Mike “Rico” Thomas
New Castle, PA

I got started in RC about 17 years ago now. Bought a frog off a kid that worked with me. Ran it outside with a couple of friends. Put some foams and an all white Nacsar body and won my first oval club race...I was hooked. Got my son started in it and he really enjoys it but we both need to practice more.

Favorite Track :
CRCRC in Columbus and The Gate in Cleveland

Favorite RC Classes :
Off road 1/10th electric truck and buggy and 1/12th carpet

:Favorite RC Event
Carpet Nats when in Cleveland

RC Wins and achievements I am most proud of :
Winning stock truck in 1997 at the Midwest Champs in Columbus. Finishing 4th and 7th at the two Stock Nats I went to.

First Losi Vehicle or Favorite Losi Vehicle :
A new Losi JRX-2 that I converted to a truck.

Other Interests or Hobbies :
Way too many to include classic cars, golf, fishing, working on the house and most recently restoring old mopeds.

Funniest RC Moment :
Back in Michigan, participating in a parade, riding in the back of my friends '56 ford pickup, sitting on the
tailgate riding in the parade driving our trucks behind the pickup. We were jumping curbs and scaring
little kids. When we ran out of battery, we just popped in a new one and connected the Sermos plugs
and away we went. We had a blast.

Sponsors:
Team Losi
Horizon Hobby
Calandra Racing Concepts
Team BFast




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