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Integy R/C releases new HPI Ken Block WR8 3.0 billet machined piggyback shocks

Upgrade the suspension of your HPI Racing Ken Block GRC WR8 3.0 rally chassis for more performance with Integy's new Billet Machined Piggyback Shock Set. These heavy-duty shocks are billet-machined from aluminum alloy, feature piggyback reservoirs (w

Mike Garrison May 27, 2014, 4:45 a.m. View Comments

Elliott Boots wins with REDS at the 2014 Herts AKA Grand Prix

REDS Racing team driver Elliott Boots attended the 2014 Herts AKA Grand Prix. Boots dominated the nitro buggy class taking TQ and the overall win.

Mike Garrison May 27, 2014, 5:14 a.m. View Comments

Novak R/C releases new 4PHD 4-Pole 4x4 SCT brushless motor

Novak R/C has just released their new 4PHD brushless motor. The 4PHD is Novak's 4-pole, 12-slot motor developed specifically for the high power demands and extreme running conditions seen by today's popular 4X4 short course racing and extreme bashing

Mike Garrison May 22, 2014, 5:23 a.m. View Comments

Videos: RC Crew Chief releases new four part tutorial video series

Are you a new user of RC Crew Chief setup software, or maybe an experienced user looking to refresh on the program? RC Crew Chief has just released a four part video series via their YouTube channel taking you step by step explaining some of the most

Mike Garrison May 22, 2014, 5:04 a.m. View Comments

Novak R/C releases new Drift Spec Sensored Brushless System

Novak R/C has released their new Drift Spec Sensored Brushless System. This affordable, ultra-small, sensor-based system is designed specifically for 1:10 scale drift vehicles. The Drift Spec Sensored Brushless System - 13.5T has a simple interface,

Mike Garrison May 22, 2014, 5:26 a.m. View Comments

Leo Arnold signs on with Team Magic and HRC Distribution

French onroad racer, Leo Arnold, has signed on board today with Team Magic and HRC Distribution for this 1:10 electric touring car racing program. You can expect to see Leo and his new Team Magic TC at the upcoming French Championship and Euro Tourin

Mike Garrison May 22, 2014, 5:42 a.m. View Comments

Bowie Ginting wins at Round 2 of the Indonesian EP Offroad Nationals

The 2nd round of the Indonesian EP Offroad National Series was help in Jakarta over the weekend. Bowie Ginting drove his Tekno SCT410 to the TQ spot after 3 rounds of qualifying setting a new track fast lap record along the way. In the triple A Mains

Mike Garrison May 22, 2014, 5:37 a.m. View Comments

JConcepts releases the B5/B5M "Foxy" carbon fiber battery braces

Battery braces are a highly visual and critical part of any electric R/C vehicle. They provide the security of the main power source on the vehicle as well as provide a look and feel to each vehicle while giving the user a quick way of accessing and

Mike Garrison May 22, 2014, 5:30 a.m. View Comments

Avid R/C releases new Triad 17mm light weight wheel nuts

Avid R/C has just released their new Triad 17mm light weight wheel nuts. These are some of the lightest 1:8 scale wheel nuts on the market (0.96g/ea). The unique Triad design utilizes only three corners of the nut instead of 6 to give the nut it's li

Mike Garrison May 22, 2014, 5:13 a.m. View Comments

Bruno Coelho wins at Round 2 of the Portuguese Onroad National Championship

Round 2 of the Portuguese Onroad National Championship took place this past weekend in Porto, Portugal. XRAY's Bruno Coelho set the pace in qualifying capturing the overall TQ spot for the Modified TC class. Coelho used his TQ starting spot to his ad

Mike Garrison May 22, 2014, 5:49 a.m. View Comments

RACE COVERAGE: 2014 Reedy International Touring Car Race of Champions

What started out many years ago as Mike Reedy's vision to showcase the world’s best drivers in a format unlike any other ever used in R/C racing, has grown to be one of the most anticipated and prestigious touring car R/C races in the world. Reedy, T

Mike Garrison May 22, 2014, 7:46 a.m. View Comments

Thunder Innovations releases new aluminum push button power switch

Thunder Innovations has released their new aluminum cased water proof push button power switch. This nifty new switch features low voltage protections, LED battery voltage level indicator, multiple battery setting functions, low voltage cutoff, and m

Mike Garrison May 22, 2014, 5:55 a.m. View Comments

Addy Musaefendic wins at the HobbyTown USA Spring Shootout

Last weekend HobbyTown USA in Longmont, Colorado hosted the annual Spring Shootout event. Pro-Line Racing team driver Addy Musaefendic secured the overall TQ spot in qualifying for the nitro buggy class on Saturday. Sunday was main day, and Addy kept

Mike Garrison May 22, 2014, 7:40 p.m. View Comments

Schelle Racing Innovations releases new Kyosho ball bearing steering rack (with video)

Schelle Racing has just released their latest innovation, this time for the Kyosho 1:10 offroad lineup. Kyosho RB6, RT6, SC6 owners will take notice of the new zero-slop ball bearing steering rack from Schelle. In addition to eliminating slop from th

Mike Garrison May 22, 2014, 8:01 p.m. View Comments

Casper Nielsen and David Jenson win at the JBRL Electric Series Rd.4

This past weekend was JBRL Round #4 at OCRC in Huntington Beach, CA. A great turnout once again for the JBRL with 265 entries for the one day event!

Mike Garrison May 22, 2014, 7:57 p.m. View Comments

"RC Fest" promoter Adam Munds joins Pro-Line Racing for 2014

Inspirational promoter of the annual "RC Fest" event, Adam Munds, has signed on board with Pro-Line Racing for his personal racing in 2014.

Mike Garrison May 22, 2014, 7:45 p.m. View Comments

Marc Fischer signs with Arrowmax R/C for 2014

Arrowmax RC announce the signing of German top driver Marc Fischer to their team. Marc will be using Arrowmax honeycomb tools, set up tools, and silicone fluids for the use in all of his shocks and gear differentials.

Mike Garrison May 22, 2014, 7:51 p.m. View Comments

Nick Floudas crowned the 2014 2wd Greek Offroad National Champion

The 2WD Greek Offroad Nationals took place on May 4th at the Zorri Racing Track in Aspropyrgos, Greece. The track was treated with sugar and the traction level was high to provide very close racing. The championships came down to the third and final

Mike Garrison May 21, 2014, 4:50 a.m. View Comments

RDRP releases new Kyosho RB6 aluminum front suspension block

Revolution Design Racing Products introduce their new aluminium front suspension block for all Kyosho RB6 based vehicles. Design to replace the kit's plastic bulkhead with a more durable and more precise part, the block is machined from 7075-T6 alumi

Mike Garrison May 21, 2014, 4:45 a.m. View Comments

Cody King shares is Pro-Line Lonestar Nitro Challenge winning setup

In case you have been living under a rock somewhere and haven't already heard, Team Kyosho's Cody King appears to be back in his World Championship winning form. King put in a strong performance and fight at the Neo'14, and backed it up with a win at

Mike Garrison May 21, 2014, 5:12 a.m. View Comments

Victor Guerrero strikes victory at Round 2 of the JBRL Nitro Series

Pro-Line Racing team driver Victor Guerrero found his groove at the recent JBRL Nitro Series race at Palm Desert R/C Raceway. Guerrero qualified second in the Intermediate Truck class, but converted that second to a first in the A-Final.

Mike Garrison May 21, 2014, 5:02 a.m. View Comments

Speed Passion announces new V4.0 Competition Brushless motor series

Speed Passion has officially announced their new lineup of brushless motors, known as the V4.0 Competition Series. These new motors are made up of all the race winning features found in previous versions along with the addition of the latest Speed Pa

Mike Garrison May 21, 2014, 5:50 a.m. View Comments

Spec-R releases new budget friendly S2 1:10 electric touring car

Spec-R has just released their new S2 1:10 electric touring car. This budget friendly TC features a narrow 2.5mm main chassis, dual bellcrank steering system, heavy duty rear gear diff, lowered shock towers, and more. The new car is available now wit

Mike Garrison May 21, 2014, 5:19 a.m. View Comments

Bradley Baird wins at Round 1 of the RCCAOI Championship

The Nitro Main was all about one car and driver , Bradley Baird’s Orion powered JQ who led from start to finish to win by 2 laps from second place Aaron Vance and Gary Baird in third. Bradly had selected VP Pro Axman in SF and Aaron VP Pro Striker in

Mike Garrison May 21, 2014, 5:39 a.m. View Comments

Team Tekin strikes gold at the 2014 Motown Showdown

The Motown Showdown was held this past weekend at Modesto RC Raceway in Modesto, California.

Mike Garrison May 21, 2014, 11:30 a.m. View Comments

Tobias Hepp wins at the 2014 German Nitro West Masters

Last weekend hosted the German Nitro West Masters event in Oberhausen, Germany. XRAY team driver, Tobias Hepp, piloted his way to victory after starting second on the grid for the A-Final. Hepp took the victory 2 laps over the competition.

