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TrakPower reigns victorious at the 2013 ChiTown Offroad Shootout

Leisure Hours Raceway in Joliet, Illinois provided the location for the TrakPower 2013 ChiTown Shootout, but TrakPower provided the power for four spectacular wins and some classic racing action.

Mike Garrison March 7, 2013, 7:48 a.m. View Comments

Young UK superstar Jack Embling signs with Pro-Line and CML for 2013

CML Distribution has announced today that up and coming youngster, Jack Embling, has decided Proline would be his tire of choice for 2013! Jack and his father Lewis have also been taken under the wing of multi-time European champ, Lee Martin, who als

Mike Garrison March 7, 2013, 4:44 a.m. View Comments

Team Losi Racing releases new Twist Lock Glow Igniter

This is a twist to lock igniter that is light and convenient to work in the pits, and will fire your engine up every time! This was tested by Adam Drake and Dakotah Phend and is their igniter of choice.

Mike Garrison March 7, 2013, 7:38 a.m. View Comments

Team Associated dominates at the Chippenham Winter Indoor Championship

Kyle Gardner had been enjoying a good winter in the CWIC series and some strong performances during the winter months was enough for him to clinch the runners up spot and make it an Associated 1-2 with his TC6.1

Mike Garrison March 7, 2013, 4:50 a.m. View Comments

Atsushi Hara takes Reedy to victory at the 2013 TITC

Atsushi Hara continues to be one of the fastest RC racers on the planet. At the 2013 TITC at the R/C Addict Circuit in Bangkok, Thailand, Hara put on an impressive driving display at one of the world's most challenging circuits.

Mike Garrison March 7, 2013, 6:28 a.m. View Comments

Seven wins for Team Associated at the 2013 JBRL Series Rd.1

The world-famous Jimmy Babcock Racing League (JBRL) kicked off its 2013 season at beautiful OC/RC Raceway in Huntington Beach, California over the weekend. With over 300 entries for the one-day event and classes for all skill levels, racers were trea

Mike Garrison March 7, 2013, 5:04 a.m. View Comments

Viktor Wilck Takes TQ and Victory in Gran Canaria with PROTOform

Team PROTOform’s Viktor Wilck took TQ and the overall win in Touring Car Modified this past weekend at Round 3 of the ETS Series in Gran Canaria, Spain, reports RedRC.

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

Exotek Racing releases new Team Durango compact battery brace and front hubs

Exotek Racing has just released their newest Team Durango option parts. This time focusing on the 2wd lineup of vehicles, Exotek has released a compact carbon fiber battery brace and aluminum front hub set.

Mike Garrison March 7, 2013, 6:04 p.m. View Comments

Oscar Cabezas takes the win at the Spanish 1:8 Onroad Nats Rd.1

Team Novarossi driver, Oscar Cabezas, attended the opening round of the 2013 Spanish 1:8 Onroad Championship with his Novarossi powered Motonica. Oscar would keep on the gas with his Keep-On .21 engine, and secure TQ, fast lap, and the overall win!

Mike Garrison March 7, 2013, 5:52 p.m. View Comments

Ryan Maifield and JConcepts "Silence" the DNC competition with all new products

Ryan Maifield wins with at The Dirt Nitro Challenge with new JC Silencer RC8.2 body, and more!

Mike Garrison March 6, 2013, 5 a.m. View Comments

Greg Degani and Agama win at the R/C Pit Supercross March Madness

Greg Degani wins the March Madness Race Held at one the East Coast's top Racing Facilities, The RC Pit Supercross Track!

Mike Garrison March 6, 2013, 4:02 a.m. View Comments

Reedy releases the all-new "3D" zip-up race hoodie

Reedy has released their all-new 3D Zip Hoodie! The new hoodie is designed for comfort and style while reppin the Reedy line! This comfortable, black hoodie with two outer pockets is available in six sizes from Small to XXX-Large.

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

JQ Products now available to racers in Brazil and India

JQ Products has announced today that they are continuing to expand their product reach with two new distributors in two new countries!

Mike Garrison March 6, 2013, 6:07 a.m. View Comments

RDRP releases new aluminum Team Durango 210 series option parts

Revolution Design Racing Products is proud to introduce new aluminium option parts for the Team Durango 210 series vehicles such as the DEX210 buggy, DEST210 stadium and DESC210 short course truck.

