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March 26, 2015

Robert Krens joins Shepherd Benelux

After years of close cooperation of Shepherd Benelux with Robert Krens as setup specialist and pit-crew for several Shepherd drivers, the company now welcomes him to their 1/10th scale nitro team. Robert will compete at the Dutch 1/10th nationals this season and he had the following to say:

After racing EC1:12 and EC1:10 for several years, I’ve always been looking for new challenges to improve my knowledge and skills. I’m very glad that Shepherd Benelux offered me to be part of the team and gives me this opportunity. I have seen the quality of their products from helping fellow IC1:8 racers during Nationals and was impressed by the quality and performance of Shepherd products. I’m feeling really confident and exited to start the new season.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.nl]

March 26, 2015

Helmi wins at Malaysia National Challenge Rd1

The opening round of the 2015 Malaysia National Challenge kicked off at the Kuala Terengganu RC Track. Run in 1/8th and 1/10th on-road classes the series always attracts local racers and guest from abroad alike and round 1 made no difference. In the 1/10th 200mm class Baha took the TQ but it was Helmi who came out successful in the A-main in front of the TQ holder. Kimie rounded out the podium in 3rd.

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March 25, 2015

Electric Powered PanCar Series Japan – Announcement

The Electric Powered PanCar Series Japan EPS-J is a new Japanese 5-race RC car series. Run using a combination of IFMAR and ROAR rules the races will see 1/12th Modified, 1/12th 17.5T blink, 1/12th GT 30.5T blinky, 1/10th WGT 13.5T blinky and 1/10th Formula 21.5T rubber classes and the organisers hope to establish more EPS races throughout Asia and in other regions. More information about the series, that kicks off on April 26th, can be found here.

Calendar:
Round 1 Crest Speed Way, April 26th
Round 2: Chance Circuit, May 17th
Round 3: White Stone, June 14th
Round 4: Kyosho Circuit, October 11th
Round 5: Yatabe Arena, date T.B.A.

March 25, 2015

Dennis Sting joins Xray

Xray have announced the signing of young and talented multiple German Junior Champion Dennis Sting to their team. Dennis is focused for nitro on-road racing and will race at all major events including the Euros, the ENS and the German Nationals in 2015 using Xray’s RX8 and NT1 kits. Dennis had the following to say:

I am very happy and excited for this great opportunity and want to thanks to Xray for their trust in me. To be part of World Championship winning team is a great honor for me and I will do my best to represent Xray in the best possible way. I will be racing all the major nitro on-road races as well the ENS series and will be available to anyone to help out.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 25, 2015

Markus Hellquist wins SSIC Rd6

The final round of the South Swedish Indoor Cup for electric touring cars was held in the very South of Sweden in the small town of Tomelilla. The track was quite technical with low traction, making many drivers suffering from rear end traction. In the practice rounds Markus Hellquist laid down the fastest lap ahead of Daniel Carlsson and Jonas Andersson. After 3 rounds of qualifying with the best round to count the order kept the same, with Hellquist being roughly one lap ahead of Daniel Carlsson and Jonas Andersson.  In the finals Markus kept on with his previous pace and never let the cars behind him come close to fight for the victory. Behind Markus there wasn’t a whole lot of action either, the top 3 kept the same in all three finals resulting in the scoreboard being exactly the same as the qualifying for the top 3.

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March 24, 2015

2015 Canadian Onroad Nationals – Report

The 2015 Canadian Onroad Nationals were held last weekend at the Seaway Mall in Welland Ontario Canada. Over 250 entries from all over North America were in attendance to put on a show for the thousands of spectators that came through to watch over the course of the 3-day event that saw Touring Car, Canadian VTA, GT and Mini class racing. In the Modified Touring Car class it was a three way battle between Team Associated’s Kevin Hebert, Team Yokomo’s Andrew Hardman and Team Xray driver Paul Lemieux. Lemieux grabbed the TQ from Hebert in qualifying but in the final it was Hardman who found pace to take the win with a great drive.

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March 24, 2015

Lars Hoppe teams up with Maxima Fuel

Following his move to chassis sponsors ARC Germany’s Lars Hoppe now also has a new fuel supplier. Using Maxima fuel for his 2015 campaign the German frontrunner joins team mates like Jörn Neumann, Dirk Wischnewski, Kaja Novotny and Malin Karlsen.

Source: Chiratech Europe [chiratech-europe.com]

March 24, 2015

Dirk Wischnewski renews with Matrix

Matrix Racing Tires have announced that former European Champion and multiple time German Champion Dirk Wischnewski renewed with the Italian manufacturer for the 2015 season. A 200mm class specialist the 33-years old Sheperd team driver is a regular A-Main finalist at international races, and in 2015 he will be in contention for the European title as well as the Euro Nitro Series title.

Source: Matrix [matrixtires.it]