2001-12-22...Kaerup Switches To Associated/Reedy
European and Danish top driver Jonas Kaerup has made the switch and is to drive for Associated and Reedy in 2002!

A surprise to many on the European scene is the switch from Losi to Associated which Denmarks Jonas Kaerup has announced. Jonas has the following comments on his change of sponsors:

I want to thank Team Losi and Peak Performance for the years of good cooperation and support, without them I wouldn't have been able to compete around Europe. I wish them both the best of luck in the future.

I am changing to Team Associated / Reedy because I like the way their team works at big races, and because I am amazed by the speed of the TC3 car. On top of the honour of achieving a deal with Associated, I also managed to make a deal with DHI from Denmark. I look forward to racing my new car and to get to learn my new team-mates.

/ Jonas Kaerup

It will be interesting to see how Jonas will perform at the upcoming DHI Cup in early January 2002 with his new gear, as the top of European drivers are to compete in the first International Touring Car race of 2002.

Source: rcZone

2001-12-11...Teemu Leino signs!!!
LRP race winner and multiple Euro and Worlds 'A' finalist Teemu Leino has re signed to drive Schumacher cars for the next two years.

Source: Schumacher

2001-11-26...Andreas Myrberg won Procar Open with his LRP powered HPI Pro 3
Read more in the race report.

2001-10-18...New Powers cells
Powers International will release new cells this winter with 3300 mAh. That's more capacity than any other cells on the market. Right now the best cells are the Sanyo RC3000HV and the Panasonic SMH3000. Powers GT-3000R have good capacity, but lack voltage. The question is if these new cells will have higher voltage. We will just have to wait and see.

Source: Powers International

2001-03-31...Teppo Kauppinen joins Team Associated
The 99 worlds A-finalist, Teppo Kauppinen switches sponsors from Team Losi to Team Associated and Proline. He will use AE's TC3 in the touring class and the B3 in 2wd off-road, both fitted with LRP electronics. His first big race with his new car brand will be the LRP Touring Car Masters in Germany next weekend.

Eventually, maybe Teppo will contribute to this page with setup ideas for the TC3!?

2001-03-27...Andreas Myrberg wins the PTCC Final
Andreas really dominated this weekends PTCC final. He outqualified the competition by almost a lap. Behind him it was a lot closer though, with Jonas Andersson in 2nd and Jonas Nyrén in 3rd.

Results:

1st Andreas Myrberg
2nd Jonas Andersson
3rd Jonas Nyrén
4th Arvid Stenberg
5th Fredrik Mathiesen
6th Björn Pålsson
7th Stefan Andersson
8th Mickael Brandt
9th Viktor Wilck
10th Jimmy Nilsson

2001-02-25...15th Annual Team Losi Winter Champs
Congratulations Jukka and Teemu! Once again great results from our east neighbours.

Results:

Truck: 1st Jukka Steenari, 2nd Brian Kinwald, 3rd Dave Montgomery

2wd: 1st Brian Kinwald, 2nd Greg Hodapp, 3rd Brian Dunbar

4wd: Jukka Steenari, 2nd Matt Francis, 3rd Teemu Leino

Source: RCResults.com

2001-02-25...Spashett back with Team Losi
Trinity's David Spashett, the 1998 IFMAR On-Road World Champion, has rejoined Team Losi. The agreement made between David, Ernie Provetti and Gil 'Pops' Losi will see David return to driving the Losi brand of cars from early 2001 through to 2002. The new deal was signed during the 2001 Nurnberg Show held in Germany.

Source: RC Racer

2001-02-22...New Reedy motors
Reedy has released their new MVP stock motor. According to Reedy it has 15% stronger magnetic field than their previous stock motor. Reedy will also release a new modified motor series called Ti modifieds.You can find more info on the Team Associated website.

Source: Team Associated

2001-02-06...Josh Cyrul fired
Josh Cyrul has been fired by Yokomo. So far, he hasn't decided which touring car he will use in the future.

2001-01-19...Drescher & CO moves to TTech
Craig Drescher -top British RC'er, will together with Ian Kenningley be driving for TTech in 4WD Off Road during 2001. Kevin Moore from TTech racing is very happy to have these two drivers on board, and states that both Drescher and Kenningley will run in the following classes:

4WD Off Road - TTech
2WD Off Road - Associated B3
Touring car - Associated TC3 (Craig Only)

Source: Team Orion

2001-01-14...HPI Pro 3
HPI has been working on their Pro 3 touring car for a long time. I just got hold of the first drawings of the car. Looks neat to me!

Source: Internet