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January 14, 2015

Ryan Cavalieri doubles at CRCRC Winter Champs

The 28th running of the CRCRC Electric Winter Midwest Championships were held at The Ohio RC Factory in Jeffersonville, OH, about 30 minutes south of Columbus. Organised by the CRCRC club, the event is one of the longest running and most popular events in the nation. With close to 500 entries, racers from all over the area attended to see how they stacked up against some of the best in the world. In the 2WD Modified class, Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri capitalised on his second-place starting position to pace Top Qualifier Jared Tebo throughout the main events. Sharing similar speed and lap times with Tebo, it came down to a clean 7 minutes throughout the triple A-mains. With wins in A2 and A3, Cavalieri showed the racing strategy he’s become famous for, taking the overall win. In the 4WD Modified class, the results were the same, with Cavalieri taking the wins in A1 and A2.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

January 14, 2015

Ryan Maifield wins at Dirt Nitro Challenge warm-up

Ryan Maifield took a TQ and win in the 1/8th Pro Buggy class at the Dirt Nitro Challenge Warm-up. Maifield TQ’ed by a large margin during the 7 minute qualifier and went on to win the A-main with a consistent and quick drive. Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin finished in the 2nd position showing that the young AZ driver can wheel a 1/8th as well.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

January 14, 2015

Martin Bayer renews with Xray

Xray have announced that European Champion Martin Bayer will continue to race with the Slovakian company in 2015. Martin is an important member of Xray’s off-road R&D team and he will continue to use the company’s 1/10th and 1/8th scale off-road cars in his 2015 campaign that will include the 1/10th Worlds, 1/8th and 1/10th Euros, the EOS, as well as the Czech and German nationals beside other selected events. Martin has the following to say:

After successful racing seasons with [the] Xray team with my first European Champion title 1/10 off-road, winning the German national title and achieving multiple podium finishes at international races including European Championship I did not hesitate at all to extend my contract for 2015. Being part of the development team I now realize how much dedication and effort the entire R&D team puts in their work to make the best cars always better. I am very motivated to continue to help Juraj and the R&D team to make Xray cars this year successful on the tracks & races around the world and will work even harder in the R&D and of course on all the races to provide support to our Xray drivers and customers.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 13, 2015

Patrick Hofer takes 4wd buggy at Winterchamps

With 150 entries in four classes, the Winterchamps turned out to be one of Europe’s biggest electric offroad races. The large indoor track offered many technical sessions and different jumps. Qualifying took place on Saturday and the first heats began the same day and continued throughout Sunday. On Saturday, Team Associated/Reedy driver Patrick Höfer entered the finals qualifying second place in 4wd Buggy and 2wd Buggy Modified classes. On Sunday, Patrick strove to win both classes. In 4wd Modified, the two greatest contenders, Oliver Scholz and Patrick Höfer, gave the spectators a great fight, but Patrick won the race, taking the overall win. In 2wd Modified, Oliver Scholz won the race, followed by Patrick in second.

Source: Associated [teamassociated.com]

January 13, 2015

Carson Wernimont makes the switch to Pro-Line

Pro-Line have made the announcement that they have signed Carson Wernimont to their factory team. Having finished on the podium at the 1/8th Worlds in Sicily last year and having subsequently changed car sponsor to Team Associated, it looks like 2015 will be a fresh start for the young American, having raced for AKA in previous years. Carson had the following to say about the deal:

I’m super excited to be joining Pro-Line Racing! They’ve proven that they have a great race program and are committed to developing all the right tires, bodies, and accessories for the different racers on all different levels. I’m excited to join PL to further develop the line of bodies that I have already been working on. Looking forward to working with them in 2015 and beyond.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

January 12, 2015

Gahan named Horizon Hobby Surface Team manager

Kevin Gahan named Horizon Hobby Surface Team manager

Horizon Hobby have announced that Kevin Gahan has accepted the position of Horizon Hobby Surface Team manager. Kevin’s new role will include responsibility for the TLR/Horizon Hobby/Spektrum Surface Racing teams. In his new role, Kevin will manage team communications, team development as well as help support hundreds of drivers around the world. For over six years Kevin has been an important ambassador for Team Losi Racing within the RC racing community and now he will broaden his responsibilities to cover all surface racing at Horizon Hobby.

I am very excited to once again be a part of the TLR/Horizon team moving forward,” Gahan says. “We have a strong group of drivers that I am looking forward to working closely with the team throughout the racing season and for years to come.” – Kevin Gahan, TLR/Horizon Hobby Team Manager

Kevin will be instrumental in driving the race team into the future while being a great liaison with the R&D/Product Development group at Team Losi Racing and Spektrum. As the race team continues to grow and progress, Kevin will be the individual ensuring its success.

Source: Horizon Hobby [horizonhobby.com]

January 12, 2015

Carsten Keller & Christian Hahlen join SWorkz

German frontrunners Carsten Keller, European Championship A-finalist, and Christian Hahlen have joined SWorkz with Carsten also being supported by MW RC Cars. Carsten has the following to say about the deal:

At initial testing the quality of parts and car both convinced me. I’m looking forward to a great collaboration and a successful 2015.

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January 12, 2015

Peter Pinisch teams up with Schumacher

Schumacher have announced that top Austrian racer Peter Pinisch will be racing the company’s 1/10th line of off-road buggies in 2015 and 2016. Peter is a former EFRA 4WD European Champion, and 3-time IFMAR Worlds A-finalist. He is also a regular EOS A-finalist and has achieved an amazing 20 EFRA Euros A-finals. He is a very fast and experienced racer and will be a big asset to Schumacher’s growing European off road team. Peter had this to say:

First of all I would like to thank all Team Associated especially Brent Thielke and Craig Drescher for their help and support the last 12 years. After some many years of racing it is time for a change and I`m really happy to announce that Team Schumacher give me the opportunity to run their products for the next years. I am really excited to race with the new cars at major international races EOS, Euros and Worlds.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]