Author: Randy Pike

This past weekend was round number 2 of the JConcepts Supercup at Bashers Rc Raceway in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.  Basically a state race bringing in all the top level drivers from around the state.

Being a small indoor track, the layout had good flow to it and was fun to drive. A few tricky sections of the track had you drive conservatively while other sections you had to attack.  A track with 14 second laps, if you had a few wrecks you could easily be down a lap.

Tekin pilot Brett Kingsbury reports:

“After getting used to the track on Friday, I set my cars up to drive easy in order to make consistent laps. My Tekin powered B44 and C4.2 had great power all weekend running 7.5 and 8.5 gen 2 motors with the RS Pro and RS speed controllers, respectively.

During Qualifying in 4wd, it was arch rival Daimon and I gunning for the top spot. After qualifying was over he earned the TQ with myself sitting in 2nd. In 2wd I qualified 5th overall.

For the mains, I gained the lead after a couple laps into the race until a wreck put me back to 2nd. I ended up on the podium finishing 2nd. In 2wd, during a pass for the 3rd position I ended up in the pipe. After a tough drive trying to make up positions I finished a hard fought 6th.

I would like to thank Tekin for the great equipment they support me with. I have had no issues with my equipment and the ESC I run in my B44 I have used since 2009.”

Jason Moberly would take his Tekin RX8 Gen2, Pro4 HD 4300 powered Tekno SCT 410 to a TQ and win the 4wd SC class at CVR this weekend for the 2nd annual Octoberfest, hosted by Tekin teammate Phillip Atondo.

Jacob Haas tq’ed the second round of 1/8 E buggy qualifying and went to lead the main from start to finish in his brand new Tekin Rx8 Gen2 T8 Gen 2 2050 powered TLR 8ight e 3.0.  “Had a great weekend!” Jacob

Thanks for the support,
Jacob Haas

Yuper’s Cup Off-road RC Race held at the Yuper’s Motor RC Complex in Auburndale, Florida. A one day event where Tekin powered Ben Burtle would Tq and sweep both electric classes of 4wd SC, and 1/8 E Buggy! Ben chose the Tekin Rx8 Gen2, Pro 4, and T8 Gen2 motors.

The “AMS Italian championship indoor” at IBR in Padova, near Venice with only about 60 drivers in total. On saturday there were all practices and 2 round of 7 minutes qualifiers. On sunday other 2 qualifiers and the final. In both of the final 2 qual’s Alex Zanchettin managed to Tq and started in main final on pole. After a problematic first A1 final Alex would go onto win A2 and A3 final. 

The 2013 Southern Nationals and R/C Expo took place this past weekend at the Ike Hamilton Expo Center in West Monroe, LA. The event was a huge success with  over 300 entries.  Three rounds of qualifying were run on Saturday, followed by lower nitro mains and the first round of electric mains.  The remaining two rounds of electric mains and upper nitro mains were run on Sunday.

Tekin factory driver Ryan Lutz would take Q1 and Q3 victories in E-Buggy to take the overall TQ. Ryan would take A1 on Saturday followed by Drake in 2nd. Sunday from the second spot Adam Drake would take advantage of a few mistakes by his Tekin teammate Lutz and capitalize and take the overall victory by winning A2 and A3 with his Tekin powered TLR 8ight E 3.0. Lutz would have to settle for 2nd overall. Both drivers chose the Tekin Rx8 Gen2 esc and T8 Gen2 1900kv motor.

Tekin powered Brian “Smiley” Henn would take the overall Tq in the Pro4 Sc division. Taking the win in A1 and lapping the entire field in A2 Henn dominated the Pro4 SC class with his Tekin Rx8 Gen2 esc Pro4hd 4300kv powered TLR SCTe 2.0. Teammate Ben Burtle would round out the podium in 3rd.

pic courtesy of RcInsider

Delta RC in Antioch CA held there 4th Annual Short Course Explosion. Despite being on the same weekend as the Worlds there was a pretty strong turnout. This year’s race was held on the 1/8 scale track that was a little downsized and lots of sugar so the bite was up!  Tekin’s Phillip Atondo made it out to support the event with his Tekin powered TLR Ten scte 2.0. Atondo TQed and went on to win the main under the lights with the strong Delta breeze moving in to add in another obstacle! Tekin teammate Jason “Mo” Moberly would take 2nd running a Tekin powered Tekno chassis. Track crew did an awesome job!

Jason Moberly(left), Phil Atondo(center)

Both drivers chose the Tekin Rx8 Gen2 esc and Pro 4 motor!

Tekin factory driver Mikey Bustamante recaps the TNS Rd #5  at Pegasus Hobbies

“Round #5  of the Top Notch Series hosted at Pegasus was a blast. I qualified 2nd in stadium truck, 4th in mod sct and I was able to snag the TQ over TLR teammate Frank Root by 3 tenths.

When the mains came around I was ready. In truck I had a good start and was able to get the lead. Second place was coming quick but a mistake caused him to break giving me tons of breathing room to take the win.

Pro 2 was one of the gnarliest battles I have ever had. Starting 4th I knew it was going to be tight. I got hit on one of the first laps and fell back to 6th. I was driving very hard as my car was dialed and got back up to 4th and made an aggressive pass on 3rd and 2nd place in the same corner taking over the second position! At this point Frank Root had a commanding lead and there was not enough time to catch back up so i had to settle for second.

I was very confident in mod buggy. The start was good leading the first lap. Root was right on my tail and bumped me in a corner flipping me over. I fell to third but wasn’t going to give up yet. I caught up to Root and we tangled again giving the leader a very large lead. I finally got by Root and started charging for the leader. Withing the last 3 laps the gap went from 4 seconds to less than a second. If I had one more lap I could have made a pass for the lead. Unfortunately I ran out of time at the line.

My cars were on point all weekend! My Tekin Redline Gen2 motors and RS Gen2 speedos were great.” Mikey Bustamante

Factory Tekin driver Jason “Mo” Moberly was in attendance and running his Tekin Rx8 Gen2 Pro4 HD powered Tekno SC truck to an overall Tq and victory in the heavily contested Pro4 SC class.

 This race like many in recent weeks was ran on a sugared track in prep for the worlds. AKA was in full force along with their team of Tebo, Cavalieri, Jarosz, and Joel Johnson himself.

Tekin team drivers John Crawford and Blane Allen attended the Freakin Weekend race at HotShot RC Raceway this past weekend. Crawford took TQ and win in Mod Truck. Crawford was able to break the track record for both fastest single lap and fastest qualifier in Mod Truck.

Tekin Racing teammates Allen and Crawford battled it out in 2wd Mod buggy. Crawford took the lead on the first lap and was able to hold off Blane until lapped traffic where John made a mistake on lap 21. Blane then lead the race until the buzzer where Crawford would settle for 2nd overall.

Both drivers chose the RS esc and Redline Gen2 motors to power their cars programmed by the Tekin Hotwire and “Vegas Edition” software.

On September 7th 2013, the Peach State Classic kicked off in Georgia at Loganville RC Speedway. An all electric race. Many racers from near by states entered the event. Tekin driver Mark Moon was able to Tq and win all three classes,2wd SC, 2wd race truck, and 2wd buggy. All 3 rides equipped with the Tekin RS Gen 2 esc’s and Redline Gen2 Motors.

“I only took the Tq spot by 1 sec in sct, and buggy but was able to take the wins. All of my competition was mostly using Tekin products and they love em! The track had a lot of tough sections throughout the layout with a lot going on. But I’m telling you the Tekin made it smooth and easy to drive! Thanks Randy and Team Tekin for supporting me with such a great product.”  Mark Moon.