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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]

February 25, 2012

Victor Gonzales joins Motonica

Motonica is pleased to welcome the 2011 Spanish national champion Victor Gonzales to their team. He will run the P81 RS2 in his 2012 campaign of the 1/8 scale nitro on-road Spanish champs and is joined by recently announced team mate Oscar Cabezas.

Source: Motonica [motonica.com]

February 24, 2012

Keven Hebert returns to ETS

Factory Team Associated driver Keven Hebert is set to make a return to the Yokomo Euro Touring Series when he travels to the Spanish holiday island of Gran Canaria next weekend (March 2-4) to contest round three of the world famous electric touring car championship. Having made his ETS debut in Austria last year where he made the A-Main finishing 9th overall, the Canadian who is a leading figure in the US racing scene will once again join forces with factory Associated team-mate Juho Levanen.

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February 24, 2012

Rico Kroeber joins Team Matrix

Having used Matrix Racing tires the past three years Rico Kroeber now intensifies his relationship with the company and will also use the rubber in his 1/12 scale campaign as well as test tires in preparation for the Worlds in Thailand and during the German nationals and the EC-A in Cassino. This is what Rico has to say about the deal:

After the recent years driving Matrix tires at international races, I will intensify the professional work between Cristian Boni an me and not only use them in 1/10 scale nitro but also in 1/12 scale electric because I feel these tires show a good performance on carpet tracks also.

Source: Matrix Tires [matrixtires.it]