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JConcepts releases new RC10 Classic wheels and tires

JConcepts has just released their new Hazard wheels, Rips front tire, and Double Dee rear tire for the RC10 Classic.

Mike Garrison Dec. 10, 2013, 4:22 a.m. View Comments

Talk-It-Up Tuesday with Chassis Rohde

Each week we choose someone very special to sit down and chat with within our industry. One individual who has been a large part of LiveRC over the years, but is often overlooked for all of his behind the scenes work is none other than Chassis Rohde.

Mike Garrison Dec. 10, 2013, 4:03 a.m. View Comments

Weekend Bump-Start!

Everybody needs a bump start to their weekend, and LiveRC has just that with all of the races and events taking place this upcoming weekend!

Mike Garrison Dec. 10, 2013, 9:14 a.m. View Comments

Martin Bayer and Jiri Mara crowned the 2013 Czech 1:10 Offroad National Champions

Last weekend hosted the final round of the 1:10 Offroad Electric Czech National Championship in Bilovec. XRAY drivers were in full force and ready to do battle for the championship wins. Martin Bayer would be the man to beat as he would race his way

Mike Garrison Dec. 10, 2013, 7:11 a.m. View Comments

MyRCBox.com announces their "Top Ten R/C Innovations"

Our good friends at MyRCBox.com have put together a fun article with what they believe are the top 10 innovations in the R/C industry. Including everything from tires, bearings, car kits, and even a website you might be familiar with...

Mike Garrison Dec. 10, 2013, 8:56 a.m. View Comments

The 2014 Reedy Offroad Race of Champions is officially sold out

Team Associated and Reedy have officially announced today that the 2014 Reedy Offroad Race of Champions is SOLD OUT

Mike Garrison Dec. 10, 2013, 9:09 a.m. View Comments

Gravity R/C releases new G12 Super Soft rear tires

Gravity R/C has just announced their newest G12 1:12 scale racing tire, the all-new GRC:102 Super Soft rear tire. Now the G12 tire line boasts new tuning capabilities still without being too complicated, three rear and three front compounds all selec

Mike Garrison Dec. 10, 2013, 6:54 a.m. View Comments

Schumacher releases the new CAT K1 Aero 1:10 4wd buggy

Schumacher Racing has announced today their latest 4wd offroad buggy platform, known as the CAT K1 Aero buggy. The new buggy is based off of the successful K1 platform, and includes a long list of new features and upgrades. The new kit will be availa

Mike Garrison Dec. 10, 2013, 6:41 a.m. View Comments

Kyosho releases new MP9 exhaust manifold supports

Yuichi Kanai has shared today a sneak peek of the latest Kyosho product release. These new little guys are exhaust manifold support bumpers for the MP9 series buggy. They are designed to support your exhaust header in a hard impact and/or landing fro

Mike Garrison Dec. 10, 2013, 4:44 a.m. View Comments

VRC Pro partners up with BittyDesign for the upcoming release of 1:8 buggy racing

With the launch of VRC Pro’s new 1:8 nitro buggy class, Virtual Racing Industries announces a new partnership with BittyDesign from Italy, a company with a strong base in the offroad market.

Mike Garrison Dec. 10, 2013, 5:47 a.m. View Comments

Serpent announces A.R.E. Hobbies as their newest distributor

Serpent has announced their newest distributor today, this time in India! A.R.E. Hobbies has been appointed the official distributor of Serpent and Dragon R/C brands in India. Serpent says A.R.E. will first focus on the Cobra RTR buggies, and gradual

Mike Garrison Dec. 10, 2013, 5:29 a.m. View Comments

JConcepts Super Cup Fall Session Round 3 race report (with video)

Florida’s top racers celebrated Thanksgiving weekend at Jeff’s RC Studio in Fort Myers for stop number 3 of JConcepts Super Cup Fall Session.

Mike Garrison Dec. 10, 2013, 5:14 a.m. View Comments

Novarossi issues a warning for "VIR-TUS.21" engine fraud

Novarossi has publicly addressed today, an issue of fraud. According to Novarossi, some Chinese and Taiwanese distributors are selling the Novarossi VIR-TUS.21 without the patented rear ceramic bearing, but instead replacing it with a steel one. This

Mike Garrison Dec. 10, 2013, 4:57 a.m. View Comments

Patrix Hutasoit wins the 2013 North Sumatra Regional Championship

JQ Products Driver, Patrix Hutasoit, has TQ'ed and won Round 6 of the North Sumatra Regional Championship at the MRCC Track. This win secured the overall win of the series driving THECar White Edition!

