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Video: JConcepts tricks out the new Traxxas Rally

JConcepts is proud to release a short video clip of all the popular JConcepts tires, wheels and accessories that directly fit on the Traxxas Rally vehicle. See all the popular JConcepts 2.2 x 3.0 tire combinations mounted to a color assortment of Rul

Mike Garrison Dec. 27, 2012, 6:45 a.m. View Comments

Moment with Mike: Project XXX - Part 3 "The Build"

Some kids wake up on Christmas morning ready to rip open presents, play XBOX, and eat candy from their stockings. Mike, on the other hand, woke up Christmas morning with one thing in mind...Project XXX.

Mike Garrison Dec. 27, 2012, 10:05 a.m. View Comments

JConcepts dominates at the 8th Annual Christmas Classic

Bumps & Jumps RC Speedway held their 8th Annual Christmas Classic this past weekend, attended by JConcepts drivers Max Flurer, Mike Gay, Brian Roeder, and Kyle Hollinger. Gold Bar Codes and Bro Codes were the tire of choice in the top 5 in each class

Mike Garrison Dec. 26, 2012, 7:03 p.m. View Comments

ROAR announces GLARCRC to host the 2013 Onroad Fuel Nationals (with video)

The Greater LA RC Racing Club has been chosen as the host for the ROAR 2013 Fuel On-Road Nationals.

Mike Garrison Dec. 26, 2012, 5:38 a.m. View Comments

Serpent releases new aluminum ballcup tool

Serpent has just released their handy new aluminum ballcup tool for use with the larger Cobra buggy, GT, and other 1:8 ball joints. The tool makes it easier to assemble and disassemble the ballcups and tie-rods easily, quickly, and straight. The new

Mike Garrison Dec. 26, 2012, 4:32 a.m. View Comments

Marcus Lindner joins the Shepherd race team for 2013

Top Swedish 1/8 scale racer Marcus Lindner joins Team Shepherd for the 2013 season. The Nordic Champion of 2011 and Swedish Vice-Championship of 2012 will use the Velox V8 in the upcoming season attending the Euros in Halifax as well as the Worlds in

Mike Garrison Dec. 26, 2012, 4:32 a.m. View Comments

LiveRC congratulates the 2012 ROAR National Champions

Across the nation in 2012 there has been non-stop wheel to wheel racing in all classes, both onroad and offroad. Arguably, the most prestigious races to win in the United States are the ROAR National events. After an entire year of racing we wanted t

Mike Garrison Dec. 26, 2012, 7:19 p.m. View Comments

ROAR announces Gulf Coast Raceway to host the 2013 Fuel Offroad Nats (with video)

ROAR has just announced the 2013 Offroad Fuel Nats, and with this year's location the race is almost a sure guarantee rain or shine!

Mike Garrison Dec. 26, 2012, 5:47 a.m. View Comments

2012 A Year in Review - The LiveRC Racing Season

The 2012 race season is nearly over as the industry prepares for 2013. New teams, new drivers, new races, and another year of new adventure and racing excitement is getting set to kick off. As we are ready for the new year, we look back at some of ou

Mike Garrison Dec. 26, 2012, 5:56 a.m. View Comments

Traxxas releases new Robby Gordon Edition Dakar Slash

Robby Gordon is well known for versatile driving skills that have earned him success in everything from NASCAR to short-course off-road racing. Robby got his start as a desert racer in 1986, and he remains a force in this unique brand of high-speed,

Mike Garrison Dec. 21, 2012, 7:04 a.m. View Comments

HRP announces exclusive distributorship of JQ Products in North America

HRP Distributing, the fastest growing RC distributor in the USA, is excited to announce their exclusive distribution of JQ Products throughout North America; releases starting January 1st 2013.

Mike Garrison Dec. 21, 2012, 10:06 a.m. View Comments

P-Dub Racing announces the new Xpert Racing product line

P-DubRacing are now stocking the Xpert Racing range of products. Xpert Racing are producing a number of items for 1:10 market!

Mike Garrison Dec. 21, 2012, 9:48 a.m. View Comments

Merry Christmas from everyone at LiveRC!

Snow is falling, shopping malls are full, and kids are on their best behavior...this can only mean one thing, CHRISTMAS TIME! From all of us at LiveRC.com we want to wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas!

