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Austin Blair Wins with Tekno RC

Austin Blair Wins with Tekno RC

Austin Blair Wins with Tekno RC

Austin Blair reports from his recent victory at the Silver Dollar Offroad Challenge... This past weekend I attended the Off-Road Challenge at the Silver Dollar R/C Raceway in Chico,CA. This is the Amainhobbies.com track and is beautiful to say the least. Brand new dirt was brought in and a sweet track design was constructed by Joey Christensen of the Dirt. When I arrived on Friday, I quickly noticed the track was flowing and very fast as practice already started. I hit the track first with my Tekno EB48 and from the start it was dialed. I ran my exact same setup from the Dirt Nitro Challenge back in February and everything worked awesome.

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Published on in 1/8 Off Road, Electric News, Nitro News, Off Road News, Racing News, US News

New Finnisher Body for Tekno EB48

New Finnisher Body for Tekno EB48

New Finnisher Body for Tekno EB48

With the evolution of race tracks, complicated circuits combining more aggressive jumps and extremely high-speed corners, JConcepts has incorporated many new features for the Finnisher Tekno EB48, which provide several benefits in the most critical situations. Increased windshield angle provides a steady force upfront during in-flight wind gusts on large jumps. Forward cab placement changes performance / visible bias which helps steering rotation in low traction corners.  Read more...

Published on in 1/8 Off Road, Electric News, Off Road News, Products

Vinny wins at Southwest Challenge

Vinny wins at Southwest Challenge

Vinny wins at Southwest Challenge

X Factory driver Vinny Pedersoli has swept 13.5 short course at the Southwest Indoor Points Challenge held at Tucson’s great Competition Hobbies track, driving his SCX – 60CF to the win in all six events. Most of the quick drivers in Arizona attended the six-race series held over the past two months and Pedersoli TQed five of the races. Pedersoli had fastest lap and race time in every race, but in the final event, held Sunday May 19, Vinny re-set his fastest lap and fastest race time, turning a 20.7 to better his previous best of 21.1 en route to lowering his best qualifying time by a full 10 seconds. Read more...

Published on in Electric News, Off Road News, Racing News, Short Course, US News

Under the Hood with Ryan Lutz

Under the Hood with Ryan Lutz

Under the Hood with Ryan Lutz

Known as one of the nicest most approachable guys in RC racing, Ryan Lutz chose Tekin electronics after meeting team manager Randy Pike at a local race. "Lutz had recently defected to California and into my backyard. We began talking and he'd mentioned he was tough on electronics and often ran into issues running the classes. Tekin took it on as a personal challenge and he's been on the team ever since." Randy Pike Read more...

Published on in 1/8 Off Road, Electric News, Off Road News, Products