Posted by DJ - Tony Knauth driving an RB Hyper 9 2.0 combo takes a hard fought win in Pro buggy and the round win in the Hyper 10sc control class, against some stiff competition.  This is the first of 7 rounds in the 2010 OCR Champs Series for the Nitro Buggy classes and the Hyper 10sc control class, the Hyper 10sc really gaining momentum with new drivers joining in almost on a daily basis!

Reported by Randy Kung - 7/31/10, 15 Heats, West Coast R/C Raceway, Endless Summer  - The fourth round of the endless summer series began with Rand Kung racing the Expert 4WD Short Course.  It was his second time racing on the new layout.  For the first round of qualifying, Randy had a traction roll on the sweeper on the last lap which didn’t allow him to take the TQ.  However, on the second round of qualifying, Randy took the TQ by 4 seconds over the Round 1 qualifying time.  As the mains began, Randy took the early lead battling with newest OFNA member Gaige Herrera.  As the long 7 minute A-Main went on, it would be Randy Kung being the only driver to make 19 laps, finishing in a pace of a 19/ 7:16.

Reported by Randy Kung - West Coast R/C Raceway, New Layout : It was the first race at West Coast R/C Raceway with the new layout as Randy Kung raced the 4WD Short Course.  In round 1 of qualifying, Randy kept it safe just to get used to the track and set the early TQ of 13/5:07.  As for round 2, Randy decided to try different lines to set a faster TQ.  Although he never rolled over, the pace was actually slower. Once the mains began, Randy took the early lead and never had one roll over until the last lap while trying the tricky double section.  He took the win with a new pace of 13/5:06.

Reported by Chad Bradley - Tuesday Night Nationals at Hot Rod Hobbies: Chad Bradley and Jeremy Kortz were on hand Tuesday night to battle it out in the 4wd Short Course class at Hot Rod Hobbies in Santa Clarita CA. In round 1 of qualifying Jeremy Kortz lead out with the Hyper 10sc till the very last lap, Chad driving the Jammin SCRT 10 was able to get around Jeremy on the final lap to secure the top qualifying position after one round of qualifying. In round two Chad was able to better his round one time by a few seconds and take the overall TQ. The first lap of the main event was a little messy, a mistake by Chad and Jeremy caused some congestion with the up front drivers, however after the first lap Chad was able to settle in the lead and take the win, Robert Ibon finished second, both driving the SCRT-10.

Hyper 10sc Electric & Nitro are the 2010 National Short Course Champions!

Reported by Robin Nelson - 7/17/10, Hyper 10SC Nitro wins The Watermelon Classic! This past weekend I attended my areas' most famous race, The Watermelon Classic.  The race is held in Aiken, SC at Boyd Pond Park. Ron Allen, Andy Fogle and Travis Phillips have done a great job giving the facility a face lift and designing new track layouts.  The track used to be loamy and sandy but now the track is hard packed and blue grooved. With the soaring temperatures and high humidity, car setups and tire choices would prove to be a challenge for the racers.  This years race was a great success with 150 racers from surrounding states attending. The race was spread across three days with Friday practice, Saturday qualifying and Sunday mains.  In qualifying, I took the TQ in Mod SCT class with the only 9 lap runs of the day.  Dennis Allison qualified 2nd and Doug Tudor was 3rd.  In Pro Buggy qualifying, I had problems finding the right tire at the right time and I qualified fourteenth.  With 12 car mains, ten cars with 2 bump up cars from the previous main, this put me in the B Main.  I won the B main which was 20 minutes and gave me some idea of tire wear in preparation for the 45 minute A Main.  In the A Main I didn't get a clean start and ran fourth or fifth until the last couple of minutes when my rear wing popped off and my rear suspension collapsed.  Here are the results of the Mod Short Course class.

Reported by Wei Kung - 7/17/10, 12 Heats, West Coast R/C Raceway, Endless Summer Series Round 2 - With Round 2 of the Summer Series, Randy Kung would be racing the Expert 4WD Short Course class. For the first round of qualifying, it was a battle until the last lap when Randy decided to go for an air pass and didn’t get the TQ. For the second qualifier, Randy made a bobble in the whoop section on the second lap. Randy finished 1.2 seconds behind the TQ pace. When the mains began, Gaige Herrera started from the pole with Randy in the second spot. With a battle onto the big triple, both drivers collided in air and sent them to the last two positions. However, Randy took the lead and stayed consistent until the end of the 5 minute A-Main.

Reported by Wei Kung - With 7 heats of racing and 2 heats of 1/8 scale electric buggy. Jason Kung went to go prepare for the Endless Summer Saturday Series. Qualifying went smooth as Jason took the TQ spot in Round 2 of qualifying. It all came down to the main event as they combined both heats of 1/8 scale electric buggies making it a full heat of 8 buggies in the 7 minute main event. In the main event Jason threw down another solid run finishing with another 21 lap run.

Reported by Chad Bradney - The last club race before the highly anticipated Hot Rod Shoot-out and Short Course Spectacular, Chad Bradley and Jeremy Kortz were on hand to get some running in before the big event. Chad and Jeremy have been home just one day from the Short Course nationals to battle it out once again. Chad took the win and tq on the brand new layout, Crash finished 2nd, Jimmy Webster 3rd all driving the Jammin SCRT-10s

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

Reported by DJ - Over the holiday weekend the JBRL series rolled over to Pegasus Hobbies for round #5. With over 185 entries it was sure to be a long day, but with awesome racing and spectacular weather the day would be not so bad. SC Unlimited would see Chad Bradley take the win and Tq to stretch his points lead over Jeremy Kortz. There was no contest for the Jammin driver as he would put a lap on the entire field in the quals using his M3 Proline Holeshot Sc tires. So again the race would be more for second place as the rest of the field would be close in quals only swapping one position in the 2nd qual for one of the drivers, so from Chad on back would be DJ, Kevin Smith, James Grossaint and Will Eikendberry. Racing goes into a good start as Chad was dialed from the sound of the tone with no one to challenge pacing at 21.0 sec. or below, the battle would come as Kevin and Dj would race again from the last round. But Kevin would stretch his 2nd position and Dj was falling back into the clutches of Will. As time was running out Kevin had a crash between a back-marker that caused him to break Dj would jump into the 2nd spot at the end of the race as Will would take the final podium spot.

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

Reported by DJ - On June 26th, Reo Raceway located just outside of Evansville, In hosted round 2 of the Local Joe Point series.  A four race series alternating between Asylum in Louisville, Ky and across the river at the Reo Raceway.  Over 80 entries came out during the 95+ degree weather.

 Qualifying used 3 rounds of rocket style qualifying with the fastest time over 3 rounds seeing top honors.  The rounds were tight and qualifying was fierce.  In the 3rd round I was able to take TQ in nitro buggy with the only car to reach the eleven lap mark.  After the 30 minute main I brought my Hyper 9 2.0 back in the number one spot.