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February 1, 2009

Rheinard & Honigl take European Indoor crowns

The finals for the first European Indoor Championships took place today in Turino, Italy today and there were some very familiar faces on the top of the podium following 3 intense legs of racing. Run alongside the 1/12th scale finals, the Touring car A-mains took place earlier in the round and so the Champion for this class was to be decided first. At the start of the first TC A-main leg, it was Marc Rheinard that crossed the starting line first, following a very early collision with the barriers by both, pole man Jilles Groskamp and 2nd placed starter Alexander Hagberg that allowed the DHI Cup Champion through. Once up front Marc didn’t offer any chance to get passed and crossed the finish line first, followed by team mates Viktor Wilck and Jilles Groskamp.

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January 31, 2009

Groskamp & Honigl TQ Indoor Euros

This week sees the first ever EFRA Indoor European Championships for 1/10th electric touring cars take place in the old Fiat factory building in Turino, Italy, run alongside the annual 1/12th scale Euros. With 80 racers in attendance, the race is held inside the biggest shopping mall in the city, and has been attracting hundreds of visitors every day who pass by the track which is situated in a 14 x 30 meter area, making for a very technical & challenging layout that doesn’t offer much room for overtaking.

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January 30, 2009

JR Mitch moves to Reedy Engines

Debuting at the recent CRCRC Winter Midwest Championship, Team Associated factory driver JR Mitch will utilize the Reedy 121 VR engine in his RC8 and RC8T for 2009. JR races out of Florida and is one of the fastest drivers in his region and as a former ROAR National finalist, IFMAR World’s semi-finalist and Florida State Off road Series champion, JR brings great results and promotional value to the Reedy engine line. When asked about the switch, JR had this to say.

I’ve worked together with OS promoting and running their products for just over the last year. It’s a difficult move but I’m looking forward to my new venture with Reedy. Thank you to John Stokes and Scott Cramer for their support; I greatly appreciate all that you have done. With Reedy I look forward to working Richard Saxton, Ryan Maifield and the whole team in 2009.

Source: Reedy [rc10.com]

January 29, 2009

Alex Laffranchi joins Max Power

Italian engine company Max Power have announced that former World & European Champion Alex Laffranchi has joined their team. The company is now preparing an improved support package in the off road market for this season and with Alex in the team will be a great boost. Max Power have also announced that it is going to release new features for the off road motors in combination with the Diamond Hard Coated shaft treatment available for square and long stroke motors.

Source: Max [rcmaxpower.com]

January 29, 2009

Scotty Gray takes ROAR Region 4 win

Last weekend the ROAR Region 4 Super Regional On-Road Championship took place at the Homestead RC Speedway in Homestead, Florida. Friday saw a lot of racers already at the track looking to find the best setup for qualifying. In Saturday’s qualifying Shepherd driver Scotty Gray put in an impressive performance in the last round of qualifying to secure the TQ position for the A-main, 4 seconds clear of 2nd placed driver Danny Horta, while Paolo Morganti took 3rd. From the start of the 45min final it was obvious that it was going to be between Scotty and Paolo, the pair dicing back and forth. At around the half way point Paolo had to retire with mechanical problems, so Scotty could relax and cruise home to the victory, 9 laps over the 2nd placed Sean Lue with Rafael Angulo taking the 3rd spot.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

January 29, 2009

Radio Control Motorsport Experience

HPI Racing in conjunction with Tamiya America, Inc. and Kyosho of America announced today their participation in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, on April 16-19, 2009. The three largest hobby manufacturers in the world will be joining forces at the 2009 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach [LBGP], in the first “Radio Control Motorsport Experience.” This collaboration within the hobby community is aimed to increase awareness for the hobby grade radio control market. The combined marketing forces at HPI Racing, Kyosho America and Tamiya America, Inc. are prepared to take their respective companies to a broader audience than what is currently available within the radio controlled hobby industry.

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January 29, 2009

Samuele Lenzi to use Tourex tires

Vita Tuning have announced that 2-time former Italian Off road National Champion Samuele Lenzi, who recently signed to IDM, will use Tourex tires this season. The former Pro-Line driver, and current Kyosho driver will also distribute the tires in Italy through his company Sam Model.

Source: Vita Tuning [vita-tuning.de]

January 28, 2009

Tebo does Nitro Double at CRCRC

We reported on his success in the electric classes at the CRCRC facility in Columbus, OH last weekend, but Jared Tebo dominated both the 1/8 nitro buggy and truggy classes as well. In fact, his performance was so strong that Tebo won seven of the eight qualifiers to secure TQ in both classes, just missing a perfect sweep of all eight rounds by less than 1.6 seconds in one of the truggy rounds. Tebo continued his domination during the finals, pulling away to a comfortable lead and an eventual win in the 1/8 buggy class. Establishing a comfortable lead in the 1/8 truggy class wasn’t as easy, as Tebo traded the lead a few times in the first half of the event. But, after the halfway point, Tebo took the lead with his ST-RR for the final time and held it to the end.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]