Lawson takes Nitro Club Points Series title!

The Oklahoma Nitro Club 2012 season point’s series has wrapped up at Taylor Park R.C. in Yukon, Oklahoma. The Points series consisted of an 8 race series best of 5 finishes.  With one race each month from  March until October the series saw about every kind of weather imaginable from extreme heat, cold, rain, high winds, and just about everything Mother Nature can think of.

Tekin factory driver Heath Lawson had remained in the 3rd spot for most of the series but a top qualifying position and a win in the 8th and final point’s race of the season lifted him in to the #1 position and earning him the 1/8th scale electric 2012 season championship!

“The 1/8th scale electric class was arguably the most competitive class of the year. There were a total of 30 drivers contending for the point’s championship which made for some close points battles. I could not have made it through the long season without the flawless performance of my Tekin RX8 speed control and T8 1900 KV motor. I had no problems at all throughout the entire season; I was able to finish EVERY main event of the 2012 season with 0 mechanical failures. I would like to thank Randy Pike and Team Tekin for all their help and support this year. I could not have done it without them.” Heath Lawson

Lucas Sanford wins Inaugural TrackStar Championship!

The 1st annual TrackStar Championship Grand Prix that took place at SDRC this past weekend. Team Tekin pilot Lucas Sanford would attend with excellent results. Lucas would go on to win 1/8 scale eBuggy and 1/10 Mod 4WD buggy, while taking 3rd place in 1/10 2WD buggy.

Lucas used the Tekin RX8 esc paired with a Tekin 2050 T8 Redline in his Kyosho MP9 TKI3 1/8 scale eBuggy. Lucas chose the Tekin RS Pro for both 4wd and 2wd buggy paired with Gen 2 Redline motors.

 “Thank you for all the support!”  Lucas Sanford

David Joor Three-Peats The RC Pro National Electric Title

David Joor Three-Peats The RC Pro National Electric Title | 2012, 2011, & 2010 

This year the RC Pro National Finals started on Halloween in Houston at Mike’s Hobbyshop. The series consists of 4 events in the southern division and with RCP being born and raised in the south it is by far the largest division to compete in. Electric being the largest in the group with a turn out of usually 40+ at each divisional race. I won the finals in 2009 (but not the National because I started too late in the year for max points), 2010 National, and 2011 National, I really wanted to go for the three-peat. However I knew this year would be tough with so many people getting into electric and getting faster. It also turns out that the Mike’s Hobbyshop track has always been my nemesis and this year would be different but not.. 
Going into the Finals I had prepared by testing several times during the year on a good base setup. The only day of practice went well and Lutz and I were swapping fast laps back and forth throughout the day. For the final practice run he went before me and ran a 29.1 and I ran a 29.0 right after. Ryan is always 0.75 – 1 a second per lap faster than me so this was a good feeling going into qualifying (In A2 I did a 28.2 but Lutz did a 27.8 in A3, still better than 1 second!). Electric was the largest class and there was no resorting until round 4 which was going to make it tough. This event my car was ready and I was confident but slower cars would be the demise of my progress. In electric I only had two wrecks that weren’t in some way caused by passing another car. Lutz found his pace and was able to do consistently faster laps than me but had electrical problems in almost every qualifier. I ended up barely squeezing in overall TQ over Jake Dellinger (Fellow AE / Avid / FTW driver) by TQ’ing 2 rounds and both with 15 lap runs. This was good because I needed the 2 points for TQ because Jake had gone into the finals with only 3 points less than me. 
When mains came around, the first main was semi clean with a corner marshall knocking over Jake’s car in an attempt to flip me back over. Feeling as though it was somewhat my fault for the corner incident I waited until he and Brian had gotten near me before we started racing again. Brian would have a bobble early on shortly followed by Jake which gave me a good 5 seconds of breathing room. However Lutz had an amazing start by getting into 4th in the first couple of laps and was on a mission to hunt down the leader given his bad luck in qualifying. At 8 minutes in Lutz had caught and passed me and I made a diligent charge to reel him back in which I did but going over the triple I tapped his car in the air which caused my car to spin out on the landing and with only 2 laps left and lap traffic we finished 1.5 seconds apart. In A2 I had a very solid start and had a nice 5 second gap once again on Dellinger by 5 minutes in but twice I had to single single over the important off-camber double due to 3 lap cars battling for position which would cost me 4 seconds. Jake was no only 3 feet behind me while I had a lap car just 1 foot in front of mine and for a full lap the lap car wasn’t battling anyone for position, the race announcer asking him to move over for us 3 times, and everyone in pit lane and around the track informing him to pull over but he never did until 33 seconds later after he got out of control and I had no where to go but into his car. This allowed Jake and Lutz to get by and I couldn’t find my way back after that finishing 3rd. For A3 I calculated that I need to lead 7 laps so that no one could take most laps led from me. This would give me 2 more additional points to win the National title in case I didn’t beat Dellinger in this main. So I did just that, lead the first 7 laps and on la p 8 my speedo wire finally frayed apart from the pounding it took on the hard triple landing and I had to DNF. However I finished with 1 point more than Dellinger to take the National title once again! 
Thank you to my sponsors, Team Associated, Reedy, KO Propo, Tekin, Upgrade, VP, FTW, Dialed, Paint by Smiley, and Avid. David Joor

