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TLR releases the new TEN-SCTE 2.0 4wd short course kit (with video)

The TEN-SCTE platform is one of the most successful 4WD electric short course chassis of all time. It has dominated its class at tracks all over the world and proven it has what it takes to win a ROAR National Championship. The TEN-SCTE 2.0 kit build

Mike Garrison Jan. 30, 2013, 4:15 a.m. View Comments

Video: TRFT Studios goes winter bashing with the Team C TS4 SCT

Winter time in Finland means one thing, snow bashing! TRFT Studios has just released their latest video production, this time snow bashing with the Team C TS4 4wd short course truck.

Mike Garrison Jan. 30, 2013, 4:53 a.m. View Comments

Video: Team Orion gives an inside look at the Vortex R10 ESC production process

Team Orion has just released their latest video production, and this time they are giving you an inside look at how one of the most successful speed controllers in the world is made, the Vortex R10. It may be small in size, but there is full of big d

Mike Garrison Jan. 29, 2013, 4:44 a.m. View Comments

XRAY releases new graphite adjustable battery holder for the T4

XRAY's new graphite adjustable battery holder allows for adjustment to eliminate battery play on the T4 chassis. The battery position can be moved forward, rearward, inboard or outboard depending on the battery size used, allowing the battery to be p

Mike Garrison Jan. 29, 2013, 5:48 a.m. View Comments

Martin Harrison and Kevin Hawkinson take JConcepts to victory at Flowood

Martin Harrison and Kevin Hawkinson TQ and win with JConcepts at the Flowood R/C January Jam.

Mike Garrison Jan. 29, 2013, 4:55 a.m. View Comments

Adrian Berntsen signs on board with Team AME for the 2013 season

Team AME is happy to announce the signing of top Norwegian touring car driver, Adrian Berntsen. Adrian will use the AME MBT Asphalt and AME MBT Carpet Additive for all of his XRAY Cars.

Mike Garrison Jan. 29, 2013, 5:57 a.m. View Comments

Tekin wins big at the P1 Hobbies second annual Epic Freeze Race

This past weekend P1 Hobbies hosted the 2nd annual Epic Freeze in Lakeport CA. A good turnout of around 140 enters with a lot of the top Northern California racers! Tekin drivers were able to dominate three major classes!

Mike Garrison Jan. 29, 2013, 5:23 a.m. View Comments

Shepherd announces Michael Palazzola as their newest US driver for 2013

Shepherd is proud to announce that top US racer Michael Palazzola has joined the factory racing team for the upcoming nitro on-road season. The California based driver is going to race 1/10th scale and 1/8th scale and will attend the Florida Winter N

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

The Track Raceway wraps up the Mid Atlantic Offroad Championship

Most of the top East Coast Drivers attended at the MID ATLANTIC doing their job in each class. From Team Associated Mike Gay, Gunnar Rieck and Alex Miller. From TLR Anthony Mazzara. From Kyosho Robert Meyer and John Noon. From Team Schumacher Gabriel

Mike Garrison Jan. 28, 2013, 5:13 a.m. View Comments

Team Durango interviews their newest racer and star player Ellis Stafford

To the more seasoned of our loyal followers, Ellis Stafford will need no lengthy introduction. For those of you new to the world’s fastest growing sport, who may not be aware of the truly formidable racing C.V of Team Durango’s newest pro team driver

Mike Garrison Jan. 28, 2013, 6:09 a.m. View Comments

Cavalieri takes Orion to the top step of the podium at the Reedy Race of Champions

This past weekend, US superstar Ryan Cavalieri, has won the prestigious Reedy Off-Road Race of Champions ahead of last year's winner Dustin Evans, both using the latest generation Team Orion Vortex VST2 Pro motors! Jared Tebo completed the great resu

Mike Garrison Jan. 28, 2013, 6:46 a.m. View Comments

Multi-time UK champ, Ellis Stafford, joins Vampire Racing for 2013

Vampire Racing is proud to announce the signing of two-time 1/10 scale 4WD EFRA European and multiple British Champion Ellis Stafford.

