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Friday, May 9th, 2008 | 56 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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Thursday, November 15th, 2007 | 330 views
Once again, Gene Hickerson provides us with this complete race review of the recent RC Pro Florida Nitro Off-road Finals. Here, in his own words. 
The 2007 RC Pro Florida Nitro Off-road Finals were held at B&B Raceway in Hudson. The 4th and final round was worth 1.5 times the points to determine the State Champion. Everyone was allowed 1 drop. The track layout was not difficult, but had many elevation changes and was very fun with lots of air time. 106 entries were ready to battle for the RC Pro Series Championship. Saturday saw 3 rounds of 10 minute IFMAR qualifiers, best 2 of 3 seeded you for the mains. On Sunday, we ran the IFMAR Tree format, with 1st & 2nd going directly to the A-Final, while everyone else had to bump from the Semi-Finals.
Team Associated 1/10th Gas Truck:
In gas truck, Michael Delay took the TQ spot after 3 rounds of qualifying, followed by J.P. Tirronen and Juan Mendez. The main event was 30 minutes long. At the start, Joey Leveque took the early lead, followed by Delay and Mendez. Around lap 17, Juan Gascot took over the lead. Near the half way mark, Delay took over the lead and went on to win, lapping everyone but 2nd place Gascot. Tirronen finished 3rd. That gave Delay the Championship as well.
Traxxas Monster Truck:
In MT, Michael Jones took the TQ. Jones was not running the whole series, but was the fastest all through qualifying. Tom Avera was 2nd and Daunte Villanueva in 3rd. The A-main was 30 minutes. Avera took the early lead and dominated the whole main event to take the win. Series leader Scott Beiswinger finished 2nd and won the Championship. Mike Jones came back from early problems to finish 3rd.
Carolina’s R/C 1/8 Arena Truck:
The championship for truck was very close. In qualifying, Tony Pattishall took the overall TQ, followed by Mike Jones in 2nd. They both went straight to the Final. In the 20 minute Even Semi, Jeff Keeton, Tony Rivas, David Solomon, Jose Contreras, and Stephen Pounds took the 5 bump up spots into the A-Final. In the Odd Semi, Anton Watson, Sean Kersten, Kawri Brown, Roy P Hines, and DJ Hoelzle took 1st-5th for the bump up. The A-main was 40 minutes long and a very exciting race. Jones, Pattishall, Kersten, and Keeton all lead during the 1st half of the main. The last half of the main was a bumper to bumper battle for the lead between 1st & 2nd place in the points Keeton and Kersten. When the tone sounded, Sean Kersten had taken the win, giving him the Championship as well. Keeton took 2nd and Pattishall 3rd, all on the same lap.
Pro-line 1/8 Sportsman Buggy:
In sportsman, Tony Pattishall took the TQ in the 1st 2 rounds to go directly to the A-final along with Scott Beiswinger. In the 20 minute even Semi, Kawri Brown, Armondo Ledesna, Rene Infante, TJ Allen, and Jesse Stuiso took the bump ups. In the odd Semi, Jose Contreras, Patrick Batezel, Richard “Joe Dirt” Speights, Pete Caballero, and Ken Van Curen finished 1st-5th to bump into the A-Final. The A-Final was 30 minutes long. Series leader, Bob “spanky” Bjorkman broke during the semi and failed to make it to the A-final, ending his chance at the title. That left the door open to the rest of the top 10. At the start, Armondo Ledesna took the lead. Pattishall soon regained the lead, but broke at about the half way mark. That gave the lead to Kawri Brown who went on to win by lapping everyone but 2nd place Rene Infante. The 2nd place for Infante gave him the Championship and title of 1/8 Sportsman Buggy RC Pro Florida Nitro Off-road Series Champion.
