Once again Hong Nor Team driver Martin Wolhuter from Western Australia takes first position at the South Australian State championships. It was a very hard final against the best drivers from around Australia.
Martin is racing with a standard X2 Pro car without any
modifications. He did some races with the pivot ball but as the track got rougher he went back to the standard "C" Hub. This once again shows that the  brilliant quality on HN cars gets you through every time. Many cars broke due to the very rough conditions but the X kept on going. Congratulations Martin. If you want to see tough then you have to take a look at this Youtube video. Its a standard RTR XT-1 Truggy and X2 Buggy and Truggy converted to electric. Not one breakage!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMW9ytrr79Q>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMW9ytrr79Q

Hot Rod Hobbies: With well over 100 entries Tuesday night at Hot Rod Hobbies Chad Bradley took the convincing win and TQ in the expert buggy class with his Hong Nor/Jammin X2. Chad lead every lap in qualifying and in the main.

1. Steffen Culmsee (Hong Nor)
2. Jan D Hansen (Hong Nor)
3. Tim Culmsee (Hong Nor)
4. Silas Høgholt (Losi)
5. Henrik Rathje (Mugen)
6. Martin Mortensen (Hong Nor)
7. Torben Lundberg (Xray)
8. Henrik Weltz (Mugen)
9. Thomas Falk-Petersen (Losi)
10. Niklas Hansen (Hong Nor)

Congratulation all hong Nor cars drivers!

Martin Wolhuter with his trophy, Hong Nor X2 car, powered by OS, AKA Rubber and Nitro X Fuels. Martin had a extremely good weekend at the last of the three WA Challenge Cup Rounds held this year, this one being at the Geralton Raceway. He constantly out performed other competitors with his very precise and consistent style. Martins combination of Hong Nor X2, AKA, OS Engine, Nitro X fuel and his un doubted driving skill proved just too good for other competitors on the day. Buggy-Pitstop will continue to follow Martins achievements with regular reports on his achievements over the coming months.

We have now completed the new X2 competition buggy and it is ready for shipping immediately. This much anticipated buggy is based on its predecessor the X1 and has some features added to it from feedback given to us by our Team Drivers, especially those in the USA.  Jay Halsey from Jammin, had spent a lot of time testing and come up with this world class buggy for the 2008 World Championships. The intention was to have a very fast low weight car without sacrificing the durability of the model.  The car is stronger than most models on the market as was seen at the pre-World and World Championships. The steering geometry has not been changed but the weight distribution has. The chassis is narrower with the engine moved forward and more to the center. We have gone away from the center universals and added light-weight aircraft grade alloy center drive shafts. The Center differential mount is the same design as the optional aluminium mount  but is now made from a lighter nylon to save weight. The Front and rear towers are a 4mm carbon fibre further reducing weight. Our new BT-118 tires and ultra light wheels are included and are proving to be a popular wheel and tire choice. Our optional long life silver clutch shoes are also included. Our 16mm big bore shock absorbers are included along with the suggested springs to suit.  A new body has been designed for this model with a separate nose cone.

More photos are available here: http://www.hongnor.com.tw/eng/pviewitem1.asp?sn=686&area=&cat=

Jammin Products rolled into Charlotte, North Carolina with a few tricks bolted onto Taylor James and Chad Bradley's X1X-CR Jammin/HongNor Buggies for the IFMAR Pre-Worlds Race. Taylor James proved that the Jammin/HongNor Buggy is now the top contender for the IFMAR World Championships to be held later this year by posting Top Qualifier and taking the win in the one hour long Final Main. "With a new chassis layout, the X1X Buggy is faster through the corners and accelerates off the corner quicker. Overall stability is much better." says Jay Halsey.  

We have now finished the production of the X2-CRT 1/8 scale Truggy

http://www.hongnor.com.tw/eng/pviewitem1.asp?sn=676&area=45&cat=157

The European Championship this year was difficult due to the hot weather and challenging track. HongNor newly signed driver Richi Gomez was delighted with his Hong Nor debut "We only got the car last week and this was our first race so I am very very happy to finish on the podium. The car and engine worked really well."

Richi was 23rd at the qualifying but he managed to keep up and finished 3rd overall. This year three HongNor drivers made it into top 20 at EC, with Rodrigo Luis (8th) and Ari Heindnen (14th). All staff from HongNor would like to congratulate on HongNor team drivers' victory and we wish them all the best in the years to come.

Saturday 07.06.2008
In buggy class HN team drivers Ari Heinonen placed 3rd and Petri Myllari 4th.
In junior Buggy class HN Racing Finland team drivers Joonas Vuojolahti placed 1st and Sami Sinisalo 2nd

Sunday 08.06.2008
Truggy class was a hat trick for HN...
HN team drivers Ari Heinonen, Petri Myllari and Joonas Vuojolahti just got their X2 truggys on their hands few days before the race. All three
truggys were finished about 10 minutes before the race and race was starting with some set up help from Jammin Chad Bradley by email, thanks to
him. Final adjustments was to be made during the day.