Mike Garrison Jan. 28, 2013, 5:34 a.m. View Comments

JConcepts Scalpel Grand Prix race report (with video)

Village Raceway in Royal Palm Beach Florida, JConcepts debuted a new, one of a kind racing event featuring the new Scalpel conversion for the Traxxas Slash 4×4 and Rally 4×4 vehicles. Racers were on their A-game taking their vehicle setups seriously

Mike Garrison Jan. 28, 2013, 5:40 a.m. View Comments

Team Orion releases the new Advantage Touch Advance 10amp AC/DC charger

The Advantage Touch Advance is an AC/DC color touch screen charger with incredible features: thanks to the integrated 100W power supply charge currents of up to 10 Amps are possible to fast charge your batteries (1-6S LiPo/LiFe/LiIon, 1-15C NiMH/NiCd

Mike Garrison Jan. 28, 2013, 5:21 a.m. View Comments

Cody King joins REDS Racing engines for 2013

REDS Racing is pleased to welcome 2010 IFMAR World Champion, Cody King, to the team.

Mike Garrison Jan. 28, 2013, 2:09 p.m. View Comments

XRAY announces the return of European Champ Reno Savoya for 2013

XRAY is happy to announce that multiple European Champion Reno Savoya has extended the contract with XRAY team for 2013. Reno has been very valuable member of R&D team and works closely with Juraj Hudy on the further development of the XB9.

Mike Garrison Jan. 28, 2013, 6:23 a.m. View Comments

Serpent announces their all-new Spyder SRX2 1:10 2wd offroad buggy

Serpent is working on a full line of 1/10 scale offroad cars, headed by 1/10 2wd buggy World Champion Billy Easton. The 1st release will be the SPYDER SRX-2, the 1/10 scale 2wd buggy, which will be shown at the 2013 Toyfair in Germany next week, a

Mike Garrison Jan. 28, 2013, 6:18 a.m. View Comments

ROAR answers back to speculation of recently compliance testing only the D3.5 17.5 motor

The ongoing feud between ROAR, Trinity/Epic, and racers worldwide continues this week as ROAR has published an announcement in regards to the speculation made that they have recently only compliance tested the Trinity/Epic D3.5 17.5.

Mike Garrison Jan. 28, 2013, 6:30 a.m. View Comments

RACE COVERAGE: 2013 Reedy Race

Coverage from the 2013 Reedy International Off-Road Race of Champions!

Eric Swanson Jan. 24, 2013, 3:57 p.m. View Comments

Team Durango releases new 210 series gear diff for high traction surfaces

The Team Durango gear diff set for the 210 range of vehicles is a wonderful tuning aid for racers who often grace tracks with high grip levels. Precision machined gear internals and a custom fit diff case make this tuning aid a joy to build and even

Mike Garrison Jan. 24, 2013, 5:11 a.m. View Comments

Serpent releases new 411 series composite gear differential

Serpent has just released their new composite gear diff for the 411 series vehicles. For the new diff the small and large gears inside are made from a very durable and smooth composite, and the aluminum axles are replaced by a composite X-shape axle.

Mike Garrison Jan. 24, 2013, 5:05 a.m. View Comments

Pro-Line signs UK superstar Elliott Boots through 2014

Pro-Line Racing has announced today that the 2012 IFMAR 1:8 Worlds TQ, Elliott Boots, will be joining the Pro-Line team through 2014!

Mike Garrison Jan. 24, 2013, 4:55 a.m. View Comments

Team Orion releases VST2 Pro sensor brushless 1:8 motors

With the Vortex VST2 Pro sensor brushless motors for 1:8 scale cars Team Orion introduces a completely new motor design using the experience from the US national champion motor MR8.

Mike Garrison Jan. 24, 2013, 4:48 a.m. View Comments

Win a B4.2 in Fantasy R/C this weekend!

Play the AKA Fantasy R/C League at 2013 Reedy International Off-Road Race of Champions starting on Friday, Jan. 25 for your chance to win a decked out B4.2!

Brandon Rohde Jan. 24, 2013, 9:18 p.m. View Comments

ProTek R/C digital servo speed and torque specs are re-assessed

ProTek RC digital servos receive new specifications after stringent, universal testing. A core principal of ProTek RC is to over deliver, which is why the servos initial listed specifications were lower than the servo's capabilites. After exten

Mike Garrison Jan. 23, 2013, 4:55 a.m. View Comments

Team Durango releases new light-weight 210 Series outdrives

Team Durango lightweight gear diff out-drives are the perfect way to lower the rotational mass of your gearbox out-drive assembly!

Mike Garrison Jan. 23, 2013, 5:39 a.m. View Comments

Jake Thayer and JConcepts win at Top Notch Racing Series Round 3

The third stop of the Top Notch Racing Series was hosted by OC/RC Raceway located in Huntington Beach California this past weekend. 180 entries made for a great day of racing!

