O'Donnell Z01-B Team Drivers

2009 Z01-B Team Drivers

	Scott Cramer - Team Manager Location: Champaign, IL Years racing: 9 National Championships: 3 Regional Championships: 3 Favorite Classes: 1/10 4WD and 1/8 Buggy Recent Accomplishments: TQ and win at the RC Pro Series finals in Expert Truggy A short blurb about myself: I raced BMX and Karts for over 20 years and took up R/C Racing when my son Max was born. Now nine years later, I get to work in the industry! Even though I get to travel and race across the country, nothing compares to racing locally with my son...who has been racing since he was five.
Factory Team
	BARRY BAKER

	JUSTIN CRANFORD Location: 850, Flawda (Pensacola, Florida) Years racing: 11 Years National Championships: none Regional Championships: 1 - 2006 Battle at the Beach Electric 1/10 buggy but mostly top 5 finishes Favorite Classes: 1/8 Nitro Buggy and Truggy Recent Accomplishments: Top 5 at the Wiregrass Indoor Nationals with Tebo, Lutz. Lopez, and Hickerson, Making most of the A-main at the Regional races in 2009. A short blurb about myself: I'm 17 and in the 11th grade with a 3.4 grade average. I'm a Christian, I like racing, skating and hanging out with friends and my girlfriend. I'm planning on going to collage and getting a degree in engineering. Maybe one day I'll be able to work in the RC industry. I enjoy racing and spending time with my Dad. The competition and challenge this hobby offers keeps me coming back for more. I really like the money races especially when I win, ha. Thank you Scott Cramer, John Stokes and Steve O'Donnell for all the support.

	COREY CROSLEY

	JIMBO KVIDERA Location: Yorkville IL Years racing: 14 National Championships: None Regional Championships: 2009RCPro Midwest arena truck champ. Favorite Classes: 1/8 scale pro buggy and truggy Recent Accomplishments: TQ and winning round 3 rcpro midwest in pro buggy A short blurb about myself: I try to go to the track about 3 days a week when I don't have family things to

	WADE LAMAR

	REGGIE TONGUE Location: Baton Rouge, LA Years racing: 10 National Championships: None yet Regional Championships: 1, Texas Nitro Invite Favorite Classes: Buggy and Truggy Recent Accomplishments: TQ and 2nd place in Truggy of the 5th round of the LARC series. A short blurb about myself: I have a beautiful 8 year old son Makiya. I went to highschool in Fairbanks, Alaska, earned a Speech Communications degree at Oregon State University. I am a retired NFL Athlete who loves Kung Fu movies, spending time with my family and I have a serious addiction to RC Racing.
Race Team
	BRIAN ALDERMAN Location: Richmond, KY Years Racing: 6 months National Championships: none Regional Championships: none Favorite Classes: 1/8 Nitro Buggy, 1/8 Nitro Truggy, and 1/10 Short Course Recent Accomplishments: Becoming a part of the O'Donnell team! Short blurb about myself: After racing karts for 10 years this has been a wonderful switch! Competitors in this hobby are more willing to help than in any other I have seen and I am glad to be a part of it. Thank you Scott and Steve for making me a part of the O'Donnell team.

	CHRIS ARNOLD Location: Dyer, Indiana Years racing: 15 National Championships: 2007 RCPro Mod truck Regional Championships: 2006 RCPro North 1/18 Open, 2007 RCPro North Mod truck and 4wd mod Favorite Classes: Open short course Recent Accomplishments: 2008 Checkpoint / Chi-town Shootout Slash spec tq and 1st. A short blurb about myself: I am 30 years old, married to Heather and have 2 kids. Drew who is Captain Chaos and Hannah who acts nothing like Drew and I. My wife says I am addicted to R/C cars and she is right. My other hobbies or passions are the Chicago Bears and BBQ. I am working on becoming a master griller but that is probably the reason I look like the great pumpkin whenever I am in a futaba shirt. If we haven't met come say hi, don't worry you will figure out who I am as I am the loudest person at the track.

