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February 3, 2015

2015 Snowbird Nationals – Report

The annual Snowbird Nationals held at the Park Inn by Radisson, in Orlando, Florida, is one of the biggest RC events in the US, if not the World. With a total of 290 entries in on-road only, it can really be considered as the “Superbowl of RC”. The 2015 track layout was a mirrored version of the one used at the previous IFMAR 1/12th Worlds and traction levels became very high only after the first day of practice. In the Modified TC class Alexander Hagberg managed to take a convincing TQ position in front of team mate Paul Lemieux. In the single main Alexander lead from tone to tone with Paul Lemieux loosing a place to finish in 3rd while Andrew Hardman moved up to 2nd spot.

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February 2, 2015

2015 Masters of Foam race – Report

This past weekend the 2015 Masters of Foam race was held at the RC Nuclea Club Mol in Belgium with drivers from Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Estonia, Great Britain and Luxembourg in attendance. The 75 entries limit for the 1/12th and World GT classes was quickly reached with the 1/12th 10.5T Stock class being the most popular category with 55 entries.

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February 2, 2015

Mike Gosvig wins at Danish DMSU nationals Rd4

The 4th round of the Danish DMSU nationals was held at the Broendy Racing Club near Copenhagen, on a technical yet flowing track. Following a strong performance in practice Mike Gosvig took TQ’s in every of the three qualifiers and he was the only driver to manage 29 lap runs in the Touring Car class. Up and coming talent Patrick Danielsen put himself on the 2nd spot on the grid thanks to two 2nd place finishes in qualifying.

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February 1, 2015

Jilles Groskamp leaves Tamiya

2012 IFMAR World Champion Jilles Groskamp has announced that he has left long time electric touring chassis sponsor Tamiya. Deciding not to renew his contract for the 2015/16 season, the Dutchman who is based in Thailand has announced that he has a new deal already lined up but who that is with is yet to be announced but we have a fairly strong idea who it will be. Jilles stated the following:

Today is the day I will not be driving for Tamiya anymore! I have decided not to renew my contract with them for the 2015-2016 season. A new adventure has come on my path and I’m more motivated and excited then ever. I want to thank Tamiya for 7 great years! I have won my first Euro and World title with them and without their help I will not have achieved those ultimate victories! I would like to wish all the Tamiya guys lots of success and I’m sure they will as the 419 is a great car! For all my “Tamiya” fans all over the world I would like to thank you for all the support and I’m very sorry to tell you this news but you are always welcome to visit my at the races for a chat or drop me a message! Soon I will inform you more about my new adventure, so stay tuned!

January 31, 2015

Dario Balestri re-signs with Capricorn for 2015

Capricorn have announced that multiple European champion Dario Balestri has re-signed with them for 2015. The current 1/8th European champion will be running both 1/10th and 1/8th chassis, but new for this season Dario will use Capricorn fuel and tyres. Dario had the following to say:

I would like to thank Piero Torregiani from contact for all the support over the time that I have been racing for him. Also to Matteo Passerini at runner time for the help that he has gave to me. Lastly thanks to Patrizio Rossi for giving me the opportunity to run for another season with them.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

January 30, 2015

Marek Cerny re-signs with Xray

Xray announce the contract extension with European Touring Car Stock and multiple ETS Champion Marek Cerny. Marek will continue as a full factory driver, he will be attending all major European races including the ETS and he has the following to say about the deal:

Being part of the Xray team is a dream come true. Racing the best performing car and having the best possible support helped me to win last year the world’s most competitive racing series ETS for the second time and to win the prestigious European Champion title. All the great results I have achieved with the Xray team obligate me to do my best to continue to repeat all these great results and to continue to improve all the time. Since I joined the factory team my experience and results have improved and I enjoy being part of the team a lot – the professionalism, dedication and working atmosphere are second to none. I would like to thanks especially to Martin Hudy for all his advices, support and trust in me.

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January 29, 2015

Jeff Hamon takes double Victoria State titles

At the 2015 Victoria State Titles Jeff Hamon took the win in both the 1/8th and 1/10th on-road nitro classes. Steven Jovamovic came in 2nd in the 1/8th category, Tim Westwood rounded out the podium in 3rd. In the 1/10th championship Ricky Vocale grabbed the runner-up spot from Andrew Gillespie in 3rd.

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January 29, 2015

Nikolai Haaheim wins Banken Cup opening round

The first round of the Norwegian Banken Cup was held at Kvinesdal, Norway on a large indoor carpet track. The Modified class attracted the biggest turnout of drivers and in the first qualifying round it was current Nordic Champion and Schumacher driver Nikolai Haaheim who had a disastrous start after stripping the spur gear of his car. Oyvind would start the qualifier on top of the field, but several rolls sent him down the pack. Yokomo driver Oskar Fjeld made the best out of the situation and after a slow start he won the first round in front of youngster Tobias Sanden and Rune Svestol.

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