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December 3, 2020

Schumacher sign Kaito Kodera to their team

Schumacher Racing have announced that young Japanese star Kaito Kodera has joined their team. The 2018 JMRCA Japanese National champion, and former Yokomo driver, has been running Schumacher cars for a while but they are now happy to make this official. Kaito had the following to say:

I would like to thank my sponsors and my home track Team GB, I’m super excited to join, I will do my best to work with team Schumacher.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

December 2, 2020

Ryan Lutz rejoins Alpha engines

With Ryan Lutz making the move from Agama to WRC, his engine sponsor has also changed with the US driver making the switch back to Alpha engines. Having previously raced for the brand for 7 years he is back and not only is Ryan rejoining the Alpha team, but his roles have been expanded and will be their US market partner. Ryan had this to say:

I am greatly honoured to be welcomed back to the Alpha family. I was sad to depart four years ago and so I am glad to be able to have this opportunity to rejoin with this wonderful company. In my absence they have further developed the Dragon line of engines now with the Dragon 4 edition 2. In my testing it has proven to be a top competitor and I can’t wait to showcase it to the world. They have also given me the privilege of distributing the product line throughout the American market again through my small business LutzRC. I am looking forward to once again supporting this great company and their customer base.

Source: Alpha [alpha-rc.com]

December 1, 2020

Elliott Boots joins the T-Works factory team

T-Works have announced the signing of another top UK driver, two time European Champion Elliott Boots. The Italy based S-Workz driver will use the complete range of products from the Asian manufacturer and had the following to say about the deal:

I am super excited to announce that I have joined the T-Work’s factory team, the products are of great design and quality and I am extremely grateful for the opportunity, I can not wait to use all these products. A big thank you to Wilson and Wing for welcoming me with open arms.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

December 1, 2020

Xtra Speed Gen8 brass portal cover & SCX24 wheel hubs

Xtra Speed have released more brass options to enable you to extract every gram from your crawler tires. For the the Redcat Gen8 there is a new brass portal cover while for the Axial SCX24 there are new brass wheel hubs. Both parts are CNC machined from high quality brass and come with suitable fasteners.

View the wheel hubs here

November 27, 2020

Ryan Lutz confirms switch to WRC

Ryan Lutz has confirmed his move from long time chassis sponsor Agama to new chassis sponsor WRC. Not just taking up the role of driver, Ryan is the person tasked with growing the Italian brand, more known in onroad, in the Americas and in a lengthy blog post linked below he explained his new position as:

As for my role, if you can name it, i’ll probably have my hand in it in one way or another. I have been assigned the role of making this brand what it will be in the America’s. Starting out that means everything from Racing, testing, and promoting on the track to the behind the scenes of working with distributors and shops to help them get set up. I will be creating educational videos to learn and showcase the platforms. I also will be the team manager for the offroad side of things as they currently offer 1/8th Nitro Buggy and Ebuggy with their SBX and SBXE.

Source: Lutz RC [lutzrc.com]

November 23, 2020

Arrowmax carbon fibre battery holders

Arrowmax have announced the release of this set of carbon fibre battery holders made specifically for all AM aluminium honey-comb chassis. Available in both variants, for normal and narrow batteries, the set includes all the required fasteners. The quick-release battery holders are sold separately.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

November 19, 2020

The Dirt Nitro Challenge 2021 – Announcement

The Dirt has announced that the 2021 ‘The Dirt Nitro Challenge’ preparations are under way. With the continued Covid-19 restrictions the State fairgrounds, where the event has been located for the last two years, were not able to make the commitment to ensure the opening of the fairgrounds and the ability to hold the event in 2021. So Joey has moved the event to the world famous Thunder Alley Raceway in Beaumont, Sunny Southern California. The facility is perfect for the event with full hookup camping, horseshoe tournament pits, nice restrooms, grass park and a huge grass field for us to set up manufacturers row and pit areas. The event will take place on the 17th to 21st of February next year and entries are now open.

Source: The Dirt [thedirt.us]

November 19, 2020

Tyler & Clements win Asphalt Wars final

Last weekend was the last leg of a four round points chase for Asphalt Wars in NorCal. This event was hosted at Speedworld Raceway in Roseville California. With a lighter turnout due to weather conditions, there was still quality racing. In 17.5 TC it was Xray driver Lex Tyler who would take TQ honours and win the single main from tone to tone with Jeff Auxier (Yokomo) in 2nd and Marcus Plumlee (Xray) in 3rd.

Continue reading the report here