Florida carpet championship 2025 done and dusted!

Really enjoyed the event, my first time. The crew, really put on a show!! Will be coming back. 😈

Really bad showing from my side, struggled all the way through the weekend. Managed to qualify my @teamassociatedrc B7 3rd on the grid. Though dropping to 4th, after Joona beat me in superpole.

First carpet race for us Europeans with the new #B84 car was super good to drive, I just never found the pace…

Huge congrats to @joonahaatanenrc showing that we have a lot of potential on both platforms. Scoring a 2nd in 2wd and 5th in 4wd, would see a 3rd overall. Which is pretty damn great. Good job!

Thanks to the whole AE team for great teamwork, and to MattyG from @hobbywingtechnology really thankful for your help.

Thanks to @brentthielke for sending me here, didn’t deliver, but can’t expect anything more, from the work I put in…

Thank you to all my sponsors for supporting me❤️

#TeamAssociated #WeAreAE #hobbywing#EAM #hotrace #Ruddog #Rckongen #sanwa #TKRGraphics#Tworks #RDRP #PMR
#VPdesign #Nettorc #Savöx
#energyfuel #ong

Got back home late last night and been unpacking the motorhome today. Was smooth sailing the whole way home without any issues. We were gone for a total of 14 days and traveled over 2,400 miles together as a family. Dax did great the whole time and loved hanging out and seeing everyone!

The team worked together well at Florida to get the new Xray 26’ rides dialed in. I didn’t have the best qualifying results but found some good speed come main time. I ended up 4th overall in 2wd and 8th in 4wd. Heading to the track this week to get more dialed in for USCOC in a couple weeks.

Thanks to Tater and Dustin for the help in the motor home and keeping Dax company. I’d say we are definitely a fan of the RV life so far!

#Xray #RCAmerica #Cayote #JConcepts #NitroPro #GensAce #flysky #BeachRC #Amainhobbies #Hudy #EliteRCProductions #StickitOne #UltimateRC #Nitrolux #DRC #MotoWhips

FCC 2025 Held at Beachline is officially over with. Overall it was such a fun week with the team growing and learning. The track was one of the best layouts I’ve raced on, and the vibe was incredible.

I tried my best out there. My Team Associated #B84 was good from the start of the week, as I was floating between the 2-6 range each and every round. I had some chances for some TQ runs, lead a few laps, showed pace, and worked on my driving with it. Ultimately I came up just shy of the podium with a P4 overall in the triple A finals. Considering my lack of success in general on this type of surface, this was a good result for me to build off of against such a stacked field with all of the world’s best in attendance.

I really struggled with my 2wd to find comfort and blew out almost every single run with it the entire weekend, resulting in a P14 overall finish. Not ideal, but it’s not supposed to be easy. I’ll do my best to correct these errors moving forward.

On a separate note, I took my shot at commentating on the live broadcast a few times. It was a fun new challenge that I enjoyed a lot. Thanks to the Elite RC Productions crew for letting me tag along in the booth with Ryan Stiles Harris and Keenan White. I’ll have to polish my skills behind the microphone and try again sometime!

Huge thanks to everyone who makes my program operate. Nicola from Hotrace Tyres Factory flew in from Italy for tire support, I am so stoked for the new Carpet V2 rear tire we used. It is dialed! Another thanks to BT for all of the help throughout the week as well as the team for the great time. It was fun spending time with our European team, Marcus and Joona as we don’t see each other often.

Congratulations to Broc on his well earned win. Now it’s time for me to go back to work for the upcoming Cleveland Carpet Championship.

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#reedypower
#hotracetyresfactory
#1upracing
#factoryteamrc
#amainhobbies
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4WD Champion at the Florida Carpet Championships 2025 and P3 in 2WD. A rollercoaster weekend has come to an end and what a tough one it had been.

Once again it was an incredible event put up by the Beachline Raceway crew. It is a pleasure coming here every single year.

Everything was going according to plan throughout practice, but as qualifying started I was not able to bring home the TQ runs, despite leading every single qualifier on Friday.

I am extremely proud of myself as I was able to get myself together and put both cars 2nd on the grid after possibly missing out on the A main in 4WD after Q3.

