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June 7, 2008

ETS Andernach – Hara confirmed

ETS Andernach - Hara confirmed

The organisers of the Much More backed European Touring Series, which sees its final round of the 07/08 series take place in Andernach Germany, have confirmed that former World Champion and 2008 Reedy Race winner Atsushi Hara will be coming to round 4 on the 27th – 29th of June. The Japanese racer will be joining other confirmed entrants, Marc Rheinard, Jilles Groskamp, Paul LeMieux, Hupo Honigl and many more.

For more information about the event and where it takes place go to the Series page on our site here.

There are limited places left in both classes, so if you wish to enter round 4 of the ETS go to rcracecontrol.com.

June 5, 2008

Elliot Harper wins Euros Warmup

The warm up race for this years Electric touring car European Championship was run last weekend at the host track in Vila Real, Spain and there were 40 racers in attendance, with some international racers in attendance. Qualifying for the race saw young UK rising star Elliot Harper, driving his Xray, take pole position ahead of current UK National Champion Chris Grainger in 2nd for Yokomo, while Spanish racer Toni Mateo in 3rd. The finals saw complete dominance by Harper who won all 3 legs of the A-main to take the overall win ahead of the Spanish pairing of Toni Mateo and Marc Esbri Vilar in 2nd and 3rd.

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June 5, 2008

2009 Snowbird Nationals are Official

Planning well in advance, the organisers of the Snowbirds were in contact to tell us that the 2009 event is happening and will once more take place at the Radisson Resort in Orlando Florida.

I am very excited to announce that we have signed with the Radisson Resort once again for the 2009 Snowbird Nationals. The World’s largest RC race returns to Orlando! The room block is set, so start making those hotel reservations now! As a special Thank you from the Radisson – anyone that reserves their room in the month of June will get a FREE upgrade to a deluxe room (a $10 a night savings!). I am also excited to announce we were able to get the hotel rates the same as in 2008, with the 10 percent discount again if you stay five nights or more. Our schedule will be similar to past years, with practice Tuesday and Wednesday, with racing Thursday through Sunday. Saturday will once again be ‘Bump N’ Run’ day. Classes and complete race details will be coming out in the months ahead. We expect the best Snowbirds ever and hope you can plan on being a part it! Call the Radisson at: 407-396-1400 and mention the Snowbirds to make your room reservations.

Source: Snowbirds [snowbirdnationals.com]

May 30, 2008

Reedy Race of Champions – Videos

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Team Associated have been in contact to share some great videos from last weekend’s Reedy Race in California. The first 3 videos are from each of the triple A-mains in Modified (A-main 1 above), while the last 4 show the action from round 8 of the Invitational class with the last showing Heat 4 which sees Hirosaka, Hara, Rheinard and Hohwart battling it out for the win.

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May 26, 2008

EFRA Grand Prix Vaasa – Announcement

EFRA Grand Prix Vaasa - Announcement

We were contacted by the Motorsport Club of Vaasa, who are organizing an Electric off road EFRA Grand Prix in Vaasa between 13th and 15th of June. Last year the club organized the electric buggy Europeans and this year they will be continuing with an EFRA Grand Prix. The race is also be part of the Nordic Championship and for the first time the Nordic Championship title will be open for everyone across Europe.

Once again we have built an event with plenty of extra things for the competitors. We have a partnership with Radisson SAS Royal Hotel to assure comfortable stay in Vaasa. We also have jump contest as we did last year. This time we have very good prizes. The first prize is 4GB iPod Nano and top three prizes will be great as well. We are also having a draw for all the drivers who attend the race. One of the prizes will be 4GB iPod Nano.

Find out more information on the event site here.

May 26, 2008

2008 Reedy Race of Champions

The 2008 Reedy Race of Champions was held at the weekend at the Speedworld Raceway in Roseville, California, the first time the race has been held at this venue following the closing of the previous facility. As usual there were 3 classes at this years event, the blue ribboned Invitational class that uses the now famous Reedy Race system consisting of races for points, and the 13.5 Turn class and Open class, both of which consisted of the usual qualifying rounds and triple A-mains. Qualifying for the 13.5T class saw TOP racer Kyle Bergstrom take the pole position from Losi driver Larry Fairtrace in 2nd and Jason Ertracter in 3rd, while in the Open class it was again a TOP on top, with Kevin Jelich taking top spot in front of Associated driver Christer Andersson in 2nd and Randy Caster 3rd. The 13.5 Turn finals saw Losi driver Larry Fairtrace take the overall win from pole man Bergstrom who ended up in 2nd, with EJ Evans putting another TOP on the podium in 3rd. In the Open finals Kevin Jelich managed to maintain his top spot from qualifying and take the overall ahead of Christer Andersson in 2nd and Jimmy Jacobson rounding off the podium for Tamiya in 3rd. In the Invitational class it was a close battle between a number of drivers but in the end Hot Bodies racer Atsushi Hara had the most victories to just beat out Masami Hirosaka by 1 point to take the overall crown. Hirosaka, who was racing the new prototype Yokomo was himself only just ahead of last years winner Marc Rheinard who took the final step of the podium for Tamiya in 3rd spot.

Click here to see the final results… content

May 26, 2008

Richard Volta is European B Champion

Last weekend saw the European ‘B’ Championship for 1/8th scale on-road held in Kirchberg, Austria. The race saw 125 drivers in attendance and after 4 thrilling qualifying rounds it was Shepherd Velox driver Richard Volta that claimed the pole position ahead of Novarossi employee Michele Baruzzi driving a Serpent in 2nd. The 3rd spot went to Mugen racer Marco Müller from Switzerland, while the final direct qualifying position was taken by another Serpent racer, Agostinelli Giordano. The 45 minute final was won by Richard Volta who never lost the lead and in the end finished nearly one lap in front of young Italian Serpent racer Alberto Tedeschi in 2nd. Michele Baruzzi rounded out the podium in 3rd, finishing only 0.2 sec in front of Serpent team mate Domenico Calce who finished 4th. This was the first European Championship title for the young Shepherd Team and comes only 3 month after the release of the Velox.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

May 23, 2008

Fabrizio Teghesi joins Kyosho

Kyosho Germany have confirmed that front running Italian buggy racer Fabrizio Teghesi has joined their team to race the Japanese company’s buggy and truggy. Starting his racing career with buggies in 2000, the Italian racer was runner up in the National Championships last year, racing for Crono, and will this year compete for Kyosho at both National and International level, including the World Championships in the USA.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.de]