The 2018 Sunpadow International Offroad GP will be held from March 16th to 18th at the ARC International RC Car race track in Xiamen, China. The event will see 1/8th nitro and electric buggy racing on a redesigned track. Registration is now open and all information can be found on the official event website here.
PR Racing have announce that Adam Drake will be joining their team for the upcoming 2018 season. Adam will be racing 1/10th scale electric and help with R&D on all platforms but mostly the SB401 LW 4WD buggy platform while also campaigning the company’s PRS1V3 TypeR 2WD buggy. Along with his five Roar National Championships Adam brings a ton of experience in racing, building and designing which he currently also does for Mugen Seiki Racing in the 1/8th off-road categories.
Source: PR Racing [pr-rc.com]
Hot Race Tyres from Italy have announced the signing of reigning EFRA European 1/8th Nitro Buggy Champion, Robert Batlle to their team. The Spanish Mugen driver has inked a 2-years contract and while running their products at events around the world, he will also assist with product development as well as being the new Hot Race Tyres distributor for Spain. Robert says:
It is an honour to let you know that I will be part of HotRace team for the upcoming years! When I tested the tires I got really surprise about the speed and consistency they have, also because of the passion Nicola put into the development of the tires, I love the way he works so I just can say yes to his project! I invite you all to test this tires as Hot Race off road tires have just two years old, but you will love the feeling of driving them!
Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]
Servo manufacturer Power HD has announced the signing of German driver Christopher Krapp to their team. This multi-time IFMAR World Championship finalist will use Power HD servos in his future onroad and offroad campaigns, including the ETS, EOS, European Championship, World Championship and more International and National events as well as assist Power HD in servo research and development. Christopher had the following to say:
I am happy to announce to represent the Power HD brand from now on. They have a series of first class products to support my racing in the onroad and offroad category. I want to thank especially Harma Ye for this opportunity and I can’t wait to use all their servos and help to make them even better.
Source: Power HD [chd.hk]
A round of the Czech-based Lestr Cup was held recently and it was Xray’s Milan Mudra who took double TQs and wins in both the 2WD and 4WD Buggy classes. Václav Brož (Xray) came in 2nd in the 2WD category from Kyosho’s Jan Kapička in 3rd. Over in 4WD it was Jiří Dvořák (Xray) and Fanda Kalenda (Serpent) who completed the podium results.
Shepherd have announced the signing of current UK Champion Tim Wood to their 1/8th on-road team. The former Serpent UK driver will be working closely with the Shepherd factory team at selected European races such as the ENS, EFRA GP and Euros whilst also representing Shepherd at the UK Nationals. A 5-times UK National Champion, Multiple Euro B finalist, and Euro A semi-finalist in 1/8th and 1/10th classes as well as 5th Place pre-worlds finisher, Tim will campaign the latest Velox V8 WC Team Edition at all races in 2018. Tim says:
First I want to sincerely thank Serpent for all their help & support since I started RC Racing. I am delighted to now join Team Shepherd and want to thank Patrick Schafer & all at Shepherd for this great opportunity. My mechanic Nicola & I are very excited and look forward to working with this great team in 2018.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
The 2017 JConcepts Indoor National Series has come to an end recently and with over 1500 entries for the year and highlighted by the biggest names in the industry, the JConcepts INS7 season set new records for participation, competitiveness, while promoting a fun racing atmosphere. Points were calculated with a win being maximum points of 100, 2nd place was awarded 99 and so on. There is also a TQ bonus of 1 point making a TQ and win a total of 101 points. 3 races out of 5 were required to enter into the overall series total.
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The RC Oeste indoor track in Portugal recently held their 6th anniversary race. Racing in both the 2WD and 4WD classes was very close and in the 2WD category it was young Pedro Gomes (Xray) who took the TQ and also the wins in A1 and A3 for the overall victory from Marco Timoteo (Team Associated) 2nd and Nuno Casal Ribeiro (Team Associated) 3rd. The Xray duo of Miguel Santos and Filipe Miranda would round out the top 5 results.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