Mike Garrison Dec. 21, 2012, 9:40 a.m. View Comments

Hobby Pro USA announces "Worlds End" Sale

As we peek through the blinds to make sure that our world hasn't ended, we've felt the need to express our gratitude towards life, liberty and the pursuit of nitro burning in the morning with our Worlds End Sale. Indulge in our free shipping and redu

Mike Garrison Dec. 21, 2012, 9:35 a.m. View Comments

WCRC is set to host the 3rd Annual KO Propo Offroad Championship

The 3rd Annual KO Propo Off Road Championship is back and West Coast Raceway is proud to once again have the honor of hosting this fun and prestigious event. With over 200+ entries last year and names like Cavalieri, Tebo, Kinwald, Hartson, Numedahl,

Mike Garrison Dec. 21, 2012, 8:21 a.m. View Comments

Ronald Volker dominates Asia Onroad Open 2012 with LRP

The competitors have a rough ride not only in Europe. Ronald also is hard to defeat in Asia. He wins the prestigious onroad race with LRP power against well-known rivals!

Mike Garrison Dec. 21, 2012, 7:18 a.m. View Comments

HoBao releases new H2 Pro 1:10 2wd offroad buggy

HoBao's new entry into the 2wd electric off-road market is now available in the exciting form of the H2 Pro Spec kit. The Pro kit is just that, a kit, and once built it has all that's needed to compete at the sharp end, either at club level or higher

Mike Garrison Dec. 21, 2012, 6:58 a.m. View Comments

JQ Products to release new 1:8 and 1:10 vehicles for 2013

JQ Products have released this little teaser and announcement of upcoming products for 2013. It is quite clear from the picture that a new 1:8 buggy of some sort (possibly electric) is in the works as well as what appears to be a 1:10 4wd buggy.

Mike Garrison Dec. 21, 2012, 6:26 a.m. View Comments

Viper R/C and Josh Cyrul announce CEFX merger for 2013

Viper R/C Solutions and Multi-time National Champion Josh Cyrul are proud to announce that CEFX is merging with Viper R/C Solutions, Inc.

Mike Garrison Dec. 21, 2012, 6 a.m. View Comments

Mugen Seiki releases Robert Batlle's Worlds winning MBX7 setup

In any form of R/C racing it takes a great driver to do great things. In other words, a great car doesn't make a great driver, but a great car does help. Mugen Seiki has just released the IFMAR World Championships winning MBX7 setup of Robert Batlle.

Mike Garrison Dec. 21, 2012, 6:37 a.m. View Comments

Borkowicz and Venezia win at the ROAR Region 4 Offroad Championships

The 2012 ROAR Region 4 Off-road Championships were hosted by Shiverville R/C Raceway in High Springs, FL. An amazing layout and smooth surface was met with enthusiasm from the top racers in the region. Three rounds of qualifying, triple A mains, and

Mike Garrison Dec. 21, 2012, 6:52 a.m. View Comments

Serpent releases first details and teaser photos of the 977 VIPER

Serpent announced earlier this week the all-new 977 VIPER, but left us with little details and no photos. Today, they have released a few teaser shots as well as a few details which confirm this is in fact a new car from the ground up (not just an up

Mike Garrison Dec. 20, 2012, 5:07 a.m. View Comments

Moment with Mike: R/C Snowmobiles

Mike thinks he may have found the ultimate answer to all of the winter time blues...R/C snowmobiling!

Mike Garrison Dec. 20, 2012, 8:29 a.m. View Comments

Ben Moisio cleans house at the Uniontown Offroad Trophy Race

X Factory’s Ben Moisio TQed stadium truck and won both truck and buggy with his X – 60 and X – 6 Squared at the trophy race held last weekend at R/C Raceway of Uniontown, Ohio. Still in high school and one of the young chargers on the X – Team, we lo

Mike Garrison Dec. 20, 2012, 4:27 a.m. View Comments

NOSRAM re-releases a new and improved Falcon 8 brushless system

The NOSRAM r&d engineers strengthened the BEC and updated the software. Now, the Falcon 8 is ready for its re-release. Combined with the NOSRAM Fatboy 8 brushless motor, it is ready to conquer the world’s offroad tracks!

Mike Garrison Dec. 20, 2012, 5:02 a.m. View Comments

Brad Miller of BMiller Racing hosts Big Brothers Big Sisters Christmas Shopping Spree

Brad Miller, founder of BMiller Racing (http://bmillerracing.com), recently hosted a Christmas shopping spree for 21 kids enrolled in the Sacramento-area chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters. Team drivers Terry Wickum and Lou Figueria were on hand to

Mike Garrison Dec. 20, 2012, 4:32 a.m. View Comments

Titan releases the new BLITZ TSX 190mm touring car body

After long term testing and development, the new 1/10 190mm Sedan body BLITZ TSX is ready for production!