Mike Garrison March 6, 2013, 5:28 a.m. View Comments

McDuffie and TLR win at the Top Notch Series "Bonus Round"

Team Losi Racing driver Brian McDuffie took Top Qualifying honors and the overall win in the 2wd Modified Class with his Orion powered Team Losi Racing 22 at the latest round of the Top Notch Series Bonus Round at IERC Raceway

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

ROAR announces a new "fixed schedule" for National events

To avoid the confusion of ever changing dates, weekends, etc. ROAR has decided to make what they are calling a fixed schedule for National events each year, meaning for example the ROAR Carpet Onroad Nats will be the first weekend of March every year

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

XRAY releases new high-torque clutch set for the XB9

XRAY has announced their all-new high-torque clutch set for the popular XB9 buggy. The clutch provides a smoother and more continuous transfer of power from engine at very high RPM. The clutch engages higher in RPM range, resulting in more controllab

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

Team Associated releases new Reedy Race, Motorama, and DNC team setups

Team Associated has been quite successful so far this season with a list of race wins, impressive finishes, and strong showings. With each race the team further develops their setups, and today they have released a list of new setups for the B4.2, B4

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

The HobbyPLEX announces the 2013 Summer Series sponsored by AE

One of the largest permanent indoor offroad facilities in the midwest lies just outside downtown Omaha, Nebraska at the Hobbytown USA HobbyPLEX facility. Each year they host their annual Summer Series which started out as a basic club racing series,

Mike Garrison March 5, 2013, 5:56 a.m. View Comments

1:8 World Champion Robert Batlle makes his 1:10 EOS debut this weekend

This weekend (8-10 March) the third round of the TLR/Spektrum Euro Offroad Series presented by Horizon Hobby travels to Leoben in Austria where some of 1:8 Nitro Offroad’s biggest names are set to try their hand at 1:10 Electric Offroad including new

Mike Garrison March 5, 2013, 6:14 a.m. View Comments

The Shortcourse Showdown Tour heads to Boston for stop number two

Shortcourse racing is amongst one of the most popular classes in R/C racing today, and is only getting bigger! Scotty Ernst Productions first started the Shortcourse Showdown Nationwide Tour three years ago, and since that time it too has only gotten

Mike Garrison March 5, 2013, 4:27 a.m. View Comments

Panther Tires shining bright at the 4th Annual Outback Shootout

The 4th Annual Outback Shootout title sponsored by Panther Tires, De Racing, and Team Tekin played host to some of the best racing Northern California has seen in recent years. Racers from all around the local area as well as neighboring states would

Mike Garrison March 5, 2013, 5:14 a.m. View Comments

SNVRC announces the 2013 Silver State Nitro Challenge online pre-entry

Our good friends from Southern Nevada R/C (SNVRC) have officially opened the online pre-entry for the 2013 Silver State Nitro Challenge!

Mike Garrison March 5, 2013, 4:47 a.m. View Comments

JConcepts releases new 1:10 buggy "Pressure Points" tire

One of the latest and most popular treads from JConcepts has been the Pressure Points tire. First seen in the shortcourse scene, followed by stadium truck, and now buggy!

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

Video: TRFT Studios goes wintertime drifting in Finland

Snow and ice can't stop the TRFT Studios crew from getting outside and having a little fun to produce their latest video!

Mike Garrison March 5, 2013, 7:02 a.m. View Comments

Video: LiveRC Post-Race Review of the 2013 "Dirt Nitro Challenge"

We have put together a special LiveRC Post-Race Review from the 2013 Dirt Nitro Challenge for you to enjoy all of the highlights, racing action, and behind the scenes interviews from this year's event! Sit back, relax, and enjoy!

Mike Garrison March 5, 2013, 5:25 a.m. View Comments

AKA announces the first of their new 1:10 buggy pre-mounted tires

The first of the 1:10 Buggy Pre-Mounts are available in the Handlebar and Impact tread patterns in Soft and Super Soft Compounds.

Mike Garrison March 5, 2013, 6:43 a.m. View Comments

TLR wins at the JBRL Electric Offroad Series opener

TLR goes 1-2-3 at the JBRL Series opener at OCRC!

