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January 18, 2022

Clement Boda joins SWorkz international team

SWorkz have announced that top French driver Clement Boda will race with SWorkz 1/10 and 1/8 cars in the next years. The former Associated driver is joined in his move to SWorkz by Sebastian Mure who will now take up the 1/10th team manager role. Max Sonnleitner made the following statement, ‘I am really happy to have with Clément Boda another young top driver in the SWorkz factory team. Clement fits perfectly in our motivated team of RC Car enthusiasts.’ On their new team manager Max continued ‘We are excited to have an exclusive Team Manager for 1/10. This is a consequent way of pushing also our 1/10 products to the top. And I am very certain, that Sebastien is the right guy for that effort.’

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

January 18, 2022

Branson wins at EWS Rd3

The 2021/22 Essex Winter Series reached its midway point with Round 3 taking place last weekend. The Christmas break had seen a number of drivers changing teams and in the Scorpion Modified Class it was Kyle Branson, now leading the Xray charge in the UK, who set the fastest time in the opening qualifier. Kyle was just over two seconds ahead of Alex Thurston’s Capricorn and Xray designer Martin Hudy, who had made the trip over from Slovakia to support his newly-signed drivers. Harley Eldridge, another new recruit to the Xray team, was fourth ahead of Stefan Chodzynski and his semi-privateer Yokomo.

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January 17, 2022

Dominic Greiner to use One Engines

Capricorn have announced that their driver, 2016 World Champion Dominic Greiner will use One Engines. The former O.S. team driver said, ‘I’m super happy to be a part from the One team from now on. I could test the engines already last year and was surprised how well the engines and exhausts are working on the track. The engines showed great performances the last years and improving step by step and I´m glad to work with the team for the future.’

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

January 17, 2022

Will Skidmore joins Team Xray

Having signed his brother Jonathan, Xray have announced that another one of the UK’s top drivers Will Skidmore is also joining the Xray Factory Team to race the XB2, XB4, and XB8 platforms. The BRCA Champion said, ‘I am very excited to be joining the Xray team for this season and beyond. It’s clear to see the effort Xray puts into the cars and products so I am happy to be apart of this journey. Thank you to everyone at Xray for the opportunity.’

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 15, 2022

Spencer Rivkin joins The Drake Racing

The Drake Racing is excited to announce the signing of Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin to their race team. Spencer brings with him both world and national title winning experience along with a dedicated racing program behind him. Spencer will make his O.S. Speed B21 AD2 powered debut in buggy and truck at the Southern Indoor Championships this weekend. Spencer has been working with The Drake Racing for a few years to service and maintain his nitro engines but will now be supported by The Drake Racing for all if his nitro powered needs. The Team Associated factory driver had this to say about the nitro engine change, ‘I’m excited to announce, I’ll be joining The Drake Racing team for 2022, I would like to thank Adam and Ronda Drake for all the support, and I am looking forward to racing with the O.S. Speed B21 Adam Drake 2 engines!’

Source: The Drake Racing [thedrakeracing.com]

January 14, 2022

Marco Ma joins Factory Sunpadow team

Sunpadow announced that it has officially signed a contract with the Chinese driver Marco Ma, who is turning 17 years old and already one of the best on-road drivers in China. He started his RC racing in 2012, and has already taken 2 National Championships, 3 National Youth Championships, and multiple prizes standings on Asia on-road RC racing. Marco Ma said, ‘I am very grateful for the support of Sunpadow RC over the years, and very honoured to join the strong Sunpadow team. I will continue to work hard and strive for better competition results.’

Source: Sunpadow [sunpadow.com]

January 13, 2022

Harley Eldridge joins Xray Factory team

More UK signings for Xray as they have announced that front running Harley Eldridge is joining their Factory Team to race the X4, XB2, and XB4 platforms. The former Yokomo team driver said, ‘Firstly I would like to say a massive thank you to MB Models, Mibosport and Team Yokomo for all their support throughout the years. I’m really excited to be joining the factory Xray team and cannot wait to get back on track with the X4, XB2 and XB4. Also a thank you to the Hudy family for their support and believing in me and I hope I can do them proud.’

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 12, 2022

Mikey Brown joins Schumacher

Schumacher Racing are excited to welcome top USA racer Mikey Brown to the team. Mikey will be a great asset to their team in the US, and will be attending some races at Tacoma RC, including the NIS events (Northwest Indoor Series), April Fools Classic event in Utah and other events around the Northwest. He had the following to say, ‘I’m very excited to announce that I have re-joined the Schumacher team for the 2022-23 race seasons. I can’t wait to see where this season will take me. Thank you Muz and Robin for giving me this opportunity to be a part of the #SchumacherFamily again.’

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]