Tekin wins the Michigan State Champs Series!

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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.

Ever since round #2 of the series, it has been the Johnny LoGiudice show in the 2WD Short Course class. So it was no surprise to see Tekin powered Johnny LoGiudice on top of the chart when qualifying concluded.
Right after the start of the main, Johnny LoGiudice took the lead and checked out. Behind Johnny the battle was on between Nate, Bryan Boucher and John ‘Apple’ McIntosh. At the end of the main, it was Tekins  Johnny LoGiudice who crossed the line in first, John ‘Apple’ McIntosh in second and Russell Chester in third. Johnny chose the Tekin RS Pro and Redline Gen 2 10.5 motor.

Tekin powered Matt Olson Cleans up at the Jconcepts Clash!

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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

Jubal Dike takes a win at the CCEOF Series…

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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.

Tekin powered Mark Unrath wins Rd5 of the Region 2 Points Series

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This past weekend was the final round (5) of the ROAR Region 2 Mid-Atlantic Off-road Point Series.  The race was located at LCRC Raceway in PA home of the ROAR 8th Scale Nationals.  We had 105+ entries for this race.  ROAR put on a great event and hosted lunch for everyone.  This was my first time racing at LCRC and the facility was awesome.

Mark managed to qualify well after 3 rounds putting his Tekin powered Mugen Eco buggy 3rd and his Tekin powered Mugen E truggy 2nd overall. 
Mains were underway and Mark would battle it out with Alex Miller swapping positions during A1. Mark would take P2 in A1. A2 Mark would get a great start and would be on the heels of Alex right away. Alex would suffer from a mechanical allowing Mark to walk away with A2 giving him the overall win! This would give Mark the 2nd Overall for the points series! Mark used a Tekin Rx8 and T8 2050 to power his Mugen buggy.
E truggy would Mark would battle with Kash for the majority of the A1. The two would battle the entire racing with Mark taking down P2 for A1. In A2 Mark would bobble in the whoops and have to push hard to catch back up to the leader. Lapped traffic would slow the leader a bit helping Marks cause and with 2 laps left Mark would get by for the win! Mark chose the Tekin Rx8 and T8 2000kv for his Mugen E Truggy. This would give Mark 2nd overall at the event.

Tekin wins big at the Horizon Hobby Air Meet!

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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.

Tekin dominates the 9th Annual Sidewinder Race

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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!

Jacob Haas(left),Adam Drake(center), Jeremy Kortz(right)

Tekin team drivers win big at the Surf City Classic!

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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. 

Tekin drivers were able to take down Tq’s and top spots at the event in multiple classes…
Matt Olson from MIP was able to Tq and win the Pro 4 SC class. Matt was followed closely by Tekin teammate Ryan Dunford from TLR. Both drivers would use the Tekin Rx8 and Pro 4 4600kv motor. Matt would also take 2nd in the Pro 2 Stock SC division.
Team driver Wayne Wyrick would also take the win in the heavily contested 17.5 2wd Buggy division!

2012 Labor Day Shootout Silver Dollar Raceway

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The very first 2012 Labor Day Shootout was the inaugural event hosted at A Main Hobbies Silver Dollar Raceway.

Drivers from all over would converge to check out the track that will host the 2013 Ifmar 1/10 Offroad Worlds.

Tekin’s Jason “Mo” Moberly would be on hand racing multiple classes. Jason would put his Tekin Rx8/Pro 4 powered Desc410r on the 3rd spot in 4wd Pro 4 Sc division. A Main’s team manager Marty Korn would also use Tekin power to take the 2nd spot. Great job guys.

“Fun was had by all and with a facility like this in our backyard you’ll likely see a lot of testing and practice happening at this facility.” Randy Pike

Tekin powers big wins in the NCT Series!

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This past weekend marked Round #5 of 6 in the Northwest Championship Tour held in Lewiston, Idaho. The track this year offered plenty with elevation changes, big jumps and rough conditions which tested both the driver and vehicle.

Team Driver Tim Hethcox would deliver big in the 1/10 portion of the event by taking TQ and winning the first two A-Mains of 4×4 SC with his Tekin RX8/Pro 4 equipped Losi SCTE. Tim wasn’t done there as he was able to take the overall wins in 2wd SC and stadium truck. Tim also managed to pull off an impressive second overall in 2wd buggy despite some issues. Once the 1/10 mains were finished it was onto the 1/8 vehicles.

The E-Buggy class all year in the NCT series has been one of the most competitive classes the NW has ever seen and dominated by Tekin with round #5 being no different. Newly signed Team Driver Nick Buechler would start up front with his RX8/T8 2050 powered AE buggy but after the triple A-Mains were finished it was Tekin’s very own Jeremy “PG” Potter with his HB Ve8 and RX8/T8 1900 taking the top spot and another Tekin podium sweep in the E-Buggy class.