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 Tekin would like to welcome Brad Bender Dumont and Scott Hughes to our team. Brad and Scott, both from Axial, bring decades of experience to our team. Their first event was at the Championship round of Axial's own West Coast Championship event held in Cisco Grove, Ca.
 Scott Hughes had this to say after returning from the Axial West Coast Championships. "My first impression of the FX-R's was the linear feel and extensive programming I could do to get the exact feel I was looking for in the throttle profile and braking profile. The latter of the two being much more important, I focused on braking, mainly. I went with a 60% braking power front and rear. This allowed me to drive down a hill in complete control on super steep descents, while still enabling me to dig appropriately to get the rig to rotate or bite and grab a ridge.  I think the other nice feature, one that is of extreme importance, is the sheer size and weight of the FX-R's. The small size allows us to set them side-by-side to each other and still have room for a battery, receiver, and BEC all on the intended electronics tray. And, most importantly, the FX-R's are light keeping our center of gravity as low as possible."
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Chris Sturdy TQ'd and won all 3 classes, 2WD, 4wd and Truck stock (17.5) at the Queensland State Championships using the Tekin RS Pro ESC. "Thanks for making a great ESC," said Chris. Congratulations Chris!!
| Chris used the following RS ESC setups |
2wd 17.5 RS Setup |
4wd 17.5 RS Setup |
Truck 17.5 RS Setup |
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24 Hours of Charleroi: Racing an R/C Car for 24hours straight is no easy task. It's tough on equipment and tough on the drivers. Squad MID44-Tekin put their Tekin RS/Redline powered AE B4 to the test and ran a very successful 24 hour race! The RS Pro and Redline 10.5 motor ran cool and lasted the entire 24hours... >>read on for the rest of story and photos from the event
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 Yang Lai TQ's 12th scale stock at the March Madness Race: By the end of the 8min, I put in a 36 lap race with a couple of bobbles. The car could not have been any better all weekend and I had the speed to prove it. I ended up loaning a motor, giving out my gearing and also my Speedo control setup to the second place racer for round 3. But by the end of qualifiers I had TQ by a full lap. >>read Yang's full race report |
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| Round 1 of the JBRL Nitro Series brought a big win to the Tekin camp with rising star, Dylan Rodriguez taking home 1st place in E-Buggy and also setting TQ using the RX8 System! >>read more |
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Team Tekin driver, Mick Farrell, clinched the National Sports Modified National Championship with one round to spare. During the 6 round Championship, Mick racked up 2 wins, 2 second place finishes and 3 TQ’s! Mick was driving a Tekin RS Pro powered Hot Bodies Cyclone 12X to the title on CRC tires. >>read race report |
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 Over Easter weekend New Zealand held their Electric Off-Road Nationals. The locals were visited by a top Australian driver who turned out to be very much the class of the field taking TQ and winning both 2WD Mod and 4WD mod. Tekin's Darren Johnston qualified 3rd in 2WD mod and improved to 2nd in the finals being the only car managing not to be lapped by our Australian pro.>>read race report |
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 The Flight Centre Classic was held on the popular Bendigo circuit which is an outdoor painted asphalt track in Victoria, Australia. The Classes run were 17.5 Stock, 10.5 Super Stock and Modified and format was 6 qualifiers with best 3 placing in rounds to count and then 3 finals with the best two to count.
It was an awesome performance by the Tekin RS speedy and its drivers... >>read the race report
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Good times, good people and lots of good racing!! A big track for my first 8th scale race participation... some butterflies and lots of starfishing down the straight... Heck yes it was fun! >>read more |
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 Kevin Jelich takes the Mod 2wd Buggy win at the 2nd Annual Golden State Electric Challenge at Lakeport Hobbies and Raceway! Kevin was laying down Tq runs nearly every qualifier with the Tekin RS Pro with a Redline 10.5 motor. Kevin utilized the new Vegas 2.0 software. “This is the best mod buggy power package I’ve ever had!" Team mate, Blake Cannon goes on to grab the 3rd spot in Pro Open SCT >>read the full race report |
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 Tekin Tq’s and Wins Open Expert Truggy and Open Expert Buggy at the first ever 1/8 Electric Roar Champs! Tekin’s very own Randy Pike Tq’d and won the Open Expert Truggy division! Close behind was Ty Campbell Jeremy Potter placed 1st in Expert Open Buggy by teammate Nick Sava getting 2nd! Expert ROAR Buggy also saw Jeremy Potter taking 2nd with Ty Campbell taking 3rd and Randy Pike 4th >>read report |
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 Ty Campbell wins Mod Truck at the 2009 Dave Mapston Memorial race with the Tekin RS and Redline 10.5! October 23-25 marked the weekend of the 2009 Dave Mapston Memorial race in Spokane, WA. The race was held at the Spokane Expo and Fairgrounds in the Valley and has proved to have a good turnout this year and years passed.>>read Ty's report |
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 Ben Prenevost takes his FX Pro powered 4wd Mod Monster Truck to a first place finish at the 21st annual NRCTPA World Finals! Team Tekin graphic artist and Team PRP owner, Ben Prenevost and Team Tekin / Team PRP team mate, Doug Harvey haven't raced their trucks the last couple of years but that didn't stop them from sweeping the 4wd Modified Monster Truck class at this years World Finals with Tekin's tiny FX Pro ESC! >>read race report |
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 Derek doubles at the ROAR Region 12 Electric On Road CHampionships! Derek had been working hard the last few club races at Ripon with the spec tires and getting the RS and Redline 13.5 dialed in just right. Boy did it payoff in a big way!>>read report |
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 Brian Munn Tq’s and wins 2wd Buggy and Mod truck at the CORCS National Finals! The nats were held at Thomson Valley RC Race Club in Kamloops, BC Canada. Brian ran the RS Pro with a Redline 9.5 in 2wd buggy and 8.5 Redline in truck. Congratulations, Brian! |
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 Castellini Podiums at the 2009 Eastern States Labor Day Race: Family Hobbies Raceway is the oldest continuous operating race track in the US and this year they held the 23rd Eastern States Labor Day Race with a great racer turnout. With over 100 entries in 10th scale and over 80 in 8th scale (Gas & Electric) it was no easy task to finish on top.
