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Video: Pro-Line's Kyle McBride talks about the 2012 IFMAR Worlds

Our friends at Pro-Line Racing have shared a pretty cool video with team driver Kyle McBride from Australia. The rising star talks about his experience at the 2012 IFMAR World Championships, and his goals for 2013.

Mike Garrison Jan. 23, 2013, 5:26 a.m. View Comments

Video: Keys to maintenance on your 1:8 buggy with JQ

JQ has put together a very cool video explaining the main points of maintaining THECar RTR (or any 1:8 buggy). This is an informative video for both newbies and season vets alike!

Mike Garrison Jan. 21, 2013, 6:32 a.m. View Comments

Video: Euro Offroad Series Round 2 with oOple.com

The most recent round of the 2013 Euro Offroad Series took place in Langenfield, Germany with a record number of entries (260+). On site to cover all of the action was our friends at oOple.com, and today they have shared this very cool highlight vide

Mike Garrison Jan. 21, 2013, 6:19 a.m. View Comments

ROAR finds popular Trinity stock motor does not fit within rules

The Trinity D3.5 17.5 spec motor has been found to be illegal by ROAR specifications.

Eric Swanson Jan. 18, 2013, 4:43 a.m. View Comments

Product Test: JConcepts "Pressure Points" SC tires

When it comes to short course racing setup is important, but tire choice is CRITICAL. The wrong tires in short course racing will having you slipping and sliding out of control or flipping and flopping in every corner. We test the new JConcepts Press

Mike Garrison Jan. 17, 2013, 5:24 a.m. View Comments

Video: JQ Products THE 60 Second Show - Oiling an Airfilter

Believe it or not, as straight forward as it may sound, there is a wrong and right way to oil an air filter! JQ shows you in 60 seconds how he oils his very own air filters!

Mike Garrison Jan. 15, 2013, 5:42 a.m. View Comments

RACE COVERAGE: CRCRC Midwest Electric Championships

It is the new year and one of the first full coverage events for the LiveRC crew is upon us! LiveRC has travelled to Columbus, Ohio for the annual CRCRC Midwest Electric Championships! We are on-site getting set to bring you all of the live racing ac

Mike Garrison Jan. 11, 2013, 4:36 a.m. View Comments

SPY SHOTS: New JConcepts T4 body for the AE SCB arms and tower setup

Lately the hot setup for many Team Associated drivers is to run the new SC10B front arms and shock towers on their T4.1 stadium trucks. The problem is, that there isn't a body designed to fit for the new setup.

Mike Garrison Jan. 11, 2013, 9:25 a.m. View Comments

SPY SHOTS: New AKA Products at CRCRC

While cruising the pits and talking amongst everyone, we stopped over at the AKA pits. Mark Pavidis, Brent Fiege, and Jared Tebo were working hard getting things dialed in and ready for qualifying...including some NEW products!

Mike Garrison Jan. 11, 2013, 7:04 a.m. View Comments

TLR's Ryan Dunford discusses new TEN series diff parts and build tips

TLR driver, Ryan Dunford, is known for his short course racing domination. Dunford running the popular TEN-SCTE 4wd shortcourse from Losi, is always on top of the latest setups, tips, and tricks. Today, Dunford, has sat down and shared the latest

Mike Garrison Jan. 10, 2013, 6:15 a.m. View Comments

Video: oneTEN Drift Network drift racing video "mashup"

Today a very cool video from the guys at oneTEN Drift was shared with us! This is a video mashup of some of their best drift racing video footage. At times it is hard to believe this is still R/C!

Mike Garrison Jan. 8, 2013, 5:29 a.m. View Comments

Moment with Mike: Proud to be an R/C racer

Mike is proud to part of the the R/C community, and appreciates just how nice the "R/C World" really is!

Mike Garrison Jan. 8, 2013, 6:33 a.m. View Comments

Video: TrakPower's new VR-1 Dual Racing Charger

It's the dynamic duo for competitive racers! The TrakPower VR-1 Dual Racing Charger is a high performance, fully programmable and computerized battery charger designed for the electric racer. Capable of charging all chemistry types in the R/C industr

Mike Garrison Jan. 8, 2013, 7:44 a.m. View Comments

Video: Steps to race prep a used R/C vehicle with Pro-Line

Pro-Line Racing has shared with us a video from Pro-Line enthusiast, Eric Schutt. He walks you through the steps to make a used TLR SCTE rolling chassis into a race ready truck!

