Kevin Morales and Panther Tires win “The Series” Championship!
“The Series” is a 6 Race series that hosts some of the fastest drivers in the Midwest. With 200+ entries at each race, there is a ton of close racing in each and every class. “The Series” events are held at some very nice tracks, all with very different surfaces. Panther Tires factory driver Kevin Morales shares his winning tire/insert combinations in his series recap.
Race #1 at Dirtburner Racing- Qualified 2nd Finished 1st
-Clay Switch 2.0s with Orange CS inserts on DE Speedline wheels
Race #2 at Stateline Raceway- Qualified 3rd Finished 1st
-Supersoft Raptors with Orange CS inserts on DE Speedline wheels
Race #5 at “The Track”- Qualified 1st Finished 1st
-Soft Raptors with Orange CS inserts on DE Speedline wheels
Race #6 at AMS Raceway- Qualified 1st Finished 2nd
-Clay Switch 2.0s with Orange CS inserts on DE Speedline wheels
“My TLR 8ight-e 3.0 ran great all summer long and proved to be consistently fast at each and every track we visited thanks to Panther Tires, DE Racing wheels, and Fantom power to back it all up. I also want to thank Dirtburner Racing and TLR for making sure I always have everything I need to keep up with the competition.” Kevin
Stephansen and Panther win Sonora Shootout!
This past Saturday Sonora RC Raceway hosted the first annual Sonora Shootout. The layout looked amazing with great flow, and it was all designed by Mychael Amos.
Panther Tire factory driver Derek Stephansen would TQ the Pro2 SC class early on in Q1 and Q2. He would be qualified 6th in b 2wd Mod buggy after battling some technical issues. Come main time, the B-main for buggy would be first, and Derek would go on to win fairly easy with a lap lead over the field. This would put him 9th on the grid come main time. The first A-Main would be Open 2wd SCT. Starting 1st on the grid Derek knew he had to keep it on all four wheels. Stephansen would slowly build a lead up and hold it for the 8 minute A-Main to make him the 2013 Sonora Shootout Champ in Pro2 Mod SCT running Panther Rattler Sc’s, stuffed with orange CSF foams mounted to DE Racing wheels on his SC10.2.
Next would be the Mod Buggy A-main. The tone would go off and we would all go racing into the first turn. Unfortunately a pile up mid pack would leave Derek stranded with nowhere to go. Now be nearly a lap down with lap times in the low 15 to mid-14 second range, Derek would put his head down and drive the wheels off my Yokomo to finish 2nd in the main! Derek chose Rattler 2.0’s in rear and Bobcat 2wd buggy fronts in soft compound to pull of this remarkable result.
Panther Tires win TCRC Points Series Title!
The 2013 TCRC Racing Club’s points series has come to an end. After months of racing, approx. 55,000 laps (almost 6000 miles on the track’s layouts) and almost 200 individual drivers, Panther Tires Factory Driver Daniel Holloway brings home the Pro4 SCT Series Championship.
left to right: Wes Mills, Daniel Holloway, Tom Mainella
Panther Raptors in super soft compound with orange closed cell inserts on DE Racing Trinidad wheels never came off his truck throughout the season at this track. Holloway said, ” I never had to take them off. They held up throughout the day, week after week, even through the track changes when the dirt got tilled up, these things would hook up without fail. Thanks to Panther Tires, DE Racing, TCRC Racing Club, and the drivers that drove all year.
I’d like to thank Tom Mainella, for stepping up and pushing me during the second half of the season. I’m looking forward to next year.” Daniel
Sonny O wins Midwest Nitro Series Championship with Panther Tires
Panther Tires factory driver Sonny Ochoa raced in the Midwest Nitro Series finals at River City Raceway in Peoria IL. It all came down to this race, and Sonny would come home winning the Pro Truggy Championship! Sonny would also place 2nd in Pro Buggy.
Sonny chose SS Raptors on the Truggy with yellow inserts and SS Raptors on the the Buggy with orange inserts.