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February 8, 2011

TLR Winter series Rd1 victory for Drake

Adam Drake has taken victory at the first round of the TLR Winter series in both 1/8th buggy and truck. Last weekend kicked off the series, which consists of four rounds with points being awarded for qualifying and main event finishes, with this opening round attracting 124 entries. Qualifying was controlled by TLR / Novarossi driver Adam Drake, who was able to set the fastest time in both rounds of qualifying for buggy and truck. In the finals Adam continued to put in consistent laps and won the truck final by more than one lap from Jessie Robinson and won the buggy final by more than two laps again from Robinson. Round 2 of the series is February 19th.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

February 8, 2011

Speed Passion confirm Joern Neumann

Having just announced a new engine sponsor yesterday, Joern Neumann has today been confirmed as joining the Speed Passion team for electronics. The former European Champion will use the company’s Competition 3.0 BL motors and Gran Turismo Pro 2.0 speed controllers in his Durango 4wd and 2wd chassis’. Joern joins Speed Passion’s already strong European electric off road team which includes current double European Champion Lee Martin, former European 4wd Champion Marc Rheinard and Petit RC race winner Paul Bradby.

Source: Speed Passion [speedpassion.net]

February 8, 2011

Bowie Ginting wins Jakarta GP series Rd1

The first round of 2011 Jakarta Grand Prix series for 1/10 200mm was held at the JITC Race Track, with this championship series also used for “Indonesian Selection Championship” for the 2012 IFMAR World championship. The start of the race was delayed for about 1 hour to wait for the track to dry after it rained on Saturday night. In qualifying it was Bowie Ginting that took the TQ spot with the only 16 laps in the round followed by Fayakhun Andriadi, Chandra Yosef, Andhyka Pranusatya and Heri Susanto.

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February 8, 2011

Darryn Johnson wins SC at JConcepts Clash

Venom Team Driver Darryn Johnson took the new Gambler Short Course Truck to the top step of the podium after a hard fought battle at last weekend’s JConcepts clash in Australia. After an intense qualifying battle, Darryn started from 2nd on the grid. With tricky track conditions because of intermittent rain, Darryn used the mid mount motor configuration on the Gambler to good effect and took out the first two finals, winning the event overall.

Source: Venom [venom-group.com]

February 7, 2011

Marc Rheinard extends contract with Much More

Much More Racing have been in contact to tell us that they have a signed an extension to Marc Rheinard’s contract, which will see the 3-time World Champion use their products for the coming years. This season, the factory Tamiya driver will use their full range of electronic devices, such as their Cell Master charger, Power Master power supply, CTXW tire warmers and full range of pit bench accessories when competing with his EP TC and EP 2wd and 4wd buggies.

Source: Much More [muchmoreracing.net]

February 7, 2011

Kyle McBride does the Meakin Masters three-peat

Kyle McBride as taken his third straight win at the Meakin Masters, held at the Brickyard, Logan Off Road’s track in South East Queensland, Australia. The event took place last weekend and after 6 rounds of qualifying, Kyle took the TQ with his DNX408, setting an extremely fast pace. At the start of the A-main Kyle battled hard with the 2nd place qualifier for the first 5 minutes and then made a break to take a comfortable lead, after the first fuel stop Kyle was in a very strong position and continued to push hard – eventually lapping the whole field by the 25 minute mark. By the time the 30-minute final was over Kyle had built up a fantastic lead to give his DNX408 another great win. This is Kyles third straight win in the annual Meakin Masters race with victories in 2009, 2010 & now in 2011 piloting the Team Durango DNX408.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]

February 7, 2011

Daniele Ielasi and Shepherd continue indefinitely

Shepherd have announced at the Toy Fair that they have signed an open ended contract with former World and European Champion Daniele Ielasi. The deal will see the Italian driver race for the German company indefinitely. The new contract follows on from their previous 2 year contract together and so happy with the working and personal relationship, referring to him as a member of the family, they have come up with this new contract. Daniele has been testing the Velox V8 ‘eleven’ recently in Miami and will go for more testing prior to April’s World Championships where he aims to compete for the win.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

February 7, 2011

Joern Neumann signs for Team Picco

Former LRP driver Joern Neumann has signed a deal that will see him race Italian made Picco engine for 2011. Joining Ricardo Rabitti running Boost engines, the factory Durango driver is a contender for the win at any race he attends and will be a great addition to their Offroad team, helping to promote and develop the brand.

Source: Picco [teampicco.com]