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Over the weekend the 2011 edition of the Portuguese Cup was held in the old town of Evora in Alentejo - 100km East of Capital Lisbon. With an all new track for 2011 the race went well with good organisation as well as a track that held up well. Eventual TQ & Winner Bruno Coelho sent us his report from the race and despite only completing his engine break in during the last round of practice he felt confident with his package for qualifying. Securing overal TQ by topping two qualifiers Coelho eased through his semi to start in 2nd behind Miguel Matias on pole. The 45 min final came down to a battle between Bruno and Miguel with the pair running close right up to the end, however a problem with 2 mins to go would see Miguel retire, albeit still claiming 2nd ahead of Ricardo Monteiro. Despite Miguel's retirement it was a close fight with either of the two able to win, fastest lap going to Bruno giving him a clean sweep of TQ, win & Best lap.

 Saturday was round four on Southern California’s JBRL Nitro Series sponsored by TLR. The host track was Palm Desert Raceway. The event turnout was light with around 100 entries due to the Holiday weekend and the extreme temperatures of 118 degrees and the track temp was 166 degrees. In qualifying it was Team Losi Racing / Nova Rossi driver Adam Drake who set the pace in both of the expert 1/8th classes. The extreme temperatures made chassis and engine tuning difficult for most of the racers. 

At the start of the truck main Drake began to pull away and at the end of the 25 minute main Drake took the win followed by Brad Wintermantle who was also driving a TLR 8ight T 2.0. 

In the buggy final, Drake led from start to finish and won the 25 minute final. Tim Long finished third with his TLR 8ight 2.0. Due to the extreme heat a number of drivers had engine problems, but Drake’s Nova Rossi engines ran prefect all day and he took the double victory. Nova Rossi engines also tq’ed and won the intermediate buggy and truck class. Congrats to Jacob Haas on winning truck with his TLR 8ight T 2.0 and to Sean Gaffney for winning the buggy class. 
Photo: Brian Cross

 Below you will find the results for the first round of the Truggy Nationals in Welden, Germany...

Rd 4 of the 2011 French Nationals were hosted at the rather large Saint-Quentin track; located east of Amiens in northern France. With news that Reno Savoya would not be attending days after his move back to France, the title fight narrowed; the winner will be 'Aigoin', but which one?! Qualifying saw the 'Senna vs. Prost'-like struggles begin, Jerome taking TQ in Q1, Yannick countering with his own TQ in Q2, Q3 and Yannick just edged it by 1.23 secs. Lieing in 3rd fairly untroubled Jerome Sartel, three 3rd place finishes - ready to pick up any scraps that might come his way come finals day. Earlier in the year we saw Spaniard Robert Batlle make a cameo appearance at the first round French nats, this weekend it was team GB's Elliott Boots who attended, qualifying 7th overall. 

The final would see issues for many runners, in fact at his first fuel pitstop Yannick flamed out, with the title challenged precariously balanced he was out again as quick as he could, Elliott Boots was running until a suspected LiPo problem ended his final early. Jerome Sartel was another with problems; this time tyres coming unglued, as the final drew to a close it looked to be heading Jerome Aigoin's way. Until with 3 mins to go the distinctive yellow & black TLR (sporting larger rear wing endplates) snuck past to claim victory. Yannick's win helps him in his quest, but with Jerome finishing 2nd there's still a lot left to do at the last round, having said that Jerome's chances are as follows; if he wins and Yannick finishes outside the top 3 than he is Champion. There is only one problem... round 5 is towards the end of September, so we'll have to wait to see what transpires...

Apologies for the poor updates, but the internet was sh..... not so good. Laurent Tartare restored French pride by taking 2nd in the last round and overall TQ, Swiss driver Jeremy Pettit up until then we had had a few different guys TQ'ing; Sandberg, Noble amongst others. The Mugen car looks very strong with 5 cars dominating the top 6.

Saturday at the Euro B is here and we have 4 rounds of qualifying to get through, yesterday Swede Marcus Sandberg set the pace in both timed practice sessions on a track that had taken a bit of a beating. This morning its a bit cold and damp with overcast skies, with no drivers in the top 3 during practice but dominating the rest of the top positions the Frenchies will be looking to lock out as many semi places as they can for tomorrow.

 Sprucewood TLR attended the Canadian RC Pro Ontario round #1 at Average Joe’s this past weekend and came away with outstanding results. Though the mains day had the racers guessing with the rain the weather cleared up for the a finals and the racing was intense. TLR’s Dave Henry pulled off tq’s and wins in pro nitro buggy, pro electric buggy and pro 2wd SCT! TLR Team mates Steve Taylor and Tommy Giovinazzo both had personal best results with both making the a main in Truggy. Special mention to TLR privateer Jay Christiano for finishing 2nd in pro nitro buggy.