Matt Olson is the Jconcepts Indoor Nats SC Champ!

Matt Olson attended the last round of the Jconceps Indoor Nationals series taking down big wins and wrapping up the overall series titles!

“I had a great weekend at New Reds Hobbies in Ocala Florida last weekend at the JConcepts Nationals Series Finale. I ended up taking the TQ and win in both classes as well as the series win overall for the JC Nats Series. My Tekin powered MIP Pro4mance Pro4 and Tekin powered MIP/AE Pro2 Stock, trucks were lighting quick all weekend long and really shined in both corners and on the straight away. With the power of the Tekin RX8 Pro 4 4600Kv at the heart of my MIP truck I was able to put the power to the ground and pulled people out of the corners and was yarding opponents down the straight. In Pro2 Stock bottom to mid range power was crucial and the new Gen 2 17.5 motor and Tekin RS Pro was more than perfect for the job. In both classes I held the fastest lap and overall times in each class. Thank you Tekin for all the support and great products.” Matt Olson

Eustace Moore and Brandon Upshaw also chose Tekin power for the Jconceps Indoor Series.

Tekin’s Johnny LoGiudice hits ’em hard in "The Series"

The Series” was a 6 round series held at 6 different locations. Tracks both indoor and outdoor, hard packed to loamy style make “The Series” one of the hardest in the region to win.

Tekin powered Johnny LoGiudice would pull this off in not just one class but two! Two of the divisions with the most entries and strongest talent the region had to offer. At each track Johnny would stick to a Tekin RS Pro and Gen 2 10.5 in 2wd Mod Buggy and Tekin RS Pro with a Gen 2 9.5 in Pro 2 Short Course. These were the power combinations Johnny chose to win the 2wd Mod Buggy and 2wd Pro 2 SC titles!

Here’s recap of the tracks and facilities that help host “The Series

Dirtburners, Litchfield, The Track, Granger, Stateline, and AMS

Tekin powers John Cravotta to win at the Durango North East Indoor Championship!

John Cravotta headed up to Maine this past weekend for the Durango North East Indoor Championship. Here’s his recap of the event:

“There were 155 entries and some big guns from Durango and Associated in attendance. I ran three classes, Open 2wd SC, Open 2wd Truck, and 4wd SC. Practice Saturday all three cars were dialed! They had a club race after practice on Saturday and it was a tight race with Carson Wernimont from Durango finishing in 1st and myself only one second behind him. I won Open Truck, and placed second in 4wd SC setting my expectations high for the first round later that night.

The 2wd SC Main A Main was a good one, my Tekin RS Pro Gen 2 7.5 powered X-Factory SCX-60CF was dialed! The Jconcepts Blue Bar Codes and Sticky Kicks Roja compound had me glued to the track, my Team Scream Racing batteries were crazy fast, matching lap times with Team Durango’s Carson Wernimont for 5 laps until we came up on lap traffic. He squeaked by two trucks and I got tied up with them giving him the distance he needed to take the win and myself placing 2nd.

I had a great start with my Tekin RS Pro Gen 2 6.5 powered X- Factory X60 in the 2wd Truck A Main and put a good lead on second place to make him push hard and make mistakes trying to catch up. The Jconcepts Blue compound Pressure points and Sticky Kicks Roja combo were money! I had mad rip with my Team Scream Racing batteries. This combination gave me all the power needed to take down the win.

