Archive for the ‘CEN’ Category
Friday, May 9th, 2008 | 50 views
We have covered about Ryan Cavalieri RC Achievements, now here our other driver we chose among the many we know. He is none other than our friend from across the sea, right at the opposite of the globe from us, may we introduce [should hear the drum roll by now], Gene ‘The Machine’ Hickerson.
Here’s a little bit of him. Get ready to keep scrolling right down down there. Gene Hickerson and his wife Rysann gave birth to their 1st child, Rayanna Ruth Hickerson, on December 22, 2007. Despite now being a daddy, Hickerson continues to be a factor on the track.
4-27-08
CEN Racing’s Gene ‘the machine’ Hickerson takes 5th place in the monster truck class at the 2008 ROAR Nitro Truck Nationals with the CEN Nemesis. Hickerson was in the semi Final in 1/8 Truck.
http://www.roarracing.com/results/nats/2008/2008_ROAR_Truck_Fuel_Offroad_Nationals.pdf
4-13-08
CEN Racing’s Gene ‘the machine’ Hickerson wins round 4 of the FSORS with the CEN Matrix FRE. There was 184 entries with the best driver’s in FL competing including IFMAR World Champion Billy Easton. (more…)
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Sunday, November 18th, 2007 | 191 views
This is just the start of more upcoming news from CEN Racing Team. We feel so privilege that we are able to cover CEN Racing’s drivers achievement. Mostly of course thanks to their sponsored driver and our friend, Gene ‘The Machine’ Hickerson, for providing all the latest news. We have to say CEN Racing teams not only been busy joining races but also winning them. The least they achieved is by being in the A Main. We just could not get enough of them. It is as if CEN Racing Team has been into the business performance management course of some sort. Well, if they are not, they are sure winning more than other brands. Congrats in advance from us.
Here one of their younger generation driver, Justin Cranford. He just TQ’ed and wins the Pro Arena Class (rc truggy) at the recent Hotshots Dash for Cash in Dothan, AL on Nov 3rd and 4th 2007. He won big cash of $390 as the overall winner.
Final result of rc truggy class, courtesy of Hotshot Karting and Paintball
1. Justin Cranford
2. Spencer Glasglow
3. Matt Perry
4. Jamey Powell
5. Kendell Davis
He also has the podium finish has the third position at the Pro Buggy. Just awesome.
Final result of the Pro buggy class:
1. Ryan Lopez
2. Aaron Craker
3. Justin Cranford
In addition, on Nov 8th-11th, 2007 Justin finished 7th in the B-main at the 2007 RC Pro Series Finals with his Cen Matrix TR. He finished 12th in the D-main in Pro Buggy due to running out of fuel while he was leading with 2 laps to go. Would have qualified better but made some bad setup choices with shock oil. After the resort after two rounds he was in the B-main. If we would have left the shock oil along he would have at least qualified in the B-main in Buggy.
This kid is just amazing. CEN is doing their job on developing and finding great talents. It shows in their many young drivers’ result. Well done once again CEN. 
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Monday, October 29th, 2007 | 301 views
FEMCA Pattaya Thailand 2007 just finished last weekend and this is the latest news we can offer you all.
