2007 Mugen Grand Prix Las Vegas Nevada
04-22-2007, 06:41 PM
#241
Tech Regular
Sounds like a good day for Empire Racing, congratulations to Scott and the entire team.
04-22-2007, 07:01 PM
#243
Originally Posted by Rich Browne
1st, Kimbrow, Kyosho, Nova
2nd, Hagobian, Kyosho, Nova
3rd, Verano, Mugen, Picco
2nd, Hagobian, Kyosho, Nova
3rd, Verano, Mugen, Picco
new power and still putting it down . rich 'jason 'greg and the rest of the team good showing .
04-22-2007, 07:03 PM
#244
steve perez way to hold it down for the serpent guys and putting that 960 in the show keep up the good work
04-22-2007, 07:07 PM
#245
Tech Fanatic
Originally Posted by Perez
sedan.
brian thomas (Mugen)
Jimmy Deprey (kyosho)
Jeffery Lin (ofna)
Marc Cruz (kyosho)
Tommy P (kyosho)
1/8th
Scott Kimbrow (kyosho)
Garen Hagobian (kyosho)
Chris Verano (Mugen)
Steve Perez (Serpent)
Steve Rossi (mugen)
Paul Chicky
vincent Jackson(?) (mugen)
Kevin Jelich(?) (mugen)
Ron Atomic(?) (kyosho)
Mike Swauger (mugen)
Im not sure the how everyone finished for sure after 6th place...so sorry. I do know that Ron Colangi and Darin Ishitani bumped from the B, but im not sure how they finished
brian thomas (Mugen)
Jimmy Deprey (kyosho)
Jeffery Lin (ofna)
Marc Cruz (kyosho)
Tommy P (kyosho)
1/8th
Scott Kimbrow (kyosho)
Garen Hagobian (kyosho)
Chris Verano (Mugen)
Steve Perez (Serpent)
Steve Rossi (mugen)
Paul Chicky
vincent Jackson(?) (mugen)
Kevin Jelich(?) (mugen)
Ron Atomic(?) (kyosho)
Mike Swauger (mugen)
Im not sure the how everyone finished for sure after 6th place...so sorry. I do know that Ron Colangi and Darin Ishitani bumped from the B, but im not sure how they finished
Paolo
Last edited by Paolo M; 04-24-2007 at 02:33 PM.
04-22-2007, 08:30 PM
#247
Way to go Brian Thomas!
Congrats on the win!!
Congrats on the win!!
04-22-2007, 09:44 PM
#248
Scott; nicely done! Congrat's man!!! I was getting a little concerned with the sparce coverage, I didn't see your name in the top spot or two that were being reported. Keep me in the loop with all the new stuff you guys are working with. Jason B: didn't drive into the main? Come on, I know you got it in ya. Kevin: wow! TQ? That's awesome. And Garen: holly cow where did that come from?
04-22-2007, 10:16 PM
#249
race was geat thanx Grenade for noticing i did have a good day saturday but the Sunday was full of gemlins.lol.........congrats to all that had a winning day and especially''''''''''''BRIAN THOMAS for his outstanding run in sedan
04-23-2007, 12:32 AM
#250
Congratulations to Brian Thomas for the big win, you drove a really smart and clean race and also to Mike Strack for a great pit work.
Congrats to Jeffrey Lin in sedan and Chris Verano in 1/8 for the podium finish.
Congrats to Steve Perez for the 4th place, so close to the podium.....you will get it next time.
Congrats to Jeffrey Lin in sedan and Chris Verano in 1/8 for the podium finish.
Congrats to Steve Perez for the 4th place, so close to the podium.....you will get it next time.
04-23-2007, 12:39 AM
#251
Psssst... Walter. Your PM is full. Can't send you anything until you delete some messages. 
04-23-2007, 06:06 AM
#252
Originally Posted by wad
Congratulations to Brian Thomas for the big win, you drove a really smart and clean race and also to Mike Strack for a great pit work.
Congrats to Jeffrey Lin in sedan and Chris Verano in 1/8 for the podium finish.
Congrats to Steve Perez for the 4th place, so close to the podium.....you will get it next time.
Congrats to Jeffrey Lin in sedan and Chris Verano in 1/8 for the podium finish.
Congrats to Steve Perez for the 4th place, so close to the podium.....you will get it next time.
Congrats to Scott Kimbrow on his win and also Garen Hagobian finishing 2nd.
And a HUGE congratulations to BT Express on his win in sedan. Great work!
