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Team Trinity signs offroad legend JR Mitch for 2013

In the midst of the ongoing controversy between ROAR and Trinity over the D3.5 17.5 motors, more news has been released from the Trinity camp. Long time racer and TLR team driver, JR Mitch, has signed on board with Trinity for 2013!

Mike Garrison Feb. 5, 2013, 5:09 a.m. View Comments

TrakPower releases new 1:8 LiPo and LiFe receiver packs

TrakPower continues to grow their expanding line of products with their latest 1:8 scale receiver packs. With the various vehicles on the market, TrakPower has covered the bases with a variety of options to power your 1:8 electronics.

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

Pro-Line dominates the 2013 Airtronics Winter Nationals

Team Pro-Line Dominates at the 2013 Airtronics Winter Nationals 12 out of 13 drivers in the Pro-Buggy Main with Cody King taking the overall on M4 Holeshots 2.0.

Mike Garrison Feb. 5, 2013, 6:53 a.m. View Comments

Felix Tan and Max Mort renew their ride with JQ for 2013

It's that time again, the 2013 is starting, and new drivers have been signed, and some re-signed with JQ!

Mike Garrison Feb. 5, 2013, 6:44 a.m. View Comments

Racers Edge releases the all-new "Race Case" buggy hauler

The Double Buggy RaceCase Hauler Bag carries two 1:10 scale buggies with the tires and wing on for the utmost in compact and protected transportation to and from the racetrack!

Mike Garrison Feb. 5, 2013, 8:34 a.m. View Comments

New option springs from Mugen Seiki for the MBX7 buggy

Mugen Seiki has just released a list of new option springs for the World Championship winning MBX7 1:8 buggy. The new springs include four new springs rates for the front shocks which have been tested by team drivers worldwide. Set to be available to

Mike Garrison Feb. 1, 2013, 4:36 a.m. View Comments

Arrowmax R/C releases new engine flywheel remover tool

After running an engine for some time, eventually your going to need to remove the flywheel for one reason or another. In the caveman days it was a job for a trust screwdriver, a hammer, and a little bit of luck. We're in 2013 now, and Arrowmax R/C h

Mike Garrison Feb. 1, 2013, 5:29 a.m. View Comments

LiveRC Interview: Jason Ruona talks about the new "Scalpel Racing" (with video)

It wasn't long ago that JConcepts released their all-new Scalpel body for the Traxxas Slash 4x4. The truck body is a blend of style, speed, and performance enhancing features for those looking to hit the asphalt with their Traxxas Slash. In the begin

Mike Garrison Feb. 1, 2013, 5:40 a.m. View Comments

DE Racing releases new "Borrego" SC wheels for the Durango lineup

DE Racing is proud to introduce a Borrego SC wheel for use on both the Team Durango DESC210 and DESC410 short course trucks.

Mike Garrison Feb. 1, 2013, 4:27 a.m. View Comments

JConcepts debuts all-new products at the Reedy Race of Champions (with video)

Check out all of the latest JConcepts products from the Reedy International Race of Champions!

Mike Garrison Feb. 1, 2013, 6:49 a.m. View Comments

Team Durango interviews their Reedy Race Open Class champion Carson Wernimont

Team Durango shares an in-depth interview with their USA star, Carson Wernimont, after his Reedy Race of Champions Open Class win!

Mike Garrison Feb. 1, 2013, 4:42 a.m. View Comments

John Howells wins at Round 4 of the CML Winter Offroad Series

Last Sunday saw the 4th round of the ever popular CML Winter Series being held at Frankley Model Car Club. The CML series this year has been split between FMCC and Stoke Nitro.

Mike Garrison Feb. 1, 2013, 4:56 a.m. View Comments

Barry Pettit returns to team Mugen Seiki through 2014

Mugen Seiki Racing is very excited to announce the signing of Barry Pettit through the 2014 racing season.

Mike Garrison Feb. 1, 2013, 5 a.m. View Comments

Pro-Line wins at the Reedy International Race of Champions

Pro-Line Team driver Rob Gillespie is victorious at the 2013 Reedy Race of Champions. Considered one of the most prestigious events in RC, the 19th running of the Reedy race of Champions proved to be another epic event. Rob Gillespie had an amazing w

Mike Garrison Jan. 31, 2013, 6:01 a.m. View Comments

The new Tekno R/C SCT410 is taking the country by storm

In Northern Californa, Austin Blair TQ'd and won the A Main at P1 Hobbies Epic Freeze race. In Southern California, Barry Baker TQ'd and won the A Main at the Top Notch Series Round 3 at OCRC. In Pennsylvania, in Texas, in Ohio, in Florida - the SCT4