Also Joseph Quagraine joined the race and he was driving HN X1X-CRT-Pro.
This race was the first ever for Petri Myllari to drive 1/8th truggy. He hasn´t even tried truggy before and he was excited.
Qualifying was an easy task for the team. All four guys drove themselves straight to A-final.
Petri Myllari took the TQ trophy.
From almost start to finish the A-main was full of thrills. All four HN drivers were lightening fast. Ari was leading, Petri second and Joseph third with Joonas right behind. During the race Joseph had some radio trouble and he was out for some time. Few minutes before the end of the race Ari broke his servo arm from the 1st place and Petri took the lead with Joonas on 2nd place. Joseph was able to get back on the track and pushed hard and finished 3rd.
 
Here´s the results again:
1/8th buggy
3rd Ari Heinonen X1X-CR-FT
4th Petri Mylläri X1X-CR-FT
 
1/8th buggy junior class
1st Joonas Vuojolahti X1X-CR-FT
2nd Sami Sinisalo X1X-CR-FT
 
1/8th Truggy
1st Petri Myllari X2-CRT-Pro (Petri also TQ´d)
2nd Joonas Vuojolahti X2-CRT-Pro
3rd Joseph Quagraine X1X-CR-FT
8th Ari Heinonen X2-CRT-Pro

6 truggys out of 12 finalists were HN cars

The 2nd round of Truggy Cup was held in Purmerend on Sunday May 11th. The qualification was difficult because the fuel consumption was a lot higher than before due to the fantastic weather (very hot). But after some changes to the engine, all problems were solved and the team could race the entire 8 minutes without a fuel pitstop.

After the start Erik took the lead and held that position for about 5 laps but made an error and two drivers passed him so he was then in third position; this was also his final position. Bas had difficulties from the start; it seemed that the steering servo was braking down, with every lap the steering became more and more difficult. He stopped to check the car and found out that the nut of the servo-saver had come loose. This problem was solved but he had lost about seven laps so the maximum that was possible was the seventh place. After fixing the problem Bas certainly was the fastest guy on the track with four laps below 25 seconds which nobody could match. The team says "All together the cars performed great again and we are happy to race with such an excellent car!"

HN team driver Artem finished 1st, and the 9 year old driver Ryazanov Egor surprised the racers with his excellent performance and finished in 3rd overall.  ¡§Look how great the car is, even a 9 year old kid can win!¡¨

Buggy results:
 
1 Lopukhine Artem 45 40:06.03 HN X1X-CR/OS 21
2 Dyachenko Michael 43 40:50.75 ASSO RC8/RB WS7
3 Ryazanov Egor 42 40:00.89 HN X1X-CR/OS 21 V-Speed
4 Schegolev Anton 42 40:13.93 ASSO RC8/RB C6 BBT
5 Pomogaev Nikita 42 40:23.93 Kyosho Inferno MP777/RB C6 BBT
6 Malyshko Dmitry 38 40:19.35 Xray XB8/NOSRAM 21
7 Ezdakov Denis 26 24:37.48 HB Lightning 2PRO/RB C6 BBT
8 Romanov Vitaly 25 40:23.36 ASSO RC8/RB C6 BBT
9 Gribov Dmitry 3 2:44.00 ASSO RC8/RB WS7
10 Laptev Ivan 3 10:15.98 Kyosho MP777SP/OS 21 V-SPEED
 

A two-day fierce battle took place last weekend. The track was difficult with several potholes by the end of the race. HongNor team driver Bence Toth finished first in Buggy class. "It took us three years to get ahead of the Kyosos, Xrays and Mugen", says by HN team Hungary. 

In Truggy class Andras Eszenyi finished third. The team says "in the 8th minute of the last run he had to suspend the race due to a battery contact failure. After quick repairs he got back into the race at the eighth place. In the 16th minute he was already running at the second place. The first place was clearly visible for us. Unfortuntaely in the 17th minute the rear differential gear broke down. He ran 12 minutes with only front wheel drive with a fantastic performance. He finished in 3rd overall."

Congratulations to all HongNor drivers on a great race! 

The newly approved EFRA 3016 1/8 In-Line Tuned Pipe shipping now!

This pipe is made by high quality aluminum, and both the chrome anodized and hard-coated finish make it look as new as always.

The pipes design provides excellent mid-range and top-end speed without bottom-end torque sacrifice.
Pipe includes 2 silicone seals, springs, and set screw.

This pipe is durable, powerful, and fits most Buggys, Truggys and Monster trucks.

Add these great new products to your collection of Tires & Wheels!

Hong Nor is pleased to announce the release its newest 3.7" tires, wheels and the perfect fit molded foam inserts that simply improve the cars race performance.

3.7" Wheel for 1/8 Truggy
These wheels come in four colors: Black, Yellow, White, and Orange. Made of a special light-weight nylon, the wheels are specifically designed to increase the tires' performance and durability while decreasing the rotating mass. They fit directly onto 17mm hexes and LPR truggy tires.



3.7" Tire for 1/8 Truggy
"The X" tires has evolved from the need for a responsive performance tire especially designed for Truggys. With rigorous testing of the "X" design tires, the pins attributes to the handling performance of the tire and the brings minimal expansion growth under acceleration.



Foam Inserts (Yellow, medium), for 1/8 Buggy & Truggy
These molded foam inserts bring great benefits that you don't find with traditional foam inserts. They are easy to install, long-lasting, and on top of all that they are a great fit for your 3.7" LRP series tires!



