{"id":2334,"date":"2015-08-20T23:58:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T23:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/?p=2334"},"modified":"2015-08-20T23:58:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T23:58:00","slug":"tekin-lays-it-down-at-the-2015-axialfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/tekin-lays-it-down-at-the-2015-axialfest\/","title":{"rendered":"Tekin lays it down at the 2015 Axialfest!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2015 Axialfest was once again held in Cisco Grove, Ca. With a record number of entries and attendance yet again this year, competitors were definitely in attendance. With a few new additional side events, the event was enjoyed by anyone and everyone who attended whether or not you competed. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/\"><strong>Tekin<\/strong><\/a> sent down factory reps Ty Campbell and Zak Kennedy to help anyone running <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/\"><strong>Tekin<\/strong> <\/a>equipment all week long.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/\"><strong>Tekin<\/strong><\/a> factory driver Michael Pham had a great weeked. Pham started his weekend off with a win in the new\u00a0Wraith Outlaw Rhythm Drags. Pham took his\u00a0VP Tekin Axial Wraith powered by a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/rx8.html\"><strong>Tekin RX8 Gen 2<\/strong><\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/roc412.html\"><strong>Tekin ROC 412 3100kv<\/strong><\/a> on 3s to the big win. This new event pitted\u00a02 people at a time, drag race on down a track with corners, mud, sand, rocks and asphalt. The winner would advance to the next round until\u00a0only one person would be standing at the end. Michael Pham was that person!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Michael-Pham-Wraith-Rhythm-Drags-Winner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2335\" src=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Michael-Pham-Wraith-Rhythm-Drags-Winner-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Pham Wraith Rhythm Drags Winner\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Michael-Pham-Wraith-Rhythm-Drags-Winner-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Michael-Pham-Wraith-Rhythm-Drags-Winner-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Michael-Pham-Wraith-Rhythm-Drags-Winner-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Michael-Pham-Wraith-Rhythm-Drags-Winner.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pham continued his winning weekend taking the win in the\u00a0Terra-X Wraith division.\u00a0This class\u00a0was ran with up to 20 drivers at once for the first two heats. There were at least 3 sets of Wraiths rounds per a heat. Heats were not timed and was just 2 laps around the course BUT no corner marshaling was allowed (by driver or spectators), so if you got stuck or flipped upside down and couldn&#8217;t get back on your tires on your own power you were consider \u201cTrack Art\u201d. Course layout consisted of turns, jumps, side hills, rock, dirt, sand, and asphalt.\u00a0The top 5 drivers would advance to the Main and if you qualified after the first heat you did not have to run the second heat. Main consisted of 5 laps and again no corner marshaling was allowed so staying tire side down was very important.\u00a0Event consisted of almost 20 drivers for the Main and a total of over 70 drivers participated. Pham would take 1st place with his\u00a0VP Tekin Axial Wraith powered by his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/rx8.html\"><strong>Tekin RX8 Gen 2<\/strong><\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/roc412.html\"><strong>Tekin ROC 412 3100kv<\/strong><\/a> on\u00a03s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Michael-Pham-Terra-X-Wraith-1st-Place.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2337\" src=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Michael-Pham-Terra-X-Wraith-1st-Place-1024x805.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Pham Terra-X Wraith 1st Place\" width=\"701\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Michael-Pham-Terra-X-Wraith-1st-Place-1024x805.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Michael-Pham-Terra-X-Wraith-1st-Place-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Michael-Pham-Terra-X-Wraith-1st-Place-191x150.jpg 191w, https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Michael-Pham-Terra-X-Wraith-1st-Place-150x118.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Michael-Pham-Terra-X-Wraith-1st-Place.jpg 1272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pham would take the triple crown\u00a0winning the\u00a0Terra-X Yeti division. The class was similar to the Wraith division above but\u00a0had\u00a0a total of around 100 drivers participated! \u00a0&#8220;I took 1st place in this event and qualified after my first Heat. Highlight of my Main race in the Yeti was I cleared 20ft after the jump in reverse and this was during the 4 lap of my heat and landed as smooth as can be.&#8221; Michael Pham<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Michael-Pham-Terra-X-Yeti-1st-Place.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Michael-Pham-Terra-X-Yeti-1st-Place-1024x879.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Pham Terra-X Yeti 1st Place\" width=\"701\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Michael-Pham-Terra-X-Yeti-1st-Place-1024x879.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Michael-Pham-Terra-X-Yeti-1st-Place-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Michael-Pham-Terra-X-Yeti-1st-Place-175x150.jpg 175w, https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Michael-Pham-Terra-X-Yeti-1st-Place-150x129.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Michael-Pham-Terra-X-Yeti-1st-Place.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pham once again chose the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/rx8.html\"><strong>Tekin Rx8 Gen2<\/strong><\/a> esc this time coupled with a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/pro4-hd.html\"><strong>Tekin Pro4 HD 3500kv<\/strong> <\/a>on 3s in his\u00a0VP-Axial Yeti.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2015 Axialfest was once again held in Cisco Grove, Ca. With a record number of entries and attendance yet again this year, competitors were definitely in attendance. With a few new additional side events, the event was enjoyed by anyone and everyone who attended whether or not you competed. \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/tekin-lays-it-down-at-the-2015-axialfest\/\"> Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2338,"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\/2334"}],"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=2334"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2339,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334\/revisions\/2339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}