2008 Midwest Nitro Championships

The CRCRC Midwest Nitro Championships, one of the largest indoor nitro events, took place January 18-20 in Columbus, OH. Losi is pleased to announce that the top four spots the 1/10 Gas Truck A-Main included an all-Losi lineup of Adam Drake (TQ) in first place, Allen Horn in second place, Anthony Mazzara in third place and Curt Schlichter in fourth place. The 1/10 Gas Truck division also turned out to be a great place to do some final testing on Losi's newly released and upgraded AD2 ROAR TQ Kit (LOSA0911) for the Team Losi Racing XXX-NT AD2 Truck. The upgraded kit was a success and was used to win all four rounds of qualifying, set the fastest lap and take the top four spots in the finals.

Losi's David Lim Wins at The Hao Bao Cup

Team Losi Racings 8IGHT and 8IGHT-T were both top qualifiers at the Hao Bao Cup in Malaysia on Sunday, January 20, 2008. Losi driver David Lim, Malyasias #1 buggy driver, was the top qualifier in the 1/8th Truggy and the 1/8th Buggy classes. Racing his Losi 8IGHT, David was the only driver to successfully complete eight laps during the Buggy qualifier. And in the A-Main Truggy Race, David drove his 8IGHT-T all the way to the win. Congratulations David!

Losi Slider Celebrity Race a big hit at the Chili Bowl

The 22nd Annual Chili Bowl Midget Nationals took place Jan 7-11th at the Quick Trip Center in Tulsa, OK. This annual winter gathering saw over 285 of the best midget, sprint, late model, and stock car drivers from across the country compete for the honor of having their name added to the famed list of Chili Bowl winners

As part of the festivities surrounding the event, this year R/C racing was added in the adjacent Mustang Arena. Losi representatives were on hand to display several vehicles including their very popular 1/18 scale Slider sprint cars. Six box stock Sliders were also prepared with special event paint schemes for the Losi Celebrity Shootout featuring drivers competing in this year's Chili Bowl.

Racers competed in 5-lap heats with top finishers advancing to the 15-lap A-mains. Wednesday saw California midget ace Johnny Rodriguez edge out NASCAR star Kasey Kahne for the win. On Thursday and Friday it was USAC Sprint and Midget veteran Matt Westfall from Ludlow Falls, OH taking back-to-back wins and beating out several fan favorites including Dave Darland, Cole Whitt and Billy Wease.

Losi would like to thank the following drivers that participated in this year's Celebrity races and we look forward to making this an annual event.

Driver	Hometown	Series	Team
Billy Wease	Noblesville, IN	USAC/ NASCAR/ ARCA	Penske Racing
Brad Sweet	Grass Valley, CA	USAC	Team Mopar, Kasey Kahne Racing
Brady Bacon	Broken Arrow, OK	USAC	Team Mopar, Kasey Kahne Racing
Chase Barber	Morgan Hill, CA	USAC	Team Barber Racing
Cole Whitt	Alpine, CA	USAC	Team Red Bull
Danny Stratton	Indianapolis, IN	USAC	Team Arizona, Michael Burkhart Racing
Dave Darland	Walton, IN	USAC	Team Toyota, Performance Racing
David Prickett	Fresno, CA	BCRA	Never Lift Motorsports
Dustin Morgan	Owasso, OK	USAC	Dustin Morgan Motorsports, Ark Wrecking
Hunter Schuerenberg	Sikeston, MO	USAC	Triple Crown Racing
Jack Dover	Springfield, NE	ASCS	Anderson Motorsports
Joe Boyles	Greenwood, MO	POWR-I	MBA Poultry, Sho-Tyme Motorsports
Joey Saldana	Brownsburg, IN	WoO Sprint	Team Mopar, Open Joist, Kasey Kahne Racing
John Beason	Broken Arrow, OK	SMRS	TORO Lawn Equipment
Johnny Rodriguez	Elk Grove, CA	USAC WS	J.W. Mitchell Motorsports
Josh Wise	Riverside, CA	USAC/ NASCAR/ ARCA	Toyota, Cruz Pedregon Racing
Justin Allgaier	Springfield, IL	ARCA	Hoosier Tire Midwest, Ethanol
Justin Melton	Flower Mound, TX	USAC	TORO Lawn Equipment
Kasey Kahne	Enumclaw, WA	NASCAR	Mopar, Budweiser, Kasey Kahne Racing
Matt Westfall	Ludlow Falls, OH	USAC	KLOTZ Synthetic Lubricants
Scott Pierovich	Alamo, CA	USAC WS	Mid Coast Transportation
Tracy Hines	New Castle, IN	USAC	Chevrolet, Tony Stewart Motorsports
Trish Dover	Springfield, NE	ASCS	Mid Coast Transportation
Wally Pankratz	Orange, CA	USAC WS	Pankratz Racing

(Left to right) Josh Wise, Brady Bacon, Hunter Schuerenberg, Justin Allgaier, Joe Boyles, Johnny Rodriguez, Danny Stratton, Brad Sweet, Kasey Kahne, Joey Saldana, Scott Pierovich, Chase Barber, Tracy Hines, Trish Dover.

Overall Winner Matt WestfallDustin Morgan & Dave Darland

Drivers line up for a heat race

Team Mopar drivers Brad Sweet, Kasey Kahne, and Joey Saldana