	CHAD ARNOLD

	JONATHAN BELL

	MATT BOHLAND

	BRAD BRUCKER Location: IL Years racing: 3 National Championships: 1 (as engine builder) Regional Championships: 3 (as engine builder) Favorite Classes: Truggy Nitro/Electric Recent Accomplishments: 2nd RCPS Midwest Division A short blurb about myself: I'm always helping out at the track and making sure our Pro Mod engines are in the winners circle

	BRIAN CASILLAS Location: Las Vegas, NV Years racing: 5 National Championships: 0 Regional Championships: 0 Favorite Classes: 1/8 truggy, 1/8 buggy Recent Accomplishments: Currently in the Desert Thunder Series A short blurb about myself: I help run the Silver Bowl track in Boulder City, NV. I plan on traveling to a few more races this year.

	JON CARLSON Location: Fargo, ND Years racing: 14 National Championships: 0 Regional Championships: 0 Favorite Classes: 1/8th Buggy Recent Accomplishments: A short blurb about myself: I enjoy racing because of the competition and the frienships you make. I have been very involved in our local racing for about 12 years. Everything from building tracks, club president, R/C Pro State Director to hosting indoor Nitro events in the winter, if you have any questions please ask. Thanks again to Futaba, OS and O'Donnell for the opportunity to run their great products.

	CHRIS COERPER

	MAXWELL CRAMER Location: Champaign, IL Years racing: 4 National Championships: None yet Regional Championships: None Favorite Classes: 2WD buggy and 1/8 truggy Recent Accomplishments: Taking the TQ and win at the Checkpoint Chitown Shootout A short blurb about myself: I love to go racing with my dad. I like the Midwest because we get to race nitro all summer and race electric inside all winter.

	SHANE CURRY Location: IL Years racing: 3 National Championships: None yet! Regional Championships: None yet! Favorite Classes: 1/8 buggy Recent Accomplishments: Getting my cars dialed to my driving style A short blurb about myself: I am a Futaba service technician for Hobbico and love racing and hanging out with my friends at the track.

	DARYL DENNY Location: Richmond, Ontario, Canada Years racing: 8 National Championships: 0 Regional Championships: 11th overall in truggy, and 16th overall in buggy in the Great Lakes Off-road Championship Series last year Favorite Classes: 1/8th scale buggy Recent Accomplishments: A short blurb about myself: I started racing late 2000 and I haven't stopped since. I am married with two sons who also race. The wife and I along with our two sons spend our summer weekends traveling up to 800km one way to enjoy a weekend of racing.

	MO DENTON Location: Years racing: 10 National Championships: Roar National Champion 1/12 scale Regional Championships: Regional Touring Car champion Favorite Classes: 1/8 scale Nitro and super stock Touring Car Recent Accomplishments: RCPRO series division champion,Ohio River Series Champion, Multiple events A- finalist Short Blurb: I love to race Nitro. I race in one of the most competitive regions in the country. I am fortunate to have a good crew of racing buddies that I travel with and hit most of the major events in the midwest area. I have raced Onroad for a looooong time and look to take my success in onroad over to off road, and with the O'Donnell buggy it shouldn't be a problem.

	JASON GRANT Location: Yukon, Oklahoma Years racing: 8 National Championships: 1 Regional Championships: 1 Favorite Classes: 1/8 Nitro Buggy/Truggy and Short Course Truck Recent Accomplishments: I am the President of our newly formed Non-profit RC club called Oklahoma Nitro Club. We are currently building a NEW TRACK called Taylor Park RC Raceway in Yukon, OK. We plan to begin racing April, 2010...come and see us A short blurb about myself: I enjoy my family of four and of course spending time with my friends at the racetrack. I am looking forward to bringing the two together this season as I teach my son how to race and just spending quality time together.