 TLR's Matt Chambers and Lars Johnson attended the 2nd Annual Manufacturers Challenge this past weekend with some great results in the end. TLR's Lars Johnson dominated qualifying and the 45 minute A main in the Pro Nitro Truggy class. TLR's Matt Chambers also dominated qualifying and the 45 minute Pro Buggy A main to make it a TLR sweep of the Pro classes. Lars also went on to take the win in both buggy and truggy "Dash for Cash" races held Saturday night. Special mention also goes out to TLR privateer Justin Salerno for dominating the Open Electric class by taking the TQ and win. Another TLR privateer Scott Bagwin had a great weekend winning the Open Buggy A main and taking 2nd in the Open Truggy A main.

Pro Buggy:
1st & TQ Matt Chambers. TLR 8ight 2.0/Nitrotec/Nitrotane

Pro Truggy:
1st & TQ Lars Johnson TLR 8ight T 2.0/Dynamite/Blue Thunder

Open Electric:
1st & TQ Justin Salerno 8ight E 2.0

Open Buggy:
1st Scott Bagwin 8ight 2.0/Werks/Byrons

 Adam Drake wins Agama Spring Challenge with his Nova Rossi powered TLR 8ight 2.0. The turnout for this event was light with around 80 entries. In qualifying Matt Schreffler would take round one followed by Drake, but in round two and three Drake set the pace and ended up with the overall TQ followed by Schreffler. At the start of the buggy final Schreffler made a mistake on the first lap and fell back in the pack. Drake went on to win the 30 minute final by two laps over teammate Matt Schreffler and Rick Racer finished third. 

Buggy:
1st ADAM DRAKE (TQ) / TLR 8ight 2.0 / NOVAROSSI / Nitrotane / Losi 
2nd MATT SCHREFFLER / TLR 8ight 2.0 / NOVAROSSI / Nitrotane / Losi
3rd RICKY RACER / Kyosho / NOVAROSSI / PL

 Saturday was the second stop on Southern California’s JBRL series sponsored byTeam Losi Racing. Many of the top driver’s attend in preparation for next months ROAR 1/8th fuel Nationals. Some of the nearly 200 entries included Adam Drake, Cody King, Mike Truhe, Dustin Evans, Matt Schreffler, Drew Moller, Travis Amezcua, Brent Thielke, Steven Hartson, Clint Wachter, Colby Poh, Dani Choi, Chad Bradley, Andy Smolnik, and Jessie Robinson. In qualifying it was Team Losi Racing / Nova Rossi driver Adam Drake who set the pace in both of the expert 1/8th classes. The temperatures in sunny CA started to drop by the time the mains rolled around and the track started getting rough. The start of the expert truck main was delayed two minutes as Drake hit another vehicle that was up side down during warm-up which severely bent a front shock shaft. Drake’s pit crew wasn’t able to repair the shock, but they did have enough time to bolt on another shock from Mike Truhe’s buggy. At the start of the main Drake began to pull away from Bradley, Moller, and King as they were in a heat battle. At the end of the 20 minute main Drake took the win by a half a lap over King and Bradley. In the buggy final Drake, Amezcua, and King start to break away from the rest of the field. King then suffered a flameout, but continued on to finished sixth. Drake led from start to finish and won the 20 minute main followed by Amezcua in second and Bradley rounding out the top three.

 
Qualifying at the Euro warm up was dominated by one driver; Robert Batlle - he stormed to TQ in each of the 4 rounds, although missed out on the clean sweep being pipped to Q4 just by Martin Bayer - himself recovering from a servo issue in Q4. Elliott Boots put in a great drive in Q4, cruelly denied a TQ shot with a mistake on the 2nd last lap, nonetheless the result moved him up to 5th. Towards the end of Q4 the weather turned a bit cold and overcast as the lower finals got underway. Link to Overall results

 New guest writer Rob Cuss takes us on a little journey through the 2nd round BRCA nationals, held on Sunday in Coventry.

The track itself is quite a challenge to be quick on, with a nice flowing feel to it and a nice mixture of obstacles allowing 36-38 sec laps for the top guys. Mother nature was going to have a play this weekend as well, drenching the track on saturday evening with a heavy downpour and then lightly sprinkling the drivers as we all arrived at 6:30am-7am, there we quite a few puddles left on the track which were brushed aside and sawdust was put down by the clubs members. The rain stopped and the track while still fairly moist looked in good shape.

So who would be the pre event favourites ? 
Darren Bloomfield our current champ had to be at the top of the list after winning at Frankley and a 4th at the prestigious Neobuggy event, 
also running a Nitrotec engine which has fantastic mileage. He looked good at the pre national test session.
Elliott Boots was super fast at Frankley in qualifying and a mechanical put him out in the final, this was his story last year just plain old bad luck
He was looking to bounce back from a dissapointing Neo where he just missed out on the main.
Neil Cragg seems to have found himself once more he had a great Neo finishing in 5th with a stella performance.
Simon Willetts after a 2nd at Frankley with a monster bump up and a another Neobuggy main event appearence, Butch seems to have found his feet with his new ride. Always fast and consistent.
Graham Alsop the old warrior from up north can never be counted out and with a good winter season under his belt he seems to be faster than last year.

