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. 

Reported by DJ - With more than 90 entries in just short course racing and 4 heats of it being Pro 4x4, it would be a long and exciting night rubbing, racing,mid-air crashes and stick-it lawn darting.  Me and fellow Jammin driver James (Hyberboy) Grossaint took a 2hr. drive to Riverside county to race with Track Star Services and Jammin driver Jimmy Wright along with MC Magic Mic Chris Viera to see what there Short Course racing was all about in their local area.  With a raffle and free hotdogs and burgers it sure brings an awesome crowd of people to come and enjoy some rc racing.  The track was loamy and the tires of choice seemed to be AKA rubber as Jimmy Wright was the only one to break into the 10 lap run for the TQ, as I would start out 6th in the main.  The track was demanding with the big double-triple jump being the showcase of thrills and major breaks and other parts of the track that provided some equalizing to bring positions close together for continued battles, the main would be an exciting race.  The A-main provied a pile-up into the first corner as Jimmy would take some big blows after the crashes and be at the back of the pack as I would manage to get to 3rd after the Mega triple and would settle in to work forward.  As I said the track had some places to pull you back in to contention and I would managed to take the 2nd spot with time running out.  But on the last lap hearing that the 1st position driver took a bad spill somewhere on the backside of the track for me to dig back in and overtake before he dragged over to the line but he DNF-ed and I took the win.  Wow the night was too much fun and spectating was like watching a baseball game as the benches were full families and friends.  Special that's to Chris Viera for putting on a good show on the mic and calling me Shamwow and James South Compton.  And James had an event full evening as his transponder was giving him problems in the quals that put him in the D-main, but put on a clinic to get two bump-ups to the B-main with a strong Fantom battery pack, boy James you sure got your money's worth.

Reported by DJ - With a fresh new layout and 2 full heats of 4x4 short course it was set for a great day of racing. Tim was able to grab TQ in the first round as the Hyper 10SC truck was dialed. He was even able to improve time in the second round keeping the TQ position for the final. In the final Tim got a clean start and worked on making clean consistent laps. One small tangle with traffic tightened things up a little, but in the end the Hyper 10SC crossed the line in 1st! The Nitrohouse.com Super Service Rep said that the Hyper 10SC handled great all day and made my job easier.

Reported by DJ - Chad Bradley takes the the TQ and win over the weekend at Racer's Haven in Bakersfield Ca. in Short Course Unlimited.  With two heats of unlimited SC racing there would be a fight to get into the top spots for the A-main.  The battle in the main was for second and third as Bradley checked-out with Novak and Protek powered equipment and had to check-up on second and third from lapping them as DJ(Hyper) and Kevin Smith(Jammin) kept close together as they changed a couple of times in position from slight mistakes and battling through the traffic.  But in the last minute DJ took a bad roll for Kevin to pull away and take 2nd in the race and DJ to grab 3rd.Racer's Haven was one of the more interesting tracks on the JBRL series as the track was tar layed and dust-free, but made for some corners a lil drifty and other corners with killer bite for traction rolling.  Tires were surely getting tested to the fullest and the ESC's along with motors were sure getting temperature checked on a regular basis, so if you don't have your OFNA temp probe you may need to get one as the summertime time will put a strain on those electrics.  Better to be safe than sorry, 10154 is your winning key to racing ;)