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De Jong won second round of Dutch brushless 1/8-Scale Off-Road Cup

Anton de Jong took the win at real80 in Groningen ahead of Intech Racing team driver Marcel Pinkster at round two of the Dutch 1:8 BL Cup.

Aaron Waldron June 24, 2016, 7:24 a.m. View Comments

XRAY XB8 GT prototype debuted with runner-up finish at EFRA GT Cup in Croatia

Toni Santana Yanes won the inaugural EFRA GT Cup in Zagreb, Croatia last weekend - but the biggest story may have been Fabio Callegari's second place finish behind the wheel of a prototype XRAY XB8-based car.

Aaron Waldron June 23, 2016, 8:38 a.m. View Comments

Tessmann shows how to pack for nitro races [VIDEO]

2014 IFMAR Nitro Off-Road World Champion Ty Tessmann walks through the steps of preparing to travel for a race in his latest video.

Aaron Waldron June 23, 2016, 7:29 a.m. View Comments

Serpent signed Loran Whiting

Top US nitro on-road racer Loran Whiting has signed with Serpent ahead of this year's 200mm Worlds in Italy.

Aaron Waldron June 23, 2016, 11:59 a.m. View Comments

Menicucci and Berselli won Italian outdoor on-road nationals

XRAY driver Alessio Menicucci won the Modified division while Gabriele Berselli captured the 13.5 title at the UISP Italian National Outdoor Championship in San Lazzaro di Savena at the Ca’ de Mandorli track.

Aaron Waldron June 23, 2016, 7:45 a.m. View Comments

New Hiro Seiko titanium screw kit for TKI4 buggy

Hiro Seiko introduced its first titanium screw kit for an 1/8-scale off-road buggy with the addition of a complete kit of fasteners to fit the MP9 TKI4.

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

THURSDAY TESTIMONIALS: Slick Diffz B5M diff kit, Ball Snot thrust grease and diff lube

SDRC stock buggy front-runner Jose Villa re-built the differential in his B5M with hardware and lubricants from Slick Diffz - and this is what he thought about them.

Aaron Waldron June 23, 2016, 4:06 p.m. View Comments

New heat shield tape from Revolution Design Racing Products

Revolution Design Racing Products now sells 100cm rolls of padded heat shield tape that can be used to protect fuel tanks, body shells, or anything else that's susceptible to damage from getting too hot.

Aaron Waldron June 23, 2016, 8:27 a.m. View Comments

Krapp dominated 2WD at the third round of North German regionals in Schumacher debut

In his first off-road race in nearly a year and a half, Christopher Krapp drove his new Schumacher buggy to the TQ and win in Celle for round three of the North German regional championship.

Aaron Waldron June 23, 2016, 12:31 p.m. View Comments

Exotek Racing steering set for F1R3 with IFS

Upgrade your IFS-equipped Exotek Racing F1R3 with this 7075 alloy dual-bellcrank steering set supported by 8 ball bearings.

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

New VP Racing Fuels t-shirt, monster truck plushy toy and Mad Scientist bobblehead

Fans of VP Racing Fuels now have new choices to represent their favorite brand - including a pit mascot!

Aaron Waldron June 23, 2016, 12:40 p.m. View Comments

Bacon and Wittmayer earned double wins at Karsyn's Krusaders Off-Road Challenge

By sweeping the Pro Nitro classes Tony Bacon became the first two-time winner of the Pro Nitro Buggy class at the annual Karsyn's Krusaders charity benefit, which raised an incredible $975 this year, while Clayton Whitmayer won 4x4 SCT and E-Buggy at

Aaron Waldron June 23, 2016, 2:07 p.m. View Comments

Xceed TH-2 tire heater with new belt system

Xceed now offers its TH-2 tire heater with warming belts to fit GT cars, F1 racers and even 1/8-scale buggies - and the belts are also available separately for those who already own the TH-2 unit.

