Author: Randy Pike

2013 Tekin Showdown Huge Success!

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This past weekend kicked off the 2013 Tekin Showdown race at TQ Speedway and Hobbies in Boise,ID. TQ hast hosted this event from it’s inception and provides a great facility for people from all over the Northwest to converge and enjoy some tight racing. With over 150+ entries this would be the largest Tekin Showdown to date!

In 4wd Buggy Nick Buechler would qualify 4th in the A main followed by Ty Campbell(6th). This class was tight tight tight! In A1, AE’s John Walentia, Kobe Yonker, and Nick battled hard for the top three spots. Nick would take 2nd with Walentia taking the win and Yonker 3rd. Yonker ended up taking the overall with Walentia 2nd and Buechler 3rd. Nick chose the Tekin RS Pro and Redline Gen2 8.5 motor. Tekin teammate Jeremy Potter would take 4th along with Ty Campbell 6th both using the same power combination.

Pics by Luke Schumacher

Starting from the middle of the back Tekin team drivers Ty Campbell (4th), Nick Buechler(5th), Jeremy Potter(6th) would have their work cut out for them in the Mod Stadium Truck class. When the dust settled Nick Buechler would take 3rd overall, Campbell 4th, and Potter 5th. All 3 drivers chose the RS Gen2 and Gen2 Redline series of motors.

Pics by Luke Schumacher
Tekin’s own “The Prez” Jim Campbell would run one of the most fun classes to watch of the weekend, Short Course Buggy. Jim would take a stock out of the box Team Losi SCB, drop in some Tekin electronics and take on the competition, some of which were running full blown race SCB’s loaded with factory goodies and mods. The “Prez” would even be racing on stock tires and wheels on the hard packed dusty track proving that this class is “out of the box” fun while being competitive with the best race trucks. The “Prez” would drive consistent always being near the top in both A1 and A2. The title however would come down to A3 with different winners of the first two mains. The top 3 would be out in front of the pack with the “Prez” sitting in 3rd picking off lapped traffic. With 2 minutes to go P2 would bobble giving the “Prez” the position and letting him track down the leader. With only 45 seconds to go the “Prez” was poised to take the lead and set back waiting to pounce. The “Prez” was able to make the difficult triple double every lap while P1 was having to double double single the section. That was all the “Prez” needed and he’d capitalize on the very last lap to take the overall win by literally jumping over P1 to take the lead and overall SCB Title! The “Prez” chose the RS Gen2 and Gen 2 Redline in 9.5T.
Pics by Luke Schumacher
Team Tekin powered Michael Reedy would also take 3rd place in Pro 2 Lite using a Tekin RS and Redline 17.5 motor to a 3rd spot on the podium.
Pics by Luke Schumacher
Tekin’s own team manager Randy Pike would run the new Tekin Pro 2 motor in the Pro 2 Mod SC class taking a 3rd overall showing off the immense Tekin power in his TLR 22SCT.
Pics by Luke Schumacher
The Tekin crew would like to thank TQ Speedway and Hobbies for once again hosting a great event, we all look forward to returning next year!

The entire Pro 4 Mod SC podium would feature Tekin Rx8 and Pro 4 4600 power. Tekin power was in nearly every truck in the Amain proving once again the Rx8 and  Pro 4 are a must have item in the 4wd SC class. Tim Hethcox would take the top spot with Tekin driver Josh Karrick 2nd, Lillywhite 3rd.

More pictures and video can be found here.

Rob Sorjonen wins the 5th Annual S.N.O.W.S. Series!

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This past winter season at Mike’s RC World in Bellingham, WA. The series wrapped up this past weekend  and after 9 points races where your best 7 count for tally in the points series Tekin driver Rob Sorjonen has managed to take home the Series Championship in not one but two classes! Rob took home the 1/10 4wd Mod Buggy class with his Tekin RS Pro Gen2 motor powered Dex410. In the 1/8 E Buggy class Rob chose the Tekin Rx8 and T8 1900 in his Dex408 buggy.

With an average of 130 racers per race day the competition was intense and fast. “My confidence in my equipment with help from Tekin Racing gave me and my cars the opportunity to win in both 4 wheel open buggy and 1/8 Electric buggy. Thank you Tekin, Randy, Ty, Jeremy and many more of you for your tips, help and encouragement. I look forward to an exciting outdoor season and NCT series.” Rob Sorjonen

Tekin wins the Top Notch Series Championship!

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Revelation Raceway would host thef finals of the Top Notch Series in Ontario, CA.  Tekin drivers Lucas Sanford, Nick Sava, and Chris Blais would look to wrap up the series with big wins and podium finishes in 2wd buggy, 4wd buggy, 2wd Mod SC, 4wd SC and 1/8 E Buggy. Let’s see how they finished up one of the biggest series in Socal!

