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AKA announces name change for the Slingshot 1:10 tires

AKA would like to announce a name change to our Slingshot 1:10 tires. As it turns out, we are much better at designing tires than we are at checking to see if names are already in use within our industry.

Mike Garrison Nov. 26, 2013, 7:07 a.m. View Comments

Schumacher Racing signs Micha Widmaier for 2014

Schumacher Racing would like to welcome young German driver Micha Widmaier to the Schumacher CS electronic team. Micha recently finished 7th at the Indoor Dirt Race near Munich with his CAT K1 against a strong field of most the best drivers in German

Mike Garrison Nov. 26, 2013, 6:57 a.m. View Comments

Troy Lee Designs and Horizon Hobby sign a multi-year partnership

Exciting news has reached us today as Troy Lee Designs and Horizon Hobby have announced a multi-year partnership between the two companies. This partnership has the potential to be a huge step for not only Horizon and TLD, but the hobby as a whole.

Mike Garrison Nov. 25, 2013, 7:33 a.m. View Comments

Ryan Maifield and JConcepts agree on new long-term contract

Ryan Maifield, the current Dirt Nitro Challenge 1/8th buggy champion, ROAR National Champion, double Indoor National Series champion and 1/10th Off-road Worlds podium driver signs new contract with JConcepts.

Mike Garrison Nov. 25, 2013, 10:40 a.m. View Comments

Hobby Pro USA announces Black Friday Sale event

Hobby Pro USA has just announced their Black Friday / Cyber Monday Special that will kicking off today and last till Dec 3rd! Take advantage of some of the years best pricing and stock up on your favorite Hobby Pro USA products!

Mike Garrison Nov. 25, 2013, 10:25 a.m. View Comments

VRC-Pro announces the 2013 VRC World Championships

VRC-Pro has just announced one of the biggest online R/C events of the year, the online 2013 VRC World Championships sponsored by Tekin. Last year more than 2200 racers participated, including big names like Ronald Völker, David Joor and many more. V

Mike Garrison Nov. 25, 2013, 7:53 a.m. View Comments

A Main Hobbies announces "Pre-Black Friday Daily Deals"

Get your holiday shopping started early with incredible Daily Deals”in A Main Hobbies' Pre-Black Friday Sale.

Mike Garrison Nov. 25, 2013, 8:19 a.m. View Comments

Patrick Hofer extends his contract with Team Associated and Reedy

Team Associated and Reedy are excited to announce that multi-time Swiss national champion Patrick Hofer has signed a contract extension that will see him using Reedy LiPo batteries, Sonic motors, and Reedy nitro engines in his Team Associated vehicle

Mike Garrison Nov. 22, 2013, 6:16 a.m. View Comments

JR Mitch continues his partnership with Team Trinity for 2014

JR Mitch has announced today that he will in fact be once again returning to Team Trinity for brushless motors and batteries for his racing efforts in 2014.

Mike Garrison Nov. 21, 2013, 5:11 a.m. View Comments

Pro-Line set to host the "110% Racing R/C Camp" with Ty Tessman

Pro-Line Racing will be hosting a 4-day 1:8 buggy R/C Racing camp with pro R/C driver Ty Tessmann and his mechanic, and father, Gord Tessmann, held at the Pro-Line test track in Banning, California.

Mike Garrison Nov. 21, 2013, 4:08 a.m. View Comments

Pro-Line Racing announces the "Pro-2 SC Owner Photo Contest"

Pro-Line Racing is considered by many to be a top innovator in the short course racing market, as they were one of the first to offer hop-ups, upgrades, and conversion kits for serious racers. Now they offer a full short course truck kit of their ver

Mike Garrison Nov. 20, 2013, 4:49 a.m. View Comments

Kyle McBride signs on with Tekin for 2014

Tekin has announced today that they have signed on the Aussie sensation Kyle McBride! Over the past several years, McBride has come on the scene strong with some impressive finishes including multiple national and world championships A-Main finishes.

Mike Garrison Nov. 19, 2013, 8:24 a.m. View Comments

Maximus Raceway announces the new "Back In Black" points series

Maximus Raceway has announced today a change in plans for 2013, as they have converted their signature Back In Black trophy race, into a Saturday night weekly point series. All awards and company donations from the trophy race event will be rolled in

Mike Garrison Nov. 19, 2013, 4:52 a.m. View Comments

Travis Amezcua re-signs with Team Durango for 2014

Veteran pro driver, Travis Peanut Amezcua, has once again signed on board with Team Durango for another year of racing. Amezcua put in another success season of racing in 2013, finishing up with an A-main finish at the recent IFMAR World Championship

Mike Garrison Nov. 19, 2013, 5 a.m. View Comments

Darren Bloomfield leaves Horizon Hobby and Team Losi Racing

Shocking news has hit the industry today as Darren Bloomfield has left Team Losi Racing and Horizon Hobby.