I was feeling ready and confident for the finals as I have showed great speed with both cars in the Superpole on Saturday. I was able to bring home the win in 4WD after wins in A1 and A2. In 2WD A-mains I would get the worst out of Broc’s mistakes once again, still being able to win A1 after dropping down the order after his crash, but I did not have any luck left for the rest of the 2WD finals.

My Schumacher R/C Racing buggies equipped with Elceram RC G2 ESC, Team Cayote 3900, 4600 battery and 4.5, 5.0 motor, Power HD GTS-3 servo, JConcepts Inc F2, 6.5in wing, Fin turnbuckles and NMB bearings, Toolkitrc M8D charger and MR33 Racing accessories were brilliant this weekend.

Grazie mille Nicola from Hotrace Tyres Factory for amazing rubber and support this weekend!

Thank you to the team for an amazing effort this weekend, dominating the podium in 4WD with a 1-2-3. Thanks to Tris for helping us get ready for this event and preparing my CAT PB for the Superpole.

Onto the next one!

#Schumacherfamily 
#Schumacher 
#ELCERAM
#TeamCayote
#JConcepts
#PowerHD
#ToolkitRC
#MR33
#ToniSport
#Sanwa
#TrishBits
#Tworks
#CoreRC 
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#VPdesign
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Florida Carpet Champs 2025 🌴🇺🇸 (Long📖)

Solid week with my @hobbywingtechnology & @teameam_inc powered @schumacher_racing cars, Power HD servos and 1up Racing goodies. Especially considering the setbacks 🤯

Qualified 2nd (3rd after superpole) in 4WD and 6th in 2WD after having great pace but a few costly mistakes…

Today started strong with P4 in 2WD A1 and P2 in 4WD A1 — then things got crazy.
DNF in both A2’s (lost a wheel nut in 4WD with two laps to go while running 3rd 🤨).
In A3 2WD I was one corner away from securing a overall podium 💥🙈

Still, I brought home 3rd in 4WD and 5th in 2WD. After a wild day, I’ll take it and push for even better at the next races!

Thanks to Nicola from @hotrace_tyres_factory for the tyre support! 🔥

As this might be the last race of the year, I also want to give a shoutout to @michal._orlowski for being a huge part of my results this season.
To keep it short and not too cheesy😂 — it’s hard to find a better teammate…
and even harder to beat him.

#schumacher
#hobbywing
#teamEAM
#powerhd
#sanwa
#mr33
#1upracing
#33graphix
#elefun
#tørstdrikke
#nmfsport
#trisbits
#fastowl
#ooneal
#skoyenfamileklinikk

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#rccarracing #racing #racingcars

4-time Florida Carpet Championships Modified Champion

A weekend with really high ups and really low lows comes to an end in a magnificent way. Ecstatic to end the year with a bang and back up last years title @ Beachline Raceway. I couldn’t be more proud of my #SchumacherFamily to bring home not just this title yet again but both the #IndependentStock and #ExpertStock titles as well.

It was a weekend of fury. Learning the #PB, playing the cards with the tire game, feeling great some runs and horrible others, and yet, a crown at the end. All of my equipment was pushed to the limit and so was I. This one feels good. Sometimes you lose the battle to win the war.

S/o to each person that’s in my corner. From teammates, to Tris, friends and family, it’s not easy to compete front and center and it’s especially hard when you don’t quite feel yourself. Sometimes, you win at your worst and lose at your best and that’s the glory of competition.

I’m excited to get home tomorrow and get myself ready for the Utah State Champs @ Eatons IRCR next weekend. This will be my final event of the year, let’s make it a good one and end this year off proper. See you all next week.

#Schumacher
#WhitzRacingProducts
#Hobbywing
#JConcepts
#GensACE 
#PowerHD
#CoreRC
#TrishBits
#EZCustomsPaintings
#Nine2ZeroDesigns
#EatonsIRCR

Another big race weekend on the road and this time at AMS 16.0. At this event we had major competition from all the manufacturers and several international drivers made their way back to this event. It was slightly cooler this year with the temperatures dropping lower than usual to give us a tell of the seasonal changes. I arrived with the Tekno RC team, we setup and got started with practice on the fresh track surface and layout. At first, the layout was a little on the easier side to start, but once it evolved and dust developed, it became much more difficult to be fast and consistent.

