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Hyper 8.5 Pro wins CML Nitro Winter Championships
 After an eventful 2007 with his HoBao Hyper 8.5 Graham Alsop finished
the year in style with a 3rd round win at the CML Nitro Winter
Championships at Frankley.
A thrilling 20 minute A Final saw
Graham hold off challenges from CML/HoBao teammates John Holmes and
John Howells to clinch a well deserved victory. 2nd place fell to Simon
Willetts and John Holmes has to settle for 3rd.
A-Main FINAL RESULTS
1 Graham Alsop - Hyper 8.5 Pro
2 Simon Willetts
3 John Holmes
4 Jon Howells
HoBao Pro Team has an opening!
OFNA & HoBao is building a new team for 2008 including National, Regional and Local Level Racers.
OFNA/HoBao is looking for team racers with good people skills, clean reputations, and a willingness to test and give good feedback on new parts and set-ups. Jeremy Kortz will be one of the lead testers and developers to fine tune the already successful Hyper 8.5 buggy. Jeremy, along with many other racers, will be sharing information to make the Hyper Team and Hyper Owners even more successful in 2008. Any racers interested in joining the Hyper Team, please email resume to tim@hobao-usa.com
The CRT Owns 5 of 6 National Titles!!
The CRT Owns 5 of 6 National Titles!! Thanks to Taylor James, the Jammin CRT now owns five National Championships (2 ROAR & 3 R/C Pro) of the six available since this revolutionary truggy hit the market. Taylor contributed to this impressive record this past weekend by winning the the R/C Pro Expert Arena Truck title in Texas. Taylor only competed in two of the three series races so he had to win the finals to take home the R/C Pro National Championship. This win gives him back to back R/C Pro titles as he was the defending champ. Congratulations Taylor!!!
Kortz Drives his Hyper 8.5 to TQ
 Here are the top 3 in qualifying at the Sidewinder Nitro Explosion held at Thunder Alley.
Buggy -
1. Jeremy Kortz - Hyper 8.5
2. Adam Drake - Losi
3. Ryan Cavalieri - AE
Truggy -
1. Adam Drake - Losi
2. Gary Guest - Jammin
3. Scott Hughes - Mugen
Taylor James TQ's the Worlds Warm-up!
WHO IS THE FASTEST BUGGY AT THE WORLDS? TAYLOR JAMES & Jammin X-1 CR/FactoryTeam
After a rain delayed qualifying, a lone Jammin Team driver Taylor James TQ's the last two rounds winning the over-all Taylor James TQ title.
During the A-Main, Taylor lost a rear shock spring retainer, which was not discovered until after the main. Because of the problem, the car was not up to the challenge to compete at this high racing level. Taylor did his best, but could not move up and finished seventh. I wish to thank all the drivers and team members who gave it all for this event.
Borja Hernandez Wins for a Second Time Since Signing on Team Hyper 8.5 Pro
 On Sunday an Open race was held at the Murcia track in Spain, HoBao's newest Spanish driver, Borja Hernandez took part and finished 2 laps ahead of 2nd placed Daniel Bernabe. All Drivers were using the newly updated Hyper 8.5 Pro buggy.
| Pos |
Driver |
Buggy |
| 1st |
Borja Hernandez |
Hyper 8.5 Pro |
| 2nd |
Daniel Bernabe |
Hyper 8.5 Pro |
| 3rd |
Manolo Barranco |
Hyper 8.5 Pro |
| 4th |
A.J.G. Salmi |
Hyper 8.5 Pro |
| 5th |
Ignacio Oliva |
Hyper 8.5 Pro |
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“Jammin wins again!
 “Jammin wins again!!! Are you kiddin me?!” Round Three of the RC Pro Series Northwest Division sees the McCrery Bros. back at it again bringing home yet another pair of wins for Team Jammin!!
Ryan McCrery starts off the weekend by TQing both buggy and truggy with brother Rick qualifying 3rd in both. The truggy main starts off with Ryan holding a commanding lead while Rick just a mere 8 seconds behind. Then bad luck strikes as Ryan's truggy loses rear traction and falls behind to fourth, but Team Jammin never fears as fellow teammate and brother Rick McCrery takes over the lead and wins his first ever major truggy race by almost a lap with his Jammin X1-CRT !!
In the buggy main, Ryan checks out at a blistering pace with his Jammin X1-CR-FTE lapping the entire field twice leaving the question, ”How could Jammin ever improve this buggy?” In the end Ryan McCrery takes home the Pro Series Northwest Division Championship in both buggy and truggy with his insane arsenal of products from Team Jammin!!!
Jammin 16mm Super Shocks & Pivot Ball Suspension are unbeatable!
2007 New Zealand South Island Championships - Hong Nor/Jammin X1-CR TQ's and A-Main WIN! Both X1-CR drivers Graeme McDougal and Peter Brimmer shared the spoils at the 2007 New Zealand South Island Champs. Peter TQ'd the event and then showed a clean set of heals from the start in the final until a transponder failure forced his retirement. From this point, Graeme who had been in second place, took over the lead (from the 27th) lap and never looked back, finsihing one whole lap ahead! Both Graeme and Peter were using the new Super Bore Shocks, which were only fitted to thier X1-CR's the night before the event. Graeme was also running the new Pivot Ball Front Suspension option and in Graemes words . . .
