Category: Race Team News

This past weekend the Tennessee State Championship race was held at ROCCK Racing in Knoxville, TN. The race drew in an amazing crowd of over 160 racers from all over the southeast. There were 30 entries in the Pro E-Buggy class alone!

Tekin factory driver Shay Brand was running his Tekin powered Mugen MBX7R-Eco at the event. Shay was able to get the TQ in all 3 rounds of qualifying and solidify his #1 position for the main. At the start of the main Shay was able to jump out to a quick lead. A mistake allowed 2nd to pass Shay who would put his head down and charging back. Shay was able to make the pass for 1st with about 2 minutes left and hold on to take the overall Win!

“My Tekin RX8 Gen2 esc paired with the T8 1900kV motor had unbelievable power and consistency. Thanks to all of my sponsors for their help and support, I wouldn’t be where I am today without them!” Shay Brand

Auburn Performance Raceway hosted the U4RC Winter Series which consisted of 6 races total.  Team driver Michael Pham would compete in multiple classes including 2.2 Limited, 1.9 Trail, and 1.9 Trophy.

Pham would take the overall win in 1.9 Trail with his Axial Honcho/VP powered by a Tekin RS Gen2 Esc and Roc412 3100kv taking 3 1st’s, 2 2nd’s, and a 5th to win the overall.

Pham would also go onto to win the 1.9 Trophy Class with his Rock Bouncer chassis powered by a Tekin Rx8 Gen2 esc Pro4 4600 system. Takin 4 1st places and 2 2nd places Michael proved he had the setup to beat.

Pham would take a hard fought 3rd overall in the 2.2 Limited Class running is Axial Wraith/VP powered by a Tekin Rx8 Gen2 esc and Pro4 4600kv system in this class as well.

Tekin would like to welcome one Max Kuenning to the team. Max is one of the premier road racers in the United States and is always in the hunt for major wins in any race he attends.

Max had this to say “I’m very excited to join the Tekin team! I’d like to thank Randy Pike for giving me this opportunity to run for them and support their products. With the Data Logging in every Tekin speed control, you can acquire everything you need to finely tune your speed control and your car to maximize your results in any class. One of the most unique features that Tekin has to offer! Looking forward to running them in all my cars at the MHIC in a few weeks! With my Trinity motors and batteries, this is going to be a killer power package!”

The final round of the Western Canadian Indoor Championship Series was held at TVRCRC in Kamloops BC.

Tekin powered Dave Ehrlich would Tq and win the Mod TC class running his Tekin RSX Redline Gen2 powered VBC Racing car.

Pic Courtesy of RedRc

Dave would continue his success taking the the win in 1/12 stock from his Tq position with his Tekin powered VBC Lightning 12.

Dave would also show everyone the way in 1/12 mod Tq’ing the division and taking the main win running the Tekin RSX paired to a Redline Gen2 in his VBC Lightning 12.

Round 1 of the Northern California Racing League was held at LSR Speedway in Sacramento, Ca. With over 150 entries and racers from all around Northern California and Nevada attending the racing was heated and provided some of the closest racing in the region.

2wd Mod Buggy was up first. A Reedy Race format meant you had to be fast and consistent to win.  A1 would have Tekin powered Derek Stephansen lined up outside Tekin teammate Justin Moon.  The two would get a clean start and begin gapping the field. Moon would bobble on the center triple giving Stephansen room to breath and take the win. A2 would have Derek lined up in P9 and get wrapped up in a crash early on. Half a lap down to the leader he would put his head down and run them down but run out of time taking 2nd. A3 starting mid pack Derek would set back and watch Strange and Cortez battle out each other for the lead which allowed Derek to pick them both off taking the win!  Going into A4 three drivers could be the possible overall winner: Cavalier, Bernal, and Stephansen.  Once again starting mid pack Stephansen would get a great start working up to 2nd quickly. The leader would make a mistake giving Derek the lead and would not relinquish it to take the overall class win and set the fastest time of the day in 2wd Mod buggy be nearly 10 seconds! Derek chose the Tekin RSX and Redline Gen2 7.5 motor for his B5m buggy.

2wd Mod SC truck was another heavily battled over class.  A1 would have Stephansen would take the win setting the fastest time overall. A2 Derek would be hit hard when his motor backed off causing a DNF and giving Kyle Layton his second win of the day.  A3 Stephansen would have to bit down and put in work. He would do just that and take the win in A3 with is Tekin RSX Redline Gen2 7.5 TLR SCT 22 2.0. Layton would also win his heat which meant Derek was now in a must win situation. A4 would have all the heavy hitters in the same race: Layton, Stephansen and Bernal. Layton and Stephansen would line up in the back row together. On the tone Stephansen would use his Tekin horsepower to pick his way through the pack to take the lead and lap the entire field up to 3rd place taking another win and the overall class win, his second for the day!

