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January 19, 2012

Dakotah Phend joins Pro-Line team

Pro-Line have made it official that they have signed TLR star Dakotah Phend. Tim Clark said “Dakota has already caught the attention of the racing community as an consistent A-main contender and Pro-Line is committed to being a key component for Dakotah to reach his future goals.” Dakotah had this to say about the new deal:

I am very happy to be running Pro-Line tires for 2012. I race both 1/10 electric and 1/8 nitro and Pro-Line has tires for all my racing needs. I’m looking forward to being part of the Pro-Line team.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

January 19, 2012

Pro-Line 2012 Bulldog for RC8.2

New from Pro-Line for the Associated RC8.2 is the 2012 Bulldog. Ryan Cavalieri is preparing for the IFMAR World Championships in 2012 and has developed the most advanced body yet. He took great care in refining the design for 2012 to create even more stability with enhanced steering to gain an advantage on the track. The windshield is steeper to create more down force over the front wheels and the roof ridges have been raised to channel the air flow over the middle of the body for increased high-speed stability. The rear of the roof has been lowered and fins have been added to achieve maximum engine head cooling and stable air flow over the body. The fins also add rigidity to the body to increase aerodynamic efficiency.

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January 18, 2012

Travis Amezcua signs for Xray

Xray have announced that multiple USA Nationals and Worlds finalist, Travis Amezcua, is joining the Xray factory racing team. Sponsored by Xray USA and RC America, in 2012 Travis will be attending all main national and international events including IFMAR Worlds, ROAR Nationals, Dirt Nitro Challenge, Silver State, JBLR Nitro Series as well all regional races in California. Travis had this to say:

I am honored to work with one of the most professional and highly-admired RC car companies in the world. My goal is to work as hard as possible both on and off the track to support all Xray customers and personally to get back on top of the podium.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 17, 2012

Neumann & Honigl confirmed for EOS Rd1

The organisers of next month’s Euro Offroad Series season opener (February 10th to 12th) in the Czech Republic have confirmed that Team Durango will be sending their factory team to Hrotovice for round 1. Winner at the EOS Pilot race in Sweden last year, Joern Neumann will be in attendance, coming off a dominant indoor season that has seen him win both the DHI Cup and Petit race in the last fortnight. He will be joined by team mate Hupo Honigl, who also took a win at last weekend’s Petit race and both are confirmed to run in the 4wd, 2wd and 4wd SC classes. More top driver announcements will come in the next days, including a Japanese superstar, as this race shapes up to be a classic. Entry is currently open at MyRCM, so if you want to compete against the best in the World at an awesome venue with a great atmosphere then sign up now. For full event information please visit the EOS site here.

January 17, 2012

Top spots for Maifield & Cavalieri at CRCRC race

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the CRCRC Electric Midwest Championship was held for the second year at the Ohio RC Factory in Jeffersonville, OH. A change to the schedule with two qualifiers on Friday and Saturday with mains on Sunday, instead of the usual one qualifier on Friday and three on Saturday, was a welcomed tweak to the popular event that boasted over 380 entries. Team Associated came out to support the event with superstars Ryan Cavalieri and Ryan Maifield. Competing in four classes, Cavalieri took the TQ honors in 2WD Modified and 2WD Stadium Truck and Maifield took TQ in the 4WD Modified and Short Course Modified class, which gave Associated vehicles the top starting spot in the four premier classes.

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January 16, 2012

Jörn Neumann double at 2012 Petit race

JConcepts Team Driver Jörn Neumann competed at the 6th annual Petit race last weekend at Ardent Raceway in the UK. It was 2WD buggy and Pro4 Short Course on Saturday and 4WD buggy on Sunday. Every driver was able to run two rounds of practice and then qualifying got underway with only the fastest time counting. Jörn was able to TQ 2WD with his JConcepts Finnisher equipped Durango DEX210 while in Pro4 Jörn qualified 2nd. The finals were a little chaotic, but in the end Jörn was able to take the win in 2WD buggy and Pro4 short course. On Sunday 4WD qualifying started great, Jörn had really good runs and again the fastest time giving him the TQ spot for the mains. In the finals Jörn started off well but got tangled in traffic and ended up finishing in the 2nd spot behind Durango team mate Hupo Honigl.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

January 16, 2012

Video – Dustin Evans joins TLR Nitro team

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TLR have produced this video to introduce us to their latest gas offroad team member, non other than ROAR EP Offroad National Champion Dustin Evans. In the video, which was shot during a test at JerryLand Ranch, Dustin confirms that he will run Team Orion engines and JConcepts tires in his 8ight buggy and will make his competitive debut at next month’s Dirt Nitro Challenge at the Fear Farm in Phoenix.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

January 13, 2012

Lloyd wins Winter warm up

Silverstone RCMCC hosted the warm up for the British Winter Open Championship a couple of weekends ago. This gave racers the opportunity to get some practice in for the BWOC which is due to take place on the weekend of 11th and 12th February 2012. There was a good turnout of drivers for the 2wd, 4wd and shortcourse classes and they were greeted with a flowing track with a mixture of carpet with slippy sections and some challenging jumps to test the drivers. With Lloyd Storey and Danny McGee taking two round wins each in qualifying out of the fours rounds, Danny took TQ honours in the 2wd class by virtue of the faster overall time. Lloyd lined up second on the grid with Ellis Stafford in 3rd. A close fought final with some clean racing and Lloyd took the win with his Cougar SV. Tony Truman crossed the line less than a second behind with Danny McGee took 3rd.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]