Drivers

Our sponsored drivers continue to do an outstanding job of promoting the new high performance Gecko tyres in both Nitro & Electric race tracks around the world. We have already established a growing presence in the UK & Italy and now the USA. 

         

Above left is the Blaze ST with Electric Gecko tyres which Steve Davis used to TQ at round 3 of the BRCA Micro National at Wycombe on November 2nd. Steve also won the 'A' final second leg. Gecko tyres also seemed one of the preferred tyre choices for many of the top racers at the event. Above right is the FTX Blaze showing 63mm diameter Electric Gecko tyres which helped Dan Osborne make the Podium in the B final of the same event. 

 

Above - Cris Oxley winning the first ever BRCA UK Micro National Series (January 2008)

 

Above Dale Hulbert was a clear winner in 27t (main) class at the annual Calshot Velodrome event held by South Hants Model car club (oval racing) in March this year. Dale put 2 laps on the competition in the A-Final. The hard Electric Gecko tyres proved a big hit where only rubber tyres were thought to work previously on the abrasive track surface. 

 

 

 

    

Above - At the City of Florence Touring Car Indoor carpet race on 8th/9th November in Italy, a major event, Alessio Menicucci took the pole and Mauro Fabiani finished 3rd in the 1/10th Sedan 10.5 sport class using Electric Gecko tyres for the first time. See also their cars in more detail clad with the Gecko Electric tyres that helped produce the top results. Both drivers will soon be racing the Electric Gecko tyres again at the UISP Italian Championship at Scandiano on the 30th November. 

     

Above - Ivan Bugane made the 'A' main in the fourth Italian UISP National for 1/10th Touring Electric Sport class - August 2008. Also above is another of Ivan's Gecko clad touring cars used in the National series

    

Above - Wes Lyon wins the 'C' final in the 13.5 Foam Sedan class at the Las Vegas Indoor International Championships (August 2008). Also above - the IIC rostrum and track on which Wes won the final.  

Above - Dave Bertetto used Electric Gecko tyres (trued to 57mm diameter) at the 9th November Sedan race event at his local Illinois (USA) track and found they were a clear 0.2 seconds quicker per lap (on a 10 second lap) than his standard major brand tyres. Dave went onto to TQ and win the A main. We believe there will be many racers around the US who will soon have similar experiences to Dave when they try the Electric Gecko tyres for the first time.  

Some UK track results for the Electric Gecko in 2008 

In October 2007 the Electric Gecko® was launched into the market and since then has enjoyed significant success on the track:  

·         Cris Oxley  - was crowned the first UK BRCA Micro National champion (modified) in January with two rounds to spare using Electric Gecko®

·         Electric Gecko® tyres were on 9 of the 10 Pro-stock ‘A’ finalist cars at the Welsh Micro open at Cardiff in March (probably the biggest event of its kind ever held in the UK) with the 1 (Craig Harris), 2 (Steve Davis), 3 (Chris Bottle), 4 (Cris Oxley) & 5(Dan Osborne) all on Gecko® tyres

·         Dale Hulbert won the WWMCC 1/10th Electric touring car (seniors) championship on Electric Gecko® (aged just 13) often putting 3 to 4 laps on the non Gecko® clad competition –and with low even wear and no chunking.