Mike Garrison Jan. 7, 2013, 7:32 a.m. View Comments

Video: New RB ONE-R competition 1:8 nitro buggy in action

RB releases the RB ONE RTR buggy several years ago with great success. After high demand, they have taken the RTR platform and morphed it into a fully race ready competition kit. The new buggy features 80% all-new parts which bring the RB ONE up to s

Mike Garrison Jan. 3, 2013, 5:31 a.m. View Comments

RACE BLOG: 2013 Novak Offroad Race [updated]

One of the fastest growing indoor offroad races in the midwest is undoubtedly the one and only Novak Offroad Race. The event returns to the Hobbytown USA HobbyPLEX facility this weekend with a SOLD OUT entry list. 350 entries and a line of drivers wa

Mike Garrison Jan. 3, 2013, 8:47 a.m. View Comments

Bone Marrow for Bess

While browsing Facebook, we were invited to join a page called Bone Marrow for Bess. We want to encourage and invite YOU too to Like the page and support the cause!

Mike Garrison Dec. 31, 2012, 7:52 a.m. View Comments

Choose the right BLITZ body with the "Titan TC Body Chart"

Titan has released several new touring car bodies over the past year, and without doing thorough research, it can be difficult to know the differences and characteristics of each one. The Titan team have put together this chart to help BLITZ body use

Mike Garrison Dec. 31, 2012, 4:24 a.m. View Comments

Video: JQ Products "R/C Cars for Anywhere, Anytime, Anyone"

JQ and his little buddy show THERTR and that with JQ Products, R/C is all year round, anywhere, with anyone!

Mike Garrison Dec. 31, 2012, 11:07 a.m. View Comments

Happy New Year from LiveRC!

2013 has arrived, and we are getting set to kick off another great year of racing! From everyone here at LiveRC.com is wishing all of you and your family and Happy New Year start to the 2013 season!

Mike Garrison Dec. 31, 2012, 10:02 a.m. View Comments

Video: Breaking in your engine with JQ Products

JQ has put together a very helpful and informative new How-To video, once again based on their RTR 1:8 buggy. While this is a video describing the proper engine break-in process for THECar RTR, much of this applies to any nitro engine and should be w

Mike Garrison Dec. 31, 2012, 3:30 a.m. View Comments

A Main Hobbies driver Chad Bradley talks about the new Mugen MBX7

Chad has been a longtime Mugen racer, and one of the few given the opportunity to race the new Mugen MBX7 at the World Championships, A Main asked him to give them his thoughts on the new ride.

Mike Garrison Dec. 31, 2012, 4:15 a.m. View Comments

Video: TRFT Studios "Xmas R/C Special"

TRFT Studios is truly living the R/C dream, as they sleep, eat, breathe, and celebrate Christmas R/C style! Check out the latest in the TRFT Studios video productions!

Mike Garrison Dec. 28, 2012, 8:22 a.m. View Comments

Moment with Mike: Project XXX - Part 3 "The Build"

Some kids wake up on Christmas morning ready to rip open presents, play XBOX, and eat candy from their stockings. Mike, on the other hand, woke up Christmas morning with one thing in mind...Project XXX.

Mike Garrison Dec. 27, 2012, 10:05 a.m. View Comments

2012 A Year in Review - The LiveRC Racing Season

The 2012 race season is nearly over as the industry prepares for 2013. New teams, new drivers, new races, and another year of new adventure and racing excitement is getting set to kick off. As we are ready for the new year, we look back at some of ou

Mike Garrison Dec. 26, 2012, 5:56 a.m. View Comments

Moment with Mike: R/C Snowmobiles

Mike thinks he may have found the ultimate answer to all of the winter time blues...R/C snowmobiling!

