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Josh Wheeler joins VP Powermaster Fuels

VP PowerMaster is very excited to announce yet another world class driver joining the team, Josh Wheeler!

Mike Garrison June 6, 2013, 9:10 a.m. View Comments

JJ Wang is confirmed for the Asian Onroad Championship in Australia

The AOC is now taking a trip down under for Round 2 in Melbourne, Australia. It has been confirmed today that Hot Bodies team driver and onroad sensation, JJ Wang of China, will also be making the trip to do battle with the best of the best in Austra

Mike Garrison June 6, 2013, 11:18 a.m. View Comments

VP Pro USA announces the Intech ER-12 is coming soon

VP Pro USA has announced today that a new 2wd 1:10 offroad buggy is getting set to hit the shores of America! VP Pro is the United States distributor of Intech Racing products, in which a new buggy called the ER-12 is said to be coming soon. Very few

Mike Garrison June 5, 2013, 11:16 a.m. View Comments

A Main Hobbies announces Pro-Line tires as the spec tire for the IFMAR Pre-Worlds

A Main Hobbies has chosen Pro-Line’s X2 Suburbs (PRO8213-002) and Scrubs (PRO8212-002 & PRO8214-002 (4WD)) as the spec tires for the IFMAR Pre-Worlds.

Mike Garrison June 4, 2013, 6:43 a.m. View Comments

ROAR announces bidding is open for 2014 National Events

ROAR has announced today that bids for Nationals venues in all ROAR classes are now being accepted for the 2014 season. Any ROAR affiliated track interested in hosting a National event is asked to please get their bid in as soon as possible. This ope

Mike Garrison June 3, 2013, 4:59 a.m. View Comments

Team Associated announces the 2nd Annual AE Top Gun Shootout

Team Associated is pleased to present the 2nd Annual Team Associated Top Gun Shootout hosted by SD/RC Raceway in San Diego, California.

Mike Garrison May 31, 2013, 10:12 a.m. View Comments

World champion contenders get set to face off at Silver Dollar R/C for the Worlds Warmup

The who’s who of 1/10-scale off-road racing will have their first crack at A Main Hobbies’ Silver Dollar R/C Raceway at next week’s IFMAR Pre-Worlds June 6th-9th.

Mike Garrison May 31, 2013, 10:17 a.m. View Comments

ROAR clarifies the upcoming 1:8 Fuel Offroad Nationals schedule and race format

Rumors, rumors, rumors...always causing trouble! Rumors of all sorts have been flying around the industry regarding the upcoming ROAR 1:8 Fuel Offroad Nationals, and to address the issue ROAR has released a list of FACTS about the upcoming event sche

Mike Garrison May 29, 2013, 6:43 a.m. View Comments

Mike Swauger re-signs with XRAY for 2013

XRAY is excited to announce that former World Champion and multiple US National Champion, Mike Swauger, has confirmed he will continue to race with the XRAY team in 2013.

Mike Garrison May 28, 2013, 6:02 a.m. View Comments

A Main Hobbies announces "Memorial Day 10% Off Everything Sale!"

Save all weekend long in A Main Hobbies’ Memorial Day Sale Friday, May 24th at 8:00pm PST through Monday, May 27th. Celebrate the holiday weekend the RC way! Grab what you’ve always wanted and save 10% off of your order. Customers who spend over $100

Mike Garrison May 24, 2013, 11:17 a.m. View Comments

Horizon Hobby announces new updates and upgrades to the ECX vehicle line

Each ECX vehicle will receive updated trim schemes and Spektrum 2.4GHz radio systems!

Mike Garrison May 23, 2013, 9:35 a.m. View Comments

Mark Pavidis joins VP PowerMaster Fuels for 2013

VP PowerMaster would like to welcome their newest addition to the team, 2006 IFMAR Nitro Off-Road World Champion, Mark Pavidis!

Mike Garrison May 22, 2013, 5:49 a.m. View Comments

Donations for the Oklahoma tornado victims at this weekend's AKA Mid-America Championship

Fellow R/C racer, Tyler Keel, has announced that he will be gathering donations for his hometown of Moore, Oklahoma, this weekend after a devastating tornado struck this past week.