 תוצאות מירוץ מס' 7 בליגת העל הישראלית לרכבי באגי וטראגי 8\1 שהתקיים במסלול טופ דרייב שבגלילות בתאריך 11\4\1.

מזג האויר היה מצוין והמירוץ הסתיים בהצלחה למרות עיכוב קל במקצה גמר הבאגי שהיה אמור להערך 30 דקות

ורק אחרי 10 דקות בערך אחרי שהתחיל המקצה איש המחשב שלנו שי בלו שם לב שבמערכת היה מוגדר 20 דקות , לאחר התיעצות עם השופט ליאור סעדה הוחלט להתחיל את הגמר מחדש.

רציתי להודות לכל המארגנים לשופט ליאור סעדה על שיפוט מוצלח והגון לשי בלו איש המחשב שלנו לאיציק חזן הגדול מכולם שדואג להגיע לפחות 3-4 פעמים בשבוע למסלול ולקרוע את התחת בשבילנו (רואים תתוצאות).

ברכות למנצחים ובהצלחה במרוץ הבא. 

תוצאות קטגוריה באגי  

1. דותן הלוי \ XRAY \NOVAROSSI\ AKA 

2.עומר אסייג \ KYOSHO \ SIRIO \ PROLINE 

3.גיא רינקביץ KYOSHO \ O.S \ AKA

תוצאות קטגוריה טראגי 

1.עומר אסייג \ MUGEN \ SIRIO \ PROLINE 

2.אור כהן \ LOSI \ LRP \ PROLINE

3.עופר רוזן \ XRAY \ SIRIO \ AKA

 TLR / Novarossi drivers Adam Drake and Drew Moller won TLR Winter Series round #3 at Revelation Raceway. Qualifying started with Adam Drake setting the pace in both 1/8th buggy and 1/8th truck. In the truck final Adam and Drew battle until the half way point in the final when Adam had a problem. Drew was able to stay consistent for the remainder of the race and win the final. In the buggy class Drake lead start to finish and won the 30 minute final by just over a lap. Team mates Colby Poh, Matt Schreffler, and Drew Moller rounded out the top 4 positions making it a 1,2,3,4 for Team Losi Racing and Novarossi! 

The Streak continues! Fresh off his 4wd SC win at the 25th Annual Cactus classic, Mike Truhe TQ's both 2wd and 4wd Modified Short course classes. He then cruised to the vicotry in the 4wd Modified class by being the only driver to complete 25 laps. This is the 4th event in a row that Mike has dominated the 4wd Mod SC class with his Losi Ten SCT-E. The A-Main featured local "fast" guys and a former Mulit World and National Champion. 6 of the 8 drivers in the main chose the Losi Ten SCT-E. with fellow Losi Driver Anthony Mazzera finishing on the podium in 3rd. Anthony also took the win in the 17.5 Spec class with is Losi XXX-SCT and team mate Richard Trujillo finishing in 3rd.

Final Results





 

This post concludes our Euros coverage pretty much: 8 days, 1 flat tyre, 3 fans, 5 computers, 1000+ photos, 7 McDonalds visits, 3 consecutive titles, 152 drivers, 30 European Championships, 1 winner. A big thank you to Pro-Line for their support and sponsorship of our coverage, also thank you to the Osbeiroes club in particular Julio for all their hard work and fantastic press room and Carlos/EFRA for the event. The countdown to number 31 in Germany is already underway!
Below we have the full length videos for the 45 min main final as well as both 20 min 'A' & 'B' Semi finals.
Scroll down to bottom for two cool images...

Link to Final part 1 Video


Link to Final part 2 Video


Link to Semi A Video


Link to Semi B Video

Finalists: drivers & mechanics

Please be aware images are VERY Large

The track after all racing had finished

2010 Psycho Nitro Blast

The 2010 Psycho Nitro Blast in Atlanta, GA drew over 400 entries. Losi drivers Adam Drake, Gene Hickerson and Mike Truhe competed in the 1/8 Pro Buggy, 1/8 Electric Buggy and 1/8 Pro Truck classes.

Each class included three rounds of qualifying. Adam was the top qualifier in all three rounds in the 1/8 Pro Buggy, 1/8 Electric Buggy and 1/8 Pro Truck classes.

In the 1/8 Pro Buggy final Adam finished in first place, with Mike finishing in third place. Both drivers were competing with Team Losi Racing 8IGHT 2.0 Buggy Race Rollers equipped with Losi tires and Nitrotane fuel.

In the 1/8 Electric Buggy final Adam took first place and Gene finished in second place. Both drivers were competing with Team Losi Racing’s 8IGHT-E 2.0 Buggy Race Roller. Adam completed his buggy with an Xcelorin Brushess System, Xcelorin LiPo battery and Losi tires.

Congratulations to all three drivers on their outstanding performance!