Paul Wynn was on-hand early and setup with the JConcepts Inc trailer, so we had everything we needed to be competitive and ready. At first, we experimented with green and blue compound but as the track developed, but we settled on silver for qualifying. I was able to get solid qualifying runs in the 1:8th nitro buggy, and 1:8th nitro truggy classes to start up front and provisional TQ heading into Super Pole Saturday. In the E-buggy class, I made a few mistakes in my best qualifying run and started a disappointing 7th position.

Mike Truhe and I worked consistently on the vehicles to make gains anywhere we could. This event has an extremely long schedule so there is a lot of time to wrench and debate new setups throughout the day. For Saturday, the Super Pole events were only 10 minutes long so there is a lot that can happen to a racer in that short of time. Luckly, all the starts went well, and I was out front and able to get a nice gap on the field in the nitro classes. This allowed Mike to make nice and smooth pit stops each time while not being under too much pressure. Dakotah was quickly making up time with the no pit stop strategy, but I narrowly hung on to take both and officially start up front for the nitro main events.

The E-buggy Super Pole was decent; I moved up a position to start 6th for the triple A-Main events but I was still missing a little. During the Super Pole races, we ran mostly silver compound tires, but the track was changing conditions quickly, so we had other options ready as well. For Sunday we performed a reset on the E-buggy and went through some new setups and tried to make small improvements to the EB48 2.2. We had many racers in the Tekno pits running well in E-buggy, so it was nice to talk to the team and agree on a few changes.

For Sunday finals we were ready early and the 1:8th Truck main went extremely well. Truhe held the truck at down and quiet, and I was able to get off to a good start and make up a little time. Dakotah made his way into contention and Burak also climbed up quickly to make it a serious battle. I stuck with the strategy of staying clean, managing mistakes, and kept a consistent gap for most of the difficult parts of the main. In the end, with smooth pit stops and Truhe quick on the gun, I was able to get the overall win. Burak Kilic took a well-deserved 2nd place, and Dakotah Phend finished 3rd.

In the 1:8th Nitro buggy race, we all knew it would be a brutal race because the track was extremely dusty and starting to fall apart. Like truggy, I got a great start with no major errors and was able to hammer down while the tires were fresh and the track was somewhat clean. This was one of the tougher mains of the year, the quick lap times, uncertain track conditions, and the tire wear made staying consistent more difficult each lap. Burak and Juan Carlos rushed through the field to make it up in 2nd and 3rd and the race gap was getting close. I worked with the lead and managed the traffic and increasing dusty conditions.

Juan made a serious charge; I was able to keep him in the sights and work the clock a bit. At the end, I crossed for the victory in the grueling 45-minute race. Juan Carlos finished a close 2nd overall, and Burak finishing in 3rd was extremely quick all weekend. The JConcepts Relapse was the final choice for tire in blue compound and provided the grip from start to finish in both truggy and buggy classes. The ProTek Samauri RM.1 engine stayed lit the entire main event and Truhe had the pit stops covered.

For the 1:8th E-buggy class, I have nothing great to report. I got a few good starts, and they never materialized after a few mistakes and a run-ins with other cars I found myself trying to make up time. Nothing was truly there, or great openings, and we all just ran each other into the ground in the back of the pack. I felt the entire package came together and after some Cayote electronic updates in the pits, I thought I had a great chance, but it wasn’t our day in the E-Buggy class. Congrats on Dakotah holding everyone off and coming home with a great score to take the overall win, Juan Carlos came up big with 2nd place, and Brandon Rose drove a great A3 to finish 3rd overall.

As usual the FlySky radio made driving smooth, consistent, and comfortable while the ProTek Servos survived all the abuse I put them through in every class all weekend. VP Fuel kept the engine running clean and without issue. Now, its time to start looking down the road, to the holidays with the family and a preparation will start soon for 2026.

Thanks to RaceTime Entertainment on another solid event. Lance MacDonald and Elite RC Productions is putting on a clinic running these events in turn-key fashion and I appreciate Dave Leikam for having these events each year. Thanks to the Tekno RC team and Matt Wolter for keeping things organized and moving in a positive direction. JConcepts was on hand as usual with Paul Wynn and Jason Ruona having our backs on and off the track. Thanks to Hannah Hardison providing the media content and making us look good on the #gojconcepts social media pages.

Next event, US Open Fuel Championships at Adobe Mountain RC Raceway.

