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January 5, 2018

Ronnefalk tops 2WD practice at DHI Cup

David Ronnefalk set the fastest time in 2WD practice at the DHI Cup this morning in Denmark, the HB Racing driver quickest from back to back reigning champion Michal Orlowski. Winner of the event in 2015, Ronnefalk set a fastest 3-consecutive lap time of 57.514 compared to Orlowski’s 57.597 with the Top 3 completed by 13-year-old Elias Johansson with a time of 57.955. With the event marking 7-time DHI Offroad Champion Joern Neumann’s debut for Schumacher, the German kicked off this new partnership with the 6th fastest time.

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January 5, 2018

Ty Tessmann Hobbywing-powered for 2018 and beyond

In a statement on social media Xray’s Ty Tessmann has announced his new partnership with Hobbywing. The Canadian ace leaves behind a very fruitful and long-lasting campaign with Team Orion but he left the outfit at the end of last year and will be using Hobbywing controller and motors from now on. The 2014 IFMAR 1/8th Buggy World and 14-times ROAR National Champion says:

I would like to announce that after a lot of testing and thought, I have chosen to run for Hobbywing for my 1/10 and 1/8 electric program for the next two years and beyond. I am very happy to become a part of the leading electronics company and look forward to some great success in the future. I want to thank Salton Dong and Mr. Jack Zhang for this opportunity with Hobbywing. My debut race will be the Reedy Race of Champions.

January 4, 2018

Arrowmax Asia Race Cup China Rd3 – Report

The third round of the Arrowmax Asia Race Cup China was held in GuangZhou recently. In the premier Touring Modified class it was Alfred Lao who took the top qualifier honours. In the opening A-main it was again Alfred on top but in A2 he made an unforced error which ended his race. For A3 the up and coming racer was reminded to keep his cool and this was exactly what he did and by bringing home the win in the final A-main he also secured himself the overall win from Zhang Zhou 2nd and Li Cong 3rd.

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January 3, 2018

Schumacher GP 2018 – Report

Last Saturday saw MB models hosting the Schumacher GP at their awesome facility near Leeds in the UK. The main GT12 class was run on Contact green stripe control tyres, LPM12 was open tyres and Touring on Sorex 28RK tyres. The meeting had been fully booked for months in anticipation, with 60 GT12, 20 LMP12 and 18 Touring drivers lining up to do battle in the four qualifier one final format. In GT12 it was new Schumacher driver Adam Catchpole at his first large event with Schumacher doing battle at the top with Schumacher’s own Andy Murray.

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January 2, 2018

Justin Fales doubles at ROAR Region 4 champs

Coined the Fuel National Warm-up, Warm-up race, the ROAR Region 4 8th scale Off-Road Championship was held over New Years’ Eve weekend having been rescheduled due to bad weather condition on the original date. With the race being held at Southside R/C Raceway in Lake City, Florida, this gave many local racers a glimpse at a chance to run 1/8th scale on the 2018 Fuel Nationals track. Luckily, the weather held out amidst cold mornings but warmed up during the day that gave the track surface a bit of extra grip. The layout was smooth and flowy with fantastic jump sections mixed with terrific off-camber turns making the layout a challenge on every lap.

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January 2, 2018

Jörn Neumann teams up with Schumacher

Schumacher Racing welcome multi-time former EOS, Reedy Race Champion and Worlds top qualifier Jörn Neumann to the team. Jörn has a racing pedigree of the highest order including most recently super strong performances at the Off Road Worlds in China and Schumacher are pleased to strengthen the off-road team with the German, alongside their long term and recently re-signed Michal Orlowski. Jörn’s first races will be the DHI Cup in Denmark and Reedy Race in the USA and he had the following to say:

I would first like to thank Robin, Mark, Trish and Norbert for this great opportunity to run for Schumacher. I am looking forward for a superb future with a fantastic team. Onto a successful 2018.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

January 2, 2018

Robert Batlle Ninja-powered for 2018 and beyond

Following his split with 2017 engine suppliers Picco, Spanish 1/8th off-road super star Robert Batlle will run Ninja engines in 2018 and beyond. The Spaniard leaves behind a somewhat mixed season, however his 2017 campaign was crowned by a third European Championship title that he hopes to build on in 2018. Robert says:

Hello guys! I am Ninja engines driver for the upcoming years! I would like to thank Sanada San, all #mugenfamily and, of course, Stefan from MSE for believing in me for this awesome project. Since now I will represent our complete package of car/engine around the world, it motivates me a lot!

Source: Mugen [mugen.eu]

January 2, 2018

Thilo Tödtmann wins at German EP on-road regional

Last weekend the second round of the German electric on-road regionals, a qualification race for the German nationals, took place in Grossauheim near Frankfurt. In the Formula class Shepherd‘s own Thilo Tödtmann took the TQ honours and in the finals two wins in A1 and A2 secured Thilo the overall victory, with the fight for the runner-up spot being undecided until the last final. With a clean run Markus Specko defended his position and took the overall 2nd place with Andreas Giesa obtaining the final podium spot making it an all-Shepherd podium.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]