Team Futaba Racing - 2007

Team Info: 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010

RC Pro East Series Championship

RC Pro East 1/8 Expert Arena Truck Final Standings
Position	Name	Equipment
1	Gene Hickerson	CEN/Maxy's/Futaba
2	Leon McIntosh	Xray/Werks/Futaba
3	Chris Crews	Xray/Rocket Science

RC Pro East 1/8 Expert Buggy Final Standings
Position	Name	Equipment
1	Leon McIntosh	Xray/Werks/Futaba
2	Robin Nelson	Kyosho/Sidewinder
3	Gene Hickerson	CEN/Maxy's/Futaba

Futaba Nitro Challenge

Buggy
Position	Name	Radio		Engine	Chassis
1	Ryan Lopez	3PKS	FASST	V-Spec	Xray
2	Jason Branham	3PKS	FASST	Max Power	Xray
3	Josh Wheeler	M11	75MHz	Werks	Xray
4	Kyle Skidmore	3PKS	FASST	V-Spec	RC8
5	Raymonde Norte	3PKS	FASST	V-Spec Speed	KYO
6	Derek Guidry	3PKS	FASST	V-Spec	Jammin
7	Quincy Hughes	3PKS	FASST	V-Spec Speed	Losi 8
8	Patrick Castleberry	M11	75MHz	Werks	Xray
9	Chad Parks	3PKS	FASST	V-Spec Speed	Jammin
10	Mike Battaile	KO	75MHz	Werks	Losi 8
11	Paul Coleman	3PKS	FASST	JP Racing	Radical Z8
12	Richard Saxton	3PKS	FASST	V-Spec Speed	RC8

Truggy
Position	Name	Radio		Engine
1	Josh Wheeler	M11	75MHz	Werks
2	Patrick Castleberry	KO	75MHz	Werks
3	Steve Hale	3PKS	FASST	V-Spec Speed
4	David Joor	KO	75MHz
5	Ryan Lopez	3PKS	FASST	V-Spec
6	Derek Guidry	3PKS	FASST	V-Spec
7	Justin Cranford	3PKS	FASST
8	Jason Branham	3PKS	FASST
9	Rocco Margiotta	3PKS	FASST
10	T-Mizzle	M11	Spek
11	Quincy Hughes	3PKS	FASST	V-Spec
12	Mike Battaile	KO	75MHz	Werks

Round 3 of the RC Pro Florida Nitro Off-road Series

1/8 Expert Buggy
Position	Name	Equipment
1	J.P. Tirronen	Mugen/Maxy
2	Gene Hickerson	CEN/Maxy/Futaba
3	Michael Delay	Kyosho

1/8 Arena Truck
Position	Name	Equipment
1	Sean Kersten	Kyosho/Futaba
2	Jeff Keeton	Mugen/Futaba
3	Tony Pattishall	Mugen

World Championships

2WD
Position	Name	Country	Equipment
WC	Hyato Matsukazi	JPN
2	Jared Tebo	USA	Futaba 3PK-super
3	Ryan Maifield	USA	Futaba 3PK-super
4	Masami Hirosaka	JPN
5	Mike Truhe	USA
6	Ryan Cavalieri	USA
7	Mark Pavidis	USA	Futaba 3PK-super
8	Paul Bradby	GB
9	Lee Martin	GB
10	Travis Amezcua	USA	Futaba 3PK-super

4WD
Position	Name	Country	Equipment
WC	Jared Tebo	USA	Futaba 3PK-super
2	Ryan Maifield	USA	Futaba 3PK-super
3	Ryan Cavalieri	USA
4	Masami Hirosaka	JPN
5	Billy Easton	USA	Futaba 3PK
6	Atsushi Hara	JPN	Futaba 3PK-super
7	Rick Hohwart	USA
8	Hyato Matsukazi	JPN
9	Naoto Matsukura	JPN
10	Jorn Neumann	GB

