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Panther Tires and Sonny Ochoa win at the Midwest Nitro Series Rd.3

Round 3 of the Midwest Nitro Series was held last weekend with a total of 147 entries. Panther Tires Sonny Ochoa would take a hard fought 1st in the Pro Truggy A-main running Panther Soft Raptors with molded CSF inserts. Sonny wasn’t done and would t

Mike Garrison Sept. 21, 2012, 9 a.m. View Comments

Video: TLR at the Shortcourse Showdown Las Vegas

TLR has put together a pretty cool video from the recent stop of the Shortcourse Showdown Nationwide Tour at 702 Raceway in Las Vegas, Nevada. Check it out!

Mike Garrison Sept. 21, 2012, 6:34 a.m. View Comments

DE Racing releases the new "Borrego" SC wheels

DE Racing is proud to introduce the first true dish wheel for the Short Course market! Check them out!

Mike Garrison Sept. 21, 2012, 7:22 a.m. View Comments

Serpent announces new 2wd 1/10 offroad buggy!

Serpent spills the beans of their upcoming project and race vehicle, an all-new 2wd offroad buggy! Check it out!

Mike Garrison Sept. 20, 2012, 6:22 a.m. View Comments

Multi-time European champion Martin Christensen joins Team XRAY

Martin Christensen, multiple European Champion, Nordic Champion and Multiple Danish Champion, is a welcome new addition to nitro touring team at XRAY. Martin will race at the upcoming World Championship in Thailand as well the 2013 European champions

Mike Garrison Sept. 20, 2012, 7:01 a.m. View Comments

TLR releases all-new foam pit mat

It's time to clean up and organize your pit space, and look good doing it! TLR has just released their all-new foam pit mat which is designed to offer a clean and organized looking pit space while also keeping tools, parts, and cars from rolling off

Mike Garrison Sept. 20, 2012, 7:10 a.m. View Comments

Ashley Anthony and X Factory win the South Wales 1/10 Offroad title

Ashley Anthony, already 2012 Australian National Champion, took the New South Wales title last weekend at the Ryde track near Sydney. With about 100 entries overall, the largest single class was stock buggy, with 38 entries. Anthony’s X – 6 Squared

Mike Garrison Sept. 20, 2012, 5:52 a.m. View Comments

Video: HPI Racing Vorza - The Elements

HPI Racing has just released their all-new video "HPI Vorza - The Elements". Check out the RTR Vorza as it tears up the trails, parks, streets, and more!

Mike Garrison Sept. 20, 2012, 6:34 a.m. View Comments

BOCA Bearings announces all-new 1/5 scale bearing kits

Fifth Scale RC cars, trucks and buggies are more demanding than most radio control vehicles and Boca Bearings has a large assortment of bearings that can take the abuse. We now offer a full line of ceramic and standard bearings with heavy duty seals

Mike Garrison Sept. 20, 2012, 6:52 a.m. View Comments

BLITZ Racing Bodies takes top 3 ROCS Series Race Final

BLITZ Racing Bodies walk away with the top three spots from the Raceworks Singapore Onroad Championship finale! Read the full race report!

Mike Garrison Sept. 20, 2012, 7:17 a.m. View Comments

Josh Cyrul joins Viper R/C for the 2012-13 season!

Viper R/C Solutions would like to announce the addition of Josh Cyrul to the Viper organization. Josh will not just be bringing his incredible driving accomplishments of 33 ROAR National Titles and 14 World Championships to the Team Viper, but will a

Mike Garrison Sept. 20, 2012, 8:56 a.m. View Comments

Schumacher releases the new CAT "Wide Track Conversion Kit"

New for the CAT SX3 and CAT SX2 is this Wide Track Rear Conversion set! Tested by our high level drivers and engineering team, the wide track modification gives the CAT SX2 or CAT SX3 better stability in corners and over bumps as well as increasing

Mike Garrison Sept. 20, 2012, 9:01 a.m. View Comments

Wayne Joelson wins another South Aftrican 1/8 Onroad National Championship

The 4th round of 2012 South African 1/8 On-Road National Championship was held at the TRAP facility near Pretoria, on September 15-16. Wayne Joelson driving with his Mugen MRX-5 TQ'ed and won the 45 minute A-main final! Fellow Mugen driver Willie

Mike Garrison Sept. 20, 2012, 6:17 a.m. View Comments

Panther Tires wins 2012 1/10 South African Offroad Championship

Panther tires provide the South African 2012 Champion with the grip! Read the full race report!

