Top Italian Mugen racer and multiple World and European Championship finalist Walter Salemi has signed to use SM engines for the 2009 season. The former GRP racer, whose contract ended recently has joined the Schepis Models team to use their new engines. Walter has yet to announce his new tire sponsor.
Kyosho now offers the world famous Kanai tools in a complete set that includes a Kyosho tool bag. All tools are made in Japan and made from the top of the line materials. These tools are super light weight and extremely durable and the set includes philips heads, flat heads as well as hex, ball point hex and nut drivers.
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Another day and another new driver signing, this time from Italian company Motonica who have signed Swiss racer Shasa Lackner. The former Serpent driver is the current EFRA European 1/8 onroad Junior Champion, a title he achieved this year in Valencia, Spain and for 2009 he will be driving the new P81.
Source: Motonica [fastom.com]
Thunder Power RC have signed 28-time ROAR US National Champion Josh Cyrul. With Thunder Power RC entering the surface marketplace, they felt Josh, with his 21 years of experience in the hobby including product design, testing, tuning and racing, would be a perfect choice to support their products at the highest levels. Josh will play an important role by not only using and promoting our products at race events around the world, but also by assisting in the testing and development of future TPRC products.
Thunder Power is well-known for their performance and quality in the airplane and helicopter markets, so when they wanted to make a strong push to bring their technology and knowledge to the car market I was all ears” states Josh. “This past weekend was my first experience running a Thunder Power 5000mAh Pro Race 40C LiPo battery and the performance was the best that I have driven so far. I am looking forward to representing them at all the major US and international events where lipo is allowed in 2009 and beyond. I would also like to thank everyone at Thunder Power for this great opportunity.
Source: Thunder Power RC [thunderpowerrc.com]
Team Shepherd have confirmed the signing of Marco Müller for the 2009 season. The current Swiss 1/8th Scale On-Road Champion will use the Velox at National races as well as at the World Championship next year in Lostallo, Switzerland. Marco, who formerly raced for Mugen, will continue to use Novarossi engines.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Team Shepherd have announced that the 7-times Slovenian and Croation National Champion Dejan Sabeder joins their team for the 2009 season. The well experienced electric driver wants to continue his success in the 1/8th scale nitro class and with his knowledge he will also give support to the local Shepherd racers in Slovenia and Austria.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
We received a report from the Caribbean Winter Cup that took place at the Barceloneta RC Speedway in Puerto Rico, last weekend. Mugen driver Mike Swauger and Paolo Montanti from Serpent made their way to Puerto Rico for this race and proceeded to take the top qualifying spots, with Paolo TQ in the Sedan class and Mike TQ in 1/8th scale. Both drivers also established a new track records in their respective classes. In the 1/10th A main, Paolo took the win followed by Kyosho team mates Jose Colón and Pedro Alvarado. Prior to the beginning of the Outlaw and 1/8th mains it started to rain, so the races were stopped and the results were taking from the final starting order. This gave the TQ-win in 1/8th scale to Mike Swauger, in front of Paolo Monganti in 2nd and local Mugen driver Andy Báez in 3rd. In the outlaw class, Edgar Tirado who took the win, followed by Javier Malavé and Carlos Fuentes.
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Italian company Motonica have announced that Belgian driver, and former European finalist, Robin D’Hondt has joined their team. The former Serpent driver and current Belgian National Champion will be driving the soon to be released P81 in 2009 and as well as running the National series will contest the World Championships in Lostallo.
Source: Motonica [fastom.com]