The surface required drivers of all classes to be easy on the trigger, and proved to be very difficult to be consistent on. Tekin powred Lucas Sanford would take TQ honors for the main event by almost 2 seconds. In A1 Lucas would lead  from start to finish, again making no mistakes on the inconsistent and dusty surface. My Tekin RS Pro Gen 2 Redline 7.5 powered Kyosho RB6 responded well to setup changes required for the inconsistent surface and kept me in the front of the pack. Sanford’s TQ and win this round earned him the overall series win and Championship Title! “I can’t say enough about how easy it was to make changes to my ESC profile using my Tekin Hotwire and software.” Lucas

Sanford would continue his winning ways in the 1/8 E Buggy class. Starting from the 2nd spot on the grid Lucas would make a mistake and dropped down to fifth place, while Jake Thayer took over second. Sanford put on a charge trying to pick up a second place finish, but time ran out and crossed the line 1 second behind second place. Sanford would secure the overall TNS Series Championship title with his Tekin Rx8 T8 1900 powered  Kyosho MP9 TKI3.
The 4wd Pro SC division was a battle each and every round and the final round was no different. Chad Panek would take the final round but Tekin powered Chris Blais would take the overall TNS Championship winning 3 of the 7 rounds and taking 2 Tq’s in route to the overall title with his Tekin Rx8 and Pro 4 4600 power combo!
Tekin powered Nick Sava along with Chad Panek and James Raschko would go into the final round all competing for the overall. All within a few points of each other the winner would decide the final podium order and it would still come down to a tie breaker in the end! James Raschko would take the overall followed by Chad Panek and Tekin powered Nick Sava 3rd overall. Nick ran the Tekin RS Pro and Gen 2 8.5 Motor.

Tekin Tq’s and wins CVR’s March Madness!

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Central Valley RC Raceway in Madera, Ca would once again play host to the March Madness race held on the weekend of March 24th. Racers from all over Northern California and the surrounding regions would converge to see how they’d stack up against each other on the challenging layout and track.

In 1/8 E Buggy Tekin team driver Jacob Haas would take the overall Tq and would go on to win the class using his Tekin Rx8 T8 1900 powered TLR 8ight buggy followed by Tekin powered BMiller team driver Lou Figueira.

BMiller team driver Figueria would also take the win in the Pro 4 SC class using a Tekin Rx8 Pro 4 4600 powered TLR Ten Scte followed by Bmiller teammate Josh O’Connell who Tq’d the class but would settle for 2nd after the two raced to the finish line on the last lap! O’Connell was also powered by a Tekn Rx8 and Pro 4 4600 motor.

Tekin dominates the Psycho Nitro Blast 1/8 E Buggy class!

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Known for it’s “psycho” layouts riddled with huge ski jumps, crazy wall rides and certifiably insane 30 hour straight open practice schedule the Psycho Nitro Blast has grown to enormous proportions over the past few years. Once again hosted in Unadilla, Georgia.

Tekin teammates Adam Drake and Ryan Lutz would exchange Tq honors each round in the 100+ entry deep 1/8 E Buggy class. Drake would jump into the lead from his Tq spot and would immediately begin running low 52 second consistent lap times to take A1 followed by Tekin teammates Barry Pettit(3rd), Ryan Lutz(4th), David Joor(6th) and Eddy Cordoba(7th). In A2 Drake would jump out in front but would quickly fall out of the race at lap 7 after suffering a mechanical failure allowing the rest of the field to take advantage. Tekin teammate Ryan Lutz would lead the field to the end taking the win in A2 followed by Tekin teammate Barry Pettit(2nd), David Joor(4th) and Eddy Cordoba(8th). Once the points were tallied this would give Tekin powered Barry Pettit 1st overall, Ryan Lutz 2nd, David Joor 3rd making it a 1-2-3 Tekin top 3! All 3 Tekin driver were using the Tekin Rx8 and Tekin T8 1900 motor including Tq Adam Drake!

Please take a moment to vote for the Tekin Rx8 and Pro 4 4600 motor as Esc and Motor of the year in the RC Car Actions Reader’s Choice Awards here!

Kingsbury extends his points lead in the Chaos on the Coast series.

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This past weekend was round 2 of the “Chaos on the Coast” a best 5 of 6 race series hosted by Space Coast Rc in Cocoa Beach, FL.

“After finishing round one with a Tq and a win in both mod 2wd and Tq and win in mod 4wd, I was ready to have a strong race day for round 2. My Tekin Rs Pro 7.5 Redline Gen 2 motor combos in both cars worked flawlessly all day. I wrapped up Tq and win in 4wd Buggy by over a lap on the field. In 2wd the top three all were freight training it around the track, and with very similar lap times, two mistakes cost me a top 1 or two finish. I finished podium spot 3rd.” Brett Kingsbury

Rc Pro South Division Rd1 dominated by Tekin power!

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RC Pro Series South Round 1 was  hosted by 439 Raceway in Belton, Tx. A relatively new track that no one had been to before, the surface started out smooth then quickly started to rut up.  Friday the 15th was open practice.  Saturday consisted of 4 Quals using Qual points.

Tekin powered Brian Henn managed to take the overall TQ in Pro 4 SC.  Tekin teammate David Joor would take the Overall Tq for the 1/8 Pro E Buggy class with Henn 3rd.

