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Tobias Hepp resigns with Team XRAY for 2014

XRAY is happy to announce that Tobias Hepp has resigned and will be part of the XRAY factory racing team in 2014. Tobias has specialized in the 1:8 onroad nitro category, and has achieved some astonishing results with the RX8 and will continue to rac

Mike Garrison Feb. 11, 2014, 4:44 a.m. View Comments

Martin Lissau joins REDS Racing team for 2014

REDS Racing is proud to announce that Martin Lissau will be joining their growing team for 2014. Lissau says, "I would like to thank Mario and Marco from REDS for giving me this opportunity to race their products. I'm sure that REDS products will be

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

Byron Fuels welcomes the new marketing manager Joe Nicholson

Byron Originals welcomes their new marketing manager, Joe Nicholson, this month as 30-year employee, Marc Jensen, has announced his retirement at the end of February.

Mike Garrison Feb. 10, 2014, 4:27 a.m. View Comments

The Top Notch Series Round 4 races to AIR Dawg R/C

Round 4 of the Top Notch Series is this Saturday February 8th at AIR Dawg (ADRC) in Lancaster CA.

Mike Garrison Feb. 7, 2014, 5:24 a.m. View Comments

Marco Kaufmann re-signs with Team XRAY Germany for 2014

XRAY is proud to announce that Marco Kaufmann has re-signed with XRAY team, and will race the T4 in the 2014 season. The young talented driver who has showed excellent results and has been a main driving force of the XRAY team in Germany. Marco will

Mike Garrison Feb. 7, 2014, 5:04 a.m. View Comments

HobbyPlex Raceway announces the 2014 Team Associated Summer Series

HobbyPlex Raceway is excited to announce that Team Associated and Reedy are once again the title sponsor for this year's Summer Series at the Plex. The Team Associated/Reedy Summer Series at the Plex will begin its 9th year on May 17th. Participants

Mike Garrison Feb. 6, 2014, 8:33 a.m. View Comments

BittyDesign ASIA Contest 2014 entries are now open

The organizers of the BittyDesign ASIA Contest 2014 are pleased to announce that entries are now open! The three day race is limited to 192 entries, and is already filling fast!

Mike Garrison Feb. 5, 2014, 7:38 a.m. View Comments

Robert Batlle departs LRP and BittyDesign

In a personal statement to NeoBuggy, reigning 1:8 buggy World Champion Robert Batlle confirmed that his time with sponsors LRP & BittyDesign had come to an end.

Mike Garrison Feb. 5, 2014, 7:17 a.m. View Comments

Full Throttle R/C Raceway announces the "March Madness"

Full Throttle RC Raceway located in Green Island, New York has been growing each and every week. Coming off a very successful first event, The "Freeze", word is spreading fast about the facility.

Mike Garrison Feb. 5, 2014, 5:44 a.m. View Comments

Andrew Smolnik joins the AKA Race Team for 2014

AKA continues to add to their race winning team today as they have announced the signing of Hobby Pro USA's Andrew Smolnik.

Mike Garrison Feb. 4, 2014, 4:18 a.m. View Comments

Elliott Boots signs on with Team Tekin for 2014

Tekin's mystery driver has been revealed as the team welcomes Elliott Boots!

Mike Garrison Feb. 3, 2014, 4:51 a.m. View Comments

PetitRC.com announces the 8th annual "Petit RC 1:10 Offroad Race"

Our friends at Petit RC have announced the "Petit RC Race 2014". As with the previous events, this is a 1:10 offroad race featuring a big-air carpet track designed to be technical, spectacular, and fun!

Mike Garrison Feb. 3, 2014, 4:25 a.m. View Comments

The IFMAR 1:12 World Championship abandons the asphalt for carpet

IFMAR has announced this year's 1:12 scale World Championship will take place on a carpet course instead of asphalt.

Mike Garrison Feb. 3, 2014, 5:08 a.m. View Comments

Novak re-signs Billy Fischer and Mike Truhe for 2014

Novak is pleased to announce the return of two of America's top driving talents to Team Novak. Billy Fischer from Arizona, and Mike Truhe from California, have re-signed with Novak for the 2014 racing season.