Mike Garrison Dec. 20, 2012, 8:29 a.m. View Comments

Serpent releases first details and teaser photos of the 977 VIPER

Serpent announced earlier this week the all-new 977 VIPER, but left us with little details and no photos. Today, they have released a few teaser shots as well as a few details which confirm this is in fact a new car from the ground up (not just an up

Mike Garrison Dec. 20, 2012, 5:07 a.m. View Comments

Video: JQ Products THECar RTR "Getting Started"

The JQ Products team and JQ himself have spent no time relaxing back home after a wild and crazy week in Argentina for the 1:8 IFMAR World Championships. JQ has released THECar RTR, which is already a top-level RTR vehicle, but he has taken it a step

Mike Garrison Dec. 13, 2012, 5:49 a.m. View Comments

RDRP interviews Czech superstar and team driver Kaja Novotny

Revolution Design Racing Products owner, Michael Vollmer, has put together an impressive product line and an impressive race team as well. Michael sat down with one of his star drivers for an interview, going behind the scenes with Czech National Cha

Mike Garrison Dec. 12, 2012, 4:59 a.m. View Comments

Panther Tires announces "Last Chance 2012" limited-time sale

Panther Tires have just announced their Last Chance 2012 sale on ALL Panther products. This means 40% off all Panther Tire products! Free shipping in the U.S. on orders over $50! Last chance to save in time for the holidays!

Mike Garrison Dec. 12, 2012, 5:38 a.m. View Comments

Moment with Mike: Project XXX - Part 2 "The Break Down"

The Break Down has begun of Project XXX! Mike has torn down the buggy finding all of the pro driver secrets and mods used to make this a race winning machine.

Mike Garrison Dec. 11, 2012, 5:36 a.m. View Comments

IFMAR WORLDS: Up Close and Personal with Kyosho's Elliott Boots

Rain + Worlds + Argentina = One anti climatic event that has yet to come to an end. The up side though, Kyosho’s Elliott Boots secures overall TQ after five rounds of qualifying and the first Great Britain driver to TQ an Offroad Worlds. While everyo

John Cary Dec. 6, 2012, 6:20 a.m. View Comments

IFMAR WORLDS: Flooding to end the Worlds?

As the sun has set in Buenos Aires, Argentina the rain has continued to fall from the sky in scary amounts, causing local flooding throughout the city. Our sources have informed us that the downtown area of Buenos Aires is in fact flooding. Highways,

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2012, 4:38 p.m. View Comments

IFMAR WORLDS: Tentative mains schedule

Thanks to our trusty sources on site at the mud-bogged Speed Paradise facility we have been able to put together the following schedule of events for Friday and Saturday. Keep in mind this is all TENTATIVE, and based upon the track being in some wha

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2012, 9:51 a.m. View Comments

Product Test: FTW "Diamondback" shortcourse body

We get our hands on the all-new FTW Diamondback SC body, read the full LRC Product Test to see what we think!

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2012, 9:08 a.m. View Comments

Moment with Mike: Project XXX - Part 1

Mike buys and gets set to race a Race Ready XXX-4. Let the build begin!

Mike Garrison Dec. 3, 2012, 6:30 a.m. View Comments

Video: TRFT Studios "Drift Teaser"

TRFT Studios recently built, setup, and have been ripping through town with their all-new drift car. We have anxiously been waiting for a new video release, and today they have shared with us just a little teaser of what's to come!

Mike Garrison Dec. 3, 2012, 8:15 a.m. View Comments

R/C racing memes with Kendall Welch

For those of you who aren't sure what a meme is, it is described on Wikipedia as a media source (a picture) that the caption is altered for different scenarios and often for entertainment. Our good friend Kendall Welch and friends have spent hour

Mike Garrison Nov. 27, 2012, 6:19 a.m. View Comments

A Main Hobbies announces "below cost" Black Friday sales event

A Main Hobbies has released a few details about this holiday weekend sale (Black Friday). The sale will take place Friday – Sunday with insane deals on brands like Traxxas, Kyosho, HPI, Spectrum, Blade, Losi and more! Read more for full details!

Mike Garrison Nov. 21, 2012, 11:55 a.m. View Comments

Happy Thanksgiving from everyone at LiveRC.com!

From everyone here at LiveRC.com, we want to wish you and your families a happy and safe Thanksgiving holiday! We are THANKFUL for all of YOU and your ongoing support of LiveRC and the hobby we love most!

Mike Garrison Nov. 21, 2012, 8:57 a.m. View Comments

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