{"id":1333,"date":"2014-10-07T15:24:04","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T15:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/?p=1333"},"modified":"2014-10-07T15:25:28","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T15:25:28","slug":"tekin-dominates-in-the-south-rx8-gen2-sweeps-all-3-e-classes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/tekin-dominates-in-the-south-rx8-gen2-sweeps-all-3-e-classes\/","title":{"rendered":"Tekin dominates in the South! Rx8 Gen2 sweeps all 3 E-classes!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2014 Southern Nationals was held in Monroe Louisiana. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/\">Tekin <\/a><\/strong>team driver were in attendance and making sure their presence was known. With a technical layout and somewhat slippery conditions in practice it was sure to make for close racing all weekend. The race was setup for\u00a03 rounds of qual points and triple A-mains.<\/p>\n<p>1\/8 E Buggy had an entire podium filled with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/\">Tekin <\/a><\/strong>factory drivers. Tyler &#8220;Too Fast&#8221; Hooks would take the overall win with teammate Brian &#8220;Smiley&#8221; Henn along with Chad Panek in 2nd and 3rd respectively. \u00a0All 3 drivers chose the award winning <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/rx8.html\">Tekin Rx8 Gen2<\/a><\/strong> esc and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/t8.html\">T8 Gen2<\/a><\/strong> line of motors.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1338\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/So-Exp-EL-Buggy.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1338\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/So-Exp-EL-Buggy.jpg\" alt=\"Exp. Electric Buggy:  1)  Tyler Hooks  2)  Smiley Henn  3)  Chad Panek\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/So-Exp-EL-Buggy.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/So-Exp-EL-Buggy-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/So-Exp-EL-Buggy-226x150.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/So-Exp-EL-Buggy-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exp. Electric Buggy: 1) Tyler Hooks 2) Smiley Henn 3) Chad Panek<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In E-Truggy Tyler Hooks would Tq with Martin Harrison starting\u00a0from P2 going into the triple A&#8217;s. \u00a0A1 Hooks and Harrison were\u00a0able to get out front and put in solid laps. Hooks would take the \u00a0with teammate Harrison taking 2nd. \u00a0In A2 I followed closely in 3rd as Tyler Hooks would break and allow me to move in the 2nd spot behind Brad Ripple. Brad would then fall with mechanical failures with 3 laps to go allowing me to take the win. A3 I was in a tie with Tyler Hooks for the overall and locked in for a solid 2nd. With a horrible start that I could not recover from, I finished 2nd overall. \u00a0All 3 drivers chose the award winning <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/rx8.html\">Tekin Rx8 Gen2<\/a><\/strong> esc and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/t8.html\">T8 <\/a><\/strong>motor line.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1335\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/So-E-Truggy.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1335\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1335 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/So-E-Truggy.jpg\" alt=\"So-E-Truggy\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/So-E-Truggy.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/So-E-Truggy-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/So-E-Truggy-226x150.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/So-E-Truggy-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1335\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Electric Truggy: 1) Tyler Hooks 2) Martin Harrison 3) Brad Ripple<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In Pro4 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/\">Tekin <\/a><\/strong>power would dominate the event. Tekn factory driver Brian Smiley Henn would Tq the division with Martin Harrison in P2. \u00a0A1 Henn and Harrison would get out \u00a0to a fairly clean for some great heads up racing together. Harrioson\u00a0was able to make a pass to take over the lead about mid race and never looked back. Harrison taking A1 with Henn in two in 2nd. A2 there would be 3 lead changes between Harrison\u00a0and Smiley Henn putting on a driving show. Harrison\u00a0would hold on to the leading making the only 12 lap run in A2 to take the overall win in Pro4. Harrison said &#8220;Making the decision to remove the over powered HD 4300kv motor and install the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/pro4.html\">Pro4<\/a><\/strong>\u00a04600kv was important in my victory for the Pro4 class. The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/pro4-hd.html\">Pro4 HD<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0was just too much for the slick conditions and proves that having the right equipment at the right time can make a difference.&#8221; \u00a0Once more all 3 drivers chose the award winning <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/rx8.html\">Tekin Rx8 Gen2 <\/a><\/strong>esc and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/pro4.html\">Pro4 <\/a><\/strong>or <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/pro4-hd.html\">Pro4 HD<\/a><\/strong> line of motors.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1336\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/So-CORR-4x4-Truck.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1336\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1336 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/So-CORR-4x4-Truck.jpg\" alt=\"So-CORR-4x4-Truck\" width=\"600\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/So-CORR-4x4-Truck.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/So-CORR-4x4-Truck-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/So-CORR-4x4-Truck-227x150.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/So-CORR-4x4-Truck-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1336\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">4wd Open CORR: 1) Martin Harrison 2) Smiley Henn 3) Brad Ripple<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2014 Southern Nationals was held in Monroe Louisiana. Tekin team driver were in attendance and making sure their presence was known. With a technical layout and somewhat slippery conditions in practice it was sure to make for close racing all weekend. The race was setup for\u00a03 rounds of qual points \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/tekin-dominates-in-the-south-rx8-gen2-sweeps-all-3-e-classes\/\"> Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1333"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1342,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333\/revisions\/1342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}