Aggressor Slider adds ARCOR Open title to growing win column.
After winning the ROAR modified national title weeks earlier on the banks of Sandhills in NC, Arnie Fie and his Aggressor Slider chassis made the ride up I-77 from Charlotte to Akron, OH for the 2006 ARCOR Open held at Classic Hobbies. Qualifying was tight and after it was over on Saturday night Arnie and his Slider chassis Aggressor were sitting on the outside pole, .23 sec from TQ with a very racy car. Sunday morning began the triple main format which basically is the best 2 out of 3 mains to determine the champion. In the first main Arnie was able to break free of the pack and drive away using the power of a 7 turn TrueSpeed motor and TrueSpeed 4200mah battery. The 2nd main was a repeat of the first with another solid run from begining to end to secure the win in the best 2 out of 3 format. Look for Arnie's and other team driver's set-up sheets in the tech tips section on our site.

Three Amigos conquor 9th Annual St. Roch Classic in Quebec.
On the weekend of April 8th over 100 of the best racers in eastern Canada and New England gathered once again for the "The Rock" hosted by the R/C club of St Roch in Quebec, Canada. This years running had much of the same faces and cars on the winners podium as in 2005. In the 19 turn class, Eric Salvas bested the field in qualifying and put the show on in the main proving why he was the man to TQ and win the class with his Aggressor solid chassis. Finishing 4th was Steve Salvas and 6th Todd Putnam. In the stock class, the three amigos rode again. This time Steve Salvas showed his dominance and TQ'd and won the class with adopted brother Todd Putnam 2nd and twin brother Eric Salvas coming home in 3rd place.(Pictured Left) Salvas, Putnam, and Salvas used Aggressor solid chassis to best a field of 50 entries in this class. See Eric and Steve's set-ups under the tech tips section on our site. Good run guys!

Marabella and Fie take ROAR Carpet Oval Nationals.
Sandhills Raceway in Vass, NC was the location for the 2006 running of the ROAR Carpet Oval Nationals where TrueSpeed/CustomWorks drivers Phil Marabella and Arnie Fie brought home the hardware once again. In the 19 turn 1/12th scale class Phil continued his career long dominance of the class with another flawless TQ and Win using TrueSpeed motors. In the 1/10th scale modified class, Arnie posted the fast time of the weekend to earn TQ honors over a very stout field. When the main started, Arnie and Phil both took full advantage of their Truespeed powered CustomWorks Aggressor Slider pan cars as Phil raced his way to a 3rd place showing and Arnie secured his 2nd ROAR National title in a row by running away from the field from the pole.

Nathan Dean takes first win of NSCS Series.
Nathan Dean showed he is ready for the 2006 Nitro season as he picked up the first win of the NSCS (National Sprint Car Series) race held at Ascot Raceway in Joplin, MO. Nathan used his CustomWorks Enforcer GSX equiped with the loose track package (Part #1206) to compete on this track where buggy type tires are the preferred choice. Thru qualifying Nathan raced his way thru traffic and just missed TQ honors by .6 sec. However with A-Main line-up set, Nathan fired up his Enforcer GSX and raced away to the win. This is the first year for the NSCS which run regionally in the Oklahoma, Texas, and Missouri areas. For more infomation and pictuces from the race check out www.okrcracers.com AND www.texasdirtoval.com.

Phil Cooper dominates February Freeze for second straight year.
Bumps and Jumps Raceway in Etters, PA hosted their second annual February Freeze Oval Race Feb 4th and 5th. Once again Custom Works East Coast Ace Phil Cooper dominated the Nitro classes for the second straight year. Phil and Custom Works teammate Rob Cutman were the only drivers to run 48 laps in qualifying in the Nitro Sprint class. In the main they swapped the lead on a few differnt occasions with Phil taking the win followed by Rob just a few seconds back. In the Nitro EDM class Phil took the TQ honors and led the A-main wire to wire winning his second race of the day. Be sure to check out the Bumps and Jumps website as this is possibly one of the nicest dirt oval racing facilities in the country. Owner Chris Mckinney has made some great improvements since the track opened just a year and half ago. With 230+ entries this was one of the largest dirt oval races in the country in the last several years. Complete results can be found by clicking here.

