It has only been a month since the Chinese R/C community lost one of it's early pioneers of off-road racing.  On Feb 12th, 2012 60 racers gathered at the KRC track for the first annual Eugene Cheng Memorial Race.

Being that Eugene was a very close personal friend, this race had very special meaning to me.  All of us in the Chinese R/C community thought there would be no better way to pay tribute to our lost friend than through a memorial race.  To further honor Eugene his two favorite classes were the only classes to run.  1:8 Buggy and 1:10 4WD EP Buggy.

The race began with a moment of silence and then qualifying was started.  I was very happy so many racers turn out on such short notice for the event and it made me even more motivated to win this race for Eugene in the 1:8 Buggy class.

While my qualifiers were all disrupted by traffic I was still able to qualify second and I knew I had the pace to race for the win in the main event.  The A main started very cleanly and allowed all the racers for settle in for a nice long battle on the track.  I battled with the top qualifier for the entire race, but after the 45 minutes had expired I was able to take the win by 6 seconds!  My DNX-408 on AKA IMPACT Super Soft tires (14007SR) was flawless all race!

I would like to dedicate this win to my great friend Eugene.  You will be dearly missed!