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August 25, 2011

Agama USA sign Jason Branham

Agama USA have announced that Jason Branham has joined their growing team. Jason has been consistently rising to the top in the pro 1/8th buggy class in the United States and his recent accolades include a championship win in the 2010 R/C Pro Series in Pro 1/8th buggy, an A main appearance at the Dirt Nitro Challenge in the Pro Buggy Class and a recent podium finish at the Futaba Nitro Challenge last month. Jason had this to say about the deal:

I am very excited to sign with Agama Racing and I want to thank Agama USA, Gene Hickerson and Andrew Smolnik for this opportunity. I have worked very hard to get to where I’m at today and in signing with Agama they have assured me that they are as committed to racing as I am. I will work as hard as possible to help Agama make great competitive race cars, and ensure that Agama customers are happy with their rides as well. I’m looking forward to getting into the winners circle with Agama’s high quality A8 racing buggy.

Source: Agama USA [hobbyprousa.com]

August 24, 2011

Meen V wins 1/10th Rd3 in Thailand

The 3rd round of the RCCA Thailand 1/10th 200mm National Championships took place last weekend at RC Addict in Bangkok, host of next year’s World Championships. Qualifying saw KM Racing driver Meen V take the TQ spot with his H-K1 chassis and he would convert that pace into a race win, setting the fastest lap of the event on the way to the checkered flag. Paphon would take 2nd spot with Gem completing the podium in 3rd both driving the Xray NT1.

Source: KM Racing [km-rc.com]

August 23, 2011

Drake heads home Losi Top 5 at Summer Sizzle

This past weekend ARC Raceway held their Summer Sizzle race which attracted over 100 entries including some of So Cal’s best drivers. Adam Drake, Richard Saxton, Josh Alton, Matt Castellano, Drew Moller, Ronda Drake and Matt Schreffler were in attendance. TLR / Novarossi driver Adam Drake TQ’d both rounds of qualifying, while second on the grid was TLR teammate Matt Castellano. The start of the final was action packed with many lead changes. At one point Drake and Castellano were shuffled as far back as fifth or sixth. About the seven minute mark Drake resumed the lead for the final time and didn’t look back. Drake went on to win the 30 minute final by almost one lap followed by TLR teammates Castellano, Schreffler, Moller, and Ballow.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

August 22, 2011

Moore & Anderson take BRCA titles with Rd4 wins

The fourth round of this seasons BRCA touring car series saw the 2011 title decided with one round to go, both classes going to Hot Bodies drivers in the form of Andy Moore in Super Touring and Ayrton Anderson in the 10.5 stock class. Elliott Harper took TQ with his Tamiya in Super Touring but it was a hard charging Andy Moore that came through from fourth on the grid to take the win ahead of Schumacher’s Chris Grainger and Elliott Harper, Olly Jefferies and Chris Kerswell completed the top five for Associated and Serpent.

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August 22, 2011

Matt Chambers wins Colorado State Nitro Champs

TLR drivers Matt Chambers and Lars Johnson attended the 8th annual Colorado State Nitro Championships at RAT Raceway in Denver, CO. Both Lars and Matt competed in the Expert 1/8 Nitro buggy division and qualified 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the main event both Lars and Matt ran into trouble early on but battled back. Matt took the lead around the 30 minute mark and never looked back; taking the win and his 3rd 1/8th buggy state championship. Lars ran into an issue with a tire coming unglued early in the race but was able to take the final spot on the podium for the Expert Buggy Division. Two TLR privateers, Chris Aretakis and Sam Ford, also had a great weekend with their TLR vehicles. Chris took the win in the Open Truggy A-main and Sam took the TQ and win in the Open Electric buggy A-main.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

August 21, 2011

Kyle Branson wins BRCA 1/8th Rd6

Round 6 of the BRCA 1/8th Championship was the second visit to the Brooklands circuit in Kent. The track looked in excellent condition with after remedial works to remove bumps on the infield straight, but the bumps at the end of the straight remained but did not cause any major problems. The weather forecast was for a bright Saturday, with showers Sunday morning and then a dry day thereafter. Saturday allowed drivers to find the ideal setup and strategy for the 5 mins qualifying. With almost every engine manufacture now designing engines to 7mins EFRA qualifying requirements makes it increasingly impossible for UK drivers to complete 5 mins and therefore a stop for fuel on fast circuits is now generally the case by the top drivers.

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August 19, 2011

Dmitry Malyshko wins 4WD buggy @ Russian Cup Series RD4

Dmitry Malyshko has won the 4th round of the Russian EP Off-Road Cup series. The Race was held in Tula on the Hobby-Cents track with around 30 percent Astroturf and 70 percent dirt surface. After taking TQ after the qualification, Dmitry swept the A finals and won in front of Gennady Ereveev and Stepan Leshenko.

Source: Durango [team-durango.com]

August 19, 2011

Sandro Martines wins Brazilian St. André Champs Rd5

Sandro Martines has won the 5th round of St. André Championship in Brazil. Starting in the middle of grid and struggling with a rich setting of his engine during the first minutes of the race, the first pit stop and engine re-tune brought a change as KM H-K1 driver Sandro took the lead and won the 30 minutes final one lap ahead of Leandro Fares (Capricorn) and team mate Anderson Becheli (KM H-K1) who was leading the race until he ran out of fuel, ending his chances of winning and missing the second place by a few seconds. Paulo Cesar (KM H-K1) finished 4th.

Source: KM [km-rc.com]