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Flashback Friday: Gene Husting is inducted into the R/C Hall of Fame

Yesterday, the R/C industry lost an icon, a legend, and a friend. Gene Husting was an individual that touched the lives of so many people, in AND out of the R/C car industry. In 2006, Gene was inducted into the R/C Hall of Fame for his accomplishment

Mike Garrison March 6, 2014, 7:26 a.m. View Comments

Rest in peace to industry icon Gene Husting

Throughout life there are those select few people who not only touch the lives of close friends and family, but thousands of others as well. Today, the R/C industry has lost one of those great people, a true icon to our hobby, and a man that helped t

Mike Garrison March 6, 2014, 5:27 a.m. View Comments

Vectorworks R/C releases new carbon fiber TLR 22-4 option parts

Vectorworks R/C has just released several new carbon fiber option parts for the popular TLR 22-4 buggy!

Mike Garrison March 6, 2014, 5:05 a.m. View Comments

Buechler, Wilde, and Gullickson win with AE at the Cabin Fever R/C Supercross

The off-road racing season for many in the northwest often begins with the Cabin Fever RC Supercross in Lewiston, ID. 2014 was no different for the event held Feb. 28 to March 2, where over 175 entries battled below-freezing temperatures on the indoo

Mike Garrison March 6, 2014, 4:20 a.m. View Comments

Keven Hebert wins the 2014 ROAR 1:12 Modified National Championship

Starting on the pole position, Keven continued his domination with a wire-to-wire win in leg one followed by another win in leg two. With two wins, Keven could not be beat and became the 2014 ROAR 1:12 Modified National Champion!

Mike Garrison March 6, 2014, 4:40 a.m. View Comments

Moots and Lavery win with X Factory at the 2014 Outback Shootout

X Factory won both the Expert 17.5 Stadium Truck and Expert 17.5 Buggy class at last weekend’s Outback Shootout held at the A Main Hobbies’ indoor track, Outback Raceway.

Mike Garrison March 6, 2014, 4:32 a.m. View Comments

Colton Kiefer wins 1:8 E-Buggy at the 2014 Chi Town Shootout

Pro-Line Racing team driver, Colton Kiefer, attended this year' 2014 Chi Town Shootout hosted by Leisure Hours Raceway in Joliet, Illinois. Kiefer equipped his Serpent 1:8 E-Buggy with M4 Ions, and was able to qualify 3rd for the A-Main. As the tone

Mike Garrison March 5, 2014, 4:32 a.m. View Comments

Lucas Sanford wins at the Top Notch Series in San Diego

Team Kyosho driver, Lucas Sanford, recently attended the Top Notch Series at SDRC Raceway in San Diego, California. Running the RT6 stadium truck, Sanford would set a solid TQ in the Open 2wd Truck class by nearly 7 seconds on the field. Sanford woul

Mike Garrison March 5, 2014, 4:40 a.m. View Comments

Albano and Matesa take JConcepts to victory at the Outback Shootout

A Main Hobbies hosted a great event with a total of 281 entries. The JConcepts Team ran Bar Codes and the new Dirt Webs in Gold compound to drive their way to victory.

Mike Garrison March 5, 2014, 4:28 a.m. View Comments

Tekin announces "How-To" clinic at the upcoming Cactus Classic

Tekin has announced an impromptu "how to" clinic going over the Gen2 ESC features such as data logging, hotwire setup, and more taking place at next week's Cactus Classic in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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

Moberly and Blair victorious at the 2014 Outback Shootout

This past weekend was the 2014 Outback Shootout held at the Outback Raceway better known as A-Main Hobbies. The indoor facility has some of the best dirt on the west coast and played host to a record 281 entries over the weekend.

Mike Garrison March 5, 2014, 4:56 a.m. View Comments

Is the increasing number of big races killing the club racing scene?

Our friend, Oli Meggitt of RedRC, has shared a very thought provoking and interesting article today regarding this very topic. Oli shares his opinions and views on the matter, do you agree?

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

R/C Madness gets set to host the Cody King Invitational and Seminar Workshop

Wish you could learn the tips and tricks of a World Championship winning driver and mechanic? Wish you could work on your ride with their help? Wish you could race with a World Champion? NOW YOU CAN!

