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FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Muddy grudge match ends in steamroll - and lopsided meme war [VIDEO]

This weekend, Barnstormers R/C Race Way will host Dakotah Phend, Cole Ogden, defending champion Adam Drake and some of the fastest nitro off-road racers in the northeast for the Big Apple Novarossi World Nitro Challenge - and you'll be able to watch

Aaron Waldron July 6, 2017, 11:32 a.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Last week’s Junior Nationals final [VIDEO]

In 2015, Tim Lime encouraged ROAR to add a separate under-16 race to the Fuel Off-Road Nationals to give the event's youngest competitors a chance to shine in the national spotlight. Last Sunday, his 12-year-old son, Camden, stole the show.

Aaron Waldron June 30, 2017, 12:51 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Every former ROAR Fuel Off-Road National Champion

Here are the winners of the ROAR Fuel Off-Road National Championship in both the 1/8-scale Buggy and Truck classes going back to 1997. How many could you have named?

Aaron Waldron June 16, 2017, 10:28 a.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Rivkin spoiled Maifield's perfect weekend at last year's ROAR Fuel Off-Road Nationals [VIDEO]

Last year, Ryan Maifield TQ'd seven of the eight rounds of qualifying between the Buggy and Truck classes at Thornhill Racing Circuit and, after driving away with a record fourth title in the 1/8-Scale Nitro Truck final, looked poised to become just

Aaron Waldron June 15, 2017, 5:06 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Former ROAR Fuel Off-Road Nationals Junior-class winners - where are they now? [VIDEO]

ROAR added an under-16 nitro buggy final to the ROAR Fuel Off-Road Nationals back in 2015, and Tyler Jones and Dillon Caldwell claimed the two titles since in very different ways. Relive their victories and see what these two young men have been up t

Aaron Waldron June 9, 2017, 12:06 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Marc Rheinard's first Reedy Touring Car Race of Champions victory

Last weekend at Tamiya American Raceway, Marc Rheinard won a record-extending sixth title at the Reedy Touring Car Race of Champions - and his first behind the week of the Infinity IF14. He won his first eleven years ago, at the same track, ahead of

Aaron Waldron June 1, 2017, 7:02 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Team Losi competing in the Indy 500

This weekend marks the 101st Indianapolis 500 - one of the most famous motor sports events in the world. Back in the mid- to late-90s, Team Losi participated in the Indy 500 as a sponsor and team owner - including a top-ten finish!

Aaron Waldron May 26, 2017, 12:01 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Was last year’s ROAR Nationals warm-up an advantage?

Each year, the host of the ROAR Fuel Off-Road Nationals organizes a preview event to give drivers a chance to check out the track conditions. How did the A-Main qualifiers at last year's Warm-Up fare in the main event?

Aaron Waldron May 11, 2017, 1:35 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Timeline of Team Losi Racing 4WD buggies

On the one-year anniversary of the release of the Team Losi Racing 22-4 2.0 - the reigning ROAR national champion - here's a look back at every 4WD buggy (and their spin-offs) that TLR ever sold.

Aaron Waldron May 11, 2017, 3:28 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: 2013 ROAR Electric Paved On-Road Nationals [VIDEO]

Four years ago today, WCRC/Village Raceway in Boynton Beach, FL hosted 130 entries at the ROAR Electric Paved On-Road Nationals. Here’s a look back at the winners, replays of the title-deciding stock and modified touring car finals, and a very intere

Aaron Waldron May 4, 2017, 7:55 p.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

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Silly season update - how have the biggest movers fared?

This past offseason was one of the most active in history, with ten of the world's fastest drivers changing teams. How do their results so far in 2017 compare to this point last year?

Aaron Waldron April 21, 2017, 1:10 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Cavalieri and Tebo topped 2012 Silver State Nitro Challenge

Five years ago, the annual Silver State was held just outside Las Vegas city limits at the Boulder City R/C Speedway - and many the top finishers looked very similar to what we saw last month.

