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IFMAR WORLDS: Elliott Boots is crowned TQ after Rd.6 is cancelled due to rain

So far the 2012 IFMAR 1:8 Offroad World Championships has been dealt sunny weather and dry conditions (for the most part). As what started as a light rain moved into the area, it quickly became apparent it was there to stay. Heavy rain and thundersto

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2012, 5:15 a.m. View Comments

CRCRC announces the 2013 Midwest Electric and Nitro Champs

As each new year gets set to kick off, it means one thing...the CRCRC Midwest Championships! CRCRC has announced the upcoming, and fast approaching, electric and nitro championships. Once again the nation's best drivers will make their way indoors ou

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2012, 4:17 a.m. View Comments

Lee Martin joins the European Offroad Series for Round 2

Tamiya Racing Factory’s Lee Martin has been confirmed as an entry for the second round of the ‘TLR/Spektrum Euro Offroad Series presented by Horizon Hobby’ in Langenfeld, Germany on January 4-6.

Mike Garrison Dec. 5, 2012, 4:30 a.m. View Comments

Need4Speed R/C announces the 5th annual "Field of Dreams Race"

Need4Speed R/C has announced the 5th annual Field of Dreams Race! The indoor offroad facility located in Garden City, Kansas, has worked closely with supporting sponsors TLR, Team Associated, JConcepts, and others to once again bring back one of Kans

Mike Garrison Dec. 5, 2012, 5:01 a.m. View Comments

IFMAR WORLDS: Overnight rain storm causes delay

With parts of the track underwater, the start to the final day of practice has been delayed.

Eric Swanson Dec. 3, 2012, 1:20 a.m. View Comments

Ruddog Distribution announces official European distributorship of VBC

Ruddog Distribution is proud to announce that they are the official VBC Racing distributor for Europe (with the exception of Spain). They will stock the new Wildfire 1/10 4WD competition electric touring car kit including all needed spares and option

Mike Garrison Nov. 29, 2012, 6:58 a.m. View Comments

702 R/C Raceway announces 3rd annual Kings Hawaiian Toys for Tots race

702 R/C Raceway, located in Las Vegas, is getting set to hose the 3rd annual Kings Hawaiian Toys for Tots race! The race features trophies provided by title sponsor Kings Hawaiian Bakery, a racer raffle courtesy of all of the supporting sponsors, and

Mike Garrison Nov. 29, 2012, 5:46 a.m. View Comments

Entry for the highly anticipated Motorama 2013 opens up online

Arguably one of the biggest indoor R/C events in the world is getting set to take place once again, the 2013 Motorama! With entries exceeding 400+ in recent years, the expected turnout for 2013 is set higher than ever! Pre-entry is now available

Mike Garrison Nov. 27, 2012, 12:20 p.m. View Comments

German Champion Torsten Muller joins Team XRAY

XRAY is proud to announce that the recent German Class2 Champion Torsten Müller joins the team to race with the XRAY RX8. Sponsored by German distributor SMI Motorsport Torsten will race and represent in the upcoming season at all National and Intern

Mike Garrison Nov. 21, 2012, 6:54 a.m. View Comments

P1 Brand announces "Black and White" Friday sale

We are proud to announce the second annual P1 Brand 'Black and White Friday' sale! On November 23, 2012, enter code 'BWFriday' at checkout to save 20% on all P1 Brand Trackwares from the P1 Brand online shop.

Mike Garrison Nov. 21, 2012, 6 a.m. View Comments

Panther Tires announces Black "Panther" Friday sale

Avoid getting trampled by mall crowds and enjoy the savings from a comfy chair sitting behind your computer! Panther Tires announces their Black Panther Friday sale!

Mike Garrison Nov. 20, 2012, 4:45 a.m. View Comments

LiveRC's "Black Friday" IFMAR Worlds All Access Pass and DVD pre-order sale

The 2012 IFMAR 1:8 Nitro Off-Road World Championships are quickly approaching and LiveRC.com will be there in full force to bring you the best live coverage in the industry. In the spirit of the holidays, LiveRC.com will be releasing their “All Acces

Mike Garrison Nov. 20, 2012, 11:32 a.m. View Comments

Team Orion releases V1.5 firmware update for the Touch

Team Orion has announced their latest firmware update for the popular Advantage Touch charger. The new firmware, V1.5, is designed to provide improved charging times, and an improved graphic display!