04-23-2007, 07:59 AM
#253
Tech Master
Thread Starter
Final Results
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2007 Mugen Grand Prix 04-22-2007 -- Sedan Expert - A Main -- Pos Car Laps time name 1 7 185 60:12.70 Brian Thomas 2 11 184 60:07.50 Jimmy Deprez 3 5 183 60:07.87 Jeffrey Lin 4 4 181 60:06.54 Marc Cruz 5 10 180 60:14.65 Tommy Porfirio 6 1 169 59:12.86 Ron Atomic 7 8 165 58:37.63 Darin Ishitani 8 9 157 59:58.29 Paul Coleman 9 6 138 48:33.15 Robbie Collins 10 3 132 48:19.62 Barry Baker 11 12 97 60:14.22 Scott Fisher -- 2 --- DNS --- Mike Swauger -- Sedan Expert - B Main -- Pos Car Laps time name 1 1 125 40:15.04 Jimmy Deprez 2 2 124 40:16.89 Scott Fisher 3 12 121 40:03.23 Nick Smrt 4 6 119 40:07.07 Walter Diaz 5 11 117 40:03.42 Alex Navarrete 6 7 117 40:08.36 Josh Alton 7 9 81 39:50.65 Marco Acosta 8 3 68 30:59.37 Peter Chhu 9 8 52 22:54.68 Leo Virtusio 10 5 42 14:18.85 Fernando Quiroga 11 4 16 5:21.96 Steve Rossi 12 10 12 4:44.61 Brad Toffelmire -- Sedan Expert - C Main -- Pos Car Laps time name 1 4 61 20:13.02 Alex Navarrete 2 7 59 20:04.48 Nick Smrt 3 5 59 20:05.80 Chris Verano 4 10 59 20:08.63 Steve Knapp 5 2 58 20:06.95 Tony Thompson 6 8 56 20:02.95 Ira Kimble 7 1 53 20:12.29 Michael Palazzula 8 3 53 20:14.78 Mike Deprez 9 6 49 18:24.65 Steve Folle 10 9 19 7:08.51 Jerry Rapp 11 11 9 10:06.47 Tommy Nottberg 12 12 4 1:33.33 Austin Blair -- Sedan Expert - D Main -- Pos Car Laps time name 1 4 57 20:19.56 Tommy Nottberg 2 8 55 20:11.90 Austin Blair 3 9 54 20:08.34 Gary Wong 4 3 53 20:00.21 Darren Dill 5 12 53 20:21.31 William Pendergrass 6 2 46 16:26.95 Rickey West 7 1 24 12:40.90 Eugene Osburn 8 7 19 7:41.25 Ivan Dickson 9 5 19 10:27.11 Ken Li 10 6 16 6:21.76 Scott Halsted -- 11 --- DNS --- John Morgan -- 10 --- DNS --- Vaughn Johnson -- Sedan Expert - E Main -- Pos Car Laps time name 1 7 52 20:19.82 John Morgan 2 10 47 20:24.03 William Pendergrass 3 8 42 20:06.97 Chris Balazs 4 5 38 20:00.52 Layman Reid 5 4 21 8:56.83 Sam Felish 6 6 9 9:30.54 Alan Pyle 7 9 9 16:46.75 Rusty Caldwell 8 1 3 1:09.40 John Holmes -- 3 --- DNS --- Rich Taylor -- 2 --- DNS --- Don Shackley -- 1/8th Scale 4WD - A Main -- Pos Car Laps time name 1 6 202 60:08.02 Scott Kimbrow 2 8 199 60:17.33 Garen Hagobian 3 3 197 60:16.60 Chris Verano 4 5 195 60:03.19 Steve Perez 5 4 193 60:07.43 Steve Rossi 6 12 190 60:01.23 Ron Calangi 7 9 187 58:26.43 Paul Ciccarello 8 1 117 36:52.61 Kevin Jelich 9 2 95 28:46.57 Mike Swauger 10 7 66 23:13.38 Vincent Jackson 11 11 48 14:36.94 Ron Atomic 12 10 45 13:21.49 Brian Thomas -- 1/8th Scale 4WD - B Main -- Pos Car Laps time name 1 10 134 40:00.66 Ron Atomic 2 2 131 39:59.77 Ron Calangi 3 6 130 40:02.63 Josh Alton 4 5 129 40:03.51 Thello Jurdon 5 12 118 40:06.02 Michael Shing 6 1 117 40:04.91 Kevin Woods 7 8 69 24:14.65 Steve Sohl 8 3 30 9:30.85 Mike Strack 9 11 26 7:53.85 Darin Ishitani 10 7 25 9:46.61 Steve Blair 11 9 23 7:28.84 