Buggy Final
1 Surikarn C Hotbodies HPI Racing / Hpi /
2 Meen V PRC Xray / Xray / Novarossi
3 Yeh Hsia Ching HN / Hongnor / RB
4 Sam Cheng Hobbylink / Xray / RB
5 Gems PRC Mugen / Mugen / O.S.
6 Cheng Yi Kuan HN / Hongnor / RB
7 Hwang Sun Young Kyosho / RB
8 Charlee PRC Mugen / Mugen /
9 Surasak K Baimai / Kyosho / O.S.
10 Yuhtana D Hobao Sivewender / Hobao / Werks
Truggy Final
1 Paphon C CEN Thailand / Matrix TR Arena / Sirio
2 Alan Looi Racelines / Mugen / Ninja
3 John Ho Reef Hobby / Losi / RB
4 Yeo Seong Leng IRW / GS / Falcon
5 Chai Kok Chin RCMRC / Mugen / GO
6 Lim Kok Beng RCMRC / Hobao / RB
7 Trevor Gillard Racelines / Mugen / Novarossi
8 Antony Kwok Losi / Picco
9 Champ Khunthien Topspeed / Hobao / O.S.
10 Reece McGergor Racelines / Mugen / O.S.
Source: FEMCA Thailand
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Posted in CEN, FEMCA, Hotbodies products, Matrix TR, Paphon C, Surikarn C | No Comments »
Monday, October 29th, 2007 | 197 views
New hop-up option parts for the CEN Racing Matrix and TR Arena from Machine’s Racing Products available exclusively at Machine’s R/C Hobbies. Designed by CEN factory team driver, Gene ‘the machine’ Hickerson.
MRH01 -
Hardened tool steel cross pins for the Matrix, TR Arena, and GST 7.7 differentials.
MRH02-
CNC 7075 blue anodized front upper turnbuckles for the Matrix TR Arena
MRH03-
CNC 7075 blue anodized front upper turnbuckles for the Matrix Buggy
MRH04-
CNC 7075 blue anodized ackerman steering plate for Matrix & TR Arena
MRH05-
CNC 7075 blue anodized front suspension holder plate for Matrix & TR Arena
source: Gene Hickerson from Machine’s RC Hobbies
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 | 563 views
As always, another great report coming from our friend, Gene “The Machine” Hickerson. Enjoy his report but sadly, he did not join the 1/8 Truck aka RC Truggy class for he surely has the chance of going hat-trick on the championship points. However knowing Gene as humble person, we think he made the right decision to let others get the hands on the truggy class he won for consecutive 2 years in a row. Good for you Gene 
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Posted in CEN, FSORS, Gene Hickerson, Jeff Keeton, Matrix, RC Buggy, RC Pro Series, RC Truggy, Tony Pattishall | No Comments »
Thursday, October 4th, 2007 | 269 views
Gene “The Machine” Hickerson report on the final of 2007 RC Pro East Series that was held at Phil Hurd Raceway.
The 3rd and final round of the 2007 RC Pro East Series was held last weekend in Savannah Georgia at Phil Hurd Raceway. It was a good turnout of about 140 entries as the best of the East battle for the title of RC Pro East Champion. The track was a good combination of fast sections and really slow sections with tons of small double jumps and 1 huge double jump in the middle. There was no place to make up any time on the layout, but many places where you could easily loose time; so the racing was very close as everyone had about the same lap times.
1/8 Expert Arena Truck qualifying:
Going into this final round, the battle was between Xray’s Leon McIntosh and myself as we both had a win in a previous round. In round 1, I put my CEN Matrix Tr Arena on the pole, while McIntosh took 2nd. In round 2, McIntosh put his XB8T on the pole. In round 3, Xray’s Chris Crews took the TQ. In round 4, the overall TQ was still up for grabs, but it was Jammin’s Brandon Cutchins CRT that won the round. That gave Leon the TQ, followed by Brandon and myself in 3rd. The 5 bonus points for TQ gave Leon the edge going into the A-main.
1/8 Arena Truck A-main:
The A-main was a grueling 45 minutes. Bad luck struck right from the start as McIntosh had his engine come loose and missed the start and had to start 1 lap back. At the start, I passed for the lead but then was hit from behind half way through the 1st lap, giving Crews the lead. I worked my way back through the pack into 2nd and set sites on the leader. All I had to do to guarantee the Championship was to finish ahead of Leon, so I took it easy.
