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Josh Cyrul joins Viper R/C for the 2012-13 season!

Viper R/C Solutions would like to announce the addition of Josh Cyrul to the Viper organization. Josh will not just be bringing his incredible driving accomplishments of 33 ROAR National Titles and 14 World Championships to the Team Viper, but will a

Mike Garrison Sept. 20, 2012, 8:56 a.m. View Comments

BLITZ Racing Bodies takes top 3 ROCS Series Race Final

BLITZ Racing Bodies walk away with the top three spots from the Raceworks Singapore Onroad Championship finale! Read the full race report!

Mike Garrison Sept. 20, 2012, 7:17 a.m. View Comments

The Team Durango DESC210 gets fresh "bling" from Exotek Racing

Exotek Racing has just launched three new option parts for the Team Durango DESC210 short course truck! The new parts are designed to be performance enhancing, added durability, and of course BLING! Check them out!

Mike Garrison Sept. 19, 2012, 6:12 a.m. View Comments

Mugen Seiki sweeps the podium at 2012 Brazilian Offroad Championship

The 2012 Brazilian Off-Road Nationals was held on September 5-9 in Gaspar City, Brazil. Henrique Winik, driving with Mugen MBX-6R, TQ'ed and was unstoppable in the 60 minute final! Winik would go on to win the race 2 laps ahead of second place drive

Mike Garrison Sept. 19, 2012, 5:55 a.m. View Comments

X Factory's Wouter Wynen wins the 6th leg of the Belgian 1/10 Championship

Wouter Wynen, driving the X Factory X6, wins again in Merchtern. His team mate, Bruno Heremans, now leads the championship. Read the full race report!

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

Torsten Muller wins the 2012 German 1/8 Onroad Class 2 Championship

Torsten Müller had a great day cruising to the victory in his semi-final as well as in the main final. Starting from 2nd position in the main final he took over the lead after few minutes and never looked back. With the incredible gap of 9 laps he cr

Mike Garrison Sept. 19, 2012, 6:08 a.m. View Comments

Brandon Marsh and Team Associated strike double win at the Race for Cancer 2012

Mccullough's Offroad in Sarver, PA hosted the 11th annual East Coast Race Against Cancer. This year's event had just over 200 entries, which provided some great racing in all classes.Team Associated driver Brandon Marsh competed in the 2WD Buggy and

Mike Garrison Sept. 19, 2012, 6:01 a.m. View Comments

Gunnar Rieck wins ROAR Region 2 Championship with a perfect season!

The 2012 Roar Region 2 Mid Atlantic Series consisted of five races spread over 6 months, kicking off just before Easter at Awesome RC in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and the series finale taking place this past weekend at LCRC Raceway in Oakland Mills,

Mike Garrison Sept. 19, 2012, 5:15 a.m. View Comments

The ROAR National Championship winning "Ion" buggy tire is released!

The ION proved electrifying from the start, taking the ROAR National Championship in Electric 1:8 Buggy at the hands of Ty Tessmann! The ION was designed from the ground-up to be the ultimate indoor clay tire requiring zero break-in period and ground

Mike Garrison Sept. 19, 2012, 5:41 a.m. View Comments

Pro-Line officially releases the Slash Pro-2 Performance Chassis kit

The 2WD Slash® is one of the most important and successful vehicles in the History of RC because it brought affordable scale realism to the masses. Since its release, racers have been modifying and hopping up every aspect of the vehicle to improve it

Mike Garrison Sept. 19, 2012, 5:32 a.m. View Comments

Pro-Line releases all-new Chevy Silverado HD Slash body

It is time to man up and go HD with Pro-Line’s new Chevy® Silverado™ HD scale truck body! Pro-Line now gives you the option to convert your Slash® Short Course Truck into a True-Scale Lifted Truck. Check it out!

Mike Garrison Sept. 19, 2012, 5:47 a.m. View Comments

TLR's Anthony Mazzara wins for the cause at 2012 Race Against Cancer

This year's event raised over $15,000 for the American Cancer Society! Read the full race report to find out how TLR and Anthony Mazzara were a part of helping to reach that goal!

Mike Garrison Sept. 19, 2012, 5:03 a.m. View Comments

Moment with Mike: A night on the town for an R/C racer

Mike steps out of his R/C bubble and takes a night out on the town living it up like never before!

