2010 Awards Banquet

Contribution Awards

Bill Brandt
Randy Gosseen
     

Joey Caines
Geoffry Grembowski

Brian Lepinski
Chet Lepinski
     


R/C Unlimiteds thanks our Award Banquet Guest


Our guest speaker this year was Mark Evans



"Top 10" Season Points
2010 Season Driver High Points Champion

Kirk Maupin

Kirk
won 9 races in the 2010 R/C Unlimiteds Oberto Championship Series season. Kirk also won the Triple Crown and High Points Boat this year.

Boat: 1975 Atlas Van Lines

High Points: 18,894

2nd Place Season Points


Dave Brandt

Dave won 2 races in the 2010 R/C Unlimiteds Oberto Championship Series season.

Boat: 1999 PICO

High Points: 17,596


3rd Place Season Points

Bill Brandt

Boat: 1972 Notre Dame

High Points: 15,514

4th Place Season Points

Steve Schmitz

Boat: 1985 Squire Shop

High Points: 13,859


5th Place Season Points


John Olson

Most Improved Driver in the 2010 R/C Unlimiteds Oberto Championship Series season.

Boat:
1991 Valvoline Miss Madison

High Points: 11,540


6th Place Season Points

Joey Caines

Boat: 1977 Charlies Girl

High Points: 11,331


7th Place Season Points
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David Newton

David
won 1 race in the 2010 R/C Unlimiteds Oberto Championship Series season.

Boat: 1993 Miss Budweiser

High Points: 10,801


8th Place Season Points
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Dustin Hicks

Boat: 1994 Oh Boy! Oberto

High Points: 9,807


9th Place Season Points

Geoffry Grembowski

Boat: 2000 Appian Jeronimo

High Points: 9,616


10th Place Season Points

Jim Brittain

Boat: 1985 Miss 7-Eleven

High Points: 9,415




Other Awards
2010 Season Rookie of the Year

Steve Roman

Boat: 1986 Boat

Points: 2,795


Most Round Nose Points in 2010 Season

Randy Gosseen

Randy won by earning the most points for a roundnosed boat in this Season of racing in R/C Unlimiteds.

Boat: 1968 Miss Bardahl
Points: 6,338

Glenn Ono Sportsmanship Award

Joey Caines

Joey earned this award by displaying what it means to be a true sportsman, like this awards namesake. Always showing up to the race with a great attitude.


Most Improved Driver

John Olson

Congratulations John!




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Contest Director of the Year

David Newton

David did a great job this year as always, and provided extra awards at his race.

Crew Chief of the Year

Ryan Hickam

The Season Champion gets the honor of naming the Crewman of the Year. This year, Kirk Maupin chose Ryan Hickam for all the help he had given him throughout year.

Triple Crown Award

Kirk Maupin

Triple Crown Trophy is awarded to the driver who scores the most points in R/CU's Atomic Cup, Roger Newton Memorial and Gold Cup races.

Brian Lepinski Trash Trophy

Geoffry Grembowski

The 'Trash' award is made up of parts from boats in the past that have been 'trashed' due to crashes. Each year a 'winner' is selected due to what has happened during that season. The 'winner' will add a piece of their boat to the perpetual trophy that helped them 'win' this not-so-coveted award.

Hall of Fame Inductee

Kirk Maupin

Kirk was inducted into the Hall of Fame this year for his accomplishment of attaining 15 Career Race Wins. Congratulations Kirk!


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Hall of Fame Inductee

David Newton

David was inducted into the Hall of Fame this year for his accomplishment of attaining 150,000 Career Points. Congratulations David!




High Point Champion Boat

1975 Atlas Van Lines

This award goes to the boat that scores the hightest total points for all races in a season.

Owner/Driver: Kirk Maupin

Total Boat Points: 20,894