At about the 12 minute mark, my brakes went out right as I caught Crews. On my 2nd pit stop, I adjusted the brakes on my Futaba radio but I still had no brakes. As I started to drop back, Cutchins and OCM’s Alan Burton got by for 2nd and 3rd. Then my steering started to get slow. I then realized that it was my receiver pack that was dying. I yelled to my pit man to get another RX pack ready for my next stop. Soon after, my battery was almost dead and I had to pit early to change it. I rejoined the race 4 laps down and in 8th place. Meanwhile Chris Crews had stretched out a big lead and McIntosh was in 5th and moving up. As the hard packed track started to claim its victims, Leon and I continued to move up. Near the end, McIntosh moved into 3rd place while I was up to 4th place 1 lap back. That was how we finished with Crews taking the win and Cutchins taking 2nd. I thought I had lost the Championship by 1 spot since Leon had a 1st and a 3rd, and I had a 1st, 4th, and a 5th. But after the points were tallied up including bonus points for most laps lead, I was the Champion by only 1 point over McIntosh. Crews finished 3rd overall.
RC Pro East 1/8 Expert Arena Truck Final Standings:
1. Gene Hickerson CEN/Maxy’s
2. Leon McIntosh Xray/Werks
3. Chris Crews Xray/Rocket Science
1/8 Expert Buggy qualifying:
In Buggy, it was a battle between Leon McIntosh and myself again. McIntosh had a 1st and a 2nd, while I had a 1st and a 7th. In round 1, Kyosho’s Robin Nelson took the TQ. In round 2, Chris Crews took the TQ. In round 3 and 4, it was Team Associated’s JR Mitch who put his new RC8 into the TQ and overall TQ position. McIntosh had bad luck and was 1st in the B-main. I had not much better luck, qualifying 10th in the A-main, but my buggy was good and ready for the main event. In the B-main, Leon was way in the lead when his engine flamed out, ending his day. He would have to watch the A-main from the sidelines to see if I over took him in the points chase.
1/8 Expert Buggy A-main:
In the 45 minute A-main, Mitch got a clean start and started to pull away. I worked my way up to 4th place very quickly as there was a lot of hacking going on in the pack. Just as quick as I moved up, I was taken out 3 times and dropped back to dead last in 12th place. Soon after, Mitch came up on me and lapped me. By now, the field was spread out some and I was able to get by slower traffic without being taken out much easier. As I worked my way back through the pack, Mitch flamed out and lost his huge lead. He later dropped out with a mechanical problem to end his day. That gave the lead to Robin Nelson. On lap 56, I moved into 3rd and started to run down the leaders. On lap 61, local Patrick Rossiter took over the lead from Nelson. With less then 5 minutes to go, I caught Nelson and was just 16 seconds behind Rossiter. I was going to take my time as I tried to pass Nelson because all I needed to do to win the Championship was finish 2nd. But just then, the high winds caught my buggy over the huge double jump and when it landed, it snapped rolled and broke a steering screw off in the knuckle.
That ended my day and my chance at the title. Chris Crews moved to 3rd and that was how they finished. That gave McIntosh the overall Championship, followed by Nelson, and myself.
RC Pro East 1/8 Expert Buggy Final Standings:
1. Leon McIntosh Xray/Werks
2. Robin Nelson Kyosho/Sidewinder
3. Gene Hickerson CEN/Maxy’s
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More info @:
http://www.machinesrchobbies.com
Phil Hurd Raceway.com final result in PDF
Congratulation to our friend, Gene Hickerson and also Leon Mcintosh for their respective podium finish. :nod:
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Posted in CEN, Gene Hickerson, Leon McIntosh, Matrix, Matrix TR, Phil Hurd Raceway, RC Pro East Series, RC Pro Series, Werks, Xray | No Comments »
Thursday, September 13th, 2007 | 341 views
Just in fresh and hot. CEN Racing published the 2007 Brazil National Championship result and photos of the podium finishers.
We have the buggy result already from previous post, now the Truggy Class.
