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January 14, 2014

2014 ISTC Worlds control tire is Hot Race Tyres

The organisers of the 2014 IFMAR ISTC World Championships, Full Throttle Raceway in Florida, have announced that they have selected Hot Race Tyres as the official control tire of the event. ‘After intense trackside testing for the past 3 months to ensure the best overall results & durability will be provided we have selected Hot Race Tyres as the 2014 IFMAR controlled Tyre for Touring’. They went on to state that the compound was yet to be finalised, something that will be voted on by the different blocs. News regarding the 1/12th scale side of the event is said to be released soon.

January 14, 2014

JSP Group International acquires Corally

JSP Group International, the investment group behind the European distributor Pro Models, today announced that they have acquired the Corally brand name (Corally, Team Corally, TC) and their high performance RC car designs and related products at the end of November last year. Founded in 1984 by Constant Paul, Corally has won multiple World and European Championships as well as countless National titles around the globe. JSP had the following to say about the deal:

We at JSP Group International are excited about the acquisition of the world famous competition brand Corally. We have set a strong strategy for Corally to bring new and exciting competition products to the rc racers worldwide. We will not only concentrate on the competition products, also a line of innovative high quality products for the hobby driver will be developed very soon. We look forward to see racers all over the world using our innovative Corally products.

Source: Corally [corally.com]

January 14, 2014

DJ Apolaro wins at Florida State Series Rd5

This past weekend was the 5th round of the Florida State Series held at the Homestead RC Raceway. Paolo Morganti and DJ Apolaro battled for TQ in the 1/8th class and at the end it was Pablo who grabbed the prestigious position followed by DJ. At the start of the final DJ got a good jump on Paolo, but could not get the inside line and had to back off the power to not take both out. This allowed the 3rd place driver through. DJ then made an error on the same lap and got caught at the timing loop and lost time to get a turn marshal, falling back to 9th place so he had to work his way back through the field.

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January 14, 2014

BRX5 2014 “Classic” 1/8 on-road kit

BRX5 2014 "Classic" 1/8 on-road kit

French company BRX introduce the 2014 version of the BRX5 1/8th “Classic” on-road car. The vehicle is of a very simply design with unsprung front and rear axles and a 1-speed transmission. The 2014 edition makes use of most of its predecessors parts but features a new, thicker main chassis and the front axle plate, radio and rear upper support plate are now also cut from silver-colour carbon fibre for a cleaner looking car. Otherwise the kit remained unchanged in terms of geometry and specifications.

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January 14, 2014

MR..Roche BD7 aluminium option parts

MR..Roche will soon have a handful of aluminium option parts for the Yokomo BD7 available. Planned so far are a 1-piece floating servo mount, split inner suspension mounts as well as outer 1-piece suspension mounts. The servo mount is a direct replacement for the kit part while the A-arm mounts come in several specifications to allow for a wide range of suspension geometry changes.

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January 14, 2014

Robert Pietsch confirmed at Picco

As we noted earlier this month, 2011 IFMAR 1/8th onroad World Champion Robert Pietsch has signed a 2-year contract with Italian World Champion engine maker Picco. Robert will join present WC Tadahiko Sahashi and US champion Mike Swauger while assisting with engine development and among other events he is set to race at the IFMAR Worlds, EFRA races as well as the first full season of the newly established Euro Nitro Series.

Source: Picco [teampicco.com]

January 14, 2014

JR Mitch re-signs for JConcepts

Florida racing veteran and TLR driver JR Mitch has agreed to a new contract with JConcepts. The current Region 4 Champion in the 2wd modified class has been on the JConcepts racing team since 2008 and has maintained a winning record on the regional and national scene throughout. JR’s versatility allows him to be a threat in 7 different classes of off-road racing where on any given day he can dominate the competition. JR will continue to use all the JConcepts, bodies, tires, wheels and accessories on his TLR line of vehicles as he chases victory at events throughout Florida and national events across the United States. JR had this to say:

It’s been a great honor to race and work with the JConcepts crew over the past five years. I’ve achieved team results and experienced events that have surpassed my expectations. I look forward to new adventures, traveling to the JConcepts indoor series races and other events with JConcepts.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

January 14, 2014

E.C. Kim joins VBC Factory Team

VBC Racing have announced the signing of Korean National Champion E.C. Kim to their Factory Team for 2014. Kim will run the VBC WildFire D06 touring car and Lightning12 pan car in the coming season and be a key part of the VBC Racing development team working on new products developments.

Source: VBC Racing [vbcracing.com]