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Lorenzo Crolla has joined FX Engines team for 2014

FX is happy to announce that the young talented French driver, Lorenzo Crolla, has joined the FX team. Lorenzo has chosen the FX engine to power his car in the 2014 season.

Mike Garrison Jan. 28, 2014, 5:11 a.m. View Comments

XRAY announces the 2014 XRAY Challenge Germany event

XRAY has announced today the 2014 XRAY Challenge Germany event. The event is scheduled for March 8-9, 2014 at the Eifel-Ring course.

Mike Garrison Jan. 28, 2014, 5:15 a.m. View Comments

Bittydesign announces the 2014 EURO Contest event

Bittydesign is pleased to officially announce the 2014 EURO Contest, an event born in 2009 with a successful race format that puts FUN at the center of attention.

Mike Garrison Jan. 28, 2014, 5:21 a.m. View Comments

Travis Amezcua signs with Panther Tires as Development Manager

Panther Tires is proud to announce that IFMAR World Championship A-main finalist, Travis Amezcua, has signed on and will be their new R&D manager.

Mike Garrison Jan. 27, 2014, 4:44 a.m. View Comments

Marek Cerny re-signs with XRAY for 2014

XRAY is happy to announce that 2013 ETS stock champion, Marek Cerny, has re-signed with the XRAY factory racing team and will race the T4 in 2014.

Mike Garrison Jan. 27, 2014, 4:52 a.m. View Comments

Miguel Matias joins Team XRAY for 2014

XRAY is happy to announce that European Champion and multi-time Portuguese National Champion, Miguel Matias, has joined the XRAY team.

Mike Garrison Jan. 27, 2014, 4:24 a.m. View Comments

Curtis Door signs with Tekno RC for 2014

Tekno RC is proud to announce that Curtis Door has signed on for the 2014 season.

Mike Garrison Jan. 27, 2014, 4:19 a.m. View Comments

Daryl Tong joins the Atalon Serpent Junior Team for 2014

Young and talented driver from Singapore, Daryl Tong, has signed on board with the Atalon Serpent team for 2014. Atalon is the official Singapore Serpent distributor, and have chosen him as a member of the Serpent Junior Team. Daryl will race 1:10 el

Mike Garrison Jan. 23, 2014, 4:10 a.m. View Comments

Paul Lemieux joins the Hobbywing team for 2014

Hobbywing has announced today that they have signed their first top driver in the United States. The company welcomes multi-time onroad National Champion Paul Lemieux.

Mike Garrison Jan. 23, 2014, 4:44 a.m. View Comments

Barry Pettit joins the O.S. Engines team for 2014

O.S. Engines has announced today that Barry Pettit has joined the team for 2014. Pettit has been an up and coming force to reckoned with in the 1:8 scale offroad racing scene over the past several years. Pettit will be running the new 21 XZ-B Speed S

Mike Garrison Jan. 23, 2014, 4:37 a.m. View Comments

Carlos Duraes joins Team Serpent Portugal for 2014

Top offroad driver from Portugal, Carlos Duraes, has officially joined the Serpent team for 2014. He will race the Serpent Cobra buggy 2.0 and will assist in the development of the Cobra buggy platform. Serpent says, "The key races for 2014 are the

Mike Garrison Jan. 23, 2014, 4:01 a.m. View Comments

Kurt Wenger launches Schelle Racing Innovations

Kurt Wenger is known around the world for his innovative engineering and product design. He has played various engineering roles in the industry including his time spent at Team Associated and AVID R/C. Last year he announced his departure from AVID

Mike Garrison Jan. 23, 2014, 3:45 a.m. View Comments

"Coach's Clinic" returns for 2014 Reedy Race participants

The Reedy Race organizers have just announced that "Coach's Clinic" is returning to this year's event!

