Friday, January 18, 2013

Tekin powers Eric Salvas to US Open Wheel Championship!


Bumps and Jumps Rc in Etters, Pa was host to the 22nd annual U.S. Open Wheel Dirt Oval Championship. held Dec 14th-16th. Tekin team driver Eric Salvas had a great weekend!

A point system qualifier was used for setting the main (tq for each round gave 1 pt...2nd 2 pts...) single best round used to set main...DASH set the starting positions (top 6 draw and race for 2 minutes Dash...100$ to win and start first in Amain!


Eric qualified 2nd in 13.5 the EDM class. Drawing 3rd in the DASH taking the win and a cool $100. Eric wouldn't stop there, cruising to victory over 41 other racers in the Amain taking home $200.

In 13.5 LM Eric would take overall Tq honors. Eric drew 5th in the DASH taking 4th not giving him the best starting position for the main. Eric had a great car but would settle for 3rd overall.

In Mod Spring Eric would draw 3rd in the DASH and take a 2nd giving him a good starting position for the A. While fighting for the lead Eric would crash and have to come back hard to finish 3rd overall.

Eric used the following Tekin Products:

Tekin RS Pro
Tekin Hotwire
Tekin Gen2

In Open Comp where the only rule is the car must fit in the tech box Eric and brother Steve chose a Tekin Rx8 and Gen 2 3.5 powred 4wd CustomWorks Dominator. With $300 for grabs competition was fierce. The two would keep their cool and with a bit of luck after some hard crashing in the field the two would take the overall win and $300 cash!


 "We chose a STRONG 3.5 GEN2 motors AND indestructible RX8!!!" Eric Salvas.

Video of the event!


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