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March 15, 2015

Jilles Groskamp confirmed at HB-HPI Racing

Team HB have announced that 2012 IFMAR World Champion Jilles Groskamp will be joining their on-road racing team. The former Tamiya star has been a top competitor on the world stage since the early 2000’s, after beginning his rise up the European rankings in the mid-1990’s. With many wins and podium appearances around the world, Jilles is a master of electric car setup and fast driving, and he’s also been racing nitro on-road at the highest levels for the past few years, including winning the 2013 1/8th Track IC European Champion crown. Jilles had this to say:

I’m extremely happy with the opportunity that HB-HPI Racing has given me to join their team. I would like to thank Tatsuro Watanabe and Hiro Kasuya for making this happen. I have been following Team HB’s nitro and electric car improvements over the last few years and I have no doubt that they have some of the best cars on the market. My goal is to work close together with all the team drivers to improve all the cars even more, and also help customers with their HB rides in the best possible way. I would like to thank Shepherd for their great support over the years and wish them the very best in the future!

Jilles brings with him a wealth of race experience and will be working closely with Andy, Teemu, JJ, Freddy and the entire HB factory and R&D team will help continue to develop and improve HB racing cars for more race wins and championships, not just for themselves but for all HB racers.

Source: HB [hpiracing.com]

March 13, 2015

2015 Speed King Tour Rd2 – Report

The second round of the 2015 Speed King Tour was held at the World Jam Racing indoor tarmac track in the Gunma prefecture. Run in Touring Car Modified and Stock classes the event, as usual, attracted both local talent as well as nationally and internationally experienced drivers. In the Modified class 2014 “Speed King” and winner of the opening round, Akio Sobue (Tamiya), started the qualifying taking TQ in round 1 but come the second qualifier VBC driver Yugo Nagashima scored the fastest time only to see Akio striking back in the third qualifier to take the overall TQ.

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March 12, 2015

Mobers and Rettke take German 1/12th titles

Markus Mobers and Jan Rettke have captured the 2015 German 1/12th scale titles. The international German Championships were held at the “Eifel-Ring”, the indoor track of the hosting MAC Adenau club, very close to the Nuerburgring. Like the famous “Nordschleife”, the 111 metre long “Eifel-Ring” is well-known for its interesting and challenging layout where driving ability is more important than the material used. Record-breaking 70 entries were received for the open championship which often attracted only some 40 entries over the past years. Among these entries were also racers from France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Poland.

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March 12, 2015

Robert Battle teams up with Highest

Korean company Highest announce the signing of Robert Batlle to their team. Robert will use the company’s high-performance servos in his 1/8th and 1/10th scale rides this season.

Source: Highest [highestrc.com]

March 11, 2015

Gravity RC All-Star Series – Report

Over the course of late Fall 2014 through late Winter 2015, the Gravity RC All-Star Series was held at The Track at Harbor Hobbies, the premier carpet track in Northeast Illinois. Multiple classes were run, and drivers from Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan made the trip, including Gravity RC’s Paul Lemieux as the title sponsor for the series. Gravity G-Spec Type C pre-mounted carpet tires were the spec tire for Stock Touring, and the Gravity USGT pre-glued tires were spec for the USGT class. USVTA ran the tires specified by the class rules. Racing was tight in all three of the competitive classes throughout each weekend. Points were awarded across five races throughout the Series, with the best 4 out of 5 points going toward a total to crown each class Champion.

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March 11, 2015

BRCA GT National Series Rd3 report

Walker-Catchpole wins at BRCA GT National Series

The third round of the BRCA GT National Series was held at the Killamarsh Sports Centre and was hosted by the SWIFTS club. The club set out a well-conceived track layout which included a flowing infield and a long straight, which required some serious thought by the drivers when deciding what gear ratio to run. In GT12 the field was joined by a couple of experienced LMP12 drivers, for their first taste of GT12 National racing, who were hoping to qualify in the A-final. This was no mean feat for them, as the standard of driving at the top end was highly competitive and qualifying times were extremely close. In fact throughout the field, there were some very close battles in qualifying and the finals.

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March 11, 2015

JJ Wang joins Matrix Racing Tires

Matrix Racing Tires confirm the signing of Chinese/American top driver JJ Wang to their 2015 factory team. Racing for Mugen and Novarossi in Nitro 1/8th scale and 1/10th scale classes, the 17-years old is a former Chinese National Champion in both classes and he is backed by a successful 2014 season when he managed to bring home a top 5 finish at the 200mm Worlds in Thailand and a very respectable 15th place at the 1/10th Electric Touring Car Worlds held in Florida.

Source: Matrix [matrixtires.it]

March 11, 2015

Oliver Mack renews with Shepherd

Shepherd have announced that Oliver Mack will be a part of the company’s factory team for another year. The former World Championship finalist, European Champion and multiple German Champion had a great 1/8th scale campaign in 2014 by finishing the ENS in 3rd position overall. 2015 will be Oliver’s 7th season for Team Shepherd and he plans to attend the German Championship, the European Championship in Ettlingen, selected ENS events and the World Championship in Brazil. Oliver had the following to say:

First of all I would like to thank Team Shepherd for the long and successfully time we have already had. I’m really looking forward to racing another great season in this nice team. Last weekend we hit the track the first time for this year and the laptimes and feeling with the Velox V8 “EC” 2015 were very promising for the upcoming season.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]