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Mackenzie Taylor tops track record and grabs a National Championship in 3cell Electric Top Fuel Funny Car with a blazing 97mph in 1.46 seconds on the 132' track at this years Thunder Power West Coast Nationals! >>more

Tekin Dominates the Pennsylvania Short Track Championships held at The Strand Raceway: In the 13.5 Single Cell A-Main over half the field ran the Tekin RS with Alan Behler taking the TQ spot and the New Track Recrod, while Mike O'brien grabbed the win. >>more

Cory Fasnacht takes the 2009 17.5 4-cell pan car series at the strand r/c raceway. Cory was in a class of his own and went uncontested in the series. Cory was able to pull the fastest single lap time (3.29) and pulled a 70 4:01 in the last a-main which nobody has done yet! Great Job Cory

Tekin 2009 ROAR Carpet National Champions: Mike Dumas 1/12 Super Stock GTP Champion! Eli Ezrow Stock TC Champion and Mike McBride 2nd. Stock TC had an 80% Tekin field!!! Robbie Dodge Tq's Super Stock TC and finished 2nd! >>read report

It turned out to be a great weekend of racing up at the West Coast Carpet Championships at Amain Hobbies and Raceway. Derek Stephansen ran 13.5 Touring car and World Gt. Derek qualified 2nd in World GT and was getting faster every round. Derek had some trouble in Tc qualifying but started 6th. Derek knew he had a good car now after changing his setup. After the first lap he was up to third and by the second lap he was in 2nd and finished there. In World GT he started 2nd and battled for the lead all race switching back and forth several times. In the end he finishing second right behind the leader. Not a bad finish considering it was Derek's firs time for World GT. Derek ran RS speedos in both cars as well as 13.5 Redline Motors. In the 13.5 tc main there were six cars powered by Tekin RS speed controls.

2009 February Freeze held at the Bumps and Jumps Speedway. Report from Dan Gill: "Had a good weekend at the February Freeze. Qualified 5th in EDM Mod and finished 2nd - I wrestled the lead away from Steve Salvas for a little while only to caught back up by Steve and then got mixed up with a lap car which finished me. We were 1,2,3 for Team Tekin. Steve Salvas 1st, me [Dan Gill] 2nd, and Eric Salvas 3rd." All of us were running the Tekin RS Pro, setup with the Hotwire USB interface, powered by Tekin Redline motors.

Andy reports from Motorama 2009: Showcasing everything from Cycles to Boats to ATV's to a Car Show and most importantly two complete separate RC programs (8th Nitro and 10th electric) Motorama in Harrisburg, PA was a huge success that found 40,000+ spectators exposed to RC Racing. What a great success for RC to be a part of the Show and a great showing for Tekin team driver, Andy Castelli. Andy made the "A" in both his classes and enthusiastically said, "the TEKIN's were FLAWLESS!!!"

Here is how he finished: Mod Truck - 4th in a Triple A Main. Missed third by a single point! Andy was using the Tekin RS and 8.5 Redline.

Mod Buggy - 8th in a Triple A Main running the Tekin RS and 10.5 Redline.

Team driver, Justin Williams drives to a podium spot in 4wd Mod: The Glenwood 3rd Annual ProFactory Trophy Bonanza was a 3 day event which had 120 entires and drivers from Canada, Pennsylvania, Ohio and all over Western NY in attendance. Friday started off with everyone arriving to get there vehicles dialed into the track. The layout this year was very tight and technical which was going to make passing very tough. >>read Justin's full race report

Darren Johnston grabs the New Zealand GT19 National Championship Title! Darren used the RS Pro to TQ and Win the GT19 class, making him the 2009 New Zealand GT19 National Champion! In 12th Scale Modified Darren Qual'd 2nd and Finished 2nd using the Tekin RS and Redline 7.5 motor. In Touring Modified Darren Qual'd 6th and Finished 6th using the Tekin RS Pro and 4.5 Redline motor.

It's called SlowBirds but Chris Young is anything but slow: The annual Slowbirds race was held at the OVRCCC facility, home track to Tekin Team Driver, Chris Young. Attendence was 3 classes deep at this annual event in both 13.5 foam and 17.5 foam TC. Chris Young TQ'd and won in 13.5 foam and placed 3rd in 17.5 foam. Chris was utilizing the superior performance of the Tekin RS and Redline Motor combo. Chris was able to dial in his setup using the powerful Hotwire USB interface to maximize his performance.
Good racing Chris!

