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Tyler Hooks

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Tyler Hooks

LiveRC Reporter

 tyler@liverc.com

Tyler Hooks is a recent college graduate with a BBA in management and a Minor in Communications from St. Edwards University as well as a ROAR Stock National Champion and was apart of the IFMAR World Championship USA team in 2016. Tyler is currently an Editor as well as in the Advertising department at Live Race Media and frequently is apart of the broadcast team at major events.

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Latest From Tyler

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    New Pro-Line Racing Arrma Grom Sector Wing Options
    Tested extensively by Pro-line's Factory Team drivers, the Sector wing provides increased forward traction, high-speed stability, and jumping consistency. The endplates provide the ideal side bite in loose conditions.
    Tyler Hooks July 8, 2025, 6:43 p.m. View Comments
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    Explaining The Hobbywing Coast Feature With The Drake [VIDEO]
    Adam Drake took some time this week to explain the Hobbywing 'Coast' feature and how it is best used.
    Tyler Hooks July 8, 2025, 6:35 p.m. View Comments
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    New JConcepts Mini-LMT Carbon Fiber Chassis Set
    JConcepts has set sights on an upgrade option for the Mini LMT RC monster truck. JConcepts has recreated the standard geometry of the chassis rails and produced them in carbon fiber material for weight, durability, and structural integrity.
    Tyler Hooks July 8, 2025, 7 p.m. View Comments
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    25/26 Stoke RCMCC Winter On-Road Championships Announcement
    Stoke RCMCC is excited to announce that the Stoke Winter On-Road Championship is returning this October at Stoke Radio Control Model Car Club!
    Tyler Hooks July 8, 2025, 7:06 p.m. View Comments
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    New JConcepts Jammer 2.2" Crawler Wheel
    Adding a large 2.2” bead mounting wheel to the assortment of JConcepts crawler wheels was a high priority. The Jammer wheel with clear anodizing has a natural look but multiple levels to the design of the wheel face.
    Tyler Hooks July 8, 2025, 6:19 p.m. View Comments
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    New Schumacher Vibe Touring Car Platform
    The Vibe TC is a competitive 1/10th scale 4WD touring racing chassis aimed at the club racer. It’s modern design includes all the features and set up adjustments of high end racers, in an affordable package.
    Tyler Hooks July 8, 2025, 6:27 p.m. View Comments
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    New JConcepts B7 Silent Speed Spur Gears
    Designed with several key aspects in focus, JConcepts introduces the Silent Speed line of spur gears for the RC10B7 Team Associated vehicles.
    Tyler Hooks July 8, 2025, 6:48 p.m. View Comments
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    New JConcepts Radial NMB 22X Bearing Kit
    Available in a set to meet the TLR 22X DC | TLR 22X AC needs, the JConcpts Radial bearings are packed with care, backed with racing heritage, customer support, and RC dedication.
    Tyler Hooks July 8, 2025, 6:31 p.m. View Comments
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    New FT Enduro Steel Weighted Portal Covers
    Factory Team presents the FT Enduro weighted portal covers. Get the weight low where you need it most.
    Tyler Hooks July 8, 2025, 6:54 p.m. View Comments
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    Ronnefalk Wins 2025 1/8th Off-Road European Championship
    Congratulations to David Ronnefalk on taking the EFRA Nitro Buggy Euros after a hard fought, super competitive and thrilling event here in Barcelos Barcelos Buggy Arena.
    Tyler Hooks July 7, 2025, 9:28 p.m. View Comments
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    New Infinity IF15-2 2025 EUROS Option Parts
    Building on the momentum of Dario Balestri’s victory at the EFRA 1/10 IC Track European Championship, Infinity is proud to announce the release of several new optional parts developed specifically for the IF15-2 platform.
    Tyler Hooks July 7, 2025, 9:02 p.m. View Comments
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    New VP-Pro Wheeled Travel Bag
    VP-Pro is excited to add the RS-235 Wheeled Travel Bag to their range of bags.
