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December 31, 2020

Marc Rheinard makes switch to ORCA

ORCA have announced the signing of 5-time IFMAR World Champion Marc Rheinard to their team. Marc will be joining other elite drivers like Jilles Groskamp, Naoto Matsukura and Akio Sobue to mention a few. Making the switch from long time sponsors Muchmore, Marc will be using the full series of ORCA products to power all his rides for 2021 and beyond and ORCA hopes they will be able to power him to many more wins. Rheinard has the following to say:

I would like to thank the whole ORCA Team to take me on board for 2021 and more! I’m motivated and ready to win many more races! When I tried the ORCA electronics, I was really happy about the feeling on the track, especially the brakes! Thanks again and we will meet at the track soon!

Source: ORCA [orcarc.com]

December 31, 2020

Davide Ongaro joins O.S. Engines factory team

O.S. Engines have announced that current 1/8th Offroad World Champion Davide Ongaro has signed a contract to join their factory team. Running LRP engines, which are O.S. based, for the past few seasons, including to win his World title in Perth in 2018, 2021 will see the young Italian Team Associated driver work directly with the Japanese company. O.S. said of the deal ‘We are proudly announcing that Davide Ongaro, the 2018 1/8 off-road world champion has signed a contract with O.S. engines. We hope to show great performance of our products in the coming season together with him.’

Source: O.S. Engines [os-engines.co.jp]

December 30, 2020

Mattia Collina joins Schumacher Racing

Schumacher Racing have announced the signing of Mattia Collina to their onroad team. Mattia comes with a great pedigree, including ETS Pro Stock race winner, multiple EFRA Stock A finalist and 6 x Italian National Champion. He had the following to say:

I would like to thank Schumacher for the opportunity to be able to represent them in a year when the TC IFMAR Worlds will be right in my Country. I am excited to start working with the Team and make my contribution to achieve our common goals.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

December 28, 2020

Elliott Boots joins TPro factory team

TPro is very proud to announce that S-Workz driver Elliott Boots will join their factory team for the next years. Having announced his departure from Pro-Line on social media just yesterday, the two time European Champion has the following to say about his new tire deal:

I am super happy to be joining TPro racing for the next 3 years, I will be heavily involved with the development of the tires and will be working hard on compounds and designs. I look forward to our future together and very thankful for this opportunity.

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]

December 23, 2020

Brandon Foote & Roger Seim win at Rockstar Series Rd2

Round 2 of PDX RC Underground’s 12th Annual Rockstar Winter Off-Road Series was held this past Friday. Once again it was a great turnout and all modified classes were stacked with some of the best talent from all over the Northwest. In the 2wd Modified Buggy class, 1up Racing’s Brandon Foote went onto dominate the night by winning all 4 rounds of heads up racing and secure the overall win with his Muchmore powered Team Associated B6.2. Harley Yoshii (1up Racing/Associated) took the big win in his final heat to secure 2nd overall for the night with Travis Harker (TLR) completing the podium in 3rd. In the 40+ 2wd Modified Buggy it was all Roger Seim (1up Racing/Associated) who won all 4 heats to take the overall win with Daniel Jeppesen finishing 2nd overall PDX Track Owner Kevin Focht finished in 3rd.

View the 40+ podium here

December 22, 2020

Race Stars Contest Rd1 – Report

The first round of Race Stars Contest was held in Atlas Arena, the biggest sport venue in Lodz, Poland with strict sanitary requirements and without additional visitors. The competition had gathered more than 120 cars and the track was a record 920 m2 on brand new EOS style carpet. Race Stars Team has prepared additional 2 races for the junior (Race Stars Junior) and real though drives (Race Stars Games).

Continue reading the report here

December 21, 2020

Awesomatix welcomes Martin Hofer to their team

Awesomatix have announced the signing of German touring car specialist and former ETS Champion Martin Hofer to their factory team. Martin will attend all major races including the ETS, Euros and other well known events. Furthermore his urge to perfection will be an additional help for the proactive development of the Awesomatix brand and products. Martin had the following to say about the deal:

I still vividly remember the first race Awesomatix burst onto the ETS stage back in 2011, for it was also my first ETS victory. Back then this little known weird Russian car was all the talk in the pits because it was so radically different. As a curious engineer I have followed their progress ever since and I am very glad to finally make the jump and join the team. I thank everyone at Yokomo and Ronald in particular for the amazing time. As this year of change concludes I feel excited again and cannot wait to see everyone at the races. Stay healthy.

Source: Awesomatix [facebook.com]

December 18, 2020

Xray SCX 1/10th Short Course 2wd chassis

Xray have introduced their entry to the 1/10th 2wd Short Course category with the release of the SCX. Based on the company’s XT2 truck platform, the backbone of the car is the CNC-machined 2.5mm Swiss 7075 T6 aluminium chassis. Super lightweight, its retains the necessary strength and rigidity for the longer wheelbase SCX and is black coated at Xray’s own in-house fully robotic coating line. As is necessary in the SC class the front and rear bumper assemblies protects the truck from impacts with other vehicles during the close quarters racing common in Short Course events, while the side bumper braces provide support to the body in case of an impact and help protect the chassis. A tweak-free fully adjustable battery holder as well as simple battery installation through the smart quick-release system, the car utilises a LCG transmission that uses a super-narrow, ultra-low CG gear box with quick & easy diff access with the narrow design of the LCG gear box, reducing weight and moving all parts closer to the chassis centre line

View the complete details & images here