Raptor Tire for 1/8 Buggy
This new performance designed tire is made from special material which provides superior traction and enhances its longevity. The unique design of the pins also ensures better handling performance.



The tires and wheels are also sold as pre-mounted (RTR) pairs.

3/30 - Chad Bradley and his X2 take Airtronics Spring Challenge

The streak continues with the new Jammin X2-CRT Truggy and Chad Bradley winning yet another race. Taking Top Qualifier Honors and the Main Event Win in the Airtronics Spring Challenge at Revelation Raceway. A small update on the progress of the new X2-CRT kit. Team owner Jay Halsey states that the molds are finished and the final touches are being made on packaging. The kits should be in the shipping pipeline soon. The news of the kits arriving for distribution will be posted here as soon as we know.

A small quote from his account "Wow Awesome semi final from Taylor James and Chad Bradley. Taylor smoking the field and lapping up to 5th place. Chad Bradley made the main after the most gentlemanly piece of driving I ever saw. He hit Borja Hernandez and waited to let him go, then just 10 meters later he passed Borja on the line to take the last main spot !
Jammin (Hong Nor) takes pole position !".

 

Source: http://www.jamminproducts.com

Last weekend was the first race of the Dutch Truggy-Cup, held on the beach in Hoek van Holland.
A total of 54 drivers attended the race. Weather was great but also very cold.
The track was very difficult from the start and became more bumpy after every hit so both driver and car had to be in top condition.

The results show a great victory for the PK Racing Team and Hong Nor; 4 X1X-CRT truggies in the main final.
Bas de Konink came first after a great race, Erik Aries came 4th and Frans Moor came 7th. 
Quoting the drivers, "The cars were perfect, especially the big bore shocks and the Picco engines performed flawlesly."

Position	Car #	Name	Laps	Time	Fastest Lap	Average Lap
1	2	Bas de Konink Hong Nor	37	30m03.653	43.393	48.747
2	4	Marc Kreisig	37	30m06.336	43.328	48.820
3	1	Stefan Petrich	37	30m36.898	45.054	49.646
4	5	Erik Aries Hong Nor	35	29m51.074	45.840	51.174
5	3	Eric Duijster Hong Nor	35	30m41.744	44.443	52.621
6	6	Kevin Cornelis	33	30m10.129	45.866	54.852
7	8	Frans Moor Hong Nor	32	30m48.486	46.617	57.765
8	9	Harald Cremer	22	19m26.659	45.216	53.030
9	10	Richard van Gelder	19	22m24.033	50.420	70.739
10	7	Sasha Nelson	11	9m07.570	46.845	49.779

Cat. F1

1¢X DE LUCIA Gerardo - Crono / O.S. / Roga
2¢X FERROSO Vincenzo - Blade / Red Wolf / Roga
3¢X GAMBARDELLA Francesco - Hong Nor / RB / RB



Cat. Truggy

1¢X GAMBARDELLA Francesco - XRay / RB / RB
2¢X GIACCIO Luigi - Hong Nor / O.S. / Overfuel
3¢X CARICCHIA Raffaele - Hong Nor / RB / O¡¦Donnell

Hong Nor are starting to release the CRT5- Pivot Balll Steering RTR version to the market.The Pivot Ball front steering allows more adjustments to satisfy all drivers driving styles.

For more information, please vist http://www.hongnor.com.tw/eng/pviewitem1.asp?sn=672&area=45&cat=159 

Neo08 race was a total success. Hong Nor/Jammin team drivers Chad and Taylor along with the boss Jay Halsey traveled to UK for this special event. The battle was tough but Chad and Taylor both managed to be in the A main final.

During the Semi B, Taylor James managed to hold onto the lead till the end, ahead of Mike Truhe and Joern Neuman. Taylor James had a faster time than Adam Drake in the first Semi so will be on pole for the Main final.

In the A main, Taylor was on pole for the A main, but with an hour long final grid positions don't give much of an advantage. Taylor got into the lead and looked good followed by Adam Drake and Darren Bloomfield. A mistake from Taylor James saw Adam and Darren come through as Taylor dropped to third.

"On top of their great performance these two drivers are exceptionally friendly and helpful individuals", said Jamie Booth. Hong Nor are proud of Chad, Taylor, and Jay's efforts, and would like to congratulate Taylor for winning the 3rd place at Neo08 race!

Resouce: oople.com  http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/neo08/day4/index.html

Neo-buggy http://www.neobuggy.net/modules/news/index.php?storytopic=0&start=10

Pro Class Final Results:

1. DongWoo Nam  XRAY XB8EC
2. SunYung Hwang   Kyosho
3. HyungKyu Yu   HongNor
4. YongKi Park  XRAY XB8EC
5. JinYeul Jo   GS Racing
6. DongKwan Kim  XRAY XB8EC
7. WookTaek Lee   Kyosho
8. SungGi Jo   GS Racing
9. ChoongYeul Shin  XRAY XB8EC
10. TaeWan Kim  XRAY XB8EC

Truggy Final Results:

1. HyungKyu Yu   HongNor
2. ChongSuk Oh   HongNor
3. NamHo Kim   XRAY XT8
4. DongSuk Myung   HongNor
5. BumRak Choi   XRAY XT8
6. SungKi Jo   GS Racing
7. JongWon Lee   Robitronics
8. HongKyu Jung   GS Racinag
9. Hoon Lim   Losi
10. EunKyun Lee   XRAY XT8

2008 Mugen Seiki Cup Off-Road for Truggys was held in Malta on March 16, 2008. Total of 45 drives participate in this event. Nicholas Delia driving with Mugen MBX5T wins the race followed by Henry Portelli and Dylan Borg.

