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.
—Jason Sams, West coast editor

Source: RC Car Action

JLR have released this 2 in 1 engine tuning screw driver that also doubles up as an engine stopper. As a screw driver it has an adjustable length tip, which is very long and perfect for reaching the front needle on a carburettor, and sports a grey anodised, partly knurled, handle with the JLR logo on the side. On the top of the handle is a rubber stopper that is used to jamming into the stinger of your exhaust pipe, a safe burn free way to kill the motor.

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The New Zealand Nationals for 1/8th scale buggies and truggies was held over the weekend and it was Australian driver Wayne Walker that came away with the 2007 National buggy title. Having lined up first for the hour long final, the Mugen racer was able to pull out a lead ahead of 2nd placed HongNor racer Peter Brimmer to finish 2 laps ahead at the end of the race with Associated racer Ryan O’Connor in 3rd. In the truggy class it was pole man Peter Brimmer, racing the HongNor X1CRT, that took the win by 2 laps in front of Kyosho driver Mike Stratford with 3rd placed Tim McKay, driving the Xray XT8, a few seconds further back at the end of the hour final. (more…)

Kyosho drivers Cody King, Tyler Vik, and privateer Jeff Nicol made it a Kyosho 1-2-3 sweep in the Truggy class at the Kyosho Fall Classic last weekend. Cody King had TQ, but an early race tangle near the starting grid surrendered the lead to Kyosho driver Ryan Lutz. (more…)

After TQ’ing the event it was Adam Drake that came out the clear winner for Losi, taking the chequered flag 30 seconds in front of Hobao racer Jeremy Kortz, while top Kyosho racer, Ryan Lutz finished in 3rd, 2 laps back on the winning pair. (more…)

2007 R/C Pro International Finals
Traxxas Revo® 3.3 Wins Again!

This year’s R/C Pro International Finals was definitely an event to remember. For one, this was the first year for the “International” title. During 2007, R/C Pro established two new divisions located in the Caribbean and South Africa. (more…)

Lutz and Kyosho ST-RR take JBRL Championship

Kyosho Factory Driver Ryan Lutz and a number of Kyosho drivers attended the final race of the season for the popular Southern California JBRL (Jimmy Babcock Racing League) Series.

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