Who is your personal greatest North American TCS racer of all time?

[Leester]

How's it going folks?

Here's something fun to talk about. Who is your personal greatest North Ameican TCS racer of all time?. It can be a TCS national or world champion or somone who is an inspiration to you. Post your thoughts now!

[jiml]

John Brown - Brownie's Hobbies - Staten Island NY

[C_O_jones]

FRED MEDEL
Oh, wait, the Reedy Race drawing is over, and I'm IN.
NEVER MIND

Fred Forg

[lickrim]

chris tosolini get use to it

[trackdesigner71]

who was the last American champion to win at the Tamiya World Finals?

[eeyan]

Raymond Flores!!! Now, where is that kid...? Not a lot of people know it, but he beat Marc Rheinhard during their time in Mini...

Oh yah... of course Mr. Robert Itoh too...

Both these greats are TCS World Champs!

[racingkd]

Alex Sturgeon AKA Froboy

[BP SHADOW]

I would have to go with Dave Berger. He was fast no matter what car he was running,

[Leester]

Here are my personal Greatest. I have two.

Scotty Ernest

He has become one of the most succesful RC promoters inthe country today and He was Wisconsin's very first TCS national champion.

Paul Lemieux

Althought he never won the Tamiya Nationals and went to Japan He has done very well outisde The TCS and has won numerous national championship and and he missed the A-Main in the IFMAR world championship by a couple tenths of a second (I really don't know how much he missed it by but it was very very little). And he placed higher in the IFMAR worlds than most TCS national champions.

[RCGaryK]

Toso never ran TCS, did he?

[RCGaryK]

Russ Johnson...Boy tossed his cookies and went on to win the trip to Japan! Talk about an iron will and a weak stomach

[rccardr]

Not one, but seven, in no particular order:
* Troy Crabtree. Guy came back year after year after year, always a top finisher but never the overall winner. Until 2004. Great driver, super nice guy, drives a yellow truck. What more could you want?
* Marty Hagman. Someone who's been a contender since the first time he hit the Tamiya track, even though he doesn't run there but once or twice a year. F1, sedan, GT1, GT2, Rally, you name it. I watched him win rally overall and qualify third in GT2 at the 2003 Regional race at Aliso...running the same car...just switching tires and shocks and the body...and it was a TA-03R! Has an engineering-level understanding of how stuff works, is a great father, and drives a hemi powered wagon.
* Gary Katzer. Once you get past the fact that he doesn't like mayo , a hyper-competitive and focused driver who almost took it all home in F1 in 2001 and has since concentrated on the sedan stuff. Year after year, race after race, Katzer is either in the hunt or he's broken. No middle ground, and I mean that in a good way. Heck of a writer, too.
* The brothers Hickman, Steve and Bruce. Look in the dictionary under "Tamiya F201", and you'll find their picture. Bruce took it all home in 1998, while Steve just gets better year after year. It would be hard to find an F1 tuner who pays more attention to chassis setup than Steve or Bruce. Thank goodness they don't run in my class.
* Lee and his father Don. Don's a great mechanic and Lee is an intense driver. Nice people, but like I said, intense. Some of the best racing I've ever witnessed has involved Lee chasing down or staying just in front of another great driver.

Geez, do I have to end at only seven? How about MoshMike, Dish, Raymond Flores, Eeyan, Ling, Berger, Scotty, Fred Medel, Craig Richter, Casey, Matt Jarrett, and so many others.

Later
Doc

[dsrbltoys]

There was only one that I thought of when I read the header line. SCOTTY I thought he had made it to japan though. He is an inspiration, and a great guy.

Raymond was very good. Let alone the fact he had to win twice before he could go to japan (after a rule change allowed kids under 18 to go if guardian paid their own way). Then actually winning worlds to boot is just something to think about.

Another cool thought is the nw national champs. Brett Sisley, Rodney Clemente, Dan Garber, Peter Robinson, and yes Troy Crabtree. None of which would have gone the distance if it were not for Mr. Ray Meek, and his program here in seattle.

[snopro31]

Who are all of the north americans to win the tcs worlds?


What is the first year the TCS was in north america and who was the first champ?


Is there a place to see all the TCS champs listed for each year?



What year did Martin Crisp and Derick Hung from canada win and how did they do in the worlds?



Lots of TCS history questions here but i am sure there is a person that knows the answers out here.

[linger]

Originally posted by snopro31
1. Who are all of the north americans to win the tcs worlds?


2. What is the first year the TCS was in north america and who was the first champ?


3. Is there a place to see all the TCS champs listed for each year?



4. What year did Martin Crisp and Derick Hung from canada win and how did they do in the worlds?

1. The only ones I know are Raymond Flores and Robert Ito

2. don't know

3. no

4. Martin Crisp and Derek Hung went in 2001. Crisp qualified 13th and finished 7th. Hung qualified 4th and finished 4th. Coincidentally, Reinhard qualified 5th and finished 3rd in his second TCS worlds attempt in 2001. Hung outqualifying Reinhard??? Now those are some bragging rights!