Mike Garrison Nov. 20, 2012, 4:48 a.m. View Comments

NeoBuggy announces the first details of the Neo'13 event

Our friends at NeoBuggy.net have officially announced the 2013 NeoRace dates! While normally the race is in the early spring (March or April), this year the event will be taking place in the fall season with the dates set to August 22-26, 2013. The e

Mike Garrison Nov. 15, 2012, 5:40 a.m. View Comments

NASCAR sensation David Mayhew joins Team Trinity for the 2013 Snowbirds

David Mayhew, owner of Finishline R/C Raceway in Bakersfield and 1:1 scale car racing driver, has joined Team Trinity to defend his Snowbirds Championship this February in Florida. Dave has a long list of accomplishments in the full-scale racing worl

Mike Garrison Nov. 15, 2012, 5:14 a.m. View Comments

A Main Hobbies appointed the exclusive North American Retailer for Yokomo

A Main Hobbies has just announced that they will be the exclusive retailer of Yokomo products in North America. Yokomo has been a race winning company for years upon years in both the onroad and offroad scene, BUT primarily in Europe. The announcemen

Mike Garrison Nov. 15, 2012, 4:37 a.m. View Comments

Fastlane Raceway to host the 2013 Venom Offroad JAM

T5 Motorsport Promotions and Fastlane Raceway is teaming up for the first ever Offroad JAM Event! This unique event features heads up racing, dash for cash, raffles, and more!

Mike Garrison Nov. 14, 2012, 4:34 a.m. View Comments

TOP Racing announces their newest team driver from Portugal

TOP Racing has recently announced their newest distributorship in Portugal. Along with the new distributor, comes a new team driver!

Mike Garrison Nov. 9, 2012, 4:47 a.m. View Comments

Novak announces the Pulse/Ballistic system "Happy Holidays Promotion"

Purchase a Pulse/Ballistic 540 (#3175-77) or Pulse/Ballistic 550 4XSC (#3170) brushless system by January 31, 2013* and receive a FREE gift worth over $20! There is no paperwork to complete-- the free items are simply included with your system so tha

Mike Garrison Nov. 8, 2012, 4:11 a.m. View Comments

UK superstar Elliot Boots joins Revolution Design Racing Products for 2013

Revolution Design Racing Products is proud to welcome UK super star Elliott Boots to their world-wide team of drivers!

Mike Garrison Nov. 7, 2012, 7:32 a.m. View Comments

AMainHobbies announces the 2012 Fall Brawl at Outback Raceway

AMainHobbies has announced the 2012 Fall Brawl indoor offroad race coming to Outback Raceway on November 17-18! Join the AMainHobbies team and some of the west coast's best 1:10 racers for the Fall Brawl!

Mike Garrison Nov. 6, 2012, 5:56 a.m. View Comments

The 2012 JConcepts Winter Indoor Shootout heads to the heartland!

JConcepts is teaming up with Fastlane Raceway for the 2012 JConcepts Winter Indoor Shootout and Invitational! The event will feature almost all of the popular 1:10 offroad classes in conjunction with the elite 2wd and 4wd Buggy Invitational classes!

Mike Garrison Nov. 6, 2012, 9:06 a.m. View Comments

The all-new Top Notch Racing Series gets set to kick off in San Diego

A new electric offroad points series is breaking ground in San Diego on December 1st. Introducing the Top Notch Series with title sponsor JConcepts!

Mike Garrison Nov. 5, 2012, 5:38 a.m. View Comments

REDS Racing signs Ignacio Candel Laveda to the 2012-13 offroad racing team

REDS Racing is proud to announce their newest addition to the growing team! Ignacio Candel Laveda, from Spain, has signed on board for the 2012-13 season. He will be running the R5T Team Edition engines in all of his offroad vehicles, and will debute

Mike Garrison Nov. 5, 2012, 5:06 a.m. View Comments

Team HRC signs German onroad racer Kristok Sielaff

Kristok Sielaff, German ace, joins HRC Distribution and will drive a Team Magic E4RS II for next season!

Mike Garrison Nov. 2, 2012, 7:35 a.m. View Comments

Novarossi Engines launches all-new English website

Novarossi has launched their all-new English website designed to make navigation and browsing easier for English speaking users. The new site is easy to navigate, features all of the latest products, and more!

Mike Garrison Nov. 2, 2012, 7:03 a.m. View Comments

VRC Pro announces 1/8 offroad racing is coming soon!