Mike Garrison Dec. 9, 2013, 5:57 a.m. View Comments

Crolla Lorenzo doubles up a the Telethon Charity Race

This past weekend, there was a Charity Race for the Téléthon in northern France at Avesne-sur-helpe. 100 drivers were present for the race, and ready to do battle. XRAY team driver, Crolla Lorenzo, was on hand running his new XB4 and XB4 2wd buggi

Mike Garrison Dec. 9, 2013, 6:27 a.m. View Comments

Steve Boice and SpeedMerchant win at the 2013 U.S. Indoor Championships

SpeedMerchant team driver, Steve Boice recently attended the 2013 Cleveland U.S. Indoor Championships. Boice started out qualifying with an early TQ run in the World GT class, however, would fall back after electrical troubles in the following round

Mike Garrison Dec. 9, 2013, 6:36 a.m. View Comments

Video: Nitro engine maintenance with Ryan Lutz

Ryan Lutz is known around the world as one of Alpha Engines most successful racers. Today, he has sat down and shared the tips and tricks to working on a nitro engine with this 30-minute How-To video.

Mike Garrison Dec. 9, 2013, 6:05 a.m. View Comments

Ben Sterling wins the 2013 2wd Mod Buggy Victorian State Title

The 2013 Victorian State Titles were held in Australia recently, and Team Kyosho's Ben Sterling would walk away the champion of Mod 2wd Buggy! After some close racing in qualifying, Sterling would start 2nd on the grid for the mains. In A1, an early

Mike Garrison Dec. 9, 2013, 6:46 a.m. View Comments

Nuno Roque wins at the Portuguese 2013 Offroad Cup

Team Durango Portugal racer Nuno Roque has concluded the Portuguese 2013 Offroad Cup by adding second overall in 2WD to his already secured first overall in 4WD electric Buggy.

Mike Garrison Dec. 9, 2013, 8:26 a.m. View Comments

Horizon Hobby, Inc. to be acquired by investor group led by CEO Joe Ambrose

Horizon Hobby has announced today some major changes taking place, as the company is set to be acquired by an investor group led by CEO Joe Ambrose.

Mike Garrison Dec. 9, 2013, 9:50 a.m. View Comments

"Carpet Racers" the film hits iTunes, Playstation, XBOX, and VUDU

We have received exciting news today as the R/C film CARPET RACERS will become available on iTunes, Sony Playstation, XBOX, and VUDU beginning on December 10th, 2013.

Mike Garrison Dec. 9, 2013, 10:12 a.m. View Comments

Ryan Lutz scores a double at the annual Badlands Fall Brawl race

This past weekend hosted the annual Badlands R/C Fall Brawl. The event attracted a list of top drivers with just under 300 total entries. Team Durango's Ryan Lutz would prove to be the man on a mission, despite the rainy conditions, as he would go on

Mike Garrison Dec. 9, 2013, 6:12 a.m. View Comments

Hobby Pro USA releases the new PRS1 PRO-STOCK 2wd buggy

Hobby Pro USA has announced today their new Limited Edition Hobby Pro PRS1 PRO-STOCK buggy. The new Pro-Stock Edition comes with the necessary options for competitive stock buggy racing.

Mike Garrison Dec. 9, 2013, 11:02 a.m. View Comments

Atsushi Hara wins the 2013 Pattaya Buggy Party with SWORKz

In his quest to find the ultimate 1:8 buggy, Atsushi Hara scores another win this past weekend with yet a different car. This time he chose the SWORKz S350 BK1 EVO buggy. The 2013 Pattaya Buggy Party event was packed with racers from all across Asia,

Mike Garrison Dec. 9, 2013, 5:42 a.m. View Comments

PSM releases new aluminum Centro C4.2 battery posts

PSM Option Parts has just released their all-new aluminum battery strap posts for the Team Associated Centro C4.2 buggy.