Paul Lemieux and TRUESPEED win U.S. Touring Car Championship.
Scotty Ernst's S&N Trackside in Milwaukee Wisconsin is the site of the annual Novak US Touring Car Championship. At this years running of the event Truespeed's Touring Car Ace Paul Lemieux showed that his domination at Cleveland's US Indoor Champs in Nov. was no fluke. For the second race in a row he qualified his Truespeed powered X ray car on the pole and than proceded to run away with the first two A mains. Paul used a Truespeed 7 turn single tuned by our own Jim Dieter and SMC/Truespeed IB 3800's to lay down the horsepower on the tight carpet road course. Since switching to the Xray cars in November Paul has been unstoppable in his quest to prove he is one of the best road racers in the US. Paul's next race will be the prestigous DHI Cup in Odense, Denmark where he will see how the US drivers stack up to the tough European competition.

Off Road and Oval Ace Billy Fischer chooses TRUESPEED Motors and Batteries.
We are proud to welcome Billy Fischer to the Truespeed racing team. Billy already races Custom Works cars in electric and gas dirt oval racing but now he will be using Truespeed motors and batteries for power in all of his electric cars. Many of you oval racers know Billy for his amazing dirt oval skills, what you may not know is that he is also a very accomplished Off-Road racer as well. Billy will be using the latest Truespeed modified motors and IB3800 batteries in his Team Losi Off-Road cars for the 2006 season and beyond. And in an effort to show he is not just a dirt devil Billy will also begin campaigning for Truespeed and Team Losi in the higly competetive world of Touring Car racing. Billy's debut with Truespeed will come in the touring car division at the upcoming Snowbird Nationals in Orlando Florida.

Custom Works Drivers clean up at US Open Wheel Championships.
Team CustomWorks had another fine showing at this years US Open Wheel Championships in Calland's VA. With 420 entries to contend with the racing was the most competetive yet at this great race. Drivers Nathan Dean, Phil Cooper, and Arnie Fie all took home wins at this years 15th annual Dirt Oval event. Nathan who is one of the newest members of team Custom Works came all the way from Texas to take home the win in the modified sprint class along with an excellent 3rd place finish in Nitro Sprint. Our own Arnie Fie won the Nitro Sprint class for the second year in a row at Coopers with his recognizable Enforcer GSX. And not to be outdone PA hot shoe Phil Cooper showed he is still the man to beat in the Nitro division with his Notorious EDM. Thanks to all the drivers who raced at this years event.

Paul Lemieux and TRUESPEED win Mod Touring at US Indoor Championships.
After years of close calls and runner up finishes Truespeed's Paul Lemieux finally brought home the victory at this years US Indoor Championships, known to most as just CLEVELAND. Paul dominated qulaifying turning the only 25 lap run of the weekend and showing he was the man to beat after 4 rounds of qualifying. Using a Truespeed 7 turn single Paul drove off and left the competition behind during the modifed A main. At one time he built up to a 5 second lead before going into cruise mode and driving on to victory. Paul's TQ performance was his second in a row at Cleveland and after a hard fought 2nd place finish last year he was releived to finally win the big one. Paul's next race will be the prestigous Novak US Touring Championships in Milwaukee Wisconsin..

Dibb cleans up at Nitro Tour Stop in the Mid-West.
Mike Dibb from Milwaukee, WI made the trip down to RVR Raceway in Illinois for the first stop of regional DirtOval.com Nitro Series. Mike first unleashed his CustomWorks Enforcer GSX sprint car and earned a start in the A Main and then raced straight to the the front for the win. Then he broke out his Intimidator GSX eastern dirt modified and did one better than his sprint car effort. Not only did Mike win the pole position and the race with his eastern dirt modified too, he qualified his CustomWorks Intimidator GSX with the fastest run in RVR history.