Mike Garrison March 4, 2013, 9:26 a.m. View Comments

PROTOform releases the new T-HD Lightweight oval body

PROTOform is undoubtedly one of the most dominant body manufacturer's in the onroad and oval race scene. Part of the reason of their dominance falls back on their ongoing advancements to race winning designs and bodies. Today they have announced a ne

Mike Garrison March 4, 2013, 4:40 a.m. View Comments

PSM releases new Mugen MBX7 carbon fiber towers and ackerman plate

PSM Option Parts has announced today their all-new carbon fiber front and rear shock towers and ackerman plate for the World Championship winning Mugen MBX7. The new option parts are constructed of heavy duty carbon fiber, precision cut, and designed

Mike Garrison March 4, 2013, 5:02 a.m. View Comments

[update] Serpent announces the release of the new Cobra Be 2.0 buggy

Serpent has announced that their new Cobra Be 2.0 electric 1:8 buggy is getting set to be released. They have left us with very little detail of the new updated buggy, but from comparison of the pics below we what we can tell the new buggy possibly f

Mike Garrison March 4, 2013, 5:20 a.m. View Comments

The Trinity vs. ROAR saga continues with a letter to the BRL Oval Series

Today, the CEO of Trinity, Ernest Provetti, has released another open letter. This time the letter is to Chuck Kleinhagen, owner of the BRL Carpet Oval Series.

Mike Garrison March 4, 2013, 6:51 a.m. View Comments

JConcepts releases the new 7" Hi-Clearance 1:10 buggy wing (with video)

One of most popular wings for 1/10th off-road buggies remains the 6.5 inch Hi-Clearance wing by JConcepts. Introduced during the 2011 IFMAR World Championships in Vaasa, Finland, the Hi-Clearance has shown incredible performance on all sort of circui

Mike Garrison March 4, 2013, 7:49 a.m. View Comments

Tekno R/C wins big with the SCT410 and EB48 at the Dirt Nitro Challenge

The Fear Farm in Phoenix, Arizona hosted a great event that Tekno RC was proud to have sponsored. The Dirt Nitro Challenge is always an exciting event bringing out amazing drivers from all over the world. The Tekno RC team showed that it is a force t

Mike Garrison March 1, 2013, 4:33 a.m. View Comments

Olly Jeffries wins the 2013 BRCA Onroad Winter National

Once the head-to-head races got underway, Olly and his Reedy/LRP-powered TC6.1 WC started putting the pressure on the other competitors with a series of strong finishes. At the start of day two he was definitely in control and clinched the title in t

Mike Garrison March 1, 2013, 5:53 a.m. View Comments

Novak releases their all-new XT60 Competition Grade Power Plug kit

Interested in a solution that will help protect your valuable electronics from possible reverse-voltage damage? Need a battery pack connector that will stay put and withstand the high demands of 1/10th -1/8th scale racing? Novak is pleased to offer

Mike Garrison March 1, 2013, 4:46 a.m. View Comments

Mike Battaile takes FTW to victory at the Dirt Nitro Challenge

Unfortunate news from Texas this month as FTW team driver, Mike Battaile, was the victim of someone stealing his R/C equipment. Despite losing his Dirt Nitro Challenge truggy just before the big race, he showed that he doesn't need HIS truck to win!

Mike Garrison March 1, 2013, 5:57 a.m. View Comments

Ryan Cavalieri joins the Team Orion electric team for 2013

For the past several years Ryan Cavalieri has ran Team Orion nitro engines in all of his 1:8 scale Team Associated vehicles, however, for 1:10 scale he has always been known to run LRP. For 2013 he has officially joined the Team Orion electric team,

Mike Garrison March 1, 2013, 4:53 a.m. View Comments

Team Losi Racing releases their new 8IGHT 3.0 Tuning Guide

TLR recently released their new 8ight 3.0 1:8 buggy. The new buggy will be hitting hobby shop shelves very soon. Amongst the release of the new truck, TLR has also released a very handy Tuning Guide to go along with it. The new guide helps explain th

Mike Garrison March 1, 2013, 5:02 a.m. View Comments

Darren Bloomfield joins Vampire Racing to power his TLR lineup

Vampire Racing is proud to announce the latest addition to their factory racing team in the form of UK super star and 1:8 EFRA IC buggy European Champion, Darren Bloomfield.

Mike Garrison March 1, 2013, 6:35 a.m. View Comments

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