July 9, 2014

Matt Chambers joins Kyosho America

Matt Chambers joins Kyosho America

Kyosho America announce the addition of Matt Chambers to their factory race team. Matt is very well known for his 1/10 electric off-road racing skills where he has made countless A-Main’s throughout his racing career. Along with Chambers’ impressive speed on the track, he is also recognized as being one of the most hardworking and helpful racers off the track. Matt will make his Kyosho debut next week at the 17th Annual Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout in Saugus, California and he has the following to say about the deal:

I am extremely excited to be joining Kyosho America! I have always respected Kyosho’s high quality cars, engineering, and innovations.  I am thrilled to be a part of such a strong racing heritage and can’t wait to make my own contributions to the team.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]

July 8, 2014

Ryan Maifield teams up with Team Losi Racing

Ryan Maifield team up with Team Losi Racing

After much speculation about his post-AE future, Ryan Maifield has officially joined forces with Team Losi Racing. The multiple ROAR national champion will work closely with the TLR R&D team on the further development of the Team Losi Racing electric and nitro off-road car platforms including the 22, Ten and 8ight cars. Ryan will be making his Team Losi Racing debut at race 3 of the JConcepts Indoor National Series this weekend at Outback Raceway in Chico, CA.

View the official statement and interview here

July 8, 2014

Essex Summer Series – Announcement

Essex Summer Series – Announcement

Oli Meggitt and the Essex Winter Series team have announced that they will be taking their style of racing event to the next level, by holding an outdoor race meeting later this Summer. The Essex Summer Series will be a one-off meeting, to be held on the weekend of the 13th and 14th September 2014 at the Brooklands Raceway, near Ashford, Kent, in the South East of the UK. Classes for the event will be Open Modified, and the debut in the UK of a new Super Stock class – 13.5 “Blinky” zero timing – which is already extremely popular across Europe, Asia and the United States. Any BRCA approved 13.5 turn motor can be used, with any zero-timing “blinky” speed controller and a maximum gear ratio of 4.0. Controlled tyres for both classes will be the popular Sorex 32 RY. Entries will open shortly here. You can also check out the EWS Events Facebook page for regular updates and to ask any questions here. If there are any international drivers interested in competing, you can contact Oli Meggitt (oli.meggitt@gmail.com) for more information and help with travel plans.

July 8, 2014

Burak Kilic takes German Truggy nationals

Burak Kilic takes German Truggy nationals

The German 1/8th Nitro and Electric Truggy nationals was held last weekend. In the nitro class young TLR driver Burak Kilic took the win in the 40 minute final while Max Heydenreich came in 2nd some 2 laps down. Marcel Paul completed the podium in 3rd position.

Source: Novarossi [novarossi.it]

July 8, 2014

Dutch 1/8th on-road nationals Rd4 – Report

Dutch 1/8th on-road nationals Rd4 - Report

This past weekend the 4th round of the Dutch 1/8th scale nationals was hosted by the friendly people of the Model Auto Race Genk club in Belgium. The weekend was characterised by the weather. Saturday’s practice was pretty much washed away by the rain with only two dry hours at the very end of the practice. Sunday started dry, but after the 3 qualifying rounds it started to rain again.

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July 8, 2014

Derderian & Campourcy win at French 1/10th nats Rd4

Derderian & Campourcy win at French 1/10th nats Rd4

The 4th round of the French 200mm nitro on-road championship was held at the Lentilly track near Lyon. In the National class, it was Maxime Legay who took the TQ position in front of Philippe Martineau and Stephane Campourcy while in the Elite class, Leo Arnold had a tremendous third qualifying round to take the overall TQ. Basile Concialdi came in 2nd and Quentin Leroux held the 3rd spot.

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July 8, 2014

Stu Wood wins at Northwest regionals Rd4

Stu Wood wins at Northwest regionals Rd4

The 4th round of the UK Northwest regional series was held at the Pendle 8th track. The club have recently turned their dirt track into an all-astro track and the sand-covered artificial surface made many drivers struggle but not Stu Wood who took all four qualifying rounds to take the overall TQ. From the start of the A-main, he instantly opened a 10 seconds gap to the 2nd placed driver but he soon after started to experience some electrical glitches and his lead started to close. Stu managed to hold off the 2nd place right to the very last corner and he won the final from Mark Smith and Luke Holdsworth.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

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