Tekin powers Ryan Lutz to Victory at Texas RC Pro Series

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RC Pro Series hosted at Mikes Hobby Shop in Carrollton Texas was a scorcher. With temps at 112 degrees on Saturday only to “cool” off to 102 on Sunday the heat was a killer.

Ryan Lutz would once again run 4 classes including his Tekin powered 4wd Team Durango Desc410r and Tekin powered Dex408 E-buggy. Ryan would tq both classes adding to his list of 4 Tq’s overall for the event.

Ryan would bobble in A1 of 4wd Sc but catch back up to the leaders. The leader would dump with just a few minutes to go handing the lead back to Ryan who would not look back, taking A1. A2 Ryan would lead wire to wire making no mistakes giving him the overall win! Ryan once again proving that the Tekin Rx8/Pro 4 power is tough to beat.

In 1/8 E Buggy Ryan would run mistake free building up his lead lap after lap with his Tekin Rx8/1900 Protek battery powered Dex408.  A2 however would be much more exciting as Ryan would make a huge mistake with no corner marshal in sight. 6 seconds later he’d be back on track and begin to work away that gap catching up with 5 minutes left to go. Ryan would battle with Jake Dilinger but would get the best of Jake to take the win in A2 and the overall victory.

Tekin takes big wins at the ROAR Region 11 Champs!

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The 2012 ROAR Region 11 1/10 offroad championships were held at TCRC in Pasco, WA. The competition was as hot as the high 90 degree temps all weekend with many of the typical A-Main
guys having to fight there way thru the B-Mains.

In 4wd SC, the class was all Tekin. Tom Davies would TQ with his Rx8/Pro4 powered Durango Desc410r and would go on to take the win. Nick Buechler would take 2nd with his Rx8/Pro4 powered SC10 with Tim Hethcox’s Rx8/Pro4 powered Durango Desc410r.

2wd Mod SC had Tekin Driver Tim Hethcox taking TQ and the overall win via tie-breaker over Tekin equipped truck of Troy Franciullo (Qualified 2nd).

Three Tekin drivers would make the big show in Mod Truck. Buechler, Hethcox, and Dave Gullickson. Dave would make his way onto the podium in 3rd.

Two Tekin equipped cars would make the Mod 2wd Buggy A. Nick Buechler (who bumped from B-Main) and Canadian Stephen Daniluk (Qualified 6th). Nick would take 5th in a very deep field.

Again two Tekin equipped cars in Mod 4wd Buggy A. Jeremy Potter (Qualified 7th) and Daniluk (Qualfied 6th). Potter would fight from dead last starts in 2 of the three A-Mains to take 3rd overall.

Tekin handles the heat at the 2012 Bring the Heat race in Flowood Mississippi!

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2012 Bring the Heat in Flowood Mississippi was held this past weekend. Drivers from all over the region as well as top pros such as Ryan Lutz, Adam Drake, Ronda Drake, Martin Harrison and more all converged to the top notch indoor facility. Drivers such as Ryan Lutz were quoted saying “ … one of the best ventilated indoor race track I have ever raced at as well as great dirt that remained very consistent through the weekend slowly adding more traction as it wore on.”

1/8 E Buggy had over 50+ entries between the Expert and Sportsman classes.  Ryan Lutz would take the overall Tq position going into the triple A main format. Ryan would go out in A1 and put the field a lap down with his Tekin Rx8/T8 1900 powered Team Durango Dex408 buggy. A2 would be a repeat of A1 with Ryan going out to a big lead taking the overall win. Fellow Tekin teammate Martin Harrison would take 3rd overall.

1/8 Electric Truggy is big down south and this race was no different. Young Damon Borkowicz would take the overall Tq. Shannon Amos and Martin Harrison would round out the top 3 qualifying positions. Martin would take A1 after a great start. A2 would be a battle between Martin and Shannon with Martin taking a 2nd. This would give Tekin powered Martin Harrison a 2ndand Nathan Harrison 4th overall. Both used a Tekin Rx8 and T8 truggy motor.

