Round 4 of the Arizona Championship Series

Scottsdale R/C Speedway (home of the Cactus Classic) hosted Round 4 of the Arizona Championship Series. Several Losi drivers attended the event to race their 8IGHT 2.0 buggies and 8IGHT-T truggies.

Qualifying:
In the Intermediate Buggy class, Cody Rothe put his 8IGHT 2.0 on top and took the TQ spot. This makes it a perfect 4/4 for Cody in qualifying for the series.

In the Expert Truggy class, Billy Fischer was able to capture the TQ spot with his 8IGHT-T while fellow Losi driver Casey Peck qualified 5th on the grid.

After two rounds of qualifying in the Expert Buggy class, Billy Fischer was able to put his 8IGHT 2.0 on top with fellow Losi drivers Mike Friery, Chris Wheeler, and Charles Hicks qualifying 4th, 6th, and 8th respectively. Privateer driver Dave Burt qualified 3rd with his 8IGHT 2.0 as well.

Mains:
In the Intermediate Buggy A-main, Cody Rothe ran away with the win finishing over a lap ahead of 2nd place. After four rounds, Cody earned himself four TQ's and three wins! It will definitely be hard for the competition to catch him in the over-all point standings.

Billy Fischer captured the victory in the Expert Truggy A-main with fellow Losi driver Casey Peck finishing 4th place.

In the Expert Buggy A-main event Billy Fischer was able to bring home the victory with Losi teammate Mike Friery finishing up in 2nd. Losi 8IGHT 2.0 buggies were used to finish 1-2-4-5-6 in the ten car main event!

Chris Wolfson TQ’s Modified Truck at the ROAR Western PA Off-Road Challenge

The ROAR Western Pennsylvania Off-Road Challenge was run on December 13, 2008 at McCullough’s Off-Road Raceway in Sarver, PA. Losi driver Chris Wolfson put his Team Losi Racing XXX-T CR Truck at the head of the pack in qualifying taking the TQ honors. After charging back to re-take the lead in the A-main after an early crash, Chris finished in 2nd place.

Round 3, Arizona Championship Series

Round 3 of the Arizona Championship Series was hosted by The Nitro Pit. Losi drivers competed in the Expert Buggy, Expert Truck and Intermediate Truck classes. In the Expert Buggy class Casey Peck was the Top Qualifier and took first place in the final with Ricky Gaynor finishing in second. Both drivers were competing with Team Losi Racing’s 8IGHT 2.0 Buggy Race Roller. Casey’s buggy was fueled with Nitrotane and equipped with Losi tires.


Casey also competed in the Expert Truck class. He was again the Top Qualifier and took first place in the final race. Casey was driving his 8IGHT-T Race Roller fueled with Nitrotane and equipped with Losi tires.


In the Intermediate Truck class Brian Armenta took first place with his 8IGHT-T equipped with a GRP engine, and Vareck Wright finished in third with his 8IGHT-T fueled by Nitrotane.

Losi Drivers Sweep Thailand HPI Challenge

Losi drivers recently competed at the HPI Challenge in Thailand. Losi drivers competed in the 1/8 Buggy and 1/8 Truggy classes. The final races resulted in a clean sweep by the Losi drivers.

Losi TQ'd and took first place in the 1/8 Buggy A-Main with the Team Losi Racing 8IGHT 2.0 Buggy Race Roller equipped with a GRP buggy engine. Losi also TQ'd and took first place in the 1/8 Truggy A-Main with the Team Losi Racing 8IGHT-T Race Roller equipped with a GRP truggy engine.

Congratulations to the Losi drivers in Thailand!

4th Annual Toys for Tots

Thunder Alley Rc Raceway located in, Beaumont, Ca hosted the 4th annual Toys for Tots race on Saturday, Dec 6th. Several Losi drivers participated in the event, resulting in tremendous success for Losi’s 8IGHT platform vehicles.
Mike Truhe was the Top Qualifier in the 1/8 Pro Buggy Class. Mike went on to take first place in the final race with his 8IGHT 2.0. Adam Drake took first place in the 1/8 Electric Buggy class with his 8IGHT-E equipped with a 1/8-scale Xcelorin Brushless Motor and ESC. In the Intermediate Buggy class Eddie Laret TQ’d and took first place in the final with his 8IGHT 2.0. In the Intermediate Truck class Robert Wickam took first place in the final with his 8IGHT-T. Congratulations to all Losi drivers on a great race!