Cyrul and Fie take both Modified titles at the 2005 ROAR Carpet Nats.
CustomWorks and TrueSpeed had a stellar showing in Toledo, Ohio for this years running of the ROAR Carpet Oval Nationals at Halo Hobbies. The 4 cell stock class saw a pair of CustomWorks Aggressors on the front row piloted by TQ Steve Salvas and 2nd qualifier Terry Warner. The 19-Turn class saw TJ Domark set the pace for TQ with the debut of TrueSpeed's ROAR/ARCOR legal 19 Turn motor mounted in his CustomWorks Aggressor. In the new brushless motor class, Phil Beardshear drove his Aggressor to the win. 1/12 Scale modified saw driver/track owner Josh Cyrul handle the field with ease using TrueSpeed Modified Motors to power in his CEFX mount to another TQ and Win. Finally in 1/10th Modified, Arnie Fie and his Aggressor with TrueSpeed Modifieds and Batteries let it rip in the final event and nailed down the final win of the weekend.

Steve Salvas wins soildly at 8th Annual The Rock Classic.
Besting a field of 80 entries, Steve Salvas and his Custom Works Aggressor drove their way to the win at Canada's premier oval racing event. Qualifying was tight as always in the ultra competitive 4 cell stock class, where a couple tenth's of a second lost can mean the difference from qualifying for the "A" main or just being in any main event. Eric Salvas started his Aggressor from the outside pole while his brother and eventual winner Steve qualified 4th when the tone sounded for the start of the main event. From the start it was all Steve as he picked his way to the front and nearly lapped the field for the win. Congratulations to Steve and Eric for great runs and to the R/C club of St Roch for another great event.

Nick Rank and the new Intimidator GSX "Go" Big at Monee's G.O.
Moodys Raceway in Monee, IL was the host of 12th annual G.O. Championships on January 21st thru 23rd. The oldest indoor gas dirt oval race in the country saw veteran Custom Works team driver Nick Rank wheel his Intimidator GSX to TQ and a victory in the Nitro EDM A main . Nick also finished 6th in the Nitro Sprint A main with his Enforcer GSX as well. Custom Works would like to thank Roy & Patricia Moody for holding the G.O. race and to thank them both for supporting this great hobby since the 1960’s.

Phil Cooper pulls off Hat Trick at Bumps and Jumps
February Freeze Race.
Custom Works team driver Phil Cooper continues to show why he is one of the best Dirt Oval racers on the East Coast. Bumps and Jumps RC Raceway in Etters, PA hosted the 1st annual February Freeze Dirt Oval Championship on February 19th 2005. Phil took on the challenge of competing in 3 different classes at this one day show and proved he was up to the task. Phil took the TQ spot in the Modified Sprint class as well as both the Nitro Sprint and Nitro EDM classes. In the mains Phil thundered his way to victory in all 3 classes as well. Phil drove a Custom Works ENFORCER GBX car in the electric sprint class and the just released ENFORCER GSX kit to victory in the Nitro Sprint class. The soon to be released Intimidator GSX was his choice in the Nitro EDM class and what a good choice it was! Thanks to Phil for his outstanding efforts and to Bumps and Jumps owner Chris Mckinney for providing a great racing facility for all.

Frank Polimeda and the Aggressor win Snowbird Nationals for Second Straight Year
For the second straight year Frank Polimeda proved he and the Custom Works Aggressor are unstoppable at the largest RC race in the world. Polimeda drove his Custom Works Aggressor to the TQ spot and also took the win by almost a full lap in the challenging 6-cell factory modified class. The Snowbirds are the largest race in the world each year with more than 800 entries competing in oval and on-road competition. Custom Works newest team members also had impressive showings at the 'birds this year with Josh Cyrul qualifying on the outside of the front row next to Frank. Phil Marabella managed to put his Aggressor in the second qualifying spot in the highly competetive 4-cell modified division. Also in the 4 cell main were fellow team mates Arnie Fie, and Frank Polimeda. All in all 14 drivers managed to put their Aggressors in one of the coveted A-main positions those drivers also included Steve and Eric Salvas, Dusty Kemp, Doug Parisano, Peter Coll, Tommy Smith and Steve Fiume. Thanks to all of the drivers who chose the Custom Works Aggressor at the 2005 Snowbird Nationals.

