Reported by Dj Sandate - Another Tuesday night national at Hot Rod Hobbies in Santa Clarita CA with well over 100 entries. Chad Bradley and Jeremy Kortz battled it out once again in the 1/8 Nitro Buggy class. Jeremy Kortz driving the Hobao hyper 9 2.0 and Chad Bradley driving the Jammin X2, Jeremy set the fastest time in qualifying, Bradley a second behind Kortz and Marty Korn third after two rounds of qualifying. In the 1/8 buggy main, Kortz held the lead for a few laps and after a few lead changes it was Bradley that took the win Kortz in second and Scott Wagner third driving the Hyper 9 2.0 as well, making it another OFNA 1-2-3 finish!

Video link of Kortz and Bradley Battling once again!

Reported by Randy Kung - West Coast r/c raceway, Endless summer Saturday Series - The 1/8 electric buggy class would come down between Jason Kung and West Coast Owner Danny S.  In round 1 of qualifying Jason took the early TQ with a 15/5:18. In Round 2 of qualifying Danny would start in the first position and Jason would start in the Second position, after that it was a battle for the TQ spot, but at the end, it would be Danny finishing 1 sec. in front of Jason to take the overall TQ for the night.  Whens the mains came Danny took the early lead, Jason following behind but after the 6 minute mark Danny had some problems with his car allowing Jason to make the pass for the lead.

Reported by Chad Bradley -1st Annual Golden State SCT Championships Race was held August 14-15 at Freedom Park in Camarillo CA, Established in 1974, the Roadrunners R/C Club has been bringing R/C racing to the Ventura County community for decades and is one of the oldest R/C clubs in the world.  The track was built by Joey Christiansen and the Dirt Crew, it was a fun, flowing and challenging layout.  The Race consisted of 2wd and 4wd electric Short Course trucks and had 122 entries!  The Modified 4wd SC class was one of the most popular classes and had 4 full heats of California and Nevada's best SC drivers.  Chad Bradley driving the Jammin SCRT-10 set the time to beat in qualifying on Saturday, TQing rounds 1 and  2.  Sunday was set for the triple main events in which Chad won convincingly in the first two main events.  Chad sat out the third and final main event having already wrapped up the Modified 4wd SC Title. Charlie Love lead off in the early stages of the third main event with the Hyper10sc, however it was OFNA's DJ Sandate driving the Hyper10sc that took the lead from Charlie about half way through to take the win in A-3.

Video Link - Chad's 4x4 SCRT Main-1 Win!

Reported by Tim Dunn - West Coast R/C Raceway Saturday Night Racing: The 4x4 short course class would come down to a battle between OFNA drivers Tim Dunn, Randy Kung, and Jason Kung.  After qualifying the starting order would be Randy, Jason, Tim.  Randy got the TQ with a 14/5.09 with Jason and Tim following closely.  With similar lap times between the drivers I knew it would be an exciting final.  Randy and Jason are always fast so I knew in order to win I needed a clean run.  This did not go quite as planned as a tangle in the beginning of the race set me back a good distance from the leader.  Working on making consistent laps I stayed within striking distance and it payed off as Randy made a mistake in a triple section.  I was able to make the pass and hold it for the remaining laps to take the win with a 14/5.08.  I was using the new strengthened arms and the Hyper 10sc 4x4 worked great.  Thanks to all that made it a fun night of racing!          
 

Reported by Randy Kung - 14 Heats, West Coast R/C Raceway, Endless Summer Series Round 5 : The fifth round of the Endless Summer Series began with Randy Kung racing the Expert 4WD Division.  Randy set the early TQ in the first round of qualifying with a 14/5:09. On the second round of qualifying, Randy was working on a 14/5:06 pace when he was hitting lapped traffic.  The traffic rolled Randy and got him off his pace. However, he still took the win in that round of qualifying.  As the mains began, it would be Randy starting at the pole with Gaige Herrera starting in the second position.  Randy took the win of the main finishing in a 14/5:08.

Reported by DJ - OFNA was well represented in the Short Course 4x4 class, taking all three podium spots.   After round 1 Michael Alberti was the man to beat, driving his SCRT-10 to a 8/5:08.  John Cravotta hammered down a 8/5:16 and rounding out the top 3 Jim Lawrence with a 8/5:33.  Round 2 went to Cravotta, John driving his 10-Sc put up some fast laps early but a few bad laps late cost him the TQ.  John would settle on a 8/5:26, Alberti with a 8/5:32, Lawrence with a 7/5:04. Round 3 found Aliberti chasing down his own TQ, with Cravotta hot on his tail.  Aliberti ended up with the new TQ of 8/5:05. Cravotta just off the TQ pace with an 8/5:11 and Lawrence driving his SCRT-10 would get the dreaded DNF.  The line-up for the Mains were; Alberti 1, Cravotta 2, Lawrence 3. 

As the horn sounded, Cravotta and Alberti got out to an early lead, while Lawrence got caught up in a first corner pile up. Aliberti and Cravotta battled it out for the next 5 minutes, corner for corner, jump for jump. Aliberti never losing the TQ until the last 90 seconds of the Main. Aliberti made a couple of mistakes by going wide in back to back corners, that's all it took for Cravotta to sneek thru the inside line. Cravotta took down the win, Alberti came in 2nd & Lawrence battled his way from the back of the pack to have a very respectable 3rd place finish.

The competition was fierce all day long. There were alot of very close, “nail biting”, “edge of your seat”, “hair pulling”, “profanity flying” races. All in all, I think every one had a great time.

Reported by Chad Bradley - Tuesday Night Nationals at Hot Rod Hobbies in Santa Clarita CA. Chad Bradley TQ'ed and won both 1/8 buggy and 4wd Short Course with his Jammin equipment.  Jeremy Kortz Hyper 9 set the time to beat in round 1 of qualifying in the 1/8 Buggy class.  Chad set a time 6 seconds faster in round 2 with the Jammin X2 Buggy.  The main event in the 1/8 Buggy class Chad and Jeremy lead off and pulled away from the rest of the field in the early minutes of the main. The back section of the track is a difficult quad single Chad was able to hit the section a little more consistently than Kortz during the 1/8 final, Chad took the win by a lap over Jeremy, Marty Korn finished 3rd car.  Chad Bradley also took the win in the 4wd Short Course class driving the Jammin SCRT-10 truck.  Local fast guy Jimmy Webster held the fastest time going into round two of qualifying, Bradley was able to better that time by 14 seconds in the final round of qualifying.  Chad took an easy win in the 4wd SC main, Jimmy Webster finished 2nd both driving the Jammin SCRT-10.

Video Link - Chad's 4x4 SCRT Main Win!