8/19/09 - The Hyper 9E team was at the Tuesday Night OCRC Raceway taking the top 3 positions. With the track layout Kortz can't wait for the 29-30th August Surf City 1/8 Electric Buggy event.
A-Main - Pos
Driver
Buggy
1st
Jeremy Kortz
Hyper 9e
2nd/TQ
Tim Bump
Hyper 9e
Hyper Sprint makes a showing at Local Track
This weekend we ran an exhibition race with the NEW OFNA Sprint cars. The cars were run stock out of the box with some minor changes on the shock springs. Nelson ran a Picco Evo3 .21 engine and Harrington ran a Novarossi .28 engine. Both drivers commented on how good the cars drove with the stock setup. Harrington's Sprint was seen popping wheelies coming out of the corners. There was 2 other drivers with Sprint cars present, but they didn't run because they were waiting on engines. The Sprint's look to be a great addition to the 1/8 dirt oval scene! Here's how they finished:
Pos.
Driver
Car
Engine
1st
Stan Harrington
Hyper Sprint
NR .28
2nd
Robin Nelson
Hyper Sprint
Picco EVO .21
OFNA Dirt Oval Late Model Pro Wins ECDOS Series
This past weekend was the 3rd race of the ECDOS, East Coast Dirt Oval Series. The race was held at C & S speedway in Cherryville, N.C. This track is one of the nicest indoor tracks in the country. The heat was hard on the 55 drivers, but the temperature inside was fine. After two qualifiers and A-Main, the finishes were.....
Pos.
Driver
Car
Engine
1st
Stan Harrington
Dirt Oval Pro
NR .28
2nd
Robin Nelson
Dirt Oval Pro
Picco JL.28
3rd
Don Owens
Dirt Oval Pro
RB
Jeffrey & JL-10e takes TQ/Wins at OCRC - 8/13
The OFNA JL-10e team showed up at OCRC last night for the Thursday Carpet Race. The lead team member Jeffrey Lin took the TQ and 1st followed by Steve Nguyen in 2nd.
8/13 - OCRC Raceway
Driver
Sedan
1st/TQ
Jeffrey Lin
OFNA JL-10e
2nd
Steve Nguyen
OFNA JL-10e
Jeffrey & JL-10e takes TQ/Wins at both OCRC & WCRC Tracks
With the recent opening of two new indoor On-Road and Off-Road tracks, Jeffrey Lin has been busy running the new OFNA JL-10e Electric 195mm Sedan. Taking the TQ and Wins last week in 17.5 brushless RCGT Class at both OCRC Raceway and WCRC Raceway has been good for his OFNA product. Jeffrey said, "the JL-10 car is great and very easy to drive. It has good corner speed and handles super. Using the Epic Duo 2 with KO ESC gives the fast straightaway speed he needs, to be on top."
8/06 - OCRC Raceway
Driver
Sedan
1st/TQ
Jeffrey Lin
OFNA JL-10e
8/08 - WCRC Raceway
Driver
Sedan
1st/TQ
Jeffrey Lin
OFNA JL-10e
Now you can View & Download any OFNA press Release
In the past, OFNA press releases were almost used as internal documents, which were also available on the OFNA web site.. somewhere. Now, I have made a PDF carousel for all OFNA press releases which when clicked will download and open your PDF viewer. I hope this carousel will help you see OFNA's latest products and announcements and new releases. Try it... Click the carousel window. You can comment back too "help@ofna.com" if you have viewer problems.
The First Round of the Blitz has been fired!
The First round of the OFNA BLITZ (verb) has been fired! OFNA leaked out to this reporter that it is planning to offer 6 different "Short Course" vehicles in the 4th quarter of 2009. I can't offer anymore information on the SC vehicle designs, but I can say they have been seen dominating at a local track.
JAMMIN has a new option!
New Jammin Steel Flywheel,
The Secret is OUT
Get the advantages the pro drivers have enjoyed for sometime now. The new Jammin Steel Flywheel gives performance advantages in many different areas.
