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…
JConcepts: 2012 Cabin Fever Indoor Supercross
February 17, 2012 Categories: JConcepts, RC Insider, RC News Comment
JConcepts: 2012 Cabin Fever Indoor Supercross The 2012 Cabin Fever race held in Lewiston, ID was host to around 250 entries of nitro and electric racers. This race is very popular among the nitro racers in the pacific northwest, but electric is on the rise. The track is more suitable for the 1/8 machines as the track size is around 115 x 150. The track surface was quite slippery as the temperatures were quite low, but JConcepts Team Driver Mike Hudson had an impressive qualifying effort by TQ’ing all 3 rounds of 2wd modified and 2 rounds each in mod truck and 4×4 sc. Mike went on to win the first 2 mains in…
Potter TQ and win the 2012 Cabin Fever Supercross!
February 16, 2012 Categories: RC Insider, RC News Comment
Panther Tires and Jeremy Potter TQ and win the 2012 Cabin Fever Supercross! “This past weekend marked the first big 1/8 race of 2012 here in the Northwest, the Cabin Fever Indoor Supercross in Lewiston, Idaho. This year was one of the biggest events ever with close to 300 entries, over 30 entries alone in the electric buggy class in which I competed in. The track proved to be one of the trickiest as it had a little bit of everything, high bite, loose rutted sections and tricky rhythm sections, not to mention cold temps. I was able to lock up TQ after the first …
Potter TQ’s and wins the 2012 Cabin Fever Supercross!
February 16, 2012 Categories: RC Insider, RC News Comment
Panther Tires and Jeremy Potter TQ and win the 2012 Cabin Fever Supercross! “This past weekend marked the first big 1/8 race of 2012 here in the Northwest, the Cabin Fever Indoor Supercross in Lewiston, Idaho. This year was one of the biggest events ever with close to 300 entries, over 30 entries alone in the electric buggy class in which I competed in. The track proved to be one of the trickiest as it had a little bit of everything, high bite, loose rutted sections and tricky rhythm sections, not to mention cold temps. I was able to lock up TQ after the first two rounds. I ran …