Italian company Reds Racing announce the signing of Italian frontrunner Alex Zanchettin to their team. The TLR drivers will use company’s off-road engines in his 2015 campaign and Reds Racing would is proud to welcome Alex on board.
Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]
Having just earlier today announced that he was to leave long time sponsor Tamiya, Viktor Wilck has been confirmed at Team Serpent. The Swedish ace has signed a long term deal with the Dutch brand to run their complete lineup of cars, both on and offroad, and will be making his touring car debut this weekend at the 2nd round of the ETS in Muelheim Kaerlich, Germany. The deal sees Serpent further strengthen their factory race time with Wilck joining Marc Fischer on the EP TC team, Greiner, Mazzeo, Green and the Sahashi brothers in the Gas TC team and Mike Truhe, Hupo Honigl and a soon to be confirmed German superstar on the offroad team. Viktor had this to say about his new deal:
I’m happy to reach this agreement with Serpent and HP Hobbyprodukter. I felt there was time for a change and after a close relationship with Swedish distributor this opportunity came a long that I could not pass on. I have seen the quality of there products from racing Serpent’s nitro cars and was impressed by their performance so I am really looking forward to this new partnership and to the prospects of achieving good results together over the coming years.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Capricorn have announced that multiple European champion Dario Balestri has re-signed with them for 2015. The current 1/8th European champion will be running both 1/10th and 1/8th chassis, but new for this season Dario will use Capricorn fuel and tyres. Dario had the following to say:
I would like to thank Piero Torregiani from contact for all the support over the time that I have been racing for him. Also to Matteo Passerini at runner time for the help that he has gave to me. Lastly thanks to Patrizio Rossi for giving me the opportunity to run for another season with them.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
RB Products announce the contract extension with young double European Champion Marco Baruffolo. The 2013 Euro B and 2014 Euro A Junior Champion will run the full line of RB products including the 1/8th RB One R buggy, nitro engines, fuel and tyres and he has the following to say:
I’m very proud to continue with the RB French company, I will do my best to get some good results during this year. See you on the track.
Source: RB [rbproducts.com]
At the 2015 Victoria State Titles Jeff Hamon took the win in both the 1/8th and 1/10th on-road nitro classes. Steven Jovamovic came in 2nd in the 1/8th category, Tim Westwood rounded out the podium in 3rd. In the 1/10th championship Ricky Vocale grabbed the runner-up spot from Andrew Gillespie in 3rd.
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Xray have announced that US top off-road driver Tyler Vik has renewed his contract with the Slovakian company for 2015. Tyler is the winner of many major US off-road races and multi time US off-road nationals’ finalist. Tyler is a multi-class off-road driver and will race with the XB8, XT9, XB8E, XB4 and the XB4 2WD and he has the following to say:
I am happy to continue to be part of the Xray factory team, and look forward to showing the performance of the cars throughout the 2015 racing season. The progress we have been doing with both 1/10 and 1/8 off-road cars is impressive and I am excited what this year will bring me. I will travel to all the major US races so do not hesitate to see me. I’d like to thank the Hudy family, as well as Ralph and Bryan at RC America for making this possible.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Bittydesign in collaboration with Team RC Pro and PRC announce the 2015 Asia Contest, an event born in 2013 and known to all drivers who attended the previous editions as “the funniest race they ever participated”. The 3rd edition of one of the largest independent off-road races will be held at the International Pattaya RC Power Boat World track from 24th to 26th of April 2015 and the entries are limited to 192 drivers for the Nitro Buggy class, split into a Pro and Open category. The 3-day event will see fee practice on Friday, qualifiers and an one-off “Thai vs. Foreigners” race on Saturday and the last change qualifiers, super pole and finals on Sunday. More information and sign-up can be found on the dedicated event page by clicking here.
Xray have announced the contract extension with World and European vice-champion Bruno Coelho. The multi-talent from Portugal will fully concentrate on on-road racing for his 2015 campaign that will see outings in 1/10th scale electric and nitro on-road as well as in 1/8th nitro on-road with his race calendar including appearances at the EFRA Euros, the ENS, as well as national Portuguese and Xray Challenge events. Bruno has the following to say about the deal:
This year far exceeded, all my expectations. Xray gave me all the conditions not only to grow as a better driver, by enabling me to drive amongst the best drivers in the world, but also by integrating me in a team full of talent, that always supported and challenged me to be better and to do better. It’s with an enormous satisfaction that I re-sign with Xray for the upcoming year, with the main goals, to work harder, to push the bar even higher, to always fight for the win and to support my team mates and Xray to achieve the success and results that we all deserve.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