1. Nicholas Delia 25 Mugen MBX-5T
2. Henry Portelli 24 Hongnor X1CRT
3. Dylan Borg 24 Mugen MBX-5T
4. JD Frank Azzoppardi 24 Hongnor X1CRT
5. Keith Tabone 23 Thunder Tiger ST1
6. John Bonello 21 Mugen MBX-5T

In the photo: Dylan Borg, Nicholas Delia, Henry Portelli

Piraterc Have caught up with Team Hong Nor Driver and SMD Owner Jamie Booth for an interview.

You can find it here:

http://www.piraterc.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1728&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

The first Nats in Portugal was held last weekend again at the Vizela race track with a total of 81 entries.

Results of Senior buggy class:

TQ: VERGADORO Egidio ¡V Blade / PM / Jet¡¦s Promix

1¢X: LO FRANCO Giuseppe - Hong Nor / Falcon
2¢X: NATALI Vincenzo ¡V Mugen / PM
3¢X: MAIO Walter ¡V Mugen / PM

Last weekend the Hoofddorp Modelsport Cup Winter Series Race 3 was held in Purmerend. It was another big victory for Hong Nor and Bas de Konink.

This past weekend was the first important race in Portugal, the National Official Open held in Vizela, north of Portugal.

All the top drivers from Portugal were at the race with a total of almost 80 drivers. The race conditions were great, only with a few drops of rain in the main final.

In qualifying, HN Team driver Rodrigo managed to qualify 2nd in the 3 overall qualifying sessions with a TQ in the second one. The 1st place in overall qualifying was taken by Kyosho driver Miguel Matias.

"In the 45 min. Main final, it was one of the best finals i ever had¡K All the 45min. was inappropriate for heart beating, with a hard and beautifull fight for 1st place with Miguel Matias," says Rodrigo who managed to finish in 2nd place overall, just 10 seconds behind Matias.

We caught wind of a story about the Bergseng family racing their Hong Nor/Jammin CRT.5 mini truggies together in South Carolina and it hit us that our goal for the CRT.5 was paying off.

Dad, Scott Bergseng, known throughout the Carolinas as "Biggen" has been racing R/C since he was 13. This past Christmas, all the boys received HN/Jammin CRT.5 mini truggies and have been racing together ever since. The boys (Biggen, Nick-13, the wins Joey & Grady-8) regularly race at "The Grove Racing Center" in Rockhill, South Carolina.

With all the boys on the track at the same time, guess who the pit crew is? Ya, that would be Mom, Annie. She took the time to send Jammin team this note - "My crew is known as "The Bergseng Boys." Since the truggies have come in, a new class was created for those who race them. Right now the class is 5 strong, with 4 being mine and the 5th being their best bud Tyler. It is the most fun class of the racing day (although the turnmarshalls do gt their exercise.) I am the official pit man for my 4 guys. I can gas them and turn wrenches or screwdrivers on them, whichever is necessary. Scott has already taught them how to take the CRT.5 apart for an expert cleaning job. It is a real joy hanging out with our kids every Saturday. We took forward to summertime racing which ususally allows us 3 days of racing per week. Thanks for such a great products and for showing an interest in my GREAT family. BTW, a super big thanks goes out to Mare at Performance RC for making the fun possible."

Our goal with the HN/Jammin CRT.5 was to produce an entry level R/C that would also appeal to the seasoned racer and that anyone can take it out and race it or just go have fun with it. We wanted it to be able to race on indoor tracks or do stunts in backyard playgrounds. Here's living proof that our goal was accomplished. Thanks to the Bergseng Family!!

Source: www.jamminproducts.com

Chad Bradley used the Airland Hobbies Winternationals at Revelation Raceway to do some testing on his prototype Hong Nor/Jammin X2-CRT truggy. The result was a flawless A Main win in the Expert Truggy class by a three lap margin. The new X2-CRT truggy is in the final development stages and production is underway at the factory. The release is slated for April. "The original X1-CRT has been the industry standard in the truggy class from the time of its release and with the next generation X2-CRT truggy, we wanted to make it perfect when it finally gets to the public. We're going through this thing with a fine tooth comb to work out any kinks and make it the fastest, most durable truggy ever," says Chad Bradley from Team Jammin.

We'd like to congratulate RJ Dewitt for taking the Novice Buggy win with his Hong Nor/Jammin X1X-CR buggy!

Basically these are the buggy springs...
Yellow (soft)
White (Med)
Silver (stiff)

Truck
Brand partnumber color K value N/mm status testdate comment
HN #390A Blue 0,6670  hard 1-8-2008 Rear Truggy  16 mm X1X
HN #390A Blue 0,8139  hard 1-8-2008 Front Truggy 16 mm X1X
HN #390B Gray 0,6095  soft 1-8-2008 Rear Truggy  16 mm X2
HN #390B Gray 0,8482  soft 1-8-2008 Front Truggy 16 mm X2

Blue Front and Rear springs are mend for the X1X truck.
Grey Front and Rear springs will be used for the  X2 Truck, when its
available in 2008.

