Australian 2009 RC Pro Race

Australia's 2009 RC Pro Race turned out to be a great event for the Losi team in Australia. Several Losi drivers attended the event to compete in the 1/8-scale Buggy and Truggy classes, including Adam Drake. Losi drivers outnumbered the competition, and there were more 8IGHT 2.0 Buggies and 8IGHT-T 2.0 Truggies competing than any other manufacturer.

Adam was the Top Qualifier in both classes, and also took first place in each A-Main. Australian Losi driver Tim Gaukroger took third place in the 1/8 Truggy A-Main, and Scott Kirchner had the highest qualifying time out of all the Australian drivers in attendance.

Congratulations to all Losi drivers for their outstanding performance at the event!

1/8 Buggy (Final)
1. Drake, Adam Losi (83 laps, 60:19.075, Qual 1)
5. Perry, Darren Losi (80laps, 60:31.446, Qual 6)
6. Bakla, Ari Losi (79laps, 60:15.423, Qual 12)
7. Gillott, Andrew Losi (79laps, 60:43.177, Qual 18)
12. Gaukroger, Tim Losi (74laps, 60:06.059, Qual 14)
15. Kirchner, Scott Losi (21laps, 18:15.438, Qual 3)

1/8 Truggy (Final)
1. Drake, Adam Losi (86laps, 60:22.435, Q1)
3. Gaukroger, Tim Losi (82laps, 60:25.510, Q7)
12. Jones, Scott Losi (63laps, 52:38.801, Q11)

2009 Axial West Coast Championships

The 2009 West Coast Championships were held at the Donner Ski Ranch in Truckee California from June 26-28th. The Pro Class featured 85 of the best drivers from across the nation while the Novice class had 35 of the best up and coming drivers. The courses were gruling, besides the killer rocks, some of the courses featured Mud, Sand, running water and pools of water to traverse.

Each driver completed 4 courses on Saturday with only the Top 25 in Pro moving onto the next 4 courses in the quarter finals on Sunday. Once the 4 courses were completed only the Top 10 qualified for the Semi Finals. The new Comp Crawler qualified 3 out of the 10 drivers in the Semi’s with Mike Johnson in the 9th position. These Top 10 drivers then competed on one more course to set the Final 5 run for the Championship. After all was said and done the Team Losi Racing Comp Crawler occupied 2 of the top 5 positions, with Jake Wright in the 2nd position overall. Jake used Comp Claws to provide the traction on all the various surfaces.

Although the Novice class ran the same courses as the Pro’s, the biggest difference is that they were not allowed to use the dig. Steve Fillion of Lake Tahoe, CA took home the win with his Team Losi Comp Crawler. Steve took advantage of the Comp Crawlers class leading steering to help get around the courses.

Bloomfield Wins Round 5 of BRCA Nationals

The 5th round of the BRCA nationals was held in the outskirts of London at the Remote World track in Slough. The exciting main was 30 minutes long, with several different drivers taking their turn as the leader throughout the race. However with about ten minutes remaining Losi driver Darren Bloomfield seemed to have secured a healthy lead. Darren was able to hold on for the remainder of the race, affording him the overall win for the race.

Rabitti Secures 2009 Buggy National Title

The Alife track in the south of Italy hosted Round 3 of the 1/8 Buggy Nationals. Losi driver Ricardo Rabitti was the leader of the event after the first two rounds, and after winning three out of the four rounds of qualifying.

The two semifinals were both affected by heavy rain, but the Alife track was so well prepared that the drivers were still able to complete the 30 minute race. Rabitti won his semifinal race, while the second semifinal race was won by Losi driver Stefano Cantoni. The 60 minute final was dominated by Rabitti who led from the first lap to the end. With this victory Rabitti secured the 2009 title without the need to wait until the last race of the championship in September.

In the F2 class Losi driver Fassi Rusty won the race after resisting to a final charge from a competing driver. Having two victories in his pocket, Fassi looked to be the favorite to win the F2 title.

Phend Takes 2nd At Electric Nats with Xcelorin and Losi Lipo

The Losi team achieved some outstanding results at the 2009 Electric Nationals held June 25-28 at the Hobby Plex Raceway in Omaha, Nebraska. The event was sponsored by Xcelorin and Spektrum, with Losi drivers competing in 2WD Modified Buggy, 4WD Modified Buggy and 2WD Modified Stadium Truck classes.

The highlight of the weekend for the Losi team had to be when 12 year old Losi driver Dakotah Phend took 2nd place in the Modified 2WD Stadium Truck A-Main. Dakotah and the entire Losi team equipped their Team Losi Racing vehicles with Losi LiPo batteries and Xcelorin Brushless Motors and ESCs.

2WD Modified Buggy
4th Dustin Evans Losi/Xcelorin/Losi LiPo
5th Matt Chambers Losi/Xcelorin/Losi LiPo
6th Mike Truhe Losi/Xcelorin/Losi LiPo

4WD Modified Buggy
4th Dustin Evans Losi/Xcelorin/Losi LiPo
5th Mike Truhe Losi/Xcelorin/Losi LiPo
9th Matt Chambers Losi/Xcelorin/Losi LiPo
11th Dakotah Phend Losi/Xcelorin/Losi LiPo

2WD Modified Stadium Truck
2nd Dakotah Phend Losi/Xcelorin/Losi LiPo
4th Mike Truhe Losi/Xcelorin/Losi LiPo
5th Dustin Evans Losi/Xcelorin/Losi LiPo
10th Billy Fischer Losi/Xcelorin/Losi LiPo
12th Matt Chambers Losi/Xcelorin/Losi LiPo

2009 Dirt Tour

Losi enjoyed being part of the 2009 Dirt Tour held in Lake Elsinore, CA. Kevin Gahan, Bill Jeric, Scott Adkins and Jerry Blodgett were in attendance to showcase new releases, help potential customers with test driving the 1/18 Mini Rock Crawler and most importantly to demonstrate the performance and durability of Losi vehicles with an extreme freestyle demonstration. Check out the video!

2009 Whale's Dream Cup

Ulsan City, Korea hosted the The Whale's Dream Cup June 13-14. The event drew serveral racers to compete with their 1/8-scale vehicles. Losi driver Min Su Si competed in the 1/8 buggy race, and took first place with the 8IGHT 2.0 Buggy Race Roller.

Congratulations Min!