Mike Garrison March 5, 2014, 6:50 a.m. View Comments

Colin Storey doubles up at the 2014 New Zealand Onroad Nationals

The weekend of February 13th the New Zealand Onroad Nationals was held in Whangarei. A brand new venue, surface and track for everyone. It was an underground building with a spray on tar coating. 3 qualifiers kicked off on Saturday followed by triple

Mike Garrison March 5, 2014, 6:43 a.m. View Comments

REDS Racing announces Modellsport Trink as new Austrian distributor

REDS Racing has just announced their newest distributor. Modellsport Trink has been appointed the exclusive distributor of REDS Racing products in Austria!

Mike Garrison March 5, 2014, 5:11 a.m. View Comments

Pro-Line Racing releases the new PRO-2 Buggy conversion kit in full detail

Earlier this week we saw a sneak peek of the new Pro-Line Racing short course buggy conversion kit, and today they have officially released it in full detail!

Mike Garrison March 5, 2014, 9:58 a.m. View Comments

Hobby Pro USA releases the new PRS1 2014 Edition buggy

Hobby Pro USA introduces the new and improved 2014 Edition of popular Hobby Pro PRS1 2wd Buggy. Hobby Pro says, "We are always striving to improve our products and reach new limits with our quality and service. With this in mind, we've held nothing

Mike Garrison March 5, 2014, 4:22 a.m. View Comments

Anticipation high for first Euro Offroad Series visit to Hudy Arena

There is an air of high anticipation ahead of the third round of the Euro Offroad Series as the 1:10 electric offroad championship travels for the first time to the Hudy Arena in Slovakia this weekend (7-9 March). Widely reputed as the greatest r/c v

Mike Garrison March 5, 2014, 6:34 a.m. View Comments

Castle Creations releases the new "Sidewinder 8th" 1:8 brushless system

Castle Creations has just released their new 1:8 scale brushless ESC and motor system, known as the "Sidewinder 8th".

Mike Garrison March 5, 2014, 6:06 a.m. View Comments

Thursday Testimonials: JConcepts "Dirt Webs" 1:10 scale buggy tire

Whether it's wheel nuts, wings, tools, tracks, trinkets and/or anything in between, the LiveRC staff gives their testimonial and mini-review of each every Thursday morning!

Mike Garrison March 5, 2014, 6:24 a.m. View Comments

Sneak peek of the new Pro-Line B5M "Phantom" body

Pro-Line Racing has shared a sneak peek of the all-new "Phantom" body for the Team Associated B5M buggy. The new body features all of the signature "Phantom" styling, and is set to be officially released very soon.

Mike Garrison March 4, 2014, 4:35 a.m. View Comments

Weekend Bump-Start!

Everybody needs a bump start to their weekend, and LiveRC has just that with all of the races and events taking place this upcoming weekend!

Mike Garrison March 4, 2014, 7:09 a.m. View Comments

Jorn Neumann joins the Maxima Fuels team for 2014

Maxima Fuels has just announced that Team Durango team driver, Jorn Neumann, has joined the team for 2014. Neumann will join existing team members, including Jared Tebo, working to prove the Maxima Fuels winning capability worldwide.

Mike Garrison March 4, 2014, 6:53 a.m. View Comments

JConcepts recaps the 1st Annual JCP-RC Winter Cup event

JCP-RC Raceway located in Indianapolis Indiana, the motorsports capital of the world, played host to the 1st annual JCP-RC Winter Cup. Over the weekend of February 21st-23rd, the 3 day event brought in just over 160 entries from across the tri-state

Mike Garrison March 4, 2014, 5:36 a.m. View Comments

Philip Atondo wins 1:8 buggy at the Delta R/C Nitro Winter Series

Delta R/C in Antioch, CA just wrapped up their Nitro Winter Series. After 6 rounds in the 1:8 expert buggy class, JConcepts/TLR driver Phillip Atondo completed the series on top for the second year in a row!

Mike Garrison March 4, 2014, 5:32 a.m. View Comments

Maxima Fuels announces the new Maxima O.S. B1 .21 offroad engine

Maxima Fuel has announced their new Maxima O.S. B1 offroad buggy engine. The new engine is based off of the O.S. Speed 21XZ-B Spec IIengine, and revised by Maxima's engineering in Thailand for increased run time and performance. The new engine is set

Mike Garrison March 4, 2014, 6:31 a.m. View Comments

Alberto Garcia wins at Round 1 of the 2014 Madrid Championships

After qualifications, JConcepts driver Alberto Garcia, TQ’d using JConcepts Double Dees, with a strong 5th place for JConcepts driver Pablo Landaburu using JConcepts Subcultures. Just before the start of the main final, it started to rain again. J

Mike Garrison March 4, 2014, 6:48 a.m. View Comments

Team Durango UK victorious at the Broxtowe Snowman Winter Series

Team Durango UK racers Daniel Austin and Andy Wesson have recently returned from the final round of the Broxtowe Snowman Winter Series in the UK. Their championship finishing positions being first and second overall with the DEX410v4 in the 4WD Buggy

Mike Garrison March 4, 2014, 5:30 a.m. View Comments

Craig Harris is crowned the 2014 BRCA Micro National Champion

Craig Harris took the win in the final round of the BRCA Micro National Championship at Hinckley to seal the championship title victory with his Carisma GTB.