Mike Garrison Feb. 3, 2014, 4:44 a.m. View Comments

Kyosho announces the Ultima SC6 2wd short course truck kit

Kyosho has revealed today that coming soon is an all-new Ultima SC6 2wd short course truck kit. While they revealed no details, and only the following teaser photo, we assume it will follow in the footsteps of the RT6 and include many of the same fea

Mike Garrison Feb. 3, 2014, 9:01 a.m. View Comments

Teemu Leino signs on with Novarossi for 2014

Novarossi has added yet another star player to the team for 2014, as they have announced the signing of Teemu Leino.

Mike Garrison Feb. 3, 2014, 4:56 a.m. View Comments

Pro-Line Racing announces the "26th Annual April Fools Classic"

Pro-Line will host The 26th Annual April Fools Classic at Intermountain R/C Raceway in Magna, Utah on April 4th, 5th and 6th. LiveRC will be out in force with moving live HD camera coverage, shooting photos, and an updated pit report blog all weekend

Mike Garrison Feb. 3, 2014, 5:01 a.m. View Comments

Hobbico announces the 2014 Futaba Challenge event dates

Hobbico, based out of Illinois, brings some of the best offroad racers to the midwest each year with the annual Futaba/O.S Nitro Challenge and Futaba Electric Challenge events. The company has just announced the details of each event for 2014, and ar

Mike Garrison Jan. 31, 2014, 4:13 a.m. View Comments

Magnus Vassmar continues with XRAY for 2014

XRAY is happy to announce that the Nordic onroad racer and mulitple Swedish national champion, Magnus Vassmar, will continue to race with the XRAY team in 2014 season.

Mike Garrison Jan. 31, 2014, 4:28 a.m. View Comments

The "Mid-Motor Mafia" heads to Redneck R/C

This coming Saturday, Feb 1st, will see the running of the SouperBowl Shakedown race at Redneck R/C in Baldwinsville, N.Y., presented by R/CSoup.com. The X Factory Team will be there in force!

Mike Garrison Jan. 31, 2014, 4:02 a.m. View Comments

Atsushi Hara set to run SWorkz for 2014

Atsushi Hara is set to run SWorkz as he has signed a three year contract as a full employee of Speedmaster Hobby, the parent company of SWorkz.

Mike Garrison Jan. 31, 2014, 6:08 a.m. View Comments

Atsushi Hara chooses Hobbywing team for 2014

At this point it is still unsure as to where the legendary Atsushi Hara will be headed for 2014 in terms of a chassis sponsor, however, he has settled on an electronics sponsor. News has been released today from Hobbywing Technology that Hara has in

Mike Garrison Jan. 30, 2014, 4:59 a.m. View Comments

Tekin signs Dylan Gerard and Max Flurer for 2014

Tekin has announced today that they have signed on two new drivers, both of which are known for their talent, speed, and support of others on and off the race track. The team proudly welcomes Dylan Gerard and Max Flurer for 2014!

Mike Garrison Jan. 30, 2014, 3:58 a.m. View Comments

Tekin announces the signing of "one of the fastest drivers in the world"

Tekin has announced today that they are bringing on board a top driver, but the questions is...WHO?

Mike Garrison Jan. 30, 2014, 9:42 a.m. View Comments

Atsushi Hara returns to the Euro Touring Series with Yokomo

R/C racing legend Atsushi Hara will make a return to the Yokomo Euro Touring Series after concluding a deal with reigning champions Yokomo to contest this weekend’s second round in Germany.

Mike Garrison Jan. 29, 2014, 6:52 a.m. View Comments

Adrian Berntsen re-signs with Team XRAY for 2014

XRAY is proud to announce that the European Junior champion, Adrian Berntsen, will continue to race the 2014 season with the XRAY team. Adrian is focused on the onroad TC class and as such will race the T4 and participate at the major races during th

Mike Garrison Jan. 29, 2014, 4:42 a.m. View Comments

Barry Pettit joins the 2014 AKA Race Team

AKA is pleased to announce the addition of South Carolina native, Barry Pettit, to the 2014 AKA race team. Barry has proven to be one of the top level drivers time and time again, and AKA says, "We look forward to a great year of racing with him!"

