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IB-Prostart signs Ronda Drake for the 2014 nitro offroad season

IB-Prostart engine heaters have announced their newest team member, Mrs. Ronda Drake! Ronda has been an avid R/C enthusiast for the past 20 years, and can be seen racing her Novarossi powered TLR buggy and truggy at most of the major offroad events

Mike Garrison April 15, 2014, 7:10 a.m. View Comments

Hy-Traction Juice races to raise Autism Awareness this April

April is National Autism Awareness month, but for Hy-Traction Juice, every month is about Autism Awareness. Hy-Traction Juice, a New York based tire additive company, has shared today a very heart warming story in their effort to raise Autism Awarene

Mike Garrison April 15, 2014, 6:52 a.m. View Comments

Sweep Racing releases the new Team Associated B5M "Muzzle" body

Sweep Racing has just released their new "Muzzle" body for the Team Associated B5M buggy. The new body is designed to offer high-speed stability, high downforce, quicker steering response, and offer a unique new look to your buggy. The new "Muzzle" b

Mike Garrison April 15, 2014, 6:45 a.m. View Comments

Nathan Clark and Brandon Marsh win with JC at the WRL Finals

The final round of the CRCRC Winter Racing League (WRL) series was held April 5th, hosted by The Ohio RC Factory. The WRL is a 6 race series with one race per month skipping January as the CRCRC Midwest race takes place in January. The final round wa

Mike Garrison April 15, 2014, 6:09 a.m. View Comments

Mike Garrison wins at the 2014 80/35 Raceway "Spring Classic"

Upon receiving this race report about LiveRC's very own Mike Garrison, we thought maybe it was a late April Fools joke, but upon further investigation it appears to somehow miraculously be true...

Mike Garrison April 15, 2014, 6:19 a.m. View Comments

Team Associated releases new B5 and B5M flat sensor wires

The flat sensor wires that come with Reedy Sonic motors are now available in two new lengths perfectly suited for Team Associated’s B5 and B5M buggies. A 125mm (5.25”) version fits perfectly in the B5 while the 175mm (7.25”) version fits perfectly in

Mike Garrison April 14, 2014, 5:59 a.m. View Comments

Tekin releases the new ROAR approved 250 ESC software update

Tekin has released their newest update for the Tekin HotWire 2.0. The new 250 ESC software features ROAR approval for the RSX, RS Gen2, and RS Gen2 Spec, BEC data log stream, new data logger features such as color options, simultaneous multi data log

Mike Garrison April 14, 2014, 6:15 a.m. View Comments

John Ermen wins at the 2014 German West Onroad Nationals

REDS Racing celebrates today as team driver, John Ermen, has returned from the German West Onroad Nationals. Ermen, driving the 1:8 scale nitro class, was able to capture the fastest lap, top qualifier position in qualifying, and the overall win!

Mike Garrison April 14, 2014, 9:45 a.m. View Comments

Janos Birinyi doubles up at Round 7 of the RCProf Speedpassion Challenge

Round 7 of the Hungarian RCProf Speedpassion Challenge was hosted recently with Team XRAY walking away victorious. Janos Birinyi took the XRAY T4 to a solid victory in both Stock 13.5 and Stock 17.5 classes, ahead of teammate Tamas Pongho.

Mike Garrison April 14, 2014, 8:55 a.m. View Comments

NeoBuggy.net reveals the 2014 Neo Race "Neo Girls"

Each year the NeoBuggy.net "Neo Race" is full of spectacular racing and great fun. We are getting set for the Neo'14 event this coming weekend, and NeoBuggy has revealed this year's Neo Girls! We predict after viewing this article, there will be a si

Mike Garrison April 14, 2014, 6:41 a.m. View Comments

Team Associated releases new RC10.com exclusive TC6 option parts

Team Associated has released several new TC6 series option parts, available exclusively through RC10.com.

Mike Garrison April 14, 2014, 9:24 a.m. View Comments

Sneak peek of a new Dodge RAM replica SCT body from Pro-Line?

Pro-Line Racing has shared today their latest short course truck project, set to be released soon! This appears to be yet another authentic replica SCT body from Pro-Line, this time in the form of a Dodge RAM! Stay tuned for more details!

Mike Garrison April 14, 2014, 5:54 a.m. View Comments

Dave Crompton wins at the SWorkz Winter Series Final

The SWorkz Winter Series Final was hosted this past weekend in Great Britain. REDS Racing team driver, Dave Crompton was able to work his way to the front of the pack for a solid victory over the competition in the 1:8 Nitro Buggy Class.