Aaron Waldron April 14, 2017, 8:05 a.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Ten years of the Psycho Nitro Blast

For the last ten years, the Psycho Nitro Blast has combined round-the-clock on-track action, incredibly challenging temporary courses built inside horse large horse arenas, and some of the fastest off-road racers on the planet to build its reputation

Aaron Waldron April 7, 2017, 12:39 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Evans and Eaton won 2009 April Fools Classic

Eight years ago, Colorado native Dustin Evans and Utah's own Joel Eaton - both of whom were driving for Team Losi Racing at the time - captured the Modified class titles. Here's a look back at the podium finishers for the 2009 April Fools Classic, in

Aaron Waldron March 30, 2017, 4:49 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Timeline of Team Losi Racing 2WD buggies

This week, Team Losi Racing introduced the 22 4.0 - the brand's fifteenth different top-level 2WD buggy since the original JRX-2 back in 1998. Here's a list of all of them, including their release dates, photos and chassis details.

Aaron Waldron March 3, 2017, 4:45 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Former winners of the Dirt Nitro Challenge

Here's a list of every driver to win one of the Pro 1/8-scale nitro classes at the DNC.

Aaron Waldron Feb. 20, 2017, 1:03 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Petersen and Gosch won 2009 Motorama

Motorama is the country's largest all-indoor motorsports festival, with all types of automotive and racing events - and for over a decade, that has included RC cars. Here are the Pro race results from 2009!

Aaron Waldron Feb. 17, 2017, 3:30 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: First-ever Snowbird Nationals

This year marks the 23rd time that the fastest carpet on-road and oval racers have fled to Florida to escape cold winter weather for some hot racing action. Check out what the flyer, schedule and class rules looked like for first Snowbird Nationals b

Aaron Waldron Feb. 2, 2017, 6 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Over three decades of 4WD Team Associated buggies

As Team Associated gets closer to the release of the B64, they've published a nearly-half hour documentary of the 4WD buggies that came before it - going all the way back to the hand-built prototype that Jay Halsey raced at the 1985 IFMAR Worlds.

Aaron Waldron Dec. 23, 2016, 5:11 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: The rising speed of 1/12-scale racing [VIDEO]

The decision to change the 1/12-scale modified class to 2S LiPo packs could increase the velocity of IFMAR's smallest, and oldest, electric racing class to new heights. See how the speeds have increased over the last 28 years in this week's Flashback

Aaron Waldron Dec. 2, 2016, 4:11 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: The funniest RC car industry press release of all-time

Ten years ago this week, Team Magic introduced the first-ever E4 touring car - the monster in the fluffy clouds. You simply have to read this.

Aaron Waldron Nov. 11, 2016, 1:25 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: LiveRC's 2010 IFMAR Worlds DVD

Six years ago, LiveRC produced a DVD of the 2010 IFMAR World Championships in Thailand. Now you can watch it all on YouTube - for free!

Aaron Waldron Sept. 30, 2016, 4:45 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: LiveRC's 2008 IFMAR Worlds DVD, Disc One

Eight years ago, LiveRC broadcast its first IFMAR World Championships live online - and then produced a DVD from the footage. Now, for the first time, that DVD is available on YouTube! As we lead up to the 2016 IFMAR World Championships, here's Disc

Aaron Waldron Sept. 23, 2016, 4:07 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Hagberg won 2014 IFMAR 200mm nitro touring car world championship [VIDEO]

Two years ago, XRAY's Alexander Hagberg won the world title he had been waiting for. Relive the final in this week's Flashback Friday.

Aaron Waldron Aug. 5, 2016, 2:45 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Last year's ROAR Electric 1/8-Scale Off-Road and 4x4 Short Course Nationals

Here's a look back at Ryan Maifield's dominant double win in the ROAR Electric 1/8-Scale Truck and Buggy National Championships - and Dakotah Phend's fourth 4x4 title in five tries. Don't miss this weekend's race live from Stateline R/C!