Mike Garrison Sept. 19, 2012, 6:20 a.m. View Comments

Revolution Designs Racing Products releases new Durango hop-up parts

RDRP has released a list of new items this week for the popular Team Durango DEX210, DEST210, and DESC210 vehicles. The new hop-up parts include aluminum shock towers to replace the stock plastic and/or carbon fiber for added durability, aluminum ste

Mike Garrison Sept. 18, 2012, 5:19 a.m. View Comments

JQ Products and Matias Arangua are the 2012 Chilean National Champions

The second round of the Chilean National Chmpionships took place at CACH RC track. Matías Arangua with THECar, dominates the Pro Series from start to finish, taking the win. The win also secured Miguels Chilean Championship, due to his 2nd place in t

Mike Garrison Sept. 18, 2012, 5:36 a.m. View Comments

Team Orion releases new waterproof ESC's

What is more fun than running your car in the dirt? Running your car in dirt and water! Thanks to the new Team Orion waterproof electronics speed controllers you can can run your car in any conditions and not have to worry about damage from water, sn

Mike Garrison Sept. 18, 2012, 4:58 a.m. View Comments

Daniel Ornelas and FTW win at Round 4 of the 1/8 Offroad Mexican Nationals

After again devastating the competition, this time at Pachuca, Daniel Ornelas Elizondo reports back from Round 4 of the Mexican Nationals! Read the full race report!

Mike Garrison Sept. 18, 2012, 5:10 a.m. View Comments

Mugen Seiki releases new MTX5 "High Traction" chassis

Mugen Seiki has shared just a glimpse of the all-new MTX5 High Traction chassis they will be releasing soon. Little details have been shared, but as you can see the chassis features some considerable differences from the stock chassis. It is said to

Mike Garrison Sept. 18, 2012, 5:49 a.m. View Comments

The 2012 Reedy Truck Race of Champions is coming soon!

One of the most legendary and unique truck only races in the country is back once again for 2012! The Reedy Truck Race of Champions will be hosted October 6-7, 2012 at the infamous Hot Rod Hobbies in Saugus, California. Join some of the nation's

Mike Garrison Sept. 18, 2012, 9:19 a.m. View Comments

Olly Jeffries and CML Racing take the 2012 BRCA Touring crown

In an event which saw Associated dominate Olly Jefferies wins the Mendip National and take national title! Read the full race report!

Mike Garrison Sept. 18, 2012, 6:14 a.m. View Comments

Xceed R/C releases new offroad setup tools

For those of you, like myself, who love green...Xceed will make your day with this announcement! They have just announced their all-new setup tools for offroad racing, all of which are anodized in their signature green colors!

Mike Garrison Sept. 18, 2012, 6:31 a.m. View Comments

Frank Root talks "Option Parts" for the TLR 22SCT

TLR stormed the short course market with their recent release of the TLR 22SCT. The truck has proven to be a race winner right out of the box, however, with a long list of "upgrade" and option parts available racers want to know what they really NEED

Mike Garrison Sept. 18, 2012, 5:40 a.m. View Comments

Video: GoPro Hero 2 at the Spanish 1/8 Offroad Nationals

Our friends from inforc.net have sent us a pretty cool video put together from the 2012 Spanish 1/8 Offroad Nationals. We have been told this is only a "teaser" video of what they are working on, entirely shot with the GoPro Hero 2 camera. Check i

Mike Garrison Sept. 18, 2012, 5:05 a.m. View Comments

Jason Dyckhoff drinks victory from the Mackay Cup 2012

Jason Dyckhoff takes his RC8.2 to victory at the 2012 Mackay Cup in Queensland, Australia!

Mike Garrison Sept. 18, 2012, 6:04 a.m. View Comments

Patrick Hofer and Pro-Line win the 2012 Swiss 1/10 Offroad National Championship

Patrick Hofer drove his Pro-Line equipped AE B4.1 and B44.1 to victory in both classes for the 2012 Swiss National titles!

Mike Garrison Sept. 18, 2012, 5:58 a.m. View Comments

HPI Racing is announced as the exclusive distributor for HoBao in North America

HPI RACING is proud to announce that it will be the Exclusive Distributor for HoBao RC Vehicles in North America and Japan. HoBao is a manufacturer of high quality Nitro and Electric RC vehicles with a long standing Global presence in the RC Industry

Mike Garrison Sept. 17, 2012, 5:18 a.m. View Comments

Hot Bodies releases new TCXX "Expert Build Tips"

When building almost any car kit there are always little tips and tricks that the pros use to build the ultimate race winning machines. Sometimes major modifications and construction, other times simple sanding down of a-arms. Hot Bodies has just rel

