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Lucas Sanford wins at Round 3 of the Top Notch Winter Series

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Main Photo: Lucas Sanford wins at Round 3 of the Top Notch Winter Series
1/23/2014
By Mike Garrison
LiveRC.com
 
Race Report by Tekin:
   
OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach, California hosted Round 3 of the JConcepts Top Notch Winter Series on January 18th. An 8-race points based series run at various tracks throughout Southern California. In attendance were Team Associated's Kevin Motter, Nick Wautlett and Wayne Wyrick, TLR’s James Raschko and David Jensen, Tekno RC's Rudy Rico, Mugen's Tim Long, Serpent's Matt Schreffler, and a number of very fast local racers. There would be two rounds of 5 minute qualifiers, followed by 5 minute A Mains. There were approximately 180 entries this round.
  
The layout was very tight, with a number of 180 degree turns, S-turns, and two table-top jumps into immediate 90 degree turns. Because of the tight layout, Tekin factory driver Lucas Sanford elected to replace his usual Tekin 2050kv T8 motor with the new T8i 1950kv "Indoor" motor. The weight savings would make his Tekin powered Kyosho MP9 more nimble. It proved to be a wise choice, as his car was "unbelievable in the turns." Lucas would run a mistake free A-main run starting from the TQ position to take the overall win.
 
"I can honestly say that my Kyosho MP9 TKI 3 on AKA clay Handlebar tires, with the Tekin RX8 Gen 2 and T8i motor, has never performed better on an indoor track," says Sanford.
  
 
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