4th Annual Toys For Tots race in Porter TX

Mikes Hobby Shop in Porter, Tx, home of the 2010 IFMAR 200mm Worlds, hosted their 4th Annual Toys For Tots Race ending up with 116 entries. Again, a fantastic day (and night!) of racing, with everyone in good spirits as they got started at 3PM. Phil W. and Jeremy Cupps ran a super-smooth program with nearly no hitches and even though they took no breaks between rounds, and only about a 30 minute break before the mains, they were still there until nearly 3am. Estimates put the total of toys donated at about 123 and if you average them at $10/each (many were worth more), then that was close to $1230 worth of toys donated, for a grand total of over $2000 in Toys and Cash. The firemen that picked up the toys said this was far-and-away the largest haul they’d had this season, so congrats to everyone involved.

1/8 Expert Buggy (Nitro):
1st Jason Branham
2nd Brian ‘Smiley’ Henn
3rd Roger Ayres

1/8 Sportsman Buggy (Nitro):
1st Jason Beam
2nd Marcus Huang
3rd Larry Rollins

1/8 Buggy (Electric):
1st Jake Dellinger
2nd Traig Clark
3rd Jason Wipf

4wd Short Course:
1st Brian ‘Smiley’ Henn
2nd Marcus Williams
3rd John Payson

1/8 Truggy:
1st Mark Morrow
2nd Traig Clark
3rd Jason Wipf

I would also like to take one last opportunity to thank all of our sponsors, as without them, this event would not have been what it was. The sponsors were more than generous with their donations, and they gave away over $3000 worth of prizes, and pretty much everyone walked away with something. Here is the list:

– RCAmerica
– Kennedy Wire Rope & Sling (John & Cade Whitenton’s Company)
– National Oilwell Varco (Willy Mill’s Company)
– Mike’s Hobby Shop / Gulf Coast Raceway
– Vertigo Raceway
– Paint By Smiley
– Byron’s Fuel
– Insane Racin’ Designs
– HPI Racing
– Amainhobbies.com
– Venom Racing
– Great Planes / Tower Hobbies
– Horizon Hobby
– T-Mobile (Rubine Samuel’s Company)
– JConcepts
– Castle Creations

View more images from the event here.