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February 3, 2011

Simo Ahoniemi joins Team CRC

Calandra Racing Concepts is happy to report a great new addition to the European race team, Finnish racing star, Simo Ahoniemi. The 2004 European Champ will use the full CRC race package; CRC Gen-XL 1:12th car, Pro Cut tires and Maxxcell Lipo battery pack. This season, Simo will attend the 2011 Euro’s in France as well as competing in the Finnish Nationals and other large events. Good luck to the new CRC Ace pilot. After a few practice sessions, Simo reports;

I have done my first test with CRC car and first impression is very good. Compared to the past, I have lots of rear traction. In the past, I have to be always very carefully not to steer too much into to corner. With CRC I can go much faster to the corners without loosing rear grip. I am very satisfied about the car performance. I can see lot of potential!

In his very first event running CRC, Simo dominated the first round of the Finnish Nationals with a T.Q. and wins in all 3 A-finals. Taking second at the event was Simo’s good friend and countryman, Teemu Saarinen. They dominated qualifying and the finals with a 1-2 effort over a very talented field. Joining the top 2 in the A-final was another CRC driver, Tony Raikas.

Source: CRC [teamcrc.com]

February 2, 2011

Video – Reedy IROC Heritage

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Live RC produced the above video, which was shown during the heritage presentation of the Reedy International Race of Champions that took place last weekend. Showing the history of this famous race we hear from past winners and some of the best racers in the World about what this race means to them.

February 2, 2011

Dunlap wins Reedy Race Open class

The 17th Annual Reedy International Off-Road Race of Champions was held at West Coast R/C Raceway in La Mirada, California this past weekend. This would be the first time the Reedy Race has been back in the USA since 2001. The history of this race is truly amazing, starting back in 1987. Previous Invitational winners in attandace for this years event were: Rick Hohwart (1992), Jeremy Kortz (1994), Greg Hodapp (1995), Brian Kinwald 1998/2000), and Ryan Cavalieri (2009). Along with the Invitational Class, the always highly contested 2wd and 4wd Open Classes made for great racing where the winner of each class would be given the opportunity to race in the Invitational Class the following year.

Continue reading the report here

February 1, 2011

Waters heads Durango 1-2-3 at Worksop Rd4

Team Durango drivers shut the door on the competition at the 4th round of the hugely popular Worksop Indoor Masters series, with the DEX410 taking the top three positions in 4WD. 140+ drivers attended the 4th round of the Indoor Masters series at Worksop. In 4wd Danny McGee would take TQ in what was a close run qualifying with only he able to take two rounds. Craig Collinson and Nathan Waters took a round each to claim second and third on the grid respectively, whilst Adam Skelding took two seconds to grid up in 4th. Right from the off in the final the front four pulled away from the rest of the field and it was soon apparent that the winner would come from these four, but who? With only a second covering the front 4 until about half race distance when a couple of errors crept in from Danny and Craig promoted Nathan and Adam up to first and second respectively. Danny and Craig were still not done though and put pressure on the front two, but another couple of errors soon left a gap to the front. Nathan began to pull away from Adam and extend his lead whilst Adam seemed to have 2nd covered, but a couple of errors whilst trying to make sure of 2nd soon had Craig on his back door leaving a very nervy race to the line.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]

February 1, 2011

Xray Column – RX8 The Making of Part II

The 50th installment in the Xray column from Xray owner and chief designer Juraj Hudy is now online. In this months column, Juraj goes further in depth into the design, prototype and production of the new RX8 1/8th scale chassis which is expect to be officially unveiled on Thursday of this week.

Early in 2009 I started with a ‘blank sheet’ in the computer, but with a very clear idea what I wanted to achieve. First of all I did not want to design anything revolutionary; in high performance model racing car design if you want to have a competitive car there is unfortunately no space for something different or revolutionary.

Read the full column here.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 1, 2011

Jörn Neumann to race DNX408 for Durango

Jörn Neumann has signed to race the Durango DNX408 1/8th scale buggy to accompany the electric DEX410 and DEX210 prototype he’s already had great success with. The former LRP buggy driver is a multiple national champion in Germany, European champion and took 9th in the 2010 IFMAR 8th buggy worlds. Jörn had this to say about the deal:

I am very happy to join Team Durango also in 8th scale. After testing the DNX408 at Revelation Raceway, I was really impressed how the DNX408 handles. I’m really looking forward to many great years with Team Durango.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]

February 1, 2011

Ryan Lopez wins Pro Buggy at GSS Rd1

Last weekend saw the first round of the Georgia state series at The Wasteland track in Henry County with over 150 entries and some very good talent in town. Ryan Lopez Took TQ and would go on to take the win in Pro buggy with his Go Engine Gx5 powered Losi buggy. Mugen racers Barry Pettit and Mike Batille took 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Source: VP Pro USA [vp-pro-usa.com]

January 31, 2011

JConcepts announce 2011 factory team

JConcepts have announced their factory team for the 2011 season which sees some new additions to the team including Jeremy Kortz, Brian Kinwald and Billy Fischer. Drivers to extend their contracts with JConcepts include JR Mitch, Joern Neumann, Elliot Boots, Steven Hartson and of course Ryan Maifield whose re-signing we covered earlier.

View all the driver intros here