Tekin Dominates in Florida with 8 Top Qualifying positions and Winning 7 classes at the 2009 Snowbird Nationals with the team using the RS and RS Pro! Two A-mains saw a 50% Tekin field! Congratulations to all of our Tekin Team! Read on for more details and photos. >>Complete results and full race report

2009 Golden State Champs = Tekin Domination: Team Tekin dominated all of the Mod open classes at the Golden State Offroad Champs held at Lakeport Hobbies. Over 100+ entries that saw pro drivers from the top offroad companies make appearances.>>Read Full Report

Eugene finishes 8 week point series in 1st: Eugene Ryder finished up an 8 week points series race in 2wd Stadium truck at "The RC Shack" running the RS and 13.5 Redline setup. There were over 25 drivers in the 8 week series. Eugen utilized the Hotwire to setup his RS ESC.

Kenny grabs 2nd place at RC Madness January Jam: The weekend of January 10th had some great racing at RC Madness's January Jam. After 2nd qualifier Sunday morning Kenny was in 4th place with fast laps within 2 tenths of the leader. During the next Qualifier he pulled lap times as fast as the leader which placed him in to 3rd for the Mains. With fellow Tekin driver Mark Smyka in 2nd and local hot shot and AE driver Alex Galenski taking TQ spot. In the main Smyka had some misfortune around turn 3 and Kenny was able to get by and run with the leader until lap traffic put him about a half lap back, never losing lead lap and finishing in second place in the Super Stock A-Main.

Mike Wilder TQs and Wins at the 4th annual Snowball Off Road Champs Race at RCExcitement: Mike won both 2wd mod and 4wd mod classes. He used the RS in his B4 with a 10.5, and the RS pro in his 4wd with a 7.5. "With the new 189 profile both cars were really fast in both 8 minute mains, never got hot and the power never dropped off!" In 2wd Mike ran a 10.5 with an RS geared at 78/25 in sensored mode with motor timing at 12, using profile 189. RS Settings: DB-50/RS-43/BS-50/NW-10/MT-BL-F/TP-5/VC-2/PC-off/Tb-16/CL-off. In 4wd Mike ran a 7.5 with an RS pro geared at 20/81 in sensored mode with motor timing at 0, using 189 profile. RS Pro settings: DB-50/RS-43/BS-55/NW-8/MT-BL-F/TP-5/VC-2/PC-off/Tb-14/CL-off

Tekin dominates the 2008 Micro Nats held at Rc Madness! Team driver, Wayne Gerber TQ's and Wins the Pan Car stock class using the Tekin RS which gave him the extra speed he needed! In Open Pan Car Team driver, Tyler Gerber also, using a Tekin RS, domniated his class TQing and winning! Father and fellow teammate Wayne Gerber finished 2nd. In Open Rally Tekin Driver, John Cravotta qualified a solid 3rd and promptly went out and WON using the RS Esc and 5400kv motor. All of our Team Drivers utilized the Hotwire USB interface.

Shake and Bake Oval race: Lenny Blocker Dominates the Shake and Bake Oval race held in Rich Hill,Mo. Lenny Used the RS Pro + Redline motor combo with the HotWire USB Interface to lap the field and Win 2 mod classes!
Lenny's RS Pro setup with 3.5 and 5.5 Redline motors:
drag brake: 35% / rev strength: 0 / break strength: 50% / neutral width: 30% / throttle profile: 5 / voltage cutoff: 2 / push: off / timing: 55% / current limiter: off

Chris Wolfson TQ's Modified Truck at the ROAR Western PA Offroad Challenge: The ROAR Western PA Offroad Challenge was run on December 13, 2008 at McCullough's Offroad in Sarver, PA. Team driver, Chris Wolfson put his FX-Pro powered Team Losi XXXT-CR at the head of the pack in qualifying taking the TQ honors.>>read report and see Chris' FX Pro set up

Race report from Chris Cooper: "I won the 2008 Collins Creek track championship (a dirt oval) in McMinnville, TN by winning every race. I also won 3 out of the 4 races I ran at Eastbrook Speedway (Dirt oval) in Winchester, TN. All was using the RS with 10.5 motor. I also won and set the track record at HQMT In Huntsville, AL. I was using the RS and 17.5 motor. All I can say about the new 189 Software is, WOW!!!!" - Chris Cooper >>more race results

The RS gets the job done where HP is crucial: "Just want to say thanks to Tekin for providing me awesome speedos. I used an RS to win 1/12th stock(Cleveland Indoor Champs). I used an RS Pro in my World GT car. Missed TQ by .1 and had the fastest single lap of the event. I just couldn't really get the clean run needed to win. The speedos performed flawlessly. That is now the 2nd major win in 17.5 for the RS (Vegas and Cleveland) against a larger field of other brands. I think it goes without saying that these speedo's get the job done in a class where H.P. is crucial." -Donny Lia -- visit Donny's official site

