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February 29, 2012

Christopher Krapp joins Revolution Design

Revolution Design Racing Products have announced the addition of Christopher “Chrissi” Krapp to their team. The 19 years old German, who is an IFMAR World Championship and multiple EFRA Euros A finalist, will not only use the RDRP tools and accessories to work on his cars during his 2012 race campaign but also help to develop new on-road related option parts, tools and accessories. This is what Christopher has to say about the deal:

I really look forward to work with the guys over at RDRP to help develop and test new on-road option parts, tools and accessories and I am proud to be part of the growing team of dedicated racers.

Source: RDRP [revolution-rc.com]

February 29, 2012

East Coast Carpet regionals report

Last weekend the East Coast Carpet regionals were held at the MRH Raceway in Baltimore/MD. The race unofficially began on Friday. Racers started pouring in before the store even opened to try and get as much practice as possible. Friday evening laid host to a small club race so that some out-of -owners could get acquainted with the track and be fresh for the Saturday marathon of racing. The real fun started on Saturday, practice began promptly at 8am and the track filled immediately with cars from all the offered classes; 13.5 WGT, Stock TC, Stock 12th, and F1. The goal of the race was to provide a warm up for the carpet nationals in Texas, so the class structure followed what ROAR had laid out. This structure proved to be popular, as all the classes were sufficiently filled with a wide talent range. 3 qualifiers were ran in traditional format and the mains concluded around 11PM. Racers had a great time, some visiting us from up to a 6 hours drive away. We all are looking forward to next years event, and hope to make it bigger and better than the last.

View the final results here

February 28, 2012

Naoto Matsukura wins JMRCA Kanto GrandPrix Rd1

This year the JMRCA introduced the Kanto 1/12 scale Grand Prix that is run at the World famous Yatabe arena in the Kanto region in which Japan’s capital Toyko is located. Seven meetings will be run over the year with round 1 was held at the weekend of the 12th of February. The race saw a total of 50 drivers in the 17.5T stock and modified class with the latter being dominated during the qualifying by CRC Gen-Xi driver Hayato Ishioka who took TQ from Yokomo ace Naoto Matsukura. In the finals it was Naoto who scored full points in front of CRC driver Toshiki Kunitomo and Kato (Yokomo) in third place. Fourth place went to TQ Hayato Ishioka.

Source: Kimihiko Yano [kimihiko-yano.net]

February 28, 2012

Vesa Yli wins Finnish 1/12 nationals Rd2

The 2nd round of the Finnish 1/12 scale national series, the FinTrack Tour, took place in Oulu, Northern Finland last weekend. The organising club OSPA will host the 2012 Nordic Challenge for both 1/12 and Touring cars in October as well as hosting the 2013 1/12 Euros. The race combined both 1/12 and touring classes as an exception as for many years the classes have been run separated to get more suitable conditions for both type of racing. A total of 97 drivers signed in for the weekend to race. The track saw a technical layout suitable for Saturdays’s 1/12 racing in the mod and spec class.

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February 28, 2012

Marc Fischer joins Speed Passion

Speed Passion are proud to announce another World class driver has joined their team. Marc Fischer will use Speed Passion products in his 2012 campaign. Here is what Marc has to say about the deal:

I am very happy to be part of the Speed Passion team, and i am looking forward to the Worlds, ETS Races, Euros and German Nats. I used the products at the recent TITC for the first time and they proofed to be great. A big “thank you” to Mr. Wilson, Howard Lo and Toni Rheinard for making the deal possible and I would also like to thank my previous sponsor GM Racing for the 12 years of sponsoring and special thanks goes to Mr. Gunther Mürdter and Mr. Ralf Helbing!

Source: Speed Passion [speedpassion.net]

February 27, 2012

Mazovia Model Car Championships – report

Last weekend saw the final race in the Mazovia Model Car Championships. The biggest electric model cars racing series in Poland is organised by OSM and the final round of the series was run at a big carpet track in Piaseczno, next to Warsaw with 55 racers fought for the win in five classes. Saturday saw the on-road classes and in Modified the winner was TQ Dennis Fadtke using an Associated TC6.1. With this win Dennis also took the championship title. The second place went to vice champion Bartosz Pochopien (HB TCX) followed by Maciej Mrozek (HB TCX).

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February 27, 2012

Dario Balestri joins Motonica

Motonica recently added a load of talented drivers to their 2012 team line-up and now announce another great return in its team. Dario Balestri, World and Euro finalist, re-signed again with the Italian manufacturer. Dario will drive P81 RS 2 in the Italian championship and Euro A this year. Dario has the following to say:

I am very happy to be back racing with Motonica. With them I had the best satisfactions and I did my best races. Motonica is for me like the family where I’ve grown up for 4 years so this year I am more determined then ever to get the best results possible.

Source: Motonica [motonica.com]

February 26, 2012

Robin D’Hondt goes Vox

Vox announce a new entry to their racing team in the form of multiple World and European championship finalist Robin D’Hondt. He will use the engines in his 2012 campaign and has the following to say about the deal:

I have tested the engines and the power was very much to my liking. Let’s see what results 2012 will bring! One thing’s for sure, I am feeling very confident about the products I will be using!

Source: VOX [voxengines.com]