The Mod Buggy class was full of top drivers and had nearly 40 entries in total. Andy managed to qualify 3rd and finished 3rd in a stacked field of racers! Mod truck had over 30 entries with the same talented drivers from the Mod Buggy Class. Andy ran the same Tekin set up as the Buggy and was holding TQ until the third round. Andy qualified 2nd and finished second in this heavily contested class. Congrats, Andy!
15 year old Andy Castellini chose the RS-Pro with the Tekin 7.5 motor and a 2 Cell lipo in both his Mod 2wd buggy and Mod Truck. The RS-Pro and Redline motor combination ran flawless the entire weekend. No adjustments had to be made throughout the day which allowed him to concentrate on chassis set-up and driving.
Download Andy's RS-Pro 7.5 Setup sheets>> Mod Buggy / Mod Truck
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 Jason "Mo" Moberly sets TQ and Wins EP 1:8th Buggy Class! The 2nd annual Labor Day Shootout took place at Riverfront RC Raceway and for the first time held a race for the electric 1/8 buggy class. TQ after 3 rounds was Tekin driver Jason “Mo” Moberly. After 3 different racers each taking a win in the 3 mains it came down to Jason Moberly and Kevin Jelich, both having a 1st and 2nd, the tie breaker being overall times allowing Jason to take the win over Kevin by a mere .7 seconds. |
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 Jesse Bean wins Roar Region 3 Electric On-Road Championships! Hosted at SpeedWOOD R/C Complex in Goldsboro, NC, the Roar Champs went off without a hitch on Saturday, August 30th. With the best from Region 3 attending and attendees from as far away as Indiana, the mains were stacked! >>read the full race report |
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Mike Bush and Matt Steffenhagen Win the Mason Dixon Cap Tire Nationals! Mike Bush’s piloted his 10.5 1s car to Victory using the Tekin RS and new 199/200 software! Matt Steffenhagen 13.5 1s Truck wins with the Tekin RS also using 199/200 Software! Both RS’s were setup by Tekin Team Driver Bud Denning who placed 4th in the 21.5 2s Pro car class. Download the winning RS setup
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 Tekin driver Tony Phalen wins the stock SC10 Class at the Short Course Nationals! Tony used the RS and Redline 17.5 to take the top spot in this hotly contested class at the first ever Short Course Nationals held at R/C Madness in Enfield, CT.  Fellow Tekin drivers Dill Spinelli and Wayne Gerber make it on the podium in the stacked stock slash class which extended down to E Main. Great racing Tony, Dill and Wayne! |
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 Dennis TQs and Wins again! Once again Dennis Allison wins another championship this year with his Tekin RX8+T8 powered Caster Fusion Pro in electric 1/8 scale. Dennis got the TQ and win in the final race  securing another series win for 2009. Dennis races a lot and is involved with many different race series and has been very successful for Caster Racing and for Tekin. Proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that both products perform exceptionally well. Congrats, Dennis! |
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Tekin RS Pro wins the Canadian Pro-10 Champs! Phil Cady drove his Tekin RS Pro powered car to an A Main win at the Canadian Pro-10 Nationals over fellow Tekin RS user Blake Bell(TQ & 2nd place)held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. >>read race report |
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Tekin Presents the 1:8th Electric class at the RiverFront RC Raceway 2nd Annual Labor Day Shootout on September 5th and 6th, 2009. >>Download PDF flyer
What to bring: You will need tables, chairs, extension cords and you must have your own personal transponder.