    Tyler Hooks July 7, 2025, 9:13 p.m. View Comments
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    New JConcepts 2.0" Crawler Wheel
    Be the first to draw on the competition with the new 2.0” crawler wheels by JConcepts. The Quick Draw is the first JConcepts 12-hole wheel that is all-aluminum CNC machined and clear anodized to perfection.
    Tyler Hooks July 7, 2025, 8:54 p.m. View Comments
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    New Donathen RC 4S Charge Lead Options
    Donathen has released a lead for 2S or 4S bullet connector packs as well as a charge lead for Gens Ace style 4S batteries.
    Tyler Hooks July 7, 2025, 9:20 p.m. View Comments
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    New JConcepts Ballistic 2.0" Crawler Wheel
    JConcepts kicks off a new crawler wheel movement with the 2.0” Ballistic wheels for 1.9” bead mounting tires. The base construction of the wheel centers around a CNC machined aluminum slot-based wheel design.
    Tyler Hooks July 7, 2025, 9:08 p.m. View Comments
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    New Team Xray X8 Short Carbon Electronics Plate
    Team Xray has released a new X8 short carbon electronics plate holds all electronics in one place and is part of the uniform flex system.
    Tyler Hooks July 3, 2025, 4:58 p.m. View Comments
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    New Custom Works Option Parts
    Custom Works has released new servo horns, aluminum trailing spindles, motor screws, and arm pinch screws.
    Tyler Hooks July 3, 2025, 5:46 p.m. View Comments
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    New CRC M-200R World GT-R Kit
    The new CRC M-200R is MetriCks based World GT-R car (using all-metric hardware). The car is for 200mm wide racing on rubber tires, hence the name M-200R. The new car sets a new "metric" for performance, durability and affordability.
    Tyler Hooks July 3, 2025, 5:39 p.m. View Comments
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    New Hudy Hybrid Carpet Additive
    Hudy has released a new tire additive especially recommended for carpet.
    Tyler Hooks July 3, 2025, 5:04 p.m. View Comments
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    New LRP Flow X Cooling Fan Options
    Upgrade your Flow X ESC with our latest cooling innovations – now available from LRP.
    Tyler Hooks July 2, 2025, 6:09 p.m. View Comments
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    Industry Analytics: Weekly Stats [6/25 - 7/2]
    This week 1/10th scale off-road topped the charts in #IndustryAnalytics stats ahead of dirt oval and 1/8th scale off-road. Find all the stats here. #LiveTimeScoring
    Tyler Hooks July 2, 2025, 5:55 p.m. View Comments
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    New Custom Works Bullet High Bite Rubber Tire Sprint Car Kit
    Based off the Championship winning Custom Works Outlaw 5 the all new Bullet High Bite Sprint comes with several improvements to optimize it for high bite racing surfaces where 2.2 style buggy tires are used.
    Tyler Hooks July 2, 2025, 5:37 p.m. View Comments
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    2025 Keystone F1 Series Round 1 Results
    The Asphalt portion of the Keystone F1 Shootout Series kicked off on Sunday 6/29. Find the results here.
    Tyler Hooks July 2, 2025, 5:46 p.m. View Comments
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    New ZooRacing Gorilla Mini M-Chassis Body
    Gorilla MINI, the smaller brother of the famous Gorilla MAX 1/10th scale on-road body shell from ZooRacing was designed to push the boundaries of performance in the M-Chassis Mini Touring Car Class.
    Tyler Hooks July 1, 2025, 4:37 p.m. View Comments
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    The Drake Talks Mugen Seiki Gearing Options [VIDEO]
    In his weekly video Adam Drake talks about the gearing options available for Mugen Seiki 1/8th scale vehicles.
    Tyler Hooks July 1, 2025, 4:26 p.m. View Comments
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    New R1 Wurks 2S Shorty Packs
    R1WURKS is proud to unveil their latest high-performance packs, now officially ROAR certified for competition.
    Tyler Hooks July 1, 2025, 4:46 p.m. View Comments
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    2025 Absolute Hobbyz Independence Day Sale
    Gear up and save big this holiday weekend at Absolute Hobbyz, June 30th to July 7th 2025.