Team CEN Andrew Smolnik and Rafael Felicio finished 2nd and 3rd in truggy. Team CEN has total of 5 truggies in the A-main out of 12 total spots. CEN is definitely a dominate force in Brazil.
More info: CEN Racing | RCTech forum
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Thursday, September 13th, 2007 | 372 views
We are proud to announce this as our friend Gene ‘the machine’ Hickerson once again proves that it was no fluke he won on the recent report we made, The RC Pro Series round 2 at Lake Park Tampa Florida for he is indeed the machine! to beat. Together with his ever supportive CEN Racing Team, they win the 2007 Brazil 1:8 Buggy National Championships at Asa Branca Speedway in Fortaleza.
Position Car # Name Laps Time Fastest Lap Average Lap
1 2 GENE HICKERSON (USA) 130 1h00m16.313 24.996 27.818 CEN Matrix
2 3 KRIS MOORE (USA) 128 1h00m03.346 24.953 28.151 Mugen
3 1 HENRIQUE WINIK (SP) 126 1h00m03.998 24.405 28.603 Mugen
4 4 MARCELLO BELLO (SP) 120 1h00m01.599 25.346 30.013
5 7 FRED ANDRES (SP) 116 1h00m21.188 26.609 31.217
6 5 GIANCARLO TUDISCO (SP) 114 59m51.861 27.340 31.508
7 10 PEDRO THIEME (PR) 95 1h00m01.149 26.078 37.907
8 9 JORGINHO CARVALHO (DF) 92 1h00m08.058 26.904 39.218
9 6 HEITOR NOGUEIRA (SP) 91 1h00m07.462 26.211 39.642
10 8 FRANCISCO JUNIOR (CE) 73 1h00m11.080 26.629 49.467 CEN Matrix
Keep coming back. The full report will be out through us together with photos
Source: Gene Hickerson from Machines RC Hobbies and of course CEN Racing.
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Tuesday, July 31st, 2007 | 294 views
We have just received this great reporting on the recent RC Pro East Series Round #2. Our report came direct from the man who conquered the 1/8 Expert Buggy Class himself, CEN’s Gene ‘the machine’ Hickerson. Here is his report without editing.
Round 2 of the RC Pro East Series was held last weekend at Lake Park in Tampa Florida. Drivers came down to sunny FL from as far as North Carolina to compete for the East Coat RC Pro Championship. There was around 145 entries even with a 60% chance of rain. Friday was open practice on the fast and technical layout. JR Mitch was spotted driving his Team Associated RC8 for the 1st time since the ROAR Nationals last month. I drove really bad at the Nationals, as 63rd was by far the worst I have ever done at a National race in my 21 year racing career, so I was thinking about making changes to my car to find some extra speed to get back on pace. Lake Park is only 1.5 hours from my house, so I am very familiar with the track. I am currently looking for a new engine sponsor, so I bought an OS Speed .21 for my buggy.
I only practiced 1 tank with my buggy and once again, it was dialed right when it hit the track. There was nothing that I could possibly want my CEN Matrix buggy to do better, so I left the set-up the same and spent the rest of the day working on my Truggy.
1/8 Pro Arena Truck
Saturday was scheduled for 4 rounds of qualifying. In round 1 of 1/8 Pro Truck, Ryan Eckert put his ST-R in TQ with a fast run, followed by Jammin’s Brandon Cutchins and myself in 3rd. I drove the best I could, but I was off pace because I was lacking the engine power I normally have. Since I do not have any engines right now, I had to borrow a .21 engine to use in my Matrix TR Arena for the weekend. It ran well but did not have the bottom end of a
.28 to clear the triple jumps. In round 2, Leon McIntosh put his XB8T into TQ position, followed by Eckert and myself in 3rd. In round 3, I popped a rod end and pulled my truck off having already qualified for the A-main.
Eckert took the TQ again. In round 4, Eckert TQ’d again, while my engine flamed out early in the heat. That put Eckert in 1st, followed by McIntosh, Cutchins and myself in 4th.