Mike Garrison Jan. 22, 2014, 8:04 a.m. View Comments

Panther Tires appoints new Team Manager down under

Panther Tires has announced today that Darren Lord has been chosen to be the new team manager for Panther Products in Australia. Darren has been racing R/C cars for 5 years now, and has won the Australian 4wd SCT AE Masters, 2wd Stock Buggy AE Master

Mike Garrison Jan. 22, 2014, 4:09 a.m. View Comments

Monster Energy joins the Reedy Race of Champions

The Reedy Race is pleased to announce that Monster Energy has signed on as an event sponsor for the 2014 Reedy International Off-Road Race of Champions. With their vast marketing opportunities, unique branding and popular products, Monster Energy is

Mike Garrison Jan. 21, 2014, 4:08 a.m. View Comments

Cody King's car poses....nude?

Apparently Cody King's 4WD car has taken a job in the adult film industry, but tried to get on local cable. Click to see why.

Brandon Rohde Jan. 21, 2014, 8:45 p.m. View Comments

Novak announces partnership with Hobbico and Great Planes

An industry announcement has been made today as Novak R/C has partnered with Hobbico/Great Planes to exclusively distribute their full line in North and South America.

Mike Garrison Jan. 20, 2014, 10:07 a.m. View Comments

Mike Truhe signs on with Futaba for the 2014 season

Futaba has just announced that legendary racer, Mike Truhe, has joined the team for 2014. Truhe has a long list of major wins and highlights to his name, and we are anxious to see what he will do with his Futaba controlled Serpent machines in 2014.

Mike Garrison Jan. 20, 2014, 6:26 a.m. View Comments

Alessandro Balboni joins Team Shepherd for 2014

R/C-talent, Alessandro Balboni, joins Team Shepherd for the 2014 season. The young Italian driver already had his first race at the US World Nitro Cup at the end of 2013, showing a very competitive pace clocking some of the fastest laps of the race.

Mike Garrison Jan. 20, 2014, 5:38 a.m. View Comments

Carson Wernimont continues with Reedy for 2014

Reedy is proud to announce that Carson Wernimont will continue to use Reedy Sonic motors, Competition LiPo batteries, and Blackbox ESCs through the end of 2014.

Mike Garrison Jan. 20, 2014, 8:04 a.m. View Comments

Nicolas Reynaud joins the Serpent offroad team for 2014

French ace Nicolas Reynaud brings his offroad experience and speed to the International Serpent offroad team for 2014. Working close together with Billy Easton and Mike Truhe, he will help develop the Cobra and work on set-ups for the French tracks.

Mike Garrison Jan. 20, 2014, 4:54 a.m. View Comments

Jilles Groskamp re-signs with Team Shepherd for 2014

Shepherd is extremly happy to announce the re-signing of reigning 1:8 European Champion, Jilles Groskamp. The fast and friendly Dutch, who's living in Thailand, is going to attend both 1:8 and 1:10 Euros as well as the 1:10 Worlds which rumors say wi

Mike Garrison Jan. 17, 2014, 6:21 a.m. View Comments

JConcepts announces the 2014 Indoor National Series schedule

Are you ready to take the title? JConcepts, together with many fine sponsors and race tracks, have organized a first of its kind, a true Indoor National Series. The first 3 years combined attracted over 3000 entries!

Mike Garrison Jan. 17, 2014, 10:26 a.m. View Comments

Paul Lemieux continues with XRAY for the 2014 race season

XRAY is proud to announce that one of the world's best onroad drivers, and the XRAY long time team driver, multi-time US champion in various classes, Paul Lemieux has re-signed to stay in the team for 2014. Paul will race regional, national, and inte

Mike Garrison Jan. 17, 2014, 4 a.m. View Comments

Hot Race Tyres announced as the official tires of the IFMAR ISTC World Championships

The organizers of the 2014 IFMAR ISTC World Championships, Full Throttle Raceway in Florida, have announced that they have selected Hot Race Tyres as the official control tire of the event.

Mike Garrison Jan. 17, 2014, 4:21 a.m. View Comments

ROAR announces a change in the stock class racing rules for 2014

With the 2014 racing season in full swing, ROAR has announced a rule change for all stock class racing at ROAR events.

Mike Garrison Jan. 17, 2014, 4:51 a.m. View Comments

CML Distribution and Team Associated sign young Daniel Kobbervik for 2014

Daniel Kobbervik has joined forces with Team Associated and Reedy to take advantage of their product range for 2014.