World Class Racer Josh Cyrul joins
Team Custom Works
World Class racer Josh Cyrul has joned the rapidly growing Custom Works Oval racing team. Josh has been a Top level On-Road racer for over a decade and occasionally displays his talents on oval tracks around the country as well. Josh will be running the Custom Works Aggressor in Oval competition at most major races this season. Josh will continue to compete in world wide On-Road competition racing Kyosho Cars and the soon to be released TRUESPEED electric motors from Custom Works.

Phil Marabella joins Custom Works Oval Team
Many time National Champion Phil Marabella has joined Custom Works for 2005, he will be a great addition to the allready stellar oval team and will be competing at most of the major oval races this year. Phil brings with him an impressive list of accomplishments including several ROAR National Championships and Major wins in 1/10th and 1/12th scale. Phil will also be competing on the dirt oval circuit this year as well where he is fresh off a win in the EDM DD Modified class at the US Open Wheel Championships with his Custom Works Pro-Comp Intimidator. Welcome to the team Phil.

Arnie Fie and new GSX cars sweep 2004 US Open Wheel Champs
Team Custom Works Driver Arnie Fie drove his Custom Works GSX Nitro cars to perfection winning both the Nitro Sprint and Nitro EDM classes at the 2004 US Open Wheel Championships. Arnie's Custom Works Intimidator GSX and Enforcer GSX cars ran flawless in the A-mains as he went on to win the Nitro EDM main by more than a lap. Last years gas classes were dominated by Custom Works owner and team member Tony Stewart as he also won both nitro classes at the 2003 event. Congratulations to Arnie on a great weekend and to the rest of the Custom Works Team for a fine performance.

Prototype GSX Cars Sweep Newville Nitro Tour Event
Newville RC Speedway in Newville PA hosted the second race of this years DirtOval.com Nitro Tour National Series. When the checkered flags fell it was Custom Works Team Drivers coming out on Top. In the Nitro Sprint class Arnie Fie drove his prototype Enforcer GSX to victory with an astounding 45 lap run. Arnie was followed across the line by his Custom Works Teammates Rob Cutman and Phil Copper finishing second and third respectively. Not to be Outdone Phil Cooper went out and proved he was the man to beat in the Nitro EDM event with his Intimidator GSX. Custom Works newest team member Paul Lemieux made his Dirt Oval debut an impressive one by winning the C and B mains enroute to a fine 8th place finish in the A-main after being sidelined by spur gear problems. The eagerly anticipated GSX Nitro cars should be available by Mid November. Thanks to Wendy Boyd for the photos: http://wendyracingphotos.smugmug.com

INTIMIDATOR GBX Wins Track Championship at Ray's Place
The newest addition to the Custom Works stable of Championship Winning cars proved itself a viable contender in the dirt oval bullrings this summer. Custom Works Team Driver Phil Cooper drove his Intimidator GBX Dirt Modified to another season long points championship at Ray's Place R/C Speedway in Quakertown, PA. Phil beat out good friend and fellow racer Mike Wotring in a close points battle that came down to the last race of the season. Working out the bugs of a new protoype car can be a struggle but Phil and the his Intimidator proved they were up to the task. Congratulations to Phil and to Mike Wotring for their efforts in this tought fought battle. Thanks to Wendy Boyd for the photos: http://wendyracingphotos.smugmug.com

Phil Cooper Wins Nitro Tour Eastern Division Points Championships with new GSX Nitro Cars
The final race of the DirtOval.com Nitro Tour Eastern Division series was held September 24th and 25th at Newville RC Speedway. Custom Works driver Phil Cooper scored Top Honors in the Sprint and EDM classes with his prototype GSX Intimidator and GSX Enforcer. Phil continues to show why he is considered one of the best Dirt Oval drivers in the country picking up win after impressive win. Thanks to Phil for his continued dedication to the sport and to his considerable contributions to the Custom Works Team. Thanks to Wendy Boyd for the photos: http://wendyracingphotos.smugmug.com

World Class Driver Paul Lemieux Joins the growing Custom Works staff.
Custom Works has added yet another talented racer to its roster. World Class Road Racer Paul Lemieux has joined Custom Works rapidly growing R&D staff. Paul will assist with the develpment of new products here at Custom Works and will also be bringing his impressive racing skills to Oval tracks around the country. Paul will continue to race Touring cars in On-Road competition for Kyosho, Novak and SMC Batteries.

