The 2014 Silver State Nitro Challenge will take place on the weekend of the 13th of April at the Boulder City track in Las Vegas. The race running from Friday to Sunday with the practice taking place on Thursday. The event also marks the second race of the 2014 USProCup. More details will become available soon.
The 2013 version of the U.S. Indoor Championship marked the 34th Annual running, this event held at the Holiday Inn in Strongsville, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. The central location of the event has consistently attracted racers from all the Northern hot spots of indoor carpet racing. With strong club racing programs in neighbouring states, all forced indoors due to inclement weather, the Ohio location has proven a hub of great indoor carpet road racing. This year, the event had around 220 entries.
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Xray announce that multiple and current Austrian Champion, Martin Wollanka has joined the Xray factory team to race the company’s 1/8 and 1/10 off-road buggies in 2014. Martin will attend the Austrian and European Championships, the IFMAR 1/8 Worlds and the remaining rounds of the 2013-14 Euro Offroad Series beside other events. This is what Martin has to say about the deal:
I have been racing Xray cars as a privateer for 2 years without any technical problems. The performance and reliability of the car allowed me to win the Austrian Championship which was a great personal achievement for me. I am happy to join the Xray international racing team and I am very excited since the World Championship will take place Europe and to be part of this strong team makes me feel confident.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Round 1 of the JConcepts Top Notch Winter Series was hosted at IERC Raceway in San Bernardino, CA. The Top Notch Series (TNS) is an 8-race points based series, run at various tracks throughout Southern California. Last season, TNS averaged 230 entries per round and features race announcer “Notch” Johnson. IERC Raceway is one of Southern California’s largest indoor RC tracks and the series attracts top drivers from all the main race teams such as TLR’s Brian Sullivan, Shawn Blackwell and Ronda Drake, Tekno RC’s Rudy Rico and Chad Panek, Hobby Pro’s Andrew Smolnik, Tamiya’s Jimmy Wright, Mugen’s Scott Wolf, Kyosho’s Cody Turner and Lucas Sanford, and a number of very fast local racers. There would be two rounds of 5 minute qualifiers, followed by 5 minute A Mains.
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Team Associated and Reedy announce that Juho Levanen has signed a contract extension which will see him continue with the brands that he has been with since 2001. Juho will race Team Associated’s 12R5.2 and all-new TC6.2 touring car with Reedy Sonic 540 Mach 2 motors, Reedy Competition LiPo batteries, and the all-new Reedy ESC. In addition to his on-road racing duties, Juho will contest the remaining three rounds of the 2013-14 European Offroad Series. His hard-charging driving style and familiarity with high-grip racing surfaces will surely mean a successful transition to this highly competitive discipline. According to Reedy department manager Rick Hohwart, “Juho is a tremendous asset to the team as he is a driver that can extract every bit of performance from his equipment and never gives less than 100% effort.” Team Associated team manager Brent Thielke added, “Juho has been a part of Team Associated for over a decade and we are pleased to continue our relationship with the 2x European Champion and look forward to more success in the years to come.” Juho’s next event will be round two of the 2013-14 European Off-Road Series in Berlin, Germany in January followed by round two of the 2013-14 Euro Touring Series in Muelheim-Kaerlich, Germany in February.
Source: Team Associated [rc10.com]
MIP announce new Race Duty CVD driveshaft kits for wide range of Traxxas vehicles. The Race Duty CVD axles sport the light weight features of the small steel shaft CVDs combined with the heavy duty X-duty features making the steel driveshafts ideal for “racing conditions” using 2S LiPo battery packs. Different versions for Traxxas Slash and Nitro Rustler, Slash 4×4 as well as Rustler-VXL based vehicles are available, all of which are drop-fit solutions including all needed hardware, grease and thread lock.
Source: MIP [miponline.com]
Italian company Fenix announce the soon release of their Su-zuka 2014 kit. Previously only available as conversion kit for the Tamiya F104 V2 and the WRC F-One, the Su-zuka 2014 will come as full kit including a “Schumacher Mi5 technology”-based rear end for better tuneability. As for the chassis material Fenix now uses a special hybrid CSC composite material that is meant to be better suited for formula 1 chassis. All other features, such as the well-known semi rigid rear link, are taken over from the previous models. On top of the 2014 full kit there will also be a rear end upgrade kit for current Su-zuka owners.
Source: Fenix Racing [fenix-racing.com]
The 2013 US World Nitro Cup took place in Kissimmee, Florida. Serpent’s Paolo “Paulie B” Becattini brought home the win after the triple A-mains in the 1/8th Masters class. Following some technical issues in the first A Paolo was able to wrap up the victory in A2 and A3.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
