Phillip Atondo wins North vs. South race

TLR's Phillip Atondo wins 1/8th Truck at the 8th annual North vs South this past weekend at Central Valley Raceway in Madera California. The event had just over 100 entries.   

TLR Dominates 2013 JBRL Nitro Series

This past weekend was the final round of the 2013 JBRL Nitro Series hosted by Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, CA.  After eight months and eight rounds of racing across Southern California three manufactures dominated in the 2013 series.  Team Losi Racing won four classis including Expert Nitro Buggy, Intermediate Nitro Buggy, Electric Buggy, and Expert Nitro Truck.  Pro-Line Racing was the tire of choice for the winners in all eight classes and Nova Rossi engines power the winners in all seven nitro classes!! 

 

The first few rounds started did go as planned for Team Losi Racing’s Adam Drake.  Drake had great speed at all the events, but ran into a few problems that made his chance for the championship an uphill battle.  Drake was able to work hard and have great results to finish the series and took home the Championship in the Expert Nitro Buggy, Electric Buggy, and Expert Nitro Truck for the second year in a row. 

 

Robert Wickham won the Championship in the Intermediate Nitro Buggy class.     

Products used by The Drake:

 

Expert Nitro Buggy

Team Losi Racing 8ight 3.0 buggy.

Nova Rossi Keep Off 4 engine and 9901 pipe.

Pro-Line Racing tires and inserts.

Spektrum DX3R Pro radio. 

Hitec 9370 and 9380 servos.

 

 

Electric Buggy

Team Losi Racing 8ight E 3.0 buggy.

Tekin RX8 Gen 2 speed control and Tekin 1900KV motor

Pro-Line Racing tires and inserts.

Spektrum DX3R Pro radio. 

Hitec 8370 servos.

Thunder Power 4S (65C) battery.

 

Expert Nitro Truck

Team Losi Racing 8ight T 2.0  truck.

Nova Rossi Keep Off 7 engine and 9901 pipe.

Pro-Line Racing tires, wheels and inserts.

Spektrum DX3R Pro radio. 

Hitec 9370 and 9380 servos. 

 

 

 

Drake and Wickham win at JBRL nitro finals

The final round of the popular JBRL Nitro Series took place this past weekend at Hot Rod Hobbies. Adam Drake claimed the TQ and win in expert nitro buggy and electric buggy. Robert Wickham won the 25 minute 40+ buggy final.

Adam used Nova Rossi’s Keep Off 4 engine and Pro-Line's X2 Ions to secure the TQ in both rounds of qualifying and to take the victory in the 25 minute nitro final. In the E buggy class Drake again used Pro-Line’s X2 Ions for qualifying and the final. Drake powered his TLR 8ight E 3.0 with Tekin’s RX8 Gen 2 speed controller, Tekin 1900KV motor, and Thunder Power 4S battery.

 

 

*More information about the JBRL Championship coming soon...

David Jenson wins JBRL round 8

This past Saturday Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, CA hosted the final round of the 2013 JBRL electric series.  TLR driver David Jenson TQ'ed and and won the 1/8th E buggy class with his Orion powered TLR 8ight E 3.0 buggy.  In 4wd short course David finished 2^{nd .} 

Adam Drake wins final round of the TLR Grand Prix Series

 

Team Losi Racing's Adam Drake attended the final round of the TLR Grand Prix Series at Chula Vista R/C Raceway this past weekend.  Adam was the top qualifier in 1/8th nitro buggy and 1/8th nitro truck.  Adam also took the wins in both finals.

Phillip Atondo Wins Octoberfest

Central Valley R/C Raceway hosted the Octoberfest this weekend. TLR's Phillip Atondo TQed the 1/8 nitro buggy class and the only one to go the extra lap in qualifying! Race went deep into the night and track changed a lot with the moisture coming up and under the lights. At the start of the 30 min buggy main Atondo made early mistakes as he dropped back to about 5th witch allowed Tyler Vik and Austin Blair to get out front. Vik and Blair were battling witch allowed Atondo to reel them in! Atondo got by Blair and was setting his sights on Vik who was running a smooth race. Just after the halfway mark Atondo caught Vik and they would swap positions with a great battle and Atondo being patient to get around Vik. In the last 5min of the race Vik crashed in the big rhythm section witch allowed Atondo to get by and pull away for the win!

Atondo's TLR 8ight 3.0 buggy was equipped with a Team Orion 3 port engine and JConcepts Black Hybrid tires.

1st: Phillip Atondo -TLR, Orion

3rd: Jacob Haas - TLR

Dakotah Phend wins Michigan State Finals

After a full year of 6 rounds of racing, racers from all over gathered at AMS Raceway on Saturday October 19th for the final round of the 2013 season. Title battles were still going on for all classes, which meant that we could expect some very close racing all day long. On top of that, some special guests had shown up: Dakotah Phend and Ryan Lutz! On top of the racing excitement, both the series the sponsors had provided a LOT of raffle prizes for the series regulars! At the end of the day, the top 10 in every class in the overall standings were awarded with trophies!
1/8th Scale Nitro Buggy:
TLR’s Dakotah Phend showed up late, due to a school related test in the morning, and went on a rampage with his first run and took over TQ by 9 seconds and this run put him on pole position for the A main.  After the start of the 30 minute main, TLR’s Phend took the lead, closely followed by Lutz, TLR’s Tyler Jones and TLR’s Dylan Gerard. While Phend was clicking off blistering laps, Lutz tried to keep up, but wasn't able to match the pace of Phend.  At the end of the race, Phend was long gone with Jones and Gerard were still battling over the remaining spots on the podium. At the end of the 30 minutes, it was a TLR sweep with TLR/Orion/Pro-Line/Horizon Hobby sponsored Dakotah Phend crossing the line in first, followed by TLR/JConcepts/Horizon Hobby sponsored Tyler Jones in second and TLR/AKA/Horizon Hobby sponsored Dylan Gerard in third.

Dakotah Phend also TQ'ed and won the 4wd SC class with his Orion powered TLR SCTE 2.0!