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New Techra setup wand for touring cars

Techra has introduced this stunning, black-anodized set of machined aluminum touring car setup tools including a bulkhead alignment tool, two droop gauge blocks, two different sizes of droop gauges and a ride height gauge all held together magnetical

Aaron Waldron Nov. 29, 2016, 4:41 p.m. View Comments

Will IFMAR's new rules make 1/12-scale modified too fast for competiton? [VIDEO]

At last week's U.S. Indoor Champs, national champion racers Josh Cyrul and Keven Hebert switched on a 1/12-scale car built to the new 2S-powered regulations for the modified class - to show why they feel the rule change will hurt the category. What d

Aaron Waldron Nov. 29, 2016, 12:45 p.m. View Comments

Ongaro split from Mugen Seiki - expected to sign with Team Associated?

Just months after fifteen-year-old Davide Ongaro scored a sixth-place finish at the IFMAR Worlds in Las Vegas, he's announced the end of a three-year relationship with Mugen Seiki Europe - and has already shared a photo of himself wearing a Team Asso

Aaron Waldron Nov. 29, 2016, 11:35 a.m. View Comments

Jerome Aigoin split from Kyosho

After ten years of racing for Team Kyosho International, Kyosho Europe has announced that four-time French national champion Jerome Aigoin will be heading somewhere else for the 2017 season.

Aaron Waldron Nov. 29, 2016, 11:21 a.m. View Comments

Double win for Valander at second round of Winter Jumps

EuroRC's race report from Fullspeed RC in the Finnish capital of Helsinki for round two of the Winter Jumps series, where XRAY's Joel Valander won both the 2WD and 4WD finals.

Aaron Waldron Nov. 29, 2016, 9:21 a.m. View Comments

XRAY signed Dobnikar and Kolbel, released orange-anodized aluminum fan mount for T4

XRAY has introduced a simple, stylish fan mount for the T4 touring car platform, and added Slovenian champion Matej Dobnikar and Austrian front-runner Rene Kolbel to its racing team.

Aaron Waldron Nov. 29, 2016, 10:29 a.m. View Comments

Watch Drake describe tuning with front toe [VIDEO]

In his latest informative video, Adam Drake from Mugen Seiki Racing talked about adjusting the angle of the front wheels - what is referred to as "toe."

Aaron Waldron Nov. 29, 2016, 11:17 a.m. View Comments

Tessmann extended lead Top 25 RC rankings with Winter Cup victory

The Winter Cup at IBR Padova last weekend drew enough of the fastest drivers on the planet to qualify as a Top 25 RC-ranked event, where Tessmann padded his points total, Boots improved and Ongaro moved into the top ten.

Aaron Waldron Nov. 29, 2016, 9 a.m. View Comments

Mugen Seiki to sign new star driver for 2017?

Last week, Mugen Seiki Racing announced it had some big news coming for next season - but if the rumors are true, the announcement could be downright huge...

Aaron Waldron Nov. 28, 2016, 1:02 p.m. View Comments

Embling signed with Team Losi Racing in UK

Horizon Hobby UK announced that top British off-road racer Jack Embling has joined the Team Losi Racing lineup for 2017.

Aaron Waldron Nov. 28, 2016, 12:01 p.m. View Comments

New Serpent Spyder SDX4 coming soon

Serpent's shaft-driven SDX4 4WD buggy is expected to hit shelves in December.

Aaron Waldron Nov. 28, 2016, 2:37 p.m. View Comments

2017 Dirt Nitro Challenge promo [VIDEO]

Are you excited for the 2017 Dirt Nitro Challenge? You will be after this quick clip.

Aaron Waldron Nov. 28, 2016, 2:14 p.m. View Comments

Tekno RC EB410 1/10-scale 4WD buggy due mid-2017 [VIDEO]

While everyone was nursing off the food coma (or shopping amidst the craziness) on Friday, Tekno RC announced its plans to introduce a new 1/10-scale 4WD buggy next season.

Aaron Waldron Nov. 28, 2016, 12:29 p.m. View Comments

POLL: Did you buy anything RC-related on Black Friday or Cyber Monday?

The four days following Thanksgiving are traditionally the biggest shopping days of the year - and dozens of RC companies offered big savings. Did you take advantage and buy something for you, or someone else?

Aaron Waldron Nov. 28, 2016, 3:14 p.m. View Comments

How did these RC stars get started in the hobby? [VIDEO]

Team Associated asked original RC10 builder Curtis Husting, world champions Ryan Cavalieri and Spencer Rivkin, team manager Brent Thielke, JConcepts founder Jason Ruona, and Eustace Moore - founder of MIP - how they were introduced to RC car racing.

