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Psycho Nitro Blast III Report

With 385 entries, the PNB III proved to be another exciting event as the fastest of the East and several Top Factory drivers battled for the win. In the Pro Buggy A main, it was Adam Drake starting in the TQ position with VP-Pro USA's Ryan Lopez starting 2nd using wide Ultra Flexx Axman mounted on standard wheels. Starting 3rd was Tamiya's Ryan Lutz and VP-Pro's Gene Hickerson starting 4th using Ultra Flexx Condors. At the start, the entire field of 15 buggies made it down the 240 foot straight and through the twists of the Straight Jacket. Adam Drake and Ryan Lutz ended up 1 and 2 with Gene Hickerson and Ryan Lopez battling for 3rd after the first lap, and that is where it stayed for the 1st half of the 60 minute A-main event.  On lap 30, Mike Truhe who started 7th, closed the gap between Hickerson and Lopez and started what was to become an epic 30 minute battle for 3rd position after Hickerson dropped back to 5th. In the last 15 minutes, Adam Drake began to build a lead over Lutz and took the win. The race for third continued on between Ryan Lopez and Mike Truhe until about 5 minutes to go when Truhe stepped out to a lead of about 15 seconds due to 3 less pit stops then Lopez had made and took 3rd place with Lopez 4th. Hickerson had mechanical issues and dropped out with 7 minutes to go, allowing Psycho Nitro Blast I Pro Buggy Champion, Chad Phillips to take 5th.

In 1/8 E-Buggy, it was again 2 time National Champion Adam Drake taking TQ, with VP-Pro USA's Gene Hickerson starting 2nd on Ultra Flexx Condors. At the start, Drake streatched out an 18 second lead over Hickerson as the 2 left the rest of the field. It was a 20 minute A-main event, so all drivers had to make 1 pit stop to change lipo batteries. At the 10 minute mark, Hickerson pitted and thanks to Batman and Pete The Greek's fast work, closed the gap on Drake to only 7 seconds. In the closing minutes of the race, Drake continued driving a flawless race while Hickerson made a few mistakes and had to settle for 2nd place. Kyle Touchette finished 3rd, one lap back from 1st & 2nd.

VP-Pro USA's driver Kaulin Hall wins back to back races!!!

This time it was at the Airtronics Winter Nationals at Revelation Raceway in CA. Keep up the great Work Kaulin!

Kaulin Hall wins the JC Concepts Open !!

Picking up were he left off in 09’ Kaulin Hall piloted his Losi 2.0 to a dominating win at the J-Concepts Open at Revelation Raceway in sunny So Cal. Revelation Raceway is one of the premier tracks in the country and never has a problem attracting great drivers and today was no exception, rising to the occasion fresh from his 15th birthday Kaulin proceeded to set the pace for the first round of qualifying by over 7 seconds, setting the time to beat. Having the TQ, the stage was set to see if Kaulin could perform in the main.  
As  soon as the Down and Quiet rang out it seemed that it was Kaulin’s day the VP–Pro Turbo Trax kept his ride strapped and he never looked back he finished 31 seconds in front of second place , “Nice job Kaulin way to start the new year.” After a brief interview with Kaulin said, “he would like to thank VP–Pro USA tires, TKO bearings and Dirtfighter racing products.

VP-Pro USA's David Worr wins the J-Concepts Clash in Lutz FL using VP-Pro Ultra Flexx Turbo Trax in his very first race as a VP-Pro team driver. David also was racing his new RC8 for the very first time. Keep up the great work David!

LiveRC.com Race Results - 2009 JConcepts Clash - 1-8th Buggy Sportsman (Round: 5, Race: 34)

1-8th Buggy Sportsman
2009 JConcepts Clash
Position Driver Name Car # Laps Race Time Fast Lap Behind Qualifier # 1 Worr, David 6 50 25:20.118 28.132 2 2 Townsend, Ben 7 49 25:22.664 28.351 3 3 England, Billy 9 48 25:10.950 29.446 1999 4 Sinsabaugh, Spencer 5 48 25:26.674 28.242 15.724 1 5 Geist, Brian 8 47 25:03.620 28.539 7 6 Horn, Mike 2 47 25:29.411 28.247 25.791 5 7 Burkey, Mitchell 3 46 25:26.008 28.414 8 8 Davis, Shawn 1 44 25:28.091 28.736 4 9 Martinez, Andrew 4 16 15:03.172 30.643 6 10 Labon, Joe 10 0 0.000 1999