2017 Season

Lutzinator BLOG

Ryan Lutz

Dec 12, 20174 min read

RC Pro Finals

This past weekend I attended the RC Pro Finals in Texas. This series is currently a primarily Texas series but they are looking to once...

Ryan Lutz

Dec 1, 20173 min read

2017 Ryan Lutz Trophy and Memorabilia Charity Auction (FINISHED)

The Auction has completed and with your help bidding and sharing the posts we were able to raise $3,569 for Samaritans Purse Charity....

Ryan Lutz

Nov 29, 20175 min read

2017 Season Recap

The 2017 season was perhaps my best one yet in my 12 year pro career. The year started with a little bit of fun as I had switched to Blok...

Ryan Lutz

Nov 21, 20174 min read

1/10th 4wd IFMAR World Championships

So I just got home from Xiamen, China from the 1/10th 4wd portion of the IFMAR Worlds 2017. It was literally just 3 weeks prior to the...

Ryan Lutz

Nov 20, 20174 min read

Battle of the Sikest @ Thornhill

A little over a week back now I travel to South Texas to the now World Famous Thornhill Racing Circuit. Levi Jackson was on hand to build...

Ryan Lutz

Oct 13, 20179 min read

International Offroad Carpet Championships I.O.C.C in Las Vegas

Tekno has just released their brand new EB410, 1/10th Electric 4wd buggy to the market, and we took it to Vegas to put it through the...

Ryan Lutz

Sep 19, 20176 min read

Southern Nationals 2017

This past weekend I made the trek down south to Louisiana for the 2017 rendition of the Southern Nationals. I didn’t attend last year but...

Ryan Lutz

Aug 24, 20176 min read

Wicked Weekend 2017

This past weekend the Tekno team descended upon Gainesville, GA just an hour outside of Atlanta for the Wicked Weekend. For Joe and I we...

Ryan Lutz

Jul 31, 20177 min read

OS/Futaba Nitro Challenge

This past weekend I took a couple short flights to St. Louis to attend the OS/Futaba Nitro Challenge. I arrived to a very wet track with...

Ryan Lutz

Jul 26, 20174 min read

ROAR 1/8th Electric and 4x4 SC National @ Amain Silver Dollar Raceway

The ROAR 1/8th Electric and 4×4 SC Nationals were just completed this past weekend. The event was held in Chico, CA at the pretty awesome...

Ryan Lutz

Jun 26, 20179 min read

ROAR Nitro Nationals 2017 @ Stateline R/C Raceway

Well the 2017 edition of the ROAR 1/8th Nitro Offroad National Championships are in the books. Things we knew coming in were that the...

Ryan Lutz

Jun 12, 20176 min read

A.M.S. 8.0

A quick 1.5 day turnaround sent us South this time to Cullman, Alabama for the 8th annual Alabama Manufacturers Shootout. The event under...

Ryan Lutz

Jun 6, 20173 min read

A-Main Manufacturers Cup

Another cross country trip sent me this time to Northern California to one of the nicest facilities in the World. This was the inaugural...

Ryan Lutz

May 22, 20174 min read

Gas Champs @ PL Test Track

This past weekend I flew west to attend the ProLine Gas Champs at the ProLine Test track. Last year was a good year for me at this track...

Ryan Lutz

Apr 19, 20177 min read

NEO 2017

So just a day after returning from one of the most grueling events of the season, the Psycho Nitro Blast, I was off across the pond to...

Ryan Lutz

Apr 10, 20177 min read

Psycho Nitro Blast 2017

The long awaited, long anticipated, and long day’ed PNB 2017 is in the books. My head is pounding, and just 6 hours after I went to sleep...

Ryan Lutz

Mar 22, 20175 min read

Silver State Nitro Challenge

This past weekend the Tekno team descended upon Las Vegas once again for the Silver State Nitro Challenge. Coming in from Ohio where we...

Ryan Lutz

Mar 8, 20175 min read

MNL #2 in Malaysia

No rest for the weary as I traveled home from Arizona to Ohio for about 20 hours following the Dirt Nitro Challenge event. That was about...

Ryan Lutz

Feb 27, 20175 min read

2017 Dirt Nitro Challenge @ Fear Farm

This past weekend I once again attended the Dirt Nitro Challenge which this year really lived up to its name. The Dirt was a huge...

Ryan Lutz

Jan 25, 20175 min read

2017 Southern Indoor Championship in Alabama

This past weekend we took to the South again and another crazy weather weekend was in store. Where two weeks ago we were dealing with ice...