The Kings are ready for the 2012 Nitro Challenge!
February 22, 2012 Categories: RC Insider, RC News, Team Associated Comment
Here are some pics of Cody King’s Nitro Buggy and Truggy. They are all ready for the 2012 “The Dirt” Nitro Challenge! Cody is the current IFMAR World Champion in 1:8 Nitro Off-Road Buggy. His father and mechanic Paul King posted these pics on his facebook page earlier today. Both the truggy and buggy with bodies off… Buggy with body off… Buggy with body on… Both tuggy and buggy with bodies on… Source: (Paul King Facebook)
Team Associated/Reedy/LRP victorious at Motorama!
February 21, 2012 Categories: JConcepts, RC Insider, RC News, Team Associated Comment
Four Victories at Motorama for Team Associated/Reedy/LRP Thousands of spectators flocked to the 2012 Motorama event watching and participating in everything from motocross to karting to sprints and RC. Team Associated was there supporting our customers, promoting remote-control car racing, and competing in each class offered. The event featured two different racing tracks. One was designed for competition among traditional 1:10 offroad vehicles including 2WD buggies, 4WD buggies, and stadium trucks on a clay surface. The other, larger track featured racing for 1:8 electric buggies and truggies along with 2WD and 4WD Short Course. With spectators filing through the event throughout the …
Pro-Line: Flo-Tek Ford F-150 Raptor SVT Clear Body
February 21, 2012 Categories: Pro-Line Racing, RC Insider, RC News Comment
Pro-Line: Flo-Tek Ford F-150 Raptor SVT Clear Body Description: This is a Pro-Line Flo-Tek Ford® F-150 Raptor SVT Clear Body for Short Course Trucks. Are you a die-hard Ford® fan who needs the benefit of Flo-Tek technology to make that huge triple without blowing over? Now you can have the newest in race body styling technology and show off your love for Ford® with Pro-Line’s new Flo-Tek Ford® F-150 Raptor SVT body for short course trucks. This body features ultra-low, sleek body lines and distinctive Ford® details blended with Flo-Tek technology that will make …
TLR Points Series @ OCRC Raceway (updated)
February 21, 2012 Categories: JConcepts, RC Insider, RC News Comment
TLR and JConcepts driver’s Frank Root and Ryan Dunford, along with Tamiya Driver Jake Thayer, were on hand at the 3rd round of the TLR Series Sunday at Orange Country R/C Raceway (OCRC). The track had fantastic traction and a very fast layout. The entry count was very strong at over 110 and a great day of racing was had by all. 2wd Modified Buggy – There were 2 heats of modified buggy and the qualifying action was intense. Jake Thayer had a great run in the first round nearly taking the early TQ, but Frank Root would charge back hard in the round 2 to…
JConcepts cleans up at 2012 Motorama!
February 21, 2012 Categories: JConcepts, RC Insider, RC News, Team Losi Comment
Chad Due, Matt Chambers, Max Flurer and Dave Duncan win with JConcepts at 2012 Motorama Extravaganza. For the 3rd year in a row the JConcepts Racing Team made their way to the popular Motorama event in Harrisburg, PA. Paul Wynn had the JConcepts pits in order while the drivers prepped and readied for racing. The Motorama events crew elected to have 2 separate tracks with completely different surfaces, conditions and track layouts for 2012. An all electric event brought an amazing turnout of roughly 600 entries filling the respective track areas. The main man himself Scotty Ernst handled the 1/8th and SCT track while Charlie …
Team Losi Racing Winter Series Rd. #1
February 20, 2012 Categories: RC Insider, RC News, Team Losi Comment
Round #1 of the TLR Winter Series was this past weekend at Revelation Raceway. The event had 10 heats. TLR, Nova Rossi, Pro-Line driver Adam Drake tq’ed both rounds of qualifying in the 1/8th Pro Buggy class. JQ was the only other driver to turn 8 laps in qualifying, but was 7 seconds behind Drake. In the 30 minute buggy final Adam Drake checked out on the field and won by more than one lap over JQ and Drew Moller. Drew Moller won the 20 minute truck final. Drew and Adam had a good battle until Drake ran out of fuel. Moller cruised to the …
Paul Lemieux wins the Florida Winter Nationals!