Mike Garrison Jan. 29, 2014, 9:07 a.m. View Comments

Masayuki Miura resigns from HPI/Hot Bodies team manager

Social media gossip has been confirmed as Masayuki Miura, HPI/HB team manager, has resigned from his position after 11 years with the company.

Mike Garrison Jan. 29, 2014, 4:47 a.m. View Comments

Alexander Hagberg joins Hiro Seikio for 2014

Hiro Seiko has announced today that onroad ace, Alexander Hagberg, has signed on board for 2014.

Mike Garrison Jan. 28, 2014, 5:59 a.m. View Comments

ROAR drops the VTA class at the upcoming Electric Onroad Carpet Nats

ROAR has made the official announcement today that they will be dropping the Vintage Trans-Am (VTA) class from the upcoming 2014 ROAR Electric Onroad Carpet Nationals. This decision comes after a "lack of signups," and is replaced with a 13.5 Touring

Mike Garrison Jan. 28, 2014, 8:04 a.m. View Comments

XRAY announces the 2014 XRAY Challenge Germany event

XRAY has announced today the 2014 XRAY Challenge Germany event. The event is scheduled for March 8-9, 2014 at the Eifel-Ring course.

Mike Garrison Jan. 28, 2014, 5:15 a.m. View Comments

Lorenzo Crolla has joined FX Engines team for 2014

FX is happy to announce that the young talented French driver, Lorenzo Crolla, has joined the FX team. Lorenzo has chosen the FX engine to power his car in the 2014 season.

Mike Garrison Jan. 28, 2014, 5:11 a.m. View Comments

Bittydesign announces the 2014 EURO Contest event

Bittydesign is pleased to officially announce the 2014 EURO Contest, an event born in 2009 with a successful race format that puts FUN at the center of attention.

Mike Garrison Jan. 28, 2014, 5:21 a.m. View Comments

Marek Cerny re-signs with XRAY for 2014

XRAY is happy to announce that 2013 ETS stock champion, Marek Cerny, has re-signed with the XRAY factory racing team and will race the T4 in 2014.

Mike Garrison Jan. 27, 2014, 4:52 a.m. View Comments

Miguel Matias joins Team XRAY for 2014

XRAY is happy to announce that European Champion and multi-time Portuguese National Champion, Miguel Matias, has joined the XRAY team.

Mike Garrison Jan. 27, 2014, 4:24 a.m. View Comments

Travis Amezcua signs with Panther Tires as Development Manager

Panther Tires is proud to announce that IFMAR World Championship A-main finalist, Travis Amezcua, has signed on and will be their new R&D manager.

Mike Garrison Jan. 27, 2014, 4:44 a.m. View Comments

Curtis Door signs with Tekno RC for 2014

Tekno RC is proud to announce that Curtis Door has signed on for the 2014 season.

Mike Garrison Jan. 27, 2014, 4:19 a.m. View Comments

Daryl Tong joins the Atalon Serpent Junior Team for 2014

Young and talented driver from Singapore, Daryl Tong, has signed on board with the Atalon Serpent team for 2014. Atalon is the official Singapore Serpent distributor, and have chosen him as a member of the Serpent Junior Team. Daryl will race 1:10 el

Mike Garrison Jan. 23, 2014, 4:10 a.m. View Comments

Paul Lemieux joins the Hobbywing team for 2014

Hobbywing has announced today that they have signed their first top driver in the United States. The company welcomes multi-time onroad National Champion Paul Lemieux.

Mike Garrison Jan. 23, 2014, 4:44 a.m. View Comments

Carlos Duraes joins Team Serpent Portugal for 2014

Top offroad driver from Portugal, Carlos Duraes, has officially joined the Serpent team for 2014. He will race the Serpent Cobra buggy 2.0 and will assist in the development of the Cobra buggy platform. Serpent says, "The key races for 2014 are the

Mike Garrison Jan. 23, 2014, 4:01 a.m. View Comments

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