Werks Racing Korea Championship final result
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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 Science1/8 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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Werks Racing really on its aggressive move and you just could not blame them. Just look at their achievements so far. To ensure their products, especially the Werks Race Blend Fuel dominance all around the world, they has signed up a new driver from Finland, a name you probably heard many times in the final of buggy class in the Europe. He is none other than Joseph Quagraine. He is going to power his Hobao Hyper with OS engine and this new Werks Race Blend Fuel in the future. Congrats and all the best wishes for you JQ

source: Neobuggy.net | www.werksracing.com
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We just got this detail report from the most consistent top driver in Malaysia. He is none other than David Lim. Driving his Kyosho Buggy powered by Werks .21B7 Pro engine to the top of the podium once again with the TQ cup in his hand too at the recent Malaysian FEMCA Qualifying Race, round 3 dated 8th July 2007. We have him here at the last LRP Asian Nitro Masters 2007. It all happened at the Glenmarie HPC with newer track design.

At the FEMCA Malaysia Qualifying - Danny Teh, David Lim and Mizan.

Here, from the man himself, David Lim report:
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Another great product coming from Werks Racing. The new Stubs tires for the rc buggy racers. Thanks for RedRC for the scoop. We also had a review for the previous tires, The Werks Racing Lugs and W’s tires, done by our contributor from Malaysia, Spencer.
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Thanks to RedRC.Net again for publishing this report on the recent Top End Challenge Race at OCR Raceway. Indirectly we would like to say thanks to RubeDudeRC.com for their awesome coverage, as always, as well. Just a brief intro on the Top End Challenge. It was won by none other than the OCM / Werks driver Mr. Ian Haley. He pocketed the big $3000 prize money for winning the overall event. We found out it was raced on night time and for 3 days. Totally awesome event indeed.

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LRP Asian Nitro Masters 2007 final result, The result our local racers been waiting for. The official result from HPC has not been released yet but here is full result as I can remember.
All result based on qualifying of three rounds.
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Yes, Werks Racing have officially entered the European racing scene by sponsoring their first European racer, top Scandanavian racer Ari Heinonen. The Finnish HoBao racer has agreed terms for 2007 and along with running their Werks Teamline B7 .21 Engines he will also use the Werks pipes as well as the companies buggy and truggy tires.

Here from yesterday’s news on Werks Racing.
Werks would like to take a second to pass on last weekends race results. There were 2 major races this weekend in the US which were the Texas Nitro Invitational and the O’Donnell Best Of The West Series Finals. At the Texas Nitro Invitational with over 150 drivers I’m happy to say that Werks team took home the following: 2nd in 1/8th Pro Buggy, 2nd in Production Monster Truck, TQ and 1st in Stadium Truck and 9th in Unlimited Monster Truck.
We’re also happy to say thatin addition to using Werks Fuel, Werks TL21B7 engines to bring home his 2ndplace finish in 1/8th Pro Buggy, Mike Batele also ran our new Werks “Lugs” R200 compound tires!
Then we move on to the O’Donnell Best of The West Series Finals! Where I’m happy to say that Werks team driver Jeremy Kortz not only TQ’d the final race of expert 1/8th buggy this weekend but brought home the series win in Expert buggy using Werks “Team Line” engines and Werks “Race Blend” fuel!Chad Bradley also brought home a hard fought 3rd at the finals race. Werks team driver Chad Bradley took home 1st in Pro Truggy in the final series race followed by Werks team driver Marty Korn!
We’re also happy to say that Marty Korn brought home the series win again for us in the Pro Truggy class using Werks “Team Line” engines and Werks “Race Blend” fuel!
Source: RedRC.Net | Buggy-Sport [buggy-sport.info]
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Looking at it’s soaring popularity, i would like to take this opportunity to put up some reviews of this marvelous engine by our drivers in malaysia. Just a short introduction:

The B3 is an excellent choice for the smaller and medium size circuits where torque is important. Priced affordable, it’s for the racer wanting the most “bang or the buck”
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Here’s some review of Werks Offroad Tires which we had been testing out these few months. These tires comes with 2 types of compounds which is R200 for soft and R300 for medium. Me and my other drivers just fell in love with them first hand because of it’s traction and forward bites. To me, it’s comparable to those top tires brand around if not better as I’ve tried few of them before this.


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The first MT tires For Werks Racing, called Lugs MT
1st peek & picture at Neobuggy.net | more info at Werks Racing
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The .28 you’ve seen or heard Matt Goasch and Michael Sharwin testing is finally available. Werks Racing is proud to introduce The Team Line 28. At almost 3 horsepower, you could say it’s a B7 21 on steroids. If you want the most for your racing truck, this is your engine. 2.95HP 38,000 RPM
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