The Chuck Kimbrough Memorial

09/05/2022

Great time this Labor Day Weekend RC racing on the Encino Velodrome for the 2022 Chuck Kimbrough Memorial.

It was a hot one, so thank you to all who came to race, and others who iust came to hang for a few minutes.

Check out the full race results here.

https://swtour.liverc.com/results/

10/07/2017

After several years of wanting to do a Memorial Race for the Late CHUCK KIMBROUGH (Kimbrough Racing Products) -- I'm really glad I was finally able to do it in Sept. of 2017.

Jay Kimbrough posted THIS on his Facebook account today (Oct. 6, 2017)

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Dear Friends, last week I sold Kimbrough Products to two long time associates. It is time for me to make a change and try to enjoy life a little more. I am really not a facebook type of person so this will be the last post on this site. I will be closing this account in 14 days. It has nothing to do with how much I love everyone in the R/C car world. And if anyone wants to get a hold of me please wait a couple of weeks. This was a hard thing for me to do. And I need some time. This does not mean I am done racing r/c cars. You just won't be able to be mad at Kimbrough Products if I take you out in a racing incident. From the bottom of my heart. My late Father Chuck Kimbrough and I thank you for your support and buying our products the last 37 years. If you need anything from Kimbrough Products please contact Jim Velez and I am sure he will help you. I can't express how much fun and enjoyment I have had racing with all of you over the years. After 3 months I will be looking for a new opportunity to do something else hopefully that I can enjoy with out the pressures of ownership. As my Dad used to always end his letters. Good Luck racing but more important have fun.

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I want to wish Jay the best of everything. He's been a great friend, provided a great product and has been fun to race with for decades.

I look forward to still getting to hang with him at the r/c races!

09/08/2017

Winners of the 1st EVER Chuck Kimbrough Memorial R/C Race - 2017

09/04/2017

All and All not a terrible weekend at the Velodrome (The CHUCK KIMBROUGH MEMORIAL) if I don't count the RACING I did - LOL

Tore the heck out of my toy on Saturday in practice -- got the crud torn out of the borrowed TRUCK I ran today --- my car owner (BRAD) also got both his CAR and TRUCK pretty much destroyed.

We dodged the RAIN that much of Central and Southern CA got today -- we got ours for just a few minutes around 7 pm (but we were dont, torn down and loading up at the time)
Entries were a bit light, but I pretty well expected we'd be down 6-8 racers, think we actually ended up down 10 from our average.

A Couple INCREDIBLE Finishes --- Congrats to the 2017 "Inagural CHUCK KIMBROUGH MEMORIAL" Race Winners.

OVAL SPEC "Winner" -- Chris Stevens (Just barely beating his father, kinda. Chris got the extra lap at the END, where Kevin missed it by .01s, so Chris actually has a full lap)

GT Spec "R" "Winner" -- Mike Wright

NASTRUCK 21.5 2c "Winner" -- Scot Petitclerc

Sportsman 17.5 2c (Stock Car) "Winner" -- Nick Sava

Expert 17.5 2c (Stock Car) "Winner" -- Jason Hastings (beating Kevin Stevens by .01 sec. at the finishline (maybe 3 inches, side by side, door to door)

08/25/2017

Several years ago when I held a Kimbrough 400 race at the concrete track in Bakersfield I talked to Jay Kimbrough about changing things up and having a "Chuck Kimbrough Memorial" race. Well, things happened, I stopped putting on r/c races for a few years, the KIMBROUGH 400 race got picked up by the guys at the track in KING, North Carolina and time went on.

In 2016 I got back in to holding races when we got the opportunity to return to the high banked bicycle velodrome used for the Original R/C THUNDERDROME races that were held in the late 1980s.

Now it's time to honor my wish to Jay by holding the Inaugural CHUCK KIMBROUGH MEMORIAL race in honor to his father on Labor Day Weekend 2017 at the Encino Velodrome.

Chuck Kimbrough, founder of KIMBROUGH RACING PRODUCTS along with Jay have been a great part of the R/C community since the very beginning in the 1970s. The Kimbrough gears, servo savers and more have been on 1000's of cars, and in 1000's of parts boxes for several decades.

In the words of KIMBROUGH RACING PRODUCTS -- "We Gear the World"

www.kimbroughracingproducts.com

09/20/2012

Here's ANOTHER Video from the 2012 Kimbrough 400 at Papa Lou's.

This is the SPORTSMAN MODIFIED A MAIN from day 2 - Sunday Afternoon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCVagibpd0c&feature=share&list=UUB2HL22DiUx7yhRFbMevbkA

Bryan Myers - TJ Kendall - Tom Kendall - Brad Mu**er - Toshihiro Naito - Steve Jacquez - Don Natale - Tiger - Dave Werner - (and missing from the action ... yours truly Joe Myers ... someone had to announce it!!)

Day 2 of the 2012 Kimbrough 400

09/12/2012

The PRO MOD (10.5 / 1c) Main event from the 2012 Kimbrough 400 has been posted on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fix7CnRhmHM&feature=player_embedded

Pro Mod / 10.5 1cell A Main

09/12/2012

2012 Kimbrough 400 - www.Kimbrough400.com