Hello everyone,

My name is Joe Drury, and I have been into R/C for quite a long time (since I was 13, I am now 33, do the math). And I have been racing for a long time too. I started out in electrics (can anyone say flashlight) racing oval for 7 years. I was 17 at that time. Oval was really big around here. Oval kind of took a slump and I started racing in the parking lots with 4wd sedans, what we lovingly call touring cars now. I did this with electrics for quite some time, then someone brought a nitro car to the track one day and it was over for me from that point. I was hit by the nitro bug and there was no looking back. My adventure into this left me in the parking lot and I became a very good driver/racer at this level. I hit some big races down in Joyce Park (that’s in Cincinnati, OH) and some races up near Toledo (that’s in Ohio too). I took some time off, just played around, and tinkered here and there. I finally decided to get back into it, and decided to try my hand at off-road. I thought this would be nice since I have worked with some local Boy Scouts with a project involving some Traxxas T-maxxes. I thought what a good opportunity to give back to Scouting since I am an Eagle Scout. This put me where I am today, using the Internet I found Racernine.com, and they sounded like an operation that I would like to get involved with.

I bought a Losi LST, and a Hot Bodies LSP-R and I needed an engine. I did not want to invest in anything that was very expensive since I was not sure haw often I would race, or bash. The old motor on the Losi was giving up the ghost so I thought a new mill was the answer. I hooked up with Ryan, and I purchased the STS .28 to give it a shot. The testimonials on this web site kind of persuaded me towards this mill. Also the fact that everyone else around here was running .28’s and .32’s. Well the motor came; I did the usual break-in (followed Ryan’s recommendations) and took her to the track. Now everyone knows how big the LST is, right, well let me say the engine in stock form, no mods has more power than this truck can even handle. There was another guy there with an LST with a .32 and his truck did not have the power that mine had. Torque is out of control (wheelie monster!), and top end is OH MY GOD! STS has made a firm believer in me that the money you spend on your higher priced motors could be used for better things, it doesn’t mean that you have the best.

Ryan THANK YOU and STS engines ROCK!!!!!

P.S. I will be getting the STS .21 Team Motor for the LSP-R

Sincerely,

Joe Drury