The weight distribution (front to rear) is different between the X1 and
X2 Truck, that's why colour scheme is a little weird and we want to
keep the same colour springs on the front and rear that work the best
for each truck.

X1X-CR-RTR: 1/8 Buggy

• #387 16mm BIG BORE SHOCKS + #389C SHOCK SPRINGS, NICKEL
• #380W HIGH DOWNFORCE WING, WHITE
• X1S-55 TOP LOADING SERVO SAVER
• INCLUDE PREPRINT BODY

• #387 16mm BIG BORE SHOCKS + #389C SHOCK SPRINGS, NICKEL
• #380Y HIGH DOWNFORCE WING, YELLOW
• X1S-55 TOP LOADING SERVO SAVER
• X1S-56 SPIRAL GEAR
• INCLUDE CLEAR BODY

• #387 16mm BIG BORE SHOCKS +  #390B SHOCK SPRINGS, BLUE
• #380W HIGH DOWNFORCE WING, WHITE
• X1S-55 TOP LOADING SERVO SAVER
• INCLUDE PREPRINT BODY

• #387 16mm BIG BORE SHOCKS +  #390B SHOCK SPRINGS, BLUE
• #380Y HIGH DOWNFORCE WING, YELLOW
• X1S-55 TOP LOADING SERVO SAVER
• INCLUDE CLEAR BODY

Once again X1X-CR and X1X-CRT have proved their reliability and performance in Portugal. The race was held at Torres Vedras, Portugal last weekend, and HN team driver Rodrigo Luis driving X1X-CRT won the 1st place trophy. Rodrigo also TQ'd in both buggy and truggy class! Four out of ten drivers in the A main were driving X1X-CR! Congratulations to the winners!

Results for buggy class are :
1º Fernando Almeida - X1CR (Hong Nor)
2º Rodrigo Luís - X1CR (Hong Nor)
5º Tiago Parreira - X1CR (Hong Nor)
10º Jorge Augusto - X1CR (Hong Nor)

Here's a video of Trofeu in Torres Vedras:

http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep420lc3cHM

The last race of 2007 was held in GuangZhou, China on December 29th. Hong Nor driver Hu, WeiPing driving X1-CR brought home the 1st place trophy. Hong Nor would like to thank Hu for his outstanding performance! Congratulaitons!

A-Main Final (1/8 Buggy) Results (Top 3):

Pos     Name           Result          Arg Lap     Motor

1         Hu, WeiPing    54/40m 33.46    45.06    Hong Nor

2         He, HuangBin   53/40m 1.73     45.32

3         Zhan, Wei        53/40m 14.77    45.56

Hong Nor is very proud to release the long anticipated 1/12 MINI CRT.5 RTR !

This brand new CRT.5 RTR uses standard full size servos which allow better steering ability and can be easyly switched to any high power servo.

KMRCA Truggy Championship was held on November 25 at Donghae Circuit in Ilsan, Gyunggi-Do. This championship held by KMRCA is the most powerful and largest scale in Korea. HongNor's X1-CRT was as unbeatable as usual! Besides the champ, there were also four other X1-CRT in the top 10. Hong Nor would like to thank all the Korean team drivers for their support and hard work. Keep it up guys!

-RACE RESULTS-
1st: im, man soon (X1-CRT)
2nd: kim, ki yup (X1-CRT)
3rd: kim, suck ho (TR-ARENA)
4th: youn, il yong (X1-CRT)
5th: ji, dae gon (MBX-5T)
6th: hong, jeong ho (XT-8)
7th: shin, chung yeul (XT-8)
8th: oh, joung suck (X1-CRT)
9th: kim, tae jun (8ight-T)
10th:won kyung hwan (X1-CRT)

Trofa Cup, the last race of the year in Portugal, was held last weekend. There were total 46 entries, and 9 of the drivers were from Spain. Top Portuguese drivers also attended the race, only Miguel Matias was missing.

Hong Nor team driver Rodrigo Luis driving X1X-CR managed to get TQ in all the 3 qualifying sessions. The good lap times were arround 28 seconds but according to Luis: "Hong Nor X1X-CR was very fast and it allowed me to run in 27second lap times. The car was just amazing all Sunday!"

"In the main final, I started with the leading position and managed to pull away from the others, but I crashed in a jump, the marshall didn´t see my car, I loose almost one lap and I dropped to 6th place, but in the first pit stop for refueling when I had recovered to 3rd, my engine flammed out and I lost more than one lap. I then restarted in 7th place and I managed to recover, finishing in 3rd place after 30 minutes of the main final!"

Luis believes that he can definitely win the first place with his X1X-CR next time!

HN/ Jammin buggies and truggies sweep the Sportsman Classes at the 2007 Sidewinder Nitro Explosionheld at Thunder Alley R/C Raceway in Beaumont, CA. With 193 entries, the two stars to step up in the sportsman ranks during the event were Anthony Howarth (left) and Mike Davis (right). Mike piloted both his HN/ Jammin X1X-Truggy and X1X-Buggy to the top qualifying positions for the A Finals. Mike went on to win the Final by 2 laps! Anthony took the win driving his HN/ Jammin X1X-Buggy in the A Final of the Buggy Class with Mike getting second.

