JBRL Nitro round 2 is complete, and it was a HOT hard fought win in the Buggy class, and a little easier cruise in the Truggy class for Cody. These were good wins for Cody as he maintains the points lead in both classes and retains the #1 number plates. Temps exceeding 100f made the effort just a little more difficult unless you pitted in a motor home with AC. Lots of water and wet towels were the order of the day.

Qualifying in buggy was a challenge, as Cody had a an issue during warm-up. After a small adjustment to the car, Cody got on the clock in time but gave up a few seconds as he crossed the loop backward and had to turn around to get going forward on the track. This few seconds would prove to be critical as he battled with Mike Truhe for the lead. Adam Drake was in the next heat, and his time was only 2 seconds faster than Mike and Cody, so the mishap at the beginning of the round  turned out to be important. Cody would start 3rd on the grid for buggy, and had the pole position in truggy.

The buggy final was really exciting with an epic battle for the first 8 minutes. Cody got past Truhe quickly and then set his sights on Drake. Drake, Truhe, and Cody would battle hard, with the 3 running nose to tail and only inches apart at times and swapping positions. Drake looked to pull ahead slightly, but Cody would take the lead in the pits, which put some pressure on Adam. After Drake had a mishap with traffic, this gave Cody a little breathing room. Over the last 15 minutes Cody would stretch out his lead and cruise to the win, with Drake holding on for 2nd, Truhe 3rd, and Cody’s Kyosho team mate Sean Gaffney in 4th. The Truggy class was a bit more simple, with Cody stretching out a huge lead and lapping the field to take the win, Drake in 2nd, and Matt Schreffler in 3rd.

Cody used Proline Holeshot 2.0 tires on his buggy, and Holeshot on the truggy, both in M3 compound. Both Cody’s Reds R5T TE engines were powered by Byron Worlds Blend fuel.

 

 

Well, Silver State is in the books, and it didn’t go so well for Cody. He was solidly in both A Mains, but considering he has been 2nd here twice, and won the truggy class in 2007, the 8th place finishes are of course disappointing. As bad as this was for Cody, it was really nice his team mate Jared got the win. We are really happy he could show that Kyosho has the best car and complete the win.

Here are the buggy results:

 

Pos	Driver	Car #	Laps	Time
1	Tebo Jared	3	75	45:18.6
2	Ryan Cavalieri	5	75	45:23.2
3	Ryan Lutz	1	74	45:11.3
4	Drake Adam	4	74	45:11.4
5	Wheeler Josh	6	74	45:20.7
6	Drew Moller	7	73	45:12.8
7	Dylan Rodriguez	13	72	45:01.4
8	King Cody	8	72	45:08.8
9	Billy Fischer	10	72	45:21.1
10	Truhe Mike	2	72	45:41.1
11	Mark Pavidis	9	48	32:36.1
12	Carson Wernimont	12	39	24:02.4
13	Kortz Jeremy	11	39	25:33.0
14	Richard Saxton	14	27	17:41.2

In the truggy class, Cody’s idle was too low and the engine stopped on lap 47 while running in 5th. He dropped all the way to 12th position and came back to 8th with only 15 minutes remaining. Nice come back, and his pace was good, but of course disappointing with the 8th place finish.

It was nice to have Yuichi Kanai over from Japan. He qualified 2nd in the 40+ class, and finished 3rd behind Mark Pavidis and Mike Battaile. It was fun to pit Yuichi with Futoshi Ishihara from Kyosho America.

 

Cody has won expert buggy and expert truggy, and Tim Long has won the 40+ class for a Kyosho sweep at JBRL round 1. Furthermore, there were 6 Kyosho buggies in the expert final, and 5 Kyosho Truggies in the expert truggy final, for a very strong showing from the Red Army. The race was held at Thunder Alley RC Raceway in Beaumont California in the USA. This track was the site of multiple ROAR Nationals, and one of the more popular circuits in the United States. There were 250 entries for this one day race, and thanks to expert handling of the program by Jimmy Babcock, the race was completed by 10pm local time.

The completely fresh track design was done by Levi Jackson of Sik Track Designs (Rob Jackson’s son) and it got rave reviews. The over/under cross over section was brilliant as it launched the cars up in the air over the speeding traffic below. The layout was smooth, fast and flowing with lap times in the low to mid 30 second range for most drivers. The track was watered every couple races and it kept the surface smooth and easy on the tires. As the sun went down and temps cooled off, there was plenty of moisture in the track and watering wasn’t necessary. The surface was fair all day.