Roar Truck Nats

1/8th Truggy Class
Position	Name	Equipment
1	James, Taylor	Futaba; 2.4G FASST / O.S.
2	Lutz, Ryan
3	King, Cody
4	Truhe, Mike
5	Cavalieri, Ryan
6	Kortz, Jeremy
7	Hughes, Scott	Futaba; 2.4G FASST / O.S.
8	Guest, Gary	Futaba; 2.4G FASST
9	Maifield, Ryan	Futaba; 2.4G FASST / O.S.
10	Paige, Michael	O.S.
11	Pavidis, Mark	Futaba; 2.4G FASST / O.S.
12	Tillman, Bobby
13	Drake, Adam
14	Bradley, Chad	O.S.

1/10th Truck Class
Position	Name	Equipment
1	Tebo, Jared	Futaba; 2.4G FASST / O.S.
2	Drake, Adam
3	Truhe, Mike
4	Korn, Marty	Futaba; 2.4G FASST
5	Robbers, Jesse
6	Maifield, Ryan	Futaba; 2.4G FASST / O.S.
7	Cavalieri, Ryan
8	Horne, Allen
9	Tessmann, Ty	Futaba; 2.4G FASST / O.S.
10	Petersen, Taylor
11	Pace, Chris
12	Norick, Lance
13	Phend, Dakotah
14	Battaile, Mike

Frank Killam wins the 2007 1/5th scale ROAR Nationals! Futaba sweeps the podium.

1st - Frank Killam
2nd - Austin Sarnelle
3rd - Jim DaRacca

LARC Challenge

Derek Guidry wins Louisiana Points Series in four classes as well as winning Monster Truck, Expert Buggy and Expert Truggy using Futaba and O.S.

US Monster Truck Championships

Jason Branham takes 1st place and Mike McCrary takes 2nd at the U.S. Monster Truck Championships held at Johnny Cool Guy Raceway in Dallas TX.

IMPBA National Championship

Futaba, AquaCraft, O.S., and O'Donnell had tremendous success at this years Nationals. Our results:

Russ Williamson wins 3 national championships!
20-Tunnel Modified
AquaCraft Top Speed "X" (Mike Z design), AQU/Grim 40x53 metal prop, O.S. .21XM powered, Futaba 3PK with 2.4, O'Donnell 65% boat fuel, O'Donnell glow plugs, DTX 5-cell receiver pack
Sport 20 Hydroplane
O.S. VZM .21 powered AquaCraft Miss Vegas, AQU/Grim 40x52/3-blade metal prop, Futaba 3PK with 2.4, O'Donnell 65% boat fuel, O.S. Turbo Plug, DTX 5-cell receiver pack
Sport 20 Tunnel
AquaCraft Top Speed "X" with AQU/Grim 40x53 metal prop, O.S. 21XM, Futaba 3PK with 2.4, O'Donnell 65% boat fuel, O'Donnell plugs, DTX 5-cell receiver pack

Mike Zaborowski
20 Tunnel Modified - 3rd place
Nemesis hull (own design), Futaba 3PK with 2.4, O'Donnell 65% boat fuel, O'Donnell plug, DTX 5-cell receiver pack
Sport 20 Hydroplane - 2nd place
Scratch built hull, AQU/Grim 40x52/3-blade metal prop, O.S. .21XM powered, Futaba 3PK with 2.4, O'Donnell 65% boat fuel, O.S. Turbo plug, DTX 5-cell receiver pack
Sport 20 Tunnel - 2nd place
AquaCraft Top Speed "X", AQU/Grim 40x52/3-blade metal prop, O.S. .21XM powered, Futaba 3PK with 2.4, O'Donnell 65% boat fuel, O'Donnell glow plugs, DTX 5-cell receiver pack
Sport 40 Hydroplane - 3rd place
O.S. 46 marine, O'Donnell Boat fuel, O'Donnell plug, Futaba 3VCS 2-stick 2.4

Greg Hahn
20 Hydro Outrigger - 5th place
Own design hull, Futaba 3PK 2.4, AQU/Grim L45x68 metal prop, O'Donnell 65% boat fuel, O.S. 21VZM, O.S. Turbo Plug.
1/8 Scale Unlimited Hydroplane - 5th place
Futaba 3PK 2.4, O'Donnell 30% boat fuel, O.S. .65 marine, O'Donnell glow plug.