Smoother acceleration off the corner.
Better handling on rough and loose conditions.
Slight fuel mileage increase.
Improved engine idling.
Less engine stalls from flywheel interference such as rocks hitting the flywheel.
Much more consistent lap times.
Jammin Steel Flywheel Part # 41115
Chad wins at Tuesday Nationals - 7/28/09
7/28/09 Tuesday Night Nationals at Hot Rod's - Hot Rod's had their largest turn out of the year for a club race with 120 entries! Jeremy Kortz was on hand Tuesday with his Hyper 9 Pro along with Chad Bradley and his Jammin X2 buggy. Chad TQ'ed both rounds 1 and 2. In the main event, on lap one Chad went wide and Jeremy made an aggressive move on the inside to take the early lead. Jeremy lead for a few minutes extending his lead to a couple seconds over Chad. Jeremy had a slow lap which allowed Chad to muscle his way to the inside to get around Jeremy. Chad lead the rest of the way to take the win and Jeremy taking 2nd.
A-Main - Pos
Driver
Buggy
1st/TQ
Chad Bradley
Jammin X2
2nd
Jeremy Kortz
Hyper 9
Hyper 9 win at Santa Barbara Raceway - 7/26/09
7/26/09 - Santa Barbara Raceway: With 50 entry's Hyper 9 driven by Kortz pilot won the Main and TQ'ed. The main started off with Kortz in the lead and Jimmy Babcock in 2nd and Charlie Love in 3rd. Two minutes in, Babcock crashed and let Kortz get away and left the rest to fight it out.
A-Main - Pos
Driver
Buggy
1st/TQ
Jeremy Kortz
Hyper 9
2nd
Scott Wagner
Hyper 9
3rd
Charlie Love
Hyper 9
Jammin wins Canadian RC Pro Series #3
Legacy Hobby in Strathroy, Ontario. was host to the final leg of the Ontario Pro Series and the racing was intense. Precision Hobbies/ Jammin Regional team driver Chris Buckrell pulled off the win in expert buggy. Chris was battling between 2nd and 3rd for the first 25 minutes of the race and closed in on first in the final 5 minutes. With 2 minutes, Chris gained the lead and battled with second place. Coming around for the final turn Chris had a slight bobble but held on to his lead to take the win in his Jammin X2 buggy powered by a Jammin JPX .21. Jammin regional team driver Nate Talaskavich had some trouble in qualifying and ended up in the B main. As soon as the race started, Nate checked out and drove a clean race taking his win in the Expert Buggy B main. Nate had afew issues come up in the expert A but still managed to finish a strong 5th in the Expert Buggy A main. Rob Patch had a strong run but could not get through to challenge the front runners and finished 7th in the Expert buggy A main. It was a great race and a great race for the Jammin team. Rob Patch finished 2nd in points for the Ontario division of the Pro Series and Chris Buckrell finished 3rd.
Chad's CRT take the win on Saturday - 6/27/09
6/27/09 Saturday Race @ Hot Rod Hobbies (6/27/09) - With around 90 entries Saturday at Hot Rod Hobbies, Chad Bradley decided to bust out his Jammin X2 CRT Truck in preparation for the up coming Roar Nationals in Joliet IL. In qualifying Chad TQ both rounds and posted his fastest run in round 2. In the Main Chad led wire to wire taking the win in the 12 minute Expert 1/8 Truck main by a large margin. Round 2 of qualifying...
6/23/09 Tuesday Night Nationals @ Hot Rod Hobbies - The world famous Hot Rod Hobbies in Santa Clarita Ca. held one of its largest Tuesday night club race of the year with 110 entries. Racing starts at 6pm and they are done with the gas classes by 10pm! In the expert 1/8 buggy class Chad Bradley took the TQ spot with his Jammin X2 and Jeremy Kortz in 2nd with his Hyper 9 after qualifying. In the main Chad jumped to an early lead, however at the half way point Jeremy closed within one second of Chad's lead, Chad put in some clean fast laps when Jeremy got close and extended his lead to nearly a lap when the race came to an end. Jeremy Kortz held off a hard charging Johnny Wachter late in the race to finish 2nd. Round 2 of qualifying...
