July 9, 2010

Pietsch gives Contact RC its first major title

Pietsch gives Contact RC its first major title

Just last weekend saw more great success for the new tyre brand Contact RC, this time at the European Championship 1/8th in Locorotondo, Italy. Mugen star Robert Pietsch took TQ, fastest individual lap and won the race heading it from start to finish. Robert was using the Contact tyres line and always looked the fastest on the demanding track. For the final Robert chose to start with brand new tyres straight out of the box because his car worked really well with large diameter tyres.  This strategy proved to be the right one and Robert led the race from the first lap, completing a tyre change after 24 minutes and at that point he had a lead of one lap over Dario Balestri. After 45 minutes of hard racing Robert became the new European champion in 1/8th on road with his Mugen MRX-5 powered by Novarossi and gave Contact Tyres its first European Championships title at its first international race.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

June 10, 2010

Contact RC Tyres production update

Contact RC Tyres production update

Contact RC Tyres have announced that their new product line is now in full production. After some final tests during last week in England and this week in Italy they are now ready to give the racers this high quality and performance package. Several months production sampling and testing with their new machinery looks like it is showing up on the track, with great lap times. Contact Tyres gives an impressive list of benefits including a perfectly balanced and true wheel, high traction and good steering due to their wheel design. Piero Torregiani will be present at the next European championship 1/8th in Locorotondo, Italy to assist team drivers and any Contact Tyres driver.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

May 28, 2010

Contact RC tires close to production

Contact RC tires close to production

After the recent announcement of the new brand of foam tires Contact RC, Schumacher staff have been busy installing their new automatic machinery, overseen by Piero Torregiani at the Schumacher head site in Northampton. Above is the first pictures of the new 1/8th wheel and tire combo to come from these machines. Contact RC tires aim to bring you the highest standards possible for foam tire manufacturing ensuring the racer has quality and consistent performance time and time again. Full production will start shortly and for further information on this new exciting brand you can contact piero(at)racing-cars.com

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

April 15, 2010

Piero Torregiani makes Contact with Schumacher

Contact-RC team up with Schumacher

Contact-RC is a new brand of RC racing foam tires, which are set to make a major impact in On Road racing classes this year. Contact-RC tires is lead by experienced foam tire expert Piero Torregiani who is the former top man at ATS, who helped his team drivers achieve 2008 and 2009 World and European championships in 1/8th and 1/10th scale Nitro On Road. Contact-RC tires will be manufactured by the expert engineers at Schumacher Racing in the UK with the company investing in a highly automated manufacturing process which will ensure consistent high quality products which use only the best materials and all new wheels, developed with the knowledge and experience of some of the world’s best drivers. The fully automated hardness measurement, gluing, and truing processes mean that every single tire produced will meet the exacting high standards required by top level racers. Several well known drivers are backing the project so look out for some big name driver announcements soon. Top American drivers Paul Lemieux and DJ Apolaro, as well as German champion Robin D’Hondt from Belgium will be racing with Contact-RC for the 2010 season.

Source: Contact-RC [contact-rc.com]

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