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January 18, 2011

Jesse Robbers extends contract with Hot Bodies

Continuing with the driver signing news, HB and HPI have announced that 1/8th buggy Worlds A-Finalist and consistent front runner Jesse Robbers has extended his contract with HB. He will continue to partner Ty Tessmann and Atsushi Hara in the factory squad and will run the D8 Hara Edition buggy and D8T truggy. Jesse had this to say about his new contract:

I will continue to race for HB throughout the 2011 racing season. I started racing for HB at the beginning of 2008 and the past few years have been very good for the both of us. I feel the platform of cars and tires HB offers has been a key factor that has, and continues, to help me improve my results on a consistent basis. The cars are very durable, easy to drive, and fast all while being offered at a low price. The tyres have great performance while outlasting other brand tires. From the beginning HB has been very open to accepting me into their company and has allowed me additional responsibilities which continue to prove beneficial for us. I look forward to continuing the awesome relationship HB and I have and also I to the great things to come in 2011 from HB. I do not plan to change any of my other sponsors and I will continue to use O.S. Speed Engines, Sidewinder Fuel, KO Propo radio and servos, HB Tires, HPI Racing and Avid R/C.

Source: Hot Bodies [hbeurope.com]

January 18, 2011

Samual Chiu wins Novarossi China Open

Samual Chiu, top 1/10 sedan driver from Hong Kong drove his Murnan M3 powered NT1 to TQ and the win at the 2011 Novarossi China Open. In 2nd place was Wang Hei Feng from China driving a Mugen MTX4, also powered by Murnan Modified Motors. The event saw 70 plus drivers participate in this the season opener in China.

Source: Murnan Modified [murnanmodified.com]

January 18, 2011

Bittydesign Contest 2011 – Update

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Having announced the dates for the Bittydesign contest late last year, due to some issues they have had to move the race from its original date in May to the 26th to 28th of August. More details on this event can be found on the Bittydesign site here.

Source: Bittydesign [bittydesign.net]

January 18, 2011

Ryan Lutz signs extension with Byron Fuels

Byron Fuels have announced that Durango factory driver Ryan Lutz has re-signed to the Byron Fuels Team. When asked his opinion of Byron Fuel performance, Ryan stated, “I am very excited to be signing on with Byron Fuels for another year. I love how the fuel is always consistent no matter where I race around the globe. When I open a bottle I know what I’m getting and how it’s going to perform. I look forward to another great year with Byron’s and hope to achieve many race victories for them!”

Source: Byron [byronfuels.com]

January 17, 2011

Travis Amezcua joins AKA

AKA is proud to announce the addition of former Pro-Line racer Travis Amezcua to the AKA race team. Travis is always a threat to win at any race he attends and is a past ROAR National Champion in 2WD electric and a worlds finalist in 1:8 Buggy as well. Travis will be running AKA tires on his Mugen 1:8 buggy and his electric buggies, with AKA welcoming his electric experience to help develop their new line of 1:10 tires coming in the Spring of 2011.

Source: AKA [raceaka.com]

January 17, 2011

Adam Drake victorious at Airtronics Winter Nationals

Revelation Raceway in Ontario, CA hosted the first large Nitro race of the year this past weekend. The Airtronics Winter Nationals is an annual event the kicks off the nitro racing season and this year’s event had 199 entries with drivers from CA, NV, AZ, FL and even a few international drivers including JQ from Finland. The 30 min A final in the 1/8th expert buggy class saw TLR / Novarossi driver Adam Drake win by nearly two laps after starting from pole. Barry Baker and Andrew Smolnik rounded out the top three. Adam Drake also TQ’ed and won the 1/8th expert truck class followed by Curtis Door in second and Ronda Drake in third. TLR’s Scott Adkins won the 1/8th electric buggy class.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

January 15, 2011

Yannick Aigoin spotted testing new nVision engines

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]

January 14, 2011

Ryan Lopez joins TLR

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]