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December 30, 2019

Awesomatix sign Chris Grainger

Awesomatix have announced the signing of RC legend Chris Grainger to their factory team. The former long-time Team Associated pilot and highly experienced and well known racer will attend all major races in the United Kingdom and he is also available for track side technical support. Chris has following to say about this new chapter:

I’ve always been impressed with the performance of the Awesomatix car and with their engineering led approach to car development. When the opportunity presented itself to join the team I didn’t need to be asked twice – I can’t wait to get started and begin working with both existing and new Awesomatix customers. Big thank you to Oleg and Max for this fantastic opportunity.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

December 30, 2019

Callens doubles at Lovan Winter Series Rd2

Round 2 of the popular Lovan Winter Series was held recently with the organisers supplying a huge indoor track with a fast and lowing layout. In the Touring Modified class it was Xray’s Florian Joos with the overall TQ, however after the A-mains it was Awesomatix’s Remi Callens with the overall win from Florian, who had some troubles in the in A-mains, on the runner-up spot. Yokomo driver Stefan Rommens would round out the top 3 results.

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December 30, 2019

Ruben Campos Chang takes Peruvian GT title

The Peruvian GT National Championship recently came to and end and it was Ruben Campos Chang who came out on top to take the overall championship title in the Nitro GT Pro class. It was the second consecutive for him while also snatching his third Masters championship in the process. Ricardo Torolira and Francisco Wong came in 2nd and 3rd in the championship.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 28, 2019

Dionys Stadler returns to Awesomatix

Awesomatix have announced the signing of top German Modified driver, Dionys Stadler to their factory team. Dionys was one of the first team members back in the days of the first A700 shaft drive concept. After campaigns with other outlets during the past seasons, he finaly returned back home. Dionys will attend all major races in Germany and Europe including the Euro Touring Series, the EFRA Euros and IFMAR Worlds. Dionys has the following to say about his return:

I’m thankful for the opportunity to be back in the team. I have a good feeling with Awesomatix for the future and can’t wait to work with the team again. I’m looking forward to new challenges.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

December 24, 2019

Dominic Greiner leaves Serpent

In a message on social media, Dominic Greiner has announced his departure from long-time chassis sponsor Serpent. The 2016 IFMAR World and reigning EFRA 1/10th Nitro Touring European Champion leaves behind a very fruitful 7-year campaign that also had its downs, such as running into mechanical troubles while leading during the closing stages of the 2019 IFMAR 1/8th IC Track Worlds final. Dominic for now leaves open what is next for him, and in the meantime he has the following to say:

[…] I must inform that my cooperation with Serpent will end this year. I had a couple of sleepless nights after the world championship, but when I look back the 7 years, in the end I had more bad luck as luck, and lost my motivation step by step. I was even thought about to stop with rc racing, because it is a hard job to be competitive all the time as a semi professional driver with a normal job and limited time to test. But in maybe the best time in my career I want to continue and for that I decided to choose an another car brand for new motivation and a new challenge at least the next two years. I want to thank all the people which were involved in the last 7 years and gave me the opportunity to become one of the best nitro rc driver in the world. Jirka Hassler, Ronald Baar, Michael Salven, Jill Salven, Joaquin Desoto and Mr Lau. I know I was not every time a easy driver, but in the end I guess we did a great job together.

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December 23, 2019

Alberto Gonzalez wins at Christmas Trophy

The Electric Track Christmas Trophy was hosted by the Automodelismo Radio Control Alcobendas club in Madrid, Spain this past weekend. The race saw the running of Touring, Formula and 1/8th Electric Track classes and in the latter it was Iker Tellez with the overall TQ from Alberto Gonzalez in 2nd. The triple A-main events then saw Alberto with a clean sweep to take the overall win in pretty challenging, windy conditions as Gonzalo Garcia came in 2nd overall. Jose Antonio de Lara would round out the overall top 3 result.

Image: Alberto Gonzalez

December 23, 2019

Dionys Stadler TQs & wins at Swiss Indoor Champs Rd2

The second round of the Swiss Indoor Championship was held this past weekend in Wettingen in the Northern part of the country. In the Touring Modified class it was Awesomatix’s Dionys Stadler with the overall TQ after winning three of the four qualifying rounds. The triple A-main events then again saw Dionys holding the upper hand, leaving behind Marco Kaufmann (Xray) in 2nd from Awesomatix’s Michele Manzo in 3rd.

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December 23, 2019

Carlos Barros wins IRC Series

The final round of the Spanish IRC Series was held at the Totana track recently. In the single Touring 10.5T class it was Carlos Barros with the overall TQ and also the win at the final round, posting also the best qualifying time and fastest lap in the process. With three TQs and three wins out of four rounds, Carlos also took the overall 2019 championship.

Image: Carlos Barros