Mike Garrison May 21, 2013, 7:16 a.m. View Comments

[UPDATE] ROAR announces that Full Throttle Raceway will host the 2014 IFMAR Electric Onroad World Championships

Earlier this month ROAR announced a last chance opportunity for the IFMAR World Championships to be held in the United States in 2014. Today, they have announced that Full Throttle Raceway in Kissimmee, Florida will be the official host of the 2014 I

Mike Garrison May 20, 2013, 9:41 a.m. View Comments

1:10 Off-Road Worlds track vision becomes a little clearer

The upcoming worlds host track -- Silver Dollar R/C Raceway -- has new dirt and an authentic "The Dirt Racing" layout.

Eric Swanson May 17, 2013, 7:24 a.m. View Comments

The Yokomo Euro Touring Series rolls in to the Netherlands

After an 11-week break, the Yokomo Euro Touring Series resumes this weekend (May 17-19) in the Netherlands with the beautiful Apeldoorn track.

Mike Garrison May 16, 2013, 5:29 a.m. View Comments

Multi-time Swiss champion Patrick Hofer joins the Reedy

Reedy has extended their lineup of championship winning drivers today, as they have signed on board Swiss national champion Patrick Hofer. Hofer, also a Team Associated team driver, will be running the Reedy line-up of products to power his race winn

Mike Garrison May 16, 2013, 6:32 a.m. View Comments

NeoBuggy and DXR announce that the 2013 Neo Race entries are now open (with video)

Neo Buggy & DXR are pleased to officially announce entry for the 2013 Neo Race is now open!

Mike Garrison May 16, 2013, 10:23 a.m. View Comments

Yuichi Kanai returns to his World Championship winning RB Engine team

Last week the news of IFMAR 1:8 World Champion, Yuichi Kanai, leaving Team Orion engines came as a shock to the industry. Today, Kanai has announced that he has re-joined the RB engine team, which was his World Championship winning team in 2000!

Mike Garrison May 13, 2013, 5:59 a.m. View Comments

The 2013 Top Notch Summer Series is announced (with video)

The Southern California racing scene is heating up this season with this announcement of The Top Notch Summer Series!

Mike Garrison May 13, 2013, 5:45 a.m. View Comments

ROAR announces new minimum weight rules for nitro onroad classes

ROAR has issued a rule update today regarding the weight minimum of 1:10 and 1:8 nitro onroad cars. Before this time the weight regulations of ROAR did not meet up with that of IFMAR, thus ROAR has decreased the minimum weight by over 100g in each cl

Mike Garrison May 13, 2013, 5:17 a.m. View Comments

Last chance for the 2014 IFMAR Electric Onroad World Championships in America

ROAR has made a last chance announcement today regarding the upcoming 2014 IFMAR Electric Onroad World Championships. The event was scheduled to be held in America, but with a lack of bids from host facilities, IFMAR has given ROAR a second chance to

Mike Garrison May 10, 2013, 6:22 a.m. View Comments

Axial partners up with Cassie Currie Motorsports

Axial R/C Inc., a subsidiary of Hobbico Inc., is proud to announce our 2013 partnership with Casey Currie Motorsports!

Mike Garrison May 10, 2013, 8:13 a.m. View Comments

Horizon Hobby splits ways with TLR/Losi brand President Bill Jeric

Shocking news has hit the industry today as long-time Horizon Hobby employee and Losi/TLR brand President, Bill Jeric, has announced that he is no longer an employee of Horizon Hobby.

Mike Garrison May 9, 2013, 6:57 a.m. View Comments

Austrian junior champion Kurt Hubeny re-signs with XRAY for 2013

XRAY is happy to announce that the multi-time Austrian junior champion, Kurt Hubeny, will continue to race with the XRAY team for the 2013 season. Kurt is specialized in 1:10 nitro touring car racing and will be racing the NT1.

Mike Garrison May 9, 2013, 6:40 a.m. View Comments

LCRC releases the ROAR 1:8 E-Buggy/Pro4 SCT Nationals flyer and details

LCRC Raceway in collaboration with ROAR have released the flyer and details for the 2013 ROAR Off-Road Electric 4wd SCT/1:8 Electric National, which will be held on August 1st - 4th

Mike Garrison May 6, 2013, 6 a.m. View Comments

A Main Hobbies announces Worlds Warm-Up at Silver Dollar R/C Raceway

1/10-scale off-road racers will have their first crack at the new soil used for A Main Hobbies Silver Dollar RC Raceway at the upcoming World’s Warm-Up Race June 6th-9th.

