Having signed for stealthy company nVision a few weeks ago and only this week joined at the new brand by Losi team mate Martin Bayer, the former European Champion has been spotted recently testing the new engines. Said to be available soon at least we can confirm that the company will enter the market with engines. More information as we get it.
Source: Aigoin Racing [aigoinracing.com]
Team Losi Racing have announced that they have signed former Xray driver Ryan Lopez to race their 8ight buggy for 2011. Ryan had this to say:
I am very excited about my new opportunity with TLR. Team losi is well known for having some of the best and fastest cars on the market and I am looking forward to representing there company for a long time to come. I want to say thanks to Ralph Burch and Mr Hudy for all the great support I have gotten the past five years with Xray. They have helped me get where I am today and I appreciate everything they have done for me. I also would like thank Byron’s fuels and Vp-pro-usa for the support the past few years. Both are great companies with even better people.
Source: Losi [losi.com]
NEMO Racing and Agama have announced that former French Champion and World & European finalist Jerome Sartel, has joined NEMO Racing as both an Agama driver and an employee. Agama is assembling a team of fast and experienced drivers globally and adding Jerome is a huge asset. Jon Hazlewood of NEMO Racing had this to say:
Jerome has long been a friend on the R/C racing scene, and one the guys I respect most, both on and off the track. Jerome had indicated to us that he was interested in employment within the R/C industry, and after several conversations we felt he would be an ideal candidate for our company. Jerome will be handling sales and customer relations in the French and Belgian markets for us, and naturally will be a high profile addition to the driver/development line up for Agama Racing. After some extensive testing at his home track, Jerome was very happy with the A8 EVO and this was the deciding factor in him coming on board. We have some other awesome products that are on the way and Jerome will have direct input on the development of these. I can’t wait to see what we can achieve together.
Source: NEMO Racing [nemoracing.com]
RCAmerica/Xray USA have announced the re-signing of team driver Paul Lemieux. The multiple US National Champion has been a great asset to RCAmerica both on and off the track and both parties are looking forward to the new season. Paul had this to say:
After 5 years of partnership between Team RCAmerica/Xray and I we have decided to keep a good thing going, I have re-signed with both companies for 2011 and 2012. This means that I will be using exclusively Xray cars and Max Power motors along with Hudy products. I am excited about gaining more experience with the ever so growing Xray product line. I would like to thank everyone at RCAmerica in Dallas TX and also Xray in Slovakia. See you at the races!
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
The organisers of the Grass Roots 2 Racing series got in touch with us to promote their 8 round championship that begins on February the 12th. The racing takes in Thunder Alley RC Raceway, Hemet Competition Raceway and Palm Desert RC Raceway in California and is open to Stock & Mod 2wd SC, Open 4wd SC as well as 1/8th buggy and truggy Sportsman, Intermediate and Expert. The best 6 of 8 rounds count and entry is now open.
You can find more information here.
The 3rd round of the FSORS series took place last weekend at Waverly in Florida and it was the first race of the New Year and so everyone had their new cars and accessories on full display. JR Mitch wouldn’t be left out and was rocking some new JConcepts products for 2011. For buggy he chose the new Hybrids in the SS Green compound and for the truggy class he was testing the new exclusive Subcultures in SS green compound. With the mains set, JR was ready to step up his game to the highest level. He got main day started off with a dominating performance in the Pro Truggy Class. His JConcepts equipped RC8TCE was the class of the field as he went on to win the 30min A-final wire-to-wire. Next up was the super competitive Pro Buggy Class were JR would put together one of his most impressive drives of the weekend. Starting 3rd on the grid he wasted no time making his move to the front with his JConcepts equipped RC8B. Within the first 3 turns JR made his way past Gene Hickerson and then Billy Easton for the lead. Once in the lead he went on to lead every lap of the 30min A-final and finishing 1 lap over 2nd place Billy and Gene finishing 3rd. Paul Wynn also TQ’d and won the 1/8th E-buggy class with his JConcepts equipped RC8B. He also used the new Hybrids in SS Green compound.
Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]
Team Losi were in contact to tell us that Mugen driver Taylor Peterson will run their Nitrotane fuel this coming season. “I will be starting the 2011 Race season using Nitrotane Fuel. I would like to thank them for the opportunity to run what I believe the best fuel out there, I will work hard to get great results and look forward to working together at the track. :) On that note I would like to take the time to thank EB Mods for their support this past season with their fuel. They are a great company and I wish nothing but success for them!”
Source: Losi [losi.com]
Contact RC have announced their factory driver line up for 2011. Contact tyres have been making real progress in the foam tyre market and have achieved some excellent results in such a short space of time. This can only happen with the time and dedication of their drivers. They are pleased to announce that joining the already strong line up of USA Champion Paul Lemieux, European Champion Robert Pietsch and US star DJ Apolaro are up and coming young Swiss star Simon Kurzbuch (pictured), who has been impressing at recent large races, and Belgian Champion and European A finalist Jerome Renaux.
Source: Contact RC [racing-cars.com]