Sunday was the Main events. In the A-Main event, Eckert and McIntosh pulled away from the field with Tony Pattishall in 3rd. I was involved in the 1st lap pile up and dropped way back. I worked my way through the field slowly until I caught Pattishall, but then I crashed on the triple jump and popped a steering ball end which took 2 laps to fix. That dropped me back to 11th.
Meanwhile, Eckert and McIntosh had a great battle for the lead, only seconds apart for most of the 30 minute race. With less then 30 seconds left, Eckert moved to the inside down the straight to try a pass on McIntosh, but ran out of fuel. That gave McIntosh the win, followed by Eckert and Pattishall in 3rd.
1/8 Expert Arena Truck A-Main
1. Leon McIntosh Xray/Max
2. Ryan Eckert Kyo/OS
3. Tony Pattishall Mugen/RB Mods
4. Anton Watson
5. Kyle Sokol Cen/Maxy
6. Pete Worth
7. Gene Hickerson CEN/Maxy
8. Justin Cranford CEN
9. Joey Perez CEN
10.Larry Bergeron JR
11.Brandon Cutchins
12.Tony Brown CEN
1/8 Pro Buggy
In round 1 of 1/8 Pro Buggy, the rain started right before the 2nd heat started. Per RC Pro Series rules, the track must be in a similar condition for every heat, so heat #1 was rerun in the mud as soon as it stopped raining. Kyosho’s Ryan “Showtime” Eckert set the TQ by 3 seconds over JR Mitch and myself just .1 second behind Mitch. In round 2, Xray’s Leon “Neon”
McIntosh took the TQ, followed by my CEN Matrix and Eckert’s 777. JR Mitch broke his RC8 and thought he might be done for the weekend since spare parts are limited on the proto type ASC buggy. In round 3, I finally put in a clean run with only 1 crash and set a new TQ by 8 seconds over Eckert and Mitch. Round 4 was a shoot out between the 4 fastest guys in FL as we all still had a shot at the overall TQ. Mitch was up 1st and was on a quick pace, but ran out of fuel, probably from a cracked fuel tank. Eckert, McIntosh, and myself were in the final heat of the day after the reshuffle.
Eckert and McIntosh both crashed early in the run, so I took an easy TQ with the only 11 lap run of the round. That gave me the overall TQ with 0 points, followed by Eckert & McIntosh in 2nd & 3rd.
On Sunday. the track was blue groove again even with the light rain on Saturday, but around 11:00am, the rains came again. This time it rained hard for about 1 hour, flooding the track. Soon after, the sun came back out and with the help of the Hurricane R/C Club track crew, we were back racing on the wet & muddy track. The rain continued on and off during the rest of the mains. At the start, I took the hole shot but cased the small triple and allowed McIntosh and Mitch to get by. Mitch moved to 1st after some contact with McIntosh, allowing me back into 2nd. Myself and Mitch soon pulled away from the rest of the pack, with less then 5 seconds between us for the next 25 minutes. We swapped back and forth for the lead many times, including contact several times, unlike the close clean racing I had with Eckert and McIntosh in all 4 rounds of qualifying. With about 5 minutes to go, Mitch flamed out handing me almost a full lap lead over the field. Mitch got his
RC8 back going but had mechanical failure again with 2 minutes left to end his race. I went into cruise control and took the win by about 25 seconds over McIntosh in 2nd, and Eckert 1 lap back in 3rd.