Mike Garrison March 4, 2014, 5:25 a.m. View Comments

HUDY releases new hardened spring steel turnbuckle wrenches

HUDY has just released their all-new precision turnbuckle wrenches. The new wrenches are designed exclusively by HUDY from special self-developed, world-renown HUDY Spring Steel to ensure maximum strength, durability, and long life. These turnbuckle

Mike Garrison March 4, 2014, 4:47 a.m. View Comments

REDS Racing signs Swiss Champion Noah Asendorf for 2014

REDS Racing is proud to announce and welcome Noah Asendorf to the team for 2014. The young and talented driver from Sweden has already accomplished a successful start to his career as Swiss Champion and Junior Swiss Champion in multiple classes. The

Mike Garrison March 4, 2014, 4:56 a.m. View Comments

Danish star Mike Gosvig joins the XRAY World Racing Team for 2014

Team XRAY, composed of talented, up-and-coming racing stars, is proud to welcome multi-class talent Mike Gosvig to the family. In the last few years, Mike has repeatedly proven his talent and professional attitude as a private driver by winning multi

Mike Garrison March 4, 2014, 4:40 a.m. View Comments

Mikael Johansson joins the FX Engines team for 2014

FX is happy to announce that the young and talented European Junior Champion, Mikael Johansson, has joined the FX team. Mikael is 1:10 2WD & 4WD European Junior Champion as well multiple Swedish cup winner and finished on podium at various Nordic Cha

Mike Garrison March 4, 2014, 4:44 a.m. View Comments

XRAY releases all-new XB4 pre-assembled ball differential

XRAY has just released the all-new ball differential kit for the popular XB4 series buggy. XRAY calls this a “must have” option for the XB4 & XB4 2WD, as the ball differential increases traction and is recommended for low-traction tracks.

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

Team Associated releases new TC6 dual constant velocity axle kit

Team Associated has just released their new DCV axle kit for the TC6 series touring car. The DCV (Dual Constant Velocity) axles are designed to provide a smoother, quieter, and more consistent drivetrain even in the harshest of conditions. The new ax

Mike Garrison March 3, 2014, 5:11 a.m. View Comments

Euro Nitro Series organizers announce the 2014 series tyre format

The organizers of the 1:10 & 1:8 Nitro Onroad based Euro Nitro Series are pleased to officially announce the tyre format for its inaugural four round championship.

Mike Garrison March 3, 2014, 4:34 a.m. View Comments

Hobby Pro USA announces the PR Racing ST-1 stadium truck kit

Hobby Pro USA has announced the upcoming release of the PR Racing ST-1 1:10 scale stadium truck kit. The new truck features many of the competition features found on the PR Racing S1 buggy, including big bore shocks, aluminum chassis, aluminum option

Mike Garrison March 3, 2014, 5:01 a.m. View Comments

JConcepts releases the new TLR 22-4 "Silencer" body

The JConcepts design team has spent many hours in development with leading team drivers to develop a new high-speed style body, specifically for the latest circuits. One of the most recognizable items, the Silencer body style, has now been designed f

Mike Garrison March 3, 2014, 10:17 a.m. View Comments

PSM releases new lightweight carbon fiber chassis for the Yokomo BMAX4 III

PSM Option Parts has just released their new carbon fiber chassis for the Yokomo BMAX4 III. The new chassis is ultra lightweight and cut from 2.5mm premium gloss carbon fiber. The new chassis is a direct replacement for the stock chassis and lightens

Mike Garrison March 3, 2014, 4:43 a.m. View Comments

Bill Jeric and The Jeric Group welcome Carisma products to the United States

The Carisma product line will soon be hitting the United States as an official press release has announced that The Jeric Group, headed up by Bill Jeric, will be the official North American distributor.

Mike Garrison March 3, 2014, 9:21 a.m. View Comments

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