Brad Toffelmire -- 4 --- DNS --- Dana Smeltzer -- 1/8th Scale 4WD - C Main -- Pos Car Laps time name 1 11 66 20:06.14 Darin Ishitani 2 5 66 20:15.41 Michael Shing 3 2 66 20:17.09 Pooh White 4 4 64 20:04.87 Jason Baumbach 5 6 64 20:09.57 Nigel Sim 6 9 63 20:12.93 John Frazier 7 12 62 19:27.96 Daniel Alvarado 8 7 61 20:03.88 Mark Sweeney 9 8 38 20:04.27 Jake Alton 10 3 20 6:33.88 Rick Davis 11 1 19 6:34.57 Yasu Ishikawa 12 10 4 4:53.95 Jason Smith -- 1/8th Scale 4WD - D Main -- Pos Car Laps time name 1 3 66 20:06.16 Darin Ishitani 2 12 64 20:07.77 Daniel Alvarado 3 4 63 20:05.26 Matt Reddick 4 8 62 20:05.96 Matthew Bell 5 10 61 20:00.74 Scott Belle 6 9 61 20:09.29 Harry Hananouchi 7 11 59 20:03.67 Dave Starks 8 1 51 20:07.08 Carl Giordano 9 6 49 17:25.62 Bryan Nakahara 10 2 44 13:13.10 Robbie Collins 11 5 28 8:42.78 Arno Mardirossian -- 7 --- DNS --- Tony Thompson -- 1/8th Scale 4WD - E Main -- Pos Car Laps time name 1 2 65 20:07.37 Dave Starks 2 11 65 20:10.12 Daniel Alvarado 3 7 62 20:13.91 Hector Muela 4 10 60 20:13.14 Jeremy Go 5 3 51 20:13.53 Gary Elias 6 4 49 16:41.33 Tommy DeSantis 7 12 37 12:23.35 Rickey West 8 5 21 6:47.07 Paul Wright 9 9 19 6:17.48 Brett Parker 10 6 15 4:32.35 Steve Knapp 11 1 10 3:09.28 Casey Stephens -- 8 --- DNS --- Ruben Serrano -- 1/8th Scale 4WD - F Main -- Pos Car Laps time name 1 11 64 20:19.29 Daniel Alvarado 2 2 62 20:22.49 Rickey West 3 5 61 20:08.25 Brad Rasmussen 4 4 61 20:10.67 Rafael Ayala 5 6 59 20:13.64 Val Macopangoy 6 1 57 20:01.26 Mark Klenin 7 7 32 14:30.56 Darren Dill 8 9 19 10:06.66 Rod Whitley 9 12 11 4:28.72 Chris Smith 10 8 6 2:09.06 Bill Christiansen 11 10 5 2:27.26 Mike Alton 12 3 3 1:10.43 Greg Hill -- 1/8th Scale 4WD - G Main -- Pos Car Laps time name 1 8 59 20:03.45 Daniel Alvarado 2 2 52 20:15.20 Chris Smith 3 6 47 16:35.16 Jerry Roberts 4 9 39 17:34.20 Joel Esguerra 5 12 37 20:03.13 Ternival Desouza 6 5 30 15:55.73 Daniel Andulor 7 10 25 10:03.80 Jason Darling 8 4 25 11:31.17 Chris Schmieder 9 3 19 6:32.13 Boris Tsenov 10 1 13 5:12.29 Roy Tolentino 11 7 7 2:49.47 Mitch Wawrzonek -- 11 --- DNS --- Justin Sheely -- 1/8th Scale 4WD - H Main -- Pos Car Laps time name 1 1 1 0:01.01 Justin Sheely 2 2 1 0:01.26 Ternival Desouza -- 3 --- DNS --- Ricardo Serrano -- 4 --- DNS --- Tyler Vik -- 5 --- DNS --- Jim Adkins
04-23-2007, 08:46 AM
#254
When did Ron Atomic start running 8th scale, was this his first time running 8th scale if so for this being his first time he did great makeing it to the A main.. 
I had a great time in LV can't wait to go back. 
04-23-2007, 09:29 AM
#256
Thank you for the entire Team Taylor Racing staff- sign in, track prep/maintenance, announcer, tech, catering -for putting together and running a flawless program for us racers to enjoy. Hope to be able to come back for the nats; this is without a doubt one of the best race programs around. Congrats to BT and Scott on their wins!