Mike Garrison Dec. 20, 2012, 4:57 a.m. View Comments

ProTek R/C releases new Prodigy "TakeCharge" USB charge adapter

ProTek R/C has released today a very unique and useful product! The all-new Prodigy TakeCharge USB charge adapter allows you to use your 2S or 4S R/C batteries to charge and/or power up nearly any USB device!

Mike Garrison Dec. 19, 2012, 4:25 a.m. View Comments

Exotek Racing releases new alloy RB6 rear camber plate

Exotek Racing has just released their new alloy rear camber plate for the rear motor Kyosho RB6. The new plate is a heavy duty design which is precision machined, lightened, and finished with a high polish finish. While adding serious bling (availab

Mike Garrison Dec. 19, 2012, 5:28 a.m. View Comments

Double win for Drake at the IERC Toys 4 Tots race

Last Saturday IERC Raceway hosted their Inaugural Toys for Tots race. The event had 165 entries. The weather in Southern CA. was cold and rainy so Team Losi Racing / Pro-Line driver Adam Drake grabbed his electric vehicles and headed indoors. Drake c

Mike Garrison Dec. 19, 2012, 4:33 a.m. View Comments

New graphite upper bumper brace for the XRAY T4

XRAY is proud to announce a new optional upper bumper brace for T4 reinforces the front bumper assembly and eliminates the chassis breaking in serious crashes. CNC-machined from 3.5mm thick premium-grade graphite material for lightweight and durabili

Mike Garrison Dec. 19, 2012, 5:11 a.m. View Comments

Racers Edge releases the new "SWITCHBACK" 1:10 2wd buggy

Racers Edge has announced today their all-new RTR 1:10 2wd buggy, known as the SWITCHBACK. The new buggy is in fact a RTR platform, however, features some very race-like features. This buggy adds to the growing lineup of Racers Edge vehicles, and is

Mike Garrison Dec. 19, 2012, 9:43 a.m. View Comments

Eddy Cordoba takes two at the Warehouse Raceway Toys 4 Tots Charity Race

Tekin driver Eddy Cordoba raced 2WD Open Buggy and Expert 1/ E-Buggy. Both classes had 20+ entries. During the two round qualifying Eddy struggled a bit qualifying 2nd in 2WD Open Buggy and 3rd in Expert E-Buggy. When it came down to the mains time t

Mike Garrison Dec. 19, 2012, 5:16 a.m. View Comments

Cade Whitenton takes Pro-Line to victory at the ROAR Region 9 Offroad Championships

In the 30 minute Truggy A-Main, Whitenton was starting out front and he planned to get off to a good start and check out from the field, and did just that. Cade ended up winning by about half a lap in front of Mark Morrow and Robbie Darby.

Mike Garrison Dec. 19, 2012, 4:43 a.m. View Comments

XRAY wins at the Hungarian Onroad National Championship Round 4

Janos Birinyi's T4 performed flawlessly as he was able to win all three finals and TQ for a near perfect day!

Mike Garrison Dec. 19, 2012, 5:02 a.m. View Comments

Daniel Law and TLR dominate the 2012 TOR-RC Buggy Challenge

Over 40 racers from Malaysia and Brunei participated in this event. Team Losi Racing driver Daniel Law and his 8IGHT 2.0 EU TQed and Won the race.

Mike Garrison Dec. 19, 2012, 4:53 a.m. View Comments

TLR/Tekin's Ryan Dunford wins the 2012 OCRC Holiday Brawl Series

The standings were close but in the end, Ryan Dunford was the most consistent winning all four rounds of Pro 2 and 3 rounds of Pro 4 to take the overall series titles!

Mike Garrison Dec. 19, 2012, 5:23 a.m. View Comments

Double win for Team C at the IERC Toys 4 Tots event

In Mod Buggy, Andrew Smolnik Tq'ed and took the win with an extremely consistent performance. EazyRC.com's driver Mike Walker and 1997 Mod Truck National Champion finished in a very respectable 3rd place podium finish.

Mike Garrison Dec. 18, 2012, 7:56 a.m. View Comments

Olly Jeffries leads the Chippenham Winter Indoor Championship after Rd. 6

Going into the winter break Olly leads the boosted championship. With another good result at round seven & eight on the 6th of January could CML possibly see the first championship of the series sewn up.

Mike Garrison Dec. 18, 2012, 5:48 a.m. View Comments

Serpent to release all-new 1:8 nitro onroad kit

Serpent has released some exciting news today, however with very little details. An all-new 1:8 onroad platform is apparently in the works and set to hit hobby shops in February 2013. The new car is named the 977 VIPER.

Mike Garrison Dec. 18, 2012, 4:57 a.m. View Comments

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