    Tyler Hooks June 30, 2025, 4:20 p.m. View Comments
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    2025 Team Associated Vintage Nationals Announcement
    If you haven't heard, Team Associated is hosting the coolest Vintage Racing event ever. It's in Las Vegas on 10/16-10/19 at The Orleans Hotel & Casino, where they are building a custom indoor track for ALL BRANDS of Vintage RC's to throw down.
    Tyler Hooks June 30, 2025, 4:15 p.m. View Comments
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    ROAR Nationals Consistency: Best 3 Class Comparison Data
    We compiled a little more data from the 2025 ROAR 1/8th Scale Off-Road Nationals. This time we calculated the 3 lowest class scores for each driver and compiled the top 30 across those results.
    Tyler Hooks June 30, 2025, 4:10 p.m. View Comments
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    New 1up Racing 7075 Tenfold Wing Screws
    They’re back, and more colorful than ever! 1up Racing is excited to reintroduce the 1up Racing 7075 Tenfold On-Road Wing Screws!
    Tyler Hooks June 30, 2025, 7:13 p.m. View Comments
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    New ProTek RC Rivkin Edition 2S 4800mah Pack W/ Weight Plate System
    Designed in collaboration with Team Associated driver Spencer Rivkin, ProTek RC is introducing a newly designed 2S 130C 7.6V 4800mAh LCG shorty battery with a specialized built-in bottom pocket for adding optional battery weights.
    Tyler Hooks June 30, 2025, 4:25 p.m. View Comments
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    The 2025 ROAR 1/8th Off-Road Nationals Airs Sunday on Speed Sport 1
    The 2025 ROAR 1/8th Scale Off-Road Nationals hosted by Thornhill Racing Circuit will air Sunday night prime time at 10:00pm EST on SpeedSport 1 network, available on Amazon Prime, Roku TV, Pluto TV, and Sling.
    Tyler Hooks June 28, 2025, 7:16 p.m. View Comments
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    New Team Xray XP10 and X10'26 Pan Car Chassis
    Check out presentation of the new Team Xray XP10 & X10'26 1/10th scale pan car chassis options.
    Tyler Hooks June 27, 2025, 6:39 p.m. View Comments
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    New Mon-Tech Racing CZ-06 GT12 Body
    Mon-tech Racing proudly presents the new CZ-06 in 1/12 scale, a faithful replica of the cars seen in GT championships, developed and optimized specifically for the GT12 category.
    Tyler Hooks June 27, 2025, 6:33 p.m. View Comments
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    New WIRC SBX4e 1/8th Electric Buggy Kit
    The WIRC SBX4e is a high-performance 1/8 scale electric off-road buggy, built for racers who demand precision, control, and durability on any track.
    Tyler Hooks June 26, 2025, 6:17 p.m. View Comments
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    ROAR Nationals Consistency: 4 Class Comparison Data
    Being that this was the first ROAR 1/8th Off-Road Nationals that featured 4 electric and nitro classes we tracked the consistency and charted the 25 drivers with the lowest overall scores across the 4 classes.
    Tyler Hooks July 7, 2025, 9:29 p.m. View Comments
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    SC1RCC 600 Event Announcement
    SC1RCC is hosting a 600 Lap Losi NASCAR Box Stock Final event on July 4th Weekend (Outdoor Concrete Track).
    Tyler Hooks June 25, 2025, 4:10 p.m. View Comments
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    New ProMotion Fury Wide 2wd Front Carpet Tire
    The ProMotion Fury is a LP carcass based tire specifically designed for today's carpet and turf racing facilities. The LP design provides more stability through less sidewall deflection.
    Tyler Hooks June 25, 2025, 4:14 p.m. View Comments
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    Industry Analytics: Weekly Stats [6/18 - 6/25]
    ROAR 1/8th Off-Road Nationals weekend still saw over 15,000 total entries in the #LivetimeScoring System with the largest genre still being dirt oval. Check out all the stats here! #IndustryAnalytics
    Tyler Hooks July 3, 2025, 5:05 p.m. View Comments
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    The Drake Talks JConcepts Kosmos Truggy Tires
    For his weekly video, this week Adam Drake took some time to talk about the new JConcepts Kosmos truggy tire.
    Tyler Hooks June 24, 2025, 4:10 p.m. View Comments
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