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January 31, 2017

2017 Castle Creations Off-Road Jam – Report

The 2017 Castle Creations Off-Road Jam was held at Fastlane Raceway in Kansas City, Missouri. Kyosho’s Mitchel Gardner was able to TQ the 2WD modified class ahead of his fellow teammates, Team Associated’s Brad Dean and Xray’s Dillon Caldwell. In the single A-main, it was Dean who would best the field to take the win with Caldwell clawing his way back to 2nd place from a horrific start. Gardner would round out the podium making it a brilliant JConcepts sweep in 2WD Modified.

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January 31, 2017

Shepherd welcome Olivier Bultynck

Shepherd have announced the signing of Belgian frontrunner, Olivier Bultynck to their electric on-road team. The multiple ETS winner and podium finisher will have his debut for Shepherd at the second round of the 2016/17 ETS in Mülheim Kärlich. Furthermore he plans to attend all remaining ETS races, the Euros and he tries to defend his Belgian National Champion title. Shepherd are really looking forward to working together with the former Roche driver who had the following to say:

First of all I have to thank Max Ma from Roche for the support he gave me the last season. But i was given a chance to be part of the Shepherd Team for 2017. Being on a strong Team is very motivating and I’m really looking forward to the challenge. I would like to thank Patrick Schäfer and all the staff at Team Shepherd for the opportunity of joining this Company.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

January 31, 2017

Elliott Boots to run MLC fuel

Pepe Group have announced the signing of Elliott Boots to the MLC fuel off-road factory team. The two-time European Champion and former Worlds Top Qualifier will complete his 2017 package with the MLC product range and MLC are looking forward to a successful season. Elliott says:

I am very pleased to be a part of MLC fuel, it’s a new adventure for me and together with MLC I feel that we will be able to accomplish a lot. I want to thank MLC for making me a part of the team. I look forward to 2017

Source: Pepe Group [facebook.com]

January 31, 2017

Peter Roeygens wins Stock class at Lovan Challenge Rd3

Last weekend round three of the Belgian Lovan RC-Challenge was held and in the Touring Stock class it was Peter Roeygens who took the TQ position by a narrow 0.9s from Christophe Wojsznis and Mathias Van Laere in second and third respectively. The opening A-main then went to Christophe Libeer who came from the 4 spot on the grid, while pole setter Peter stroke back in A2 and A3 to grab the day’s win from Christophe in second and Mathias Van Laere, who scored to second place finishes, in third.

Source: HRC Distribution [hrcdistribution.com]

January 31, 2017

Seta doubles at East Touring Series opener

The opening round of the East Touring Series was held at Sunter Speedway, Jakarta, under a cloudy sky with a light rain poured during the race. The event was held in several classes including the premier Touring Modified and Open Mini classes and in TC Mod it was Muhammad Izzah who snatched the TQ spot followed by Arya and Yusuf Zulkarnaen. Bowie Ginting suffered from a lot of issues in the qualifiers and only qualified in fourth. In the Open Mini class it was Arya who took the top qualifying position in dominant fashion.

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January 30, 2017

Team Associated enter Formula racing with the RC10F6

Team Associated have released their long awaited entry into the 1:10 scale 2WD electric formula racing class with the RC10F6 Factory Team Kit. With a full cast of setting options, an ultra-low centre of mass, and sleek styling, the F6 is designed to put you at the front of the Formula grid. All aspects were considered and optimised to make sure it would stand above its competition. From front to back, with graphite control arms, the fully adjustable front end, the ultra-smooth rear pivot, and wings styled after current full-scale Formula rulings, no corner was left untouched.

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January 30, 2017

Myron Kinnard wins at Thunder Jam XI

The Thunder Jam Snowbirds Warm-up was back again to kick off 2017 with its ninth running hosted by Thunder RC Raceway in Nashville, Tennessee. The event has brought in racers to compete for trophies, cash, and the glory. For an event that was created for kids to have their own special race, it has grown over the years to give racers of all ages a chance to win an event. For Saturday, the event would have three qualifiers and AA mains. This is a format that has been used for years and works very well to maximise the time so travellers can get home at comfortable times. Myron Kinnard (Team Associated) was able to lay in a TQ run in the first round of USVTA and he reset that TQ again as the day went on.

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January 30, 2017

Xtreme Aerodynamics welcome Alberto Picco

Xtreme Aerodynamics have announced the signing of Alberto Picco to their team. Alberto has tested and used the Italian bodyshells last year and he will now get full factory support to run the company’s 1/8th scale bodies exclusively for the 2017 season.

Source: Xtreme Aerodynamics [xtremeaerodynamics.com]