Cody’s statement:

“Both classes were tough because all the guys are fast, stepping up their game. In truggy I really battled with Drake and ended up with the win. I feel really good with the truck lately, because my pace was good at Nitro Challenge, then I won PNB, and now this. So it’s all good with the truggy. In buggy I really had a tough time adjusting to the buggy after driving the truggy. I stuffed a pipe early and had to work my way back toward the front. The end of the race was a battle with fellow A Main Hobbies/Kyosho driver Dylan Rodriguez. Dylan was fast, but after catching up to him and trying to get around him a few times, I was able to finally get around him for the win. In both finals I ran Proline M3 Holeshots, although for buggy I might have run M4 if I could do it over again. Maybe it would have been a little easier to drive. I really want to thank Proline for the support at the track. Also I want to thank all my sponsors, Kyosho, Reds Racing, Byron Fuels, KO Propo, A Main Hobbies, Protek RC, Speed Passion, Stickit1, Lunsford, and LiveRC.. Special shout out to Reds with the unreal engine perfomance. The engine in my buggy is the first engine we have had from the beginning. It’s pushing 5 gallons now and running really well. See you all in Vegas for Silver State.”

Here are the expert class results:

Expert Buggy:

1- Cody King – Kyosho – Reds

2 – Dylan Rodriguez – Kyosho

3 – Drew Moller – Kyosho

4 – Carson Wernimont – Durango

5 – Cody Smith – Kyosho

6 – Ryan Lutz – Durango

7 – Colin Herzig – Xray – Reds

8 – Sean Gaffney – Kyosho

9 – Colby Poh – Kyosho

10 – Adam Drake – TLR

11 – Matt Schreffler – Serpent

12 – Richard Saxton – AE

Expert Truggy:

1 – Cody King – Kyosho – Reds

2 – Adam Drake – TLR

3 – Drew Moller – Kyosho

4 – Dylan Rodriguez – Kyosho

5 – Cody Smith – Kyosho

6 – Ryan Lutz – Durango

7 – Tyler Brown – TLR

8 – Gil Alontaga – Kyosho

9 – Ronda Drake – TLR

10 – Shaun Kirkman – Team C

11 – Jason Miller – AE

 

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Well Psycho Nitro Blast is over, and boy was it psycho, and a blast!! The crazy hours of practice and racing really takes a toll on your body. I was already tired from Cactus the week before, and it seemed like I didn’t get to bed till 5am everyday. The good news, I was fast from the beginning, and the cars just got better as we made some adjustments.

In Truggy, Lutz would grab the TQ, but the main was little different. I would get the lead early and battle the entire 45 minutes with Adam Drake and Barry Pettit. When I say the entire 45, I really mean the whole thing from tone to tone. Those guys really made me work for it, and it wasn’t until the last few laps that I finally started stretching out. I’m really pleased to have a win in truggy. It’s been awhile since I won a truggy event, and the truck is really good right now. We softened the shock oil and moved some weight up front, and it’s really good.

In buggy, Lutz had the TQ after the first day, but I got it away from him with two TQ runs on Saturday. Some adjustments we did to the car were paying off and I really felt comfortable going into the main. I lead the main early, but a couple mistakes would allow Lutz to get the lead from me. After Ryan took the lead, I was stuck in a battle with Drake for 2nd, and it really allowed Ryan to stretch out his lead. Once I cleared away from Adam I set my sights on Lutz, but it was too late. I cut about 13 seconds off Ryan’s lead, but didn’t have enough time to catch him and I wound up second. I really felt like I had a good car, but I think some adjustments we made to the car didn’t work well in the final. If I had it to do over, I think I would change some things.

Big thank you to all my Sponsors for the support, many of whom did special things to make this happen at the last minute. Kyosho ran around and got me parts last minute to bring on the trip. Reds did so much and the R5T TE engines in both my cars were so perfect the entire time, as well as the Reds turbo #5 plug which may be the best plug in RC right now. The new 2104 pipe is very good as well, even smoother power and better fuel mileage.  Proline, thanks very much for sending tires out and getting them there by Thursday. I ran Holeshots in both classes (M3 in truggy/M4 in buggy) and they were hooked up the entire time. Even in the buggy after 45 minutes I did my fastest lap at the end of the race. Byron Fuels, thanks for the great juice. The Worlds Blend sweep at this race! A Main Hobbies, KO Propo, everyone, thanks very much.

I want to give special thanks to Tim Long for all his help this weekend wrenching and pitting, since my Dad couldn’t come out to this race. I still want to thank my Dad for getting all my stuff ready when I was at Cactus last week.  I also have to thank Alex Pilson from Reds USA and the entire Reds Racing team for the great support. It was really fun hanging out and staying at the track. I hope to make it out again next year and maybe close the deal in buggy next time!

Here is the entire Truggy final on Youtube, and pictures below: