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Dan Borkowicz started racing RC cars at the age of 14 in Green Bay, WI, running on-road carpet. After a year or so he moved on to off-road but was still just a beginner. After taking quite a few years off and moving to Fort Myers, Florida in 2006 Dan wanted to find something he and his son could do together, so he jumped back into the hobby full-force by racing anything he could and teaching his son. After racing for about a year and building up some better results Dan found a few sponsors, which let him expand to racing all across Florida, competing in the various state series, and attending the Jconcepts Clash. Dan says, "I greatly enjoy having the opportunity to introduce people and my knowledge to young and new upcoming rc racers... stop by and have a look at my X Factory rides!" Dan's current sponsors include X-Factory, Airtronics, JConcepts, Speed Passion, and Rcwrapz.  |
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| Chance Chapel is a 18 year old from Tucson, Arizona. Chance loves R/C, "I hope to pursue R/C car not just as a hobby, but as a job as well." Chance started in R/C at the age of 9, but it was at hte age of 12 that he told his parents, "This is what I want to do when I grow up." They said he had better start practicing and he did. Chance's favorite tracks are Competition hobbies in Tucson/Marana, Az, SRS in Scottsdale for electric, and Hobbytown in Tucson for gas. He watched the 2007 Cactus Classic, and entered 19 turn (10.5 class) in 2008, where I made the C main and bumped up to the B main and got 2nd place. Not bad for his first big race! After this auspicious start, Chance started taking point series wins at HobbyTown, and a couple of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place trophies at Western Worlds. We next saw Chance at SRS for the Arizona State Championship where he won 10.5 2wd buggy. |  |
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"I am proud to be a part of such a family-orientated team". In 2010 Chance moved up to racing Modified; he finished in the top 40 of buggy and truck at the ROAR Nationals and made both A main's at the SIGP. His other interests include watching Formula 1 racing, motocross and supercross racing, and his girlfriend, Ysenia. Chance says, "I can’t wait to graduate high school, so I can focus on my R/C career. I am looking forward to learning as much as I can from my X-Factory teammate, and 2-time world champion, Brian Kinwald, who has helped to make me a better R/C racer. Chance's current sponsors include X Factory, Fantom Racing, Competition Hobbies, Boca Bearings, and XPS. |
| Chris is a 34 year old R/C nut that loves anything related to R/C. When he’s not working, as an IC mask designer at Cavium Networks or hanging out with his family, he’s online reading R/C related forums and news sites. His love of racing began at age 11 with the purchase of his first R/C vehicle, a Marui Big Bear. At 12, he entered his first race and placed 6th. Striving for better finishes, he began modifying his cars and hasn’t stopped tinkering since. In 1993, Chris placed 3rd in the NORRCA nationals with a Traxxas Eagle that had a direct drive transmission that he made himself. After high school, Chris took a short break from R/C racing and started again in 2004 after his wife gave him a Traxxas Emaxx as a gift. Chris now races weekly at R/C Excitement in Fitchburg, MA and runs electric 1/10th scale as well as 1/8th scale nitro buggy. He enjoys travelling to other tracks for racing and has visited tracks in Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Ohio, Florida, and Arizona. |  |
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Alex is a 17 year old High School Senior living in Chandler Arizona. After graduation, he will attend the University of Arizona, College of Engineering. He began racing R/C cars in 2004 with a used Associated TC3 touring car. Shortly after that, Alex started racing his Dad’s RC18T in the oval class as well and has one first place trophy in 18th scale for oval. He also got an Associated B4 to play in the street and local dirt lot. When the local hobby shop announced that it had closed the carpet track and were putting in dirt, Alex started racing offroad. A couple months later Alex went to watch the 2006 Cactus Classis. He turned to his Dad and said “I want to race in this next year”. During the next year, he raced onroad touring cars and offroad buggy and found a little company called X Factory. He saw the new X-6 they were developing and decided it was the buggy for him so he had his Dad pre-order one. He has not looked back ever since. He raced the X-6 every weekend he could and did compete in the 2007 Cactus Classis as he said he would. He made the C Main with his X-6, which was not bad for his first big race. |
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Alex now races primarily at two tracks in Arizona. He races at SRS in Scottsdale and Competition Hobbies in Tucson. Along with racing his X-5, X-6 and new X-60 truck, he still races onroad touring cars. If it has wheels, Alex will race it! Alex will be attending the Cactus Classic, SIGP, Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout, and ROAR offroad Nationals this year. When asked what he wants to do for his graduation trip from High School, he just smiled and asked if the Belgium GP was out of the question. Some say "Why Penguins?" Alex says "Why not?" Outside of R/C cars, Alex likes watching Formula 1 and full-size touring car racing along with Star Trek. Alex is also sponsored by BC1 Graphics, Trinity, Kolors by Kropy, and Lunsford. |
Chris isn't as much of a driver as he is an idea guy and good with a set of tools. He's been playing with RC cars for around 30 years and loves modifying them to make them better or meet his needs. He has brought this to XFactory by helping fabricate prototype parts. Along with racing, he is also into RC rock crawling. Why? It is more his speed. Chris is also sponsored by BC1 Graphics. |
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Kevin Lesac of Omaha Nebraska has literally been racing
over half his life. Starting at the age of 9, now 21 years of age Kevin has tried about every class
out there, from 18th scale minis to 8th scale buggies. His favorite class by far however is 10th
scale electric off-road. Painting bodies for many of his fellow local racers, Kevin Is a graphic
arts graduate, which goes hand in hand with his painting abilities. Although he has a degree in
art, he hopes to pursue a career in the R/C industry. Over the past few years Kevin has turned up
his game to become one of the fast guys at his local track. One of his favorite things about the
hobby is helping newcomers especially kids, as it was not long ago that he was in their same
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