	NICKOLAS GRIFFIN Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Years Racing: 12 years National Championships: 0 Regional Championships: 0 Favorite Classes: 1/8 Buggy & Truggy Recent Accomplishments: A short blurb about myself:

	TANNER HAGLER Location: Houston, Texas Years racing: 6 years National Championships: none Regional Championships: 2004 Southern Division Champion in Production Monster Truck, 2005 Southern Division Chanpion in Intermediate Truck,3rd place in Texas State Series in Arena Truck 2008 and 2009 Favorite Classes: Pro Buggy, Pro Truggy Recent Accomplishments: A main in Arena Truck in Futaba Challange, 4th place Rc Pro Texas State Finals truggy. A short blurb about myself: I'm 15 years old, I started racing when I was 9. Rc is my passion, and is something my whole family enjoys doing together. My dad is my hero. I race all year long always trying to do the best I can, and help anybody I can at the track. I would like to thank Scott Cramer, Steve O'Donnell, and all of the O'Donnell team for all of the support.

	ROBERT HULL

	COREY JOHNSON Location: Pace, Florida Years racing: 5 1/2 National Championships: none Regional Championships: none that really count lol Favorite Class: 1/8 Nitro buggy Recent Accomplishments: 3rd overall 1/8 Pro buggy Midsouth Rc Pro Series A short blurb about myself: I am 20 years old and I am originally from Knoxville, Tennessee. I love racing r/c cars, motocross, and I've started liking to cook ha. My family and my fiance mean everything to me. Racing motocross was my life for about 7 years, then came a long Rc cars. I was addicted to it after just watching one race. I would like to continue to pursue a career in the R/c industry and hopefully work for a company someday, maybe even Odonnell. Big thanks to Scott, Steve and everyone else at Odonnell for all the help.

	TONY KEIGLEY

	DJ LINDER Location: Lewiston ID Years racing: 5 National Championships: 28th over all at the R/C pro finals open buggy Regional Championships: 5th place northwest R/C Pro 2009 open buggy Favorite Classes: 1/8 buggy Recent Accomplishments: Raced at the R/C Pro Finals A short blurb about myself: I'm 19 years old have a girl friend, love R/C racing, video gaming, and hanging with all my R/C buddies.

	HUGO LEVESQUE Location: Manseau / QC / Canada Years racing: 3 National Championships: Regional Championships: RC Pro Series 2009, C.T.O.Q 2009, 4 as RCF 2009 Favorite classes: 1/8 buggy nitro Recent Accomplishments: RC Pro Series 2009 - second position, C.T.O.Q. 2009 - third position, 4 as RCF 2009 - second position A short blurb about myself:

	JON MOORE Location: Selah WA Years racing: 20 National Championships: None Regional Championships: None Favorite class: 1/8th Scale Buggy Recent Accomplishments: 4th Place in points series at Selah RC Raceway (2009) A short blurb about myself: Nearly all my time is spent racing, modding or talking RC. It's become my life. Bring on the dirt!

	JUSTIN MORGAN

	TROY PINKSTON Location: Harrodsburg, KY Years racing: 8 National Championships: 0 Regional Championships: 0 Favorite Classes: 1/8th Truggy and buggy Recent Accomplishments: Finished 8th in Truggy at the Ohio State Fair Race. It was my first 45min long main. A short blurb about myself: I manage a HobbyShop in Lexington, KY. When I am not working there you can find me on the track somewhere here in the midwest area. I love being at the track, whether it's racing or just helping others. We were all new to this at one time and I hate to see a new guy struggling at the track. Special thanks to my "Pit Girl" and Steve O'donnell for making some excellent products.

	JOSH PEASE Location: Northern California Years racing: 20 National Championships: NORRCA Winner in Novice,Amatuer, and Stock buggy in the 90's Regional Championships: None Favorite Classes: 1/8 Buggy Truggy Recent Accomplishments: 2nd Place in the SVRC Series A short blurb about myself: I love racing and helping newcomers to the sport, I take great pride in helping others on and off the track. I'm looking forward to the upcoming In Door series here in Nor Cal and can't wait for the 2010 season.

	PAUL POULIN Location: Gatineau, Quebec, Canada Years Racing: 19yr National Championships: 0 Regional Championships: 2001, 2nd place buggy. 2002, 2nd place buggy provincal champs race. 2008 G.L.O.R.C.S series 20th buggy, 9th truggy. Favorite Classes: buggy, truggy Recent Accomplishments: Quite smoking..LOL A short blurb about myself: I remember being just a kid in the early 80's and holding a Tamiya Frog in my hands for the time and thinking this is way too cool. 1988 got my first Tamiya, and from there on in I've been hooked.