Aaron Waldron Nov. 28, 2016, 1:49 p.m. View Comments

XRAY XB4 '17 4WD buggy kit coming soon

XRAY has announced that it will release details of its 2017-spec XB4 4WD buggy - which will look to defend its world title - in the coming days.

Aaron Waldron Nov. 28, 2016, 3:25 p.m. View Comments

Addiction RC in Utah under new ownership

The carpet on/off-road track and hobby shop in Ogden, UT is now being run by long-time off-road racing veteran Joel Eaton.

Aaron Waldron Nov. 28, 2016, 3:06 p.m. View Comments

Martin signed with Infinity to head upcoming off-road program

Creation Model-Infinity lured multi-talented off-road ace Lee Martin to join its growing team as the company announced its intention to compete in the dirt.

Aaron Waldron Nov. 28, 2016, 11:13 a.m. View Comments

Novarossi's new Mito .12 World Championship-winning engine

Novarossi has introduced the new Mito .12 World Champion, the engine which powered Dominic Greiner to the IFMAR 200mm title this year in Italy.

Aaron Waldron Nov. 28, 2016, 11:21 a.m. View Comments

Absolute Hobbyz Black Friday Sale

Brandon Rohde Nov. 25, 2016, 3:02 p.m. View Comments

Black Friday Savings at AMain Performance Hobbies

Brandon Rohde Nov. 25, 2016, 2:34 p.m. View Comments

Jarosz jumped to JConcepts for 2017

Kyosho America driver Chris Jarosz, who now lives in Las Vegas, announced on social media that he has switched from AKA - for whom he raced for four years - to JConcepts for next season.

Aaron Waldron Nov. 23, 2016, 6:14 p.m. View Comments

Final teaser photo of Team Associated B64 prototype is a full chassis shot

Here's the last look at the translucent stereolithography prototype of the new Team Associated RC10B64 4WD buggy before the official release!

Aaron Waldron Nov. 23, 2016, 12:06 p.m. View Comments

New 175RC titanium B6 diff screws and non-magnetic Sonic M3 clamping screws

Recently-launched accessory brand 175RC has introduced new fasteners made of titanium to fit the gear differential of the B6 buggy, as well as the timing clamp of the Sonic M3 motor lineup.

Aaron Waldron Nov. 23, 2016, 7:34 a.m. View Comments

Watch Boots describe the REDS Racing Worlds Edition engine [VIDEO]

REDS Racing star and multi-time European Champion Elliott Boots sat down to talk about the new Worlds Edition engine for this informative video.

Aaron Waldron Nov. 23, 2016, 2:27 p.m. View Comments

New Pro-Line Racing soft top and tire cover scaler accessories, X2-compound Transistor and Electron 2.2-inch buggy tires, and Hyrax 2.2-inch G8 crawler tires

Pro-Line Racing has introduced new scale accessories, popular 1/10-scale Transistor front and Electron rear tires in long-lasting X2 compound, and super-sticky G8-compound Hyrax tires for 2.2-inch crawlers.

Aaron Waldron Nov. 23, 2016, 7:59 a.m. View Comments

LRC EXCLUSIVE: Team Associated caught testing the B64D at OCRC Raceway

A LiveRC reader with quick thumbs snapped a couple photos of Team Associated design engineer and former IFMAR Worlds finalist Kody Numedahl testing the B64D at OCRC Raceway yesterday.

Aaron Waldron Nov. 23, 2016, 4:23 p.m. View Comments

New VRP machined aluminum gullwing front shock towers for B6

Vision Racing Products has introduced two new aluminum front shock towers for the B6 platform when equipped with the gullwing front arms - one that maintains the stock shock mounting holes, and an optional piece that removes the outermost hole and ad

Aaron Waldron Nov. 23, 2016, 10:44 a.m. View Comments

Day signed with Pro-Line Racing for 2017

Less than a week after winning the 4WD class at the Northwest Invitational, Oregonian Kyosho driver Tanner Day announced that he will not be rejoining JConcepts for next season - and signed with Pro-Line Racing instead.

Aaron Waldron Nov. 23, 2016, 4:56 p.m. View Comments

New Yokomo double-joint front driveshafts for YZ-4, BD8-2017 conversion kits for BD7-2016 with carbon fiber or aluminum chassis

Yokomo has introduced new driveshafts for its YZ-4 buggy which have two joints, for less friction loss during cornering, as well as conversion kits for the previous model BD7-2016 touring car to transform it into the world champion BD8-2017 with your

Aaron Waldron Nov. 23, 2016, 12:36 p.m. View Comments