Following the signing of Mattia Collavo to their 1/10th team, BMT have announced the addition of swift Mirko Salemi to their 1/8th scale team. Mirko will campaign the company’s BMT984 Evo in 2017 at all major events such as the national championship, EFRA GP, the IFMAR Worlds and the ENS.
Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]
The annual Charity Race will be held on the 14th and 15th of January. A tight race calendar forced the organisers to shift the event to the second weekend of January, nevertheless a range of European top drivers such as Marc and Toni Rheinard, Ronald Volker, Viktor Wilck, Francesco Martini, Max Machler, Marcel Geiger, Yannic Prumper, Dominic Vogl as well as several Italian top drivers already signed in for the race that will raise money for the good cause. As usual the event will take place at the RC Landia track in Scandiano and more information can be found on the official website here or by emailing Toni Rheinard (info@tonisport.de) or Davide Sillingardi (sillarcmail@gmail.com).
Italian brand BMT have announced the signing of Mattia Collavo to their 1/10th 200mm team. 30-years old Mattia will pilot the company’s BMT701 1/10th nitro on-road kit at all major national events while running ARC cars as part of the ARC Nitro Italy team in the 1/8th nitro on-road class.
Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]
The 2017 Euro Contest will be held from the 16th to 18th of June at the Barco-Off track in Italy. Considered to be one of the largest nitro off-road races in Europe, with 270 entries in 2016, the race will again be held in the three categories of Pro Nitro Buggy, Open Nitro Buggy and E-Buggy. More information can be found on the official event website here.
The TMK Raceway indoor track in Sweden recently held round three of the poplar Winter Cup. The tight track meant the racers had to be on their toes all of the time with no place to rest. This, combined with few possibilities to overtake made for close racing. Jesper Rasmussen made the best out of the difficult conditions as he came out fastest after the controlled practice with Jessica Palsson and local driver Hampus Berg in second and third. Victor Gunnarsson rounded out the top 4 in the 2WD class and those four were set to battle it out for the overall win.
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Protoform have announced the addition of 2016 ISTC World Finalist Nicholas Lee to their factory racing team. Nicholas’ track record across many different platforms of on-road racing makes him an ideal fit and Protoform look forward to having him represent the team in Asia and across the international racing scene at electric touring, nitro touring and 1/8 nitro events. Nicholas says:
Protoform has been the body leader ever since I’ve started racing. Thanks to PF and Eric for giving me this opportunity to join the team. I will be using their full line of products and I am looking forward to some great results together in years to come.
Source: Protoform [racepf.com]
JConcepts have announced the 7th year of the Indoor National Series. With a host of sponsors, the INS7 series promises to be one of the best yet, including the consistency of solid locations of the past and a visit to one of the nation’s newest locations, Hobby Action R/C Raceway of Chandler, Arizona. With over 6,000 entries and counting, the JConcepts INS has become the race for racers to showcase their driving skills on a national and regional level while testing themselves against some of the industry’s best drivers. Known for its exciting mix of friendly, fun, world class racing atmosphere, the racing roots of the INS remain unchanged, but is devoted in making 2017 a breakout year in terms of series participation, factory drivers, representatives and professionalism. Making sure the INS gets the best in news media coverage, JConcepts has once again teamed up with Red RC for 2017 to make next year’s JConcepts Indoor National Series an unforgettable race experience. The 5 race series takes on the seasonal format of Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall Nationals races that will be held at fixed locations while the final race will serve as the end of year bash for awards and series championship presentation. For more information and all dates, please visit the official event website here.
The recent 2016 Suzuka RC Touring Challenge was organised by the Malaysian Pulau Pinang RC Club. The event was sponsored by an engine oil company and in the 13.5T Boosted Touring class it was Awesomatix driver Wong Kok Wai that took the win from the Xray duo of William Tiong and Michael Lim in second and third respectively.