Mike Garrison Jan. 31, 2013, 9 a.m. View Comments

OCRC announces the 2013 Stock Nationals

OCRC Raceway is proud to be hosting the OCRC Stock Nationals once again! The dates for 2013 are April 27th and 28th. Last years inaugural event was a huge success, and we expect this year will be even better! Sign ups will be open April 1st online at

Mike Garrison Jan. 31, 2013, 8:24 a.m. View Comments

Video: Inside look at the new TLR 8IGHT 3.0 with Horizon Hobby

Horizon Hobby and TLR have worked together to put together an in-depth video talking about the all-new TLR 8IGHT 3.0 1:8 buggy with Todd Hodge. Todd explains the new buggy, it's features, improvements, and more. The buggy has proven to be a race winn

Mike Garrison Jan. 31, 2013, 5:49 a.m. View Comments

Mike Swauger wins the West Coast Nitro Onroad Challenge

Team XRAY driver, Mike Swauger, recently attended the 2013 West Coast Nitro Onroad Challenge. Swauger was quickly identified as the man to beat as he laid down some of the fastest laps early on. He was able to take is XRAY RX8, equipped with the PROT

Mike Garrison Jan. 31, 2013, 7:29 a.m. View Comments

The HPI Racing Baja 5SC gets an updated look and fresh engine for 2013

HPI Racing is known for their 1:5 Baja series lineup of vehicles. Most 1:5 scale racers and bashers alike can agree that HPI is one of the leaders and innovators in the modern day 1:5 scale industry. For 2013, HPI Racing has freshened up the look of

Mike Garrison Jan. 31, 2013, 6:21 a.m. View Comments

Video: Team Durango DEX408T electric 1:8 truggy at the Nuremberg Toy Fair

Team Durango, in addition to hundreds of R/C companies, are in attendance at the annual Nuremburg Toy Fair this week in Germany. The Team Durango YouTube channel was updated today with a spy video from the toy fair. While the video is short and only

Mike Garrison Jan. 31, 2013, 6:05 a.m. View Comments

TLR releases the new TEN-SCTE 2.0 4wd short course kit (with video)

The TEN-SCTE platform is one of the most successful 4WD electric short course chassis of all time. It has dominated its class at tracks all over the world and proven it has what it takes to win a ROAR National Championship. The TEN-SCTE 2.0 kit build

Mike Garrison Jan. 30, 2013, 4:15 a.m. View Comments

TLR releases the new 8IGHT 3.0 1:8 buggy kit (with video)

The tradition of winning and dedication to superior engineering continue with one of racing's most famous buggies. Building upon the heritage of the 8IGHT buggy, the 8IGHT 3.0 elevates perfection and is poised to dominate the track. Guided by some of

Mike Garrison Jan. 30, 2013, 4:29 a.m. View Comments

AKA officially releases their new "Tire Prep Cloths"

AKA Tire Prep Cloths have been designed to remove oils, dirt and debris from the tire bead prior to gluing, maximizing the glue bond. Each package contains 10 individually packaged cloths.

Mike Garrison Jan. 30, 2013, 4:40 a.m. View Comments

Video: TRFT Studios goes winter bashing with the Team C TS4 SCT

Winter time in Finland means one thing, snow bashing! TRFT Studios has just released their latest video production, this time snow bashing with the Team C TS4 4wd short course truck.

Mike Garrison Jan. 30, 2013, 4:53 a.m. View Comments

Matt Olson scores a perfect weekend at the 2013 Venom Offroad JAM

Matt Olsons sweeps the Venom Offroad JAM Mod SC classes using his Tekin powered MIP trucks!

Mike Garrison Jan. 30, 2013, 4:59 a.m. View Comments

Team Durango releases the new DEX410 "DJoint" drive shaft system

Specially designed for the DEX410 range of vehicles, our DJoint drive shaft system is a product with one valuable racing commodity in mind, efficiency. The DJoint drive shafts feature a double joint in the coupling of each shaft, meaning that each jo

Mike Garrison Jan. 30, 2013, 5:09 a.m. View Comments

Martin Bayer and Francesco Martini re-sign with XRAY for 2013

XRAY has announced today the return of two top drivers to the XRAY team for 2013!

