Factory National Team

Jared Bardin

Location:
Rome, NY USA

About Me:
My home racetrack is CRC Raceway in Rome, NY and I have been in the hobby since 2012. In 2014 I went “all in”, racing at least weekly in that timeframe since. In that time I have had the privilege to learn from some of the best on-road racers in the industry at CRC, while also working on my oval and off-road racing as well. I have always believed that practice and hard work always pay off and that there is something much more important than just getting the win in a given race. How you carry yourself and interact with people on and off the racetrack is what leaves the longest lasting impression. The most important part is to remember to have fun and be someone you’d want to pit with at the races!

Classes: 
1/12 Carpet On Road
1/10 Carpet Oval
1/10 Carpet/Clay Off Road
1/8 Dirt Off Road

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Jared Bardin

Jared Bardin

Caty Carmendy

Location:
Mooresville, NC USA

About Me:
Nitro buggy is my primary class, and you will find my husband and I racing all over the southeast. You may also have seen or listened to my podcast platform known as Race Like A Girl.

Classes:
1:8 EP Buggy
1:8 Nitro Buggy
1:8 Nitro Truggy
1:10 2WD Buggy

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Caty Carmendy

Caty Carmendy

Luis "Speedy" Diego

Location:
Wilson, NC USA

About Me:
Luis Diego (born October 4, 1989) I’m a Pro remote control car driver, who currently races for Tekno, JConcepts, Tekin, and JTP. I have been racing for eight years and formerly drive three years for Team Tekno (since 2018) and two years with Team Tekin (since 2019) and hopefully more years to come. Since the beginning I have always trusted in Tekin electronics. I have come to test other brands, but in my opinion Tekin is the best high quality for my RC equipment.

Classes:
1:10 4WD Buggy
1:10 4WD Short Course
1:8  EP Buggy
1:8 Nitro Buggy

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Luis

Luis "Speedy" Diego

Riccardo Colucci

Location:
Roma, ITALY

About Me:
I’m in rc world up to 10 years, love to play and race outdoor with my Scalers where I’m a part of organization about our local championship with SORRCA rules.
I’m two times Italian champion on CISE rules ( 18’ and 19’).

Classes:
SORRCA Class 1
SORRCA Class 2
CISE (Italian Championship Extreme Scale)
1/10 2WD Short Course
1/10 Rally

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Riccardo Colucci

Riccardo Colucci

Steve Downs

Location:
Huntington, WV USA

About Me:
I have raced 20 plus years. Classes over the years have included Carpet and Paved Oval, Electric and Nitro On road, 1/12 Scale.

Classes:
1/8 E-Buggy
1/8 Nitro Buggy
1/8 Nitro Truggy

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Steve Downs

Steve Downs

Dominykas Eicinas

Location:
Vilnius, LITHUANIA

About Me:
I started racing in 2011 with 1/5th 4WD Gas buggy when I was 10 years old. Switched to 1/8th E-buggies in 2015. Driving in 1/10th 4WD buggy since 2020.

· 2012 and 2013 Lithuanian off-road Champion
· 2013 Baltic Champion
· 2018 Lithuanian off-road Vice Champion
· 2020 Lithuanian Indoor Vice Champion

Classes:
1/8 E-Buggy
1/10 4WD Buggy

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Dominykas Eicinas

Dominykas Eicinas

Chris Gilliland

Location:
Chicagoland Area

About Me:
I am a professional Firefighter/Paramedic by trade and I didn’t even know RC racing was a thing until about 8 years ago when I stepped into Timewarp Raceway in Lake in the Hills, Illinois and I have been hooked ever since!!

Classes:
1/10 13.5 4Wd Buggy
1/10 Stock Short Course
NPRC Outlaw
1/10 17.5 Touring Car
USGT

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Chris Gilliland

Chris Gilliland

Toby Hamson

Location:
Verona, NJ

About Me:
I’ve been active in the RC Community since 2009, racing at various tracks in the Northern NJ, NY & PA Area. I’ve raced most off-road classes as well as Carpet & Asphalt On-road, also Dirt Oval. In 2018, I also expanded my racing program to include Turf.