Lately we here at LiveRC have been glued to our computer screens before and after work for countless hours of shortcourse offroad racing in the most realistic R/C simulator game on the market, VRC Pro. They have announced that while the game started

Mike Garrison Nov. 1, 2012, 8:44 a.m. View Comments

The HobbyPLEX announces the 2013 Novak Offroad Race

Officially one of the largest permanent indoor racing facilities in the USA is none other than the Hobbytown HobbyPLEX in Omaha, Nebraska. They are once teaming up with Team Novak to kick off the 2013 racing season with the 2nd annual Novak Offroad R

Mike Garrison Oct. 30, 2012, 6:14 a.m. View Comments

The Euro Offroad Series announced Round 3 to take place in Austria

With the second season of the TLR/Spektrum Euro Offroad Series presented by Horizon Hobby set to get underway this weekend in Poznan, Poland, the series organizers are delighted to announce that the 3rd & penultimate round will take place in Austria.

Mike Garrison Oct. 25, 2012, 5:24 a.m. View Comments

Win your very own SC10 4x4 in the "AE R/C Challenge Cup Giveaway!"

Team Associated and Lucas Oil will be hosting the first-ever Team Associated RC Challenge Cup at this weekend's Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series race at Firebird Raceway in Chandler, Arizona. Enter for a chance to win the SC10 4x4 RTR that wins the T

Mike Garrison Oct. 23, 2012, 6:33 a.m. View Comments

Team Novak launches all-new website!

Team Novak has been an industry leader in the ESC/Motor market for a countless number of years. With all of their new products hitting the stores, Novak has just released their all-new website to go along with them!

Mike Garrison Oct. 23, 2012, 12:54 p.m. View Comments

Viper becomes U.S distributor for ARC

The company announced via Facebook on Thursday.

Eric Swanson Oct. 18, 2012, 11:06 a.m. View Comments

Vanquish Products "Lock It Up" Sweepstakes

Vanquish Products, the makers of rock crawling accessories, is putting on a special contest on Facebook.

Eric Swanson Oct. 18, 2012, 8:12 a.m. View Comments

Mike's Hobby Shop Shortcourse Showdown Finals Trivia Giveaways for LiveRC viewers!

This coming weekend the 2012 Shortcourse Showdown Nationwide Tour will be making its final stop of the season for the finale at the infamous Mike's Hobby Shop in Carrollton, Texas. For those of you who aren't familiar with Mike's Hobby Shop, the

Mike Garrison Oct. 16, 2012, 5:02 a.m. View Comments

Finish of the 1/8 scale offroad season with Racetober Fest this weekend!

The end to the Pacific Northwest 1/8 scale offroad season is fast approaching. Racetober Fest is the race held each year to bring it all to a close, so dust off your rigs for one more go round! Crown Raceway in Southern Oregon is hosting this 3 day r

Ian Stark Oct. 15, 2012, 7:09 a.m. View Comments

Revolution Design Racing Products welcomes Czech rising star Kaja Novotny

Revolution Design Racing Products is proud to welcome Czech off-road talent Kaja Novotny to their world-wide team of drivers! Read the full press release for more!

Mike Garrison Oct. 15, 2012, 6:44 a.m. View Comments

Thunder Alley R/C Raceway announces the 2012 Turkey Cup Shortcourse Classic

Thunder Alley announces the annual Turkey Cup Classic. All the money raised in the raffle goes towards the food bank along with the food racers donate! This is Thunder Alley's GIVE-BACK race to help others less fortunate and struggling in their life

Mike Garrison Oct. 15, 2012, 6:32 a.m. View Comments

XRAY announces the X12 and X10 will remain unchanged for the winter season

XRAY has recently released the T4 touring car platform, replacing the dominant T3 series. This has brought about the question as to how many other cars in the XRAY family will be receiving replacements this winter?

Mike Garrison Oct. 12, 2012, 5:26 a.m. View Comments

Team Durango announces the 210 RTR's now available in Europe

Team Durango is delighted to announce that their three new Race Ready RTR cars are now available for customers in Europe.

Mike Garrison Oct. 12, 2012, 5:09 a.m. View Comments

PT R/C Oils, Triton R/C, and Advantage Racing announce MWNS Sponsorship winners

The 2012 Midwest Nitro Series wrapped up last weekend in Joliet, Illinois. Series sponsors, PT R/C Racing Oils, Triton R/C, and Advantage Racing, have awarded a select group of series drivers, with the most consistant results and hard work, sponsorsh

Mike Garrison Oct. 12, 2012, 5:32 a.m. View Comments

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