Wyoming State Nitro Fest

Adrian Redding TQ's and wins both Buggy and Truggy at the Wyoming State Nitro Fest!

RC Pro East Series Round 2

1/8 Expert Arena Truck A-Main
Position	Name	Equipment
1	Leon McIntosh	Xray/Max/Futaba
2	Ryan Eckert	Kyo/OS
3	Tony Pattishall
4	Anton Watson
5	Kyle Sokol
6	Pete Worth
7	Gene Hickerson	CEN/Maxy/Futaba
8	Justin Cranford
9	Joey Perez
10	Larry Bergeron JR

1/8 Expert Buggy
Position	Name	Equipment
1	Gene Hickerson	CEN/Maxy/Futaba
2	Leon McIntosh	Xray/Max/Futaba
3	Ryan Eckert	Kyo/OS
4	Jinson Collins
5	JR Mitch
6	Brandon Cutchins
7	Travis Scrambling
8	Kyle Sokol
9	Shane Ogden
10	Patrick Rossiter

Larry Forman Memorial Race

Sport 21 Tunnel

2nd-1st-3rd

Sport 21 Tunnel Results
Position	Name	Boat	Radio	Engine
1st	Brian Nelson	Woodstuff Hull	Futaba FASST	K+B
2nd	Grimracer	Villain Extreme Hull	Futaba FASST	OS XM
3rd	Larry Gempp	Leecraft XTR Hull	Futaba	K+B

B Hydro

2nd-1st-3rd

B Hydro Results
Position	Name	Boat	Radio	Engine
1st	Grimracer	Ninja Sprint	Futaba FASST	CMBLS
2nd	Buddy Beard	Dumas Hawk	Futaba	Nova Rossi
3rd	Brian Nesvical	Ninja Sprint	JR	Nova Rossi

Sport 40 "heat racing"

2nd-1st-3rd

Sport 40 Results
Position	Name	Boat	Radio	Engine
1st	Grimracer	PT Sport 45	Futaba FASST	OS 46 VX-M
2nd	Brain Nesvical	PT Super Sport 45	JR	MAC 45
3rd	Brian Stiglits (not shown)	AC Hull	Futaba	CMB 45 Hydro

1/8 Scale

2nd-1st-3rd

1/8 Scale Results
Position	Name	Boat	Radio	Engine
1st	David Preusse	Miss Budweiser	JR radio	MAC 67 engine
2nd	Brian Stiglits	Anheuser-Busch Light	Futaba	CMB .67 Green Head Engine
3rd	Grimracer	U-40 Miss Bardahl	Futaba FASST	CMB 67 Hydro Engine

ROAR Electric On-Road Nationals

Futaba finishes 1st and 2nd, qualified 1st and 3rd in Modified Touring Car Class.

Barry Baker TQ's and wins Modified Touring Class using Futaba FASST system with new BLS451 Brushless Digital Servo!
Paul LeMieux takes 3rd TQ and finishes 2nd in Modified Touring Class using Futaba FASST system!
Mike Blackstock wins 1/12th 19T using Futaba FASST system!

"What I noticed about the BLS451 is that it's very smooth while going from full left to full right but it doesn't feel any slower in transition on the track than the 9550. In fact, I felt no difference in speed, and it has plenty of torque. I did not feel that with all the force on the tires and steering being on a high bite track that it gave up at all in the corners.

"The best thing I loved about the servo is once my trim was set the first time on the track I never once had to make one click of trim after that, no matter if I crashed or not...."

- Barry Baker

ROAR Nationals

July 2, 2007

Ryan Maifield being Top Qualifier for Futaba and O.S did a fantastic job. At one time Ryan was one lap on the entire field. Just over half way he suffered a problem.