Mike Garrison April 14, 2014, 9:40 a.m. View Comments

Kyosho joins the vintage R/C craze with the legendary "Scorpion" re-release

It would appear as though Kyosho is joining the vintage R/C craze as they have released a teaser today of what appears to be the 1982 Scorpion 1:10 scale 2wd buggy. From the looks of things, the legendary buggy will be making a comeback at the upcomi

Mike Garrison April 14, 2014, 10:03 a.m. View Comments

X Factory R/C hits primetime TV on the "Showdown of the Unbeatables" on May 2nd

R/C cars will feature prominently in the May 2, 2014 episode of "Showdown Of The Unbeatables" on National Geographic TV at 9PM Eastern and Pacific time. Each episode has three Showdowns pitting two companies against each other in a contest to see whi

Mike Garrison April 14, 2014, 6:02 a.m. View Comments

FEMCA announces the 2014 Asia Onroad GP Championship in Hong Kong

FEMCA has announced the 2014 Asia Onroad GP Championship, getting set to take place May 9-11, 2014 hosted by TRC Racetrack in Hong Kong.

Mike Garrison April 14, 2014, 9:08 a.m. View Comments

The 2014 ROAR Region 12 Onroad Champions are crowned at TQ R/C Racing

TQ R/C Racing hosted the ROAR Region 12 Regional Championships on April 6, 2014. 60 competitors raced in 7 different rubber and foam tire classes at the indoor carpet track in Southern California.

Mike Garrison April 14, 2014, 9:13 a.m. View Comments

Mohd Aiman wins at Round 2 of the Malaysia National League

April 12th and 13th was the 2nd round of the MNL (Malaysia National League) held at 3 Stone Park located in Shah Alam, Malaysia. The race was attended by over 110 racers from Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia making for an exciting weekend of racing.

Mike Garrison April 14, 2014, 6:48 a.m. View Comments

Moment with Mike: R/C stunt driving to the extreme (with video)

Over the weekend I took a little roadtrip to attend an out of town race. During my journey I found myself day dreaming about the various places along side the road to drive my R/C car. Giant sand piles, construction lots, unintentionally built struct

Mike Garrison April 14, 2014, 10:17 a.m. View Comments

Reno Savoya wins with XRAY at the EFRA GP in France

The EFRA GP hosted by the CARCA in France was held this past weekend. Team XRAY driver, Reno Savoya, would take the TQ honors in qualifying. Using the new XB8 buggy, he would carry on with his winning ways by taking a 12 second victory over the field

Mike Garrison April 14, 2014, 9:55 a.m. View Comments

Andrew Cartwright wins at the 2014 Emerald City Classic

Onroad racers from the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada gathered last weekend for their winter season finale, the Emerald City Classic. The Seattle RC Racers hosted over 150 entries on the high-bite gym track known as "the smooth.” The larges

Mike Garrison April 14, 2014, 6:23 a.m. View Comments

Daniel Grobe wins Modified Truck at the annual "Electric Boogaloo"

The annual Electric Boogaloo event was recently held at the RCHQ facility in San Antonio, Texas. The event brought racers from all over Texas to do battle. Pro-Line Racing team driver, Daniel Grobe, finished up 2nd in qualifying racing the Modified T

Mike Garrison April 14, 2014, 9:50 a.m. View Comments

Video: Team Losi Racing 22-4 Clicker Adjustment "How-To"

Team Losi Racing has just released their newest instructional video featuring Todd Hodge. This time Hodge discusses when, where, why, and how to adjust the TLR 22-4 4wd buggy clicker adjustment. If you are a 22-4 owner, take the 9 minutes and 24 seco

Mike Garrison April 14, 2014, 9:32 a.m. View Comments

Video: R/C Subaru WRX STI vs. the "StickBomb"

Have you heard of the toy, "StickBomb"? Flat wooden sticks are woven together under tension, which then fly apart like dominos when one is removed. So what happens when this toy is pitted against a radio control model Subaru WRX STI? Find out in this

Mike Garrison April 11, 2014, 5:45 a.m. View Comments

Serpent releases first look at the 748 Natrix 1:10 nitro touring car kit

Serpent has released a first look at the upcoming 748 Natrix 1:10 nitro touring car kit. Designed by Michael Salven, working closely with team drivers, the new car has a long list of new features. The parts in white plastic are prototype parts made u

Mike Garrison April 11, 2014, 5:55 a.m. View Comments

RACE COVERAGE: 2014 Silver State Nitro Challenge

It is once again time for one of the largest offroad races to hit Las Vegas, the one and only Silver State Nitro Challenge! The nations top offroad drivers have gathered in the dusty, dry, and grueling conditions to do battle at the Boulder City R/C

Mike Garrison April 11, 2014, 6:06 a.m. View Comments

Integy R/C releases new LED Pit Lamps with built in clocks, calendars, and alarms

Light up your pit area when you are working on your R/C vehicle with the new Integy LED Pit Lamp. Powered by an internal battery, the LED Pit Lamp features an adjustable lighting angle, adjustable light color and intensity, built-in LCD clock, calend

Mike Garrison April 11, 2014, 5:05 a.m. View Comments

The Horne family sweeps the 2014 JConcepts Factory Tracks Invitational

Aydin, Allen, and Austin go 1-2-3 in the highly competitive invitational class!

