Reds Racing have welcomed Portugal’s Ricardo Monteiro to their racing team for the 2017 and 2018 season. The newly-signed Tekno RC driver will be using Reds Racings nitro engines and will be attending the national championship and select other events.
Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]
The 2017 Castle Creations Off-Road Jam was held at Fastlane Raceway in Kansas City, Missouri. Kyosho’s Mitchel Gardner was able to TQ the 2WD modified class ahead of his fellow teammates, Team Associated’s Brad Dean and Xray’s Dillon Caldwell. In the single A-main, it was Dean who would best the field to take the win with Caldwell clawing his way back to 2nd place from a horrific start. Gardner would round out the podium making it a brilliant JConcepts sweep in 2WD Modified.
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Pepe Group have announced the signing of Elliott Boots to the MLC fuel off-road factory team. The two-time European Champion and former Worlds Top Qualifier will complete his 2017 package with the MLC product range and MLC are looking forward to a successful season. Elliott says:
I am very pleased to be a part of MLC fuel, it’s a new adventure for me and together with MLC I feel that we will be able to accomplish a lot. I want to thank MLC for making me a part of the team. I look forward to 2017
Source: Pepe Group [facebook.com]
The annual GP de l’Ouest Lyonnais was held in Lyon, France over the weekend in several electric off-road classes. The event attracted both national drivers and guests from abroad to race on a very technical and high-grip carpet track that was challenging for both man and machine. The 2WD portion of the event was held on Saturday and it was Martin Bayer who took the overall TQ after scoring round TQs with team mate Martin Wollanka also coming out fastest in one qualifier to take the 2 spot on the podium from Jörn Neumann in third.
Making his debut for new chassis & electronics sponsors Yokomo at last weekend’s Reedy Race, Atsushi Hara has chosen the Japanese company for his 2017 electric offroad campaign. One of the most versatile and successful racers in R/C, the 2-time World Champion will bring his vast experience to assist with their off-road program in preparation for the upcoming World Championships in Xiamen, China, as well as helping to develop their racing ESC and motor systems.
This year the IFMAR Offroad World’s will be held in China, which I am excited to attend as part of Team Yokomo. I would like to thank the owner of Yokomo, Mr. Yokobori and the entire team for the opportunity. Having some experience as a member of this team in the past, I am hoping to work well with all the drivers and factory staff. My focus this year will be to bring my form to 100% through the races and help the team bring home a World’s win. Being on a strong team is very motivating and I’m really looking forward to the challenge!
Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]
Tekno RC have announced the signing of Portugal’s Ricardo Monteiro to their factory team. Ricardo’s experience and talent will be a great asset to their expanding European team as well as Tekno RC racers in the EU region. His first race for his new sponsor will be the Oleiros Trophy race in February and he had the following to say:
When the opportunity came to work with Tekno, I knew I had to take it into consideration. The quality of the cars plus the people that I would work with made for an easier decision. I would like to thank Ilias Arkoudaris, Daniel Lewis and all the guys involved, I believe we will have an awesome partnership together. I am already working hard getting to know the products and will be at the tracks soon with the new cars, they are awesome!
Source: Tekno RC [teknorc.com]
The opening round of the Greek Off-road Xray Racing Series was held at Fanatix Racing Track’s new astroturf off-road track in sunny but cold weather conditions. The low temperatures made things a bit slippery but once everyone got used to that things heated up in the three classes of 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy and SCT. In the 4WD class it was Tasos Paparegas (Xray) who came out fastest after the triple A-mains from brother John Paparegas (Xray). John Takas (Xray) rounded out the top 3 podium result.
Singapore’s electric buggy racing season flagged off this past weekend at the first round of the 2017 Urban Astro Buggy Championships. Run at Urban PlaySpace in downtown Singapore, racers were greeted with a track layout sporting a new wall-ride as well as an elevated straight. In the 2WD class, Esmail Apandi (Xray) TQ’ed in front of Nicholas Lee (Yokomo) and Kamen Koh (Serpent). In the finals, Esmail took the leg 1 win after an early mistake by Nicholas. In leg 2, Nicholas bounced back with a win as Esmail tumbled in the tricky front-double section. With Kamen finishing second in both legs 1 and 2, there would be a 3-way showdown in the final leg. A3 then was a close affair with Esmail holding the early lead after mistakes by Nicholas dropped him to fourth. Never giving up, Nicholas put in a masterclass performance to close rapidly on Esmail. At 90 seconds remaining, Nicholas took advantage of a small opening as Esmail ran wide to take the lead. Nicholas held off the determined Esmail to win an exciting Leg, taking the overall win.
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