4wd SC Truck once again had Tekin powered Ryan Lutz taking all 3 rounds of qualifying dropping into the 23 second lap region which was only a second more than his 1/8 E buggy! The power of the Tekin Rx8 and Pro 4 4600 motor helped power Ryan to wins in A1 and A2.

Team Tekin Dominates Rd4 of the JBRL Series!

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Round four of the JBRL Nitro Series made its way to Green Flag Raceway in Hesperia, CA last weekend. The conditions were hot and the elevation at the track was 3,200 feet above sea level . The Green Flag track crew put in a technical, but fun layout and did a great job maintaining the track. Tekin/TLR/Pro-Line driver, Adam Drake headed to round four of the JBRL Nitro series as the points leader in 1/8th nitro buggy, 1/8th nitro truck and electric buggy.

Adam Drake Tq’d and won the 1/8 E Buggy class with his Tekin powered TLR 8ight 2.0e followed by fellow Tekin/TLR teammates Kellen Freemand and Ronda Drake for a full Tekin podium!
All 3 drivers chose the Tekin Rx8 and T8 1900 motor to power their cars to top 3 position.

Tekin Dominates the 2012 Buggyvolt race!

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Electric 1/8 racing has been picking up in Turkey. Snappy Raceway hosted the 2012 Buggyvolt Championship which was organized by Ciddi Amatorrace. 22 drivers ranging from local pros to super fast sportsman were in attendance. 

After controlled practice there were 3 heats of qualifying. 7 minute rounds would sort out the mains.

After all the heats were ran TLR’s Alain Sarafyan would put his Losi 8ight2.0e car on the top spot. Cengiz Gokbulut from Racing Academy took second podium position and his team mate Irfan Ugurlucan followed and won the 3rd position.

Nearly the entire A-main would chose Tekin to power their cars!

Renaud Sevoya takes the SAMC Supercross E-buggy title!

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The SAMC organized his famous annual supercross, on my home track. The race was organized with a standard EFRA format and 3 different classes: 1/8 Nitro buggy, 1/8 Nitro truggy and 1/8 E-buggy. Great opportunity for the electric class. The 1/8 electric classes are not really promoted well in Europe but they are picking up! Reno was attending all 3 classes! It was an epic weekend!!

“I prepared the car perfectly as I couldn’t have time to wrench on it all day! I lead the qualifications pretty easily TQing the 2 rounds I ran! I would so start on pole, and ready for the 3 legs format Amain. During A1, a terrible crash on the triple forced me to retire early. In leg 2, I was cruising to victory win one lap gap when my battery died in the last lap!! Fortunately, I had enough air to get the 2nd spot! In A3, I lead from start to finish, lapping the field after the 12mins main!

Great result and feeling with my RX8 combo! I used the T8 2050 motor with the basic linear set-up on my 808e and it felt great!”  Renaud Sevoya

Tekin’s Keith Whistler puts it on the box at the Coyote Hobbies 2nd Annual Mid-Summer Shootout!

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On June 9th 170+ entries arrived at Coyote Hobbies for the 2nd Annual Mid-Summer Shootout.  TLR was the headline sponsor for the event held at Dave and Mona Batta’s facility in Victorville,CA.  There was a class for anyone at this event ranging from Rookie to Pro as well as special classes for the Lil’ Coyote’s (kids under 10 years of age).  The event was run on a brand new layout and the groove came up quickly on the clay surface and provided a surface for some fierce battles throughout the day.

In Pro Stock Truck it was TLR’s Keith Whisler who set the early TQ with his Tekin RS/Redline powered TLR 22T.  Although challenged in the second round of qualifying, the first round time held up and would ensure that Whisler would line up first on the grid for the 7 minute main event.  At the start of the Truck main Whisler would build up a cushion after taking the hole shot.  It looked like clear sailing for Whisler until about the half-way point when little mistakes started costing him.  As Whisler started catching lapped traffic the lead grew even slimmer, until Whisler went wide approaching the “cross-over” and needed a marshal to get him straight again.  As much as he tried, Whisler was just not able to make up the time and brought home the 2nd place position.

