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January 5, 2010

Durango desperately seeking Hupo

Team Durango have taken a rather unconventional approach to gain the services of multiple European Champion Hupo Honigl, by posting on their official blog stating that they are “actively trying to attract Hupo Honigl back to Team Durango”. Pointing out that the Austrian has previously driven for the Durango team back in 2006, when he used one of the then handmade chassis’, they feel that they had to take this approach in the face of ‘mega bucks RTR companies’ also trying to secure his services. Durango want to have the current Tamiya and LRP team driver at the controls of their DEX410 1/10th scale 4wd buggy and soon to be released DNX408 1/8th scale buggy and believe that together they can grow to expand into other classes including the design and production of a 2wd buggy chassis. We contacted the current European 2wd Champion to get his reaction:

It would be great to race for Durango again and I did enjoy working with Gerd Strenge in the past, but I have some contracts still in place and I can’t make any decisions on my future until the time is right.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]

January 4, 2010

Linus Thern joins Novarossi Factory team

The Racing Experience in France have confirmed the signing of Swedish off road star Linus Thern to the international Novarossi team. The former World Finalist leaves behind a successful season with Sirio engines and sees him rejoin old team mates Guillaume Vray and Yannick Aigoin. It has also been confirmed that Linus will continue with AKA tyres in 2010.

Source: Racing Experience [racing-experience.fr]

January 4, 2010

Chad Bradley does triple at Tuesday Night Nats

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With well over 100 entries at last week’s Tuesday Night Nationals at Hot Rod Hobbies in Santa Clarita CA, it was Jammin team driver Chad Bradley who pulled off the trifecta winning and TQing all 3 classes he entered, 1/8 Truck, Buggy and Mod 4wd Short Course. Chad’s TQ runs for 1/8 Truck and Buggy came from round 1 of qualifying, in the Short Course class Jeremy Kortz TQed round 1 but Chad took the TQ time by 1 second in round 2. In the 1/8 Truck main, Chad lead from the start and never looked back, the main was 10min long and he completed it without a pit stop winning from Losi drivers Steve Burnside and DJ Silva. The 1/8 Buggy main was a similar affair, however Chad had some pressure early on from Hyper driver Scott Wagner. Jeremy Kortz got a bad start in the beginning keeping him from the up front battle between Wagner and Bradley. Chad ended up winning by half a lap over Scott Wagner with Jeremy Kortz taking the 3rd spot, both driving Hyper 9 2.0.

Continue reading the report here

January 4, 2010

LRP 2010 TCM – Announcement

LRP have announced the 2010 running of their TCM race, which is run from the 26th to 28th of March, will see a number of different changes that promise to give everybody more action packed racing. Presenting a completely new racing format that will give all the drivers and spectators a fantastic show and a racing experience, LRP have listened to the wishes from drivers and the most important request from participants include increased track time, less waiting between runs, the possibility for heat re-seeding and a new cool main racing format. Based in this input they have done the improvements and can now present a completely new racing schedule for all racers.

Check out the official TCM website here for full information.

January 4, 2010

Mark Green to use LRP Nitro Products

Mark Green has announced a deal that will see him use LRP products this season. The multiple World Championship finalist and British National Champion, will be using the company’s range of nitro products such as their starter box, TX & RX LiPos and voltage regulators. The factory Serpent Novarossi driver will have a busy season competing in the 200mm World Championships, both 1/8th and 200mm European Championships as well as the British Nationals.

January 2, 2010

Kevin Lee joins X-Factory team

Have recently completed a move to Vampire Racing, UK off-roader Kevin Lee has joined X-Factory in 2WD for the 2010 season. Driving a privately entered X-6 Squared in ’09, he won the National race at Eden Park and put his car in the A-final four times during the season.

2009 was my best year ever in buggy, and the X-6 Squared was almost magic all year, including the A final at Bilbao. When the chance arrived to drive alongside Ellis Stafford and the rest of the X-Team, I didn’t think twice. They were all so helpful last year, I can’t wait to be in the middle of things now. I may even have a go with an X-60.

Lee will continue to drive the Predator for Team Extreme in 4WD, and brings all his other sponsors to the buggy drive, including Tekin, Vampire Racing, The Race Place, Panic Racing, Custom Blitz, and Trishbits.

Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com]

December 29, 2009

Kamibayashi crowned 2009 F1RCGP Champion

Have followed the 2009 F1RCGP series in Japan throughout the year, we were sent the fine overall results from the season. In the end it was team Alex Racing’s Hiroshi Kamibayashi driving the Tamiya F103 Zen that took the overall title ahead of Tech F125 drivers Takatoshi Morita and Hideki Tamura in 2nd and 2rd. In the constructors title it was Futable F1 Racing, whose drivers Takatoshi Morita, Kimura Shinya and David Tse held them seal the title. Next seasons F1RCGP series will have 11 rounds, with the finale set to take place in Hong Kong.

Click here to see the standings

December 29, 2009

Bryan Baldo Cecilia joins Mugen Seiki Spain

Mugen Spain have revealed that Bryan Baldo Cecilia have signed to their off road team for the 2010 season. Placing 5th in the ultra competitive Spanish National Championships in 2009, he is considered to be one of the brightest prospects in the country at the moment. Driving the MBX-6 chassis, Bryan will compete at the Euro ‘B’ Championships in Valladolid, Spain, to improve his results in the Spanish Nationals, and also compete at the Euro ‘A’ Championships in Portugal.

Source: Mugen Spain [mugen.es]