O.S. Engines Race Results

Hobbico's big three, O'Donnell Racing Fuel, Futaba Radios and O.S. Racing Engines, are proud to announce the signing of Midwest hotshot from Addison, Illinois, Sonny Ochoa - or as his legions of fans call him, Sonny O'.

With this signing, Sonny will be exclusively running the incredibly powerful O.S. V-Spec .21 in both his 1/8th buggy and truggy. When it comes to 1/10th nitro truck, he will rely on the ever popular O.S. .12TZ. To make sure these engines perform at their peak, they will be fueled by O'Donnell 30% and 20% race blend fuel...and if that wasn't enough, Sonny will be extremely confident behind the wheel of his Synthesized Futaba 3PK Super.

"Sonny is going to make an incredible addition to the team," said Scott Cramer of Hobbico. "With his great race results and awesome, helpful attitude off the track, it's a win, win situation."

Sonny O' is equally enthusiastic. "This is like a dream come true to run for not only one, but three of the best companies in the world! It will give me so much confidence knowing that I have the best equipment under me."

If you see Sonny racing at a track near you, make sure you stop by and check out all the latest and greatest products from O'Donnell Racing Fuels, Futaba Radios and O.S. Racing Engines.

2006 Silver State Nitro Challenge - March 29th-April 2nd

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Futaba and O.S. were very strong at the Silver State Nitro Challenge.

Truggies A-Main Class

Chad Bradley 1st Ryan Cavalieri 2nd Taylor James 3rd	Dean Sexton, Taylor James and Chad Bradley all used the O.S. 21 V-Spec. Taylor James used the Futaba 3PK system and equipment.

Mark Pavidas was the Top Qualifier for the weekend in Truggy. Also using all Futaba equipment and O.S. 21 V-Spec.

Truggies        -- SS 1/8 Truck (UMT) - A Main - 
Mark Pavidas qualified first place and took the top qualifying.

Pos   Qualified   Laps      Time           Name 
 1        2        76     45:13.24     Chad Bradley       O.S
 2        3        76     45:16.37     Ryan Cavalieri 
 3        4        76     45:30.93     Taylor James       Futaba / O.S.
 4       11        73     45:27.41     Dean Sexton        O.S.
 5       13        72     45:18.52     Raul Peris 
 6        8        72     45:35.64     Yuichi Kanai       Futaba
 7       15        71     45:02.90     Marty Korn 
 8        9        71     45:24.27     Andrew Smolnik 
 9        5        71     45:31.48     Cody King 
10        1        70     45:09.29     Mark Pavidas       Futaba / O.S.
11        7        65     45:05.28     JR Mitch 
12       14        49     29:18.45     Ryan Lutz 
13       10        45     27:31.11     Adrien Bertin 
14        6        36     26:19.97     Ryan Maifield 
15       12        15     11:00.48     Samuele Lenzi

1/10th Truck A-Main Class

1st Ryan Cavalieri 2nd Ryan Maifield 3rd Taylor James	Taylor James used the Futaba 3PK system and equipment.

Jared Tebo was the Top Qualifier for the weekend in the 1/10th Truck using all Futaba equipment.

1/10 Truck        -- SS 1/10 Expert - A Main - 
Jared Tebo was the Top qualifier in this class.

Pos   Qualified   Laps      Time           Name 
 1        3        65     45:05.04     Ryan Cavalieri 
 2       10        65     45:09.27     Ryan Maifield 
 3        2        65     45:38.06     Taylor James      Futaba / O.S.
 4        8        64     45:09.69     Cody King 
 5       12        64     45:10.67     JR Mitch 
 6       11        63     45:13.95     Billy Fischer 
 7        5        63     45:23.72     Adam Drake 
 8       13        62     45:26.65     Steve Hale        Futaba
 9        7        62     45:29.48     Mike Kendall 
10        4        61     45:14.97     Jesse Robbers 
11        9        60     42:55.97     Richard Saxton 
12       15        60     45:29.47     Lance Norrick 
13       14        54     45:39.11     Steven Miller 
14        1        49     35:07.60     Jared Tebo        Futaba
15        6         9     6:28.39      Marty Korn

1/8th Expert A-Main Class

1st Scott Hughes
2nd Taylor James
3rd Ryan Cavalieri

Scott Hughes with the O.S. 21 V-Spec was also the Top Qualifier for the weekend.