Mike Garrison Sept. 17, 2012, 5:06 a.m. View Comments

Bradley Baird and THECar are the 2012 Irish National 1/8 Offroad Champions

Bradley Baird took his THEEngine powered THECar to win the overall 2012 Irish National Championship. After three consistant podium finishes Bradley wrapped up the title with a fourth in the final round which was enough to clinch the title. Read the f

Mike Garrison Sept. 17, 2012, 5:36 a.m. View Comments

Serpent announces new Cobra-T truggy kit and upgrades

Serpent introduces all-new upgrade parts for the Cobra 1/8 Truggy. The new include new steering blocks with larger bearings (same as Cobra buggy), new uprights with larger bearings, front coupler and center shaft to also use larger bearings. The new

Mike Garrison Sept. 17, 2012, 5:42 a.m. View Comments

Young and rising star Jack Embling signs with CML Racing

The CML talent scouts have found a promising young driver yet again!

Mike Garrison Sept. 17, 2012, 5:49 a.m. View Comments

AMainHobbies and Silver Dollar R/C Raceway announce 2012 1/8 World's Warmup Race

A number of premier nitro off-road drivers will make their way to Chico, California next month (October 18th- 21st) as A Main Hobbies hosts the U.S. Nitro Worlds Warm-Up at the recently completed Silver Dollar R/C Raceway. The action promises to be f

Mike Garrison Sept. 17, 2012, 6:02 a.m. View Comments

DDM releases the Losi 5IVE-T "Dominator" tuned exhaust system

New from DDM! This new Dominator pipe was developed through months of extensive in-house testing and prototyping, and custom-designed for maximum performance.

Mike Garrison Sept. 17, 2012, 5:56 a.m. View Comments

Exotek releases new aluminum SC10 4x4 rear hub set

Exotek Racing has announced their all-new SC10 4x4 aluminum rear hubs set. The new hubs are pro style alloy rear hubs with vertical ball link mounting. Vertical ball stud mounting allows for quick and precise roll center changes. You can simply use 3

Mike Garrison Sept. 17, 2012, 6:06 a.m. View Comments

PROTOform releases Lexus LFA touring body

It’s a supercar that was 10 years in the making. One of the most head-turning, heart-stopping street cars ever designed. A limited edition, V10, 200mph work of art… and it’s now available for your 1/10th scale touring car.

Mike Garrison Sept. 17, 2012, 7:17 a.m. View Comments

New +8mm chassis extension for the Tamiya TRF201 buggy

Increase your wheelbase to +8mm with this Exotek Racing cnc alloy extension set. Alloy upper bulkhead with sturdy camber rod mounting and 7075 alloy T-plate for extra durability. Bring your TRF201 to current performance standards in an easy and econo

Mike Garrison Sept. 17, 2012, 6:11 a.m. View Comments

Video: TRFT goes "BIG" with 1/5 scale racing in Finland

TRFT Studios has just launched their all-new video! This time the TRFT crew headed to Raisio, Finland for some 1/5 scale offroad racing. Getting up close and personal with these GIANTS is a risk that TRFT is willing to take as they bring you all the

Mike Garrison Sept. 17, 2012, 6:16 a.m. View Comments

Dakotah Phend wins at Michigan State Championship Rd.7

Due to lots of rain in August, round #7 of the Michigan State Championship Series was rescheduled to Saturday September 15th. On Saturday September 15th, the series traveled to Northern Indiana for round 7 hosted by Stateline Raceway in Fremont, IN.

Mike Garrison Sept. 17, 2012, 6:28 a.m. View Comments

Kevin Miller wins Pro Truck at the NTP Shootout Rd.4

Kevin Miller takes a dominating win over all comers in the Pro Truck class, setting new FTD and Holeshot records and William Brown puts in a big effort to hold out Michael Evans for the Sport Truck podium. Read the full race report!

Mike Garrison Sept. 17, 2012, 6:24 a.m. View Comments

Serpent releases new Cobra GT shock spring sets

Serpent has just released their all-new shock spring set for the Cobra GT 1/8 onroad platform. The new springs are made up from high quality hardened steel, individually selected, paired and matched. Precision cut and ground flat ends and clearly vis

Mike Garrison Sept. 14, 2012, 5:37 a.m. View Comments

The all-new stadium truck "Pressure Points" tire (with video)

JConcepts, a leader in 1/10th truck performance, with accredited victories around the world, including ROAR National Championships, has added another piece to its successful racing arsenal. The Pressure Points are the latest low-height tread option

Mike Garrison Sept. 14, 2012, 5:03 a.m. View Comments

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