Mike Garrison Sept. 20, 2012, 5:58 a.m. View Comments

Gunnar Rieck wins ROAR Region 2 Championship with a perfect season!

The 2012 Roar Region 2 Mid Atlantic Series consisted of five races spread over 6 months, kicking off just before Easter at Awesome RC in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and the series finale taking place this past weekend at LCRC Raceway in Oakland Mills,

Mike Garrison Sept. 19, 2012, 5:15 a.m. View Comments

The ROAR National Championship winning "Ion" buggy tire is released!

The ION proved electrifying from the start, taking the ROAR National Championship in Electric 1:8 Buggy at the hands of Ty Tessmann! The ION was designed from the ground-up to be the ultimate indoor clay tire requiring zero break-in period and ground

Mike Garrison Sept. 19, 2012, 5:41 a.m. View Comments

Pro-Line releases all-new Chevy Silverado HD Slash body

It is time to man up and go HD with Pro-Line’s new Chevy® Silverado™ HD scale truck body! Pro-Line now gives you the option to convert your Slash® Short Course Truck into a True-Scale Lifted Truck. Check it out!

Mike Garrison Sept. 19, 2012, 5:47 a.m. View Comments

Mugen Seiki sweeps the podium at 2012 Brazilian Offroad Championship

The 2012 Brazilian Off-Road Nationals was held on September 5-9 in Gaspar City, Brazil. Henrique Winik, driving with Mugen MBX-6R, TQ'ed and was unstoppable in the 60 minute final! Winik would go on to win the race 2 laps ahead of second place drive

Mike Garrison Sept. 19, 2012, 5:55 a.m. View Comments

Torsten Muller wins the 2012 German 1/8 Onroad Class 2 Championship

Torsten Müller had a great day cruising to the victory in his semi-final as well as in the main final. Starting from 2nd position in the main final he took over the lead after few minutes and never looked back. With the incredible gap of 9 laps he cr

Mike Garrison Sept. 19, 2012, 6:08 a.m. View Comments

The Team Durango DESC210 gets fresh "bling" from Exotek Racing

Exotek Racing has just launched three new option parts for the Team Durango DESC210 short course truck! The new parts are designed to be performance enhancing, added durability, and of course BLING! Check them out!

Mike Garrison Sept. 19, 2012, 6:12 a.m. View Comments

Brandon Marsh and Team Associated strike double win at the Race for Cancer 2012

Mccullough's Offroad in Sarver, PA hosted the 11th annual East Coast Race Against Cancer. This year's event had just over 200 entries, which provided some great racing in all classes.Team Associated driver Brandon Marsh competed in the 2WD Buggy and

Mike Garrison Sept. 19, 2012, 6:01 a.m. View Comments

Moment with Mike: A night on the town for an R/C racer

Mike steps out of his R/C bubble and takes a night out on the town living it up like never before!

Mike Garrison Sept. 19, 2012, 6:20 a.m. View Comments

Pro-Line officially releases the Slash Pro-2 Performance Chassis kit

The 2WD Slash® is one of the most important and successful vehicles in the History of RC because it brought affordable scale realism to the masses. Since its release, racers have been modifying and hopping up every aspect of the vehicle to improve it

Mike Garrison Sept. 19, 2012, 5:32 a.m. View Comments

TLR's Anthony Mazzara wins for the cause at 2012 Race Against Cancer

This year's event raised over $15,000 for the American Cancer Society! Read the full race report to find out how TLR and Anthony Mazzara were a part of helping to reach that goal!

Mike Garrison Sept. 19, 2012, 5:03 a.m. View Comments

X Factory's Wouter Wynen wins the 6th leg of the Belgian 1/10 Championship

Wouter Wynen, driving the X Factory X6, wins again in Merchtern. His team mate, Bruno Heremans, now leads the championship. Read the full race report!

Mike Garrison Sept. 19, 2012, 4:53 a.m. View Comments

Xceed R/C releases new offroad setup tools

For those of you, like myself, who love green...Xceed will make your day with this announcement! They have just announced their all-new setup tools for offroad racing, all of which are anodized in their signature green colors!

Mike Garrison Sept. 18, 2012, 6:31 a.m. View Comments

The 2012 Reedy Truck Race of Champions is coming soon!

