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January 19, 2014

2014 IFMAR 200mm Worlds back in Bangkok

Huge RC in Bangkok, Thailand, the track owned and run by 2002 ISTC World Champion Surikarn Chaidajsuriya, has been confirmed as the new host for the 2014 IFMAR 1/10th 200mm World Championships. IFMAR were left looking for a new host for the event after deciding in Japan last November not to travel to Argentina for the race. The event is scheduled to be run from the 7th to the 15th of November and will mean back to back 200mm World Championships in the country following the 2012 Worlds being held at RC Addict in another part of Bangkok.

Source: IFMAR [ifmar.org]

January 17, 2014

Matrix selected as 2014 1/12th Worlds control tire

Matrix selected as 1/12th Worlds control tire

Having recently announced the spec tire for the ISTC portion of the 2014 IFMAR Electric onroad Worlds in Florida, the organisers have today announced that Matrix Tyres have been chosen as the control tire for the 1/12th section. The suggested compounds have been sent to the 4 blocs to be voted on and will be announced at a later date. Full Throttle Rc Raceway informed us that they conducted the 1/12th scale tire testing in the same time period and alongside the 1/10th tire testing.

January 17, 2014

Jilles Groskamp re-signs for Shepherd

Shepherd have re-signed reigning European 1/8 Champion Jilles Groskamp. The Thailand based Dutch driver and current ISTC World Champion will be attending both 1/8th and 1/10th Euros as well as the 1/10th Worlds which are rumored to be held near his current residence in Bangkok. ‘With his professional behaviour and uncompromising attention to detail Jilles is one of our most important drivers. His feedback and ideas help us improving our products even more and also at the track he is a great help for the team’ says team boss Patrick Schäfer. Jilles has the following to say.

I would like to thank Patrick and the rest of the Shepherd crew to give this opportunity for already my fourth year with Shepherd. Last year we had some great results by winning the 1/8 Euros, TQ at the 1/10 Euros and of course some great show at the 1/8 Worlds! In the meantime some further developments are in progress and I can’t wait to test and drive both 1/10 and 1/8 for upcoming season. See you soon on the track!

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

January 17, 2014

Paul Lemieux re-signs with Xray for 2014

Xray have announced that multiple US champion Paul Lemieux has re-signed to stay in the team for 2014. In 2014 Paul will race regional, national and international races with the Xray T4, NT1, X12, RX8 and XB4. The busy calendar will include all the US electric and nitro on-road nationals, Snowbirds and some major off-road races as well. Paul says:

I am excited about the continued partnership between myself and the Team Xray. I am especially excited to continue on with all of individuals that make up the Xray family as I know it. To me the “work hard but have fun” atmosphere which we have achieved at events around the globe has been the driving force in what keeps me racing. 2013 was a little bit slow in terms of races attended, but I am hoping to attend more events in 2014 and continue to assist the already very successful team develop even further.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 16, 2014

Bernd Rausch joins Team Shepherd

Shepherd have added Euro “B” and German national finalist Bernd Rausch to their team. Already testing the Velox V10 Pro at the German Open Indoor Masters and qualifying third behind Dominic Greiner and Patrick Schäfer he is eager to run the full 2014 season with the German car powered by Sonic engines. Bernd is going to attend the Euros in Valencia, the German Championship and various race of the ENS series as well as regional events like the Nitro West Masters and the West German Championship. He had the following to say:

First of all I would like to thank Kenny from KM and Adrien from Orion for the good times we had. I’m really looking forward to joining Shepherd and being a part of a team with some of the best racers in the world. Especially after their innovations on the V10 Pro it will be a pleasure to attend some big international races in 2014.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

January 15, 2014

Alexander Hagberg re-signs with Xray for 2014

Alexander Hagberg renews with Xray for 2014

More driver re-signings from Xray with the Slovakian company announcing that team driver Alexander Hagberg has extended his contract for 2014. ‘Alexander has been with Xray for a long time and the team cooperation has been successful over the years with Alex a great supporter and member of the development team.’ Alex had this to say:

I have been racing for Xray ever since the start of my international racing career. Over the years we have built a strong and successful relationship which has helped me to develop into one of the best on-road racers in Europe, if not in the world. For the upcoming season I did not consider any other option than to continue to work closely together with Xray. I am confident that we can achieve even better results together in the future!

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 15, 2014

Xray Challenge Moravia & Slovakia Rd4 – Report

Xray Challenge Moravia & Slovakia Rd4 - Report

The 4th round of this Winter’s Xray Challenge Moravia & Slovakia Cup saw the participation of a good amount of drivers from Austria, Finland and Slovakia. Many of the drivers used the practice on Friday to learn the track and to finalise chassis setup. In the Touring Car Modified class Kuba Simurda and Jirka Vysin battled out the win with the better end for Kuba. David Nemcek, Tomas Liptak and Werner Schmitzer came in third, fourth and fifth respectively.

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January 15, 2014

Dominic Greiner joins Contact tyres

Contact Tyres have signed 2013 EFRA 1/10th IC European ‘B’ Vice Champion Dominic Greiner to be part of their nitro team. The German Serpent driver, and winner of the Romanian Nitro Cup last year, joins an already impressive team line up which includes former World Champion Robert Pietsch, Dario Balestri, Kyle Branson and Simon Kurzbuch.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]