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December 2, 2014

Kyle McBride returns to Team Associated & Reedy

Team Associated and Reedy announce the return of 3-times FEMCA Champion and 4-times Australian National Champion Kyle McBride to the team. Kyle began his racing career with Team Associated in 2006 and since then has established himself as one of the best drivers in the world with two 4th place finishes at the 1:8 IFMAR World Championships along with a victory at the 2014 Silver State Nitro Challenge. Based just outside of Brisbane, Australia, Kyle will be racing the full line of Team Associated off-road vehicles in Australia, Asia, and around the World. Additionally, Kyle will use Reedy power in all of his vehicles while competing in both 1:8 and 1:10 off-road events. This is what Kyle has to say about the deal:

I am beyond excited and pumped to be returning to the Team Associated team and family! With racing being my number one focus in life and career, Team Associated has given me a great opportunity to join their team. I want to personally thank Brent Thielke for giving me this opportunity and I look forward to a really successful race career with Team Associated and many great results for the team.

Team Associated team manager Brent Thielke adds:

Kyle is one of those underrated drivers that gets lost in the power rankings. He has shown to have the speed and skills to compete with the best in the world; we are looking forward to giving him more opportunities to do just that. We are also excited about adding a driver to the Australian/Asian market to develop and promote the Team Associated and Reedy product lines.

Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]

December 2, 2014

Drew Moller re-signs with LRP

LRP announce the contract renewal with 18-year old Drew Moller. The IFMAR Worlds finalist signed a full factory support contract and he will continue to use LRP’s range of electric brushless motors and speedos, battery packs and chargers as well as the company’s nitro engines and accessories in his 2015 campaign that will see both 1/10th and 1/8th scale racing.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

December 2, 2014

Ryan Lutz trophy charity auction

Following last year’s great success Ryan Lutz is running another Trophy Charity Auction to raise money for a good cause. Ryan currently has 14 auctions up and running from some of his best results from the 2014 racing season with all of the trophies being signed by the “Lutzinator” himself. All you have to do is search “Ryan Lutz Autograph” in the eBay search and all 14 listings will come up. The auctions are supporting Toys 4 Tots, Make-A-Wish, and the Salvation Army, they can also be found on Ryan Lutz personal website by clicking here and are set up to accept international bidders this time.

Source: Ryan Lutz [lutzinator.com]

December 2, 2014

Ari Bakla wins at Proline Challenge Australia finale

The final round of the Proline Challenge Australia was held at LRRCC in super hot weather conditions in the morning and thunderstorms in the afternoon that made it hard to keep up with the changing conditions. In the 1/8th Nitro Buggy class Ari Bakla came out successful in front of Dallas Gardiner while Shane Kelly rounded out the podium in 3rd. The Nitro Truggy class had Wade Lazich walking away with the win from Brendhan Wade and Shane Kelly in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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December 1, 2014

Elliott Boots renews with Kyosho

Kyosho announce the 2-year contract renewal with Elliott Boots through to 2016. Continuing as a full factory driver Elliott, who recently also re-signed his contract with engine sponsor Reds Racing, will attend at the BRCA 1/10th nationals and the 1/8th Rallycross national series, as well as all major international races including Euros and World Championships.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoeurope.com]

December 1, 2014

Shin Adachi joins SWorkz nitro team

SWorkz announce the signing of Japanese frontrunner Shin Adachi to their nitro racing team. Shin will be racing the national nitro series in 2015, starting his new endeavour in Pattaya this coming weekend joining fellow SWorkz racer Atsushi Hara. Shin said “I am very excited to be given this chance to race with SWorkz. Thank you SWorkz and Scott. I will do my best”

Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]

November 27, 2014

Energy RC Racing Circuit Opening Race – Report

Last weekend the grand opening race of the Energy RC Yiche Racing Circuit was held in GZ City, China. The venue offers a variety of tracks for on-road, drift and Mini-Z cars and recently also installed a large indoor carpet track which is meant to be the only one of this sort in China so far. The race attracted some 60 drivers in the two classes of 4WD and 2WD buggy with Felix (HB-HPI/Hobbywing) taking the win in the 4WD class from YaoWei Guo (TeamC/Hobbywing) and Ou (Yokomo/Hobbywing).

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November 27, 2014

Spencer Rivkin doubles at Arizona State Champs

For the past 20 years, the Arizona State Off-Road Championships have been hosted at SRS in the heart of Scottsdale, AZ. This year, however with the move of Hobbytown/SRS to their new facility in Phoenix, “The States” have moved indoors for the first time ever. Over the years the competitors and victors at this event have gone on to shine on a National and World stage. With a new crop of racers shining through Arizona and with a new facility, Hobbytown SRS was ready to crown their 2015 Arizona State Champions.

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