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XRAY GTX8 1/8-scale nitro GT car unveiled

XRAY has unveiled their all-new GTX8 1/8-scale nitro GT racing platform, which is the first of its kind for XRAY.

Mike Garrison May 3, 2017, 10:26 a.m. View Comments

Watch a Savage XS Flux nail a gigantic quintuple backflip [VIDEO]

Italian bashing community 2040 RC posted a video of a Savage XS Flux mini monster truck launch out of a skatepark pool at Tolstoj Park in Milan - and nail five backflips.

Aaron Waldron May 3, 2017, 1:41 p.m. View Comments

Savoya successful at Spring Shootout [VIDEO]

French off-road racing club ARCF42 hosted its annual Spring Shootout last weekend, where RC Concept powered Renaud Savoya to the electric 1/8-scale buggy class victory.

Aaron Waldron May 3, 2017, 2:23 p.m. View Comments

New Avid FastTune XRAY XB2/XB4 Titanium shock standoffs

Avid RC has released their new FastTune Titanium shock standoffs for the XRAY XB2 and XB4 series of vehicles, which allows you to use a common 1.5mm Allen wrench to prevent the standoff from spinning while using a 5.5mm socket wrench on the other sid

Mike Garrison May 3, 2017, 10:02 a.m. View Comments

New Team Associated pre-painted T4 bodies

Team Associated has released two new pre-painted bodies for the RC10T4, T4.1, T4.2, and T4.3 stadium trucks, allowing you to give your truck a new look without having the added work of painting it yourself.

Mike Garrison May 2, 2017, 11:24 a.m. View Comments

HPI Racing has announced the return of Mick Farrell to UK sales

As HPI Racing continues to rebuild and redevelop in anticipation of the exciting times ahead, they are delighted to announce that Mick Farrell will return to the company as UK Sales Manager.

Mike Garrison May 2, 2017, 10:54 a.m. View Comments

Watch Drake show off new Flash Point RC magnetic 17mm wrench and knurled wheel nuts [VIDEO]

Adam Drake from Mugen Seiki Racing described the new Flash Point RC magnetic 17mm wrench and knurled wheel nuts in his latest video.

Aaron Waldron May 2, 2017, 2:08 p.m. View Comments

New Serpent SRX8-E 1/8-scale electric buggy kit

Serpent has introduced the electric counterpart to the SRX8 nitro buggy designed by Billy Easton; the SRX8-E.

Mike Garrison May 2, 2017, 11:35 a.m. View Comments

New JConcepts F2 body for B64 buggy

JConcepts has introduced the latest version of its F2 body, which was designed to fit the B64 4WD buggy.

Aaron Waldron May 2, 2017, 9:55 a.m. View Comments

New Black Fabrica V2 200mm touring car wing end plates

Black Fabrica has released a new V2 version of their 200mm nitro touring car carbon fiber wing end plates with a 45 degree, 10mm chamfer located at the rear lower corner of the end plate.

Mike Garrison May 2, 2017, 10:26 a.m. View Comments

New Kyosho Inferno GT3 1/8-scale nitro on-road racing kit [VIDEO]

Following yesterday's leak, Kyosho has officially released the new Inferno GT3 - the company's new, MP9 TKI4-based, race-ready kit for the 1/8-scale nitro GT category.

Aaron Waldron May 2, 2017, 1:55 p.m. View Comments

TALK IT UP TUESDAY: Travis Amezcua

The former national champion and IFMAR Worlds finalist chatted about his racing career, his family, his new deal with PR Racing, his biggest accomplishments and unmet goals, and more in this week's Talk It Up Tuesday.

Aaron Waldron May 2, 2017, 11:35 a.m. View Comments

New ProStar R/C MBX7 series Kevlar carbon fiber shock towers with lifetime warranty

ProStar R/C has released their new Super Hybrid Composite shock towers for the Mugen Seiki MBX7 buggy and truggy which feature a carbon fiber and Kevlar build, and a lifetime warranty.