Mike Garrison Jan. 30, 2013, 5:40 a.m. View Comments

Team Associated releases the new T4.2 1:10 stadium truck

The RC10T4.2 kit now comes with the latest Factory Team high-performance option parts like the 12mm Big Bore threaded shocks, VTS slipper clutch, blue aluminum bellcrank set, and 12mm wheel hexes, just to name a few. Also included in the T4.2 Factory

Mike Garrison Jan. 30, 2013, 4:45 a.m. View Comments

Craig Patterson takes Tekin to victory at the LSR Speedway Winter Points Series

The 2012/2013 LSR Speedway Winter Points Series was a six race series with only one throw out. Tekin driver Craig Patterson entered the ultra competitive Pro 17.5 2wd Buggy class and, after consistent and impressive finishes, took the overall title!

Mike Garrison Jan. 30, 2013, 5:03 a.m. View Comments

Adrian Berntsen signs on board with Team AME for the 2013 season

Team AME is happy to announce the signing of top Norwegian touring car driver, Adrian Berntsen. Adrian will use the AME MBT Asphalt and AME MBT Carpet Additive for all of his XRAY Cars.

Mike Garrison Jan. 29, 2013, 5:57 a.m. View Comments

Martin Harrison and Kevin Hawkinson take JConcepts to victory at Flowood

Martin Harrison and Kevin Hawkinson TQ and win with JConcepts at the Flowood R/C January Jam.

Mike Garrison Jan. 29, 2013, 4:55 a.m. View Comments

Video: Team Orion gives an inside look at the Vortex R10 ESC production process

Team Orion has just released their latest video production, and this time they are giving you an inside look at how one of the most successful speed controllers in the world is made, the Vortex R10. It may be small in size, but there is full of big d

Mike Garrison Jan. 29, 2013, 4:44 a.m. View Comments

Shepherd announces Michael Palazzola as their newest US driver for 2013

Shepherd is proud to announce that top US racer Michael Palazzola has joined the factory racing team for the upcoming nitro on-road season. The California based driver is going to race 1/10th scale and 1/8th scale and will attend the Florida Winter N

Mike Garrison Jan. 29, 2013, 5:29 a.m. View Comments

XRAY releases new graphite adjustable battery holder for the T4

XRAY's new graphite adjustable battery holder allows for adjustment to eliminate battery play on the T4 chassis. The battery position can be moved forward, rearward, inboard or outboard depending on the battery size used, allowing the battery to be p

Mike Garrison Jan. 29, 2013, 5:48 a.m. View Comments

Tekin wins big at the P1 Hobbies second annual Epic Freeze Race

This past weekend P1 Hobbies hosted the 2nd annual Epic Freeze in Lakeport CA. A good turnout of around 140 enters with a lot of the top Northern California racers! Tekin drivers were able to dominate three major classes!

Mike Garrison Jan. 29, 2013, 5:23 a.m. View Comments

Serpent announces their all-new Spyder SRX2 1:10 2wd offroad buggy

Serpent is working on a full line of 1/10 scale offroad cars, headed by 1/10 2wd buggy World Champion Billy Easton. The 1st release will be the SPYDER SRX-2, the 1/10 scale 2wd buggy, which will be shown at the 2013 Toyfair in Germany next week, a

Mike Garrison Jan. 28, 2013, 6:18 a.m. View Comments

ROAR answers back to speculation of recently compliance testing only the D3.5 17.5 motor

The ongoing feud between ROAR, Trinity/Epic, and racers worldwide continues this week as ROAR has published an announcement in regards to the speculation made that they have recently only compliance tested the Trinity/Epic D3.5 17.5.

Mike Garrison Jan. 28, 2013, 6:30 a.m. View Comments

XRAY announces the return of European Champ Reno Savoya for 2013

XRAY is happy to announce that multiple European Champion Reno Savoya has extended the contract with XRAY team for 2013. Reno has been very valuable member of R&D team and works closely with Juraj Hudy on the further development of the XB9.

Mike Garrison Jan. 28, 2013, 6:23 a.m. View Comments

Cavalieri takes Orion to the top step of the podium at the Reedy Race of Champions

This past weekend, US superstar Ryan Cavalieri, has won the prestigious Reedy Off-Road Race of Champions ahead of last year's winner Dustin Evans, both using the latest generation Team Orion Vortex VST2 Pro motors! Jared Tebo completed the great resu

Mike Garrison Jan. 28, 2013, 6:46 a.m. View Comments

Team Durango interviews their newest racer and star player Ellis Stafford

To the more seasoned of our loyal followers, Ellis Stafford will need no lengthy introduction. For those of you new to the world’s fastest growing sport, who may not be aware of the truly formidable racing C.V of Team Durango’s newest pro team driver

Mike Garrison Jan. 28, 2013, 6:09 a.m. View Comments

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