Jamie White podiums round one of the Florida State Offroad Series held at Hurricane Rc at lake park Tampa Fl on Jan 14. The 2 day event ran nitro running Saturday and Electric running Sunday had a total of 127 entries for the weekend. Sunday morning practice and first qualifier Jamie used Panther Raptors in supper soft. As temps came up he switched to Panther Switch 2.0 for the 2nd qualifier and stayed with them for the main. Jamie was able to take the lead with my with my Tekin Rs ro and redline 10.5 powered FTSC10 however lap traffic would be tough to get through dropping him to 3rd overall.

Tekin Team Driver Josh Wheeler wins the 2012 JConcepts Indoor Winter Nationals at SmacTrac in St. Louis, Mo. Steven Hartson was Tq going into the triple A Mains but was pressured early on by Josh who took the victory with his Tekin Powered XSCT by being patient and capitalizing on small mistakes. Josh took the overall win in 2 of the 3 A’s over Hartson. Josh used the Rx8 esc and Tekin Pro 4 motor to power him to the top spot.

Vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ba-lyJU5hxE

Revolution Raceway held a 12 week Fall/Winter point series. Team Tekin Driver Brian Wyeres took 1st in 2wd Mod Buggy and 1st place in Mod Truck.

2012 Jconcepts Supercup Rd 1 was held at Bashers Rc Raceway on the weekend of the 22nd.

Team Tekin Driver Mike Applegate Tq’d Mod Truck with 29 laps / 6:10. Mike succumbed to a marshaling issue and fell a full lap down from the field during the main. Mike was then a man on a mission to regain his lead position putting on an impressive display of driving in the A main.  The Force was with Applegate, and he was able to reclaim the lead position ultimately taking the win. Applegate took the first place spot with 27 laps / 6:09.

Mike’s Equipment:

Tekin RS PRO
Tekin Redline 8.5

Tekin powered Jesse Robbers took the overall Tq honors as well as the #1 spot in not one but all 3 classes at the 2012 CRCRC Midwest Nitro Challenge. Jesse’s Tekin powered HotBodies VE8 was laying down some of the fastest laps of the weekend. Jesse was using the Tekin Rx8 and T8 1900 combination to add to his sweep of all 3 pro classes!

With over 170+ entries at the North East Snow Ball Championship at R/C Excitement was one of the biggest races in the region. Tekin team driver John Cravotta TQ’d the deep field of 4wd SC with his Tekin Rx8 Pro 4 combination taking the overall win as a result. John also TQ’d Electric Ebuggy and managed a 2nd Place after having some last minute trouble losing the top spot by .10 of a second!  Great racing!

This past weekend B.R.P. in Lakeport CA which is near the Northwestern coastline held their first Annual Epic Freeze. It’s called the Epic Freeze for a good reason as it’s outdoor with the track under a cover and in the mornings it was 20-28 degrees out! The event was a blast and track was awesome with a very technical layout and high bite on smoothie tires. Tire of choice for this event were Panther Slicks in clay compound. TLR’s Phillip Atondo showed for the event and a lot of fast racers from the Nor-Cal area. Atondo TQ’ed and won the first 2 A mains in exp 2wd mod buggy with his Tekin powered TLR 22 with a Redline 8.5 and also went on to win the first 2 A mains with his Tekin Rx8 Pro 4 powered Losi Ten-SCTE which were all powered by Xcelorin batteries riding on Panther Tires.

The Pit hosted the Supercross New Year Brawl on Sunday in Lugoff, SC. John McGinty Tq’d and won the Pro 2 SC class using a Tekin RS Pro and Redline 10.5 motor.

The new JCP Indoor track in Indianapolis, IN played host the the new years cash race. It was the biggest turnout of the year so far and the competition was stacked in all of the classes.

“Going into the 2nd qualifier I got off to a good start and everyone had finally settled down. I was out front on a blistering pace having a really good run. I ended up bumping the TQ pace up a full lap and setting overall TQ for the first 2 rounds. In the 3rd round they did a re-sort and the a main qual was really good. I was once again out front setting a very fast pace and was able to bump my TQ time up a few more seconds and take the overall TQ for the day.

The main started and I jumped out to and early lead right from the start. The 2nd and 3rd guys were battling and it allowed me to pull away and build a comfortable lead. I was out front and starting to pull away when I cased the triple jump and the truck flew off the track. I dropped about 8 seconds in that 1 lap and allowed 2nd to close the gap. We had a good little battle going for a few laps and he made a mistake and allowed me to get away again. I cruised the last 2 minutes to victory with my Tekin Rx8 Pro 4 Powered Hyper 10sc!” Michael Malott

The 2nd annual News Years Day race held at RJD hobby in Lincoln ,IL had nearly 100 entries, 36 entries in the Pro 4 SC Class alone. LeeConley was able to TQ and win the Pro 4 SC class which was with his Tekin Rx8 Pro 4 4600 KV combo. The class was filled with tough competition.