December 12th, 2012 
Kevin Ok guys, this is it. Today was the big drawing for the Children’s Miracle Network Charity Benefit. This year, we had a lot of sponsors come to the table for this amazing cause. We are giving away a total of eight vehicles. They are listed below along with all the wonderful companies that contributed.
ZRP Diablo Modified Tamiya Clodbuster
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Parts Donated:
Axles: Tamiya Super Clod Buster Axles – Tamiya USA
Chassis: ZRP Diablo Chassis – Zyck Racing Products
Shocks: Pro-Line Power Stroke 3.5″ (Slash Front) – Pro-Line Racing
Wheels: Tamiya Chrome Clod Wheels – Vinyl7
Tires: RC4WD Rumble tires – RC4WD
Motors: Reedy 4900kv Brushless – Reedy
ESC(s): Associated XP SC700-BL’s – Team Associated
Servo: Savox SC1258TG – Savox
Radio: Futaba 4PL – Futaba
Bearings: Team Fast Eddy Metal Shielded – Team Fast Eddy
Body: Donated by Michigan Monsters of RC Club
Paint Work: Slipstream Graphics
Misc: Wheel Wideners from RC4WD, Kimbrough HD Servo Saver, Racer’s Edge Glitch Cap
Also includes a Pro Mag Mini Flat Mat from CowRC
Retro (Stock-ish) Tamiya Clodbuster
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Parts Donated:
ESC: Tekin FX Pro – Tekin
Servo: Savox SC1258TG – Savox
Radio: Spektrum DX3C – Spektrum
Bearings: Team Fast Eddy Metal Shielded – Team Fast Eddy
Body: Original Parma “Big-Foot” body, donated by Eric Krush
Paint Work: Vinyl7.com (for the Black Stallion) / Stock body is also included, paint by Travis Deruby.
Misc: Servo Mount / Rear Steering Lockout from Crawford Performance Engineering,
Pulling Hitch from AJS Machine
Also includes a Pro Mag Mini Flat Mat from CowRC
Axial EXO Terra Off-Road Buggy
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Parts Donated:
EXO Kit donated by Axial Racing
Novak Havoc Pro SC ESC donated by Team Novak
Novak 4.5T Ballistic 550 motor donated by Team Novak
Hitec HS-7955TG Servo donated by Hitec
Hitec SRX Pro 2.4ghz radio donated by Hitec
Bearing kit donated by FastEddy Bearings
Gens Ace Lipo Battery donated by HobbyPartz.com
Police Light bar donated by HobbyPartz.com
LED lights and control board donated by RC-Lights.com
Vinyl Graphics work donated by Vinyl7.com
Also includes a Pro Mag Mini Flat Mat from CowRC
ECX Torment 2wd Short Course Truck
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Parts Donated:
ECX Torment donated by Horizon Hobby
Xtreme Chassis Extension & other parts donated by Xtreme R/C Racing (soon to be posted)
Stock ECX parts to finish conversion above donated by Team Soup
Also includes a Pro Mag Mini Flat Mat from CowRC
ARRMA ADX-10 2wd 1/10 Buggy
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Parts Donated:
ADX-10 Buggy donated by Hobbico
Also includes a Pro Mag Mini Flat Mat from CowRC
ABC Hobby USA Genetic 1/12 Mini 4wd Touring Car
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Parts Donated:
ABC Hobby USA Genetic Kit donated by ABC Hobby USA
Hitec HS-625MG Servo donated by Hitec
Novak Club 17.5 Brushless system donated by Team Novak
Fly Sky FS-GT3B radio from Hobbypartz.com
Replacement bearing kit from Fast Eddy Bearings
Custom paintjob donated by Kustom RC Graphics
Also includes a Pro Mag Mini Flat Mat from CowRC
ABC Hobby USA Grid 1/12 Mini FWD Touring Car
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Parts Donated:
ABC Hobby USA Grid Kit donated by ABC Hobby USA
Hitec HS-625MG Servo donated by Hitec
Novak Edge / 17.5 Ballistic Brushless system donated by Team Novak
Fly Sky FS-GT3B radio from Jim Decker’s Garage of “Too much R/C stuff”
Replacement bearing kit from Fast Eddy Bearings
Custom paint job donated by Kustom RC Graphics
Also includes a Pro Mag Mini Flat Mat from CowRC
Atomik Metal Mulisha Brian Deegan 1:18 Scale Ford Fiesta RC Rally Car
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This vehicle, the recipient will actually be receiving a New in Box car, not our test model.
Parts Donated:
RTR Rally Car donated by Atomik R/C
Also includes a Pro Mag Mini Flat Mat from CowRC
Once again many thanks to all the sponsors, we couldn’t have done this without you.
In addition to the sponsors, we had a lot of support.
Supporting Forums:
RCMT.net
RCCrawler.com
RCTech.net
RC Soup went on several road trips to sell tickets for the benefit. See the links below to all of the events and tracks we visited. Thanks to everyone for your support on the road!
iHobby Expo
RCHR
R/C Madness
The Compound
High Octane RC
CRC Raceway
Walt’s Hobby
The Hanger
Raffle Promo Materials:
Sherburne News
Snyder Communications
When it was all said and done, we sold close to 900 tickets.. Total money raised for this great charity was $3,305.
The drawing was held this afternoon (12/11/2012). The check presentation was made to Betsey Weaver, Children’s Miracle Network Stewardship/Spe
Tickets were numbered 1 through 1500. For those of you who purchased tickets in person, you were given one half of the ticket to keep. On the side of the ticket that we kept, and that went in the drum, was the purchaser’s name, telephone number, and email address. When we draw the winning tickets, we will be able to see the winner’s names.
To those who purchased decals online, tickets filled out in your name.
We filmed the occasion for posterity, check it out below to see if you are one of the lucky winners!!!
Here’s the scene at the drawing. All of the vehicles were laid out on two tables, and in the video you’ll see the full rundown of each vehicle in the drawing.
Here is the video of the drawing. Check it out to see the winners!! Were you one of them?
The winner of the Atomik RC Brian Deegan Rally Car is Dave Smith!!!
The winner of the Arrma ADX10 Buggy is Blinn Bates!!!
The winner of the ABC Hobby Genetic is Art Baliva!!!
The winner of the ABC Hobby Grid is Tad Goad!!!
The winner of the ECX Torment is Mark Smyka!!! We hope he runs it at next year’s Short Course Nationals!
The winner of the Axial EXO Terra buggy is Patrick Keeney!!!
The winner of the Retro Tamiya Clodbuster is Mark Suprenant!!!
The winner of the ZRP Diablo Modified Clodbuster is Piotr Piziak!!!
Big thanks to Nicholas for the assistance pulling the winning tickets. Atomik RC donated a 1/18 Brian Deegan SCT as a gift to Nicholas for lending a hand. Thanks Atomik!!
Congratulations to the winners!!!! We will be contacting you directly to congratulate you, and to coordinate delivery of your prizes!
We want to thank everyone who bought tickets. Because of you we were able to give some much needed money to a great charity that is all about helping kids. If you didn’t win, don’t be sad. We are already looking at how we can make the next one bigger and better! So stay tuned!
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A huge thank you go out to Kevin and Matt for doing such an awesome job with this years benefit for the Children’s Miracle Network.
Another huge thank you goes out to all of the companies and individual’s that donated the kits, parts, accessories, etc that made this all possible.
If you are an RC Soup fan, please support the companies, hobby shops, websites and racetracks that helped make this a reality.
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