Having been away for a few years, CML Distribution are pleased to announce that 2011 BRCA Series Runner up Simon Willets has returned to the trusted performance, reliability and engine protection of World Champions Byron with their RACE Gen2 Fuel. With the ever increasing competitiveness of the 1/8th off road sector, engine reliability run to run was an important factor for Simon in choosing Byron fuels.
Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]
Xray have announced that they have signed top Dutch International on road star Rick Vrielijnck to join their factory team. The former Mugen racer is a 7 time Dutch National Champion as well as multiple Worlds finalist and only last year finished 3rd at the European 1/8th scale Championships. Rick had this to say:
I am very happy and motivated to join Team Xray and I would like to thank them for this opportunity! Xray is constantly working to make the best products on the market. They are very motivated to work together and develop their products and team to obtain the best results possible. This year I will attend the Euro A in Portugal, some EFRA GPs, all national races, and also some open races in Italy in the coming months.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Pro-Line have made it official that they have signed TLR star Dakotah Phend. Tim Clark said “Dakota has already caught the attention of the racing community as an consistent A-main contender and Pro-Line is committed to being a key component for Dakotah to reach his future goals.” Dakotah had this to say about the new deal:
I am very happy to be running Pro-Line tires for 2012. I race both 1/10 electric and 1/8 nitro and Pro-Line has tires for all my racing needs. I’m looking forward to being part of the Pro-Line team.
Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]
Daniele Ielasi has won the “Classic” edition of the Winter Trophy in Lucca, Toscana. It was the first race in Europe for the former World Champion with the Velox V10 for more than one year. With Dario Balestri another international top driver was attending and both worked hard for the victory with a small advantage on Balestri’s side as Lucca is his home track. In qualifying Ielasi was placed second behind Balestri but the fastest laps were nearly on the same level. At the start of the final both pulled away and stayed within 2 seconds for the next 10 minutes. After the second pit stop Balestri was hit by technical problems and the way was free for an easy victory for Ielasi.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Hot Race tires have announced the continuation of cooperation with the Italian driver Mario Spiniello for 2012. The Xray/Max power driver took 3rd place at last years 1/10th 200mm Expert National Championship and in 2012 will participate once more in the national series as well as European championship in Cassino and the World championships in Banghok.
Source: Hot Race tires [hotracerc.com]
After a wet start the organisers took the time to get the track back into top condition for the first round of the Nitro On Road series in Barceloneta. This championship is made up of 6 races and in qualifying it was Xray driver José Martínez that took the TQ honors in the Sedan Class with 14 laps in 5:08. In the main it was Xray driver Juan Rodriguez who took the lead of the 40 minutes main, but with 8 minutes to go Juan started to have tire problems and it was Andy Báez who took the lead and would eventually win the race with his MTX5.
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At this year Novarossi Challenge, there a new class called Street Buggy. It’s 1/8th Off-road buggies running on the asphalt with a chicane on the straightaway in order to keep the engine from over working. It was a big hit since 1/8th nitro buggy are the current biggest class in FL. The “body roll” made this class the most entertaining race for the weekend. During the A main event, the race was a great battle between Alfredo Arrieta and Joaquin Desoto Sr. The 2 drivers using Hot Bodies Pink Megabite tires were never more than a few seconds apart the whole race. With the same pit strategy, it all came down to the driver. Alfredo was able to take the win, with Joaquin close behind. The TQ Ricardo Jordao suffered from the wrong tire choice, but he was still able finish the race on the lead lap. All three, running Novarossi powered Serpents, were separated by only 10 seconds after 30 minutes of intense battle.
Source: Hobby Crap [hobbycrap.com]
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TLR have produced this video to introduce us to their latest gas offroad team member, non other than ROAR EP Offroad National Champion Dustin Evans. In the video, which was shot during a test at JerryLand Ranch, Dustin confirms that he will run Team Orion engines and JConcepts tires in his 8ight buggy and will make his competitive debut at next month’s Dirt Nitro Challenge at the Fear Farm in Phoenix.
Source: TLR [tlracing.com]