Jared Tebo almost caught the leader towards the end. Both Jared and Ryan were super fast. They were so impressive with the O.S. V-Spec Engines.

Chad Bradley qualified 9th with the O.S. 21 V-Spec Speed
Scott Hughes qualified 10th with the O.S. 21 V-Spec Speed
Billy Easton qualified 12th with the Futaba FASST
Mark Pavidis qualified 14th with Futaba FASST and O.S. V-Spec Speed.

Summer Nitro Fest

June 13, 2007

O'Donnell's Jared Tebo took a double win at the annual Summer Nitro Fest, held at the 2008 IFMAR World's track - The Farm 2 in Charlotte, N.Carolina USA. Jared TQ'd and won both 1/10 gas truck as well as 1/8 buggy, as well as fastest laps, and finishing 4 laps ahead of 2nd placed Chris Crews in 1/8.

Results
Position	Name	Laps	Time	Equipment
1	Jared Tebo	65	45:09.837	Futaba FASST 2.4GHz/O.S.
2	Chris Crews	61	45:21.201
3	Mark Moore	60	45:22.238
4	Lance Norick	59	45:33.140
5	Garrett McKamie	58	45:29.499
6	Chris Wood	56	45:41.880
7	Jim Atkins	55	45:36.615
8	Chris Pace	51	41:01.001
9	Leon McIntosh	45	45:26.130	Futaba FASST 2.4 GHz
10	Patrick Rossiter	39	30:19.698
11	Bart Cone	32	23:48.612
12	Robin Nelson	23	20:18.224
13	Jeff Keeton	17	13:14.323	Futaba FASST 2.4 GHz
14	Greg Woods	12	10:21.065

Texas Biggie

June 7, 2007

1/8 A-Main Open Biggie Results
Position	Name	Equipment
1	Jeremy Cupps
2	Terry Brown	FUTABA 3PKS
3	Brad Toffelmire
4	Ron Atomic	FUTABA 3PKS
5	Alan Dyches
6	Scotty Barrera	FUTABA 3PKS
7	Tim Copp
8	Ron Gustin	FUTABA 3PKS
9	Steve McLaughlin
10	Bob Ingersoll
11	Garrick Kinchen (Bump Up)
12	Kirk Davis (Bump Up)

Pro Series South Division Rd.2 Race

June 6, 2007

Futaba took 1-2-3 in both 1/8 buggy and Arena Truck at the RC-Pro Series Rd#2 in Oklahoma this past weekend.

1/8 Buggy
Position	Name	Equipment
1	Taylor James	FASST 2.4G
2	Quincy Hughes	FASST 2.4G
3	Jason Branham

Arena Truck (Truggy)
Position	Name	Equipment
1	Taylor James	FASST 2.4G
2	Jason Branham
3	Quincy Hughes	FASST 2.4G

East Coast Nitro Series

June 3, 2007

Ryan Lopez TQ's and wins the fourth round of the ECNS!

CEN Nitro Invasion

May 29, 2007

Futaba's Jason Branham TQ's and wins Pro Buggy and Pro Truggy at the CEN Nitro Invasion! Adrian Redding takes 3rd in Pro Truggy using a Futaba radio and O.S. engine!

Sweet Water Nitro Challenge

May 21, 2007

Adrian Redding takes 1st in buggy and 4th in truggy at the Sweet Water Nitro Challenge.

Mugen Grand Prix (Las Vegas)

April 24, 2007

Ron Atomic finishes at the Mugen Grand Prix using Futaba 2.4 Ghz FASST!