Classes:
1/8 E-Buggy
1/8 Nitro Buggy
1/8 Nitro Truggy
1/8 Nitro Late Model
1/10 4WD Buggy
1/10 2WD Buggy
1/12 Pan Car

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Toby Hamson

Toby Hamson

Torey Heath

Location:
Nor Cal
Anderson, CA USA 

About Me: 
Been into R/C for around 34 years; mostly off road racing, always ran nothing but Tekin products. Definitely the best available and very proud to represent them!!!

Classes:
Adventure Scale Crawling
Comp Crawling
Solid Axle Monster Truck
No-Prep Street Outlaw

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Torey Heath

Torey Heath

Brian "Smiley" Henn

Location:
Cypress, TX USA

About Me:
I’ve been into rc since the late 90’s and started competitively racing around 2000. My main goals at every race I attended is to drive hard and smart and do the best I can!

Classes:
1/8 E-Buggy
1/8 E-Truggy

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Brian

Brian "Smiley" Henn

Brayden Johnston

Location:
Perth, Western Australia

About Me:
I am 17 going on 18 years old and have been racing ever since I can remember. My favorite class is 1/8th nitro because of the long races and competition in our area, but I will race any class. My main goal for 2021 is to keep improving and keep having fun!

Classes:
1:10 2WD Buggy
1:10 4WD Buggy
1:8 EP Buggy
1:8 Nitro Buggy

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Brayden Johnston

Brayden Johnston

Bryan Klamer

Location:
Wisconsin, USA

About Me:
Long time rc racer, 30+ years, love the hobby and inspire to help grow the hobby and support the new and even seasoned racer at the track. Racing is about the people!

Classes:
1/10 4WD Buggy
1/8 E-Buggy
1/8 Nitro Buggy
Carpet Oval

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Bryan Klamer

Bryan Klamer

Lucas Lemes

Location:
Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA

About Me:
I’m Lucas Lemes, 22 years old, and i’m one of the youngest drivers of my country! Very proud to be in this awesome team and expecting to be within the best drivers of the world!

Classes:
1:10 Touring Car
Mini-Z

 

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Lucas Lemes

Lucas Lemes

Darren Lord

Location:
Gold Coast Queensland, AUSTRALIA

About Me:
Have raced nearly every class on the past 10 plus years now only quarter scale speedway. Tekin team driver for 8 years now and thank you for the support. Have taken Tekin products to 4 Australian titles in 4 different classes and plenty of podiums and state titles around Australia

Currently using T440 servo in all 1/5 scale cars for steering and throttle control.

Classes:
1/4 Dirt Oval

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Darren Lord

Darren Lord

Andrew Mowery

Location:
Golden Valley, MN USA

Classes:
1:8 E-Buggy

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Andrew Mowery

Andrew Mowery

Izriah Osborne

Location:
Nashville, TN USA

About Me:
Racing and speed has always been apart of my life since I was born. My goal is to become a pro driver and travel the world with my family. Lord willing.

Classes:
1:10 4WD Buggy
1:8 EP Buggy
1:8 Nitro Buggy
1:8 Nitro Truggy

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Izriah Osborne

Izriah Osborne

James "Hot Rod" Rodriguez

Location:
Yuma, AZ USA

Classes:
1:10 2WD Buggy
1:10 4WD Buggy
1:8 E Buggy
1:8 E Truggy
Dirt Oval
Carpet Off Road

 

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James

James "Hot Rod" Rodriguez

Erich Reichert

Location:
Naugatuck, CT USA

About Me:
“Hey you’re that guy from YouTube” is the funniest thing someone ever said to me at the track but 15 years of working for RC magazines will do that I guess. These days I organize the Vintage Offroad Nationals and just enjoy racing with my son. If you see me at the track, stop by and say hey!

Classes:
1:10 2WD Buggy
1:10 4WD Buggy
1:10 2WD Stadium Truck
Vintage Racing

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Erich Reichert

Erich Reichert

Bradley Rippee

Location:
Fenton, MI

About Me:
I have been racing since 2011 and mainly race 1/10th scale off road indoors during the winter and 1/8th scale off road outdoors during the summer. My home track is AMS raceway in Grand Blanc, Michigan and have been racing there since I started in 2011. I have been running Tekin Electronics since the beginning and im proud to represent Team Tekin!

