2007 TCS North Ameri

The 13th annual TCS North American Finals has concluded and the series has crowned 7 new champions. Three of these champions have earned a ticket to Japan to compete at the Tamiya World Championships to be held in late November. These lucky winners are Juan Aveytia, Tony Fiorella and Deven White. The 4 remaining champions have earned bragging rights for the period of one year as well as some cool prizes for their hard work. Congratulations to Jimmy Jacobson for defending his TamTech Gear Off-road crown, David Jun for being the top TRF/Past Champion and new Porsche/Ferrari Cup king and Sean Wu for driving brilliantly in the new F103GT class.

The three trip winning classes this year were GT-1, GT-2 and Mini. The winners had to beat the best drivers from the different regions around the country and also the top winners from the Canadian TCS series. After four grueling rounds of qualifying and some tense main events, the TCS North American Finals has come to a conclusion at the current Tamiya America Race Track in Aliso Viejo, California. The 13th season was a bittersweet one, as the current location will be closing down in the coming months. It was good to see many of the racers that have been involved in the series since the beginning make it out to California for the last Finals to be held at the track were it all started. While the North American finals will no longer take place at the Aliso Viejo facility, a new beginning and tradition is already in the works for season 14! Look to the TCS home page for announcements and details as they become available.

The Tamiya America staff would like to thank first and foremost all the participants of the series. Without everyone's enthusiasm for the sport this would be just another series. It's the passion for the product and the series as a whole that makes it worthwhile for our staff at Tamiya America to continue to put it on. Thanks to all the regional sites that hold a TCS Regional event. Your continued support helps us keep the series going. Thanks to Novak Electronics for supplying dependable brushless sytems and motors for the Past Champions/ TRF throwdown and to Tony Tam for supplying the Much More tire sets. We would also like to thank Doug Papka of Seattle Indoor Raceway for coming out this year and taking on the announcing duties. Having Doug announce this year left yours truly to do other things which included referee duties as well as making sure everyone was having a good time. Doug's continued support of the series and his dedication to the Tamiya brand are very much appreciated. His customers and crew also made a special trip to California to be part of the last North American Finals at the Aliso facility and we were glad to see them enjoy themselves. Thanks to all the racers from all the regions that traveled many miles to be part of our happy series. We hope you had fun!

We will see everyone again next year as the series will expand to some new regions as well as return to the favorite locations. Enjoy the event photos from this years event and we will see everyone at our new North American Finals home next year...

GT-2 A1: click here for file Mini A1: click here for file GT-1 A1: click here for file F103-GT A1: click here for file GT-2 D: click here for file Mini D: click here for file GT-1 D: click here for file GT-2 C: click here for file Mini C: click here for file GT-1 C: click here for file GT-2 A2: click here for file Mini A2: click here for file GT-1 A2: click here for file F103-GT A2: click here for file GT-2 B: click here for file Mini B: click here for file GT-1 B: click here for file F103-GT B: click here for file TamTech Gear Off-road A: click here for file Porsche Ferrari Cup A: click here for file GT-2 A3: click here for file Mini A3: click here for file GT-1 A3: click here for file F103-GT A3: click here for file