi final and main final, setting a new official track record of 25.912 on his way to the victory. The previous unofficial track record of 26.321 was set the week before by on road star Robert Pietsch. Team Associated team mates Alex Obermeier and Rudi Traxler finished the final in 2nd and 3rd. This indoor offroad track will be opened this coming weekend for practice only, with the 2nd Indoor Winter Splash for buggy being held on the 29th to 31st of January, an event which will be attended by top drivers such as Tim Bremicker, Hupo Honigl, Peter Pinisch and Thomas Mayr among others. More information on this event can be found here (German).
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Our friends at oOple are reporting that Jörn Neumann took the 4WD trophy to go with his 2WD title the day previous at the 2010 Petit Race held at the Maritime Raceway in Kent, England. Jörn dominated qualifying and took the first leg of the A final from pole position with his Yokomo Bmax4. In one of the closest and most hard-fought races Jörn and Lee Martin, driving the Tamiya TRF511, battled the entire 5 minutes nose-to-tail with Lee coming out on top. The final leg was over almost as soon as it started however for Lee when a collision with Richard Lowe dropped both drivers several positions as Jörn began to pull away. Jörn took the third leg and with it his second title of the weekend and 6th Petit win.
Check out the full report over at oOple here.
Source: oOple [oople.com]
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The people behind the Nitromania X event, that took place last weekend in Belgium, have finished editing this short video which captures the action and atmosphere from this well attended event. The race eventually saw young Swedish Kyosho star David Ronnefalk take the win in the gas buggy class, while Adam Drake won the brushless class with his Losi.
As the ringing in of the New Year brings hopes of great things for the coming year, it also means that it is time for the annual event held at Trackside Hobbies in Milwaukee Wisconsin called the United States On Road Championships more commonly know as the Novak Race. For 15 years Novak Electronics has been the title sponsor of this annual event and it continues to draw some of the best drivers in the country.
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The organisers of the 2010 IFMAR 1/8th scale buggy World Championships in Pattaya have launched the official event site ahead of next months warm up race that takes place from the 8th to the 14th of February. The site is your usual event affair, outlining most of the relevant information you need to know for your trip to this important race.
You can view the official event site here.
After the success of the Off road version, French website Petit RC have announced the Petit RC GP3F race for 1:10th electric on road. Held from the 6 to 7th of February in Longwy, France centrally located to Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. The race is expected to attract over 100 drivers and if you wish you enter you can do so now at the official website here.
Having just joined Mugen from GS Racing, Sweep have announced that top Spanish off road driver Borja Hernandez has joined their team. With new off road products due from the Korean company, such as their V2 wheel, EXP foam insert and new tire called Exagon, Borja will play a big role in development of these as well as new tires, including those for truggy. Borja had this to say about the deal:
Sweep Racing is a hard working company, with possibilities to improve their actual products. They have new ideas and are motivated to make their tires better and better. The company values the drivers input and the quality of all the products is good. I am happy to be joining the team.
Source: Sweep [sweepracing.com]