Mike Garrison Jan. 16, 2014, 5:32 a.m. View Comments

Bernd Rausch signs on with Team Shepherd for 2014

Team Shepherd has revealed that Bernd Rausch (European Championship "B" and German Championship Finalist) has signed on board with the team in 2014.

Mike Garrison Jan. 16, 2014, 5:18 a.m. View Comments

NEMO Racing announces United States distributorship of Agama and BETA Tires

With the recent announcement that the Agama and BETA distributor in the USA will be changing hands, NEMO Racing is delighted to announce that they will be taking over the distribution and brand promotion of these brands in the United States.

Mike Garrison Jan. 16, 2014, 4:20 a.m. View Comments

Alexander Hagberg continues with XRAY for 2014

XRAY is excited to announce that the long time team driver Alexander Hagberg has extended his contract for 2014.

Mike Garrison Jan. 15, 2014, 4:16 a.m. View Comments

The Euro Offroad Series heads to Berlin with a record number of entries

The Euro Offroad Series travels to Germany this weekend (17-19 Jan) with the second round of the high profile 1:10 electric offroad championship attracting a record 300 strong entry as it makes its first visit to the country’s capital city of Berlin.

Mike Garrison Jan. 15, 2014, 4:07 a.m. View Comments

Team Magic and HRC sign French Champion Nicolas Schwendimann

Nicolas Schwendimann, the 2013 French Champion, has joined Team Magic / Team HRC to race the E4RS II EVO for 2014.

Mike Garrison Jan. 15, 2014, 4:40 a.m. View Comments

ROAR announces the 2014 IFMAR Onroad World Championship qualified driver list

ROAR has released today the official United States qualified driver list for the upcoming IFMAR Electric Onroad World Championships, set to be held later this year in Florida.

Mike Garrison Jan. 13, 2014, 4:12 a.m. View Comments

Barry Baker returns to the Reedy race team for 2014

R/C racing legend and long-time Reedy factory driver Barry Baker, a 4-time winner of the Reedy International Touring Car Race of Champions and 10-time ROAR National Champion, has returned to the Reedy team for 2014.

Mike Garrison Jan. 13, 2014, 4:25 a.m. View Comments

JR Mitch continues with JConcepts for 2014

Florida racing veteran and TLR driver, JR Mitch, has agreed to a new contract with JConcepts.

Mike Garrison Jan. 13, 2014, 10:33 a.m. View Comments

Carson Wernimont joins Mugen Seiki Racing for 2014

Mugen Seiki Racing has announced today the signing of Carson Wernimont through the 2014 racing season. MSR says, "Carson will be a great addition to the current team that Mugen USA is building for the 2014 race season." We look forward to seeing Car

Mike Garrison Jan. 13, 2014, 7:15 a.m. View Comments

RJD Hobbies gets set to host the Steve Dunaway "Bossman's Benefit Race"

Our friends from central Illinois and RJD Hobbies and Raceway have contacted us today, sharing a very special event taking place on January 25, 2014. 20-year veteran racer of everything from 1:10 offroad to 1:8 onroad, Steve Dunaway, has recently bee

Mike Garrison Jan. 9, 2014, 4:07 a.m. View Comments

XRD Engines pick up ROAR National Champion DJ Apolaro

Capricorn America has announced that the current ROAR Sedan National Champion, DJ Apolaro, has signed on board with XRD Engines for 2014. XRD is a growing team of drivers, in which Apolaro will be a welcome addition.

Mike Garrison Jan. 9, 2014, 9:04 a.m. View Comments

Max Flurer parts with Team Associated and joins Serpent for 2014

Serpent is on a mission for 2014, as they are building up quite an offroad team here in America. First they announced the signing of long-time TLR driver, Mike Truhe, and now they have announced the official signing of former Team Associated driver,

Mike Garrison Jan. 9, 2014, 7:04 a.m. View Comments

Yannick Aigoin joins Pro-Line Racing and Ultimate Engines for 2014

Yannick Aigoin has announced today that for 2014 his Team Associated vehicles will be powered by Ultimate Engines, and fitted with Pro-Line Racing rubber. He will debut the new setup this weekend at the annual "Italian Job Race" at Padova.

Mike Garrison Jan. 9, 2014, 4:38 a.m. View Comments

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