Sunday was main day.  In A1 of Pro 4 SC Henn would lead the whole race, till the last lap where 2nd caught up to me and tapped me,  some good racer ettique gave me the spot back where we’d finish.   In A2, Henn would lead the main until a minute to go where a small bobble would give 2nd the opportunity to take the lead forcing Henn to settle for 2nd in A2.  It would come down to A3.  Henn would blast out from his Tq position leading from lap 1 never looking back taking the Pro 4 SC class win! Brian would choose the Tekin RX8 and Pro 4 4600 combo in my Losi SCTE.

Pro 1/8 E-Buggy A’s.  In A1 Tekin powered TQ David Joor would simply checked out.  Teammate Henn was running 2nd up till the last minute where 2 mistakes would allow 2nd and 3rd around him giving him 4th in A1.  In A2 Joor had a small bobble at the start but would once again check out on the field.  Henn had a rough start but would fight back to take a 3rd.  In A3 TQ Joor would sit out since he had the overall win wrapped up.  2nd Qualifier Jake Dellinger took the lead and never looked back. Henn once again had 2 wrecks that costing him. Henn would catch 2nd Mike Battaile but would run out of time settling for 3rd.  When it was all over, David Joor took the overall win, Dellinger 2nd, Battaile 3rd, and myself 4th.

David Joor and Brian Henn both used the Tekin RX8 and T8 1900 combo.

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Tekin at the 27th Annual Cactus Classic

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The 27th Annual SRS Cactus Classic wrapped up this past weekend. With 491 entries this was surely one of the largest and highest attended Cactus Classic in recent times. The racers would be thrown for a loop however as the track would be heavily sugared for the event. Some liked it, some didn’t. Either way it would make for some exciting racing all weekend long.

In Pro 2 SC Tekin powered Ryan Lutz would be a front runner early on in qualifying. It would be the Ryan, Ryan, and Ryan show all weekend long in this class. Surely it must be the name, right!?  Lutz would be running his Team Durango Desc210r in mid motor configuration powered by a Tekin RS Pro and Redline 7.5 motor. After tripple Amains Lutz would take a well deserved 3rd overall in the division.

Nick Sava would enter the 13.5 2wd SC class at the last minute. This would prove to be a wise decision as he would take a hard fought 2nd place nearly taking the lead in the last few minutes of the race. Nick chose the Tekin RS and Redline Gen 2 13.5 motor.

photo courtesy of LiveRC

Tekin driver Chris Peterson dominates the Washtenaw Rc Raceway Series

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Washtenaw Rc Raceway Series was a 9 race series, best of 7 to determine the Series Champ!

Tekin powered Chris Peterson would take the overall win in 4 classes! Stock SCT Oval, 4wd Buggy, 4wd sct, and 8th scale buggy using the following Tekin Products:

Stock SCT Oval Tekin RSpro, 17.5 Gen 2, Hotwire.

4wd Buggy: Tekin RSpro, 8.5 Gen 2, Hotwire.

4wd SCT: Tekin RX8 and Pro4 4000kv, Hotwire

8th E-Buggy: Tekin RX8 and T8 1900kv, Hotwire.

Final Points:
http://washtenawrcraceway.com/Results/2012-2013/final_points_2012-13.pdf

Tekin powered Sanford takes RD6 of the TNS series!

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This past weekend racers headed to Redlands RC Raceway in Redlands, CA for Round 6 of the Top Notch Series. There were approximately 200 entries for this round.

Top racers would include names like Barry Baker, Brent Thielke, Chris Jarosz, Nick Wautlet, Brian McDuffie, Josh Mitchell, David Jenson and most of the Tekno race team.

2WD Mod Buggy:

On Saturday Tekin powered Lucas Sanford would TQ the first round of qualifying over Team Associated drivers Jarosz and Thielke. The track was faster come round 2, so everyone’s times improved. Sanford  was on a new TQ pace until the wall ride got the better of him on lap number 3. Sanford would go on to finish third for round 2 of qualifying. In the main, Sanford worked his way up to 2nd, but had a few mistakes and ended up finishing up 3rd on the podium. His Tekin RS Pro 7.5 Gen 2 Redline powered RB6 worked extremely well all night on the high-bite surface.

8th Scale eBuggy:

8th scale was a flat out blast to run on the small track. The way the track was designed allowed for 8th scale cars to clear everything the 10th scales could not. Two triples and a huge table top transfer made this class the most entertaining to watch. Sanford  TQ’ed the first round of qualifying by a full lap over the competition. “The RX8 ESC and Redline T8 1900 motor in my MP9 allowed me to run a tighter line and still land all of the jumps with ease, while other cars had trouble. My Top 15 lap average was better than the next fastest racer’s single fast lap.” Lucas Sanford. Sanford would take the overall Tq going into the main. In the A main event, the start tone sounded and Sanford  never looked back putting in a perfect run, winning by more than a lap over the field. Sanford set the overall fastest lap of the entire night as well, with a 15.6 in his Tekin RX8 ESC Redline T8 1900 powered Kyosho MP9 TKI3 that was absolutely dialed for all three rounds.