Mike Garrison April 11, 2014, 5:23 a.m. View Comments

Video: "Come Drive with Us" Documentary - Reedy Race of Champions

For this episode of "Come Drive With Us", the 5150 Media crew features Ty Tessmann, one of the Worlds top offroad drivers. Get a behind the scenes look at Ty's experience, as well as a host of other popular drivers, at the 20th running of the Reedy R

Mike Garrison April 11, 2014, 5:17 a.m. View Comments

Simon Eser joins the Team XRAY German offroad team for 2014

XRAY is pleased to announce that young talented German driver, Simon Eser, will team up with XRAY for the 2014 season to run all XRAY offroad cars including XB4, XB4 2WD, and XB8.

Mike Garrison April 11, 2014, 5:10 a.m. View Comments

Serpent releases the new 747-E 1:10 scale 4wd 200mm touring car kit

Serpent has released the new 747-E 1:10 scale 4wd 200mm electric touring car kit. The new electric powered 747 shares many of the same features found on the 747 nitro car, however, allows racers an alternative to the noisy, messy, and often frustrati

Mike Garrison April 10, 2014, 6:08 a.m. View Comments

RPM Products releases new ECX Torment, Ruckus, and Circuit a-arms

RPM Products has just released their new ECX Torment, Ruckus, and Circuit a-arms. These are the first of what we expect to be many new RPM products for the ECX line of vehicles.

Mike Garrison April 10, 2014, 6:02 a.m. View Comments

MurfDogg Racing joins the offroad scene with the new "PSYCHO SCT" 2wd short course truck kit

Many know MurfDogg Racing for their ROAR National Championship winning brushless motors, LiPo battery packs, or dirt oval chassis kits. MurfDogg Racing is now proud to announce their first foray into the 1:10 scale offroad market. After nearly a year

Mike Garrison April 10, 2014, 6:20 a.m. View Comments

Ray Munday leads AE podium sweep at the 2014 Knox Cup

The Team Associated B5 buggy had a successful debut in Australia, dominating the podium in 2WD Open at the Knox Cup in Melbourne. For Round 1 of the popular Victorian Drivers Series, the event attracted over 130 entries and was held on an ‘old school

Mike Garrison April 10, 2014, 5:57 a.m. View Comments

Hudy Arena announces the Vintage Tour 1:8 Onroad Series

Hudy Arena invites everyone to take part at the Vintage Tour 1:8 Onroad Series which starts at Hudy Arena on April 26, 2014. The start of this series will be held the same weekend as the Czech National Championship for 1:10 and 1:8 onroad will take p

Mike Garrison April 10, 2014, 5:46 a.m. View Comments

Speedzone USA releases new 6000mAh 80C 2S square LiPo pack

Speedzone USA has released their new 6000mAh 80C 2S Square LiPo Pack. Part of their Peerless Series line of LiPo packs, the pack goes through multiple QC checks and comes with shrink wrap to protect the battery. A great substitute option to saddle pa

Mike Garrison April 10, 2014, 5:41 a.m. View Comments

Flashback Friday: Masami Hirosaka drives at the 2007 Cactus Classic with his feet

Everybody knows that Friday is meant for reminiscing old times. Each week we take you back in time as we flashback to some of R/C racing's greatest moments, products, drivers, and more!

Mike Garrison April 10, 2014, 9:25 a.m. View Comments

Virtual Racing Industries releases the NEO'13 track to VRC Pro

In close collaboration with NeoBuggy.net, VRC Pro now offers players the NEO'13 offroad track at the Harper Adams facility.

Mike Garrison April 10, 2014, 6:40 a.m. View Comments

Steven Hartson leads Team Associated to 7 wins at the 26th Annual April Fools Classic

The 26th Annual April Fools Classic took place over this past weekend with World Champion Steven Hartson making his first trip to Intermountain R/C Raceway just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. Boasting the “Greatest Dirt on Earth,” the IR/CR facilit

Mike Garrison April 9, 2014, 7:49 a.m. View Comments

Thursday Testimonials: JConcepts "G-Locs" short course tires, ProTek R/C "Prodigy 612 DUO" AC Charger

Whether it's wheel nuts, wings, tools, tracks, trinkets and/or anything in between, the LiveRC staff gives their testimonial and mini-review of each every Thursday morning!

Mike Garrison April 9, 2014, 7:56 a.m. View Comments

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