Aaron Waldron June 23, 2016, 8:08 a.m. View Comments

RUDDOG off-road tire gluing bands

RUDDOG Distribution has released packs of four branded tire gluing bands made of stretchy red material that's 25mm wide and sized for both 1/10- and 1/8-scale buggy tires.

Aaron Waldron June 23, 2016, 12:11 p.m. View Comments

E-Buggy gets backward in gnarly whip during post-race contest [VIDEO]

Dean's Discount Hobbies and Race Complex in New Port Richey, FL organized a freestyle whip contest after races concluded on Saturday - and Tekno RC team driver Laurence Mayes threw down hard.

Aaron Waldron June 22, 2016, 10:58 a.m. View Comments

Maxima Europa signed Malin Karlsen to contract extension

Malin Karlsen will continue running Maxima fuel through the 2017 season.

Aaron Waldron June 22, 2016, 9:39 a.m. View Comments

Ronda Drake signed to CowRC factory team

Ronda Drake joined her husband Adam Drake and Ryan Lutz on the new CowRC team.

Aaron Waldron June 22, 2016, 11:25 a.m. View Comments

New Werks Racing B5 PRO II and B6 PRO II .21 nitro engines

Werks Racing engineers have redesigned both the B5 and B6 Pro engines for improved performance.

Aaron Waldron June 22, 2016, 8:50 a.m. View Comments

New Raw Speed Stage Two buggy tires and sneak peek at D815 front shock tower

Raw Speed Inc. has released its new Stage Two tires for 2WD buggies, and offered a first look at the design for a front shock tower to fit the D815 buggy - with a hint that more is on the way.

Aaron Waldron June 22, 2016, 10 a.m. View Comments

New RUDDOG RP690 1/8-scale sensored brushless motors

RUDDOG Distribution has released a lineup of three RP690 sensored brushless motors for use in 1/8-scale vehicles.

Aaron Waldron June 22, 2016, 9:33 a.m. View Comments

New XRAY 3.5mm carbon fiber rear shock tower for XB8

XRAY has released an optional carbon fiber rear shock tower for the XB8 buggy made of 3.5mm-thick material, which is softer and more flexible than the previous 4.0mm-thick option.

Aaron Waldron June 22, 2016, 3:35 p.m. View Comments

SRS Raceway Fireworks Spectacular Series double-header

SRS Raceway is hosting separate races on July 3 and 4, with trophies for the top three in each of ten classes after both results are combined.

Aaron Waldron June 22, 2016, 3:59 p.m. View Comments

New REDS Racing VX540 high-torque 13.5- and 21.5-turn motors

REDS Racing has released new versions of its VX540 13.5- and 21.5-turn spec motors built specifically for increased low-rpm torque.

Aaron Waldron June 22, 2016, 12:40 p.m. View Comments

Ohio RC Factory to host Ohio State Outdoor 1:8 Championship next month

The Ohio RC Factory will host nitro and electric 1/8-scale off-road racers to compete in a special one-day event.

Aaron Waldron June 22, 2016, 3:25 p.m. View Comments

JConcepts Indoor National Series finals moved to different date

The JConcepts Indoor National Series finals at Speed RC have been pushed back one weekend to December 10-11.

Aaron Waldron June 22, 2016, 9:53 a.m. View Comments

New RS5 Modelsport XF 1/5-scale formula car kit

Former European Champion Hungarian manufacturer RS5 Modelsport has introduced their new XF car kit for the 1/5-scale Formula class.

Aaron Waldron June 22, 2016, 12:30 p.m. View Comments

Spieth won second round of West German regionals

After the track dried from the rained out practice day, Schumacher's Oliver Spieth qualified second and then won the 2WD class at the redesigned MC Dortmund track with his Cougar KF2 SE.

Aaron Waldron June 22, 2016, 8:59 a.m. View Comments

New FireBrand RC MachSpeed-GTR drift body

FireBrand RC's new MachSpeed-GTR shell is wide enough to accommodate deep-offset wheels and give your drifter a very unique style.

