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February 17, 2014

Wernimont & Due victorious at Motorama

Wernimont & Due succeed at Motorama

This weekend was the 36th annual Motorama show in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The event hosts what is possibly the largest RC race around, over 700 entries across two tracks, along with a host of other motor sport events, thousands of visitors pass through the doors and are exposed to RC as a hobby and sporting event. The weekend started with travel problems for most, with the East coast being battered by a storm. This meant that a few drivers had to alter their plans and didn’t receive luggage until half way through the practice day. Despite the problems everyone made the show and were all sorted by the end of practice day. With practice untimed it was difficult to gauge pace, but with the teams cars all feeling good they were ready for racing. Qualifying was to be decided with 2 counting rounds from 3, with bump up finals throughout. This meant consistency would be critical for a good qualifying position, but if all goes wrong it was still possible to bump up.

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February 17, 2014

Mobers & Hilbert take German 1/12th national titles

The 2014 German 1/12th nationals took place at the MAC Burgdorf club in Northern Germany this past weekend. Nearly 40 drivers attended in the Modified “EA” and Stock “EB” class. In Modified it was multi-time national champion Markus Mobers who not only took the TQ but also secured himself another national title by winning the first and second A-final in front of Daniel Sieber. The latter than took the vice-championship title while Tim Altmann came in third to complete the podium. In the Standard class Moritz Hilbert made a clean sweep by winning all three A-finals after dominating the qualifiers to take the TQ spot. The runner-up spot and vice-championship went to Sven Stoffels who left Jens Ginnuttis in third position.

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February 17, 2014

Tyler Vik joins Xray

Xray announce that top US off-road racer Tyler Vik has joined their factory team. The multi-time off-road nationals finalist will race the company’s 1/8th and 1/10th scale nitro and electric buggies and trucks at events such as the ROAR nationals, the Dirt Nitro Challenge and the 1/8th IFMAR Worlds beside other selected events. This is what Tyler has to say about the deal:

I’m excited to become a part of the Xray factory team, and look forward to showing the performance of the cars throughout the 2014 racing season. Over the years, I’ve watched the Xray off-road program and team grow. After testing the cars and running them as a privateer, I was more than surprised with the performance and reliability of the cars. I am looking forward to work with the US team as well as the European team including Reno Savoya and Martin Bayer. I’m very confident in the support of the team, as well as the cars, and I’m looking forward to the 2014 season. I’d like to thank the Hudy family, as well as Ralph and Bryan at RC America for making this possible.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

February 17, 2014

Jörn Neumann wins 4WD at 2014 Offroad Wars

Team Durango’s Jörn Neumann went away with the TQ and win in the 4WD class at the 2014 Offroad Wars held at Maritime Raceway this past weekend. In the finals he battled it out with former TD teammate Ellis Stafford (TLR) who ended in second place. After very mixed finals Richard Lowe finally grapped the last remaining podium spot after coming in 2nd in the third A main and after only scoring a 4th and 6th place in leg 1 and 2. Danny McGee and Craig Collinson completed the top 5 result. In the 2WD class Ellis Stafford made a clean sweep by taking the TQ and an early win by taking A main 1 and 2. Richard Lowe had to settle for second while Jörn Neumann ended in third after scoring a DNF in the third leg.

Source: Maritime Raceway [maritimeracing.info]

February 17, 2014

David Crompton wins at SWorkz Winter Series Rd5

Radiosistemi RR8 driver David Crompton walked away with the win at the 5th round of the SWorkz Winter Series. Neil Cragg (Team Associated) came in second while Colin Brennan (Xray) completed the podium. Graeme Miller (TLR) and Gavin Uttely (SWorkz) rounded out the top five.

Source: Radiosistemi [radiosistemi.it]

February 17, 2014

Balestri & Apolaro win at Florida Winternats

The 38th annual Florida Winternats were run last weekend in Fort Myers, Florida. The race again attracted a huge number of drivers including some international starts alongside the fastest nitro on-road racers from the U.S.. In 1/8th Open Capricorn driver Dario Balestri, running for his new engine sponsor XRD, took the win some six laps ahead of top qualifier Mike Swauger (Xray/Picco) with Flavio Elias (Mugen/Novarossi) coming in third another three laps down.

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February 17, 2014

Robert Batlle wins Grand Prix de Montpellier

Mugen’s Robert Batlle has won the annual Grand Prix de Montpellier in a thrilling final against Agama’s Darren Bloomfield who took TQ for the hour long final. First Robert was challenged by Darren Bloomfield and Elliot Boots (Kyosho) and also Xray’s Renaud Savoya was in the mix but once Elliot broke his car and Renaud suffered a short engine hick-up Robert could open a gap to the field. Towards the end Darren then shifted into second gear, charging Battle hard and eventually overtaking him only minutes from the one hour mark but an empty fuel tank prevented Darren from taking the win for Agama. Robert would take the win for Mugen while Darren managed to take the runner-up spot. Reno Savoya came in third, only one lap down.

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February 16, 2014

Collari opts to start 2014 a free agent

Collari

9-time World Champion Lamberto Collari has been in contact to give us an update on his current situation heading into the 2014 season, answering the many requests he has received concerning his race package. For the first time in many years the Italian RC legend will run the season without a chassis sponsor which will allow him to evaluate what car best suits him ahead of the 2015 World Championships. In terms of engine, he hopes to remain with long time sponsor Novarossi, but no deal has yet been finalised. Those who are onboard so far for the new season are previous sponsors Sanwa and Protoform, while new for this year are Hudy tools and Zac Project tires.

View the statement from Lamberto in English & Italian here