6/16/09 Hot Rod Tuesday Night Nationals - With an astonishing 106 entries @ Hot Rod Hobbies in Santa Clarita Ca. Tuesday night, Chad Bradley took the TQ and Win in the expert 1/8 buggy class with his Jammin X2! Qualifying saw Chad set the pace in rounds 1 and 2, TQing by 10 seconds over 2nd fastest Jeremy Kortz and his Hyper 9. Since the large amount of entries the main event was shortened to 5 minutes. Chad took advantage of his TQ position and never looked back in the main, Jeremy had a mistake early on and got caught up in a huge battle for second place, Charles "Hippy" Charron finished 2nd with his MP-9, and Brad Wintermantle finished in the 3rd position. Congrats to Kevin Tuezon for TQing and Winning the Sportsman 1/8 class!
A-Main - Pos
Driver
Buggy
1st/TQ
Chad Bradley
Jammin X2
2nd
Charles Charron
MP-9
3rd
Brad Wintermantle
8ight
4th
Scott Wagner
Hyper 9
Sportsman 1/8 Buggy Results
1st/TQ
Kevin Tuezon
Hyper 9
Taylor jammin wins at Extreme RC Iowa
This past weekend was the RC Pro round 2 at Extreme RC in Evansdale, Iowa. I made the 5 hour drive up to the race with Jammin drivers Traver Mullen, Steve Hale, and Traver's dad Brad Mullen. Brad was nice enough to let me pit in their trailer all weekend. Friday was practice and my setup seemed pretty close after hitting the track the first time. The track had very low traction so I made a few changes to help hook my car up. I changed to 1 degree of anti-squat and changed my camber to 1 degree. I also felt like I needed more steering so I raised my front upper arms to the top hole instead of the middle hole. After making these changes I felt my car was very good so I focused on finding the right tire. I liked Proline M3 Calibers the best. Practice was cut short due to rain and it ended up raining all that night. The next morning we had a late start to qualifying but the track crew did an awesome job getting the track ready to run on and the track was in good shape after we got started. I had a rough first round but came back to TQ the remaining three rounds to take the overall TQ. In the third round I actually broke a front shock shaft on my second lap but finished the race and still was fast enough to TQ the round. Actually my time was about the same as my time from the previous round so even with three shocks my Jammin X2 buggy was still really good. I spent the mains day working on my car and trying to figure out what tires to run. I also pit for Steve Hale in the Arena Truck A-main. Traver and Steve battled down to the finish for third and finished a respectable third and fourth overall. In the buggy main I went out on M3 calibers but switched to M2 Bowties in warmups. My car was really good and after the first pit stop I opened up a big lead and didnt look back. I ended up taking the win just under three laps ahead of second Steve Hale who had a very close race to the finish with the third place driver. So Jammin took first and second in what ended up to be a very successful and fun weekend at Extreme RC. I'd like to thank the track crew for being such great hosts and I plan on returning next year. My set up sheet can be found posted on Jammin's website.
Taylor jammin wins Two for Jammin
Taylor James won & TQ's both Buggy and Truggy at the RC Pro held at Real R/C in Pleasant Hill, Mo. which attracted 156 entries and threatening weather all weekend. With the rain blanketing the track all week prior to the event, racers were greeted to a very slick track for the 2 day event. The rain never came, but Taylor James brought his own storm. Capturing TQ position in both classes with fast times posted in 3 of the 4 rounds in both Pro Buggy and Pro Truggy. More bad news for the competition in the mains as Taylor piloted his Jammin X2 Buggy and X2 Truggy to run away wins in both main events. Taylor was nice enough to give us a little insight into how he coped with the conditions of the track.
