Electric Nationals - Update on Thursday's Practice

The track is coming in really nice today. The surface is starting to groove-up a bit, and the tires to use are the Losi IFMAR Pin treads. Mike Truhe is looking very fast in 4WD and Dustin Evans is extremely fast in 2WD. So far today we have completed two rounds of practice and the final round is starting right now. I will post another update after this final round, along with some video of the team.

Electric Nationals - Mike Truhe Running his XXX-T CR

Here is a video of Mike Truhe running his XXX-T CR truck. In this video Mike was running 30 second lap times, which seemed to be the fastest lap time of the day.

I think the track will get a little faster tomorrow. There were a couple of spots on the track that were still a little wet and would slow the vehicles when their chassis hit the ground. Tomorrow the team will be running three, six minute heats during practice. It will be nice to get this extra round of practice since most of the today's practice was rained out. The team is feeling really good about tomorrow, as they should have a good starting set-up.

The HobbyTown USA here in Omaha is outstanding. They have everything you need to get started in the hobby. They have a really nice outdoor track, as well as a really clean indoor carpet track with a nice pit area that will accommodate several people. If you want to slow things down, they also have nice indoor and outdoor rock crawling tracks. So what I'm trying to say is if you are ever in Omaha, be sure to stop by their HobbyTown USA!

Well I am off to bed. Be sure to look for additional updates tomorrow.

Electric Nationals - A Couple Laps with Dustin Evans

Well the rain stopped and we were able to practice for about five hours today. The whole team was looking good with Dustin and Mike putting in some of the fastest laps of the day. I got a couple of runs in today and the track was so much fun; it is really nice to be running on a track surface other than blue groove this year.

Check out the video of Dustin above, I will be posting another video of Mike running his truck tonight. Check back tomorrow for more updates!

Nor Cal Series Rnd 4, Riverfront R/C

Hi guys! We just had our Nor Cal Series rnd 4 at my track, Riverfront R/C and it was a great turn out. I had my work cut for me trying to run the race and race at the same time, but it turned out fine with the help of John Scott and Jason Moberly. I ended up TQ in both buggy and truggy and also went on to take the win in both. At Riverfront R/C we have a Dash For Cash at every race witch means the top 2 quals of each class goes in and is staggered through out the track with a 4 min sprint and a hundred dollars is up for grabs, it's a lot of fun to race and watch. I came from the back and ended up winning, but not without a battle from young rising star Jacob Haas who also drives a Losi buggy and has only been racing gas for less than a year and he is fun to watch go around the track, watch out for this kid! My Losi cars and Novarossi engines where great and can't thank my sponsors enough for all the support!

Phillip Atondo

Electric Nationals - Some Pictures of the Track Before Practice

Well the Losi Team has made it to Omaha for the Electric Nationals, and it looks as though we will be up against some nice hot weather. Late in the afternoon yesterday we had one of the worst storms that I have ever been in. The track seems to be soaking up the water fast, and we should be able to start practice around noon today as long as we don't get anymore rain.

The team is looking forward to running on this track, especially since we have not been on a track like this in a long time. A lot of the races last year featured a blue groove track, and this track is more of a loose track. From what we can see it will be an all-Losi tire weekend. I will be sending updates throughout the day so keep checking back often.

Getting Ready for Electric Nationals

The team is doing some last minute practicing for the Electric Nationals in Omaha. The Losi team will be there in full force with Mike Truhe, Billy Fischer, Dustin Evans, Matt Chambers and Dakota Phend.

If you are attending this year's Nationals please be sure to stop by the Losi tent and say Hi. We look forward to seeing everyone there.

Hello Losi race fans!

In the last month I have been busy building a couple of offroad tracks and recouping from a nasty Flu. But I was able to attend the 2nd annual Nitrocross State Championships. The event is held at the world famous Nitro Pit and includes gate motocross style starts and a unique qualifying format. This years attendance almost doubled last years and made for some exciting racing.

My good friend and fellow team mate Billy Fischer was the man to beat and proved it by Tqing both pro Buggy and Truggy classes. I thought I had a little something for him but he was pretty much perfect throughout the day and all I had was not good enough. Both of my 2.0 vehicles were awesome and I was able to qualify 2nd in truggy but a tangle with lapped traffic took me out of the race and ended any chances of a podium finish.

In buggy I had a rough time in qualifying and transfer ed out of the simi with Losi driver Clint Wachter. This landed us in the 9th and 10th spot on the grid.

Local Losi driver's Chris Wheeler was awesome in the qualifying and ended up starting right behind Fischer. New Losi team drivers Trevor Clement and Charles Hicks qualified well and set up the 20 lap main for a possible Losi podium sweep.

When It was all said and done Billy ran a flawless race and took the win without too much of a fight, I was able to battle back to a second with Mike Morales rounding out the podium.
I am looking forward to the upcoming ROAR fuel Nationals in July and would like to see a Losi on top once again.