The 2009 TCS North American Finals are over and we have 3 new champions going to Japan! They are Timmy Valles of the GT-1 class, Lee Passehl of the GT-2 class and Michael Monaghan of the Mini class. Timmy Valles was able to clinch his title in the first 2 in the best of 3 A-Main races as was Lee Passehl, though it wasn't easy. Timmy had to contend with Joe Glover and James Arluck as both of them were in the hunt to challenge Timmy. In the case of Lee Passehl it was Oliver Clipper and Orlando Sherman that brought their best A-Game to date. Both had cars and great setups to stay close enough to Passehl to give him good scare. In the end it was Lee that kept a cool head and can now be nicknamed the ICEMAN. In Michael Monaghan's case, it came to the third Final A-Main to decide his fate. His nerves in the first main caused him to drive a little erratic and he finished second in the first main. In the second main he drove perfectly and took a 1st place. In the third main he was able to stay ahead for 4.59 minutes until Brandon Koslowsky stole the win in the final A-Main. Luckily for Michael, he was able to secure enough points to secure him the overall victory. Four more champions were also crowned. Craig Richter took home the GT-3 Championship by driving calm and clean, Austin Brumblay won the F-1 championship and basically gave a clinic to all the F-1 racers in attendance. No one is making fun of his F-1 pink car now! Hank Tadeusiak won the Spec Novice class championship by dominating the race from start to finish and Rod Canare took top honors in the Formula One Expert/past champions class by finding the right combination of foam tires and proper tire preparation. Congratulations to all of the winners and good luck to the winners going to Japan to represent the USA at the Tamiya World Championships held in Shizuoka City, Japan!
For the complete Finals Mains breakdown and standings please click this link for the PDF file: click here for file
Tamiya America, Inc. would like to thank all the host TCS Regional sites and all of our customers for supporting one of the longest running radio control race car series in the country. With the closing of season 15 we look forward to season 16! We appreciate your support. We would also like to thank Greg of The RC Zone website www.therczone.com for his AWSEOME live coverage of the event. His Hi Definition video and great audio provided spectators and fans that were unable to attend a great insight to the racing action. If you didn't catch the live action we highly recommend you head over to his site for the replays. We hope Greg is able to cover future events in the coming months.
Stay tuned to the Tamiya USA website for season 16 regional locations and dates as well as new and revamped rules and classes!