Mike Garrison Dec. 9, 2013, 5:26 a.m. View Comments

Shepherd releases new after run and air filter oil

Team Shepherd is happy to announce a new range of high-quality premium oils for nitro applications.

Mike Garrison Dec. 9, 2013, 5:20 a.m. View Comments

Tekno RC releases new EB48/EB48.2 spindle carriers

Tekno RC has released their latest tuning option for the EB48 and EB48.2 in the form of new Spindle Carriers (15 degrees caster, left and right). The 15 degree spindle carriers are ideal for bumpy or blown out tracks and replace the stock 10 degree s

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2013, 9:05 a.m. View Comments

Dakotah Phend signs 2-year contract with Team Losi Racing

Team Losi Racing is thrilled to announce the re-signing of Dakotah Phend for the 2014-2015 racing seasons.

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2013, 9:11 a.m. View Comments

Jared Tebo signs on board with Kyosho for another 5 years

Jared Tebo has announced today they he will be extending his contract with Kyosho! The new contract will keep Tebo behind the wheel of Kyosho vehicles for another five years.

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2013, 4:31 a.m. View Comments

Integy R/C releases new HPI Baja "Snow Shoes"

It's winter time, and for many of us that means one thing...SNOW. Don't let the snow slow you down this winter season, strap on some Integy Snow Shoes and let 'er rip!

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2013, 4:36 a.m. View Comments

Keven Hebert doubles up at the 34th Annual U.S. Indoor Championships

In the Modified TC A Main, Keven lead wire-to-wire with his Reedy-powered TC6.2 to take the win ahead of hard-charging Andrew Hardman, who crossed the line less than one second behind. Hébert was untouchable with his Reedy-powered 12R5.2 in the 1

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2013, 4:17 a.m. View Comments

3Racing releases the new "Cactus" 1:10 2wd buggy

3Racing has announced their new "Cactus" 2wd buggy. Built from the accumulation of over 18 months of research and development, prototyping, testing and driver feedbacks, the result is a buggy that is designed to be competitive straight out of the box

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2013, 5:13 a.m. View Comments

Davide Tortorici joins the XRAY offroad team for 2014

XRAY is happy to announce that multiple European and Italian Champion Davide Tortorici has joined the XRAY team to race the 1:10 electric off-road cars. Davide will race the XB4 & XB4 2WD at all Italian races and internationally at EOS and European C

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2013, 4:42 a.m. View Comments

Mike Herald Jr. wins the 17.5 Touring Car U.S. Indoor Championships

It was a great weekend for Team Xray picking up another win in the hotly contested 17.5 TC class, and placing multiple cars in every Touring A-Main.

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2013, 5:02 a.m. View Comments

Ryan Dunford takes two at the Exeter Hobbies Toys for Tots race

Dunford piloted his TLR machines to victory in both Pro Stock Buggy and Expert 4wd SCT.

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2013, 4:20 a.m. View Comments

MIP releases new Axial SCX10 spline CVD kits

MIP has just released their latest product, this time for serious rock crawling enthusiasts!

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2013, 5:52 a.m. View Comments

Jasper van Duppen joins the Serpent Junior Offroad Team

Serpent has announced that Jasper van Duppen, from Belgium, has joined Serpent Junior Offroad Team for 2014. He will race the Cobra Buggy 2.0 in the Benelux Buggy Cup, as well as many others.

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2013, 6:06 a.m. View Comments

MIP's Matt Olson signs with Schumacher Racing for 2014

Our good friends at Sutton Aviation Raceway have shared with us some exciting news they uncovered late last night. Schumacher Racing has signed on board MIP's Matt Olson to their 2014 offroad team, as well as supplied MIP with the necessary car kits

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2013, 6:32 a.m. View Comments

Randy Pike leaves his team manager position at Panther Tires for 2014

Panther Tires has announced today that team manager, Randy Pike, will be leaving Panther Tires Inc. Randy will continue his other duties with Panther Tires through the end of the year, but all future team management will be handled internally.

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2013, 7:25 a.m. View Comments

Moment with Mike: Let's go racing in the sand!

Mike wants to go racing in the sand. No dirt, no carpet, no grass, JUST sand!

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2013, 8:14 a.m. View Comments

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