Aaron Waldron July 22, 2016, 4:19 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: 2013 Hot Rod Hobbies Off-Road Shootout

While the 19th annual Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout races under the SoCal sun, look back at the Modified class champions from three years ago.

Aaron Waldron July 15, 2016, 2:42 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Lutz scored the trifecta at last year's Big Apple Novarossi Challenge

Last year, Tekno RC's Ryan Lutz earned TQ honors in Nitro Buggy, Nitro Truck and Electric Buggy at the Big Apple Novarossi Challenge hosted by Barnstormers RC Raceway in Chester, New York - and then won all three main events.

Aaron Waldron July 8, 2016, 8:15 a.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Schumacher's Cougar SVR rear-motor 2WD buggy

Four years ago Wednesday, Schumacher released details of its Cougar SVR rear-motor 2WD buggy to appease loose-track off-road racers - even though they had already been racing mid-motor 2WD buggies for over two years.

Aaron Waldron July 1, 2016, 2:51 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: The inaugural Alabama Manufacturer Shootout [VIDEO]

This weekend, the seventh annual Alabama Manufacturer Shootout - AMS 7.0 - is going down at the Cullman Agricultural Center. Back in 2010, I covered the inaugural AMS for R/C Car Magazine - here's what went down.

Aaron Waldron June 24, 2016, 3:47 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Thirty eight years of Novak Electronics

Here's a timeline of notable products that Team Novak released over nearly four decades.

Aaron Waldron June 17, 2016, 3:55 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Former ROAR Fuel Off-Road National Champions

Brush up on your ROAR Fuel Off-Road Nationals history with these charts showing every 1/8-scale nitro buggy and truck title winners since 1997.

Aaron Waldron June 9, 2016, 8:48 a.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Tessmann's domination of last year's ROAR Nationals [VIDEO]

One year ago, HB Racing driver Ty Tessmann crushed everyone at the ROAR Fuel Off-Road Nationals at A Main Hobbies' Silver Dollar RC Raceway - meeting and breaking all sorts of records in the process. Can he make history again next week?

Aaron Waldron June 3, 2016, 4:19 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: How have the Top 25 RC rankings changed in the last two years?

The first global Top 25 RC Rankings were published in March of 2014, and have been a hot-button topic among RC racing fans ever since. Here's what the standings looked like back then - and what they are now.

Aaron Waldron May 20, 2016, 2:32 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Semifinal replays from Worlds Warm-Up at RC Tracks Las Vegas

The one-hour final was cancelled after drivers voted not to trash their cars on the rain-soaked surface, but the semifinals at the IFMAR Worlds Warm-Up in Las Vegas had plenty of awesome racing. Click here to watch both 30-minute replays!

Aaron Waldron May 12, 2016, 3:41 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Crazy big jumps at Psycho Nitro Blast [VIDEO]

Jumping RC cars off of wooden ramps is part of the Psycho Nitro Blast experience - and since 2009, drivers have willingly launched their cars down the road in search of world records and Internet fame.

Aaron Waldron April 8, 2016, 5:53 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Former Silver State winners

Here are the drivers who've won the premier nitro classes at Silver State in its 18-year history.

Aaron Waldron March 25, 2016, 4:41 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: How have Reedy Race Open winners fared in the Invitational class?

Ever wondered how the winners of the Open 2WD and 4WD categories at the Reedy Race finish once they move up to the Invitational category? Take a look back at the Open 2WD and 4WD winners since 2011 to see how they did, what their best finish was, and

Aaron Waldron Jan. 15, 2016, 6:46 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: The history of front wings on 2WD buggies

Some racers call them an aerodynamic advantage, others insist they're merely just "Kool Aid." As it turns out, 2WD buggy racers have been using front wings for decades.

Aaron Waldron Jan. 8, 2016, 4:14 p.m. View Comments

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Horizon Hobby/Team Associated TQ10

The first Team Associated 2WD buggy to use a non-aluminum chassis wasn't actually sold under the "Team Associated" name.

Aaron Waldron Dec. 18, 2015, 6:20 p.m. View Comments

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