04-23-2007, 09:29 AM
#257
a massive congrats on chris verano for the 3rd spot and brian thomas (BTZ) for the win. that was a wicked race. (dogs bollocks) 
also congrats on jeffrey lin for the 3rd spot and garen for his 2nd spot and all the other winners, mike strack for the concourse win, i had a wicked time in vegas. i would like to thank chris verano, jeffrey lin, (OFNA) bryon nakahara (BNR), mike swauger, brian thomas, robbie collins, ron calangi, mike strack, Steve (mugen), nigel and sam (kamikaze). for all the help and support. cheers mates.
also congrats on jeffrey lin for the 3rd spot and garen for his 2nd spot and all the other winners, mike strack for the concourse win, i had a wicked time in vegas. i would like to thank chris verano, jeffrey lin, (OFNA) bryon nakahara (BNR), mike swauger, brian thomas, robbie collins, ron calangi, mike strack, Steve (mugen), nigel and sam (kamikaze). for all the help and support. cheers mates.
Last edited by JGO; 04-24-2007 at 09:51 PM.
04-23-2007, 09:55 AM
#258
Congrats
Congrats to Brian Thomas for winning the 1:10th Touring Car Class! Well deserved and what a time to do it.. YOU DA MAN!
Congrats also to Scott Kimbrow for winning the 1:8th Class and to all the other winners... Also big thanks to Rich and Team Taylor Racing for putting the race together for us!
Congrats also to Scott Kimbrow for winning the 1:8th Class and to all the other winners... Also big thanks to Rich and Team Taylor Racing for putting the race together for us!
04-23-2007, 11:18 AM
#259
First i would like to thank everyone for all the support, it was the best race of my racing career, i can't say enough for the support that Mugen gives me; thanks to Mike Swauger, Robbie Collins and Chris Moore. Plus all the guys on the team for their help, especially Mike Strack, Ron, Darin, Harry, Steve,Carl, Mark, Jane, Jason, Tone and Ira. I know if Ron Atomic and Barry Baker wouldn't had problems it would had been difficult to run close to those two so i guess you can say i got lucky ..........and thats cool with me . I got to thank Barry for being such a cool guy about that and not throwing that in my face... top notch guy. Also have to thank my painter ...the coolest painter to have; Jeremy GO better known as JGO thanks for all the help...P.S. Im going to finish painting your body before the summer ends 
I also have to give props to Chris Verano on his third place finish in 1/8th scale and also to the first guy i ever traveled to a nationals with ...way back in 1999 ...Garen on his second place finish in 1/8th scale nice job
Brian Thomas
. I got to thank Barry for being such a cool guy about that and not throwing that in my face... top notch guy. Also have to thank my painter ...the coolest painter to have; Jeremy GO better known as JGO thanks for all the help...P.S. Im going to finish painting your body before the summer ends I also have to give props to Chris Verano on his third place finish in 1/8th scale and also to the first guy i ever traveled to a nationals with ...way back in 1999 ...Garen on his second place finish in 1/8th scale nice jobBrian Thomas
Last edited by mike jones; 04-23-2007 at 12:08 PM.
04-23-2007, 12:00 PM
#260
What a great weekend...As always Rich Taylor and Crew run an exceptional program. For me this has become the one race I look forward to every year.
Congrats to my man Brian for his huge win in Sedan...he drove the entire race as if it was a qualifier...never let off...his line during the last 5 minutes was the same as the first 5 minutes...awesome job.
Thanks again to all the Mugen guys for your help and for hosting the Mugen Challenge Race...this was an opportunity for the non-sponsored drivers to go home with some serious prizes. Car kits, engines and carry cases for the top 3 positions for both 1/10th and 1/8th classes. Thanks for your continual support.
Congrats to my man Brian for his huge win in Sedan...he drove the entire race as if it was a qualifier...never let off...his line during the last 5 minutes was the same as the first 5 minutes...awesome job.
Thanks again to all the Mugen guys for your help and for hosting the Mugen Challenge Race...this was an opportunity for the non-sponsored drivers to go home with some serious prizes. Car kits, engines and carry cases for the top 3 positions for both 1/10th and 1/8th classes. Thanks for your continual support.
04-23-2007, 01:50 PM
#262
fun race!
Big thanks to Rich Taylor and co. for putting on a fun show... everything went smoothly and the racing was a blast.
Thanks also to Mugen for sponsoring the race; I think races like the "Mugen Challenge" race are a great idea. Maybe more big events will do stuff like that?
Congrats to all the participants, especially Scott Kimbrow for winning 1/8,
Brian Thomas for winning sedan (nice drive!), and Jimmy DePrez for bumping up from the B sedan into the A sedan and finishing 2nd. Ron Atomic was "Mr Smooth" behind the wheel of his 1/8 (did you SEE his car? Smooth as silk...) in the B-main; congrats on the bump to the A on the first time with an 1/8 car! It was good to see Chris V and Steve P and Garen H doing really well too... congrats on a great race guys.