1/8th Pro Buggy	Chassis	Engine	Fuel	Tires
1st Mike Truhe (TQ)	8IGHT 2.0	GRP	Nitrotane	Losi
4th Adam Drake	8IGHT 2.0	GRP	Nitrotane	Losi
5th Matt Castellano	8IGHT 2.0	GRP	Nitrotane	Losi
7th Colby Poh	8IGHT 2.0		Nitrotane	Losi
8th Phillip Atondo	8IGHT 2.0		Nitrotane	Losi
11th Todd Hodge	8IGHT 2.0	GRP	Nitrotane	Losi
12th Clint Wacther	8IGHT 2.0	GRP	Nitrotane	Losi

1/8th Electric Buggy	Chassis	Motor	Battery	Tires
1st Adam Drake	8IGHT-E	Xcelorin	Losi LiPo	Losi
3rd Todd Hodge	8IGHT-E	Xcelorin	Losi LiPo	Losi
4th Kevin Gahan (TQ)	8IGHT-E	Xcelorin	Losi LiPo	Losi

1/8th Int. Buggy	Chassis	Engine	Fuel	Tires
1st Eddie Laret (TQ)	8IGHT 2.0	GRP	Nitrotane	Losi

1/8th Int. Truck	Chassis	Engine	Fuel	Tires
1st Robert Wickham	8IGHT-T	GRP	Nitrotane	Losi

Toys-4-Tots Race “Losi Electrifies the Field”

A total of 213 of RC's top named drivers showed up to support the Toys-4-Tots race in Beaumont, CA which is primarily for 1/8-scale Nitro powered Buggies and Truggies. This year new classes were added including 1/8 Electric Buggy and Truggy. There were 20 Electric Buggies and 10 Electric Truggies.

Several manufacturers participated in the electric class during practice and witnessed the Losi/Xcelorin Brushless systems display dominant power and jumping ability, even the nitro drivers were envious. However, only a few stayed to participate in the actual event.

During practice, it was clear that the Losi 8IGHT-E/Xcelorin was the combination to beat. After the first round of qualifying Keven Gahan took TQ with Adam Drake in 2nd and Todd Hodge in 5th. In the second round of qualifying Kevin once again TQ’d with Adam in 2nd and Todd in 3rd for a Losi 8IGHT-E/Xcelorin sweep of the top 3 spots. After the 5 minute qualifications Keven had secured TQ with both of his runs being 10 laps in 5:18 which compared favorably with the 1/8 Nitro Buggy TQ of Mike Truhe with 10 laps in 5:09.06. Kevin was 6 seconds clear of the second qualifier Adam, with Todd Hodge in 4th (and just thousandths of a second behind the driver in 3rd). With the Losi 8IGHT-E/Xcelorin combination now clearly recognized as the hot setup, everyone prepared for the A-Main.

This was the first ever 1/8-scale Electric Main at a major race and was exciting for the entire 10 minutes. At the start it seemed no one wanted to win with Todd taking the lead and Kevin following closely with Barry Baker (Hot Bodies/Novak), Adam, Josh Alton (Hot Bodies/Novak), Charlie Albreck (Mugen/Novak), and Charlie Suangka (Asscoiated/Novak) following. Unfortunately, Charlie Suangka dropped out before the completion of the first lap. At the five minute mark Adam decided to take command and proceeded to power away from the field, easily winning by over a half lap. Second place was hotly contested as Barry Baker drove a solid race escaping the numerous hard charges from both Todd and Kevin. Todd and Kevin made several attempts to overcome Barry, but as luck would have it their attempts to pass were prevented. In the end, the top four drivers put on a great show and all finished over a lap ahead of the competition.

Adam Drake, Todd Hodge and Kevin Gahan all were racing with Losi’s 8IGHT-E Buggy powered by Xcelorin 1700Kv Brushless Motors using a 15T Pinion gear, 44T Spur Gear and Losi's 4S Hard Case LiPo Battery.


Best Heat Lap/Time for 1/8 ELECTRIC
KEVIN GAHAN with 10/5:18.48

1/8 ELECTRIC - A Main
Pos / Car / Laps / Time / Name
1 / 6 / 18 / 10:05.31 / ADAM DRAKE
2 / 2 / 18 / 10:14.72 / BARRY BAKER
3 / 4 / 18 / 10:16.94 / TODD HODGE
4 / 5 / 18 / 10:22.38 / KEVIN GAHAN
5 / 9 / 17 / 10:19.10 / CHARLIE ALBRECK
6 / 1 / 17 / 10:23.16 / JOSH ALTON
7 / 10 / 16 / 10:00.78 / TEKNO RC
8 / 3 / 16 / 10:06.26 / ZAC BURNSIDE
9 / 8 / 15 / 10:03.47 / RYAAN HUGHES
10 / 13 / 14 / 10:04.71 / Joel Hughes
11 / 12 / 3 / 2:07.18 / JESSE R