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!

Team Losi Racing's Dustin Evan's wins JConcepts Fall Indoor Nationals

This past weekend R/C Excitement Hobby and Racing Complex in Fitchburg, MA was host to the 4th stop on the 2013 JConcepts Indoor Nationals tour. With 484 entries and 52 heats it was a weekend packed full of awesome race action.

Team Losi Racing’s Dustin Evans had a very strong weekend and walked away with some impressive hardware.










Dustin TQed and won the 1/10 Mod 2WD Buggy class

Took 2nd in the 1/10 Mod 2WD Short Course Truck class

Placed 3rd in the 1/10 4WD buggy class

Other Team Losi Racing notables include the very fast James Schlick who placed 5th in mod 2wd SC. And local young gun Toddie Anderson with an 8th in Mod 2wd buggy.

Team Manager, Kevin Gahan, took the new Losi TEN Rally-X to display and demo and received an overwhelming positive reaction and everyone wanted some wheel time. Many individuals inquiring if we were going to make a race class for the TEN Rally-X. What do you think?

Looks like Ryan Maifield is interested too!!!

David Jenson TQ's and Wins 2013 Reedy Truck Race

In the Expert 4WD Short Course TLR driver David Jenson dominated qualifying to take the overall TQ position with his Orion powered Team Losi Racing TEN SCTE 2.0. Also in the A-Main for TLR was Kevin Kimberley starting 3rd on the grid.  David went on to lap everyone in both A-Main #1 and A-Main #2 to take home the win with TLR's Kevin Kimberly finishing 2nd to give Team Losi Racing a 1-2 sweep of the podium.

 

 

TLR wins at Rev It Up Weekend.

Team Losi Racing driver's Chandler Elliot and Adam Drake win RC Life's Rev It Up Weekend in Tallahassee FL.  Chandler won the 45 minute truck final and Adam TQ'ed and won the 45 minute buggy final.

 Old School vs. New School