One of the most legendary and unique truck only races in the country is back once again for 2012! The Reedy Truck Race of Champions will be hosted October 6-7, 2012 at the infamous Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, California. Join some of the nation's

Mike Garrison Sept. 18, 2012, 9:19 a.m. View Comments

Daniel Ornelas and FTW win at Round 4 of the 1/8 Offroad Mexican Nationals

After again devastating the competition, this time at Pachuca, Daniel Ornelas Elizondo reports back from Round 4 of the Mexican Nationals! Read the full race report!

Mike Garrison Sept. 18, 2012, 5:10 a.m. View Comments

Frank Root talks "Option Parts" for the TLR 22SCT

TLR stormed the short course market with their recent release of the TLR 22SCT. The truck has proven to be a race winner right out of the box, however, with a long list of "upgrade" and option parts available racers want to know what they really NEED

Mike Garrison Sept. 18, 2012, 5:40 a.m. View Comments

JQ Products and Matias Arangua are the 2012 Chilean National Champions

The second round of the Chilean National Chmpionships took place at CACH RC track. Matías Arangua with THECar, dominates the Pro Series from start to finish, taking the win. The win also secured Miguels Chilean Championship, due to his 2nd place in t

Mike Garrison Sept. 18, 2012, 5:36 a.m. View Comments

Revolution Designs Racing Products releases new Durango hop-up parts

RDRP has released a list of new items this week for the popular Team Durango DEX210, DEST210, and DESC210 vehicles. The new hop-up parts include aluminum shock towers to replace the stock plastic and/or carbon fiber for added durability, aluminum ste

Mike Garrison Sept. 18, 2012, 5:19 a.m. View Comments

Video: GoPro Hero 2 at the Spanish 1/8 Offroad Nationals

Our friends from inforc.net have sent us a pretty cool video put together from the 2012 Spanish 1/8 Offroad Nationals. We have been told this is only a "teaser" video of what they are working on, entirely shot with the GoPro Hero 2 camera. Check i

Mike Garrison Sept. 18, 2012, 5:05 a.m. View Comments

Patrick Hofer and Pro-Line win the 2012 Swiss 1/10 Offroad National Championship

Patrick Hofer drove his Pro-Line equipped AE B4.1 and B44.1 to victory in both classes for the 2012 Swiss National titles!

Mike Garrison Sept. 18, 2012, 5:58 a.m. View Comments

Team Orion releases new waterproof ESC's

What is more fun than running your car in the dirt? Running your car in dirt and water! Thanks to the new Team Orion waterproof electronics speed controllers you can can run your car in any conditions and not have to worry about damage from water, sn

Mike Garrison Sept. 18, 2012, 4:58 a.m. View Comments

Mugen Seiki releases new MTX5 "High Traction" chassis

Mugen Seiki has shared just a glimpse of the all-new MTX5 High Traction chassis they will be releasing soon. Little details have been shared, but as you can see the chassis features some considerable differences from the stock chassis. It is said to

Mike Garrison Sept. 18, 2012, 5:49 a.m. View Comments

Jason Dyckhoff drinks victory from the Mackay Cup 2012

Jason Dyckhoff takes his RC8.2 to victory at the 2012 Mackay Cup in Queensland, Australia!

Mike Garrison Sept. 18, 2012, 6:04 a.m. View Comments

Olly Jeffries and CML Racing take the 2012 BRCA Touring crown

In an event which saw Associated dominate Olly Jefferies wins the Mendip National and take national title! Read the full race report!

Mike Garrison Sept. 18, 2012, 6:14 a.m. View Comments

Exotek releases new aluminum SC10 4x4 rear hub set

Exotek Racing has announced their all-new SC10 4x4 aluminum rear hubs set. The new hubs are pro style alloy rear hubs with vertical ball link mounting. Vertical ball stud mounting allows for quick and precise roll center changes. You can simply use 3

Mike Garrison Sept. 17, 2012, 6:06 a.m. View Comments

DDM releases the Losi 5IVE-T "Dominator" tuned exhaust system

New from DDM! This new Dominator pipe was developed through months of extensive in-house testing and prototyping, and custom-designed for maximum performance.

Mike Garrison Sept. 17, 2012, 5:56 a.m. View Comments

AMainHobbies and Silver Dollar R/C Raceway announce 2012 1/8 World's Warmup Race

A number of premier nitro off-road drivers will make their way to Chico, California next month (October 18th- 21st) as A Main Hobbies hosts the U.S. Nitro Worlds Warm-Up at the recently completed Silver Dollar R/C Raceway. The action promises to be f

Mike Garrison Sept. 17, 2012, 6:02 a.m. View Comments

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