Alan reports from Singapore: There was a strong presence of Team Tekin with 4 cars in the A-main touring car class running Tekin RS Pro/Redline 10.5 combos. The race format was 3 heats, 3 finals for the A-mains and 3 heats, 2 finals for the lower mains. Glenn Phuah was running the RS Pro/Redline combo and was up in 2nd place for the first 2 finals >>more

Tekin dominates the East Texas RC Speedway 2nd Annual Fall Cla$$ic! On November 14th and 15th at East Texas RC Raceway in Whitehouse, TX, Tekin products dominated the competition. This was the 2nd annual money race that ETRC has held and drivers from Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma came to compete for a piece of the $1500 total payout. >>more

Robbie Dodge TQs and Wins at the 1/18 East Coast Championships. Robbie ran Stock and Mod with the Tekin B1 in stock and Tekin Mini Rage 8.1kv system in Mod. Robbie TQ'd and won the Stock class! In Mod, Robbie ended up qualifying 2nd less than a second behind 1st place. "My Mod car was excellent early on with plenty of power." But mentions he ended up having setup issues and the car became too twitchy as the main progressed and finished 4 seconds behind the leader to grab 2nd place.

After a 14 month hiatus, Tyler Gerber comes back to 12th Scale and takes the win! There were 6 heats of 1/12 stock at this years Holloween Classic at "The Gate". 17 Year old, Tyler Gerber was racing for his father, Wayne Gerber who was unable to attend this years race. Tyler hasn't driven a 1/12 scale car in over 14 months and didn't know what to expect! >>more

With over 230 entires, it was no easy task making the A-Mains at this years Halloween Classic at The Gate in Cleveland, OH. Mike Collins drove his Penguin chassis TA05 with the RS Pro and Redline 13.5 motor from the 9th Qual spot to a 5th place finish in the 13.5 Rubber TC A-Main. Mike was very pleased with his performance, "I finished about 3/4 lap down from Mike Haynes, who won the class as he won it in Vegas at the IIC race." >>more

Racecraft Open Series: Our friend from Singapore, Alan Tan (pictured left with Sam on right), joined up with a group of guys to form their own team. 5 of them run Tekin power. The team banded together and participated in the recent,

Racecraft Open Series. Alan's friend, Sam Cheng, came out of Electric Power retirement to finish 7th place in the A! The 5 Tekin members are; Sunny, Desmond Tan, Alan Tan, Sam Cheng and Bryan Thng.

Rocket Starts at the Region 12 Asphalt Champs!
Jason Moberly loved how hard his RS Pro pulled off the starting line in his Redline 13.5 & 10.5 powered sedans. Jason qualified 2nd in 13.5 and 4th in 10.5. >>more

Area52 R/C track in Carnation, WA is privately owned by Tracy and Inga Routh as his dream. Local support is absolutely great. Positive attitudes and smiles on everyone's faces made this race a must-attend. >>report and photo coming soon

Randy Pike TQ's Mod Truck at the 8th Annual Capital City Classic. Randy used the Redline 10.5 with the RS ESC in his truck to take the TQ spot. Qualified 3rd in 2wd Mod Buggy with the RS and Redline 13.5 and put his RS PRO + Redline 6.5 powered 4wd Mod Bugy into the 7th spot. >>more

"...[RS Pro] has the best power and feel compared to any other speedo on the market" The ROAR region 5 off road regionals were highly competitive and Damon Converse signed up for the most popular and highly contested class there, 4wd mod buggy. After the first round Damon was Qualified in 5th for the A-Main. "I have been running the RS Pro in my 4wd buggy since they first came out and I wouldnt use any other speedo, it has the best power and feel compared to any speedo on the market!" >>more

In a field of 7.5 and 8.5 motors, Tekin's 10.5 had more than enough power! The region 5 race was the maiden race for John LoGiudice using the RS esc and Redline 10.5. John's competition were using 7.5 and 8.5 Brushless Motors from other manufacturers, But John had more than enough speed with Tekin's Redline 10.5! >>more

Team Driver, Steve Salvas grabs a 1st place victory in the 13.5 class at the first race of the NEOT Tour! Congrats, Steve! We are looking forward to the rest of this series!

Bryan Duncan TQ's the first round of the JConcepts Super Cup in the 2wd Stock 13.5 class with the RSPro and Redline 13.5 motor. In Mod 2wd Bryan was able to battle it out with racers like Jason Ruona, Paul Winn and Ryan Eckert. Bryan qualifying 3rd was up in 2nd place during the main but couldn't quite hold on, finishing in 3rd place with a podium finish!