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February 13, 2014

Riccardo Acciari joins Radiosistemi for 2014

Radiosistemi have announced the signing of former European B Champion Riccardo Acciari to their factory team. After a small hiatus he is back running the RR8 chassis as well as the complete Modelix package with Ultimate Racing products, Ultimate Engines, ProCircuit tires and Nitrolux fuel. Ricky will compete in this year’s Italian Naionals as well as the European B Championships and other major races such as the Pierrefeu GP and Italian Job.

Source: Radiosistemi [radiosistemi.it]

February 13, 2014

Josh Wheeler extends contract with Xray

US top off-road driver Josh Wheeler will continue to race with the Xray team in 2014, the Slovakian company announce. Josh will race the XB8, XB4 and XT9 in 2014 while attending several high-class races such as the Dirt Nitro Challenge, the Psycho Nitro Blast, the ROAR nationals and of course the IFMAR 1/8 Buggy Worlds. This is what Josh has to say about the deal:

It has been great working with a top notch company like Xray for many years. I look forward to many more years of great racing and good times with Xray and the Hudy family. Xray’s commitment to perfection and making the best parts possible has allowed me to chase my dreams and compete with the top drivers in the world. Xray and the Hudy family works nonstop to provide the best parts and constantly push the RC industry. I want to say Thank You for all the support and the friendships that have been made. 2014 is going to be the best year yet.

Source: Xray [teamXray.com]

February 13, 2014

Martin Wollanka signs with FX

FX announce that multi-time Austrian National Champion Martin Wollanka has signed a deal with FX to run the company’s FX 5K engine during his 2014 campaign. Martin will run the engines at a variety of national and international races including the 1/8th Buggy Worlds, the Buggy Euros as well as during selected international and national races. Martin says:

While testing the first FX engine last year I was surprised by the quality of the engine and the extreme reliability. I run the engine in several races in hot and cold conditions and the engine never flammed out. In 2014 I will fully focus for the upcoming European & World Championship races as well to defend my Austrian National Champion title and as such I have a full confidence in the reliability & performance of the FX engine to help to achieve the best possible results. See you at the races.

Source: FX [fx-engines.com]

February 12, 2014

Waters & Cragg win at Schumacher Masters Rd5

This past weekend saw a great entry of 13 heats of drivers enter the Schumacher Masters round five of this hugely competitive championship. During qualifying there were several fast drivers, however after all of the qualifying was over it was Neil Cragg who would set off from pole position in both classes. The finals saw some brilliant close racing action in both classes, all the way through the field and some superb overtaking. In the 2WD class Schumacher’s Nathan Waters came in 1st, followed by Craig Collinson (Team Durango) and Neil Cragg (Team Associated).

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February 11, 2014

Shortcourse Showdown Nationwide Tour Rd1 – Report

The 2014 Shortcourse Showdown Nationwide Tour kicked off in Tacoma, Washington last weekend, hosted by Tacoma RC Raceway, owned by long time racer Scott Brown. Saturday started early with open practice at 7am. After a quick drivers meeting, Scotty Ernst got things going with the first qualifier on the track at 10am. The 2014 season has a few added classes including 2WD and 4WDBuggy, along with Stadium Truck. After 3 rounds of qualifying Micheal Schoetler TQ’ed in Mod 2WD and 4WD Buggy, Chris Gould lead in 4WD SCT and Dave Duncan was on top in stock 2WD Buggy and Short Course Buggy.

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February 11, 2014

Miguel Matias doubles at Portuguese off-road nats Rd1

Miguel Matias doubles at Portuguese off-nats Rd1

Last weekend the first ever Portuguese 1/10 4WD and 2WD off-road nationals took place at the ACRP indoor track. The meeting saw 19 entries in 2WD and 27 in the 4WD class. The carpet track had a fast and flowing layout, with a few tight corners, well designed jumps and plenty of entertainment. In 2WD Buggy Miguel Matias totally dominated qualifying, TQ’ing the first 3 rounds. The 2WD finals then were quite eventful and Miguel Matias faced a good challenge from Ricardo Monteiro in the first final, but in the end he won by 2 seconds over Ricardo. In the second leg Matias took the lead again and checked out, handing him an unchallenged win and the overall victory.

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February 11, 2014

Drew Moller signs with Mugen Seiki

Mugen Seiki Racing confirm the signing of Drew Moller through the 2014 racing season. “DrewMo” had an awesome 2013 season with top finishes at the ROAR Nationals, and many other races in America. Now he will join the Mugen USA factory team. Moller will be racing the World Champion MBX7 Buggy, MBX6TR Truggy, and MBX7E ECO E-Buggy at all major events.

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugenracing.com]

February 10, 2014

Dustin Evans wins at Rumble in the Rockies

The 2014 Rumble in the Rockies were held this past weekend at MHOR Raceway in Denver, Colorado, the home track to TLR/Team Orion super star driver Dustin Evans. This year’s event would bring in a total of 210 entries making for a great weekend of racing. In 2WD Modified Buggy Evans was on fire during the first day of qualifying and would TQ the opening three rounds of 2WD Modified Buggy to guarantee him the overall TQ. Evans would have a great battle with Team Associated’s Kody Numedahl who qualified 2nd overall in all three A-Main Events. Evans would come out on top and take the overall win by winning the first and third A-Main.

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