Korean company Highest has announced the signing of multi-times European Champion, Jörn Neumann to their team. The Serpent factory driver will use Highest servos in all of his rides and he has the following to say about the deal:
I am very thankful to be a part of the Highest team. The performance and design of their servos are incredibly good. I am looking forward to use them in all my cars. Thank you again for getting me on the team.
Source: Highest [highestrc.com]
Schumacher Racing and the Euro Offroad Series have extended their partnership for the 2017/18 season. After two successful seasons using the Schumacher Minipin, the EOS, and also the Mibosport Cup, will move to a new Schumacher tyre, called the Cactus, for next season. The Cactus has been specially developed for EOS style carpet and offers improved driving feel, faster lap times, and longer life. It has been extensively tested on both new and well worn carpets and should be a popular control tyre choice for 1/10th off road carpet racing next winter. The tyre will become available in August and more details will follow soon.
The second round of the Spanish 1/8th On-road Nationals as held at the Valladolid track. In the premier class A Capricorn driver Ruben Olivares took the TQ in the qualifiers and in the 45-minute main final the race for the win was a 5-horse race. Ultimately Ruben managed to take the win followed by Vicente Eres (Mugen) while Guillermo Perez (Capricorn) complete the podium in 3rd.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
The recent NOOB race in Singapore was once again held on a loose dirt track, making for completely different traction conditions after the previous day’s Urban Astro Buggy Champs held on astro turf. Xray’s Kum Yew secured the TQ honours while teammate, Dennis Chiang would line up on the 2 spot on the grid. In the finals, Kum Yew got off to a bumpy start when a collision at the new step down feature dropped him down the field. Mark Lim capitalised to take the lead, with Danny Png in 2nd and Dennis in 3rd. With Kum Yew suffering a DNF, the race finished in that order. In leg 2, while Kum Yew led off the start, he lost the lead to teammate Dennis after a coming together with a back-marker. Calm and measured driving saw Kum Yew regain the lead from Dennis that he would hold onto for the win. This set up an exciting showdown for the final leg with three drivers still in contention for the overall win. After a clean start, the pair of Kum Yew and Dennis led the field around. With growing confidence, Kum Yew put in consistent laps to pull away from the field. However, traffic at the tight step down feature caught Kum Yew out once again and allowed the chasing pack to close in on him. Kum Yew once again dug deep and managed to complete the rest of the final mistake-free to win leg 3 and secure a hard-fought overall win. Dennis recovered from a rough final to finish overall 2nd, while Mark Lim was overall 3rd.
The opening round of the Swedish Outdoor On-road Cup was held at the Staffanstorps Raceway in the south of the country. Good weather and lots of traction made for competitive racing in the 1/8th Nitro, 1/10th 200mm Touring and Electric Touring classes. In the 1/8th class Mikael Fransson posted the fastest four-minute qualifying round, taking the overall TQ. In the Superpole race Lars Haugen got himself the second direct qualifying spot to go straight into the main final.
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The recent Quebec Indoor Nationals saw Mark Sousa walking away with the double title after coming out fastest in both the Pro Buggy and Pro Truggy classes. Eric Deschenes came in 2nd in the Buggy class while Sam Langer completed the top 3 result. In the Pro Truggy category Mark was sidelined by 2nd placed Eric Deschenes while Carl Boulaire had to settle for 3rd overall.
The recent Race for Autism was held in Madera Acres, California in several nitro and electric 1/8th scale classes. In Pro Nitro Buggy it was CJ Jelin who took the TQ and he would also set the fastest time in Nitro Truggy. In the Pro Nitro Buggy main CJ Jelin (Xray) lead from tone to tone with only a couple mistakes to grab the win from Xray teammate Tyler Vik. Kyosho’s Ryan Kenny completed the top 3 podium result.
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Stateline R/C of Fremont, Indiana held their Sunday club race this past weekend. The track will host the ROAR 1/8th Fuel Nationals in June and so the club race was pretty well attended, attracting U.S. top drivers such as Adam Drake, Dakotah Phend, Joe Bornhorst, and Ty Tessmann to name just a few. In the 30-minute Nitro Buggy A-main Ty Tessmann (Xray) would come out fastest some three seconds in front of Dakotah Phend (TLR) while Tyler Jones (TLR) completed the top 3 result. In the Nitro Truggy class Ty Tessmann (Xray) was pretty much unbeatable, taking the win with a 5-laps margin on 2nd placed Spencer Heckert (TLR). Bradley Rippee (TLR) came in 3rd, another two laps down.
