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January 7, 2015

Chris Grainger joins Team Associated

Grainger Associated

Team Associated and CML Distribution have announced the signing of British Touring car ace Chris Grainger. The former Schumacher driver has an exceptional CV including 10 times BRCA National Championships and he is also a multiple European, Worlds, TITC and ETS finalist along with winning many other race victories. A solid and consistent contender in any race he attends, his attention to detail is exceptional and some would say he is almost unstoppable in the UK and his record speaks for itself. He brings with him a wealth of experience and will be the corner stone of a fun, new and exciting team heading into the 2015 season. Chris had this to say:

I’m very excited to be joining Team Associated for the 2015 and 2016 seasons. Some of my fondest memories from the early days of Touring Cars were racing a TC3 and working with Mike Reedy at the track. I’m looking forward to being part of that team again and working with them throughout the races ahead. I’d like to thank everyone at Team Associated and CML Distribution who have made this possible. Bring on 2015!

Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]

January 7, 2015

2015 2nd Annual Hang Over Race Report

On January 3rd, 2015, Fourseason’s Raceway in Olypmia, Washington hosted the 2nd annual e1D ‘Hang Over’ race and this year’s event definitely lived up to all the hype. Building upon last year’s success with entries numbers up 30+, a better track design that’s uber challenging, and mix in higher level of competition, the e1D Hang Over race was a complete success in all areas. On top of all that, what makes the Hang Over race unique from other races is the ‘Champion’s Cup’ race at the very end. Not only do all racers get to run 3 quals and single 8 minute mains to decide class champions, but after all the A-mains are finished the top 2 winners in each class will throw down in a 30 lap stagger started race. The handicap is calculated by taking the class winner’s top 15 lap avg. and multiplying it by 30 to give us the spread. The idea of this exciting format is to potentially allow the elite 2 from all the different classes to all battle on the last lap. Although, with each driver having their own strategy and incidents on the racetrack, makes it impossible to predict who’s going to win the race.

Read the complete report over at 2wdmod.com

January 6, 2015

Multi-year deal with JConcepts for Cole Ogden

Cole Ogden

US racer Cole Ogden has agreed to a new multi-year deal with JConcepts for 2015. One of the best 1/8th drivers on the east coast of the United States, Cole established a reputation for winning during the 2014 season. Placing in the quarters at the Worlds in Italy last year the young driver from McDonough, Georgia will now team up with the Florida based crew to further sharpen his racing abilities while he looks to work alongside teammate Ryan Maifield at all major 1/8th events in 2015. JConcepts president Jason Ruona states, “This is a great opportunity for us to establish this relationship with a terrific and still upcoming 1/8th driver. We want to provide a steady base of communication, support and experience while utilizing great speed to further develop our products. We take great pride in developing drivers and in this case, we want to help Cole get over the top and race among the greats for years to come.” Look for Cole to begin his racing with JConcepts in early 2015 at the Colonels Classic in Savannah, GA, before the team turns their attention to the worldwide opener, The Dirt Nitro Challenge in February.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

January 6, 2015

McGee and Waters win Masters Rd4

To kick the New Year off in style, last weekend saw Round 4 of the brilliant Worksop Series run, once again attracting a huge entry with 161 drivers racing making it a great event. The track was once again nice and flowing and was well received by drivers. In the 2wd class it would Danny McGee driving the Schumacher that took the victory ahead of the Associated pairing of Richard Lowe and Neil Cragg. In 4wd Nathan Waters would go on to win with his Schumacher team mate Simon Moss in 2nd with Neil Cragg once again in 3rd. With a different winner in each class again at this round, its all still to play for in both Championships.

View the finals results and videos of the A Finals here

January 6, 2015

Marc Fisher renews contract with Serpent

Serpent’s touring car ace Marc Fischer has extended his contract for two further years running the Eryx 411 touring car and S120 1/12 scale car. Marc will run all ETS races, as well as EC and some other big events and will continue to be part of the testing program for the new Serpent developments. As well as also racing the S120 1/12 scale car at some large events Marc will start running 1/10 scale buggies, first with the 2wd Spyder MM and soon after the planned for release Spyder 4wd buggy too. The DHI Cup this coming weekend will see Marc run the 1/10 TC class and 2wd buggy classes, an event which you can follow live on Red RC.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

January 6, 2015

Cactus Classic registration to open early

Cactus Classic entries to open early

The organisers of the 2015 Pro-Line Cactus Classic, which takes place from the 9th to 15th of March in Scottsdale, Arizona, have asked us to tell everyone that entry for the event this year will open earlier than in previous years. By popular request registration for the event at SRS Raceway is going to open Friday January 16th, 2015 on RCSignup.com instead of the normal February 1st.

January 6, 2015

Juho Levanen & Euro RC join forces for 2015

Multiple European champion and vice World champion Juho Levanen has joined forces with Euro RC, the Team Associated factory driver will represent the Finnish online shop at all racing events for 2015. Juho said “I am very excited to team up with EuroRC. Having a large webshop back me up helps me especially with all the odds and ends and small parts that a racer needs. EuroRC has an excellent range of competitive products and I can always find what I need at their warehouse. We have been doing co-operation for many years but now is a good time to make it official. Its an honor to be their first international driver and it will be interesting to see who they pickup next.”

Source: Euro RC [eurorc.com]

January 6, 2015

Ari Heinonen moves to Agama for 2015

Nemo Racing have announced that top Finnish racer Ari Heinonen will be running the new Agama A215 Buggy in 2015. After coming to the UK for a test session with Darren Bloomfield, Ari was delighted with the performance of the new car and took only a few days to decide that he wanted to be part of the Nemo Racing family in 2015. Having set some stunning times at the Euros in 2014, he was unlucky to not make the main final as his pace was clearly good enough for such a top result. To complete his race package, Ari will use Bullitt engines, Beta tyres & accessories and Piranha Fuel.

Source: Nemo Racing [nemoracing.com]