Machine’s R/C Hobbies 1/8 Expert Buggy:
The expert buggy was giving out $1,000 cash at the finals for a total of over $1,700 for the series. JR Mitch took the TQ in round 1 and 2 to go directly to the A-Final. I (Gene Hickerson) TQ’d the 3rd round, but Ryan Eckert took 2nd with two 2nd’s and headed for the 40 minute long A-final. in the even Semi, Jeff Keeton, myself, Jim Larrimore, J.P. Tirronen, and Luis Perez bump up to the A-final. In the odd Semi, Anton Watson, Bart Collins, Joey “Batman” Perez, Lucas Mardis, and Sean Kersten took the final 5 spots in the A-Final. At the start, Mitch took the early lead and started to streach out a big lead. I quickly moved into 2nd and started to run down Mitch. On lap 3, I did the fastest lap of the weekend with a 32.1, almost 1 second faster then any other lap of the race. At about 1/3rd of the way in, I caught Mitch. But before I got to battle with him, he flamed out and soon broke at the 5 minute mark trying to make his lap back. Keeton held on to 2nd for the rest of the race and Kersten in 3rd, while I went on to take an easy win by lapping the whole field. The points were added, and 3rd place gave Sean Kersten the Championship, followed by myself and Keeton to round out the top 3.
The series was a great success for its first year and we look forward to an even better year in 2008. Thank you all of the racers who supported the series and our series sponsors: Machine’s R/C Hobbies, CEN Racing, Maxy’s Fuel, J-Concepts, Pro-line, Carolina’s R/C, Traxxas, Mona Vie-www.getacai.net, Dark Identity, JK Enterprizes, and Team Associated.
Report By: Gene ‘the machine’ Hickerson
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Top 10 Final Points standings-
Machine’s R/C Hobbies 1/8 Expert Buggy:
1. Sean Kerstin - 751 points
2. Gene Hickerson - 743 points
3. Jeff Keeton - 727 points
4. J.P. Tirronen - 713 points
5. Michael Delay - 693 points
6. Luis Perez - 693 points
7. Bart Collins - 677 points
8. Juan Mendez - 630 points
9. Joey Leveque - 601 points
10. Felipe Rodriguez- 584 points
Top 10 for the Traxxas MT class:
1. Scott Beiswinger 782
2. Tom Avera 769
3. Walter Cruz 721
4. Paul Peterman 707
5. Derek Zamot 601
6. Daunte Villanveva 510
7. Greg Sabol 484
8. Brian Shook 203
9. Robert Eller 199
10. Danny Jones 183
Top 10 for the Team Associated 1/10 Gas Truck class:
1. Michael Delay 774
2. J.P. Tirronen 747
3. Bart Collins 713
4. Joey Leveque 711
5. Juan Mendez 710
6. Felipe Rodriguez 677
7. Luis Perez 673
8. Scott Bell 573
9. Glenn Carlson 468
10. Nick Contugno 418
Top 10 for the Carolina’s R/C 1/8 Arena Truck class:
1. Sean Kerstin 783
2. Jeff Keeton 763
3. Tony Pattishall 694
4. Richardo Jordao 671
5. Walter Cruz 649
6. David Hodge 641
7. Ken Van Curen 631
8. Bob Bjorkman 630
9. Josh Martin 602
10. Jose Contreras 486
Top 10 for the Pro-line 1/8 Sportsman Buggy class:
1. Rene Infante 727
2. Jose Contreras 718
3. Bob Bjorkman 701
4. Armondo Ledesna 700
5. Ken Van Curen 697
6. Patrick Batezel 697
7. Shane Martin 651
8. Kawri Brown 539
9. Pete Caballero 456
10. Eduardo Ferrufino 436
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Monday, October 29th, 2007 | 198 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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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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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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Thursday, September 20th, 2007 | 330 views
Another great report by Gene Hickerson and this time on the RC Pro Florida Nitro Off-road Series Round 3 held at Mills Pond, FT Lauderdale.
Round 3 of the RC Pro Florida Nitro Off-road Series was held at Mills Pond in FT Lauderdale this month. This is the 1st year of the Nitro Only series in FL, and round 3 was the largest turnout thus far with 95 entries. The track was an all new layout, 20 feet longer with all new clay for the big race. All of the pros from Florida were there to compete for the cash payout that the RC Pro Series brings to the races.
The Machine’s R/C Hobbies 1/8 Expert Buggy:
In 1/8 Buggy, it was again Sean Kersten taking TQ honors after the 3 rounds of qualifying were over, followed by myself in 2nd, and Jeff Keeton in 3rd.