1/8th Expert Buggies   -- SS 1/8 Expert - A Main - 

Pos   Qualified   Laps      Time           Name 
 1        1        74     45:25.58     Scott Hughes      O.S.
 2        4        73     45:15.36     Taylor James      Futaba/O.S.
 3       14        73     45:20.28     Ryan Cavalieri 
 4       11        72     45:33.10     Chad Bradley      O.S.
 5        2        72     45:39.59     Atsushi Hara      Futaba / O.S.
 6        7        71     45:13.66     Ricardo Gomez 
 7        6        71     45:13.95     Greg Degani 
 8        5        71     45:31.08     Marty Korn 
 9       10        70     45:02.07     Jared Tebo        Futaba / O'Donnell
10        3        70     45:28.75     Mark Pavidas      Futaba / O.S. 
11       15        69     45:01.77     JR Mitch 
12       12        68     45:16.20     Paul Coleman      Futaba
13        9        58     39:03.48     Jeremy Kortz 
14        8        54     36:41.89     Adam Drake 
15       13        20     15:50.20     Ryan Maifield

Taylor James and his 1/8th Truggy, 1/8th Buggy and 1/10th Truck. All powered by O.S. Engines and Futaba equipment.

Mike's Hobby Shop - Houston, Texas

Race report by Tommy Porfirio:

Practice was held on Friday. Car was pretty close out of the box. With a 45 minute main event tire wear would be an issue, so I decided to get my car dialed on harder tires, although most guys were running wraps and softer durometer tires. After qualifing I was less than a second from the top qualifier who was running the Jaco wrap tires. These tires will not last the main event. From the start of the main I traded the lead with Frosty St. Clair for the first 20 minutes. I stretched the lead to 5 seconds and was never pressured afterwards. I won by over 2 laps.

Position	Driver	Car	Engine	Radio	Laps
1	Tommy Porfirio	Kyosho	OS	KO Propo	147
2	Jimmy Huynh	Mugen	OS	Airtronics	145
3	Binson Chang	Kyosho			141
4	Larry Pryor	Mugen	Palmairis	KO Propo	140
5	Todd Bath	Kyosho	Palmairis	Futaba	140
6	Herman Rodriguez	Kyosho	Nova	Airtronics	131
7	Jeff Parker	Kyosho	OS	Futaba	130
8	P. Guillaume Herve	Mugen	Nova		131
9	Tom Norell	Mugen	Nova	KO Propo	124
10	Frosty St. Clair	Kyosho	OS	Airtronics	83
11	Jason Lee	Kyosho	Nova	Airtronics	83
12	Eduardo Romero	Mugen	RB	Futaba	36

Speedline Grand Prix Race - Houston, Texas

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Touring Car
Position	Driver	Car	Radio	Engine
1	Tommy Porfirio	KYO	KO	OS
2	Art Carbonell	MUG	KO	NOVA
3	Jimmy Huyng	MUG	AIR	OS
4	Larry Pryor	MUG	KO	MAX
5	Anthony Hardee
6	P.G. Herve	MUG		TQ
7	Marcos Medina	KYO	FUT	OS
8	Jeff Parker	KYO	FUT	OS
9	Binson Chang	KYO	FUT	OS
10	John Pena

1/8th 4WD
Position	Driver	Car	Radio	Engine
1	Chuck Moon	MUG	AIR	TQ
2	Ron Gustin	DELTA	JR	TQ
3	Lou LaDuca	MUG	KO	TQ
4	Terry Brown	MUG	AIR	TQ
5	Bran.Mcnalley	SERP	JR	MAX
6	Mathew Payne
7	Binson Chang	KYO	FUT	NOVA
8	S. McLaughlin	DELTA	KO	NOVA
9	S. Ridenour	SERP	FUT	NOVA
10	C.Junkins	MUG	KO	NOVA

O.S. Engines Team Member takes NAMBA Nationals by storm in 3.5 Stock Tunnel!

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Team O.S. Engines' Mark Frederick's overcome the unbelievable water conditions to take the very first NAMBA National Championship for the Top Speed 2!
Also, Team O.S. Engines' Jerry Dunlap, designer of the Top Speed 2, came in 2nd.

Mark and Jerry both also using Futaba radio gear, O.S. .21 XM outboard engine and O'DONNELL Fuel!

Pavidis has an impressive weekend at The Dirt Nitro Challenge!

OS Racing Team's Mark Pavidis finished the 1/8th scale Nitro Buggy class in third place.
Pavidis qualified in the second position in the Buggy class.
Pavidis was using a .21 VZ-B V-Spec-T Engine in his buggy.

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Race Results

Scott Hughes' 2006 Race Results

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