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December 7, 2020

Brandon Foote & Roger Seim win at Rockstar Series Rd1

Round 1 of the 12th Annual Rockstar Winter Off-Road Series was held on Friday, December 4th at PDX RC Underground in Portland, Oregon. With an extremely talented line-up of drivers from all over the Northwest, the stage was set for a great night of racing. This years Rockstar Series would run 4 rounds of ‘Reedy Race’ heads-up style format, then take each drivers 3 best finishes to decide the overall champion. In the highly contested 2wd Modified Buggy class, it would come down to a 4-way tie for the overall Win. 1up Racing’s Brandon Foote would take the overall Win by having the fastest overall laps/times. Team Associated/1up Racing’s Harley Yoshii would finish 2nd overall. And 1up Racing’s Team Manager Joe Pillars in 3rd overall. 1up Racing’s Roger Seim then went onto win the 40+ 2wd Modified Buggy class, with PDX RC Underground track owner Kevin Focht finishing 2nd and Daniel Jeppesen in 3rd

View the 40+ podium here

December 7, 2020

Vincent Jackson joins WRC Factory team

WRC have announced the signing of Vincent Jackson to their Factory team for 2021. This former Regional and National Champion will be working on product development as well as competing in 1/10 Nitro and Electric Sedan as well as 1/8 scale classes. ‘Vincent brings passion and experience to our 2021 team as we grow in the North American market.’

Source: WRC Racing [wrc-racing.com]

December 4, 2020

Xray X1’21 1/10th Formula chassis

Xray present their new for 2021 X12 Formula chassis, developed with a focus on improving durability, improving adjustability for better performance on a variety of surfaces, and resistance to chassis tweak after impacts. The tweak free design improvements are achieved with a new rear centre pivot mounting system and new pod components. An all-new aluminium centre pivot mounting system improves traction and stability of the car, eliminates tweak issues and provides new adjustment choices to position the pivot point. The one-piece bulkheads achieve maximum durability and eliminate tweak issues after a crash while the graphite rear upper plate has been redesigned to integrate with the new bulkheads to improve durability and to eliminate tweak after a crash. New graphite chassis side braces offer three different installation settings to alter chassis stiffness to match track conditions. To top it all off there is an all new stealth looking black design, with all the aluminium anodised black.

View more details & images here

December 4, 2020

Alex Zanchettin joins Ielasi Tuned

Ielasi Tuned have announced the signing of top Italian racer Alex Zanchettin. Moving away from OS, on the TLR driver Daniele Ielasi says he is ‘very proud to grow our team with the addition of a great Italian driver in off road, a great step for the Ielasi Tuned offroad family.’ Alex had the following to say about his new engine supplier:

I am very happy to be racing for Ielasi Tuned for the next few years. Given the esteem I have for Daniele, the possibility of being able to work with him presented itself, I didn’t think twice about becoming part of his project. I’m sure that his materials, his experience, dedication and passion will allow me to take a step forward as a driver.

Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]

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