More testimony and thanks from a HN/ Jammin owner: "I am constantly going faster with the products, and continue to practice and test at my track at my house as much as possible. My cars were very dependable through out the whole Saturday Series. I finished third overall in Expert Buggy. Other than one bad round, I had one win with a second or third at every race. Again, thanks for the effort in making the products so easy ot drive and believe in." - Mike Davis 

It seems as though you have to have a Hong Nor/Jammin X1 Buggy or Truggy to get to the top of the Non-Sponsored ranks. Brandon Cutchins did it last year and now Jeremy Cathlina takes the R/C Pro National Title in the Intermediate Buggy Class.

Jeremy sent the Hong Nor/ Jammin Team a thank you note. We think it speaks for itself: "I just wanted to say thanks for making such a great buggy. I purchased my HN/Jammin Buggy at the beginning of 07, and according to my radio, I have put over 63 hrs on this buggy. Since I have owned it I have not broken one single part. I have replaced a couple of outdrives and universals due to wear, maintained the diffs and shocks with seals and fluids but I have never been disappointed in any way. The cars setup is so universal from track to track. It is so easy to drive fast, planted and in control for all drivers. 2007 was my second year of racing and I was able to win the 1/8 Intermediate RC Pro National Championship against 479 competitors with my HN/Jammin Buggy!" 

Hong Nor Cup was held on Dec. 1^st & 2^nd, 2007 at FeiTeng track in GuangZhou, China. This is the second year Hong Nor hold an exclusive race for HN drivers. With over 60 participants signed up for the race, the weekend was full of exciting competitions and lots of fun moments!

Hong Nor would like to thank all the participants for their support and for making the race possible. It was a great opportunity to get together with people from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. We hope next year we could see you all again at a bigger scale of HN Cup!

Special thanks to DY at Team Energy for race arrangements.

Click link to see more photos of the race at rcfans.com:

http://bbs.rcfans.com/viewthread.php?tid=129293&extra=page%3D1

http://bbs.rcfans.com/viewthread.php?tid=129272&extra=page%3D1

All participants:

All cars:

The Buggy A-Main guys:

HN driver Jacco Koch has been driving X1-CR-FTE for three years. He has also published some reviews about his all-time-favorite car.

Here's an abstract of Jacco's review:

It was great to see how my team mates picked up my X1 and drove it as it was there own.
We changed the battery and air filter during a pit stop, and finished the race at 4th place which I think was a very good result if you keep in mind that we lost a lot of time due to the problems.
When the race was done my car felled very smooth and the engine ran like it was just started.
So well done X1  "Team Amsterdam"

This race report brings me to another item which could be useful for any of you.
Sometimes we test new products which are supplied by the manufacturer.
In the beginning of our race season I got a tube of Eureka Pro lube this lube was especially developed for RC cars and can be used at all rotating parts like gears, joints and universals.

There is no need to say that the Hong Nor is a good car this has been proven enough during the 3 year I drive this car.
This year only my engine gave troubles so I am thinking of getting back to my good old WS7 III engines and see if next year I can do better and become National Brother-Cup champion again.

I hope that the new in development 2008 car has some changes that I have proposed.

Click the link below to read the complete review:

http://www.twf8.ws/new/tech/car/hongnor/x1cr/x1crbuild/fte2007/fte2007.htm

What started out to be a social Nitro Buggy event with a small $50.00 pay for the win in the A Final thanks to Laurie of Top Dog Hot Dogs, soon became a full blown competition as soon as wheels touched the dirt. Not only did the competition hot up early in the night but so did the prize money, with Tony Knauth of OCR Pitshop adding $50.00 to the prize pool in round 1.

The first of the qualifying rounds saw Tam Bui Xray - Nova Rossi take the win 2.5 seconds ahead of Tony Knauth HN X1CR - RB, with Nathan Tampe - Hyper 8 - Nosram in third one lap down. In round 2 again the prize money pool grew with Tony's wife, Rhonda Knauth adding another $50.00 to the kitty, now with $150.00 up for grabs we were certainly going to be assured of some awesome Nitro Buggy action, and no one was disappointed with the quality of racing in round 2, with Neil Ingram MBX5R - RB taking the win 1.39 secs ahead of Tam Bui and Marc Christianson Losi 8 - OS 11.96 secs behind in third, with Tony and Nathan battling it out for fourth and fifth place. Overall qualifying positions sees Tam Bui as TQ so far. Round 3 saw another jump in the prize pool with Steve Hodges of Darwin Auto Electrics adding another $50.00, making a sizeable prize money pool of $200.00. Round 3 had Tony get out to a sizeable lead early on to take the win ahead of Neil and Marc, Tony taking FTD and the fastest lap with a 34.021 secs, giving him the overall lead in qualifying but with Tam and Tony on equal points at the front with only 24 seconds seperating them after nearly half an hour of competion, the TQ spot was still anybodies. Round four saw Neil Ingram take the win ahead of Tam, Bui, with Tony in third, who was out in front for most of the race only to run out of fuel 20 seconds from the end, handing the TQ spot for the 10 car A Final to Tam Bui.

