January 16, 2020

Bruno Coelho joins Xtreme Aerodynamics

Xtreme Aerodynamics have announced the signing of multi-time IFMAR World Champion, Bruno Coelho to their team. The Xray factory driver will use Xtreme Aerodynamic’s body shells to deck out all of his on-road rides from now on and he has the following to say about the deal:

I’m really happy to announce that I decided to join Xtreme Aerodynamics! I’ve been following the work of Xtreme in on-road nitro classes and how they totally dominate that market and since they joined electric TC their results have been impressive. The new Xtreme Twister is for sure the body of the moment and I can’t wait to start this project. Finally I want to say thank you to Cristian Boni for the great opportunity and see you all in the next race!

Source: Xtreme Aerodynamics [xtremeaerodynamics.it]

January 16, 2020

Lewis Jones wins at HNMC Winter Series Rd6

The 6th round of the HNMC Winter Series was held at the Herts Nitro Model Club in the UK last weekend, attracting nearly 75 entries. The mild January weather made for good racing conditions and the qualifying went to Less Reeder in Truggy, Richard Miller in E-Buggy and Callum Niblett in Nitro Buggy. The 20-minute Nitro Buggy A-main event was won by Team Associated’s Lewis Jones some two seconds in front of Xray’s Callum Niblett while HB Racing’s Simon Reeves came in 3rd, already a lap down.

Source: BRCA [brca.org]

January 16, 2020

Ielasi Tuned sign Robert Pietsch

Ielasi Tuned from Italy have announced the signing of former IFMAR 1/8th World Champion, Robert Pietsch to their factory team. Robert will use the Novarossi-based engines to power his Mugen ride during his 2020 1/8th scale campaign and he has the following to say about the deal:

First of all I want to thank O.S. Speed and in particular Mr. Shimazaki for the support of the past two years. In the near future I will focus more on the Mugen Seiki 1/10 touring electric model car project, so with the Nitro I will not be able to race with the 1/10 this season, but only in the 1/8 On-Road category and I am sure that together with Daniele, with all his passion and experience as a mechanic on the track, we will do our best to obtain good results.

Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]

January 15, 2020

2020 INS10 & NCTS2 Series – Announcement

JConcepts have announced their INS10 and NCTS2 series for the 2020 season. 2020 marks a truly remarkable milestone as the JConcepts Indoor National Series will now be in its 10th year as the most highly participated 1/10th dirt off-road series in the world. However, JConcept’s vision doesn’t stop there. The proactive company also wanted to elevate the carpet and turf off-road racing scene and cater to all types of racers and that’s why JC went all in to established the JConcepts National Carpet and Turf Series last year. Being the only unified and true indoor nationwide off-road series for both carpet and dirt, JConcept’s aim is to create lasting memories and amazing experiences for all racers no matter the skill level or surface. Using a very similar formula to the INS that focuses on fun and adrenaline pumping action, the participants of the inaugural year of the NCTS instantly felt right at home with the racer friendly familiar format, racing at world class facilities, and face challenges of competing against the finest drivers that will bring the best in everyone. To keep things relevant and the series fresh, the organizers made a few tweaks to the INS10 and NCTS2 for better racing and even more fun. Full details and dates can be found on the dedicated event websites here or as a summary here.

January 15, 2020

Essex Carpet Clash Rd4 – Report

Round 4 of the Essex Carpet Clash championship was this past weekend, and the team had a slight change up for the driver for this round, running in the opposite, anti-clockwise, direction compared to all previous rounds. After the four rounds of qualifying, it was Stephen Brown in 4WD that took the pole position securing it by TQ’ing all rounds. Mark Lewis was hot on his tail and lines up 2nd on the grid ahead of John Painter.

Continue reading the report here

January 15, 2020

Havranek & Hoch win at HIT Rd4

Round 4 of the popular HIT series was held in the Czech Republic recently. A technically track of medium grip challenged the drivers and in the end it was Oliver Havranek with the win in the Touring Modified class from Martin Kratochvil in 2nd and Radko Cernohous in 3rd, making it an all-Xray top 3. Over in the Formula class Lukas Hoch walked away with the silverware from Filip Radjus in 2nd and Svetlin Douhlevski in 3rd.

View the Formula podium here

January 14, 2020

Ronald Völker wins at TOS West Division Rd2

The second round of the West Division 2019/20 Tonisport Onroad Series was hosted by the Racing Arena Limburg in Sittard, The Netherlands this past weekend. The race was held in a multitude of classes and in the premier Touring Modified category it was Yokomo’s Ronald Völker with the overall win from now free agent, Yannic Prümper on the runner-up spot. Awesomatix’s Thimo Weissbauer came in 3rd to round out the podium in front of Lucas Urbain, Christopher Krapp and Loic Jasmin. Sebastian Meibörg, Liam van de Wouwer and Martin Machura completed the A-main results.

Image: Thimo Weissbauer

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