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January 12, 2017

2017 Dirt Nitro Challenge – Announcement

The 2017 The Dirt Nitro Challenge will take place from the 22nd to 26th of February at Fear Farm R/C Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona. The 18th instalment of the iconic event will again see a variety of scales and classes run with the premier categories being 1/8th Nitro Buggy, Nitro Truggy and E-Buggy. Additional events are 1/5th scale and U4 racing and for the second year in a row also the Drone Challenge. As usual Red RC will cover the event live and more information can be found on the event’s official website here.

January 11, 2017

The Neo Race 2017 – Announcement

NeoBuggy and DXR have officially announced the 2017 edition of The Neo Race, otherwise known as the “1/8 buggy Indoor Worlds”. The 12th anniversary of race sees the event run on it’s classic Easter weekend which is the 14th to 17th of April 2017. The Agricultural University Harper Adams in Shropshire, UK continues as the venue for the event, once again a 4-day affair – running Friday to Monday. The event will accommodate a maximum of 270 nitro buggy entries and 74 entries in the E-Buggy class. Qualifying will use five minute heats comprised of five rounds followed by bump up finals for all drivers, The Neo Race’s popular signature exhibition events return with a juniors final, oldies final, the Dash4Cash and Last Chance Qualifier. Further details are available on the official event website here while sign-up can be done here.

January 11, 2017

Shepherd sign Eduardo Escandon

Shepherd have announced the signing of 2-times Spanish National Champion, Eduardo Escandon to their factory team. The Euro-A Vice-Champion and ENS A-main finalist will use the latest version of Shepherd’s Velox V10 in the upcoming season. Edu plans to attend all ENS events as well as the EC-A in Mulhouse/, France and he had the following to say:

First of all I would like to thank KM group for their support over the last few years, but now I feel it’s time for a change. I’m delighted to have the opportunity to work with such a great team like Shepherd and I’m sure that it will be a big step forward for me at International races. I tested the car for the first time at my home Club setting a new track record, that´s amazing! Last but not least, thanks to Patrick Schäfer for giving me this opportunity, I´m really looking forward to the upcoming season. See you at the track.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

January 11, 2017

JConcepts introduce 2017 race team

Following last week’s announcement of Ryan Cavalieri and David Ronnefalk as part of JConcepts’s 2017 race team line-up, the US company has welcomed more drivers to their team for this year. The latest additions include seasoned racers such as Jake Thayer, Tommy Hinz and Chris Jarosz but also a lot of up and coming talents that for sure will soon make an impact on the scene.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

January 10, 2017

Reno Savoya powered by Thor Fuel

RC Concept have announced that multiple EFRA European and French National Champion, Reno Savoya will be using Thor fuel for 2017. The TLR driver will power his RC Concept engines using the new juice and he has the following to say:

After many tests, I feel Thor Fuel is the best fuel I have ever run. The stability of my MC5R is awesome with it and I have gain almost 45sec runtime in every conditions. I am super happy, and I advice everyone to try this fuel.

Source: RC Concept [rcconcept.net]

January 10, 2017

Dario Balestri joins Max Power

Max Power have announced the addition of Italian frontrunner, Dario Balestri to their team. The multiple national and European champion recently joined the ever growing Infinity team and following several years with Capricorn and after using Max Power-built Tesla engines last year, he will now be running Max Power branded power plants in his 1/8th and 1/10th scale rides for 2017.

Source: Max Power [rcmaxpower.com]

January 10, 2017

Vanessa Wende wins 7th annual Winter Race

The Spessart Race Park in Waldaschaff, Germany recently held their 7th annual Winter Race in snowy, icy conditions. The Winter weather with temperatures down to -9°C made for challenging racing conditions for drivers and machines and it was the Wende family that excelled with Marcus and Vanessa taking the top 2 positions after the qualifiers. Both then also won their respective semifinals with Marcus grabbing the pole position for the main final by one second from daughter Vanessa. After the 30-minute main final things looked a bit different up front as young Vanessa took the win from Marcus while Andreas Heublein completed an all-Xray podium lock-out.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 10, 2017

Energy Fuel to supply Simon Kurzbuch

Energy Fuel have announced the signing of Simon Kurzbuch to their team. Reigning World Champion, double ENS and Swiss National Champion, Simon will be a great addition to an already strong team as he will join the likes of Pirani, Ielasi and Zanchettin to run the complete range of Energy products. Simon’s 2017 race program will include the ENS events, the EFRA GP Series, the Worlds in France and of course the Swiss Championship as well as other select international races.

Source: Pepe Group [facebook.com]