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Racing
Kyosho team driver Ryan Lutz TQ’ed and won both Pro Buggy with his MP9, and Pro Truggy with his ST-RR - both featuring Sirio power and the buggy featuring AKA tires, wheels and inserts. Lutz dominated both classes, winning each 45-minute final by 3 laps over the second place finisher.
O’Donnell’s Jared Tebo TQed and won both the Pro Buggy and Pro Truggy classes at the Pro-Line Max Challenge. Tebo walked away from the field in each of the main events. His rides and driving were spot-on and these two victories should give him a boost of confidence for the upcoming ROAR Buggy Nats. Source: RC Car Action
It’s not uncommon for Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri to be atop the podium. Even though the RCX Supercross track course was tight, and the racers started side-by-side, as opposed to staggered, Cavalieri found his way into victory lane—twice. In the Buggy class, Cavalieri cruised to victory with his Team Orion CRF-powered Associated RC8. In the truggy class it was a different story. Cavalieri looked like he was going to settle for second as he contently followed his teammate Ryan Maifield. As Maifield was about to complete his final lap and thus earn his own $500, he had victory slip away. After clearing the front double jumps, Maifield’s truck (Kyosho STR-R) stuck a huge rock that had worked its way to the track’s surface. The rock nearly stopped Maifield and allowed Cavalieri the opportunity to sneak by and grab an additional 500 bones. Ryan Cavalieri won the Buggy class last year, and was a double winner two years ago. Source: RC Car Action
The HPI Challenge is preparing for the largest Challenge series yet! Using the Baja desert racing buggy, teams of racers around Europe will be racing all summer to qualify for a huge 12-hour endurance race in Spain at the end of the racing season! Baja racers in every European country will be racing in dedicated Baja races, and winning teams from each nation will be invited to participate in the HPI Baja Endurance Challenge Finals! Source: HPI Europe
Some brief news from the Canadian Winternationals that were held recently in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. Jammin team driver Gary Guest took the first place trophy and top qualifier award in the pro buggy class with team mates Rick McCrery finishing 2nd and Anthony Howarth in 3rd, all driving the X1X-CR Buggy powered by Jammin .21 Engines. Gary Guest also went on to claim the Pro Truggy class top qualifier award and A-Main win driving the prototype Jammin X2-CRT Truggy. Source: Red RC
Buggy Class Winner : 1. Mike Truhe - Losi, GRP
Team Orion racer Ryan Cavalieri has dominated the 9th running of the Dirt Nitro Challenge in Arizona winning both the buggy and truggy classes, but in qualifying it was Team Losi racer Adam Drake, using the new GRP motor that TQ’d in both classes. In the truggy final it was Ryan Lutz that took the early lead and looked like he would take the win, but a rear differential problem saw him drop out and this leaving James on his roof which meant he had to settle for 3rd. The buggy class final saw and early lead for the Drake who was followed by O’Donnell racer Jared Tebo, with Mike Truhe and Ryan Cavalieri catching. Two thirds of the way into the race Truhe had managed to gain a lead of 6 seconds from Cavalieri who was closing and with 1 minute to go he made the pass and was able take the win, by just over 1 tenth of a second in front of Truhe with Adam Drake taking 3rd.
The 1st Annual Psycho Nitro Blast was held at Henderson Arena in Atlanta, Ga. The race drew 346 racers despite it being the inaugural race. Carolina’s R/C, ModHobby.com, CEN Racing and OCM were the main sponsors. Production Monster Truck, Sportsman’s Buggy, Pro Buggy and Pro Truggy were the classes racers could compete in. Pro Buggy was the biggest class, and Trinity’s Chad Phillips took the win with his Team Losi 8IGHT buggy powered by Trinity’s new nitro engine and Platinum fuel. Other winners included Mark Holloway in Production Monster Truck, Trey Cook in Sportsman’s Buggy, and Dustin Bunch in Pro Truggy. According to racers, the track was very challenging with sections called Shock Therapy, the Dragon’s Tail and the dreaded Leap of Faith. These sections made for exciting racing and some major air time. For a video of the event click here for RCViewTube on rccaraction.com. Source: RC Car Action |
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