“Big thanks to Codey Hughly, Jeremy Hardesty, Kevin Jelich, and all of the LSR crew for a great race day! Time to get ready for round two at Outback raceway on April 18th! Also thanks to my sponsors Tekin Racing and RaceAKA for the continued support!” Derek Stephansen

Yesterday Brad Rippee was able to attend the AMS Pot O’ Gold race. This event is an annually held race at AMS Raceway in Grand Blanc MI. There was a total of 105 entries in attendance at the race.

In 4×4 sc Rippee  was able to take TQ and in the main leading tone to tone with his Tekin Gen 2 rx8 and Pro 4 HD 4300 motor under the hood.

In 1/8th E-buggy Rippee was also able to TQ and take the win with his Rx8 Gen 2 and Gen2 T8 2050 motor.

And lastly was E-truggy we were able to find a good group of guys to run truggy at this event. Rippee was also able to TQ this class and lead the main the whole time coming away with another win. “My Tekin Rx8 Gen 2 and Gen2 t8 2250 truggy motor gave me more than enough power throughout the entire race.” Brad Rippee

Round 1 of the JBRL Electric series kicked off at IERC Raceway.  Tekin was well represented with multiple team drivers in attendance.

Rudy Rico managed to Tq in 1/10 4wd Buggy, 4wd SC and 1/8 E buggy. In 4wd SC he would take the win followed by teammate Doug “Casper” Nielsen in 2nd. Both drivers chose the award winning Tekin Rx8 Gen2 esc and Pro4 line of motors.

Rudy Rico would continue his winning streak in 1/8 E buggy taking the win and was once again joined by Doug Nielsen in second place. Both drivers using the award winning Tekin Rx8 Gen2 esc and T8 line of motors.

Rico would take a hard fought second in 1/10 4wd buggy having a battle with Cody Turner. Rico chose the Tekin RSX and Redline Gen2 to power his wheeler.

Øyvind Rasch-Olsen wraps up the JConcepts Challenge series title a round early!  Rounds 4 & 5 of the Jconcepts challenge were held at Mustit Raceway in Moss, Norway. In race 4 Øyvind ended up with a TQ and victory after winning all 3 A-mains.

This weekend Øyvind raced round 5. Øyvind started a little rough in the first qualifier, but after that he grabbed the TQ with 2 heat wins in a row. In the mains Øyvind swept all 3 rounds, and made a new track record, beating the old one with 0.4 seconds.

“All three cars on the podium in the last race used Tekin RX8 Gen2 esc and Pro4HD 4300kv. This combo is just pure awesome, and Im really happy with how the motor handles this heavy cars.. Cant wait to try the T8 motor outside this summer.” Øyvind Rasch-Olsen

Be sure to vote for the Tekin Rx8 Gen2 and T8 Gen2 in the RCCA Reader’s Choice Awards!

This past weekend was the Peach State Classic held at Loganville RC Speedway. The 1 day race pulled in over 110 entries for the event. With a rough week leading up to the race with rain and snow, the Loganville RC Crew put in a ton of work on the track on friday, and had the track ready for practice at 6 that night. The track turned out really good for racing saturday, developing a nice groove mid-day.

Shay recaps; “I was racing in the Pro E-Buggy class, with 21 entries total for the class. I finished 2nd overall in the first round with a few mistakes, finishing only .2 seconds behind first. I was able to buckle down and TQ in rounds 2 and 3. Starting first in the 10 minute A-Main, I was able to initially get a little lead over the field, I then bumped a pipe and spun out, allowing 2nd to get by. I was able to reel him back in, and make the pass for the lead. I then was able to slowly pull away, just running my laps and trying to be consistent. At the end of the main,I was able to come away with the TQ and the Win for the Pro E-Buggy class. The Tekin RX8 Gen2 esc and T8 1900kV motor were really fast and consistent all weekend. Thanks to all of my sponsors for their help and support.”

Be sure to vote for the Tekin Rx8 Gen2 esc and T8 Gen2 Motor in the RCCA Reader’s Choice Awards!

This past weekend Max Flurer went up to code 3 RC for their March Meltdown charity race. Flurer was able to take the tq’s in all 3 classes and then go on the win all 3 mains! Max chose the Tekin RSX and Redline Gen2 motors to power his TLR rides to domination.