With the Top Ten group always very competitive, not only get into but to stay in, these smaller events allow for newer drivers that have not yet made it into the Top Ten pack, to get in and gain experience from racing against the fast guys. The A Final got off to a blistering start with Marc Christianson and Tony Knauth out to an early lead with Marc holding off Tony until lap eight, making a mistake coming on to the front straight, letting Tony through to the front, with Neil Ingram, Tam Bui and Marc Christianson battling it out together, let Tony get a sizeable gap leading up to the fuel stop and with a super fast pitstop from pit man Skip Jackson was able to put a lap on the field.

With a nice clean run to the finish it was Tony Knauth HN X1CR - RB on 24 laps taking the win and $125.00 ahead of Neil Ingram - MBX5R - RB in second on 23 laps ($50.00) and Tam Bui Xray - Nova Rossi in third on 22 laps ($25.00). With Laurie from Top Dog Hot Dogs presenting the first place prize and vowing to put in cash again for the next event, and Tony donating his win back to the prize pool, it seems we will again be racing for cash again at OCR Raceway in the TOP DOG DASH FOR CASH - Stage II - 7th December 2008

Links to the full report and results http://www.ocrraceway.com/2007%20Results/TDDFC1.html

Truggy
1) Juan Torres (Hong Nor/Jammin X1-CRT)
2) Javier "Guli"Casillas (Losi 8ight T)
3) Jaime E. Negrón (Hong Nor/Jammin X1-CRT)
4) Rafael Oropeza (Mugen MBX5T)
5) Cristian Castro (Hong Nor/Jammin X1-CRT)
6) Eliud Hernandez Sr. (Hong Nor/Jammin X1-CRT)
7) Gerardo Marin (Hong Nor/Jammin X1-CRT)
8) Hiram Guzman (Hong Nor/Jammin X1-CRT)
9) Hector Camacho (Hong Nor/Jammin X1-CRT)
10) Miguel Cotto (Hong Nor/Jammin X1-CRT)

Belated new- The Spoky & Hongnor Offroad
Championship was held in Korea Banweol circuit on
Oct.21,2007. Our HongNor/Spoky Driver won the prize
of Buggy class, Truggy class playing with
X1-CR & X-1 CRT. (Buggy class won 1st and 6th with X1-CR;  truggy class won 1st/ 2nd / 4th/ 5th/ 6th/ 8th / 10th with X1-CRT)

We'd like to thank all Korean drivers' contribution to Hong Nor. Thanks for their big effort and excellent results!

Once again Martin Wolhuter wins another major Australian State tile last weekend. The South Australian Championships was a hard fought win with a very difficult track.

Congratulations Martin!

The Nitro Pit in Arizona promoted the 2007 Ironman 120 earlier this summer. The two hour endurance race used a 2 person Pro and Amateur driver team format. The event featured two separate races, a 2 hour/ 2 man pro/am buggy race and a 2 hou4/ 2 man pro/am truggy race. Mother nature dealt out the raiin for the first hour of the event but that didn't stop these racers, making it a true Ironman competition. Over 50 racers battled it out for over 2 hours each but only the toughest came out on top. Congratulations to all the winning teams!

Ross Denny & Will Clowser finished 2nd in the Truggy Class with their X1-CRT. The team Josh Nelson & Kelly Lugo took the win in the Buggy Class driving a Hong Nor/ Jammin X1-CR-FTE with Ross Denny & Tim Stefaniak driving another Hong Nor/ Jammin X1-CR-FTE to a 4th place finish.

Source: http://www.jamminproducts.com/ 

Yes the rumors are flying, but no, the X2 is not reay to kick off yet.

R/C pro Jammin posted on its website our new upgraded version of X1 series. It's not the brand new car that many of you are waiting for, but it's a much better deal for you to have a little fun before the real X2 is available.

The X1X series all carry the same part numbers and have the same pricing as the X1 cars. The noticeable difference is that all X1X kits include new 16mm big bore shocks and springs. Also, the X1X-FTE is fitted with a new spiral gear.

Original post: http://www.jamminproducts.com/ 

Thanks to Taylor James, the Hong Nor/Jammin X1-CRT now owns five National Championships (2 ROAR & 3 R/C Pro) of the six available since this revolutionary truggy hit the market. Taylor contributed to this impressive record this past weekend by winning the R/C Pro Expert Arena Truck title in Texas. Taylor only competed in two of the three series races so he had to win the finals to take home the R/C Pro National Championship. This win gives him back to back R/C Pro titles as he was the defending champ.

Congratulations Taylor!!

Open National event was held in Colombia (Manizales City) last weekend with an overall 46 drivers from all over the country.

RC Hobby Track in Manizales was a great and fun race track, superb organization and very well accomodations for work on the cars, giving to all the drivers a very good 3 day national level event!

The final results were :

1st. Luis Quintero (Hong Nor/Jammin).
2nd. Ivan Moreno (Losi).
3rd. Lucas Ochoa (Losi)

We'd like to congratulate Luis for his win! Also, we thank Jammin/OFNA's sponsor at the event.

Hong Nor have now released the Light-Weight Shock Ball End Posts used for Big Bore Shocks.

