August 25, 2011

Agama USA sign Jason Branham

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 23, 2011

2012 DHI Cup set for Onroad & Offroad

2012 DHI Cup set for Onroad & Offroad

The organisers of the DHI Cup, who announced that last January was their last event, were in touch to tell us that they are back and will run both onroad and offroad together in the Stadium Arena Fyn in Odense, Denmark on the 6th to 8th of January. The international race scene has changes a lot since the first DHI-CUP back in 2001, so now they think it is also time to do something different. For the first time a big international indoor race will do both offroad and onroad on 2 different tracks, that will be 32 x 22 meters. So you will be able to compete in both classes or all classes if you like and have enough cars. They hope to have drawings of the Stadium Arena and the tracks in a couple of weeks.

Source: DHI Cup [facebook.com]

August 23, 2011

Drake heads home Losi Top 5 at Summer Sizzle

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

Matt Chambers wins Colorado State Nitro Champs

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 19, 2011

Dmitry Malyshko wins 4WD buggy @ Russian Cup Series RD4

RussianOffRoadCupRd4

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 18, 2011

Reds Racing R5T buggy engine

Reds Racing R5

During the European 1/8 scale Buggy Championships in Germany, Marco Rossi showed us the latest Reds Racing buggy engine, the R5T. Tuned by M. Rossi, the completely new designed long stroke 5-port motor features a new exhaust port with a booster function for increased acceleration, a new port design for better fuel economy, a new CNC-machined piston and an updated 14mm balanced crankshaft.  Other features include ultra-high-quality Swiss ball bearings, a new composite slide carburetor and a cooled combustion chamber. Also new is a lightweight crankcase and cooling head with updated head design for a lower centre of gravity. The R5T will substitute the older XR line and becomes available starting from October 2011.

View more engine images here

August 18, 2011

Wischnewski tops first controlled practice

Wischnewski tops first controlled practice

Continuing his free practice pace Dirk Wischnewski has topped the first round of controlled practice this morning at the 200mm European Championships in Ettlingen, Germany.  The Xray driver set the pace over 7-minutes from Mugen’s Robert Pietsch with Italian teenager Biagio Spataro 3rd.

View our event coverage here.

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