"If you own a Jammin X1-CR, Go get the new 16mm Super Bore Shocks and Pivot ball Suspension upgrades,....they are FANTASTIC!!".
OFNA Part No: 41001 Front & 41002 Rear Pair
(springs sold separately)
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Jammin Wins ROAR 2007 Fuel Truck Nationals
 Taylor James driving a Jammin X-1x CRT 1/8 Truggy won the ROAR 2007 Truggy Nationals this weekend. Jammin/OFNA team driver Taylor James, driving the race of his life, lapped the field finishing first with 61 laps. Taylor qualifed 2nd just missing a TQ point, after which Taylor knew he had the Truggy product to win!
OFNA had four team Truggies in the A-main with Chad Bradley, Gary Guest and Jemery Kortz. I wish to thank all the team drivers and pit support people for there effort... Great Job!
 Taylor James Wins 2007 Truggy Nationals
Hyper 8.5 Wins European 2007 Championship
HoBao's Spanish driving ace Robert Batlle gave the performance of a lifetime to come from behind and win the 1/8th Off-Road European Championships.
Robert put in some stunning performances during qualifying including a fantastic 3rd round victory in which he set the fastest time of the tournament. This helped Robert to achieve pole position in the final ahead of last years champion Yannick Aigoin.
In the final a collision at the start of the race left Robert's Hyper 8.5 in last place after the first lap. This made his victory even more extraordinary as he had to out-manoeuvre every single driver on the track in pursuit of the top spot. Robert was in top form and his new Hobao Hyper 8.5 was explosive as he relentlessly chased down the race leader with some breathtaking driving. It was not until the last few minutes of a thrilling race that Robert powered his way in to the lead and kept his nerve to become the 2007 1/8th European Champion.
Robert has made us extremely proud with his well-deserved victory and everyone here at HoBao would like to congratulate him on his success. Well-done Robert!
A full press release on the HoBao Hyper 8.5 will be added to this site shortly.
Picture courtesy of neobuggy.net
JQ's Hyper 8.5 Wins Nordics
 HoBao Hyper 8.5 takes Nordics!
JQ has taken victory at the Nordics - a well deserved victory; now 4
Nordic wins to his name! The start was pretty messy, Robert assumed the
lead after Christoffer got taken out, and then fought a bit with Joe,
who after a while dropped back. Christoffer was now last and pushing
his way up. By about 10mins it was clear that Robert was really flying,
his car looked real good, JQ was fighting with other drivers, while
Robert was able to build a lead. Christoffer was now fighting his way
up and fast, using an aggressive fuel strategy he was able to fight
back. By about the 20-25min mark Robban's lead was down and JQ was
really looking strong, Robban had a few bad laps including one notable
moment where a marshall literally held his car for 5secs and let about
4 drivers past giving him massive traffic. JQ capitalised and thru fuel
stops began to build a serious lead. Robban fell back, and was caught
and passed by Christoffer. By about 35mins, Joe was still pushing,
having lapped everyone but Chris in 2nd, Linus was also pretty close to
Robban in 4th & 3rd... In the end, Joseph took a great victory,
followed by Christoffer close to/or a lap down, then Robban.
Info from neobuggy.net
Jammin X-1 pull out Second Place at Singapore Local Track
The Singapore Local 1/8 GP Off-Road Race attracted many locals in the RC arena to pit their skills against each other. There were 53 buggy drivers and 15 truggy drivers altogether. The track and weather were in excellent condition as their track was dry and smooth while the weather was hot. Perfect to have a race day!
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1. Glenn Phuah
2. Ah Mb - Jammin X-1
3. Chester Chua
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Hyper 8 Pro with in Sun Valley at KZ raceway!
Jeremy Kortz took 1st place ahead of Mike Truhe this week at KZ. Kortz has recently signed with HoBao to continue to drive the Hyper 8 Pro for Team HoBao/OFNA into 2009. OFNA looks forward to seeing more and more of Kortz and his Hyper 8 Pro on the national scene.
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1. Jeremy Kortz - Hyper 8 Pro
2. Mike Truhe
3. Tyler Vik
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Jammin X-1 wins in Spokane R/C Raceway!
 As one of America's longest running races the Hank Perry 240 has been drawing competitors since 1986. The event reached its 21st year and has been held at the Spokane R/C Club's beautiful facilty in Spokane, Washington since conception. With over 300 entries the race drew competitors from all over the Pacific Northwest and some racers from Canada to battle it out for the championship.
