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April 6, 2021

Tyler Jones chooses Schumacher for 2wd

Schumacher Racing would like to welcome Tyler Jones to their team for 1/10th 2wd. Tyler’s main role will still be with Tekno for their 1/8th and 1/10th 4wd platforms, however he has chosen to run the Schumacher Laydown for his 2wd program. Tyler has recently been showing excellent pace at many events and is a great upcoming driver. Tyler had this to say, ‘I am so stoked to be joining Schumacher for my 2wd, I’ve tried many 2wd cars and felt the most comfortable and at home with the Laydown from the get go. It is great that we have managed to work a deal together to make this happen! My thanks go to Muz, Robin and the guys at Schumacher and I’m excited to be on track soon’. He will be competing mainly at local events, but when time allows he plans to do a few larger events later in the year.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

April 6, 2021

Double for Baruffolo at Italian Pride Race

Last weekend was the Italian Pride Race at SRB track in Nembro, Italy. With rain affecting the track conditions ahead of the race, during the event itself the track was dry and so it was Kyosho racer Mattia Polito that took the top spot in nitro qualifying while in the the EP class it was Xray’s Marco Baruffolo with the top spot. In the nitro final things changed fast with Polito making a mistake and then 3 turns later Baruffolo overtook Elliott Boots to the take over the lead from where he would control the race until the end. Polito would regain 2nd spot with Boots completing the podium in 3rd. The E-buggy was more of the same for Baruffolo as he won all 3 mains to take the win ahead of Gianluca Zecchini in 2nd and Nicolo Veronesi in 3rd.

View the podiums here

March 23, 2021

2022 US Pro Cup – Announcement

Joey ‘The Dirt’ Christensen has announced the all new for 2022 US Pro Cup, a 5 race National series all around the United States. Incorporating some of The Dirt’s flagship events such as the DNC, Silverstate and Lonestar Challenge, before moving east for the first time with a new race for the 4th round of the series before moving back west for the finale in Southern California. For the 2022 season The Series Champions will have a $10,000.00 purse, which will increase if they get bigger sponsors as the year goes on. The USPro Cup series is open to every racer just like his other races however the points will only be given to the 100% sponsored racers, drivers who race professionally. The full dates and venues still need to be finalised and we will bring you the final calendar when we get it.

Source: The Dirt [thedirt.us]

March 19, 2021

VP-Pro sign Atsushi Hara

VP-Pro have announced that they have signed RC racing legend Atsushi Hara. Hara has a ton of experience in 1/8 & 1/10 platforms and many years of racing in top competitions including a number of world titles under his belt most relevant being his 2008 IFMAR 1/8th offroad World Champion title. With Hara’s signing, VP-Pro looks to improve on its existing tire range and continue to bring high-quality and affordable tires to everyone.

Source: VP-Pro [vapon-company.com]

March 18, 2021

Power HD teams up with Max Mört

Power HD has announced the signing of Finnish talent Max Mört to their factory team. Max Mört is a European Championship semi-finalist in 1/8th nitro buggy, DNC Expert class champion 2018 in 1/8th nitro buggy and multiple Nordic championship and Finnish national podium finisher. He will use Power HD high-end brushless servo S35 for 1/8th nitro both in throttle & steering and low profile servo S15 for 1/10th 2WD. Max will be racing in the Finnish national series 1/8th nitro, European championship and major European races 1/8th nitro in the coming season.

Source: Power HD [chd.hk]

March 14, 2021

Kyle McBride joins Tekno RC

Top Australian racer Kyle McBride, who only days ago announced on social media his departure from the Infinity Offroad team, has today announced that he has joined the Tekno RC team. Kyle, who will run the entire range of Tekno RC’s 1/8th to 1/10th buggies and trucks released the following statement announcing his new deal:

It is with pure pleasure and absolute excitement that today I officially announce my joining of Tekno RC & Coast2CoastRC Racing! Before I say anything else, I want to give special thank you’s to Daniel Lewis, Ilias Arkoudaris and Justin Moore for providing me with this awesome opportunity to join the Tekno family! I am over the moon to be apart of this team moving forward and I believe that we will do something truly special together for the rest of 2021 and beyond. I will be running all of Tekno’s range of vehicles from 1/8th to 1/10th buggies and trucks and promoting their wide variety of outstanding products and race cars. It will be truly amazing to see this company grow here in Australia and Asia as I represent this team to the absolute best of my abilities.

Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]

March 1, 2021

Adam Drake triple at 2020/21 JBRL Nitro Series

The JBRL Nitro Series just completed its 15th season. With an average of over 200 entries per event, it is easy to understand why the JBRL Nitro Series is one of the most popular racing series in the US. Visiting 5 tracks this year throughout California to test the skills of its competitors over a wide range of track conditions, this exciting series is fun for the novice and expert racer alike. Mugen driver Adam Drake was the big winner, taking home three championships in Expert Nitro Buggy, Expert Nitro Truck, and Electric Buggy with Ryan Cavalieri finishing second in all three classes followed by Anthony Westergaard in third. Also winning championships with Mugen Seiki was Daniel Vucinich in Sportsman Nitro Truck.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

February 22, 2021

Ryan Maifield triple at 22nd Dirt Nitro Challenge

Ryan Maifield has completed the triple Crown at this year’s Dirt Nitro Challenge, the Mugen/JConcepts driver taking a clean sweep of all the Pro classes. Held at Thunder Alley in California, the 22nd running of the World Famous event, saw little to no foreign entries for the first time in years as Covid prevented teams traveling from abroad. In the Pro Buggy class it was TLR/JConcepts driver Dakotah Phend that would take the pole position ahead of HB Racing’s Cole Ogden. In the final, having starting from 4th, Maifield would use his vast experience as a previous multiple winner of this event, to come through and win ahead of Ogden in 2nd with Mugen driver Tanner Denney completing the podium in 3rd. Pro E Buggy again saw Phend on the pole position, but again was unable to convert his front starting spot into the win as Maifield took the overall win ahead of his JConcepts’ team mate Phend in 2nd, with the Team Associated of Spencer Rivkin bringing it home in 3rd. In the Pro Truggy it was more of the same as Phend would again capture the overall TQ but be passed by Maifield in the 45 minute final for the win, Tekno RC’s Joe Bornhorst would work his way up from the 11th place starting position to capture the final podium spot.

View the other Pro Podiums here