1/8 Expert Buggy
1. Gene Hickerson CEN/Maxy
2. Leon McIntosh Xray/Max
3. Ryan Eckert Kyo/OS
4. Jinson Collins
5. JR Mitch
6. Brandon Cutchins
7. Travis Scrambling CEN/Maxy
8. Kyle Sokol CEN/Maxy
9. Shane Ogden
10. Patrick Rossiter
11. Alan Burton
12. Ryan Lopez
All in all, it was another great weekend for Team CEN Racing with another TQ and win, with 5 Matrix TR Arenas and 3 Matrix Pros in the A-mains. I would also like to thank all of my sponsors for their support this year: CEN Racing, Machine’s R/C Hobbies, Pro-line, Futaba, Maxy’s Fuel, KMW Racing, Kolor Koncepts, and Advantage Racing Products.
Source: Gene of http://www.machinesrchobbies.com | http://www.rcprosites.com
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Posted in CEN, Gene Hickerson, Lake Park Florida, Leon McIntosh, Matrix, OS, RC Pro Series | 1 Comment »
Saturday, July 28th, 2007 | 403 views
We just found out about this great graphite tower for the CEN Matrix Buggy made by Xtreme RC Racing. All thanks to news partner, Buggy-sport.Info.
more info here.
Source: Buggy-sport.info | Xtreme RC Racing
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Technorati Tags: graphite tower, CEN Matrix Buggy, Xtreme RC Racing, Buggy-sport.Info
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Thursday, July 12th, 2007 | 347 views
Once again, we are proud to feature another record win by our friend and top driver for Team CEN Racing, Gene “the machine” Hickerson. He won on the previous 5th round at Farmer’s Raceway of the Florida State Offroad Series in the 1/8 truck class and now on the final 8th round, he once again Top Qualified the truck class for the incredible five times TQ. This of course resulting him as the FSORS Champion for the 3rd time in 3 years! Well done and congratulation, Gene!
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Posted in CEN, FSORS, Gene Hickerson, Hurricane R/C Club, Jason Ruona, Joey Perez, Matrix TR, Outdoor race, Ryan Eckert | No Comments »
Thursday, June 14th, 2007 | 915 views
Another report on the RC Pro Florida Nitro Off-Road Series direct from Gene Hickerson, RC Pro FL Series Director, (941) 219-9272.
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Posted in Avon Park, CEN, Gene Hickerson, JR Mitch, Jeff Keeton, Kyle Sokol, Matrix, Matrix TR, Maxy Velazco, Outdoor race, RC Pro Series, Sean Kersten, Thunder Tiger | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007 | 463 views
Oh yes! Another Awesome racing outcome for our CEN friend. None other than Gene ‘The Machine’ Hickerson. Here, a report direct from him on the recent Florida State Off-Road Series at the new Farmer’s Raceway in Tampa Florida.
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Posted in CEN, FSORS, Farmer's Raceway, Gene Hickerson, JJ Turk, JR Mitch, Matrix, Matrix TR | 1 Comment »
Sunday, April 29th, 2007 | 307 views
Another Great RC Video, The 2007 AIC Indoor Classic 1/8 Pro Buggy courtesy of arens23 from YouTube and of course to Gene Hickerson of Machine RC Hobbies himself for sharing with us the link from RCTech.
Just check the two Killer Jumps right in the middle of the Indoor track. Crazy. So Crazy Fun! 
Gene Hickerson and Andy Smolnik show us all how to attack it.
Great stuff!
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Technorati Tags: Great RC Video, 2007 AIC Indoor Classic 1/8 Pro Buggy, arens23, YouTube, Gene Hickerson of Machine RC Hobbies, RCTech
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Thursday, April 26th, 2007 | 253 views
Round 1 of the RC Pro Series, Florida State, starts next weekend in Avon Park. Limited to 150 entries, so sign up today.
Gene Hickerson
RC Pro Florida State Series General
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Thursday, April 26th, 2007 | 416 views
Report provided by: Gene Hickerson
Round 5 of the Florida State Off Road Series was help at the World Famous Lake Park In Tampa with 188 entries. Cen Racing had a strong showing by putting a total of 8 cars & trucks in the A-mains.