February 20, 2012 Categories: RC Insider, RC News, Team Losi Comment
Contact RC driver Paul Lemieux took a fantastic victory over the weekend at the 2012 famous Florida Winter Nationals. The fantastic Fort Myers track was host to an excellent weekends racing with Paul taking victory in the 1/10th Touring class with another Contact driver DJ Apolaro taking second after the 45min final. Paul used Contact 35sh front and 40sh rear tires. Source: www.racing-cars.com
Pro-Line: ProTrac™ 4×4 Suspension Kit for Slash® 4×4
February 20, 2012 Categories: RC Insider, RC News Comment
ProTrac™ 4×4 Suspension Kit for Slash® 4×4 Description: This is the ProTrac™ Suspension Kit for the Slash® 4×4. Pro-Line’s new ProTrac™ Suspension kit for the Slash® 4×4 is an easy to install kit that greatly increases forward acceleration, corner speed, consistency and drivability. Pro-Line revolutionized the 2WD Slash® with the original ProTrac™ Suspension kit and now the same advantages are available for your Slash® 4×4! The kit includes longer Front and Rear suspension arms for improved handling, ProTrac™ wheels that bring the truck back to Stock ROAR Legal width and new longer turnbuckles. The ProTrac™ arms not only look tricker than…
Enrique Fucinos signs and wins with Schumacher!
February 20, 2012 Categories: RC Insider, RC News Comment
Enrique Fucinos signs and wins with Schumacher! Spanish National Champion on board… We are pleased to announce the signing of Spanish 2wd & 4wd National Champion, Enrique Fucinos. Enrique has signed to run the Cougar SV2 and Cat SX3 for the 2012 season and had this to say.. “I would like to thank Schumacher for choosing me to be a part of the team, I will give 100% at every race I attend and hope to contribute to a successful 2012 for Schumacher. I’m delighted to race cars of such high quality and potential, and even more because this is the team that…
Randy Pike speaks about Tekin Electronics!
February 19, 2012 Categories: RC Insider, RC News Comment
Tekin Electronics Team Manager Randy Pike spoke with RCInsider.com about their products that they are using at the 2012 Reedy International Off-Road Race of Champions… Here are some more video’s of Ty Tessmann at the 2012 Reedy International Off-Road Race of Champions… Ty Practicing… Ty Interview… Source: www.rcinsider.com
PROTOform “PFR18″ – 1/8th IC Nitro On-Road Body
February 19, 2012 Categories: JConcepts, RC Insider, RC News Comment
PROTOform “PFR18″ – 1/8th IC Nitro On-Road Body 2011 was a spectacular year for PROTOform in the 1/8th IC Nitro On-Road class. Not only did 8 of the A-Main finalists at the IFMAR WORLDS in Homestead FL choose the P909 body, but the other 2 A-Main drivers chose to use the newer Protoform R15, which ran the quickest lap times of the entire event. In the end, Robert Pietsch brought home the very deserving win and trophy. We decided to incorporate the best characteristics of these two bodies into one, to create the Protoform PFR18. Loosely modeled after the car that conquered the 24HR of …
JConcepts dominates EBOR 24 hour Endurance Race!
February 19, 2012 Categories: JConcepts, RC Insider, RC News, Team Associated Comment
JConcepts dominates EBOR 24 hour Endurance Race! The 2012 York ‘EBOR 24′ – 24 hour endurance race took place this weekend at the York Off Road Car Club’s indoor venue in the UK. The name ‘EBOR’ comes from the ye-olde roman name for York – Eboracum. Seven teams took part with drivers coming from all over the UK. 6-12 drivers were in each team and they had to use one car for the full 24 hours and control tires. After a few early problems with electrics the eventual winners by 310 laps for the second year running were team CML/AE – running the Team Associated B44.1 …
EKLUND GOES 1-2-3 AT JC WINTER INDOOR NATS
February 19, 2012 Categories: JConcepts, RC Insider, RC News Comment
Alex Eklund goes 1-2-3 at 2012 JC Winter Indoor Nats A very long but fun weekend of racing at Smac Trac in St Louis for the Jconcepts Winter Indoor Nationals. Once all entries were entered into the computer there was about 370+ entries. Alex competed in the Stock SCT, Stock Buggy and Stock Truck. Alex noticed in the pit area that there were a lot of racers running Ghosted tires. For his SCT, Buggy and Truck he went with regular Pro-Line M4 Suburbs with P-L Closed Cell Foam. The Suburbs seem to have very consistent forward and side bite on…
PROTOform “SRS-N” 200mm Gas Sedan Body
February 18, 2012 Categories: RC Insider, RC News Comment
PROTOform “SRS-N” 200mm Gas Sedan Body For all you racers that are preparing for the 2011 IFMAR IC Sedan WORLDS in Thailand, here’s a new body you might want to check out – the PROTOform “SRS-N” 200mm sedan. Pre-season testing was done by a select few PROTOform team drivers during which the “SRS-N” has shown to be a genuine performer. Robert Pietsch used the “SRS-N” to TQ at the PRE-WORLDS race in Bangkok in January, and JJ Wang also used this new body to win the China Fortune (Fa Cai) Nitro Championships in Shanghai. At the 2012 Winternationals…
GRRS Rnd #1 Electric Podium Pics!
