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August 25, 2011

Olivier Bultynck wins Rd5 in Belgium

Round 5 of the Belgian 1/10th on-road Touring Car Championship was hosted by the MRG club situated in Genk last weekend. It was Olivier Bultynck who dominated the qualification in front of Thomas Stockman and Nick Joosens. Following a rain shower the first final would be interesting but Olivier Bultynck took the lead followed by Thomas Stockman and Nick Joosens. It was sure that this race would go between these three guys and Ollie was going well with Thomas trying to follow. On lap 12 Thomas made a mistake and Ollie was gone and Nick took second place and Thomas came in as third. The second final and Olivier could control the race but on lap 9 his car broke and Thomas took the lead. Thomas took the win in front of Nick and Nicolas. The third final would decide the overall and Olivier Bultynck got into the lead with Thomas Stockman close behind him. Nick Joosens was not so happy and could not follow the leaders. But Thomas made a mistake and Nick was up into second place. Ollie could cruise now to victory and his third win this season in the championship with Thomas Stockman second and Nick Joosens third.

Read the full report here.

August 25, 2011

TOP Racing merchandising

TOP racing have released a new range of merchandising in the form of 2 new t-shirts, a hooded sweater and hat. The TOP t-shirt and sweater both sport a new Dragon motif and come in black and red respectively, while completing the series for TOP is a new black cap. TOP’s tire brand Solaris also get some threads with the release of a nice looking red shirt with white stripe design down the left side.

View the other merchandising here

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

Associated 26-Time WC shirt

Celebrate Team Associated’s IFMAR World Championship wins, a total of 26 championships, with this bold, eye-catching T-shirt. This comfortable black cotton T is available in six sizes and the back of the shirt lists all of the Team Associated winners to date. Available now.

Source: Associated [rc10.com]

August 24, 2011

Serpent 733 SL6 gearbox

Standard on the 733 Team Edition, Serpent have released the complete new SL6 gearbox to fit earlier models of 733 cars. The all new design gearbox has very low inertia, lighter adapter, lighter aluminium bell and one-way adapter with German one-way bearing, new steel shaft, smaller shoes and newly designed gears. Includes rod type side stiffener with ball joints.

View more images of the gearbox here

August 24, 2011

Xceed on road set-up systems

Xceed have released their on road set-up systems. Available in versions for 1/10 scale onroad electric and nitro and 1/8 scale onroad, they have been machined from top quality and finished with nice green anodizing. Featuring clearly marked measurements, all the brackets run in high quality bearings. An innovative element is that for foam tyres the sets feature specially made eccentric inserts that allow the user to set the preferred tyre diameter for set-up. The 1/10 set also has a pre-set for the rubber tyres and purpose made wheel nuts for faster assembly. The top plates are made from strong polycarbonate, instead of acrylic glass, and all the sets come supplied in a foam padded Xceed set-up bag for protection and with clear instructions.

View more images here

August 24, 2011

Team C Racing T8T truggy

Team C Racing have released some information on their new T8T 1/8th scale truggy which is expected to be released in September this year. Your standard affair, it will come with aluminium T6 7075 main chassis and shock towers as well as 16mm big bore shocks. We can expect full details when closer to its release date.

View another image of the car here

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]