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Thursday, April 19th, 2007 | 202 views
Check this out. Our RC News Partner and friend Gene Hickerson has this RC TV Commercial on their Machinesrchobbies Hobbyshop. Please visit
them for details.
Machine’s R/C Hobbies located in Sarasota Florida. Radio Control Cars, Trucks, Boats, Airplanes, and Helicopters. (941) 360-9270
http://www.machinesrchobbies.com
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source: Gene at RCTech.
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Friday, March 16th, 2007 | 384 views
This is really a good news to all who still has not decided what RC Vehicle they want to drive for their next race. Now, think no more. Just visit CEN Racing Driver Contingency Money Racing Program.
As a way of rewarding loyal CEN customers, CEN Racing is implementing a Nationwide Factory Contingency Program for any driver running a CEN Matrix buggy, Matrix Truggy or other CEN vehicle.
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Thursday, March 15th, 2007 | 381 views
Gene Hickerson and the CEN Racing Matrix TR Arena takes the 6th TQ in a row and wins for the 5th time in the last 6 rounds of the Florida State Series. There’s another report on the Gene’s recent win with his TR Arena Truggy.
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Wednesday, March 14th, 2007 | 282 views
Oh yes. Our recent AWJ Nitro Challenge 2007 truggy champion, Mr Ari Bakla, known to top level drivers as “Mr. Natural” got interviewed by our RC News partner, RubeDudeRC. Go visit them for an interesting insight of his 17 years rc career with multiple champion trophies. Owner of a successful Australian RC Import business that includes Team Magic M1B buggy and the CEN MATRIX TR Arena truggy.
He’s so successful, he lost count of them!
AB: I have lost count of what I have done and won, I should have written it down Mr Natural??? I didn’t know of this name, people are usually calling me a lot worse .
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Monday, March 12th, 2007 | 168 views
Great coverage for the first AWJ Nitro Challenge 2007 by RubedudeRC. This challenge had everything including broken lap records twice in one weekend with fantastic finale’s as the competition got stronger and stronger with real cash up for grabs! Please visit RubeDudeRC for details. You won’t want to miss it. Plenty of pictures and DVD coming too!
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Posted in CEN, Matrix TR, Outdoor race, RC Buggy, RC Truggy, Track | No Comments »
Monday, March 12th, 2007 | 146 views
This is a long overdue rc video. Thanks to Gene Hickerson for this link. Its the East RC Pro Series, round One of the Pro A-main. Its been uploaded by someone nick ToolMBX5. Thanks there friend.
Enjoy it.
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Source: Gene Hickerson from MachineRC Hobbies.
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Friday, March 9th, 2007 | 188 views
Our News Partner, Neobuggy.net has this report. CEN Factory driver Andy Smolnik has joined forces with the Spanish accessories company SIIM (Silcar Import). Andy will be representing Silcar Imports by using their various products such as silicone oil, screws, clutch bells etc.
Andy joins the team with Spanish racers Raul Daras and current Spanish champ Robert Batlle.
SIIM Products / Silcar Import
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source: Neobuggy.net
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Friday, March 9th, 2007 | 491 views
This just in in the JonehRC mailbox: [We’re the first to report this, thanks Gene!]
Gene ‘the machine’ Hickerson wins 1/8 Expert Arena Truck again at round 1 of the RC Pro East Series in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. Hickerson took the lead from TQ, Travis Dupree, with his Cen Matrix TR Arena after the 1st pit stop and never looked back.
In 1/8 Expert Buggy, Hickerson took the lead on lap 2 with his Cen Matrix and lead the 1st half of the race until his engine mount screws came loose and put him out. TQ, Leon McIntosh eventually took over the lead and went on to win in a close race with Robin Nelson.
