Tekin Dominates the 2012 Dirt Nitro Challenge!

The 2012 The Dirt Nitro Challenge kicked off on the 22^nd this month with 2 rounds of scheduled practice. Racers from all over the world gathered for this event. With nearly 700 entries this race was surely one of the biggest to date.  Truggy and SC qualifying were up first on Thursday. Ryan Lutz was on a tear immediately running laps so fast the minimum lap time had to be dropped not once but twice! Ryan’s Tekin Rx8 Pro 4 powered Desc410r Durango ride were top of the field after all rounds were gone. In the A-main Tekin would power over half of the field. Ryan was out front early and made one mistake letting fellow Tekin teammate Josh Wheeler buy. Josh would make a mistake of his own and Lutz would once again lead the race. Josh would have a technical issue with his truck and fall to the back of the pack. Tekin driver Tim Hethcox would battle to the 2^nd spot with Chad Bradley who would have to settle for 3^rd.  Tekin team drivers were all using the Tekin Rx8 and Pro 4 line of motors.

 photo courtesy of RedRc

1/8 Electric buggy rounds were run in between nitro rounds. After all was said and done Tekin powered Adam Drake’s TLR 8ight 2.0e to the Tq position. Tekin would power over half of the entire field at the 2012 DNC. This race would be full of wild crashes and fights for position. Many drivers were coping with a new lip that had formed over time which was kicking the cars a bit creating many a flips and tumble.  Racers would trade positions many times with a great battle for the lead between Jeremy Kortz, Caron Wernimont, Adam ,Drake, and Jesse Robbers. In the end Jeremy Kortz would be out all of them taking the overall victory with his Tekin powered Agama buggy.  Jeremy and Adam were both using the Tekin Rx8 and T8 1900 motor.

photo courtesy of Neobuggy

Tekin Dominates the 2012 Cabin Fever Indoor Supercross Race!

The 2012 Cabin Fever Indoor Supercross Race held in Lewiston, ID hosted over 150+ racers from all over and around the Northwest Region. With over 30+ entries the 1/8 E Buggy class ran deep with some of the fastest drivers in the Northwest Region. Tekin's very own Jeremy "PG" Potter managed to Tq and take the 1st place position overall with his Hotbodies Ve8 after triple A mains. Jeremy was followed by Tekin powered Nick Buechler(AE) , 3rd place Randy Nolen(TLR), Jason Tjepkema(TLR), and 5th Ty Campbell(TLR)

Jeremy Potter

Tq &1st  Jeremy Potter (HB RX8 & 1900)
2nd: Nick Buechler (AE RX8 & 2050)
3rd: Randy Nolen (TLR RX8 & 2050)
4th: Jason Tjepkema (TLR RX8 & 2050)
5th: Ty Campbell (TLR RX8 & 1900) Winner of A3

Team Tekin's Tim Hethcox wins the KBRL Series Championship!

The KBRL series started on October 1st at Canyon Vista in Tucson, Az. Tim qualified 2nd, 3 seconds back from Billy Fischer. After a very rough 1st lap (ended up a half lap down) Tim managed to climb back to finish 3rd.

The round 2 was at the Fear Farm (10/29) i qualified 2nd (14 seconds behind Fischer and .1 in front of Kinwald.) all 3 of us had a great battle all race but Tim finished 1st with Fischer 3 seconds back and Kinwald 5 seconds back. 

The 4th round (12/17) was at Competition Hobbies where Tim qualified 3rd and and ended finishing 1st. 

Round 5 (1/7) was at Paddocks RC where Tim Tq'd but due to some unfortunate luck ended up 6th for the round. 

Round 6 (1/21) was at Hobbytown Tucson where once again Tim Tq'd and took 1st. 

Round 7 (2/11) was the KRBL Series finals held at the Fear Farm. Tripple A mains where Tim would take 4th in A1, 2nd in A2, and 1st in A3.

These results would combine to give Tekin's Tim Hethcox the KBRL Series Championship in the Pro 4 SC category . Tim's Tekin Powered Team Durango Desc410r was ultra consistent. Tim had said his Tekin Rx8 and Pro 4 4000kv "Motor and esc ran flawless all season."

Team Tekin's Nick Vasquez takes Round 1 of the Michigan State Champs!

Round 1 of the Michigan State Championship Series was hosted by Additive Motorsports R/C Raceway in Gland Blanc, Mich. With over 141 entries the competition was fierce. Nick Vasquez TQ'd 1/8 E-buggy which had 30+ entries and was the only driver throughout qualifying to run 17 laps. During the main Nick was able to take the win with his Tekin RX8 T8 1700kv powered HB Ve8. Nick ran Panther Rattlers in clay compound which were the fastest I ran the whole weekend!

Kev Lee takes the BRCA Winter Open Championships

The BRCA Winter Open Championship (BWOC) was hosted by the Silverstone RC Model Car Club.

Photo courtesy of RCracer.com

The triple A's there were a few controversial moves in the first two mains where even a few penalties were issues really changing things. It came down to the final A and the title was between Kevin Lee, Ellis Stafford and Tom Yardy. In the final main it was a last corner move from Kev Lee that gave him the title with his Tekin Powered Kyosho Lazer FS2 by a mear two hundredths of a second from the X-Factory X-7 prototype of Ellis Stafford in second with Tom Yardy third with his Associated B44.1!

Kev used a Tekin RS Pro and Tekin Redline 6.5 with a 13mm Tuning rotor.

Jamie White is in the hunt for the FSOR Series Title!

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 Pro and Redline 10.5 powered FTSC10 however lap traffic would be tough to get through dropping him to 3rd overall.

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.

Wheeler wins the opening round of the Jconcepts Winter Nationals!

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

Weyers brothers wraps up a 12 week series at Revolution Raceway & Dirt Heaven!

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.

Brian also raced another 12 week series hosted by Dirt Heaven and took 4th place in Mod Truck and 6th place in Mod Buggy. Brother Mike Weyers took second place Mod Truck and 4th in Mod 2wd Buggy.

"My Tekin RS Pro's and Redline motors worked awesome for both series!" Brian