Aaron Waldron June 21, 2016, 12:33 p.m. View Comments

Exotek's new aluminum Micro-Tek chassis conversion for 1/24-scale Truggy, SCTE and Rally

Exotek Racing has introduced an aluminum chassis kit for Losi's micro off-road vehicles that enhances performance, increases cooling, improves durability and adds style in either blue or red anodizing.

Aaron Waldron June 21, 2016, 9:02 a.m. View Comments

New Hitec Vektor 280 racing drone and HFP-30 digital servo programmer and tester

Hitec has introduced a new 280-class racing quadcopter called the Vektor 280, which comes ready to fly, and the HFP-30 handheld unit that can be used to test any servo - as well as program Hitec's digital servos.

Aaron Waldron June 21, 2016, 12:56 p.m. View Comments

Trinity's hand-built ReVtech 24K 25.5-turn Certified VTA motor

Just one day after announcing the standard ReVtech 24K 25.5-turn motor built to new ROAR specs for the VTA class, Trinity has released a hand-built Certified version with an optional rotor installed for even more power.

Aaron Waldron June 21, 2016, 1:15 p.m. View Comments

5150 Media Productions Saturday night pit walk at ROAR Nats [VIDEO]

5150 Media Productions' Cory Drachenberg and his Come Drive With Us camera followed Joe Bornhorst and Tyler Hooks through the pit area after qualifying concluded at the ROAR Nationals for a series of riveting interviews.

Aaron Waldron June 21, 2016, 8:18 a.m. View Comments

Boots won both nitro and electric at Kyosho Masters

REDS Racing driver Elliott Boots dominated the Kyosho Masters in France.

Aaron Waldron June 21, 2016, 7:40 a.m. View Comments

Drake and Lutz signed to new CowRC factory team

Cow RC, "the radio control maintenance king," launched its new factory team by signing two of the biggest names in the game - Adam Drake and Ryan Lutz.

Aaron Waldron June 21, 2016, 7:19 a.m. View Comments

Watch Adam Drake show off Mugen Seiki's new NMB bearings [VIDEO]

In his latest video, Mugen Seiki Racing driver Adam Drake demonstrated just how free and efficient the new NMB bearing are over the stock pieces.

Aaron Waldron June 21, 2016, 9:12 a.m. View Comments

TALK IT UP TUESDAY: Darren Wimberley

In this week's Talk It Up Tuesday, Darren Wimberley - the founder of FireBrand RC - chatted about how he merged his love for RC with a lifelong passion for art and nearly two decades of marketing experience to create his own company.

Aaron Waldron June 21, 2016, 3:39 p.m. View Comments

Ronnefalk, Stringer, Becica, Odum, Bacon and Hejny scored wins for AKA last weekend

AKA team drivers David Ronnefalk, Aaron Stringer, Casey Becica, Austin Odum, Tony Bacon and Brindon Hejny won races around the world last weekend.

Aaron Waldron June 21, 2016, 8:24 a.m. View Comments

Baker and Smith won tenth annual Big Fat Turkey Race

Barry "The Fabulous One" Baker won a three-way tie to take the Modified Touring Car class title at the Roadrunners RC Club annual event in Ventura, CA, while Kevin Smith topped the Stock division.

Aaron Waldron June 21, 2016, 1:26 p.m. View Comments

Fischer finished first in both classes at AZRCR Copper State Series fourth round

Triton RC engines powered Billy Fischer to the Buggy and Truck victories at round four of the AZRCR Copper State Series.

Aaron Waldron June 21, 2016, 8:49 a.m. View Comments

Buechler won 4WD at Northwest Buggy Champs

Team Tekin's Nick Buechler won the 4WD class at the third annual race hosted by Northwest RC Raceway, with teammate Jeremy Potter behind in second.

Aaron Waldron June 20, 2016, 2:57 p.m. View Comments

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