RiverFront RC is located on Bizz Johnson Dr. (within the RiverFront MX Park) in Marysville CA. >>view location map |
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 Tekin RX8 Makes A Big Splash In 1/8th Scale Oval: Team Tekin's Chris Cooper takes four wins out of five races in the heavily contested 1/8th scale mod latemodel oval class held at Collins Creek Raceway in McMinnville, TN. He also holds the track record at Eastbrook Hollow Raceway in Winchester, TN. Cooper is using a Tekin RX8 with a Tekin T8 2050 motor in a Hyperdrive Backlash Losi L8. Cooper is also leading the points in 1/10th scale latemodel at Collins Creek Raceway and Eastbrook Hollow Raceway. He is using a Tekin RS Pro with a Tekin Redline 10.5 motor. |
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 Tekin goes 1 and 2 in the NC Champ Series: The North Carolina State Champs series was a best 4 out of 5 race  series with 5 different tracks in North Carolina. Race #1 was at WCRC in Wilkesboro, NC. Race #2 was at King RC in King, NC. Race #3 was at Valley Field in Stoneville, NC. Race #4 was at Overcash in China Grove, NC and race #5 was at NVR (Nitro Valley Raceway) in Cherryville, NC. Tekin Team Driver Dennis Allison finished 1st overall with teammate Doug Tudor finishing 2nd overall for the series giving Tekin the top two spots! Dennis Allison was running his Caster EX1 Pro with the Tekin RX8 on 5s using the T8 1400kv motor. Doug Tudor was running a Losi E 2.0 with Tekin RX8 and 2050 T8 motor on a Tekin 4s lipo. Their setups will posted shortly...Great Racing guys! |
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 Damon Converse TQ's and Wins 4wd Mod and TQ's 13.5 Truck: Team driver Damon Converse entered the annual 4th of July race at Village Hobbies in Hesperia, Michigan with an agenda, take down the competition. Village Hobbies hosted 90+ racers at this event. Damon TQd the 4wd Modified class and TQd the 13.5 Truck class. After qualifying Damon laid it down bringing home the 1st place position in 4wd Modified buggy class.  Damon also managed to podium in the 3rd position in the 13.5 Truck Class. I was the fastest truck and 4wd Modified buggy all day. My Tekin gear was working perfectly... After testing out the latest software, the new turbo boost made a big difference in my 13.5 truck class, it was sweet!!! Good Racing Damon! |
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 Inaugural Norcal Off-road Champs: Top racers from all over the west coast not flocked to Union City California for The Inaugural Norcal Off-road Champs. Not only were some of the fastest rc racers of northern California in attendance but some of So Cal's finest showed up for this awesome event. AE's Frank Root, Novak's Barry Fabulous Baker, AE's Sean Cochran, Hot Bodies Josh Alton, and more diced it up over the race weekend. >>read full report |
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 Tekin dominates the MSD Nationals! The 2009 (Rock Crawling) Scale Nationals held in Helena from May 15-17th found Team Driver Zach Chatelian taking the Overall Scale Title! Way to go Zach! Zach took 2nd place in 1.9 scale and 1st in 2.2 scale giving him the overall title. All 5 of the comp rigs in the finals and 4 of 5 in the 1.9 and 2.2 classes were using Tekin's FXR. Many of the courses really needed the smooth drag brake the FX-R is famous for. The new improved low speed creep also proved to be the difference on many difficult gates. Zach, along with the rest of the team used the Tekin FXR line and Hotwire USB device to gain the edge and victory over the competition. Once again proving it’s Tekin or nothing at all! >>read full event report |
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 2009 REEDY Race of Champions: The 2009 Reedy Race of Champions was hosted once again by Speedworld Hobbies and Raceway owned by Billy Bowerman. This is one of the premier onroad race facilities in on the west coast! Boasting one of the largest permanent onroad tracks in California with a 170ft straight away! You must have the horsepower to compete at this track. The entire Tekin team were testing out some new Beta software and it showed. Matching horsepower with anyone and posting some of the fastest single and total lap times of the event in each class. >>read race report |
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 Harri Kervola wraps up 2nd place overall in the in the Winter Series after 4 rounds! With over 40+ entries finishing strong and running consistently fast was key to his success! Harri took third in the last round held at Nokia Indoor Racing Club securing his 2nd position overall in the series. Harri was driving a Hot Bodies D4 WCE powered by a Tekin RS PRO and Redline 6.5 motor programmed with a Tekin HotWire. Great job Harri! |
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 Ken Miller attended the Canadian Invitational and set TQ In the Vintage Trans Am class: Ken spent a little extra time working on his set-up and it paid off finally taking Tq in the fourth round of Qualifying. After making his way through the inverted start field Ken took the lead till about the 5 1/2 minute mark and got tangled with a lap car and second place was able to get by. Ken closed the gap but missed the buzzer by .006 and missed the extra lap! Congrats to all the winners! Great Racing Ken! |
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 Mackenzie Taylor tops track record and grabs a National Championship in 3cell Electric Top Fuel Funny Car with a blazing 97mph in 1.46 seconds on the 132' track at this years Thunder Power West Coast Nationals! >>more |
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