Gene Hickerson with VP Pro Model Racing Products
Gene Hickerson, our partner and an established racer in the USA has contacted us with this latest happening in his career. With his vast achievement and experience in the world of Radio Control, this news of him joining the VP Pro Racing Products came no surprise to us. In fact, we are so glad to hear this news.
Statement from Gene Hickerson below:
1st I would like to thank Pro-line for their sponsorship over the last 8 years. Without their support I would not have had the success I have had in my racing career. I wish their new team the best of luck.
I decided to look for new opportunities for 2009 where I could play a more active roll in the R&D of tires. I have 23 years of racing experience and want to put that towards new product designs for R/C Racing from the point of view of a racer and hobby shop owner. Cost, quality, and performance were my scrutiny. Over the last few months I have been researching and testing every tire brand available to find the best quality and performing tires available. My findings lead me to VP Pro Model Racing Products. In my tests, VP Pro tires performed better then any other brand and are 2nd to none in quality. Quality, performance, and low cost made VP Pro Racing the clear choice of the best overall tire brand for the money available today. To top it off, the drive, will, and desire of VP Racing to make the absolute best products available and make VP Pro the #1 racer’s choice worldwide is a very refreshing outlook in my R/C racing career. Luckily the opportunity came up, and I am now driving for VP Pro Racing Tires. I will also help with R&D and be the East Coast representative for VP Pro USA opening this February. VP Pro USA will make VP Pro tires and accessories easily available to every hobby shop in the USA. VP Pro not only has great tires, they also make many other 1/8th scale racing products such as fuel guns, receiver packs, tools, wings, and more. I look forward to helping put together a strong racing team and let the secret out about the best tires now available at tracks all over the USA.
Best Regards,
Gene Hickerson
gene@vp-pro-usa.com
Our rambling:
In all honestly, we believe him when he said, we quote from above “Quality, performance, and low cost made VP Pro Racing the clear choice of the best overall tire brand for the money available today.” We are using the same brand of tires in this part of the world and we found it ourselves that VP Pro lacks nothing in those department. We wish Gene and the gang, all the best with their VP Pro USA. We sure are excited here. 