The 1/8 Buggy class saw a wire to wire battle which eventually ended with Gary Guest piloting his Jammin X1-CR FTE to the win and finishing a close second was Jammin driver Ryan McCrery, with Kyosho factory driver Marcus Anzovino coming in third. | | |  | 1st Gary Guest - Jammin X-1 / Jammin .21 engine
2nd Ryan McCrery - Jammin X-1 / Jammin .21 engine
3rd Marcus Anzovino - Kyosho |
FLASH! Jeffrey Lin (JLRacing) wins at Crystal Park Raceway Smack Down!
 JLRacing wins another with his JL/Picco .12 RED-Dot and his HoBao-X Sedan. This was his first race using this Car & engine combo. Clearly dominating by getting TQ and winning the A-Main by two laps, Jeffrey was very happy with the results!
Pos.
| Position/ Driver
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Car |
1st/TQ
| Jeffrey Lin
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HoBao-X/.12 Red-Dot
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2nd
| JaQue
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MTX-4 |
3rd
| Glenn Williams
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720 |
4th
| Matt Bell
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MTX-4 |
OFNA Brands Dominates UK Nationals!
 The weather appears to have had a serius impact on several races around Europe this weekend. The latest is the 3rd round of the UK nationals, held at Holbeach. With qualifying held on Sunday and cut from 5 to 3 rounds and finals supposed to be today (Monday), it rained all day Sunday and Monday morning the track and pits were flooded. The event was decided on qualifying results, meaning Neil Cragg, TQ has won 2 out of the 3 rounds already held.
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1. Neil Cragg
2. Jon Hazlewood
3. David Crompton - Hyper 8 Pro
4. Dave Bailey - Hyper 8 Pro
5. Paul Bradby - Hyper 8 Pro
6. Adrian Svensson
7. Graham Alsop - Hyper 8 Pro
8. Jamie Booth - Jammin X-1
9. Kevin Brunsden
10. Simon Willetts - Jammin X-1
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NEWS!
8 time British champion David Crompton was spotted driving a Hyper 8 at this weekend's rain hit Nationals at Holbeach. We caught up with him and he confirmed he has left Team Magic (Trinity in USA) for the 2007 season (tried of breaking), and will drive the HoBao Hyper 8 for the rest of the season. Having only received the car a few days prior to the national, he qualified a respectable 3rd with it.
Hyper 8 Pro Wins Nordic Warnup
 After an amazing final, Joe Quagraine clinches victory in front of Robert Gustafsson on his home track:
1st - Joseph Quagraine - Hyper 8
2nd - Robert Gustafsson - XRay?
3rd - Fredrick Mathiesen - 777
Start JQ 1st, Gus 2nd - Gus rolls in a corner and is dead last, leaving JQ with a huge lead, Gus then had to go in and change his front wheel, but came out charging super hard, trying to catch JQ 1 lap ahead. 20-30min mark JQ's tire comes slightly unglued and starts crashing! Leaving Gus only 1/2 lap behind and catching, 15mins to go and JQ's front shock shaft bends.. 3 min left Gus passes, JQ has he crashes on a backmarker, and on the last lap Gus runs out of fuel, and JQ passes to win!
OFNA Gets 2008 Worlds Sponsorship
 OFNA has been awarded the TITLE SPONSORSHIP for the 2008 IFMAR World Championship and 2007 Worlds Warm-Up. As Title Sponsor, OFNA will get “Exclusive Rights” to the product advertisement at the event for the buggy chassis. OFNA is very proud to be the 1/8 chassis sponsor at 2008 IFMAR Worlds and looks forward to coming event.
This year the 2008 Worlds will be held at the Farm 2 Raceway, in Charlotte, N.C. on September 15th thru 21st, 2008 and Worlds Warm-up October 24th thru 28th, 2007.
OFNA is a multi brand marketing corporation and plans to field one of the largest teams at the 2008 Off-road Worlds next year. Team OFNA will pull together both national and international drivers from Team HoBao, Team Hong Nor, Team Jammin, & Team Picco. Each of these Teams will drive under the OFNA Title Sponsorship position.
2007 Singapore Invitational Challenge, April 25, 2007
On April 25th OFNA products won the Singapore Invitational Challenge. See below listing.
1/8 Truggy
| Place | Driver
| Truggy
| | 1st | Chopin | Jammin X1-CRT | | 2nd | Wenyi | Jammin X-1 CRT
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1/8 Buggy
| Place | Driver | Buggy | | 1st | Craig Laughton | Hyper 8 Pro
| | 2nd | Lin Chang Ta
| Jammin X-1 CR/FET | 3rd
| John Agus
| 777
| TQ
| Wenyi
| Jammin X-1 CR/FET |
Pro-Line Indoor Dirt Challenge 2007
HoBao International Team Hyper 8 Pro wins 4 A-main Spots, Greg D. does a great job getting third!
Here is the result of final:
| Place | Name | Car | | 1. | Joern Neumann | TTR EB-4 S3 | | 2. | Miguel Matthias | Kyosho MP777 WC | | 3. | Greg Degani | HoBao Hyper 8 | | 5. | Graham Alsop | HoBao Hyper 8 | | 10. | Paul Bradby | HoBao Hyper 8 | | 14. | John Holmes | HoBao Hyper 8 |
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