The DM4 race was held in Brondby, Denmark, with 18 drivers in attendance in the 1/10th pan car class. During qualifying it became clear that the race for the TQ position would be between Rasmus B. Nielsen and Michael Johnsen while Claus Ryeskov and Robert Hansen battled it out for the 3rd place on the grid. At the end of the three qualifying rounds Michael came out successful in front of Rasmus and Claus.
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Mugen soon have new merchandise available in the form of two flat bill heads. Coming in a purple or green design the hats sport some wild graphic details to make them stand out from the majority of the hats out there.
Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]
LRP introduce the rolling chassis kit of their popular S10 Blast TC 2 Clubracer 4WD touring car. The pre-mounted chassis kit comes without wheels, tyres or bodyshell, making it a cost efficient entry level and club racer. The sealed shaft drivetrain keep dust and dirt away from the transmission gears, front CVD driveshafts and full ball bearings make for an efficient power supply and adjustable turnbuckles, threaded shock absorbers and front and rear anti-roll bars help to fine-tune the suspension. The kit is usable with all standard 190mm touring car bodyshells and touring car rubber tyres.
Source: LRP [lrp.cc]
Arrowmax have a plastic decal for 1/8th off-road setup boards available, large enough for the use with buggies and trucks. The smooth surface sports clean and accurate markings in a 1mm grid and the decal is highly liquid resistant as it is needed for nitro and electric off-road applications.
Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]
American brand IGT8 introduce the IGT8 Red, an upgrade to their GT Pro kit. The “Red” will be released in March and no details on features and specifications are available yet but by the look of things the nitro GT racer will include a good amount of option parts such as red anodised aluminium suspension mounts, front C-hubs, upper steering plate, motor mount and chassis braces. More information will become available in time for the release.
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Italian company Reds Racing announce the signing of Italian frontrunner Alex Zanchettin to their team. The TLR drivers will use company’s off-road engines in his 2015 campaign and Reds Racing would is proud to welcome Alex on board.
Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]
This weekend (6-8 Feb) Round 2 of the Yokomo Euro Touring Series travels to Muelheim-Kaerlich in Germany with the big interest of the weekend set to be on the debut performances of a number of the championship’s leading drivers who since Round 1 last December in the Czech Republic have switched teams. The most significant of these new signings is that of multiple ETS race winner Viktor Wilck. Racing with championship’s most winning manufacturer Tamiya Racing Factory as long as the ETS has been in existence, the Swede will strengthen Serpent’s aspirations to be a winner in the premiere class as he joins podium finisher Marc Fischer. With the German round again as it did last year breaking a new record in terms of the size of the event with over 420 entries, the other big debuts to watch will be those of Freddy Sudhoff and multiple World Championship finalist Elliot Harper.
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Having just earlier today announced that he was to leave long time sponsor Tamiya, Viktor Wilck has been confirmed at Team Serpent. The Swedish ace has signed a long term deal with the Dutch brand to run their complete lineup of cars, both on and offroad, and will be making his touring car debut this weekend at the 2nd round of the ETS in Muelheim Kaerlich, Germany. The deal sees Serpent further strengthen their factory race time with Wilck joining Marc Fischer on the EP TC team, Greiner, Mazzeo, Green and the Sahashi brothers in the Gas TC team and Mike Truhe, Hupo Honigl and a soon to be confirmed German superstar on the offroad team. Viktor had this to say about his new deal:
I’m happy to reach this agreement with Serpent and HP Hobbyprodukter. I felt there was time for a change and after a close relationship with Swedish distributor this opportunity came a long that I could not pass on. I have seen the quality of there products from racing Serpent’s nitro cars and was impressed by their performance so I am really looking forward to this new partnership and to the prospects of achieving good results together over the coming years.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
