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Main Photo: Futaba Offroad Challenges announced!
5/3/2012
By Mike Garrison
LiveRC.com
 
Futaba has announced their 2012 Futaba/OS Nitro Challenge and Futaba Electric Challenge! For the past several years we have attended the Futaba Nitro Challenge, and can assure you that this race is full of fun, a great facility, lots of prizes, and of course great racing!
 
Futaba Press Release:
 
The Futaba Nitro Challenge is bigger and better than ever and is happening on Friday, July 13 through Saturday, July 15 at the home track of the Dirt Burners R/C Club in St. Louis! Six classes of nitro burning 1/8 scale racing. Prizes! Trophies! Dash-for-Cash! Visit: www.futabanitrochallenge.com for details
 
Only the first 250 who enter are guaranteed a chance to compete. Like last year, there are six classes of nitro-burning 1/8 scale racing. Only the best and most skillful drivers will win cash and merchandise prizes — but everyone will take home a free event T-shirt just for paying the entry fee!

Six classes of 1/8 scale nitro competition
!• Intermediate Buggy & Truggy
• Expert Buggy & Truggy
• Pro Buggy & Truggy

Dozens of cash and merchandise prizes! Prize Raffle! Buy a ticket and you could win a prize donated by one of the event sponsors. And remember: 100% of all ticket proceeds will be given back in Pro Class cash prizes!
Cash Prizes for Pro Class Buggy & Truggy. A Main finishers will receive a cash payout based on entries — and 50% of raffle proceeds.

Pro Class “Dash For Cash”. The top 6 qualifiers in Pro Buggy class will run a 7 lap race to determine their places on the starting grid for the first Pro Buggy A Main. Starting time is just after the raffle on Sunday morning. The race will begin with an inverted start, but there’s no telling just how it’ll end up! One thing’s for sure, though: the winner will receive 50% of the raffle ticket sales!

Intermediate Class Prizes
1st place finishers — win a Futaba 4PKS Radio!
2nd place finishers — win 2 Futaba BLS352 Brushless Servos
3rd place finishers — win a Futaba BLS351 Brushless Servo

Expert Class Prizes
1st place Buggy — wins an O.S. 21XZ-B Speed Engine
1st place Truggy — wins an O.S. 21XZ-B Engine
2nd place finishers — win 2 Futaba BLS352 Brushless Servos
3rd place finishers — win a Futaba BLS351 Brushless Servo
 
Trophies!
Trophies will be awarded to the top 6 finishers in the B Mains — and EVERYONE who finishes in the A Mains..


The Futaba Electric Challenge features one race – at two tracks! Leisure Hours Raceway in Joliet, Illinois is the place to be on July 27 through July 29! Race on the indoor track on Saturday and the outdoor trak on Sunday – with just one entry fee! Points earned on Saturday will be carried over and added to the Sunday points total to determine final standings. Cash and merchandise prizes! Visit: www.futabanitrochallenge.com and click on Futaba Electric Challenge.
 
The 2011 Futaba Nitro Challenge saw some of the nation's top drivers including Ryan Lutz, Josh & Justin Wheeler (shown above), Jason Branham, Michael Paige, Taylor James, Matt Gosch, Levi Jackson, and more!
 
CLICK HERE for our LiveRC report of the 2011 Futaba Nitro Challenge!
 
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