Classes:
1/8 Nitro Buggy
1/8 Electric Buggy
1/8 Nitro Truggy
1/8 Electric Truggy
1/10 4×4 Short Course
1/10 2wd Modified Buggy
1/10 4wd Modified Buggy
1/10 2wd Stadium Truck
1/10 2wd Short course

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Bradley Rippee

Bradley Rippee

Adam "Wipeout" Ross

Location:
Belleriver, Ontario CANADA

About Me:
I’ve been racing for as long as I can remember and now have my kids doing this with me. We travel all over Canada and the United States creating some amazing family memories. We look forward to seeing more track and the awesome people at these tracks.

Classes:
1:10 USGT
1:10 Touring Car
1:10 4WD Short Course
1:8 EP Buggy

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Adam

Adam "Wipeout" Ross

Shawn "Shumzzr" Rusin

Location:
Wildomar, CA

About Me:
My professional career is IT. I work for CowRC as well as their Team Manager. I have a wife and a daughter.

Started racing RC cars in 1984 at Arizona Fast Track in Tucson AZ with a RC10, it was a bike ride away from where I grew up. I had 2 other rc’s before that, the Grasshopper and the Supper Champ. I’ve done it all from plains, helicopters and boats. Rc has always been in my life but not always racing.

2016 I discovered U4RC.com and Brian Jones. I became the manager assisting Brian over the first year of racing u4 and wanted to keep this style racing going even after it’s known hay days of Glen Helen, CA. I love scale RC cars and love to go fast. Crawlers are a blast but I want to go a little faster so U4 is what gives me that fix.

However, I do everything RC still to this day. You never know what I might be piloting with transmitter of some kind. My Local tracks are CTRC and Thunder Alley. This is where I put down some 1/8 buggy and truggy laps and races. NoPrep is hot and I really dig the cars. So this past year I have teamed up with Tyler Zavadil with RC Dragtalk and all his races. My goal with RC is to help other drivers new and old any way I can. I do not consider my self a ”Pro Level Driver” but I do promote RC with my experience. I have managed to take a few podiums in my time but nothing like a DNC or PNB. I’m your club racer. I dig the local crew and what I call the underground of RC, better known as the RC Bashers. I love me some monster truck doing back flips 20 plus feet in the air. Who doesn’t like to go full send? So that’s my deal with RC I have alywas had them and will never stop.

Enjoy the RC life.

Classes:
U4RC
2.2 Unlimited
2.2 Trophy
Lasernut Spec
1.9 Open
1/8 E-Buggy
1/8 E-Truggy
NPRC Outlaw
NPRC 13.5 Street Stock 

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Shawn

Shawn "Shumzzr" Rusin

Sean " Salty Dog" Salter

Location:
Kennesaw, GA

About Me:
I started this great hobby many years ago, just as something to do to have a little fun. In 2015 I bought my first Race ready vehicle and took it to Hot Shots Raceway which was my my local track. From the second I touched the dirt I was hooked. The first year was a huge learning experience into the racing side of things. I’ve made some great friends in the process as well as steadily improving. Since starting racing I have worked extremely hard to better myself throughout the years. I do the very best that I can to help all of the guys there with their setups, tire choices and just general questions. I have helped them all improve as well. Also helping out when issues arise as I try and carry multiple spare parts, tires, batteries etc. My goal over the next year is to better myself in setups, get faster, and also continue to help others as best I can.

I try to travel to as many tracks as I can during the seasons gaining more friendships along the way. I plan to attend multiple bigger events through next year. I try to talk to all drivers to try and exchange tips on setups and expand my knowledge base. Being on the Tekin Team is big accomplishment.

Classes:
1/8 E-Buggy
1/10 4WD Short Course

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Sean

Sean " Salty Dog" Salter

Keevin Sharp

Location:
Amarillo, TX USA

About Me:
TLR South Regional Team Manager
Pro-Line South Regional Team Manager
Pro-Line West Team Advisor

Classes:
1/8 Electric Buggy
1/8 Nitro Buggy

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Keevin Sharp

Keevin Sharp

Jon Spencer

Location:
Northampton, UNITED KINGDOM

About Me:
I have been racing for at least 20 years now, over two stints!! In the 90’s when I was young and R/C was a hobby I shared with my dad, back then tracks in the UK were mainly grass. Although we had some purpose built tracks starting to develop at the time, these consisted mainly of astro turf!!!