Kersten won round 1 and round 2, so he was on hand to cash in and secure his lead in the series. The main event was 30 minutes long under the lights on Saturday night. Kersten took the early lead as Keeton and myself got together at the start. 12 year old local, J.P. Tirronen, moved into 2nd and set his sights on the lead. At about the half way mark, Tirronen took over the lead from Kersten and never looked back. I managed to work my way up from last to take over 2nd, but was unable to catch the youngster in the lead. Mister Saturday Night, J.P. Tirronen, went on to take the win, followed by myself in 2nd, while Michael Delay took over 3rd from Kersten, 1 lap back.
Final result: 1/8 Expert Buggy
1. J.P. Tirronen Mugen/Maxy
2. Gene Hickerson CEN/Maxy
3. Michael Delay Kyosho
Carolina’s R/C 1/8 Arena Truck
In 1/8 Arena Truck, it was all Sean Kersten again. Kersten won round #2 and took the overall TQ for round #3. 2nd was Tony Pattishall and 3rd was Jeff Keeton. In the 20 minute A-main, the 3 pulled away from the pack and had a great battle for the whole race. Kersten eventually pulled away for a half a lap lead over Pattishall and Keeton. Near the end, Keeton passed Pattishall for 2nd place and that was how they finished, all on the same lap. Keeton won round #1, while Pattishall TQ’d round #2, so the 3 are sure to battle for the championship at the Finals next month at B&B Raceway.
Final result: 1/8 Arena Truck
1. Sean Kersten Kyosho
2. Jeff Keeton Mugen
3. Tony Pattishall Mugen
Pro-line Sportsman 1/8 Buggy
In the sportsman class, Armondo Ledesma JR took the TQ, followed by Eduardo Ferrufino and Harry Barzilay. The 20 minute A-main was a close one with many lead changes and drop outs during the whole race. Ferrufino went on to take the win, followed by Dustin Eich and Barzilay in 3rd. The points chase is still up in the air, as round #1 TQ & winner Bob “Spanky” Bjorkman and round
#2 winner Rene Infante are just 2 points apart in the standings. The Finals will decide the 2007 Champion for 1/8 Sportsman Buggy.
Traxxas Monster Truck
In MT, it was all Scott Beiswinger. Fresh home from his A-main appearance at the 2007 ROAR Truck Nationals, Beiswinger took TQ and went on to put 2 laps on the field during the 20 minute A-main. 2nd place was Duante Villanveva and 3rd was Derek Zamot. All 11 trucks in the A-main were Traxxas Revos.
Team Associated 1/10 Gas Truck
In 1/10 scale, it was Juan Mendez taking the overall TQ. J. P. Tirronen took 2nd and Randy Deppen 3rd. In the 20 minute A-main event, the kid J.P. was on fire again and soon took over the lead and went on to win by more then 2 laps over 2nd place Nick Cotugno. Joey Leveque finished 3rd on the same lap as Cotugno. Look for J.P. to be in a National A-main near you soon.
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The race was a great success thanks to the track crew and all of the series sponsors who made this race possible - Machine’s R/C Hobbies, CEN Racing, Maxy’s Fuel, Pro-line, Traxxas, J-Concepts, Team Associated, www.getacai.net, Carolina’s R/C, and JK Enterprises. Hope to see everyone at the $1,000 Cash Payout Finals November 2-4th.
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Thursday, September 13th, 2007 | 944 views
This just in direct from The Machine himself, Gene Hickerson. The winner to The Brazil National Championship Cup that was held in Fortaleza from September 7th-9th.
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My CEN teammate, Andrew Smolnik, and I flew to Brazil on Wednesday night and arrived Thursday morning after a 18 hour flight. Thursday was a free day, so we headed to the beautiful beach across the street from the hotel. All of the racers that arrived early were there. We had some drinks and lunch and then headed to the track to check it out. Asa Branca Speedway was the nicest R/C track facility I have ever been to. A perfectly groomed all grass track, awesome driver’s stand, full bar, pool, and even a night club on the premises. The place was 1st class all the way and unlike anything I have ever seen in the USA. I also have never raced on grass before, so it was going to be a challenge.
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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 | 295 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 »
Thursday, July 12th, 2007 | 348 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 | 921 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 | 467 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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Thursday, April 19th, 2007 | 203 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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Thursday, March 15th, 2007 | 383 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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Friday, March 9th, 2007 | 493 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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