Mike Garrison Nov. 18, 2013, 6:39 a.m. View Comments

Palm Desert R/C Raceway announces the 9th Annual Toys for Tots race

Palm Desert R/C Raceway 9th Annual Toys for Tots is SoCal's longest running offroad Toys for Tots. Always the 1st weekend in December, this years T4T will be on Dec 7th, 2013!

Mike Garrison Nov. 6, 2013, 4:29 a.m. View Comments

Reedy announces the Reedy International Race of Champions lottery drawing results

The lottery drawing for the open classes is now completed for the 2014 Reedy International Off-Road Race of Champions. With over 480 total entries from over 260 drivers, the event has become more popular than ever. In order to provide the best po

Mike Garrison Nov. 6, 2013, 5:05 a.m. View Comments

Viper R/C signs on board Chinese pro driver Le-Hua Lin

Viper R/C is proud to announce a new addition to the team, Le-Hua Lin! Le-Hua Lin is Viper's first Chinese Pro level driver in Asia. Viper has been working hard in 2013 in order to establish a team in the fast growing Asia market. In the recent FEMCA

Mike Garrison Nov. 5, 2013, 6:58 a.m. View Comments

JQ Products awards RcPro Thailand THEDistributor 2013 award

JQ Products has been growing fast over the past couple of years, and have decided to start an award program in which each year the top distributor is recognized and awarded at the end of each year. This year THEDistributor award goes to RcPro Thailan

Mike Garrison Nov. 4, 2013, 5:30 a.m. View Comments

NeoBuggy and DXR announce the 2014 Neo Race (with video)

NeoBuggy & DXR are pleased to officially announce the 2014 Neo Race, to which entry opens November 6th!

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

JJ Wang joins Reedy international racing team

Reedy is proud to announce the addition of JJ Wang to its international racing team. As one of the top up-and-coming young drivers, JJ will be a valuable asset to the team at races and in the testing and development of new products. Based in China, h

Mike Garrison Nov. 4, 2013, 10:07 a.m. View Comments

702 Raceway announces the 1st Annual "Remember The Hitman" Memorial Race

702 Raceway has announced their 1st Annual memorial race for the one and only Mel "Team Hitman" Hara. Mel was a great racer and friend to all that knew him, and the 702 crew has decided to put together a FUN day of racing in memory of Mel, and all of

Mike Garrison Nov. 4, 2013, 4:21 a.m. View Comments

The 2013-14 ETS kicks off in the Czech Republic

The World’s top electric touring car racers and teams will descend on the Czech Republic this weekend (1-3 Nov) for the opening round of Season #7 of the Euro Touring Series.

Mike Garrison Oct. 30, 2013, 10:36 a.m. View Comments

ROAR announces official GT 8 racing class rules

Over the past year or two, one of the fastest growing classes in nitro onroad racing has become GT 8. This class started out as offroad racing converting old 1:8 nitro buggies, into onroad racing vehicles with a few simple modifications and a body. T

Mike Garrison Oct. 30, 2013, 5:45 a.m. View Comments

VRC Pro releases details of 1:8 Offroad Buggy testing (with video)

Earlier this year, our good friends at Virtual Racing Industries announced that they would be working on an 1:8 offroad buggy class for the popular VRC Pro Simulator. Since that time we have heard and/or seen little of the progress being made on the

Mike Garrison Oct. 30, 2013, 5:07 a.m. View Comments

Horizon Hobby partners up with Rockstar Performance Garage

Horizon Hobby is both excited and proud to announce a new, high energy partnership with Rockstar Performance Garage (RPG). RPG specializes in building project vehicles that represent a true bridge in the automotive and lifestyle markets.

Mike Garrison Oct. 23, 2013, 7:46 a.m. View Comments

Team C/SMD signs ten year old Alan Thompson for 2013-14

Team C/SMD has announced today that ten year old Alan Thompson has joined Team C/SMD as a team driver for 2013/14. For the upcoming season Alan will be using his new Team C TM2 in two wheel drive as well as Sanwa radio equipment.

