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Video: Nitro engine maintenance with Ryan Lutz

Ryan Lutz is known around the world as one of Alpha Engines most successful racers. Today, he has sat down and shared the tips and tricks to working on a nitro engine with this 30-minute How-To video.

Mike Garrison Dec. 9, 2013, 6:05 a.m. View Comments

Ryan Lutz scores a double at the annual Badlands Fall Brawl race

This past weekend hosted the annual Badlands R/C Fall Brawl. The event attracted a list of top drivers with just under 300 total entries. Team Durango's Ryan Lutz would prove to be the man on a mission, despite the rainy conditions, as he would go on

Mike Garrison Dec. 9, 2013, 6:12 a.m. View Comments

Hobby Pro USA releases the new PRS1 PRO-STOCK 2wd buggy

Hobby Pro USA has announced today their new Limited Edition Hobby Pro PRS1 PRO-STOCK buggy. The new Pro-Stock Edition comes with the necessary options for competitive stock buggy racing.

Mike Garrison Dec. 9, 2013, 11:02 a.m. View Comments

Steve Boice and SpeedMerchant win at the 2013 U.S. Indoor Championships

SpeedMerchant team driver, Steve Boice recently attended the 2013 Cleveland U.S. Indoor Championships. Boice started out qualifying with an early TQ run in the World GT class, however, would fall back after electrical troubles in the following round

Mike Garrison Dec. 9, 2013, 6:36 a.m. View Comments

Atsushi Hara wins the 2013 Pattaya Buggy Party with SWORKz

In his quest to find the ultimate 1:8 buggy, Atsushi Hara scores another win this past weekend with yet a different car. This time he chose the SWORKz S350 BK1 EVO buggy. The 2013 Pattaya Buggy Party event was packed with racers from all across Asia,

Mike Garrison Dec. 9, 2013, 5:42 a.m. View Comments

Ben Sterling wins the 2013 2wd Mod Buggy Victorian State Title

The 2013 Victorian State Titles were held in Australia recently, and Team Kyosho's Ben Sterling would walk away the champion of Mod 2wd Buggy! After some close racing in qualifying, Sterling would start 2nd on the grid for the mains. In A1, an early

Mike Garrison Dec. 9, 2013, 6:46 a.m. View Comments

Horizon Hobby, Inc. to be acquired by investor group led by CEO Joe Ambrose

Horizon Hobby has announced today some major changes taking place, as the company is set to be acquired by an investor group led by CEO Joe Ambrose.

Mike Garrison Dec. 9, 2013, 9:50 a.m. View Comments

3Racing releases the new "Cactus" 1:10 2wd buggy

3Racing has announced their new "Cactus" 2wd buggy. Built from the accumulation of over 18 months of research and development, prototyping, testing and driver feedbacks, the result is a buggy that is designed to be competitive straight out of the box

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2013, 5:13 a.m. View Comments

Jared Tebo signs on board with Kyosho for another 5 years

Jared Tebo has announced today they he will be extending his contract with Kyosho! The new contract will keep Tebo behind the wheel of Kyosho vehicles for another five years.

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2013, 4:31 a.m. View Comments

Jasper van Duppen joins the Serpent Junior Offroad Team

Serpent has announced that Jasper van Duppen, from Belgium, has joined Serpent Junior Offroad Team for 2014. He will race the Cobra Buggy 2.0 in the Benelux Buggy Cup, as well as many others.

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2013, 6:06 a.m. View Comments

Randy Pike leaves his team manager position at Panther Tires for 2014

Panther Tires has announced today that team manager, Randy Pike, will be leaving Panther Tires Inc. Randy will continue his other duties with Panther Tires through the end of the year, but all future team management will be handled internally.

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2013, 7:25 a.m. View Comments

MIP's Matt Olson signs with Schumacher Racing for 2014

Our good friends at Sutton Aviation Raceway have shared with us some exciting news they uncovered late last night. Schumacher Racing has signed on board MIP's Matt Olson to their 2014 offroad team, as well as supplied MIP with the necessary car kits

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

Ryan Dunford takes two at the Exeter Hobbies Toys for Tots race

Dunford piloted his TLR machines to victory in both Pro Stock Buggy and Expert 4wd SCT.