1/8 Expert Arena Truck
1. Gene Hickerson CEN/Mega/Maxy
2. David Lindburt
3. Robin Nelson Kyo
4. Kyle Sokol CEN
5. Chris Crews Kyo
6. Jeff Keeton Kyo
7. Travis Dupree Losi
8. Brandon Cutchins
9. JJ Turk
10. Pete Worth
11. Bobby Moore
12. Eric Hanna
1/8 Expert Buggy
1. Leon McIntosh Xray
2. Robin Nelson Kyosho
3. Chris Crews Xray
4. Shane Odgen
5. Bobby Moore Mugen
6. Travis Dupree Losi
7. Kevin Bullock
8. Gene Hickerson CEN
9. Keith Manton
10. David Lindbert
11. Kyle Sokol CEN
12. Jason Smith
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source: Gene Hickerson! Thanks Mate!
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Tuesday, February 20th, 2007 | 347 views
The email just in! Back to Back TQ’s and Wins in the Florida State Series for the CEN Matrix TR Arena truggy. thats the record you seldom hear. Gene ‘the machine’ Hickerson takes his 3rd TQ and Win in a row at the ROAR Florida State Series with the Cen Matrix TR Arena last weekend. CEN Driver Kyle Sokol qualified 2nd and took 3rd with his Matrix TR Arena to give Cen 1st and 2nd in the current points standings.
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Tuesday, February 13th, 2007 | 630 views
This is actually a long overdue post from me regarding this great CEN Matrix TR Truggy. thanks to Lockmouth of rctech, you guys can get the Ackerman bearing mod and the Diff conversion Machine Gene’s style! Cool.
I just quote on what lockmouth had done. To preserve the originality!
click below for mod pictures
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Thursday, February 8th, 2007 | 137 views
CEN Racing going to have their 1st annual Nitro Invasion race at HX Raceway on 24th to 27th May this year. The same place where Futaba Nitro Challenge was held. 4 classes will be run of Buggy (2) and Truggy (2) with a special Mini G class with a limit of 20, see flyer for details. Entry is now open and instructions are on the flyer!
click below for track picture…
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Thursday, February 1st, 2007 | 183 views
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Now is this for real? There were more CEN Matrix TR Truggy drivers in A Main compares to other established brand in the recent 2007 LOSI Nitro Winter Champ?? 
YES, THEY WERE! Just incredible. This shows that once and for all that CEN Matrix TR is better and capable to be among the elite. Racers should not discount this truggy out when choosing for their first or next ride. It may be your ticket to podium finish.
All 4 Cen drivers made the A-main at the 2007 Losi Nitro Winter Champs.
Andy Smolnik - 4th
Gene Hickerson - 5th
Kyle Sokol - 8th
Chris Sytsma - 12th
There was 4 Cen Matrix TR Arena’s, 3 Losi Protos, 1 Kyosho, 1 Jammin, and 2 Mugens.
This is what Machine RC said about the truggy… at rctech:
You don’t have to be ‘the Drake’, ‘Peanut’, or ‘Truhe’, work at Team losi, and race/practice every day for a living to make the A-main at a National race when driving an inexpensive CEN Racing Buggy or Truggy.
Kyle Sokol is a 19 year college student who has only been racing nitro off-road for 1 year. Chris Sytsma had never driven the TR Arena before Thursday. He practiced only 1 tank (as did I and Smolnik and Sokol because of the rain) and we all made the A-main. Sokol had problems in qualifying with a bad fuel filter that kept cutting the fule line, so he had to bump up from the C-main. The Matrix TR Arena is bullet proof, steers like a buggy, and handles the jumps and bumps 100 times better.
The 3 Losi drivers were faster on the tight blue groove layout, but they were all there practicing Tuesday before it rained on Wed and Thu.
More pictures at Gene Hickerson aka Machine R/C H(rctech) gallery. Thanks there Mate.
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Friday, January 26th, 2007 | 423 views
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Latest news from lockmouth. The no e-clip mod. great stuff. Continue from 1st post here…
I got the hinge pin upgrades for the front upper and the front lower hinge pins, but that left me with the e-clips on the outer arms front and back.
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