Monster Energy Nitro Series #4

Date: 8-21-10
Track: Revelation Raceway
Event: Rd.#4 Monster Energy Nitro Series

1/8th BUGGY EXPERT A Main Chassis Engine Tires
1 Aadam Drake (TQ) Losi 8ight 2.0 Nova Rossi Losi
2 Colby Poh Mugen Ninja AKA
3 Drew Moller Mugen Ninja AKA
4 Matt Schreffler Losi 8ight 2.0 Nova Rossi Losi
5 Andrew Smolnik Agama VP Pro

This past weekend was the final round of the Monster Energy Series. The series consisted of four rounds with three of them counting. I set the TQ in both rounds of qualifying in the 1/8th buggy class with my Nova Rossi power Losi 8ight 2.0 buggy. Colby Poh was second on the grid, followed by Matt Schreffler with his Nova Rossi powered Losi 8ight 2.0. In the final, I got a clean start and pulled away from the rest of the field. I won the twenty-five minute final by almost two laps over Colby Poh and Drew Moller.

Mike Truhe is 2010 ROAR National Champion in 2WD Mod. Buggy!

Mike Truhe added another ROAR Championship to his impressive list of wins taking home the championship in the 2WD Modified Buggy class at the 2010 ROAR 1/10 Electric Off-road Nationals. Mike was driving a Team Losi Racing XXX-CR powered by Xcelorin motor and batteries! Losi had four XXX-CR's in the 2wd mod A main!

Dustin Evans takes overall TQ in truck at the 2010 Roar national by TQing rounds 1 and;3. Losi had six XXX-T CR's in the mod truck A main! Losi also had six XXX4's in the 4wd mod A main.

Congratulation on such a successful 2010 ROAR Electric Nationals!

Wright wins the R.E.C.O.N. Adventure Series!

Jake Wright won the 2010 R.E.C.O.N. Adventure Series, the first ever world-wide competition series. R.E.C.O.N., which started in October of 2009, culminated in June at the 2010 Axial West Coast Challenge. Drivers in the series earned points in major competitions around the world. At the end of the series, the driver with the highest point total was awarded the title. Jake Wright piloted his Team Losi Racing Comp Crawler to wins in California, Utah, Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Nevada with strong finishes in Alabama and Germany. Along the journey, Jake used Team Losi Boss Claw and Comp Claws Tires along with Xcelorin electronics and batteries.

Round #5 JBRL

The JBRL nitro series round #5 kicked off in Beaumont California at Thunder Alley Raceway with 170+ entries. It was a hot weekend, but the JBRL and Thunder Alley crew did a great job. In the Expert 1/8th Truck class I was able to take the TQ in both rounds of qualifying, followed by Dylan Rodriguez and Levi Jackson. The final was only 15 minutes, but I was able to lead from start to finish and take my third win of the series. In the Expert 1/8th Buggy class I qualified 3rd. At the start of the final I moved into second before the first turn. After the first turn I flamed out and lost nearly one lap. The buggy finals was also only 15 minutes. A little more than half way through the race and I was up to third, but had to pit for a splash of fuel. I ended up 4th overall. My Nova Rossi powered Losi 8ight 2.0 and 8ight T 2.0 preformed great all weekend.

Monster Energy Summer Series

Revelation Raceway is the host track for the 2010 Monster Energy Summer Series. The events are one day and consist of two rounds of qualifing and main events.

Round 1

I Tq'ed 1/8th buggy class with my Nova Rossi power Losi 8ight 2.0 buggy followed by teammate Matt Schreffler also running a Nova Rossi powered Losi 8ight 2.0 and Colby Poh started third on the grid. In the final Matt used the option line to move past me at the start of lap one, but I was able to get back into the lead before the end of lap one and never looked back. I won the 20 minute final by more than a lap over Colby Poh and Matt Schreffler finished third. Matt and I used Losi’s green compound Kingpin G2’s for qualifying and the Main.

1/8th BUGGY EXPERT

1st Adam Drake (TQ) Losi 8ight 2.0 / Nova Rossi

2nd Colby Poh Mugen / Ninja

3rd Matt Schreffler Losi 8ight 2.0 / Nova Rossi

Round 2

In the final Matt Schreffler and I had a great battle and pulled away from the rest of the field. I won the 20 minute final with Schreffler finishing second and Castellano finishing third. It was a Losi 1,2,3 sweep! Drake, Schreffler, and Castellano used Losi’s green compound Eclipse and XBT’s.

1st Adam Drake Losi 8ight 2.0 / Nova Rossi
2nd Matt Schreffler Losi 8ight 2.0 / Nova Rossi

3rd Matt Castallano Losi 8ight 2.0 / OS

Round 3

This past weekend was round three of the Monster Energy Series. I was able to take the TQ in the 1/8th buggy class with my Nova Rossi power Losi 8ight 2.0 buggy. Colby Poh was second on the grid, followed by Matt Schreffler in third with his Nova Rossi powered Losi 8ight 2.0. In the final I got a clean start and pulled away from the rest of the field. I won the twenty minute final by almost two laps. Andy Smolnik finished second running a Losi 8ight 2.0 and Chad Nevlin finished third.

1st ADAM DRAKE Losi 8ight 2.0 / Nova Rossi

2nd ANDREW SMOLNIK Losi 8ight 2.0 / OS

3rd CHAD NEVIN Xray

4th CASEY PECK Losi 8ight 2.0 / Nova Rossi

5th RONDA DRAKE Mugen / Ninja

Just got back from the Motorama in PA. There was an impressive 460 entries and a lot of great competition and teammates I got to meet from the east coast. When I arrived at the indoor arena the track size looked great and so did the layout with some tricky obstacles, but you could tell it was going to get very rough and will need to run a smart smooth race at the end. I ran all three classes 1/8 electric buggy, 1/8 nitro buggy and 1/8 nitro truggy. After qualifying was all over I ended up TQ in electric buggy, 4th in nitro buggy and 2nd in nitro truggy. Teammates Kevin Wilson qualified 5th in nitro buggy, 11th in nitro truggy and Chuck Berg qualified 7th in nitro buggy and 14th in nitro truggy. In the electric main I ran into a problem with my car and ended up finishing 2nd and in nitro buggy it started off with a great battle for the lead and after about 10 min into the race I got into a grove with the track and pulled away and ended up winning with a full lap lead, Kevin Wilson 7th and Chuck Berg 5th. In truggy it started off with a very bad start and ended up coming back with a hard charge for 2nd, just 2 seconds back from the leader Barry Baker, Kevin Wilson 6th and Chuck Berg 7th. My Novarossi powered Losi 8ight 2.0's worked great all weekend and want to thank all my teammates for the help and great team effort! Motorama was a great event and can't wait to go back next year!

Phillip Atondo

A little update on how things are going over here in Nor-Cal. We just finished the third round of the winter series at Delta RC a week ago and we had Ryan Lutz attend along with local fast guy Tyler Vik and it was a great battle for the TQ spot. I ended up TQ in both buggy and truggy with Green Kingpins in buggy. The main was a great battle between Vik and I. We swapped positions through the race and I led most the race, but had some bad luck getting through traffic and a couple mistakes by myself. Vik got me at the end with a great run. Truggy went a little better with leading from start to finish! My Losi 8ight 2.0's are always fast and fun to drive every time I hit the track especially with my always dependable Novarossi engines and Nitrotane fuel. I will be heading down to So-Cal soon to get away from all this rain we are having for some outdoor action!

Phillip Atondo