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New AVID titanium ball stud set for B6 and B6D

AVID Racing Concepts has released a full set of 12 titanium ball studs to reduce weight from the B6 and B6D without sacrificing strength.

Aaron Waldron June 29, 2016, 12:17 p.m. View Comments

New LRP ZZ.21C made by O.S. Engines, ZR.30 and ZR.32 Spec.4 engines, 3000mAh shorty LCG P5 LiPo and B3-STX Deluxe transmitter set

LRP has announced five new products: the flagship ZZ.21C racing engine made by O.S. Engines, new ZR.30 and ZR.32 Spec.4 big block monster truck engines, a 3000mAh shorty LCG addition to the P5 LiPo lineup and the updated B3-STX Deluxe 2.4 GHz radio a

Aaron Waldron June 29, 2016, 1:56 p.m. View Comments

FireBrand RC Pro-Mag 15 wheels with D2T treaded drift tires

FireBrand RC has introduced a new, old-school drift wheel with a 6mm offset that's wrapped in a white-wall, treaded tire for the ultimate in style.

Aaron Waldron June 28, 2016, 11:40 a.m. View Comments

Watch Drake describe his radio tray [VIDEO]

In his latest video, Mugen Seiki's Adam Drake talked about how he assembles and wires his radio tray.

Aaron Waldron June 28, 2016, 2:34 p.m. View Comments

TALK IT UP TUESDAY: Felix Law

The 2015 Reedy Touring Car Race of Champions Open Modified winner has raced more classes of RC cars, in more countries, than you could've possibly imagined. Learn more about his RC career and what he thinks of the industry in this week's Talk It Up T

Aaron Waldron June 28, 2016, 4:38 p.m. View Comments

New Pro-Line Racing bodies, tires and accessories for June 2016 [VIDEO]

Pro-Line Racing has announced its new pre-painted True Scale 2017 Ford Raptor short course truck bodies, Predator shell for the B6 and B6D, front wing and black-anodized aluminum mounts to fit a variety of 2WD buggies, Transistor 2WD front tires, Fug

Aaron Waldron June 28, 2016, 1:58 p.m. View Comments

Vigneron, Tran and Duchet won fourth round of French touring car nationals

Team Magic Europe teammates Thomas Vigneron and Hai-Long Tran won the Modified and 13.5-turn categories in the Southwestern French town of Tournefeuille, while Alexandre Duchet won the 10.5-turn class.

Aaron Waldron June 28, 2016, 8:42 a.m. View Comments

Deschenes, Treignier, Boulianne and Gélinas won round of Quebec RC series

Over 80 entries competed across nitro and electric buggy and truck classes at RC Charlevoix for the second round of the Quebec RC series, where Eric Deschenes, Jerome Treignier, Carl Boulianne and Pascal Gélinas won the main events.

Aaron Waldron June 28, 2016, 8:23 a.m. View Comments

New ProTek RC medium tire glue

AMain Performance Hobbies has added a medium-thickness CA tire glue to its ProTek RC product lineup.

Aaron Waldron June 28, 2016, 9:08 a.m. View Comments

RDRP 25mm wide black tire gluing bands

Revolution Design Racing Products has released branded black tire bands that are 25mm wide and sized appropriately for off-road buggy tires.

Aaron Waldron June 28, 2016, 8:12 a.m. View Comments

Warsaw Moto Show added to sixth Euro Offroad Series season calender

The second round of the upcoming Euro Offroad Series will be held at the largest exhibition center in Central Europe, in front of a crowd of thousands of automotive enthusiasts.

Aaron Waldron June 28, 2016, 9:52 a.m. View Comments

JConcepts protective chassis sheet for B6 and B6D

JConcepts now offers a pair of protective, pre-cut chassis sheets for the B6 and B6D that's decorated with the Striker graphic.

Aaron Waldron June 28, 2016, 9:39 a.m. View Comments

New Gravity RC B5 and B6 ceramic-coated steel bearing kit

Gravity RC has introduced a set of 14 ceramic-coated steel bearings to fit the B5, B6 and B6D buggies.

Aaron Waldron June 28, 2016, 9:23 a.m. View Comments

New 6Mik Mistik 1/8-scale buggy tire

French brand 6Mik has introduced the new Mistik tire for 1/8-scale buggies featuring a low tread pattern for blue-groove and clay surfaces.

Aaron Waldron June 28, 2016, 9:47 a.m. View Comments

Dana won Great Snake Shootout

Triton RC's Mike Dana won the third round of the Northwest Championship Tour - the Great Snake Shootout.

Aaron Waldron June 27, 2016, 7:02 p.m. View Comments

Bornhorst buggy double, Lutz took truck win at AMS 7.0 [VIDEO]

Tekno RC's Joe Bornhorst earned the biggest victories of his career by winning Pro Nitro and Electric Buggy at the seventh annual Alabama Manufacturer Shootout, while his teammate Ryan Lutz won the Pro Nitro Truck class. Here are the full A-Main resu

Aaron Waldron June 27, 2016, 10:57 a.m. View Comments

Cradock shows how to check and maintain a nitro engine [VIDEO]

Elliott Boots' mechanic Mike Cradock walks through the steps of checking an engine for damage and performing routine engine maintenance.

