November 26, 2016

Luca Piromalli joins Capricorn

Luca Piromalli joins Capricorn

Capricorn have announced the signing of 2015 European B Champion Luca Piromalli to their team. Highly experienced and very helpful with everyone at the track, Luca will be behind the wheel of a new LAB C-803 powered by Tesla engines. Luca had this to say:

I would like to thank Serpent and Sprint RC for the last, successful season and am looking forward for this new adventure with Patrizio and the Capricorn team.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]


November 25, 2016

Jack Embling joins Team Losi Racing

Jack Embling joins TLR

TLR UK and Horizon Hobby UK have announced the signing of former Kyosho racer Jack Embling to their team for 2017. Jack heads up the TLR UK team’s 2017 campaign as reigning national Truggy champion, podium finisher in E-Buggy and Top 4 in Rally cross, which bodes well for a strong upcoming season with TLR UK both nationally and internationally. He joins as part of a continued effort from TLR UK to focus on 1/8th rally cross and 1/10th off-road racing in the coming year alongside the growth of its large scale team with the introduction of the 5B. The 1/8th team will again be supported by 1/8th Team Manager Karl Jackson and TLR Trackside Support Wayne Davis both of who’s efforts where key in 2016, alongside the continued overall trackside support of 1/10th team manger Christopher Delves. Jack had the following to say about his new deal:

I’m extremely excited to announce that I’m joining the TLR / Horizon Hobby team for 2016 and onwards. I would like to thank Mark, Garry and Karl at Horizon for bringing me on board with this fantastic opportunity. I can’t wait to start racing with my new cars and challenging for some big race wins next year.

Source: Horizon Hobby UK [horizonhobby.co.uk]


November 25, 2016

Juan Carlos Canas joins Fastrace

Juan Carlos Canas joins Fastrace

As the headline and story image state, Fastrace have announced that front running Spaniard Juan Carlos Canas has joined their team. The 5th placed finisher at this year’s European Championship, in his home country Spain, he will use the full line up of aftermarket option parts from the Italian company for 2017 and beyond.

Source: Fastrace [fastraceshop.com]


November 24, 2016

SARDA Onroad Gas Nationals Rd4 – Report

SARDA Onroad Gas Nationals - Report

RC Zone in Middelburg, Mpumalanga played a host to the 4th and final round of the SARDA Onroad Gas National Championship. It was always going to be an exciting weekend with some of the championship podium positions still up for grabs, and the imminent threat of rain throughout the weekend. Also, the participation and technical support of Xray Factory driver, Tom Kraegefski, sparked a lot of interest.

Continue reading the report here


November 24, 2016

Andrea Pirani to join ARC

Andrea Pirani to join ARC

ARC have announced the signing of top Italian racer Andrea Pirani to their team. The former long time WRC driver and ENS font runner will race the Taiwanese company’s R8.0 and joins a team that includes European Championship runner up Toni Gruber, Lars Hoppe, John Ermen and Cristiano Sartor. Expect to see the quick Italian during the entire ENS & Italian National series as well as next year’s World Championships in France.

Source: ARC [arc-rc.com.tw]


November 24, 2016

Lee Martin joins offroad newcomers Infinity

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Following yesterday’s announcement regarding Lee Martin leaving Mugen, Team Infinity have today confirmed that the British driver will be joining their International team. A World class off road driver, a former multiple European champion and multi time Worlds finalist who has been competing at the highest level for many years, he joins the Infinity team, which up until this point has focused on onroad, to help work on the company’s upcoming 1/8th offroad project. Lee had the following to say about the deal:

It’s a pleasure to be joining the Creation Model / Infinity team. The team infrastructure and their desire to succeed at the highest possible standard not only excites me but inspires me. Assisting in the development stage of the new 1/8th off road range is an opportunity that I could not miss, having the chance to work with Miura San to produce the most competitive vehicles we can with no compromises. Thank you to Kenji San for the chance to be apart of something special. Work starts now!

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]


November 22, 2016

Drake wins Nitro Buggy at TNT Rd3

Drake wins Nitro Buggy at TNT Rd3

Dialed In Raceway was the host for round 3 of the Top Notch Tour this past weekend with the event attracting around 100 entries. Mugen team driver Adam Drake topped both rounds of qualifying for both nitro buggy and nitro truck and so would start first in both A-mains. In the nitro buggy final, Drake would take the win followed by Tyler Brown and Ronda Drake.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]


November 21, 2016

Baldo brothers depart Mugen & Modelix

Baldo brothers depart Mugen & Modelix

Spanish frontrunners, Oscar and Bryan Baldo have announced the departure from long-term sponsors Mugen and Modelix Racing. The two leave behind a fruitful campaign and despite national level wins both were never able to grab the title from 11-times national champion and Mugen/Modelix teammate, Robert Batlle. Oscar and Bryan have the following to say:

We would like to inform you those after great moments in Modelix, We Will separate our ways next year. We would also like to thank Marc, Christian and Roger, for all the assistance provide to us during 8 years, thank you for the good moments and amazing years. We wish to Modelix all the Best in the future. And of course, see you soon in the track.