Landfill Raceway Championship Rd1

Landfill Raceway is the biggest off-road track in the Caribbean and recently received a huge makeover with better jumps and more banking on the corners and so far this facility is a state of the art off-road track with great night lights, huge covered driver stand, covered pit space and a concrete pit lane are just some of the features. Last weekend was the first race of the Landfill Raceway Championship and it attracted more than 60 entries in both Buggy and Truggy classes. In the 45 minute long Buggy final it was a battle from the start with TQ Juan Torres and Eliud Hernadez battling it out for about 10 minutes until both cars hit mechanical problems allowing n-road Mugen Team Driver Andy Báez to take the win in the end by a lap from his recovering teammate Juan Torre, while Losi driver Manuel Vázquez took 3rd position having bumped up from the B Main. In the Truggy class Miguel Cotto driving a Losi took the TQ and win followed by José Rodríguez in 2nd position and Jaime Negrón in third, with his Associated.

Thanks to Zobeida Ocasio for the report

Tebo does Nitro Double at CRCRC

We reported on his success in the electric classes at the CRCRC facility in Columbus, OH last weekend, but Jared Tebo dominated  both the 1/8 nitro buggy and truggy classes as well. In fact, his performance was so strong that Tebo won seven of the eight qualifiers to secure TQ in both classes, just missing a perfect sweep of all eight rounds by less than 1.6 seconds in one of the truggy rounds. Tebo continued his domination during the finals, pulling away to a comfortable lead and an eventual win in the 1/8 buggy class. Establishing a comfortable lead in the 1/8 truggy class wasn’t as easy, as Tebo traded the lead a few times in the first half of the event. But, after the halfway point, Tebo took the lead with his ST-RR for the final time and held it to the end.

Source: Kyosho [kyoshoamerica.com]

Drake & Truhe clean sweep at Airtronics Winternats

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_ztSPVNuJU[/youtube]

This past weekend saw the Airtronics Winter Nationals take place at Revelation Raceway in Ontario, CA with a lot of pro drivers in attendance. The expert buggy class saw a clear win for Losi racer Adam Drake ahead of Jeremy Kortz, racing the Hobao in 2nd, while Mike Truhe took 3rd spot less than 3 seconds further back. In expert truggy, it was the Losi 8ight T 2.0 show up front with Mike Truhe (video above) taking the win by almost a lap from team mate and top qualifier Adam Drake, while Travis Amezcua, racing the prototype Hot Bodies buggy took 3rd.

Video by Upgrade RC

Florida State Series Rd2 report

The JConcepts FSORS rolled into its second round at the East Coast RC Club after a massive first race with over 190 entries. The weather was in the 70s during the day and cooled off at night, but there wasn’t a cloud in the sky so the track saw plenty of sun. The Daytona crew provided a difficult layout with an abrasive surface which quickly grooved as cars hit the track. Saturday’s qualifying first round had former World Champion Billy Easton taking the top spot with a decent but beatable run. As the day progressed the track got faster and faster and by the second round the track was primed for a new TQ. Local young gun JP Tirronen posted the quick time until the last heat where JConcepts new signing JR Mitch threw down. JR used Cross Hairs to put a in a blistering 13 lap run taking the over all TQ. JR completed the sweep of qualifying by TQ’ing both rounds of 1/8th truck on the new Half-Ups Cross Hairs.

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