Mike Garrison May 2, 2017, 11:03 a.m. View Comments

New HRC Racing aluminum crawler bumpers with LED's

HRC Racing continues to enlarge its scale product range with two new 1/10-scale crawler aluminium bumpers with LED's.

Mike Garrison May 2, 2017, 10:46 a.m. View Comments

Double victory for Denney at TLR Cup opener [VIDEO]

The Hobbytown USA HobbyPlex hosted the first Team Losi Racing Cup event last weekend, and factory star Tanner Denney drove off to the win in the 2WD and 4WD Modified Buggy classes.

Aaron Waldron May 2, 2017, 2:26 p.m. View Comments

XRAY GTX8 to be released tomorrow

XRAY announced that the GTX8 will be announced tomorrow.

Aaron Waldron May 2, 2017, 4:18 p.m. View Comments

Dellinger won both Buggy classes, Dickerson topped Truck final at Lonestar Nitro Challenge [VIDEO]

Team Associated driver Jake Dellinger won the top Nitro and E-Buggy classes at Thornhill Racing Circuit for the fourth annual The Dirt Racing Lonestar Nitro Challenge, while XRAY's Noah Dickerson earned the Nitro Truck victory. Here's the full report

Aaron Waldron May 2, 2017, 4:37 p.m. View Comments

New Speed Passion SP1.1 1/10-scale formula racing kit

Speed Passion has revamped its F1 chassis for the 2017 season with a new upper deck with inline stiffener bar, adjustable caster blocks, big bore shock and more to form the SP1.1 kit.

Aaron Waldron May 1, 2017, 10:57 a.m. View Comments

Arrowmax black-golden touring car tool set

Arrowmax bundled eight of its black-golden honeycomb tools that are most useful to touring car racers with its Version 2 carrying bag.

Aaron Waldron May 1, 2017, 9:07 a.m. View Comments

Martin signed with Scorpion Power Systems

As first reported by Red RC, former EOS champion Lee Martin has agreed to use Scorpion Power Systems electronics and LiPo batteries.

Aaron Waldron May 1, 2017, 11:22 a.m. View Comments

New ProStar RC carbon fiber radio tray and Kevlar composite shock towers for THE Car

ProStar RC released a carbon fiber radio tray for THE Car that's available in either black or blue, as well as hybrid Kevlar/carbon fiber composite shock towers in either blue or gold that are backed by a lifetime warranty.

Aaron Waldron May 1, 2017, 9:36 a.m. View Comments

POLL: Who was at fault in this crash at the NEO Race? [VIDEO]

Less than two minutes into the final at the NEO Race a couple of weeks ago, early leader Ryan Maifield and eventual winner Davide Ongaro collided coming onto the straightaway. Who was responsible?

Aaron Waldron May 1, 2017, 8:40 a.m. View Comments

New JConcepts Illuzion body for B6 platform

JConcepts revived the Illuzion body design of the early 2000s for its latest body to fit the B6 and B6D.

Aaron Waldron May 1, 2017, 10:25 a.m. View Comments

BREAKING: New Kyosho GT racing kit leaked online

Japanese online retailer Rakusei Model posted the first public photo and details of the new MP9-based on-road race car ahead of its official announcement.

Aaron Waldron May 1, 2017, 3:05 p.m. View Comments

Preview of upcoming Traxxas TRX-4 crawler

With the new Traxxas TRX-4 just weeks away from hitting shelves (and trails), here's a look at the rig's all-new platform and features - like the rigid steel frame, portal axles, remotely-operated hi/low transmission and lockable differentials, offic

Aaron Waldron May 1, 2017, 12:05 p.m. View Comments

New VRP XV3 Gamechanger shock pistons

VRP has just released its newest piston, the XV3. It's a more durable version of the XV2, with more material left in the center of the piston due to the smaller Gamechanger rubber valves.

