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January 19, 2024

“Idea of ‘sponsorship’ is so lost in our industry right now” – Jared Tebo

Former World Champion Jared Tebo has taken to social media with an interesting post addressing the current state of sponsorship in racing. A true professional paid driver who for almost two decades was one of the leading forces in Offroad races around the world representing some of the biggest manufacturers in the industry, Tebo officially announced his competitive retirement from racing last year but still remains involved in the industry. Now focused on his JTP brand, as well as being USA Team Manager for Hotrace Tyres, the American found himself overwhelmed by the massive response to opening 2024 applications for JTP sponsorship in November. In addressing the topic, Tebo explains his own journey to becoming a Pro driver and how the idea of ‘sponsorship’ is now lost in our industry with many drivers simply expecting it. Sure to kick off many keyboard debates, he concludes that he is sticking to what he believes in for his JTP brand.

Read Tebo’s full post here

December 27, 2023

Tebo and Mayako part ways

Having announced earlier this year that 2023 would be his final year as a professional driver, Jared Tebo and Mayako have announced they are to part ways after just one year. On signing with Mayako, the America racer was announced in a dual role as both an international team driver and Mayako USA Community Manager. Through his JTP RC business Tebo was also selling Mayako products. In a post on social media, Mayako said, ‘Mayako and Jared Tebo will part ways at the end of 2023. Mayako would like to thank Jared for the past year and wish him the best in the next stages of his career! His insight and interaction with the Community have really shown the knowledge built up over his excellent career! Good luck in the future Jared!’ On his own personal Facebook page Tebo wrote, ‘Holy smokes has 2023 been a year. I need to announce that my time working together with Mayako has come to an end. Definitely not the way I thought it would turn out, but we gave it a good try, and I’m proud of that. This year has been one of my toughest and most challenging years mentally, for a lot of different reasons. I’ll say it was a big transition year, with different surprises. I decided to retire from professional RC car racing, something I’ve done since I was 14 years old. That’s been my “identity” for over half my life. With that, I’ve had so many mixed emotions, good and bad, happy and sad. 2024 will look a lot different … new experiences, new challenges, new adventures await!

Source: Mayako & Jared Tebo [Facebook]

March 21, 2023

Tebo announces ‘2023 will be last year as a ‘professional driver’

Jared Tebo has announced that 2023 will be his last year racing as a professional driver. One of the true stars of the sport enjoying a very lengthy reign as as one of the best offroad racers in the world, the American has said 2023 will be his ‘farewell tour’. The now 36 year old arrived on the RC scene at the age of 13 and since then has lived the ultimate dream of any young kid starting out in racing. Making the ‘tough decision’, he said he is ‘fully content’ with his racing career and feels that he has nothing else ‘left to prove’ but mentally he is not enjoying the mindset needed to race competitively at the elite level. Having had the opportunity to work with Jared for over half of his racing career, the first time being when he was Top Qualifier at the 2010 IFMAR 1:8 Offroad World Championship in Thailand, Red RC congratulations Jared on his racing achievements and would like to say thank you for all the racing entertainment over the years. We look forward to working with him in his future journey in the industry.

Read Jared’s full announcement here

January 11, 2021

JTP/NitroPro CT1 servo

Jared Tebo’s JTP brand has teamed up with NitroPro to bring you the CT1 servo. Best suited for 1/8th buggy and truggy, in both steering and throttle, the outer case has been custom CNC machined from billet aluminium for high strength. Internally it uses a patented stainless gear set, with lifetime replacement warranty, and outputs 5560z torque and .085 speed through its 25 tooth spline.

Source: JTP [shopjtp.com]

July 31, 2017

JTP MP9 Champ limited edition shirt & Camo hat

Coming from multi-time ROAR National Champion, Jared Tebo, is the limited edition MP9 Champ T-shirt. Designed to celebrate Jared’s 17th ROAR National Championship win at the 2017 ROAR Fuel Nationals, the design features Tebo’s Kyosho MP9 in black with a red and blue flag in the background. The limited edition tees will only have 30 made and each shirt will come with a hand-signed and numbered authenticity card. Already available is the classic JTP camo hat that features a pop out 3D black and gold embroidery on a classic snapback Yupoong hat.

View the camo hat here

April 26, 2017

JTP RB6.6 V2 carbon fibre front shock tower

JTP have introduced their latest option part for the Kyosho RB6.6 in the form of the V2 front shock tower. Designed to better suit the laydown transmission layout of the current car, the shock stay is of a lower and wider design, giving the buggy an overall lower centre of gravity and thus more stability around the track. The tower is cut from USA-made high-quality 3K weave 4mm carbon fibre and available now.

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April 4, 2017

JTP ZX6.6 & RB6.6 titanium ball stud & screw sets

Coming from Jared Tebo’s JTP brand are several titanium screw and ball stud sets for the Kyosho ZX6.6 and RB6.6 buggies. Made in the USA the hardware is machined from billet 6AL/4V titanium with the ZX6.6 screw kit containing 73 fasteners while the RB6.6 specific set includes 58 screws. As for the ball stud sets, each contains 17 ball ends, including one spare ball stud of each size. All sets are available through JTP webstore here.

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February 8, 2017

JTP RT6 & SC6 Race Carbon shock towers

Coming from Jared Tebo’s JTP brand are carbon fibre shock towers for the Kyosho RT6 and SC6 trucks. The front shock tower was designed to dramatically change the front end geometry to improve the steering feeling. The shocks will be directly mounted to the arm, helping to taking out the twitch and over aggressive front end and giving more confidence in corners. Also new is a rear shock tower that offers the standard geometry with the inside three holes being available. The tower must be used with the RB6.6 rear bulkhead and it changes the body mounting positions. Both the front and rear shock tower are made from high-quality 4mm carbon fibre and JTP also offers a set of front and rear RT6 and SC6 arms with the front arms coming pre-drilled for the required new shock mounting location.

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