February 18, 2012 Categories: RC Insider, RC News Comment
Last weekend Grass Roots Racing Series Rnd #1 took place at Palm Desert RC Raceway in Palm Desert, CA… The good folks over at the Grass Roots Racing Series sent us these podium pics… Special thanks to Steve Burgess of Palm Desert R/C Raceway and www.rugspingraphix.com for staying in touch with us while we were in Las Vegas, NV last weekend for Rnd #1 of the Kyosho Classic Series at the Vegas R/C Raceway… Here are the Electric Series Podium Pics from Rnd #1 12-Under 2wd SC: 1) MatthewCvengros 2) Peyton Cvengros…
Club Racing at Modesto R/C Raceway today!
February 18, 2012 Categories: JConcepts, RC Insider, RC News Comment
Just another reminder Modesto RC Raceway is having a club race today… Saturday February 18th. Gates open at 8AM racing 10AM-ish. If your not busy we would enjoy having you race with us, So come on out… Modesto RC Raceway is located inside the Funworks 4307 Coffee Road Modesto, CA 95357 (209) 549-7888 Source: www.modestorc.com
JConcepts: 2012 Montpellier GP
February 18, 2012 Categories: JConcepts, RC Insider, RC News, Team Associated Comment
JConcepts: 2012 Montpellier GP The 2012 GP Montpellier was by all accounts, a cool race. Unseasonably cool temperatures blanketed the region, bringing the temp, and the wind chill to extremely chilly conditions. None of which was in the control of the host track. What was in their control, they did well. A large car park, all covered in gravel. A large pit area with three sections under roof, with permanent tables throughout, also with a gravel base. A friendly track dog, a mix of lab-pointer, was everyone’s friend. When he barked, I had no idea what he said, hey!, it was …
DE Racing and Panther Tires unite!
February 17, 2012 Categories: RC Insider, RC News, Team Associated Comment
DE Racing and Panther tires unite! Panther Tires and DE Racing would like to introduce a combined effort for 2012 and beyond. Both companies have been making huge strides in the racing and development of racing products. DE Racing wheels and products will be the official wheel choice of Panther Tire racing team. DE Racing wheels are known for their light weight, durability, true spinning and great looks. The Panther Tires racing team has already shown success winning races all over the country using the Panther Tire/ DE Racing combination. It’s time to shake things up in the R/c Racing…
Tekno RC Snowman Series Rnd #3 Race Report
February 17, 2012 Categories: RC Insider, RC News Comment
Tekno RC drivers Lucas Sanford and Matthew Wolter win Snowman Series Rnd #3 Tekno RC driver Lucas Sanford took the TQ and win this weekend in the 1/8th Electric Buggy class at Round #3 of the Snowman Series hosted by ARC Raceway in Temecula, CA. Weather was warmer this time so the car didn’t need any major setup changes. Lucas went on to lead the race wire to wire, finishing well ahead of 2nd (Tekno RC owner Daniel Lewis) and 3rd place (TLR’s Cody Smith). Tekno RC drivers Ryan Hughes and Matthew Wolter took 4th and 5th. All Tekno RC Drivers …
Hobbico Acquires Revell Germany
February 17, 2012 Categories: JConcepts, RC Insider, RC News Comment
Hobbico, Inc. of Champaign, IL announced yesterday that it has acquired Revell Germany. Revell Germany will continue to operate from its headquarters in Bünde, located near Hannover, Germany and will be led by Hans Remfert, President of Revell Germany. Established in 1956, Revell is the European market leader in the plastic model building segment. For the last four years, Revell has also been a key player in toy radio control vehicles in the European toy market. Several new product lines were just announced at this year’s Nuremberg Toy Fair. Hobbico is the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of model hobby products, including radio controlled models…