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January 20, 2015

Apolaro & Martello win at Pan American GT Race

The 3rd edition of the GT only Pan American GT Race was held on the previous IFMAR Worlds track in Homestead, Florida this past weekend with racers from Puerto Rico, Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Curacao, US and other countries in attendance. Paolo Morganti in the Open class and Fabrizio Martello in the 5-port Spec class were the top qualifiers of the weekend and with with only four direct qualified to the A mains, semifinals were full of action and close racing. The one hour mains then saw DJ Apolaro taking the win from Rino Lino and Rablo Tejada while in the Spec class Fabrizio Martello came out successful. Franco Franco Desiderio and Jose Sanchez rounded out the Spec class podium.

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January 19, 2015

Essex Winter Series Rd4 – Report

The fourth and penultimate round of the popular Essex Winter Series championship took place this weekend on the large carpet circuit in the South-East of the UK. With the International Carpet Challenge taking place at the venue next month, a few drivers were not only using the meeting to hunt for EWS glory, but also to test ahead of the upcoming event. The Modified class saw a return to the championship for round 1 winner, Andy Moore, and his almost production-ready HPI HB Pro 5. Andy continued where he left off, topping the first round of qualifying, ahead of former multi-time EWS champion Paul Pinkney for Schumacher.

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January 19, 2015

Juho Levanen joins Revolution Design Racing Products

Revolution Design Racing Products announce the signing of Finland’s Juho Levanen to exclusively use RDRP’s range of Ultra tools and accessories. The 2-times European Champion and veteran Team Associated Factory driver has been using the tools for a while already and he had this to say about the deal:

I am very impressed by the durability and precision of the tools. Tools measurements are excellent as they are snug fit to screws. On top of this they look very cool.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

January 19, 2015

Marc Fischer wins at Touring Master Series Rd2

Last weekend was the 2nd round of the Touring Master Series West Division run in Adenau/Germany. Serpent’s Marc Fischer managed to take the TQ in all qualifying rounds and he then went onto win the A-mains also to take a never challenged win. Fellow Serpent racers David Ehrbar and Ingo Herschbach completed the Modified class podium.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

January 19, 2015

WRC Contest Faloppio – Announcement

Mikimodel will hold the WRC Contest 2015 in Faloppio, Italy, on the 6th to 7th of February. The annual event sees the running of electric touring car classes beside Formula, 1/10th and 1/12th pan car categories. Last year the race attracted a total of 135 drivers and for more information feel free to contact Mikimodel by emailing them at info@mikimodel.net.

January 19, 2015

Kutvonen continues with Awesomatix for 2015

Awesomatix have announced that top Finnish driver Viljami Kutvonen has extended his contract as factory team driver with Awesomatix for the 2015 race season. The 2014 LRP Touring Car Masters champion and multiple ETS A-Finalist will attend to all major big races in Europe this year including the Russian Touring Masters. Viljami had this to say:

I’m very happy to continue with Awesomatix as factory driver. Last year we made our biggest achievements yet and we are looking forward to improve our results for the upcoming season with our new Evo II car. I want to thank Oleg Babich for his support since 2012 and our new team manager Max Mächler for trusting in me and we are looking forward to our most successful year yet.

Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]

January 16, 2015

Hupo Honigl joins Serpent Factory team

Multiple European offroad Champion Hupo Honigl has joined the Serpent Factory team. The former TeamC driver will race all major offroad events in 1/10th scale 2wd, 4wd, ST and SCT with Spyders, as well as all main 1/8th scale events with the Cobra line, GP and EP, truggy and buggy. With his vast experience he will be a big help to all Serpent drivers, and show the true potential of the Serpent offroad cars in Austria, Germany, USA and elsewhere. He will also run the new Serpent S120 1/12 race chassis and work together with Michael Salven and Paul Ciccarello on the development and test side. Expect to see Hupo make his debut for Serpent at next week’s Reedy race in California. Hupo had this to say:

I’m really proud of being part of Serpent now. Not only as driver but also on the business side through my distribution company Hoeco. After being told to be rejuvenated in the beginning of last year, I feel even younger and more motivated then ever before. After building my first Serpent cars i can tell they are designed by champions and also the quality is amazing! I ́m really looking forward to this new part of my life and hopefully I found my true home.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

January 16, 2015

Wollanka & Pignotti win at VRC Worlds

Martin Wollanka and Kevin Pignotti are the new VRC Worlds title holders in 1:8th Sportscars and 1:10th ISTC respectively. Martin Wollanka from Austria scored a well-deserved title in his 2014 VRC Worlds campaign after having to settle for second in the 1:10 ISTC VRC Worlds right behind Kevin Pignotti. Martin managed to turn things around in 1:8 Sportscars at the Lostallo event, driving to victory with a 4 seconds lead on Kevin Pignotti. New kid on the block Jakub Rozycki from Poland was lapped by Wollanka at the very last lap of the race when he needed a last fuel stop as to make it to the finish line in 3rd.

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