The 4wd A Main SC was a battle!  I was Bumper to bumper with Travis Amezcua from Durango and Mike Wilder from Associated for the first lap separating us from the pack. The power from the Tekin RX8 and Pro4 4600 and Team Scream Racing batteries allowed me take over 1st place due to mistakes made by Travis and Mike, but Travis took it right back when I made a line mistake two corners later. I was in second for the next 6 laps until I made a few mistakes and allowing Mike to catch up and slip by. Stayed with him for the next 5 laps and got tied up lap traffic putting me in third. I stayed in that position until there was 1.5 minutes left in the race when lap traffic cost me the 3rd spot and placing me in 4th. I did not have enough time to catch him and to seal the deal on my hat trick podium. The Jconcepts Blue Barcodes and Sticky Kicks Roja were dialed.

I want to thank all my sponsors for all their support in 2012, and hope to keep your support for 2013.”

Tekin dominates the JBRL Finals in the Pro 4 SC division!

The final round of the 9th Annual JBRL Electric Series finished up at the world famous Hot Rod Hobbies. Once again Jimmy Babcock and crew would host one of the premier racing series around. Tekin Team drivers would converge on the final looking to wrap up their titles.

In Pro 4 SC division it would be a complete Tekin Team podium. Ryan Dunford would take the top spot with his Tekin Rx8/Pro 4 powered TLR Sct-e. 2nd position would be filled by Chris Blais also piloting a Tekin Rx8/Pro 4 powered TLR Scte. Doug “Casper” Nielsen would take the final spot with yet another Tekin Rx8/Pro 4 powered TLR Scte!

Chris(left),Ryan(center),Doug(right)

All Tekin Team drivers utilized the following products:

Tekin Rx8 ESC
Tekin Pro 4 4600kv Motor
Tekin Hotwire USB Device

Matt Olson wins big at the SC Showdown Finals with Tekin Power!

The 7th and final round of the Short Course Showdown series wrapped up once again at Mike’s Hobby Shop in Texas. If you ever get a chance to stop by and check out this RC mecha do so with great enthusiasm. This single facility literally has it all.

Tekin powered Matt Olson from MIP fame made the trip along with the rest of his fellow MIP team. Matt would be up against stiff competition from TLR’s own Frank Root in the Pro 4 class. Exchanging Tq multiple times.  Come main time Matt would take the title that meant most, the winner!  Matt would take his Tekin Rx8 Pro 4 4600kv powered MIP/TLR chassis to an overall victory!

Matt would also take down a big win the Pro 2 17.5 SC Division using the latest Tekin Gen 2 17.5 and Tekin RS esc. Taking down it’s first big win, the Tekin Gen 2’s are sure to continue winning at your local track. Check ’em out here!

Wayne Wyrick wins Expert Stock Truck at the Reedy Truck Race

Once again the Reedy Truck race was held at the world renowned Hot Rod Hobbies. Held on the first weekend of October the weather would be primed for some good tight racing. As always Jimmy Babcock would run a brilliant race and fun was had by everyone that attended. One of the attending racers was Tekin powered Wayne Wyrick. 

Wayne would take the overall Tq of the Expert Stock Truck division over recently crowned National Champ Kevin Motter. To say that the racing was close in this class would be a huge under statement. Wayne would beat out his competition and take the overall win when the dust had settled.
photo courtesy of LiveRC

Tekin powers Jubal and Son to overall wins of RD4 of the CCEOC Series!

The 4th round of the CCEOC series that was to be held outdoors at DK Raceway. However the fall Indiana weather would force it to JCP’s indoor track on Saturday, Oct 6. There were around 60 entries on the day, consisting of several electric classes that raced 2 qualifiers and mains. Jubal and his son Easton and entered 2 classes. Easton raced in Novice and Jubal was in 2wd Mod Buggy.

Easton managed to win both qualifiers and being the TQ going into the mains. His Tekin RS/17.5 powered SC10 was working very well, so we decided to leave well enough alone. At the start of the main he put in several clean laps and pulled away from the rest of the field going on to lap the entire field by the end of the main giving him a sweep on the day!!

Jubal’s first round of 2wd mod left little to be desired and sitting 4th. A few key adjustments before the second qualifier would have excellent results allowing Jubal to take the overall TQ by 14 secs. At the sound of the tone Chad Gillum and Brian Bourland put serious pressure on Jubal early but he was able to slowly pull away lapping all but 2nd and 3rd and only being 6 secs behind them. “MyTekin RS/8.5 Gen2 was a rocket ship!” Jubal

“As always I want to thank Tekin, Panther, DE Racing, Avid, Coyote Hobbies and Scaggs Designs for all of their continued support. My son and I wouldn’t be able to compete at this level without each one of them!!” Jubal Dike