Race Results

What do you do when the best drivers in the country converge at Thunder Alley? Simple…you lay the smack down! That's exactly what O.S. Engines' Ryan Lutz did at the first round of the RC Pro Series West.

After taking the TQ in the Pro Buggy class, Lutz used the front starting spot to rocket away from the rest of the field, including Cavalieri, Truhe, Drake and King. In the end, Lutz took his O.S. Speed 2 to a ten-second lead and never looked back.

In Pro Truggy, Lutz had to start from the third slot, but wasted no time rocketing his way to the front. In the end it was more of the same. But this time, his O.S. Speed 2 Hara Edition powered its way to a twenty-second win over Cavalieri.

Once again O.S. Engines' hot shoe Ryan Lutz laid down some blistering laps and took the TQ in both Pro Buggy and Pro Truggy at the fourth round of the Novarossi Summer Series. What made this so impressive is that he had to beat the current ROAR national champion, Adam Drake, and last year's champion Mike Truhe.

In the buggy main event, Lutz had a tough battle on his hands, but his O.S. Speed 2 was up to the task and slowly began to pull away. In the end, Lutz put on a clinic and won by nearly 30 seconds.

The truggy event was much the same. This time, Lutz wasn't sticking around to battle and virtually walked away from the entire field. Just proof positive that to beat the best, you must run the best…the O.S. Speed 2 Hara Edition!

Futaba and OS Engines factory driver Atsushi Hara (JPN) clinched the 1/8th Scale Buggy World Championships at the Farm II track in Charlotte NC on September 21, 2008. After a very hard fought race Hara came up the World Champion with a winning time of 1:00:06.199 for 79 laps!

Hara's radio of choice was the new Futaba 4PK FASST, giving this radio it's first world championships, and earning it in it's first year of racing! Atsushi also used the Futaba BLS352 servo for steering and the S9351 on the throttle. This assured him a winning setup that would not fail.

Hara ran the multi-World Champion OS Speed Tuned 21VZ-B V-Spec engine with the T-2060C pipe. One of the keys to Hara's win was the perfect blend of speed and fuel mileage afforded by the OS engine. Hara was able to eliminate one pit-stop as a result of using the OS engine.

The World Championships had over 200 drivers and a grueling 60 minute main. Extensive rain made conditions even tougher; equipment had to perform flawlessly so that the driver could concentrate on the course. Obviously the Futaba 4PK FASST and OS Speed Tuned 21VZ-B V-Spec engine with the T-2060C pipe did their job and so did Atsushi Hara!

Congratulations!