Held over the past weekend the Jconcepts Fall Indoor Nationals Series kicked off at RC Excitement. Matt Olson would take the overall Tq position over AE’s Steven Hartson. Matt would start from the pole and the two would freight train around the track until lap 4 where Hartson would make a small bobble going over the large double allowing Olson to break away and take the win from tone to tone. Matt chose the Tekin Rx8 and Pro 4 4600 to power his MIP chassis to victory.
4WD SC – On Friday during my first practice packs on the track I made it 3 laps before I broke the rear aluminum diff hoop. Of course this being a part I wouldn’t expect to break I didn’t have any spares and so luckily I was able to have someone next day air me the part so that I could compete come race days. Come Satruday the part arrived around 11AM. To late to make the first qualifier so I had just the last two left and needed to make them count. Having only had a couple laps on the track and when it was much smoother I wasn’t sure how I was going to fare. Luckily my Tekin powered Durango DESC410RV2 was up to the task and was absolutely blistering on this track. Down the long front straight my Tekin Rx8 and Pro 4 4600 4-pole and ProTek batteries supplied all the power I needed and it was smooth sailing those last two qualifiers. I was able to take commanding TQ’s of both rounds and secure the overall.
Come Sunday it was time for Triple A’s. In A1 the first race of the morning and starting on pole I just took off and did what I did during the qual’s. I built a stronger lead lap after lap and went on to win by quite a margin. In A2 it was much the same. The track had dried out a bit and a groove had actually formed in some areas making the track a little faster. I was able to put in a few 41 second lap times with my SC truck which was only just a little over a second slower than my 1/8th scales! My truck was dialed and went on to compliment the TQ with the Win.
The last round of the Michigan State Champs Series the battle was between Tekin/Hot Bodies sponsored Nick Vasquez (who’d already claimed the 2012 title in this class), Scott Rapoport, Caleb Henry and Mike Raaz. When the dust settled Scott Rapoport would take first, Tekins Nick Vasquez in second Caleb Henry in third.
Last weekend the 6th Annual JConcepts Clash race was held at the Flowood Indoor RC Park. Racers from all over the country converged to the event for some great racing. Tekin powered Matt Olsom would put his MIP Pro 4 SC into the Tq position and would knock out the wins in quick fashion taking both A1 and A2 in convincing fashion.
“I had a great weekend at the Jconcepts Clash with my Tekin Rx8 Pro 4 / MIP Pro4mance packed Losi SCTE and AE SC10 Pro 2. Both of my cars were powered by Tekin and worked flawlessly all weekend. I had plenty of all around power and a frightening amount of bottom end that really gave me the edge shooting from corner to corner. Thanks again for the continued support and great products. ” Matt Olson
The 3rd round of the Circle City Electric Off-Road Series took place Sunday, September 23 at E Squared Raceway in Avon, IN. This race marked the halfway point in the 6 round, 3 track series. There were 60+ entries in several different classes.
The Pro2 class was one of the largest classes, going back to a C main. Jubal Dike was able to sweep qualifying with his Tekin powered FT SC10 and hold the overall TQ by several seconds. At the start of the main Jubal was able to put in clean laps, which was very difficult with the track conditions. He was able to slowly pull away in the 8 min main, only being marshaled once, and that was on the last lap when he had the race well in hand. Jubal was able to lap all the way up to second place, and only being 5 seconds from him at the end of the race. The truck was absolutely on rails with plenty of power with a Tekin RS and Gen 2 8.5.
One of Tekin’s latest team additions young Toddie Anderson would take the overall 2wd Pro 2 Mod SC class at the Horizon Air Meet in Sanford, ME. Held this past weekend Toddie would take his Tekin powered TLR 22TSC to an overall win over teammates Dustin Evans and others. Toddie took the win in style getting a 2nd in A1 and 1st in A2!
Fellow Tekin powered Casey Retke would take 2nd place overall. Tekin team driver John Cravotta would take 4th overall.
Held at ARC Raceway, the 9th Annual Sidewinder Nitro Explosion was filled with factory drivers all prepping for worlds. Electric 1/8 has become a heavily contested class with entries from nearly all factory teams contending for the top positions.
Team Tekin powered Adam Drake would Tq the class with his Tekin Rx8/1900 powered TLR 8ight 2.0e . Behind him was his Tekin/TLR Teammate Jacob Haas. Jacob is a young up and comer and he should be watched as his skill and consistency is getting better and better each race. Jacob chose the Tekin Rx8/2050 combo while Jeremy Kortz ran the Tekin Rx8/1900 combo.
Two 10 minute mains would be run in this class. Adam would take the win in A1 followed by Tekin teammate Jeremy Kortz 2nd and Jacob Haas 3rd. A2 would again have Adam out front followed this time by Jacob Haas 2nd and Jeremy Kortz 5th. This would give Adam Drake the overall Tq and win, Jacob Haas 2nd and Jeremy Kortz 3rd for a complete Tekin powered podium! Great job guys!
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| Jacob Haas(left),Adam Drake(center), Jeremy Kortz(right) |
The 5th Annual Surf City Classic hosted at OCRC Raceway kicked off this past weekend. Entries closed early as sign ups filled up for the event. This 2 day event brings heavy hitters from all of the manufacturers from all over the country.