These posts are very light weighted CNC machined 6061-T6 aluminium with Hard-Coating. They reduces weight of your shocks and enhance the durability.

#391 Light-Weight shock ball end posts are now available¡I

Another prove that X1-CR is a must have!

X1-CR-FTE occupied 7 out of top 10 at 5th round Chilean Championship. The 5th round of the off-road Chilean Championship was run in Talca. It was the first race of the championship ran outside the capital of Chile.

We'd like to thank all X1-CR drivers for their support and effort. Well done guys!!

Pos.	Driver	Car/Engine	Laps	Time
1	Claudio Vinambres	HN/JAMMIN X1-CR FTE/RB CONCEPT C6BBT	40	30:21,605
2	Rodrigo Valenzuela	HN/JAMMIN X1-CR FTE/P5XS	40	30:23,426
3	Rodrigo Cristi	HN/JAMMIN X1-CR FTE/Zx21DSII	39	30:28,351
4	Luis Cellino	8.5/RB CONCEPT S7	38	30:29,110
5	Gaston Zegard	777WC/RB CONCEPT	38	30:32,442
6	Pablo Riveros	HN/JAMMIN X1-CR FTE/Zx21DSII	37	28:45,698
7	Cristobal Neira	HN/JAMMIN X1-CR FTE/RB CONCEPT WS7III	30	28:32,188
8	Francisco Corvalan	HN/JAMMIN X1-CR FTE/RB CONCEPT WS7III	28	25:21,071
9	Cristian Willemsen	HN/JAMMIN X1-CR FTE/Zx21DSII	15	30:17,721
10	Joaquim Aguirre	777/RB CONCEPT C6BBT	5	4:58,979

2007 FEMCA was held in Pattaya, Thailand, with over 100 racers competing for this year's championship. Among 90+ buggy drivers, Hong Nor's plant manager Yeh Hsia Ching finished 3rd, which was a great honor of HN in Asia. We wish to thank Yeh & other HN drivers effort and support. 

After a rain delayed qualifying, Hong Nor/Jammin Team driver Taylor James TQ's the last two rounds winning the over-all Taylor James TQ title! During the A-Main, Taylor lost a rear shock spring retainer, which was not discovered until after the main.  Because of the problem, the car was not up to the challenge to compete at this high racing level. Taylor did a great job and finished seventh. We believe Taylor could have done better if the shock spring retainer did not break. Hong Nor would like to thank all JAMMIN team racers for their efforts and great performance.

Qualifying Result:

Place	Name	Car	Engine
1.	Taylor James	Jammin	OS
2.	Kelby Roberts
3.	Lance Norick
4.	Billy Easton	Serpent	RB
5.	Atsushi Hara	HotBodies	OS
6.	Cody King	Kyosho	Sirio
7.	Ryan Cavalieri	Associated	Orion
8.	Joseph Quagraine	HoBao	OS
9.	Daviel Vega	Mugen	Ninja
10.	Jim Atkins
11.	Davide Tortorici	Crono	Falcon
12.	Mark Pavidis	Kyosho	OS
13.	Mike Truhe	Losi	Novarossi
14.	Andrew Smolnik	CEN	OS

The final round of the 2007 MaxBashing Championship took place on Sunday the 7th October and with over 230 racers during the year, the competition has been tough. Truggies have been the dominant class at the track once again this year and the overall championship had come down to a two horse race with only one point separating Richard Ford driving a Hong Nor CRT and Simon Freeman running a Losi eight-T as they entered into this last race.

With Richard taking TQ, Simon had a lot of work to do but both were out done by Mark Hamlin as he did the double winning the Buggy and Truggy class on the day. But with Simon busting a shock in the first few laps and Richard coming home in second place, it meant he¡¦d done enough to take the overall win and grab himself a brand new Hong Nor CRT which was donated by class sponsored Spire Model Distribution. Simon still claimed second place overall winning a new Go 21 engine and Jammin pipe and with Mark¡¦s win on the day, he sneakily picked up third place overall.

1 Richard Ford HN X1-CRT NovaRossi
2 Simon Freeman Losi 8T RB
3 Mark Hamlin HN X1-CRT OS
4 Julio Pittelli Hyper ST Pro RB C6BB
5 Marcus Mainwaring Losi 8T RB WS7 II

source: http://www.maxbashing.com

Hong Nor's top driver Rodrigo Luis has won the 2nd place at Portugese National Cup. Over 70 drivers at the race, Rodrigo still managed to place 6th in the qualify when he had troubles with the radio and only ran for 2 laps in the qualify.

In the semi, Rodrigo was taking the lead with his X1-CR and 16mm big bore shocks. According to him, "the new shocks are amazing and the car was flying over the bumps! X1-CR performs much better with the new shocks than with the good old ones." Rodrigo managed to ramain at the 2nd place after his tires unglued 10 minutes before the final ended.

Hong Nor would like to thank all the efforts and support from our Portugese team and its drivers!

The newly relesed 16mm Shock Springs were highly praised by HN users. We're proud to announce the release of Big Bore Shock Springs for Truggies! They come in two colors: Grey (soft) and Blue (hard).

Click the link below to view photos of these beautiful shock springs.

http://www.hongnor.com.tw/eng/pviewitem1.asp?sn=638&area=43&cat=146