Classes:
1/10 Off Road
1/8 Off Road

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Jon Spencer

Jon Spencer

John Swyka

Location:
Middletown, DE USA

About Me:
After my failed attempt at flying model planes, I have enjoyed staying on the ground, racing various cars and trucks since 1988. I raced mainly at club level for most of of the time, but finally had opportunities to travel to larger events since 2017. I raced carpet and asphalt oval up until On-road racing hit our area in the late ’90s and have been running On-road ever since. Spent a couple years running Off-road truck and buggy, but On-road just kept calling me back.

Even more rewarding than the many laps run and races won over the years is the opportunity to share information and help others improve their own skills, both on and off the track. There’s just something great about seeing a fellow racer getting faster and having more fun as a result of the help and guidance I’m able to share. Proud to say that some of my most treasured friendships are a byproduct of this great hobby.

I’ve been racing with Tekin products for as long as I can remember and am honored to represent the brand wherever this hobby takes me.

Classes:
1:10 Touring Car
USGT
Vintage TransAm
Pro Spec
Euro Truck
1:10 Short Course
1:8 EP Buggy

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John Swyka

John Swyka

Bill Sydor

Location:
Kansas City, MO USA

About Me:
I have been racing since ’04. 3 Roar national titles USGT in ’17, and Stock Sedan in ’18 and ’19. U.S. Indoor Champs in Stock Sedan 1st place in ’19. And others but these are at the top of my list, hopefully more to come too. And always at a track to lend a helpful hand.

Classes:
1:10 Stock Touring Car
1:10 Super Stock Touring Car

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Bill Sydor

Bill Sydor

Wyatt Wilson

Location:
Texas, USA

About Me:
I am 11 years old and have been racing RC cars since mid 2019. I have been blessed with the opportunity to compete in some major events across the country. My first major accomplishment was placing 4th in Sportsman E-buggy at the 2020 Southern Nationals Indoor Race which was my first big national event to attend. Outside of racing, I enjoy scale rock crawling, hanging out with my family, and helping my mom and dad with their business, Integrity RC Designs.

Classes:
1:8 EP Buggy
1:8 Nitro Buggy

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Wyatt Wilson

Wyatt Wilson

Chris Wolfson

Location:
Pittsburg, PA USA

About Me:
I’ve been involved in racing R/C cars for 32 years. I am currently also supported by TLR/Horizon Hobbies, JConcepts, & FDJ Motorsports. I enjoy building and restoring vintage R/C cars. I’m a huge motorsports fan, espcially IMSA and F1, and participate extensively in iRacing. I’m also a member of a 24 Hours of Lemons racing team that builds and races junk cars on real race tracks. Feel free to reach out to me through social media or at the track for any help or support I can provide.

Classes:
1:10 Electric Off Road
1:8 Electric Off Road
Dirt Oval

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Chris Wolfson

Chris Wolfson

Joel Winnicki

Location:
Whitesboro, NY USA

About Me:
37 years RC experience.
Two-time Snowbird National Champion
Two-time West Coast National Champion.
Vice president of Pemberton Race Works.

Classes:
1/10 Open Mod Oval
1/10 Rubber Tire Truck Oval
1/10 Rubber Tire Car Oval
COT
1/12 Oval
1/10 Off Road

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Joel Winnicki

Joel Winnicki

Tayler Wonders

Location:
West Richland, WA USA

About Me: 
I started racing in 2010. Initially I was terrible, but over years of hard work I have been able to get faster and put myself in situations to have an impact in Northwest racing.

Classes:
1:10 4WD Buggy
1:8 E-Buggy
1:8 Nitro Buggy
1:8 Nitro Truggy

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Tayler Wonders

Tayler Wonders

Travis Young

Location:
OK, USA

Classes:
1/10 Open Sprint Dirt
1/10 2WD Late Model Dirt
1/10 Wingless Sprint Dirt

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Travis Young

Travis Young

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