	PHIL SANDERS Location: Maryland Years racing: 8 National Championships: None Regional Championships: None Favorite Classes: 8th Scale Nitro Buggy, 8th Scale Truck Recent Accomplishments: Becoming a member of the O'Donnell Team A short blurb about myself:

	DANIEL SALVAS Location: Sorel-Tracy, QC, Canada Years racing: About 20 years National Championships: 0 Regional Championships: 2009 Quebec RC PRO series champion and 2009 FastLapsRacing Quebec champion Favorite Classes: 1/8 Nitro Buggy Recent Accomplishments: So far 2009 has been my best racing year. I won most of the races I did. A short blurb about myself: I began RC racing when I was 10 years old on an electric oval carpet. In 2005 I tried Nitro, and I just loved it! I participated for the first time in a championship and I finished 3rd. After a break, I came back in 2009 and won most of the event I did. I am now part of O'Donnell Team and proud to be.

	SCOTT SHINN Location: Eureka IL Years racing: 1.5 National Championships: None Regional Championships: None Favorite Classes: 8th Scale Nitro Buggy, 8th Scale Truck Recent Accomplishments: 3rd Expert Buggy RC Pro Series 2009, 7th Expert Buggy Mid West Nitro Cross Series 2009 A short blurb about myself: I come from a background of Pro Flat Track Motorcycle racing. I think the experience from this has helped me to progress rather quickly. Also the help from experienced RC drivers to help understand car setup. I guess you could say I am a true race junkie. You know the type, race friday night in one town and drive all night to hit another the next day ect.

	KEVIN TOMSOVIC Location: Chicago, IL Years racing: 2 National Championships: 0 Regional Championships: 0 Favorite Classes: 1/8 Buggy Recent Accomplishments: 2nd Place - 09 RC Pro Series Midwest Division Int Buggy, 3rd Place - 09 RC Pro Series Illinois State Division Int Buggy, 1st Place - 09 RJD OctoberBash Sportsman Buggy A short blurb about myself: Hobbies: RC, Fishing, Golf, Computers

	BRADY WALTON

	LEVI WYREN Location: Northern California Years racing: 7 National Championships: none Regional Championships: none Favorite Classes: 1/8 Buggy/Truggy Recent Accomplishments: Sacramento Valley Championship Series Sportsman buggy champion, Second place finish in sportsman buggy Nor/Cal Championship Series A short blurb about myself: I'm 20 years old. I have been race since I was about 12 years old. I dedicate most of my time to racing and helping other people at the track.

	STEVE WILLIAMS Location: Roseburg, Oregon Years racing: 9 National Championships: 0 Regional Championships: 0 Favorite Classes: 1/8 buggy, 1/8 truggy Recent Accomplishments: 4th place 2009 1/8 pro buggy region 11 championships, top 10 finish Oregon RC Pro state points series (1/8 buggy) A short blurb about myself: Been racing, running hobby shops, and race tracks since 2000. Enjoy the competitive nature of racing and also all the new people I get to meet. I am married and have two awesome kids. I am pretty quiet for the most part and really get into setups and tweaking. Want to thank O'Donnell for this opportunity and can't wait for the 2010 season.

	BRANDON WINN

	DAN YOURGA Location: Pittsburgh, PA Years racing: 7 National Championships: 0 Regional Championships: 1 Regional Touring Car Title Favorite Classes: 1/8th Scale Nitro Buggy Recent Accomplishments: Multiple A-Main Finalist A short blurb about myself: After racing On-road at the highest level for almost 5 years, I decided to try my hand at the highest level of Off-road currently...1/8th Pro Buggy. I enjoy the competition and being challenged every week to improve. Traveling from track to track, meeting new people, helping anyone I can, camaraderie of drivers, tight racing, it all makes for some fantastic weekends.