Mike Garrison May 1, 2017, 4:12 p.m. View Comments

Double victory for Tessmann at Philippine Masters

The Circulo Verde racetrack in Quezon City hosted the Philippine Masters this past weekend, and Ty Tessmann drove his XRAY vehicles to the win in both the premier Buggy and Truck categories. (Photo by RedRC)

Aaron Waldron May 1, 2017, 10:04 a.m. View Comments

New TWT Driver and Mechanic t-shirts and v2.0 hats

TWT released new t-shirt designs for drivers and mechanics, as well as a new ball cap.

Aaron Waldron May 1, 2017, 11:40 a.m. View Comments

MOMENT WITH MIKE: Pit lane parenting

Mike has seen too many parents that take RC racing too seriously, and then run the risk of chasing their children out of the hobby forever.

Mike Garrison May 1, 2017, 12:25 p.m. View Comments

New Schelle AE V2 pistons and tuning set

Schelle has released two new piston pairs for use on the Team Associated B6 and B64 buggies, which are included in the new Schelle Piston Tuning Set of 8 pair screw-on type V2 pistons.

Mike Garrison April 28, 2017, 10:03 a.m. View Comments

Team Associated Factory Team adjustable bellcrank input arm for B64

Team Associated's new Factory Team carbon fiber bellcrank input arm for the B64 platform offers new tuning options to further tailor the buggy's handling performance for your track and driving style.

Aaron Waldron April 28, 2017, 5:35 p.m. View Comments

XRAY GTX8 1/8-scale nitro car coming soon

XRAY has shared a few teasers of the soon to be released GTX8 1/8-scale nitro car. This will be XRAY's first GT class specific kit.

Mike Garrison April 28, 2017, 10:33 a.m. View Comments

New LRP Flow X Stock Spec ESC

LRP has released the newest Flow X ESC equipped with Stock Spec software, designed specifically for on-road and off-road stock class racing.

Mike Garrison April 28, 2017, 9:15 a.m. View Comments

New RC Maker Awesomatix diff tool

Ryan Maker of RC Maker has released his new carbon fiber diff tool to ease the assembly and disassembly of the Awesomatix differentials.

Mike Garrison April 28, 2017, 9:29 a.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Kyosho Inferno GT series

The 1/8-scale nitro GT category is the fastest growing class in on-road racing - and it owes its roots to ready-to-run vehicles with beautiful scale bodies from Kyosho that were released 21 years ago. With this week's teaser clip of the 9BGT perhaps

Aaron Waldron April 28, 2017, 3:32 p.m. View Comments

Reese High School Innovators headed to Square One Innovative Vehicle Design Challenge

Armed with their modified Traxxas Slash, this group of students from Reese High School will be competing in the Square One Education Network competition on the University of Michigan campus.

Aaron Waldron April 28, 2017, 5:43 p.m. View Comments

New VBC FF17 belt drive conversion set

VBC Racing has released their new belt drive conversion set for the FF17 which changes the standard gear drive FF17 to belt drive for larger high speed asphalt tracks.

Mike Garrison April 28, 2017, 9:51 a.m. View Comments

Team Powers 8300mAh HV LiPo pack coming soon

Team Powers is preparing to release a LiPo battery with 8300mAh of capacity.

Aaron Waldron April 28, 2017, 6:24 p.m. View Comments

New 7075.it Hobbywing XR10 ESC brass bottom case

7075.it has released their new brass bottom case for the Hobbywing XR10 ESC, which adds 20 grams of weight directly to the bottom of the ESC.

Mike Garrison April 28, 2017, 10:19 a.m. View Comments

New Losi 8IGHT-E RTR 1/8-scale 4WD buggy [VIDEO]

The championship-winning Team Losi Racing 8IGHT-E platform is now available as a brushless-powered, ready-to-run package from Losi.

Aaron Waldron April 27, 2017, 9:36 a.m. View Comments

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