Jim Dieter wins Nitro Sprint Car Nationals
Monee RC Raceway in Monee Illinois was the site of the Nitro Sprint Nationals on July 24th and 25th. Custom Works drivers Jim Dieter and Arnie Fie made the trek with their prototype Enforcer GSX Nitro Cars. Sundays A-main found Arnie and Jim qualifying 3rd and 5th respectively in the winged sprint division. In the A-main it was all Jim Dieter as he lapped the field in the 5 minute main turning some impressive lap times in the process. And speaking of impressive lap times Arnie Fie turned a 5.18 second lap during qualifying which according to track owner Roy Moody was the fastest lap ever turned at the track. Thanks to Jim and Arnie for a job well done and also thanks to Roy and Roberta Moody for putting on such a fine event. Come back soon for more info on the Enforcer GSX including pricing and approximate release dates.

Rob Cutman wins Willow Mill Speedway Firecracker Championship
Willow Mill speedway held its annual Firecracker Championship race under the lights on Saturday July 3rd. New for this year was the Non winged sprint class which was won by Custom Works GM Rob Cutman. Rob's Enforcer direct drive sprint car was equipped with threaded large volume shocks front and rear and optional front and rear sway bars. Rob was followed across the line by fellow Custom Works Teammates Phil Cooper and Paul Townsend. Willow Mill Speedways Promoter George Verbonitz took the TQ spot with his Custom Works Enforcer and set a new track record 40 lap run in qualifying. Thanks to all the racers who attended and especially to the Willow Mill Crew for putting on a great race.

Custom Works Cars win Delaware Oval Champs
June 26th was the date for this years Custom Works Delaware Paved Oval Championships in Seafod Delaware. Arnie Fie showed he was the man to beat this weekend after winning both the 19 turn pan car class and the Non-Winged sprint car class. Arnie drove the soon to be released Aggressor and Enforcer sprint car to victory. For more info and pricing on the new Aggressor, be sure to check back soon. more pics

Jim Dieter joins Custom Works R&D Department
World Champion motor and car designer Jim Dieter has joned our rapidly growing research & development department. Jim brings with him more than 20 years of experience in the industry both designing and racing electric and nitro powered cars and motors. While Custom Works has traditionally been a Dirt Oval based company we are expanding into other types of RC racing. The addition of Jim Dieter to the staff is certainly a sign that there are a lot of exciting products coming from us in the near future. Stay tuned...........

Phil Cooper wins East Coast Dirt Oval Champs
Custom Works newest team member Phil Cooper piloted our prototype Enforcer GSX Nitro Sprint car to a win in its first race at this years East Coast Dirt Oval Championships. Held at Cooper's RC Race Center April 3rd-5th the race was also the first race of the Nitro Tour 2004 Eastern Division series. Also taking the TQ honors Phil showed why he is one of the top dirt oval drivers in the country by winning the main by a wide margin. The Nitro EDM main looked much the same way as Phil had the field lapped by the 3 minute mark with his prototype Intimidator GSX. Unfortunately a lean motor ruined his shot at victory when it flamed out with only 20 seconds remaining in the race. Based on the new GBX series of kits the GSX nitro series cars are still in the prototype stage but should be available by early summer. Stay tuned for more info and photos as they become available. Thanks again Phil for a job well done!

Prototype Super Speedway car wins Snowbirds in Maiden Voyage
Our first attempt at an on-road Oval car was a huge success at this years Snowbird Nationals. The new prototype was driven to victory in the 6 cell mod class by Top Qualifier Frank Polimeda. Custom Works drivers Arnie Fie and Tommy Smith also made the A-main finishing 4th and 5th respectively. Our continued development of this car has provided record breaking results and improved performance over the original. Look for this car to released by the end of August. For pictures of Franks Snowbird winning car click here.