Aaron Waldron June 27, 2016, 1:58 p.m. View Comments

XRAY's new graphite suspension arms for RX8

XRAY has released stiffer graphite composite suspension arms for the RX8 platform, which improve stability - especially in hot weather or on high-grip tracks.

Aaron Waldron June 27, 2016, 9:26 a.m. View Comments

AKA team drivers Lutz, Bacon, Hadley, Kendall, Grayek and Davis won last weekend

AKA Products drivers Ryan lutz and Tony Bacon scored wins at AMS 7.0, Keith Hadley and Travis Kendall combined for three wins at Round #3 of the Northwest Championship Tour, Jamie Grayek won the LCRC Raceway Party Rock Cash Race and Steve Davis won t

Aaron Waldron June 27, 2016, 6:53 p.m. View Comments

Grayek and Komerian won LCRC Party Rock Cash Race

Kyosho America driver Jamie Grayek TQ'd and won the Nitro Buggy class and privateer Ofir Komerian drove an MP9E to the TQ and win in Electric Buggy at LCRC Raceway.

Aaron Waldron June 27, 2016, 6:17 p.m. View Comments

Nitro buggy stolen at AMS

Hunter Cupp of Cullman, AL had his HB D815 stolen from his pit trailer while watching the Pro Buggy final last weekend.

Aaron Waldron June 27, 2016, 2:21 p.m. View Comments

MIP's new black pit mat

MIP is now selling a black yoga-mat style pit mat on its website.

Aaron Waldron June 27, 2016, 11:51 a.m. View Comments

Savoya still perfect after fourth round of French Nats

RC Concept driver Renaud Savoya has attended three of the four rounds of the French Nationals - and he won all of them, including last weekend's race at CARCA in Noeux les Mines.

Aaron Waldron June 27, 2016, 12:01 p.m. View Comments

POLL: What was most impressive about the Alabama Manufacturer Shootout?

Which part of last weekend's AMS 7.0 did you find the most spectacular?

Aaron Waldron June 27, 2016, 12:31 p.m. View Comments

Infinity's Collari talks about tuning with track width [VIDEO]

The first episode of the new YouTube channel Creation Model TV shows 9-time World Champion Lamberto Collari explaining the effect of changing track width on the performance of his Infinity racing car.

Aaron Waldron June 27, 2016, 8:43 a.m. View Comments

Watch Adam Drake describe his engine break-in procedure [VIDEO]

In Jason Snyder's latest Short Course World video, Adam Drake walks through the steps he follows to properly break-in his engines.

Aaron Waldron June 27, 2016, 8:51 a.m. View Comments

Extreme Racing Cyclope digital different pocket scale from Showgameshop

Spanish distribution company Showgameshop has introduced the new Extreme Racing Cyclope, a specially designed scale allowing easy measurement of how much diff oil is used during assembly.

Aaron Waldron June 24, 2016, 1:51 p.m. View Comments

RC4WD's new Bully II MOA RTR competition crawler

RC4WD offers the Bully II motor-on-axle crawler as a complete RTR ready to rock the toughest competition.

Aaron Waldron June 24, 2016, 9:14 a.m. View Comments

Hartson's double led Team Associated to seven wins at fourth round of JBRL

Team Associated pro Steven Hartson won the 2WD and 4WD classes at his home track, OCRC Raceway, as he and his teammates dominated round four of the Jimmy Babcock Racing League.

Aaron Waldron June 24, 2016, 8:45 a.m. View Comments

Fiftieth Euro Touring Series race kicks off in Luxembourg with Coelho on cusp of title

The magnificent Mini Circuit Ville de Luxembourg hosts the 50th Euro Touring Series event in history this weekend with XRAY's Bruno Coelho leading Marc Rheinard and defending champ Ronald Volker in the overall standings.

Aaron Waldron June 24, 2016, 9:02 a.m. View Comments

RPM front bulkhead for TRX 2WD vehicles and monster truck Mamba Monster ESC cage

RPM has released an ultra-tough front bulkhead in four colors to fit a variety of Traxxas 2WD Slash, Rustler, Stampede and Bandit vehicles, as well as a Mamba Monster ESC cage to simplify installation into the E-Revo, E-Maxx and Summit.

Aaron Waldron June 24, 2016, 1:29 p.m. View Comments

Almeida won 40+ European B championship

XRAY's Barros Almeida was the fastest among racers age 40 and over at last weekend's European B Championships in Freixedas, Portugal.

Aaron Waldron June 24, 2016, 7:56 a.m. View Comments

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

The Big Apple Novarossi Nitro Challenge to be broadcasted live!

Ryan Lutz will be back to defend his title at The Big Apple Novarossi Nitro Challenge against former champ Adam Drake and the fastest off-road racers in the Northeast. You'll be able to watch every lap live on LiveRC!

Aaron Waldron June 24, 2016, 7:38 a.m. View Comments

Hobby Action RC Raceway Chandler now under construction

Hobby Action has begun building its new indoor off-road RC track in Arizona.

Aaron Waldron June 24, 2016, 8:16 a.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: The inaugural Alabama Manufacturer Shootout [VIDEO]

This weekend, the seventh annual Alabama Manufacturer Shootout - AMS 7.0 - is going down at the Cullman Agricultural Center. Back in 2010, I covered the inaugural AMS for R/C Car Magazine - here's what went down.

Aaron Waldron June 24, 2016, 3:47 p.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

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

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

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