Watch Brent Calvert Win the Championship

I posted a news item about this last week, but as it turns out the cameras were rolling as Brent Calvert won his second main in Stock Truck at the recent 10th scale Electric Nationals (held at the HobbyTown USA Hobbyplex in Omaha, Nebraska), thereby clinching the national championship!

Enjoy the embedded video below of Brent's title-winning race, or click the YouTube icon to watch it over there, in High Definition.

Melting tires...paved oval this Sunday!

Just a reminder that this Sunday is the first race in the new Paved Oval series and if the weather lately is any indication, it'll be a hot one...so bring your shade! Everyone's starting with a clean slate on points in this series that will take us through the end of the year, so this is a great time to get involved!

Tuesday Series Winners, New Series Start Dates!

Tuesday night club racers, you have not been forgotten! Your statistics keeper was entertaining the fans in Omaha for the Nationals, hence the delay in your series results report...but the numbers are in, and we've got new series champions! Don't forget, you can see how the whole series went down and check your points as the weeks progress, on our club racing page. Congratulations to the winners!

Rookie: Janine Fishman
Stock: Derek Tarrant
Super Stock: Jason Steuer
Modified: Cody Turner
Sportsman Slash: Keith Tarello
Expert Slash: D.J. Silva
Open Short Course: Notch Johnson
Sportsman Nitro Buggy: Kevin Tuazon
Expert Nitro Buggy: Chad Bradley
Sportsman Nitro Truggy: Ken Rendall
Expert Nitro Truggy: Cullen West
Gas Truck: Havoc

Important Note:

Because of the upcoming Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout, the starting dates of our next Tuesday and Saturday points series will be delayed. The new Tuesday series will begin on July 14th, with the Saturday series following on the 18th. Also, Jimmy wants to make all of our Short Course and Slash Spec racers aware that in the new series, the current tire rule will remain in effect - any tire that is specifically designed for Short Course trucks (Slash, SC10) will continue to be a legal tire for these classes.

Hot Rod Local wins National Championship

The ROAR electric off-road nationals were held this weekend in Omaha, Nebraska, and a Hot Rod Hobbies local has taken the national championship in Stock Truck! Brent Calvert, driving his Team Associated T4, had come just one point short of the title at last year's Nationals (held here at Hot Rod's)...but this time, he would not be denied!

Congratulations to Brent and all of his sponsors for a job well done! You can bet Brent will be competing at the Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout (July 10-12), as well...so if you want to test your mettle against a national champion, you'll have your chance next month!

Saturday Club Racing Winners: May-June!

Summer is officially here, and the action on the dirt track is heating up with the weather! After eight weeks of furious competition, the points have been tallied and our new off-road champions have been crowned. Congratulations to the winners, and don't forget that everyone can pick up their awards at next Saturday's club race! Want to see how the whole series went down? Don't miss our club racing page!

Rookie: Justin Shaw
Stock: Tim Fleig
Super Stock: Brian Mowry
Modified: Mike Torgerson
Sportsman Slash: Keith Tarello
Expert Slash: Josh Robertson
Open Short Course: Tim Fleig
Sportsman Nitro Buggy: Jesse Carrillo
Expert Nitro Buggy: Charles Charron
Sportsman Nitro Truggy: Jason Lewis
Expert Nitro Truggy: Kevin Kasten
Gas Truck: Trevor Bond

Off-Road Track Redesign & Contest!

The Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout is right around the corner, and that means it will be time to put in a brand new layout! Just as last year, Jimmy is holding a track design contest where the winner will be allowed free entry to the Shootout, for as many classes as he/she wishes to race! Entries should be e-mailed to Jimmy Babcock personally, at jimmy@hotrodhobbies.com, faxed to 661-255-2196 or mailed to the shop, ATTN: Shootout Track Redesign Contest.

The new layout will be put in on July 5th and as always, everyone who comes out to work on the track crew for the entire day will receive a free month of club racing, on Jimmy! We had a great turnout in March for the last rebuild, we hope to see you guys out there next month!

Spring Paved Oval Winners!

Six months of intense oval competition culminated in last Saturday's final race of the Hot Rod Hobbies oval racing series. The points have been tallied, and the results are in. Congratulations to the winners and everyone who participated - the new series starts on the first Sunday of July, so get ready!

Sportsman 21.5: Tim Twyman
Intermediate 21.5: Tony Gammel
Expert 21.5: Erik Steenhoven
Spec Truck 21.5: Scot Petitclerc
Sprint Car: Dave Barber
Open Dirt Oval: Kevin Stevens

To see how the entire series went down, hit our racing page and check out the paved oval results file.