New STOCK and Modified Setups for the TLR 22 and 22T

We just posted a few new setups for the TLR 22 and 22T.

We have Michael Losi's winning stock trucknsetup from the Cactus Classic and Travis Brock's stock truck setup from OC R/C Raceway. For the modified racers we have added two 22T setups from Corey Bernardo and Ryan Dunford.
Michael Losi's Truck Stock Setup
Travis Brock's Truck Stock Setup from OC R/C Raceway
Corey Bernardo's Truck Setup from R/C Excitement
Ryan Dunford's Truck Setup-Clay High-bite

For the TLR 22 we have added Michael Losi's stock setup from the Cactus Classic and JR Mitch's modifed low-bite setup from Lake Park, Florida.
Michael Losi's 2wd Stock Setup from Cactus Classic
Jr Mitch's Low Bite setup from Lake Park, Florida

2012 Silver State Challenge

This weekend is the 2012 Silver State Challenge in Boulder City, Nevada. Over the weekend we will post photos and provide small updates to the event. Today starts two rounds of qualifying with 31 heats of racers. So far the track is holding up well and staying smooth.

Round 3 of the EOS Series (Day 1)

We arrived Thursday in Germany for Round 3 of the EOS Series. Today was set-up and to take a look at the Euro style track. The team was lucky enough to be able to take some laps around the track today. This was great for the to U.S. drivers Dustin Evans and Mike Truhe that are out of there comfort zone on these tracks. Practice will start tomorrow at 8:30am with each driver getting five practice runs on the track per class. Look for more updates on practice later today.

What's more important?

In February we attended the Dirt Nitro Challenge in Phoenix, Arizona. During the race, the days were extremely long due to the amount of racers at the event. I believe there were around 560+ entries in the 1/8th classes. With all of this time I watched most racers tune their cars, talk setup and tire choices, discuss the latest rumors of which driver is doing what and other general gossip. Watching all of this inspired me to write this blog post. I witnessed many of the drivers not watching the track. This was from the pro's to the amatuer's. Many years ago while I was working along side Gil Losi Jr. he suggested for me to go to a major event and not race. I thought to myself "what the heck is he thinking? I can't go to a race and not race." I asked him why and he wouldnt tell me. Well I never did do what he said and as my racing started to come to an end in 2008 and 2009 I started attending events to help the team rather than race. Whether it was an electric or nitro race, I would go solely to help out. Then it hit me and I understood what Jr. was talking about many years ago. Going to the race and not racing helped me realize and taught me more about the track than driving on it. After many of the races I swear I could pick up a car and drive it around the track picking up the fast lines quite easily. Why? Because I just watched cars all week put thousands of laps on the track. My point here is not telling you to go to races and not race but when you go racing focus on spending more time watching the competition and others go around the track. Watch the lines racers are taking, pay attention to the tires they're running and how they're car is handling. You will be truly amazed at the information you will pick up on and this visual data will astound you. Then when you run your car, in practice or a qualifier, you can make better decisions on line choice, track changes, and tire selection. We learn from watching, not from sitting in our pit area bench tuning our car's or gossiping about the latest rumors. At the end of they day we are racing to win and watching the track is the cheapest tuning part you can add to your race program.

Race on!

Todd

JBRL Electric Series Round 2 (Palm Desert)

This past weekend kicked of round 2 of the JBRL Electric Series at one of the nicest RC facility in southern California, Palm Desert R/C Raceway. With the first round of the electric series hitting a new record with 385 entries, no one knew what to expect at round 2. Well, round 2 was very close with a total of 355 entries which was really good to see the series staying strong. The track crew did a super job putting together one of the best layouts I have driver in sometime. This could also have to do with running electric outdoors on wet track, which is something that doesn’t happen much here in southern California these days.

The TLR team had a great showing at round 2 winning seven of the classes that included Mod and Stock. All of the TLR vehicles were on point this weekend on the super slippery wet track that was tough for the pros to even get around.

TLR Results From the Weekend

Mod Truck:
TQ-1. Mike Truhe- TLR22T powered by Orion
2. Matt Castellano- TLR22T powered by Orion
3. Matt Schreffler- TLR 22T powered by Orion

Mod Buggy:
TQ-1. Matt Castellano- TLR22 powered by Orion
2. Mike Truhe- TLR22 powered by Orion
3. Cody Turner- TLR22

Spt. Stock Truck:
1. Matthew Pages- TLR22T
2. Shane Koerber
3. Bill Jordan

Spt. Stock Buggy:
1. Michael Losi- TLR22
2. Chad Panek- TLR22

1/8th Buggy:
TQ-1. Matt Schreffler- TLR 8ight 2.0
2. Lucas Sanford
3. Justin Lew

Pro 4 SC:
1. Ryan Dunford- Losi Ten-SCTE powered by Orion
2. Jake Thayer
3. Casper- Losi Ten-SCTE

Pro 2 SC:
TQ-1. Cody Turner

Check out all the Photos from the weekend:

TLR4406 now available

The replacement throttle servo horn for the new Gen III Radio tray is in stock and shipping. Many racers who use the Gen III radio tray in thier 8IGHT 2.0 and 8IGHT 2.0 have been asking about us releasing this part and we finally have it in stock. Check it out at:

http://www.horizonhobby.com/products/throttle-tri-horn-gen-iii-radio-tray-8b-t-TLR4406

JBRL Nitro Series Round 1

This past weekend kicked off round 1 of the JBRL Nitro Series in Beaumont, CA at Thunder Alley R/C Raceway. There was a huge turnout with a total of 235 entries that came from all over California. TLR had many of their top level drivers like Adam Drake, Mike Truhe, Matt Castellano and Drew Moller along with many other TLR drivers in attendance to contest for the 2012 JBRL Nitro Series championship.

Adam Drake would take the TQ in both Pro Truggy and Pro E-Buggy with not much of a challenge. In the Pro Buggy class Adam Drake would take the TQ in round 1 of qualifying but teammate Mike Truhe would keep his hopes alive for the overall TQ by take round 2. Mike would come up just short of the time Adam ran in round 1 to give Adam Drake the overall TQ in Pro buggy to go along with his other two in pro Trugy and E-Buggy.

Adam Drake would go on to win Pro Truggy and Pro E-Buggy from start to finish. The E-Buggy turned into a bit of a mud race as the storm that was developing overhead decided to let loose. Shortly after they made a decision to cancel the rest of the race and qualifying would determine the results. This would Give Adam Drake the pro Buggy win with teammate Mike Truhe 2nd overall.

Check out some photos of the track: