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Check out the official race report here from Stop #5 of the Short Course Showdown 2012 Nationwide Tour!
Billy Fischer TQ’d mod 4wd with his Losi TEN-SCTE Roller. Alex Sturgeon TQ’s Mod 2wd at the Short Course Showdown race at the Hobbytown Hobbyplex in Omaha, NE using his Team Losi Racing 22SCT Kit.
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Date: 7/28/12
Event: Bill Bridges Benefit Race 2.0
Track: The Track – Carleton, MI
Last weekend was the Bill Bridges Benefit Race hosted by “The Track”. The attendance and atmosphere was great. Practice was cut short on Friday due to rain. On Saturday racers enjoyed three rounds of qualifying and main events for both nitro and electric. Adam Drake and Dakota Phend of Team Losi Racing were in attendance to show their support for good friend and teammate Bill Bridges. Adam TQ’ed both nitro buggy and nitro truggy with is 8IGHT 2.0 and 8IGHT-T 2.0. Dakotah Phend TQ’ed 2wd modified buggy with his 22T and qualified second in nitro buggy. Drake won truck and led the buggy final until just before the start of the final lap where he ran out of fuel after having a fifteen second lead. Dakotah took the win and Drake finished second. Dakotah also won 2wd modified buggy. Everyone had a great weekend of racing and hanging out with Bill and his family. Thanks to all the sponsors and Larry from “The Track” for being such a great host!
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Team Losi Racing’s Burak Kilic, at 8IGHT years old, is the 2012 Junior German Truggy National Champion and came in second place in the 2012 German Truggy National Championships.
Congratulations Burak!
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Race report from Germany:
6th Round Baden-Württemberg Cup
The penultimate round of the popular “Baden-Württemberg” Cup in South Germany was held in Laupheim. The host club presented a challenging track with a lot of obstacles and jumps. So track time was crucial for the 70 entries in the buggy class and 50 entries in the truggy class. Saturday started off nicely with a dusty track and practice in heat order. However right before the start of qualifying the rains came which meant the rest of the day had to be canceled. Welcome to racing in Germany … As the forecast promised sun for Sunday there was still a chance for a great weekend of racing. Sunday morning and the first of two qualifiers went to Hannes Käufler in the buggy class, followed by Jan Dalgaard Hansen from Denmark. Ralf Dennenmoser likewise continued his domination in the truggy category.
Max Stölzle was sitting second in both classes with two great drives! The finals went underway late and Hannes Käufler took a convincing victory with a 30 second gap over teammate Pascal Sass who found a great rythm and earned a stellar second place finish.
The truggy battle was between Ralf and Max, which developed late in the race due to a horrible start by Ralf. Ralf put on the pressure however it was Max who held his nerves and finished on the top spot!
All in all it was a satisfying Sunday for a disappointing Saturday!
Buggy Winners
1. Hannes Käufler (TLR / Spektrum / nVision / ProCircuit / Nitrolux / Ultimate Racing / Fastlane Graphix)
2. Pascal Sass (TLR / Spektrum / nVision / Proline / Byron Fuels)
3. Stefan Byesse
Truggy Winners
1. Max Stölzle (TLR / Spektrum / Orion / AKA)
2. Ralf Dennenmoser (TLR / Spektrum / Sonic / AKA / Byron Fuels)
3. Guido Erler
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On June 23rd & 24th round 3rd of the Malaysia National League (MNL) was held at the RCC Glenmarie Track in Shah Alam, Malaysia. Track operator at RCC did a great job by providing a very challenging and technical new layout for the racers on race day. There were over one hundred racers from all over Malaysia, Singapore and Australia. Team Losi Racing driver Daniel Law (Winner of MNL round 2) and his Team Losi Racing 8ight 2.0 buggy did it again by dominating and winning the one hour grand final with a lead of 2 laps.
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Nitrotane was the most trusted fuel at the 2012 ROAR Off-Road Fuel Nationals? 5 of the top 8 buggy were fueled with Nitrotane. The results speak for themselves! Congratulation to Ty and Dakotah for a fantastic 1-2 finish and an exciting last lap.
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Saturday, June 2nd was the 3rd round of the JBRL Nitro Series at Hemet Competition Raceway in Hemet, California. It’s been a while since the JBRL Series visited the track formally known as “The Dirt”. The layout was very technical and got bumpy late in the day. All three mains went really smooth for Team Losi Racing / Nova Rossi / Pro-Line driver Adam Drake. Adam was able to settle into a comfortable pace and win all three mains, Buggy, Truggy and Electric Buggy.
Race: JBRL Series, Round 3
Track: Rainman’s Hobby Shop & Raceway
Dates: May 5th, 2012
Format: 2 IFMAR Rounds, Single 6 minute A-Mains
Team Losi Racing and Losi’s Frank Root was on hand at the 3rd round of the 2012 JBRL (Jimmy Babcock Racing League) Saturday at Rainman’s Hobby Shop & Raceway in Bakersfield, CA. The track had fantastic traction and a very fast layout. The entry count was very strong at 235, especially strong for the Bakersfield Round of the series which is traditionally the smallest.
2wd Modified Buggy – There were 2x 12 car heats of modified buggy and the qualifying action was intense. After narrowly missing the TQ in round 1, Frank would charge back hard in the round 2 with a fast, clean run to take a strong TQ by 5 seconds. When the tone went off, Root jumped out to a quick start to gap the field. About 2 minutes in, Frank had a slight interaction with traffic, and surrendered the lead. Frank quickly got back on the wheel, and retook the lead with a clean pass over the backside double the very next lap. After regaining the lead with his Team Losi Racing 22, Frank pull out to a comfortable lead and make it by for his the extra lap to cruise home for the win. Frank’s TLR 22 was hooked up all day, and proved it by taking the dominant TQ and Win!
Pro2 (Modified SC) – Frank’s Losi XXX-SCT equipped with the Team Losi Racing Tuning Kit was untouchable all day. Frank would take the TQ in both rounds of qualifying, earning the overall TQ by 13 seconds! Frank started on form at the sound of the tone and quickly pulled out from the field, leaving everyone else to battle for 2nd place. The day belonged to Frank and his XXX-SCT with a statement TQ and Win!
Frank won using the following equipment:
Team Losi Racing 22 Kit (TLR0022)
Team Losi Racing XXX-SCT Roller (LOSB0113)
Team Losi Racing Tuned Kit for XXX-SCT (TLR0900)
Spektrum DX3R Pro (SPM3200)
Spektrum 6040 Digital High Speed Servo (SPMSS6040)
Spektrum DSM Micro Race Receiver (SPMSR3520)
Orion R10 Pro Race ESC (ORI65102)
Orion Vortex Pro Race Motor (ORI28207 and ORI28206)
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TLR has just released aluminum bleeder caps for the 22 and 22T. Instead of using the plastic shock caps from the 22 RTR you can now use aluminum shock caps allowing you to rebuild your 22 shocks a lot easier. TLR5065
Screws and washers are also sold seperately.
TLR5066
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It’s official… Stonghold Motorsport/Supercross.com/Monster Energy’s very own Jeremy “Twitch” Stenberg will be at RCX in Long Beach, CA this weekend (4/28) with Team
Losi Racing and Horizon Hobby. Meet Twitch, get an autograph and a lucky few may even get a chance to race a XXX-SCT against him! Can you beat Twitch on the short course? We’ll see YOU at RCX.
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