Name:

Michael Thomas

Hometown:

New Castle Pa.

RCTech Alias & Nicknames:

Rico

First Race (When? Where? What car?):

About 1993 at Pointe RC in Mt Pleasant Mi. with a Tamiya frog…… I won by the way

First Race at The Gate (When?):

Actually Bratenahl many moons ago

Favorite Memory of The Gate:

Halloween classic 2004. After running a practice round with Frank Calandra Jr. and mixing it up with him the whole race, he came up to me after, shook my hand and said, “Who the hell are you?”

Cars Currently Racing:

CRC 3.2, Losi xxx-cr, Losi xxxt-cr, Losi 8ight.

Proudest Racing Accomplishment (just one):

First place Stock Truck at the Midwest Off Road Championships 1997 in Columbus. Two winners that year. Brian Dunbar took stock and mod 2 wheel and mod truck. The only reason he didn’t sweep is he didn’t run stock truck.

Most Embarrassing Racing Failure:

Making the b-main the year after I won Columbus

David Hasselhoff, Burt Reynolds, Richard Dean Anderson, or Lee Majors?:

Lee Majors. With Farrah Fawcett, more than his eye must have been bionic!

If you were Chris Goetz, which implement would you use to kill yourself?

Sleeping pills and a fifth of Crown.

Favorite Song Heard at The Gate:

“You light up my life”

Song Suggestion for The Gate:

“Friends in low places”

Other Hobbies Outside of RC (as if you needed any):

Golf, fishing, full size cars

Did you steal Ray Huang’s Turbo35?

Ray who?

Do you know where Chris Byron lives?

Question should be “Do I care”

If you had to be any other racer’s pants, whose would you be?

Stupid question…. Vickie!

Two Favorite Tracks:

The Gate

Columbus fairgrounds

Have you ever stayed at the Knights Inn on Northfield Rd?  If so, tell us about your experience.:

Never, sorry to disappoint

What is your Viking name? (go to http://gorm.com/name/convert.htm )

Mikkel Wartooth…….sweet!

What hours are you available to help clean the man trough?

11:50 p.m. to 12:05 a.m.

Sponsors:

CRC, Losi uhhhhhh that’s it