OFNA Dirt Oval Late Model Pro Wins at Charlotte
C&S Speedway saw 40 Entries (Low entries due to Speed Week for the Coca Cola 600 in Charlotte). The race had 2 classes of 1/8th scale: Limited Late This past weekend was race 2 of 4 of the East Coast Dirt Oval Series (ECDOS). The race was held at Thunder Alley R/C Speedway in Wilson, N.C. about 2 hours from the North Carolina coast. The track was a really nice, well groomed, 250 ft. outdoor dirt oval with a well stocked shop on site, World of R/C Parts & Supplies owned by Chad Bunn. Practice was Friday night with qualifying and mains on Saturday night. The track had awesome traction and was super smooth which was evident in the lap times, 5.4 seconds. In the 1/8 open late model class there was a heated battle between Stan Harrington, 2008 National Champion, and Robin Nelson Hyper 9 Team pilot. In the first round of qualifying, Harrington and Nelson swapped the lead back and forth with Nelson coming out on top. Pretty much the same in round 2 of qualifying with both guys adding a lap to their pace, once again with Nelson coming out on top. On to the mains with Nelson at the pole position. During the main, the two competitors looked as if their cars where tied together with a six inch piece of rope until the 2 minute mark when Harrington made a bold move in turn 3, diving under Nelson and clipping his rear quarter panel. Nelson held his own and went on to take the win! Nelson credited his win to the awesome power from his New and just released #51234 JLRacing Picco .28 engine.
Pos
Driver
Car
Engine
1st 2nd 3rd
Robin Nelson Lance Jones Stan Harrington
Dirt Oval Pro Dirt Oval Pro Dirt Oval Pro
New JL .28 - -
Chad wins at Tuesday Nationals - 6/9/09
6/9/09 Hot Rod Tuesday Night Nationals - Arguably the most popular track in Southern California Hot Rod Hobbies has consistently had 90 to 100 entries every Tuesday night for their club race program! This week was no different with over 98 entries! In the expert 1/8 buggy class Chad Bradley took the Tq spot in qualifying with his Jammin X2, Jeremy qualified 2nd only half second behind with his Hyper 9. In the main event Jeremy took the lead on the first lap and lead most of the way to the end, with only a few minutes remaining, Chad got around Jeremy to take the win, Jeremy Kortz finished in 2nd, Scott Wagner with his Hyper 9 in 3rd, and Charley Love in 4th with his Hyper 9 as well. OFNA held down the top 4 in the expert buggy class! Also congrats to Kevin Tuezon for winning the sportsman 1/8 buggy class with his Hyper 9!
A-Main - Pos
Driver
Buggy
1st/TQ
Chad Bradley
Jammin X2
2nd
Jeremy Kortz
Hyper 9
3rd
Scott Wagner
Hyper 9
4th
Charley Love
Hyper 9
Sportsman 1/8 Buggy Results
1st
Kevin Tuezon
Hyper 9
Chad takes Santa Barbara Ca. Club Race - 6/7/09
6/7/09 Santa Barbara Ca. Club Race - In beautiful Santa Barbara Ca. the newly remolded http://www.elingsraceway.com/, done by Joey C. from "The Dirt", held its second club race on the larger size track. Jeremy Kortz set the fastest time in qualifying with his Hyper 9 and Chad Bradley in 2nd with his Jammin X2 buggy. The start of the main event Chad and Jeremy battled it out, however at the half way point Jeremy's engine quite, maybe from a rock. Jeremy got his engine re fired and finished in the 2nd position with Chad finishing 1st.
Pos
Driver
Buggy
1st
Chad Bradley
Jammin X2
2nd & TQ
Jeremy Kortz
Hyper 9
4th
Scott Wagner
Hyper 9
Chad wins at Tuesday Nationals - 6/2/09
6/2/09 - Tuesday Night National @ Hot Rod Hobbies: With a huge amount of racers (100 entries) Tuesday Night at Hot Rod Hobbies in Santa Clarita CA., Chad Bradley took home the win and the TQ in the 1/8 buggy class against some of top drivers California has to offer driving his Jammin X2. Qualifying saw Chad taking the TQ spot, with Mike Truhe 2nd and Jeremy Kortz in the 3rd position with his Hyper 9. Chad knew this week was gonna be much tougher than weeks pass with Truhe and Cody King making an appearance this week. Chad jumped out to an early lead with Truhe and Kortz following very closly behind, Truhe took the lead from Chad, but Chad retook the lead shortly after getting passed by Truhe. At the half way point Chad and Kortz put a little space between themselves and Truhe. Kortz took the lead after they were done with thier pit stops, with only a couple minutes to go Chad passed Kortz to regain the lead. With only a couple laps remaining Kortz receiver battery fell out of his car on the back strait, ending his night for an OFNA 1&2 finish.