The Nats are always fun but they will be really fun this year -- if this race was any indication of what to expect we'll have a big turnout and good racing!
Jason
Thanks also to Mugen for sponsoring the race; I think races like the "Mugen Challenge" race are a great idea. Maybe more big events will do stuff like that?
Congrats to all the participants, especially Scott Kimbrow for winning 1/8,
Brian Thomas for winning sedan (nice drive!), and Jimmy DePrez for bumping up from the B sedan into the A sedan and finishing 2nd. Ron Atomic was "Mr Smooth" behind the wheel of his 1/8 (did you SEE his car? Smooth as silk...) in the B-main; congrats on the bump to the A on the first time with an 1/8 car! It was good to see Chris V and Steve P and Garen H doing really well too... congrats on a great race guys.
The Nats are always fun but they will be really fun this year -- if this race was any indication of what to expect we'll have a big turnout and good racing!
Jason
04-23-2007, 06:01 PM
#263
mugen
had a great time thanks to the mugen team for helping me out first week end with the mtx4 missed my first qual saturday ran 4 laps in the 2nd qual and into the main i managed to bump to the D were i came in 5th after making it up to 3rd & then my driving kicked in 
the car was good i also want thank pappa & fast rick for getting through the fire a few build errors hope to make the next level congrats to brian t & scott k. watch out the mugen is on the trail & the SOLOARTIST is the pilot next stop greatlakes
the car was good i also want thank pappa & fast rick for getting through the fire a few build errors hope to make the next level congrats to brian t & scott k. watch out the mugen is on the trail & the SOLOARTIST is the pilot next stop greatlakes
04-23-2007, 06:06 PM
#264
racing
Damn Brian!! Congradulations man!! Garen Congrads to you also man!! I'll never forget meeting you guys at that race in 99, that was my 1st nationals also and that's what started all this RC Crazyness!!! Glad you got the win that says a lot. I can't wait untill you and garen come east, so I can show you guys some of the same hospitality that you guys have shown me whenever I came out west.
04-23-2007, 06:17 PM
#265
Fun race!
Congrats to all of the podium finish racers!!
Thank you for the team taylor's crew.
I always having a good time at there.
I'll see you everybody soon!!
Thank you again for everything.
Thank you for the team taylor's crew.
I always having a good time at there.
I'll see you everybody soon!!
Thank you again for everything.
04-23-2007, 06:20 PM
#266
Originally Posted by nytaurean
Damn Brian!! Congradulations man!! Garen Congrads to you also man!! I'll never forget meeting you guys at that race in 99, that was my 1st nationals also and that's what started all this RC Crazyness!!! Glad you got the win that says a lot. I can't wait untill you and garen come east, so I can show you guys some of the same hospitality that you guys have shown me whenever I came out west.
Brian Thomas
04-23-2007, 07:54 PM
#268
Originally Posted by garen
those weren't donuts...they were bagels. i'll save the donuts for a victory one day
looked like you were having fun nevertheless
04-23-2007, 08:01 PM
#269
i forgot to give props to the bump up king of the race.................Daniel Alvarado bumping up from the G main all the way up to the C main .....five races pretty impressive
04-23-2007, 08:50 PM
#270
congrats to the winners....
Brian, that was a awsome drive there my friend. a well deserved win for you.
Scott, thats another great drive from you. I have had the pleasure to announce a few of your wins in vegas and you are a class act.
big props to the Mugen Challenge winners Jerry Rapp and Jake Alton.
but i do have to thank all the racers for helping me make the show run so smoothly. i always have fun announcing your guys races, can't wait til the nats. gonna have some good fun then.
Mike Strack, I have your concourse trophy. so call me at the shop and you can pick it up.
Josh Alton, I have your 3rd place B-main trophy. Shoot me a pm and we can work out how to get it to you.
Mike Braun
Brian, that was a awsome drive there my friend. a well deserved win for you.
Scott, thats another great drive from you. I have had the pleasure to announce a few of your wins in vegas and you are a class act.
big props to the Mugen Challenge winners Jerry Rapp and Jake Alton.
but i do have to thank all the racers for helping me make the show run so smoothly. i always have fun announcing your guys races, can't wait til the nats. gonna have some good fun then.
Mike Strack, I have your concourse trophy. so call me at the shop and you can pick it up.
Josh Alton, I have your 3rd place B-main trophy. Shoot me a pm and we can work out how to get it to you.
Mike Braun
Last edited by Team Dorkmissle; 04-23-2007 at 09:04 PM.