Mike Garrison May 21, 2014, 6:42 a.m. View Comments

JJ Wang wins at the 2014 Mugen Seiki Taiwan 1:8 Onroad Championship

Taiwan's biggest 1:8 nitro onroad event of the year saw more than 70 drivers racing this past weekend in Taipei including drivers from Hong Kong. Mugen Seiki's Takaaki Shimo and JJ Wang flew in for the event to join Taiwan's top nitro drivers. Shimo

Mike Garrison May 20, 2014, 8:06 a.m. View Comments

NOSRAM releases new range of high-performance 1:12 and 1:10 scale LiPos

NOSRAM releases a new range of high-performance LiPo batteries. The NOSRAM R&D engineers have developed the new 6600mAh 3.7v 1:12 scale race pack, the 5800mAh 7.4v 1:10 scale saddle pack, and the new 4700mAh 7.4v "shorty" 1:10 race pack.

Mike Garrison May 20, 2014, 7:28 a.m. View Comments

Top25RC releases updated driver ranking list after a big weekend of racing around the globe

After a weekend of major racing from all around the world, Top25RC.com has released an updated driver ranking list for the 1:8 Offroad Buggy class.

Mike Garrison May 20, 2014, 6:37 a.m. View Comments

Video: JConcepts 1972 Chevy C10 Scalpel body promo

JConcepts has released a new promotional video of the 1972 Chevy C10 body that fits the Scalpel conversion kit.

Mike Garrison May 20, 2014, 11:31 a.m. View Comments

HPI Racing releases new D-BOX 2 adjustable electronic stability control

HPI Racing has just released their new adjustable electronic stability control for offroad and onroad vehicles. HPI Racing says, "The D-BOX 2 is the Secret Weapon for your driving and drifting! The HPI D-BOX 2 is developed for RC cars of all types

Mike Garrison May 20, 2014, 6:50 a.m. View Comments

Kai Goff doubles up at Round 1 of THE Series 2014

The first race of the 2014 season of THE Series presented by Pro-Line was this past weekend at Larry's Performance R/C's in Sterling Heights, MI. Larry's has a very unigue rubberized cork racing surface that is extremely high bite and very different

Mike Garrison May 20, 2014, 6:30 a.m. View Comments

Martin Hudy shares a sneak peek at the new XRAY T4 Active Rear Suspension system

XRAY's Martin Hudy has released a sneak peek at an all-new T4 Active Rear Suspension system that has been in the works for some time at the XRAY headquarters.

Mike Garrison May 20, 2014, 7:02 a.m. View Comments

Cody King and Ty Tessmann win at the Pro-Line Lonestar Nitro Challenge

This past weekend hosted The Dirt Pro-Line Lonestar Nitro Challenge at the enormous Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas. Many of the nations top drivers made the journey to cowboy country for the event, many using it as a warm-up event and testi

Mike Garrison May 19, 2014, 7:01 p.m. View Comments

Pro-Line Racing releases the 1:16 Traxxas Summit "Apocalypse" body

Pro-Line is ready to unleash a body for your 1:16 Summit designed to withstand the End of the World: the Apocalypse! The new Pro-Line Apocalypse body is made specifically for the 1:16 Summit Mini Monster Truck and brings fully armored Military SUV st

Mike Garrison May 19, 2014, 5:26 a.m. View Comments

MIP releases new Team Associated SC10/T4 Mod "Shiny Pucks" System

MIP would like to introduce the drive system of the future for the Team Associated SC10 and T4 platforms, the all-new Mod MIP "Shiny Pucks" System. These systems are of steel construction, keeping to relatively the same overall weight that you are us

Mike Garrison May 19, 2014, 5:30 a.m. View Comments

Integy R/C releases new Losi 5IVE-T billet machined high flow air filter

Losi 5IVE-T owners can now upgrade their engine intake system for more free-flowing power with Integy's new billet machined high flow air filter. The high flow filter features a perforated outer shell and billet machined aluminum alloy end caps that

Mike Garrison May 19, 2014, 5:40 a.m. View Comments

Xceed R/C releases new aluminum 1:8 and 1:10 scale wheel balancer

Xceed R/C has released their new light and compact wheel balancer for 1:8 and 1:10 scale rubber and foam tires. The ballraced stand is easily disassembled for travel, and made up of high quality anodized aluminum. The balancer shaft is made up of hea

Mike Garrison May 19, 2014, 5:58 a.m. View Comments

Ultimate Engines releases the new M814 tuned engine

Ultimate Engines presents the new M814 which is based on the successful M8 engine with improved details. The cooling head has been redesigned to remove weight for lowering the center of gravity, as well as to increase the surface cooling area. Furthe

Mike Garrison May 19, 2014, 6:04 a.m. View Comments

Sonic Engines releases new X.21 nitro onroad engine

Sonic Nitro Engines has released the latest version of their successful .21 engines. After extensive tests in cooperation with engine-guru Edoardo Picco, the Sonic X.21 engines feature the latest long stroke design offering more low and mid range pow

Mike Garrison May 19, 2014, 6:08 a.m. View Comments

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