8/19/09 - The Hyper 9E team was at the Tuesday Night OCRC Raceway taking the top 3 positions.
This weekend we ran an exhibition race with the NEW OFNA Sprint cars. The cars were run stock out of the box with some minor changes on the shock springs. Nelson ran a Picco Evo3 .21 engine and Harrington ran a Novarossi .28 engine. Both drivers commented on how good the cars drove with the stock setup. Harrington's Sprint was seen popping wheelies coming out of the corners. There was 2 other drivers with Sprint cars present, but they didn't run because they were waiting on engines. The Sprint's look to be a great addition to the 1/8 dirt oval scene! Here's how they finished:
This past weekend was the 3rd race of the ECDOS, East Coast Dirt Oval Series. The race was held at C & S speedway in Cherryville, N.C. This track is one of the nicest indoor tracks in the country. The heat was hard on the 55 drivers, but the temperature inside was fine. After two qualifiers and A-Main, the finishes were.....
The First round of the OFNA BLITZ 
7/28/09 Tuesday Night Nationals at Hot Rod's - Hot Rod's had their largest turn out of the year for a club race with 120 entries! Jeremy Kortz was on hand Tuesday with his Hyper 9 Pro along with Chad Bradley and his Jammin X2 buggy. Chad TQ'ed both rounds 1 and 2. In the main event, on lap one Chad went wide and Jeremy made an aggressive move on the inside to take the early lead. Jeremy lead for a few minutes extending his lead to a couple seconds over Chad. Jeremy had a slow lap which allowed Chad to muscle his way to the inside to get around Jeremy. Chad lead the rest of the way to take the win and Jeremy taking 2nd.
This past weekend was the RC Pro round 2 at Extreme RC in Evansdale, Iowa. I made the 5 hour drive up to the race with Jammin drivers Traver Mullen, Steve Hale, and Traver's dad Brad Mullen. Brad was nice enough to let me pit in their trailer all weekend. Friday was practice and my setup seemed pretty close after hitting the track the first time. The track had very low traction so I made a few changes to help hook my car up. I changed to 1 degree of anti-squat and changed my camber to 1 degree. I also felt like I needed more steering so I raised my front upper arms to the top hole instead of the middle hole. After making these changes I felt my car was very good so I focused on finding the right tire. I liked Proline M3 Calibers the best. Practice was cut short due to rain and it ended up raining all that night. The next morning we had a late start to qualifying but the track crew did an awesome job getting the track ready to run on and the track was in good shape after we got started. I had a rough first round but came back to TQ the remaining three rounds to take the overall TQ. In the third round I actually broke a front shock shaft on my second lap but finished the race and still was fast enough to TQ the round. Actually my time was about the same as my time from the previous round so even with three shocks my Jammin X2 buggy was still really good. I spent the mains day working on my car and trying to figure out what tires to run. I also pit for Steve Hale in the Arena Truck A-main. Traver and Steve battled down to the finish for third and finished a respectable third and fourth overall. In the buggy main I went out on M3 calibers but switched to M2 Bowties in warmups. My car was really good and after the first pit stop I opened up a big lead and didnt look back. I ended up taking the win just under three laps ahead of second Steve Hale who had a very close race to the finish with the third place driver. So Jammin took first and second in what ended up to be a very successful and fun weekend at Extreme RC. I'd like to thank the track crew for being such great hosts and I plan on returning next year. My set up sheet can be found posted on Jammin's website.