Mike Garrison Oct. 22, 2013, 6:23 a.m. View Comments

The Euro Offroad Series gets set to kick off in front of 40,000 show goers

The third season of the Euro Offroad Series kicks off this weekend (18-20th Oct) in Poland, where Europe’s best offroad racers will do battle in front of a crowd of up to 40,000 show goers. For the second year running, the opening race on the calenda

Mike Garrison Oct. 16, 2013, 6:29 a.m. View Comments

Joseph Quagraine joins AKA for 2013-14

Joseph Quagraine has signed with AKA in a deal will have him running the full range of AKA tires, in 1:10 and 1:8th offroad!

Mike Garrison Oct. 16, 2013, 6:40 a.m. View Comments

Greg Williams joins the CML Distribution / Team Associated 1:10 team

Hot young talent can be hard to find these days, especially in the UK, but Team Associated and CML Racing are delighted to announce the newest member of the formidable racing team.

Mike Garrison Oct. 15, 2013, 6:33 a.m. View Comments

Byron Fuels announces the purchase of Wildcat Fuels

Byron Fuels has announced today that they have purchased the Kentucky based fuel company, Wildcat Fuels. Wildcat offers a complete lineup of R/C fuel for racers and bashers alike. In addition to the fuel, Wildcat also offers their own line of LiPo ba

Mike Garrison Oct. 9, 2013, 8:07 a.m. View Comments

XRAY announces primary sponsorship of the 2013-14 EOS

XRAY is proud to announce today their decision to partner with Uwe Rheinard & Scotty Ernst as a primary sponsor of the European Offroad Series (EOS) for 2013-2014. The XRAY factory team with Juraj Hudy, Martin Bayer and Reno Savoya will be available

Mike Garrison Oct. 8, 2013, 6:34 a.m. View Comments

Bill Jeric announces his brand new company "Tuning Haus"

The new company is designed to serve the electric onroad enthusiast, with a specialized focus toward the rapidly growing 1:10 Formula 1 category. A diverse range of option parts,hardware, and accessories are available immediately.

Mike Garrison Oct. 8, 2013, 5:27 a.m. View Comments

Thunder Alley R/C Raceway announces "The Dual" 1:8 offroad event

In just 3 weeks (October 26 & 27) , a unique event titled The Dual will take place at two of the premiere tracks on the west coast. Saturday racing will be held at the Pro-Line Racing test track, while Sunday racing will be held at Thunder Alley R/C

Mike Garrison Oct. 7, 2013, 6:42 a.m. View Comments

Pro-Line partners with the Euro Offroad Series for 2013-14

Pro-Line recently released their Pin Point astroturf tire, and have taken that tire to partner up with the promoters of the EOS for the 2013-14 series.

Mike Garrison Oct. 4, 2013, 5:53 a.m. View Comments

Kyosho announces the 2013 Fall Classic at Revelation Raceway

Kyosho wants to invite you to join them and check out Kyosho’s latest products, test run the newest XXL Scorpion Buggy, and a full line of EZ series products! If you need a tip or suggestion from the pros, they will be on site to help you out!

Mike Garrison Oct. 4, 2013, 7:55 a.m. View Comments

ROAR announces 2014 Nationals Schedule

As the months are winding down, and we are getting closer and closer to yet another season of racing for 2014, ROAR has announced the official 2014 Nationals Schedule.

Mike Garrison Oct. 2, 2013, 5:18 a.m. View Comments

Reedy announces 2014 Reedy Race of Champions Invitational Driver List

Now that the 2013 IFMAR World Championships are completed, the list of qualified drivers for the 2014 Reedy International Off-Road Race of Champions Invitational class has been set.

Mike Garrison Oct. 2, 2013, 5:39 a.m. View Comments

Kurt Wenger leaves AVID R/C to pursue a brand of his own

After a fun-filled week at the IFMAR 1:10 Offroad World Championships, we uncovered new cars, new products, and new rumors/gossip. One rumor that has been confirmed true is that Kurt Wenger (former Team Associated engineer) will be leaving AVID R/C.

Mike Garrison Sept. 30, 2013, 8:01 a.m. View Comments

HRP announces exclusive distributorship of Team C Racing products

HRP has just announced exclusive distributorship of the Team C Racing products in the United States. Team C is a growing product line that has become quite popular on local and regional race levels as of 2013, and continue to grow in popularity.

Mike Garrison Sept. 27, 2013, 6:11 a.m. View Comments

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