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February 9, 2011

Mike Swauger takes victory at Florida Winternats

Byron Fuels Factory Team Driver, Mike Swauger took TQ and 1st place in the 1:8 on road class this past weekend at the 2011 Florida Winternats hosted by the Ft. Myers RC Car Club. Not only was Mike the fastest during qualifying, he dominated the A Main and cruised to victory using the new Xray RX8 with a comfortable 5 lap lead over 2nd place Paul Lemieux. Following closely behind in 3rd place was another Byron Fuels factory driver Paul Ciccarello.

Source: Byron [byronfuels.com]

February 9, 2011

Jilles Groskamp takes Mod TC title at Snowbirds

Tamiya/Orion factory driver Jilles Groskamp took TQ and the Win in the TC Modified at the 17th annual Snowbirds Nationals held in Orlando Florida. In qualifying it was Paul Lemieux who set early TQ but was bettered by Jilles in the very last round on Saturday. His new 417 equipped with the latest Orion Vortex modified motor was fast the whole weekend and with some latest set-up changes he was unstoppable in the last round taking TQ by 1 sec over Lemieux. In the final Jilles was chased by Lemieux and Cyrul hard but they never really got the chance to get close. All three ran a flawless race and it was Groskamp who took the win over Paul and Josh. For Jilles this was the second time in a row taking the highly competitive TC Mod rubber title.

Source: Team Orion [teamorion.com]

February 8, 2011

Bernd Rausch re-signs for Kyosho Germany

German front running nitro onroad racer and a finalist at last year’s European ‘B’ Championship, Bernd Rausch will continue to run the Kyosho V-One range of nitro touring cars. During the Nuremberg toy fair he re-signed his contract with Kyosho Germany to drive the all new V-One R4 touring car for 2011 and 2012. Bernd will attend all major local races and EFRA grand prix events as well as the European Championships. He will continue with his other sponsors Team Orion and URS-Racing for the upcoming season. Bernd had this to say:

It is a pleasure for me to continue my relationship with Kyosho Germany for the upcoming years. The V-One R4 is developed using state of the art racing technology and with the experience of well know champions. I can’t wait to put this new car on the track for the first time.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.de]

February 8, 2011

Bowie Ginting wins Jakarta GP series Rd1

The first round of 2011 Jakarta Grand Prix series for 1/10 200mm was held at the JITC Race Track, with this championship series also used for “Indonesian Selection Championship” for the 2012 IFMAR World championship. The start of the race was delayed for about 1 hour to wait for the track to dry after it rained on Saturday night. In qualifying it was Bowie Ginting that took the TQ spot with the only 16 laps in the round followed by Fayakhun Andriadi, Chandra Yosef, Andhyka Pranusatya and Heri Susanto.

Continue reading the report here

February 7, 2011

Marc Rheinard extends contract with Much More

Much More Racing have been in contact to tell us that they have a signed an extension to Marc Rheinard’s contract, which will see the 3-time World Champion use their products for the coming years. This season, the factory Tamiya driver will use their full range of electronic devices, such as their Cell Master charger, Power Master power supply, CTXW tire warmers and full range of pit bench accessories when competing with his EP TC and EP 2wd and 4wd buggies.

Source: Much More [muchmoreracing.net]

February 7, 2011

Daniele Ielasi and Shepherd continue indefinitely

Shepherd have announced at the Toy Fair that they have signed an open ended contract with former World and European Champion Daniele Ielasi. The deal will see the Italian driver race for the German company indefinitely. The new contract follows on from their previous 2 year contract together and so happy with the working and personal relationship, referring to him as a member of the family, they have come up with this new contract. Daniele has been testing the Velox V8 ‘eleven’ recently in Miami and will go for more testing prior to April’s World Championships where he aims to compete for the win.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

February 7, 2011

EFRA 2011 list of homologated bodies

EFRA 2008 Approved Muffler list

EFRA have been in touch with us to announce the definitive list of homologated body shells for the 2011 season. The different lists include 1/8th scale on road, Electric touring 190mm and Gas touring 200mm classes and you can download the PDF’s directly from here (1/8th), here (190mm) and here (200mm).

Source: EFRA [www.efra.ws]

February 7, 2011

Alexander Hagberg to be fueled by Orcan

Two time European Championship runner up Alexander Hagberg of Sweden has signed a deal that sees him use Team Orcan fuel for 2011. The factory Xray driver had this to say about the deal:

After two successful years with the Spanish company Merlin Fuel, I thank them for their support, and look for new challenges with my new sponsor, Orcan. At the end of 2010 I compared many types of fuel to determine which would be best suited to my high demands. I am confident that Orcan fuel will provide me with the best consistency and power in all conditions, and I will rely on the experience of Mr. Bertram Kessler in this department.

Source: SMI Motorsport [smi-motorsport.de]