Tekno RC
JConcepts
Cayote
FlySky
ProTek RC
VP Fuels
Flash Point
RM2
Hobby Action
A-Main Hobbies
Drakein
Factory Tracks
Stick-It One

What a fun weekend in Las Vegas for the Team Associated vintage championships. It took sometime preparing my RC10 Kinwald edition before this event and I was very satisfied with how everything turned out. The first time running my car was during free practice one. It was so much fun to drive but of course I had to do some fine tuning on the setup. Qualifying was super close with 4 minute runs. I would line up P2 going into the double A mains behind Spencer. A1 was intense with battling it out with Spencer and Ryan during the whole race. A2 was exciting for a few laps battling it out with Ryan but that allowed Spencer to put a little gap on us. Overall I would loose out by less than 1 second on the tie breaker. lol you can’t take the competitiveness out of us even during a fun vintage event.

The most exciting part of going to this event was seeing and catching up with all the legends. I get to see some of them frequently but some of them not as much. It was really nice catching up with old friends and getting to hear so many cool stories. I even was privileged to speak on the 🎤 at the banquet to tell some of my stories over the years racing.

A big congratulations to everyone involved with putting this event on. It was truly a special experience and look forward to doing it again.

1up Racing
Hobbywing
Invisible Speed RC
Tzo Tires
Savox USA
Sunpadow RC

The Team Associated Vintage Championship has come to an end. I want to thank everyone who organized this event and all the hard work that went into its preparation. All those who attended this weekend were the true winners, and the lasting impact of the history surrounding this event will remain with us forever. The discussions, camaraderie, wrenching, racing, banquet, and autograph sessions were all incredibly memorable. Driving on the actual track was a lot of fun, but it was also quite challenging to navigate quickly.

I competed in the 1989-1993 class with the JConcepts equipped RC10 1989 Stealth Car and in the 1994-1998 class with the RC10B3. The B3 was pretty easy start to finish, not a lot of tuning, mostly driving and getting accustomed to some 2wd buggy racing. This is the first time running the Cayote speed control on the 1:10th class so there was quite a bit of learning to do, but I made up some time over the course of the event.

I only broke 1 part the entire event and it was on the last corner of a TQ run during round 3. One CVA roll pin broke on the final jump and corner before the start / finish line. Other than that, it was an easy weekend on parts. I ended on JConcepts Groovy fronts and Double Dee’s V2 rear all in green compound mounted on Mono wheels. I preferred open cell front inserts and closed cell rears most of the event. Thanks to Larry Genova at Kustom RC Graphics for knocking out a fresh paint scheme on the yet to be released Illuzion body for the B3.

The 1989-1993 class was the largest and most difficult. JConcepts handed me a fresh Masami car but with new JCON carbon, aluminum, and steel option parts. We also had a new Protector body for the vehicle, so it was very fresh and required a lot of work to find something a little more drivable. A lot of us racing this car worked together to find a setup throughout the weekend and we were getting closer. A few more events and key items will bring this platform alive but I’ll leave that to the vintage experts. 👍🏻

The setup evolved over the weekend but the results were consistently 2nd or 3rd in qualifying. This vehicle is quite a bit longer, a stiffer platform chassis, and narrow pivot geometry along with no rear toe-in made this car a handful to drive. Ultimately, I got rear hubs from Adam Rayls which helped with rear toe-in. I went with the Rips front tire to smooth the car out. I had some nice and competitive runs but it needed more tuning time that we didn’t have or I didn’t want to endure for a fun weekend of racing with the legends.

In the end, I finished 2nd overall in the 1994-1998 class and had some good moments. I ended up 3rd in the 1989-1993 class after some great battles with Spencer Rivkin and Ryan Cavalieri who were running well all weekend. Congrats to Spencer on the double wins and having great A2 mains to lock it up.

I don’t want to single out anyone, as I wouldn’t want to exclude anyone. However, it was an incredibly enjoyable weekend. It was a fantastic opportunity to catch up and race alongside my own racing and industry heroes. I hope there are more events in the future that bring everyone together, focus on the fun side of RC, and celebrate the heritage of our hobby.

Next event up, AMS 16.0.

Tekno RC
JConcepts
Cayote
FlySky
ProTek RC
VP Fuels
Flash Point
RM2
Hobby Action
A-Main Hobbies
Drakein