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2013, 4:20 a.m. View Comments

Mike Herald Jr. wins the 17.5 Touring Car U.S. Indoor Championships

It was a great weekend for Team Xray picking up another win in the hotly contested 17.5 TC class, and placing multiple cars in every Touring A-Main.

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2013, 5:02 a.m. View Comments

Davide Tortorici joins the XRAY offroad team for 2014

XRAY is happy to announce that multiple European and Italian Champion Davide Tortorici has joined the XRAY team to race the 1:10 electric off-road cars. Davide will race the XB4 & XB4 2WD at all Italian races and internationally at EOS and European C

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2013, 4:42 a.m. View Comments

Tekno RC releases new EB48/EB48.2 spindle carriers

Tekno RC has released their latest tuning option for the EB48 and EB48.2 in the form of new Spindle Carriers (15 degrees caster, left and right). The 15 degree spindle carriers are ideal for bumpy or blown out tracks and replace the stock 10 degree s

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2013, 9:05 a.m. View Comments

Dakotah Phend signs 2-year contract with Team Losi Racing

Team Losi Racing is thrilled to announce the re-signing of Dakotah Phend for the 2014-2015 racing seasons.

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2013, 9:11 a.m. View Comments

Moment with Mike: Let's go racing in the sand!

Mike wants to go racing in the sand. No dirt, no carpet, no grass, JUST sand!

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2013, 8:14 a.m. View Comments

MIP releases new Axial SCX10 spline CVD kits

MIP has just released their latest product, this time for serious rock crawling enthusiasts!

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

Keven Hebert doubles up at the 34th Annual U.S. Indoor Championships

In the Modified TC A Main, Keven lead wire-to-wire with his Reedy-powered TC6.2 to take the win ahead of hard-charging Andrew Hardman, who crossed the line less than one second behind. Hébert was untouchable with his Reedy-powered 12R5.2 in the 1

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2013, 4:17 a.m. View Comments

Integy R/C releases new HPI Baja "Snow Shoes"

It's winter time, and for many of us that means one thing...SNOW. Don't let the snow slow you down this winter season, strap on some Integy Snow Shoes and let 'er rip!

Mike Garrison Dec. 6, 2013, 4:36 a.m. View Comments

Dustin Evans signs multi-year contract with Team Losi Racing

World-class off-road racer Dustin Evans has re-signed with Team Losi Racing through 2016.

Mike Garrison Dec. 5, 2013, 8:31 a.m. View Comments

Nic Case shatters the R/C Land Speed World Record (with video)

Just days ago, PROTOform shared with us a unique project in which PF's Dale Epp took part in. The project was building a record breaking fast R/C car for Nic Case. Nic succeeded in doing so in late 2012, setting a Guiness Book World Record for fastes

Mike Garrison Dec. 5, 2013, 7:24 a.m. View Comments

Scott Giles is crowned the 2013 Victoria State 2wd Stock Buggy Champion

Scott Giles recently attended the Victoria State Championships in Australia where he scored a fantastic victory for the new Schumacher Cougar KF 2WD buggy. After some very close racing, Scott would take the A1 and A3 main event victories in the Modif

Mike Garrison Dec. 5, 2013, 7:12 a.m. View Comments

TLR re-signs the Italian talent of Alessandro Stocco and Alex Zanchettin

Team Losi Racing has announced they will in fact be re-signing the Italian talent of Alessandro Stocco and Alex Zanchettin.

Mike Garrison Dec. 5, 2013, 7:37 a.m. View Comments

Serpent releases new 977 CNC machined aluminum pulleys

Serpent has just released their new optional aluminum pulleys for the 977 Viper. These new CNC machined pulleys are designed to stay cleaner, stay super true, and reduce the overall rotating mass of the driveline.

Mike Garrison Dec. 5, 2013, 7:59 a.m. View Comments

Toddie Anderson and Chris Cristo win at the R/C Excitement "Gobbler Race"

R/C Excitement hosted the Gobbler Race this past weekend, with the crazy iced roads and weather, there were still 130 entries. Team Drivers from AE, Losi, Kyosho, X-Factory were in the house. Tekin team drivers Toddie Anderson and John Cravotta were

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

Bruno Coelho wins at the Portuguese Ofrroad Series

Due to the very technical layout of the track the finals were very demanding for all, but Bruno Coelho transformed his TQ spot into overall win with Nuno Rebelo following him in 2nd.