Mike Garrison Jan. 23, 2013, 8:58 a.m. View Comments

Exotek Racing releases Team Durango DESC410 gear diff slipper lock

Exotek Racing has released their all-new hard anodized 7075 machined slipper lock for the DESC410. The slipper lock eliminates the slipping action of the slipper when the center diff gear is used. This allows for more efficient gear diff action with

Mike Garrison Jan. 23, 2013, 6:19 a.m. View Comments

JConcepts on top the podium at the Pacific Northwest Showdown Round 3

Tacoma R/C Raceway in Tacoma, Washington hosted round 3 of the 2nd annual Pacific Northwest Showdown. Track owner Scott Brown and staff prepped the track and building during the week to set the stage on an excellent event!

Mike Garrison Jan. 23, 2013, 5:14 a.m. View Comments

Mike Truhe and Matt Castellano re-sign with TLR for 2013

2008 IFMAR World’s TQ Mike Truhe along with fellow teammate Matt Castellano have re-signed with Team Losi Racing.

Mike Garrison Jan. 23, 2013, 5:05 a.m. View Comments

Sneak peek at Vampire's new SR8 PLUS 1:8 scale brushless ESC

We have received word that Vampire Racing is currently working on the SR8 PLUS Brushless Speed Controller for 1:8 scale electric vehicles!

Mike Garrison Jan. 23, 2013, 9:25 a.m. View Comments

Team Orion releases the new Advantage ONE406 charger

The Advantage ONE 405 is a very attractively priced AC/DC entry level charger opening the doors to the quality and design of the Team Orion Advantage charger family.

Mike Garrison Jan. 23, 2013, 4:43 a.m. View Comments

Team Durango releases new 408 Series vented shock caps

Team Durango vented shock caps are precision manufactured to fit TD 408 Series shock absorbers. These high quality shock caps are designed to allow air to move in and out of the area above the shock diaphragm. This breathing action offers increased d

Mike Garrison Jan. 23, 2013, 5:54 a.m. View Comments

The legendary "Bow-Tie" 1:8 tire is back with fresh updates and design

The Bow-Tie is back stronger than ever as the Bow-Tie 2.0! The new Bow-Tie 2.0 tire received a complete overhaul with the latest generation Race Tire carcass and enhanced side pin tapering designed to smooth out the steering and not catch the ruts.

Mike Garrison Jan. 23, 2013, 5:31 a.m. View Comments

Video: Pro-Line's Kyle McBride talks about the 2012 IFMAR Worlds

Our friends at Pro-Line Racing have shared a pretty cool video with team driver Kyle McBride from Australia. The rising star talks about his experience at the 2012 IFMAR World Championships, and his goals for 2013.

Mike Garrison Jan. 23, 2013, 5:26 a.m. View Comments

Panther Tires win big at Round 1 of the Pro Truckin Tour 2013

Panther team driver Darren Lord’s Rattler SC mounted to DE Racing wheels were hooked up on his Team Durango DESC 410 SCT. The combination proved to be too strong with Darren getting TQ in all four rounds! Darren would go onto to take 1st place in the

Mike Garrison Jan. 22, 2013, 4:50 a.m. View Comments

Dylan Gerard leads TLR/Horizon Hobby to a double victory at CRCRC

Dylan TQ’d the 1/8 Pro Buggy Class and lapped all but his second place teammate Collin Weatherholt in route to the 45 minute A-Main win!

Mike Garrison Jan. 22, 2013, 4:58 a.m. View Comments

Tekin powers Eric Salvas to a U.S. Open Wheel Dirt Oval Championship (with video)

In Open Comp where the only rule is the car must fit in the tech box Eric and brother Steve chose a Tekin Rx8 and Gen 2 3.5 powered 4wd CustomWorks Dominator. With $300 for grabs competition was fierce. The two would keep their cool and with a bit of

Mike Garrison Jan. 22, 2013, 5:43 a.m. View Comments

Team Orion releases new 2500mAh LiPo receiver packs

With a capacity of 2500mAh and a very precisely built semi-soft case these batteries will give you more runtime and more stable voltage throughout the race. The pack is available with the uni plug in a hump layout.

Mike Garrison Jan. 22, 2013, 4:53 a.m. View Comments

FTW releases the all-new "Night Fox" MBX7 body (with video)

The visual punch and proven performance of FTW's Night Fox are now available for Mugen's new world champion MBX7 buggy!

Mike Garrison Jan. 22, 2013, 5:16 a.m. View Comments

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