U.S. Gas Nationals

April 19, 2007

-- PRO BUGGY - A Main --
Position	Name	Equipment
1	Jared Tebo	Futaba (2.4G) / O.S. / O'Donnell
2	Ryan Maifield	Futaba (2.4G) / O.S. / O'Donnell
3	Chad Bradley	O.S.
4	Greg Degani
5	Justin Wheeler
6	Joseph Quagraine
7	Gary Guest	Futaba
8	Aaron Waldron
9	Tyler Willmon
10	Ryan Cavalieri
11	Clint Wachter
12	Mike Truhe
13	Josh Wheeler
14	Jeremy Kortz
15	Jason Ashton
16	Jacques Ballow

-- Pro Truggy - A Main --
Position	Name	Equipment
1	Ryan Maifield	Futaba (2.4G) / O.S. / O'Donnell
2	Marty Korn
3	Josh Wheeler
4	Justin Wheeler
5	Andrew Smolnik
6	Tyler Vik
7	Joseph Quagraine
8	Aaron Waldron
9	Gary Guest	Futaba
10	Danny Greco
11	Greg McGlothlin
12	Jeremy Kortz
13	Chad Bradley	O.S.
14	Greg Degani
15	Mike Truhe
16	Clint Wachter

-- 1/10 Truck - A Main --
Position	Name	Equipment
1	Jared Tebo	Futaba (2.4G) / O.S. / O'Donnell
2	Ryan Cavalieri
3	Marty Korn
4	Jim Pierce
5	Billy Laster
6	Justin Watson
7	Danny Greco
8	Aaron Waldron
9	Andrew Martinez
10	Jonny Wachter
11	Jacques Ballow
12	Brent Thielke
13	Shaun Kirkman
14	Nick Hartman
15	Greg McGlothlin
16	AJ Freeman

Southwest Showdown

April 16, 2007

Team Futaba's Adrian Redding TQ's and wins both Buggy and Truggy classes at the Southwest Showdown in Albuquerque NM.

Speedline Grand Prix

March 29, 2007

Terry Brown places 2nd using Futaba's 3PK!

2007 Carpet Nationals

March 27, 2007

Chris Goetz combines 2 second place finishes and a 4th place finish to place 3rd overall at the Carpet Nationals.

Here's what Chris has to say about Futaba's 2.4 GHz FASST system: "Simply put, it's another product that we can trust Futaba to get it right. And they do."

ROAR Touring Car Nats

February 19, 2007

Travis Shreven wins Stock Touring Car
Paul Lemieux wins 19T
Barry Baker wins Mod

All three were using Futaba's 2.4 GHz FASST system!

Joiner goes to Mardi Gras

Team Futaba driver, Adam Joiner competed in the Mardi Gras Nitro Open.
Joiner had to make up for lost time as he won the C, B, and A Mains in 1/8 Expert Buggy.

Leon McIntosh at the RC Pro Series

Team Futaba driver, Leon McIntosh TQ'd and won the first round of the RC Pro Series East in 1/8th scale.

Futaba's Adam Liehr at the 2007 Snowbirds

Gene "The Machine" Dominates the Florida State Series Again!

Team Futaba driver, Gene "The Machine" Hickerson dominated the Florida State Series once again.
It was the third time in a row that Hickerson has won the ROAR Florida State Series in the 1/8th Truck Class.

2007 Novak US Touring Car Championships

January 7, 2007 - Trackside Hobbies - Milwaukee, WI

Out with the Old, In with the New for Lemiuex

Team Futaba driver, Paul Lemiuex started off the New Year winning some new hardware at the 2007 Novak US Touring Car Championships. Lemiuex won the 19 Turn Foam class and for the second year in a row, the Modified Sedan class. Paul used the new Futaba FASST 2.4GHz system to take home first in both classes.

19 Turn Foam
Name	Position
Paul Lemieux	1st
Barry Baker	2nd
Josh Cyrul	3rd
Billy Easton	4th
Mike Dumas	5th
Jeff Dayger	6th
Raymond Darroch	7th
Brad Johnson	8th
Ralph Burch	9th
Dave Johnson	10th

Modified Sedan
Name	Position
Paul Lemieux	1st
Mike Dumas	2nd
Billy Easton	3rd
Josh Cyrul	4th
Jeff Dayger	5th
Raymond Darroch	6th
Barry Baker	7th
Ralph Burch	8th
Keven Hebert	9th
Bobby Flack	10th

* Team Futaba drivers in bold

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