November 21, 2008

Daniel Reckward joins Mugen Seiki

It has just been confirmed that former World and European champion Daniel Reckward has joined Mugen Seiki from the 2009 season onwards. Having raced for Kyosho for many years, he will now drive for Mugen as well as distribute and promote the off-road range of Mugen Seiki products in Germany starting from 2009. Also announced by Mugen is that that MID Mugen Seiki Mod.-Vertr. GmbH has changed its name to Mugen Seiki Europe.  With this company name change, “we aim to maximize group synergies to further build the relationships and trust we have with our existing customers. We will use the power of the Mugen Seiki Group companies to develop our company’s strengths”.

Source: Mugen [mugenseiki.com]

November 20, 2008

Ryan Lutz joins Tamiya America

Tamiya America have officially announced that Ryan Lutz will represent Tamiya as their newest Team Driver and assist in research and development of new products. For the past two years, Ryan has received many titles such as 1st place Buggy and Truggy champion at the 2008 CRCRC, 2nd place winner at the 2007 Pro National Points and 2007 Roar Truck Nationals. When asked why he wanted to work for Tamiya, Lutz proudly said:

On the outside it is a company with a very rich racing heritage. Their on road program and race vehicles are all top notch and I know that the ingenuity and design from those world class products are now going into their new TRF 801XT Truggy and soon to be Buggy. For me, this is an extremely exciting opportunity to Pilot these vehicles and show the world what they are capable of. The most important thing for me during this time will be to be there for the consumers. I want to gain as much knowledge as possible while working for Tamiya so that I can better help out the consumer. They are who keeps this hobby alive.

Recently, Tamiya launched their first American designed vehicle, the TRF801xt Truggy. Lutz will contribute to similar new products that are designed in America. With Ryan Lutz, their new addition to the team, Tamiya hopes to continue conquering new ground.

Source: Tamiya [tamiyausa.com]

November 19, 2008

The Dirt Nitro Challenge – Announcement

The Dirt were in touch to tell us about their upcoming Dirt Nitro Challenge race. Now in its 10th year, the race will take place from the 18th – 22nd of February on the Nitro Pit track in Arizona. The race is one of the biggest of its kind, and will feature multiple classes for buggy and truggy as well as stock class for the Traxxas Slash chassis.

More details can be found on the flyer here (PDF).

November 19, 2008

Drake & Johnson take JBRL Series wins

We already told you of Cody King’s success in Truggy at the final round of the JBRL series held at Hot Rod Hobbies, but Adam Drake has filled us in on the other classes. In the Pro Buggy class it was Losi driver Mike Truhe that took the TQ spot and went on to win the race in front of his team mate Adam Drake, with Hobao driver Jeremy Kortz in 3rd. This result gave The Drake the series win, with Truhe taking the runner up spot. The Open Buggy and Open Truggy class saw a clean sweep for another Losi racer Kyle Johnson, who TQ’d both classes and went on to win both finals to also wrap up the series in both classes.

November 18, 2008

Cody King wins the JBRL Series

The JBRL series is one of the most popular Southern California racing series for some of the World’s top drivers. The Kyosho/Sirio/AKA driver Cody King has waged a season-long battle in the truggy class, staying right at the top of the ranks throughout the season. The A-main and the series championship came right down to the end of the race, where King made the pass for the lead, winning the last round of the series and taking the win for the entire JBRL Series in the class.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]

November 18, 2008

Bas de Konink wins 2008 Truggy Cup

The final race of the 2008 Truggy Cup was held last weekend at the Mach One track in Helmond, The Netherlands. In the Master class it was Bas de Konink who was top qualifier and had the best start in the final with the group behind him coming together in the first corner, giving him a gap up front. Behind Eric Duijster, Paul Geelen, Henoc Luis and 2007 Champion Mark van Waayenburg fought wheel to wheel for 2nd place, with the entire field remaining tightly bunched in the early stages. At the head of the field Bas led the race throughout, taking his GRP powered Hong Nor X2-CRT to victory ahead by 2 laps ahead of Paul Geelen, the winner of the previous two Truggy Cup 2008 races, in 2nd with Jorg of Leuken taking the final podium place in 3rd. This result gave Bas de Konink the 2008 Truggy Cup title.

Source: Truggy NL [truggy.nl]

November 17, 2008

Pillars appointed Kyosho Team manager

Following the recent departure of Ryan Lutz from Kyosho, to move to Tamiya, the Kyosho Team manager role has been passed onto Team Orion Team manager Joe Pillars. Joe sent us the following statement:

I would first like to wish former Kyosho Team Manager/Factory Driver Ryan Lutz the best of luck with his new job and direction in racing. It sounds like he received a great offer and he deserves everything he gets. It has been great to work with Ryan here at Kyosho for the past year. He is a great guy on and off the track and any team would be lucky to have him. Taking over the role of Kyosho America’s Team Manager is a great honor and I am very happy to be chosen for this position. I would also like to say thanks to Joel Johnson for this great opportunity. Kyosho is one of the most successful R/C companies to date with a great name in this industry for high quality products and a history of winning.

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November 16, 2008

Rheinard back on top of the World

Marc Rheinard is now officially the best electric touring car driver in the World after he became the first double title holder by winning the 2008 IFMAR Electric Onroad World Championships here today in Thailand. The German was always one of the favourites coming into the event along with his great rival & friend Atsushi Hara but no one could have predicted such a dramatic finish to the event.

Read the full coverage on our event site here.

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