Mike Garrison May 6, 2013, 9:09 a.m. View Comments

THE Series gets set to kick off at Dirt Burner Racing

For the second year in a row THE Series presented Pro-Line gets set to kick off in Michigan.

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

Matt Schreffler signs with Serpent America for the remainder of 2013

Serpent America has announced today that they have signed on board Matt Schreffler. Matt will be running the Cobra GP buggy and truggy, as well as the Spyder 1/10 2wd buggy that will be introduced in July.

Mike Garrison May 3, 2013, 6:20 a.m. View Comments

UK rising star Elliot Taylor joins JQ Products for 2013-14

Young fast guy Elliot Taylor from UK signs a two year contract with JQ Products. Elliot will compete in all UK national and other major events.

Mike Garrison May 3, 2013, 10:08 a.m. View Comments

Horizon Hobby teams up with the Rockstar Energy Racing MX team

Horizon Hobby joins prestigious partners including Motosport.com, Bel-Ray, ONE Industries, Airoh Helmets, FMF, Dragon Goggles, Rockwell Watches, Go Pro as well as Suzuki!

Mike Garrison May 3, 2013, 6:02 a.m. View Comments

TrakPower announces the MS Series brushless motors are now ROAR approved

TrakPower takes great pride in announcing today that all MS Series brushless motors are now approved for use in all racing competitions sanctioned by ROAR.

Mike Garrison May 1, 2013, 6:40 a.m. View Comments

Japanese National Champion Takaaki Shimo joins the Mugen Seiki onroad team

Shimo will use the MRX5 WC-Spec and MTX5 in the upcoming season attending the Japanese Nationals as well as the IFMAR Worlds in Japan.

Mike Garrison May 1, 2013, 6:08 a.m. View Comments

Hupo Honigl joins Novarossi Engines offroad team for 2013

Not long ago we received word that European sensation, Hupo Honigl, made a switch in fuels for the 2013 nitro offroad season. In addition, rumors began to fly that he would be switching engine sponsors as well. That rumor is confirmed true as Honigl

Mike Garrison May 1, 2013, 6:46 a.m. View Comments

New job opportunities available with A Main Hobbies

Six full-time positions for our marketing and design divisions are now open for those who qualify!

Mike Garrison April 30, 2013, 7:05 a.m. View Comments

Christopher Krapp renews his contract with Team Orion for 2013

The German talent will continue using VST2 Pro brushless motors, R10 Pro speed controllers and Carbon Pro LiPo batteries in all his cars.

Mike Garrison April 30, 2013, 5:31 a.m. View Comments

Revolution Raceway announces the "Matt Gerald Benefit Race"

Revolution Raceway in Appleton, Wisconsin has announced the Matt Gerald Benefit Race this weekend. The benefit race this Saturday May, 4th 2013 is for one of the local race heroes who was recently hurt. Matt Gerald has raced modified buggies for year

Mike Garrison April 29, 2013, 5:26 a.m. View Comments

JConcepts and Stickit1 Racing are announced as title sponsors of the 2013 ElectroChamps

Our friends at RCDevil.gr have announced today that the popular ElectroChamps race will once again take place in Athens, Greece on June 8-9, 2013. This year they are excited to also announce title sponsorship of the event from none other than JConcep

Mike Garrison April 25, 2013, 5:23 a.m. View Comments

Hobby Pro USA announces a new 1:10 2wd offroad buggy coming soon

The Hobby Pro USA team has been competitive already in the 1:10 scene running various different cars, and we assume will be even stronger on the track running a chassis of their very own!

Mike Garrison April 24, 2013, 5:29 a.m. View Comments

Hobbico announces the 2013 Futaba/O.S. Engines Nitro Challenge (with video)

Whether you come to compete or only to watch, you'll enjoy eight classes of exciting 1/8 scale buggy and truggy racing action plus a HUGE prize raffle.

Mike Garrison April 24, 2013, 5:10 a.m. View Comments

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