January 7, 2010

Jörn Neumann switches to LRP for 2010

Jörn Neumann switches to LRP for 2010

LRP have confirmed the signing of star racer Jörn Neumann to their team. Jörn has been one of the hottest international stars on the R/C scene for the last few years and is regarded as one of the most talented off road drivers in the world. Having been running with Team Orion, Losi, Proline and Futaba, the former European Champion has made the switch to use the complete LRP product line for 2010. Jörn will begin the new season with the S8 BX buggy having already attended the Worlds warm-up event in Thailand with his new buggy. Jörn will be powering his S8 BX buggy with the LRP ZR.21X nitro engine & 1/8 OR Competition exhaust system together with VTEC off road tyres in his quest for further international success. Neumann will represent LRP at races all over the world as well as holding an important and fundamental role in their R&D design team when developing future off road cars, engines and tyres.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]


January 7, 2010

Mugen Seiki Nitrocross Cup 2010

Mugen Seiki Nitrocross Cup 2010

RMV Deutschland, importers for Mugen off road cars in Germany, have announced the first official Mugen Seiki Nitrocross Cup 2010. The event will be run from the 21st to the 23rd May at the Stoppelhopser Oberhausen e.V. track in Germany. This will be a big nitro off road event open only to Mugen cars for drivers with various skill levels in both nitro 1/8th Buggy and 1/8 Truggy class.

More information can be found will be post on the official event site soon.


January 7, 2010

IFMAR confirm Worlds dates, Burgdorf now earlier

LiPo approved for 2010 IFMAR World Championships

We have gotten word from IFMAR confirming the dates for this year’s World Championships. The big news is that the World Championships for 1/10th Electric touring and 1/12th scale in Burgdorf, Germany have been moved to a week earlier and will now start on the 27th of June with the 1/12th scale and continuing through to the 4th of July with touring car. The dates for the other events stay the same confirming that the 1/10th 200mm Worlds in Houston, Texas will take place from the 22nd of July through to the 1st of August, while the 1/8th Buggy Worlds in Pattaya, Thailand will be held from the 7th of November until the 14th.

Click here to see the full letter from IFMAR


January 6, 2010

The Dirt Nitro Challenge – Announcement

The Dirt Nitro Challenge - Announcement

The Dirt Racing were in contact to promote the 11th running of the The Dirt Nitro Challenge, which takes place at the Nitro Pit in Arizona from the 17th to 21st of February. The event, dubbed the biggest gas race of the year, is open to various skill levels in both gas & electric 1/8th buggy, 1/8th gas truck and 1/10th scale short course trucks. Entry is now open and closes on February 15th, but the race is expected to fill fast so get your entry in soon to avoid disappointment.

Source: The Dirt [thedirtracing.com]


January 5, 2010

Durango desperately seeking Hupo

Durango desperately seeking Hupo

Team Durango have taken a rather unconventional approach to gain the services of multiple European Champion Hupo Honigl, by posting on their official blog stating that they are “actively trying to attract Hupo Honigl back to Team Durango”. Pointing out that the Austrian has previously driven for the Durango team back in 2006, when he used one of the then handmade chassis’, they feel that they had to take this approach in the face of ‘mega bucks RTR companies’ also trying to secure his services. Durango want to have the current Tamiya and LRP team driver at the controls of their DEX410 1/10th scale 4wd buggy and soon to be released DNX408 1/8th scale buggy and believe that together they can grow to expand into other classes including the design and production of a 2wd buggy chassis. We contacted the current European 2wd Champion to get his reaction:

It would be great to race for Durango again and I did enjoy working with Gerd Strenge in the past, but I have some contracts still in place and I can’t make any decisions on my future until the time is right.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]


January 4, 2010

Linus Thern joins Novarossi Factory team

Linus Thern joins Novarossi Factory team

The Racing Experience in France have confirmed the signing of Swedish off road star Linus Thern to the international Novarossi team. The former World Finalist leaves behind a successful season with Sirio engines and sees him rejoin old team mates Guillaume Vray and Yannick Aigoin. It has also been confirmed that Linus will continue with AKA tyres in 2010.

Source: Racing Experience [racing-experience.fr]


January 4, 2010

Chad Bradley does triple at Tuesday Night Nats

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With well over 100 entries at last week’s Tuesday Night Nationals at Hot Rod Hobbies in Santa Clarita CA, it was Jammin team driver Chad Bradley who pulled off the trifecta winning and TQing all 3 classes he entered, 1/8 Truck, Buggy and Mod 4wd Short Course. Chad’s TQ runs for 1/8 Truck and Buggy came from round 1 of qualifying, in the Short Course class Jeremy Kortz TQed round 1 but Chad took the TQ time by 1 second in round 2. In the 1/8 Truck main, Chad lead from the start and never looked back, the main was 10min long and he completed it without a pit stop winning from Losi drivers Steve Burnside and DJ Silva. The 1/8 Buggy main was a similar affair, however Chad had some pressure early on from Hyper driver Scott Wagner. Jeremy Kortz got a bad start in the beginning keeping him from the up front battle between Wagner and Bradley. Chad ended up winning by half a lap over Scott Wagner with Jeremy Kortz taking the 3rd spot, both driving Hyper 9 2.0.

Continue reading the report here


January 2, 2010

Kevin Lee joins X-Factory team

Kevin Lee joins X-Factory team

Have recently completed a move to Vampire Racing, UK off-roader Kevin Lee has joined X-Factory in 2WD for the 2010 season. Driving a privately entered X-6 Squared in ’09, he won the National race at Eden Park and put his car in the A-final four times during the season.

2009 was my best year ever in buggy, and the X-6 Squared was almost magic all year, including the A final at Bilbao. When the chance arrived to drive alongside Ellis Stafford and the rest of the X-Team, I didn’t think twice. They were all so helpful last year, I can’t wait to be in the middle of things now. I may even have a go with an X-60.

Lee will continue to drive the Predator for Team Extreme in 4WD, and brings all his other sponsors to the buggy drive, including Tekin, Vampire Racing, The Race Place, Panic Racing, Custom Blitz, and Trishbits.

Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com]


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