Ielasi Tuned have announced the signing of Italian top on-road racer, Mattia Collavo to their factory team for the 2020 season. Mattia will power his 1/8th scale Shepherd rides using the Ielasi Tuned’s Raptor .21 engine at events such as the Italian Nationals, the EFRA European Championships and other select high-class events throughout the season.
Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]
Nemo Racing USA and Agama have announced that Midwest phenomenon Tyler Jones is joining the Agama factory team. Tyler will also be assisting in R&D for Nemo Racing USA’s 1/10th scale program. Tyler’s first race with his A319 nitro buggy will be at the 2020 CRCRC Midwest Nitro Championship.
Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracingusa.com]
Southside RC Raceway of Lake City, Florida held their 2019 Year End Shootout recently, attracting nearly 120 entries. In Open Nitro Buggy it was 2nd place qualifier, Mike Walker with the overall win despite running into issues in the opening stages of the race. With the front runners getting into troubles in the second half of the race Mike was able to gain the lead and from there he never looked back to take the win some 20 seconds in front of 12th place qualifier, Kenneth Pope while 9th place qualifier, Devaughn Alford completed the top 4 result under a second behind Kenneth.
Dash have announced the addition of top Australian on-road racer, Simon Nicholson to their team. Simon will be using Dash electronics during his upcoming campaign that will include all major Australian races as well as select international events. Simon had the following to say about the deal:
First off, i would like to thank Dash and Mr Lau for this opportunity to be part of the current strong dash team. Using their high quality products is the key factor to keep racing competitively both locally and internationally. After several months of testing, I feel motivated for the upcoming seasons. Any products enquiries, don’t hesitate to hit me up anytime for more info.
Source: Dash [dash-rc.com]
JConcepts have announced the signing of Dakotah Phend to the world wide race team for 2020 and beyond. The flagship TLR driver has been racing since 5 years of age and has blossomed into one of the fastest overall drivers in the world. The multi-time ROAR National champion, Reedy International Race of Champions winner and current vice champion at the 2019 IFMAR World Championships in the 4wd class has set his sights on a banner year in 2020. Dakotah plans to make his JConcepts racing debut at the CRCRC Winter Midwest Championships in Jeffersonville, Ohio, on January 8-12, 2020. Dakotah Phend states:
I am very excited to be joining the JConcepts team for 2020 and beyond! Jason, Allison, and the whole crew are extremely dedicated to not only winning but improving and growing the industry that all of us enjoy. I’m looking forward to a lot of success with them!
Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]
The 2019 La Carrera del Jamón race was held at the IRC Arena in Callosa de Segura, Spain last weekend. Run in a single 10.5T Touring class it was Carlos Barros with the overall TQ after a clean sweep in the triple qualifiers. The opening two A-mains then again saw Carlos excel as he took the overall with a leg to spare, leaving behind Vicente Eres in 2nd and Eduardo Rocamora in 3rd.
Image: Carlos Barros
The Model Indoor Oss indoor track hosted the OliebollenCross XXL race last weekend that was held in 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes. In 2WD the race for the overall TQ was between Pieter Beekman, Senne Pauwels and Wesley van Helmond. Ultimately it was Pieter with the overall TQ thanks to two round TQs from Senne and Wesley who took a round each. When the dust had settled after some entertaining A-mains, it was Senne and Wesley who ended tie on points with Senne eventually taking the win in the tie-breaker from Wesley in 2nd and Pieter in 3rd.
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The Rapallo track in the North-western part of Italy hosted their year end race this past weekend. In the Nitro Buggy F1 category it was Leonardo Valente with the overall win in the 45-minute main final from EFRA European Champion, Riccardo Berton on the runner-up spot, a lap down. Giovanni Camamo came in 3rd, another two laps down.
Image: Leonardo Valente
