{"id":2407,"date":"2015-11-06T00:50:15","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T00:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/?p=2407"},"modified":"2015-11-06T00:53:08","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T00:53:08","slug":"tekin-wins-the-north-vs-south-shootout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamtekin.com\/news\/tekin-wins-the-north-vs-south-shootout\/","title":{"rendered":"Tekin wins the North Vs South Shootout!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2016 edition of the annual event that brings racers from all over Oklahoma & Texas\u00a0together to decide who will walk away the winner between the north & south. Practice kicked off early\u00a0afternoon as the sun was still beating down on the track that yielded very little traction to lay down fast\u00a0laps. This is normal for Battleground though, so everyone is just getting a feel for their cars adjusting for\u00a0what is to come when the sun goes down. Although the track was dry slick, it started to take a little\u00a0rubber before the races even got kicked off. This even featured Midwest Modifieds, ODRA SC\u00a0Modifieds, Open Sprint Cars, Latemodels, & 4wd latemodels.<\/p>\n

The open electric sprint had about 40 entries meaning qualifying was going to be important as\u00a0there are only 2 rounds and a re-sort after the first round. Tekin<\/strong><\/a> powered Brian Stanton\u00a0was in the last heat of Open Sprints and had a fairly smooth run\u00a0with only a few issues lapping cars. His\u00a0RSX<\/strong><\/a>\/7.5 Gen 2<\/strong><\/a> powered Custom Works Outlaw 3 was hooked up\u00a0and drove to the first round TQ position. The second round was indeed faster, as expected. The second\u00a0heat race already had someone claiming new TQ honors.\u00a0Making use of all the grip,\u00a0Stanton\u00a0put the RSX<\/strong><\/a>\/Gen2<\/strong><\/a> power down, only\u00a0having an issue with two lap cars all run, but it wasn\u2019t enough to reclaim TQ as Tekin<\/strong><\/a> teammate Nathan Dean had an\u00a0amazing run as well to claim the pole for the A-Main with me rolling off behind him in 2nd place.<\/p>\n

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The main events had started after full darkness had set in. The track was really holding moisture\u00a0and the clay was yielding some very fast lap times with tons of grip. At the start, Nathan and Brian were able\u00a0to clear real estate from 3rd place quickly. A small bobble on Stanton’s\u00a0part allowed Dean\u00a0to stretch a lead\u00a0on me, but a tangle with lap cars pulled Stanton\u00a0right back on his bumper. For a few laps the two teammates\u00a0were within a\u00a0few feet of each other until Dean\u00a0was able to navigate lap traffic a little quicker than Stanton\u00a0could. In the end, Nathan Dean took the win, Brian Stanton\u00a0was second, and Andrew Dean rounded out the podium for\u00a0Open Sprints. This was a repeat of our finish last year, going 1-2 again in the A main.<\/p>\n

All three\u00a0drivers chose the Tekin RSX ESC<\/strong><\/a> and Redline Gen2 7.5 T<\/strong><\/a> motor.<\/p>\n

10.5 Midwest Mod had the most entries of the weekend and the field was very close with the top 20 cars being within 8 seconds of each other. It was Tekin<\/a><\/strong> driver Nathan Dean taking TQ and the win followed by David Alford and Steve Eaves taking 3rd, Steve was so running Tekin<\/strong><\/a> motors and speed controls.<\/p>\n

Steve Eaves was also able to win Mod Late Model running all Tekin<\/strong><\/a> products. He did a great job and his car was a rocket all weekend.<\/p>\n

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