Mike Garrison Dec. 5, 2013, 5:09 a.m. View Comments

Davide Tortorici wins at the 2013 Quellidelmodelismo Race

Davide Tortorici dominated the recent indoor race at Quellidelmodelismo R/C track. Franco Finelli did a great job putting together the track on Saturday night, and having it ready for the race on Sunday. This was Davide's debut with his XB4 2wd, and

Mike Garrison Dec. 5, 2013, 4:58 a.m. View Comments

Javi Pombo is crowned the 2013 1:8 Buggy Madrid Regional Champion

Modelix Racing team driver, Javi Pombo, has won the last round of the Madrid Regional Championship this past weekend, where he was proclaimed the overall 2013 Champion. Consistency and speed paid off, having to fight against top drivers such as Dani

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

JConcepts releases new Centro C4.2 rear suspension kit

Ever since the IFMAR World Championships, mid-motor cars have been the latest craze in 2wd offroad buggy racing. Team Associated fans have turned to the Centro C4.2 conversion kit to take their B4.2 rear-motor cars, and convert them to mid-motor. JCo

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

Ryan Maifield takes two at the final SRS Arizona State Championships

In what was the final Arizona State Championship at the Scottsdale location of Hobbytown/SRS, Team Associated/Reedy driver Ryan Maifield once again stamped his legacy on the event by claiming the top two titles in the state.

Mike Garrison Dec. 5, 2013, 4:15 a.m. View Comments

Jared Tebo leaves Sidewinder Fuels for 2014

We have received news today that Jared Tebo and Sidewinder are no more. After a short 11 months of working together, and getting some good results in 2013, they have decided to part ways. The relationship ended on good terms and is effective as of De

Mike Garrison Dec. 5, 2013, 4:21 a.m. View Comments

Mark Moon wins with Tekin at the Dalton R/C "Turkey Race"

This past weekend Dalton R/C in Dalton, Georgia hosted their Annual Turkey Race. Two rocket round qualifiers and single mains. With well over a 120 entries at the event the race would be intense. Racers from Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and North

Mike Garrison Dec. 5, 2013, 4:51 a.m. View Comments

The "RC Skool" hosts it first race in front of a full student audience in Turkey

A few weeks back we received word of a very unique project titled RC Skool from our friend Tom How in Turkey. The program allows students of the Fen Bilimleri school to participate in R/C car racing. The RC Skool held their first race last week in fr

Mike Garrison Dec. 5, 2013, 6:21 a.m. View Comments

702 Raceway announces the 4th Annual Kings Hawaiian Toys for Tots Race

For the fourth year in a row, 702 Raceway is teaming up with Kings Hawaiian to present the Toys for Tots Race. The event is designed to offer some great racing, great fun, and all for a great cause. Racers will be fighting for the win on and off the

Mike Garrison Dec. 5, 2013, 6:06 a.m. View Comments

Serpent releases new F1 J191 Formula 1 body

Serpent has just released their new F1 J191 Formula 1 body. The new body is sold clear and includes three different driver helmets. The new body is a direct fit for the Serpent F110 platform. Available now.

Mike Garrison Dec. 4, 2013, 5:01 a.m. View Comments

Chris Cristo wins with X Factory at the 8th Annual "Gobbler Race"

For the past eight years R/C Excitement in Fitchburg, Massachusetts has hosted the Gobbler race, and the ninth annual event took place last weekend. X Factory Team manager Chris Cristo TQed 2WD Short Course with his SCX – 60CF and took a wire-to-wire

Mike Garrison Dec. 4, 2013, 6:26 a.m. View Comments

Loic Nozeran joins the French NEMO Racing team for 2014

NEMO Racing has announced today that young French driver, Loic Nozeran, will be joining the team for 2014. After some successful testing with the Agama during recent last races, Loic has decided to join NEMO Racing and use the full Agama, Bullit, Bet

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

Lee Martin parts ways with Tamiya after a successful 2013 season

Surprising news has shook the offroad world today as Lee Martin has announced his departure from the Tamiya TRF offroad racing team.

Mike Garrison Dec. 4, 2013, 5:22 a.m. View Comments

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