In Pro Stock SCT, Whisler would again take the TQ position with his Tekin RS/Redline powered Losi XXX-SCT.  This time though, there was heavy pressure being applied by Shultz throughout the day which guaranteed there would be a fight to the finish in the 7 minute main event.   The start of the SCT main event saw Whisler get out to a small margin while the rest of the pack battled for position.  However, Shultz was right behind Whisler to keep him honest.   After several minutes of bumper to bumper racing out of the pair, it was Shultz who was able to build up a lead.  With only laps to go in the race, Whisler made one last attempt to overtake Shultz coming over the “cross-over” section.  Unfortunately the move would not stick and Whisler again settled with second place in the competitive class.

Tekin dominates the 2012 AMS 3.0!

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2012 AMS 3.0

Held in Cullman Alabama the 2012 Alabama Manufacturer’s Shootout is a tough race to win. Days start early around 7:30am and run until long into the night, mains went until 1:00am! Tekin dominated the electric classes at the 2012 AMS with class recaps below.

Pro E Buggy would have Tekin factory pilots all over the top positions. Ryan Lutz would take the overall Tq spot going into the double A main format. He would line up with fellow Tekin teammates Jeremy Kortz, Adam Drake, Jesse Robbers, David Joor, Ryan Lopez, and Barry Pettit. This would give Tekin 8 out of the 12 spots in the A main! The tone would go off for A1 with Ryan Lutz leading from his Tq position over his teammates. As the race would go on the drivers would settle into their positions with some of the closest racing all weekend. A1 would end with Ryan Lutz leading from tone to tone followed by Jeremy Kortz 2nd, Adam Drake 3rd, Jesse Robbers 5th, Barry Pettit 6th, and David Joor 9th to round out the top 10.   A2 would again be led by Ryan Lutz never relinquishing his Tq starting position. The final tone would sound with Lutz in 1st, Drake 2nd, Robbers 4th, Kortz 5th, Pettit 7th, and Lopez 8th .  Final results would be a Tekin top 3 sweep with Lutz 1st, Drake 2nd and Kortz 3rd.

Ryan Lutz : Rx8/T8 1900, Adam Drake Rx8/T8 1900, Jeremy Kort Rx8/T8 1900 
Electric Truggy was filled with top guys from all  over the south east regions. Tekin factory pilot Barry Pettit would Tq and dominate the double A main format taking the top spot in both A’s. Right behind him fellow teammates Martin Harrison would take 4th and Mike Malott would take 5th overall.

Barry Pettit: Rx8/T8 2000, Martin Harrison: Rx8/T8 2000kv, Mike Malott: Rx8/T8 2000 
4wd SC would once again be dominated by Tekin drivers. Ryan Lutz would put his Tekin powered Team Durango Desc410r into the Tq position with lap times only seen by the 1/8 E buggy class! Fellow teammates Mike Malott and Ben Burtle would also take up top positions in qualifying. A1 would be led from start to finish by Ryan Lutz using his Rx8 and Pro 4 to power him to over a 17 second lead over 2nd place. Tekin driver Mike Malott would take 3rd followed in 4th by Ben Burtle. A2 was once again Ryan Lutz taking the overall win and title. Tekin teammates Malott would take 2ndoverall and Ben Burtle 4th overall. 
All drivers were using the Tekin Pro 4 and Rx8 systems in their Sc trucks. 

Tekin goes 1-2 at the JBRL Series, Round 3

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Last Saturday, June 2nd was the 3rd round of the JBRL Nitro Series at Hemet Competition Raceway in Hemet, California.  The layout was very technical and got bumpy late in the day. Adam was able to settle into a comfortable pace from his Tq position with his Tekin powered TLR 8ight 2.0e buggy to take the overall win. Fellow Tekin/TLR teammate Jacob Haas would take the 2nd position as well.  Both Adam and Jacob used the Tekin Rx8 and T8 1900 motor to power them to their podium spots.

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