Adam Drake at the 2012 Psycho Nitro Blast
March 16, 2012 Categories: RC Insider, RC News, YouTube Comment
Adam Drake at the 2012 Psycho Nitro Blast Drake doubles up at the fifth annual Psycho Nitro Blast in Unadilla, GA last weekend. The Psycho Nitro Blast has become one of the largest events of the year, but still has a very laid back fun atmosphere. This year’s the event had nearly 600 entries, coverage from liverc.com, tons of practice, wooden jumps, and a wall ride. Jimmy Babcock and Nick Black were the race directors and they kept the program running smooth. Adam Drake had a busy weekend running three classes and prepping his “Rocket Car” for its annual jump. In qualifying Adam …
DE Racing sponsors BMiller Racing for 2012 Season!
March 16, 2012 Categories: RC Insider, RC News Comment
DE RACING TO SPONSOR BMILLER RACING FOR 2012 SEASON BMiller Racing, a radio-controlled car race team formed by professional basketball player Brad Miller, is pleased to announce that DE Racing has come aboard as a team sponsor for the 2012 race season. With a roster of 11 team drivers, BMiller Racing is scheduled to attend a number of RC races in the West and Midwest during the 2012 campaign while also taking part in other community outreach and hobby-growth activities. BMiller Racing is doing some very interesting things in the world of radio-controlled car racing. They have an active race schedule and, most importantly, are focused …
JBRL Electric Series Rnd #1 by Zack Rogers
March 15, 2012 Categories: RC Insider, RC News Comment
JBRL Electric Series Rnd #1 by Zack Rogers It’s that time of year again for Socal racing, the JBRL…most drivers in the region establish their R/C racing career with Jimmy Babcocks series. This year was no different, with over 375 entries for a one day event it just goes to show that electric racing is striving once again. With various pros on hand from top names like Mike Truhe and WC Hayato Matsuzaki, their was no question the competition was high in the pro classes with nothing lacking in the rest of the classes either. Round 1 was a good teaser for how some of …
Aaron Gwin joins Team Associated!
March 15, 2012 Categories: RC Insider, RC News, Team Associated Comment
2011 World Cup Champion Aaron Gwin joins Team Associated! Please join us in welcoming Aaron Gwin to Team Associated! As the 2011 World Cup Champion, Aaron is at the top of his game as a downhill mountain-bike racer. Aaron is also a hardcore RC enthusiast and when he’s not training or racing down a gnarly hill, you can bet he’s driving his SC10 4×4 for a little well-deserved R&R. Check out Aaron’s athlete page to see what it takes to be one of the fastest guys on a mountain bike! Source: www.rc10.com
Grand Opening SDRC (South) Photo Gallery #1
March 14, 2012 Categories: JConcepts, RC Insider, RC News Comment
Last weekend we made it out to the Grand Opening of SDRC (South) in Chula Vista, CA. We were swamped last weekend with race coverage of several events not to mention a busy work weekend at the tv station, but through it all we were able to get the opening of our new outdoor track in the San Diego area also home to Rnd #6 of the JBRL Nitro Series… Check out photo gallery #1 Source: www.rcinsider.com
JConcepts: Team Durango DEX410 Finnisher Body
March 13, 2012 Categories: JConcepts, RC Insider, RC News Comment
JConcepts New Release Team Durango DEX410 Finnisher body Illuzion – Durango DEX410 – Finnisher body Part # – 0233 UPC Code – 845937006998 Retail price – $25.00 (Fits Durango DEX410 buggy line) Illuzion – 6.5″ Hi-Clearance wing (0228 / 0233 direct replacement – Durango DEX210 / DEX410) Part # – 0124 UPC Code – 845937006783 Retail price – $10.00 (Fits Durango DEX210 / DEX410 buggy) JConcepts hit the ground in Vaasa, Finland with an all new body design specifically for the IFMAR World Championships. Cleverly named, Finnisher, the unique design quickly rose to the top of the field during competition and proved effective on the ground and in the air. Designed…
ARC R/C Raceway Snowman Series Podium Pics
March 12, 2012 Categories: Pro-Line Racing, RC Insider, RC News Comment
On March 4th, 2012 the 4th and final round of the Snowman Series to place at ARC R/C Raceway in Temecula, CA. The series was plagued with a couple of rain outs forcing the event to reschedule a couple of times, but through it all Dan Cole and Gary Guest were able to overcome a few scheduling headaches and were able to keep this cool local series on track here in so-cal… They averaged at least 120 drivers per round… We look forward to the next event they plan on putting together… RCInsider.com will cover it! Here are the Snowman Series Podium…
PNB on LiveRC and reports at RCInsider.com
March 2, 2012 Categories: RC Insider, RC News Comment
The Psycho Nitro Blast is pleased to announce that LiveRC will be in attendance and ready to broadcast the insanity that is the Psycho Nitro Blast to the entire world. If any of you saw the awesome coverage of the 2010 IFMAR 1/8 Off-road World Championship then you will know exactly what we are bringing you. This won’t just be your typical one webcam broadcast; LiveRC is bringing the whole production rig. We are talking 3 cameras… 2 moving cameras following the leaders and the hot battles on track. The other camera walking the pits, capturing the vibe, doing driver and pit interviews …
1:5 Off-Road Practice at the 2012 Dirt Nitro Challenge!
February 26, 2012 Categories: RC Insider, RC News Comment
Here are some practice laps with some 1:5 Off-Road drivers at the 2012 Dirt Nitro Challenge… Check out Stick it 1 Racing’s cool wrap on Ray Presnall’s Losi 5ive-T… Source: www.rcinsider.com
2012 Motown Showdown Flyer!
February 26, 2012 Categories: RC Insider, RC News Comment
Last year the Motown Showdown pulled in 80 entries with a good number of big name drivers showing up. With your help we would like to exceed this number. The event will once again be 3 days long starting with practice on Friday May 18th, qualifying Saturday May 19th and mains Sunday May 20th. The Motown Showdown will once again be a 1/10th electric only event with a 1/10 friendly track design. This year we plan on doing much like we did last year, every sponsor will have their logo added to the back of the event T-shirt along with the flier we we have …
2012 Midwest Nitro Series Flyer!
February 25, 2012 Categories: RC Insider, RC News Comment
Here is the 2012 MWNS Flyer! Source: www.midwestnitro.com
Day 3 at the 2012 Dirt Nitro Challenge!
February 25, 2012 Categories: JConcepts, RC Insider, RC News Comment
Well Day 3 is almost coming to a close we are still in Round 3 of qualifying and we just finished Rnd #2! Ty Tessmann was your TQ in Rnd #1 and Rnd #2 in Pro Buggy… Ty Tessmann – TQ Pro Buggy We caught up with Ty after his 2nd Rnd of qualifying… Check out the interview! Here are some laps from Rnd #2 of Ty Tessmann… While were were watching some awesome 1:8 buggy action we switched things up a bit and headed out to the short course track and 1:5 scale track… 1:5 scale track… Ray Presnall’s SCT wrapped by Stick it 1 racing… Here is …
The Leaders in 1:8 Pro Truck
February 24, 2012 Categories: RC Insider, RC News Comment
Here is some laps with Ryan Maifield, Ty Tessmann, and Adam Drake in Q2 in 1:8 Pro Truck at the 2012 Dirt Nitro Challenge…! Here are a few laps from Ryan Cavalieri’s Q2 in his RC8.2T Finally we have some video of TLR’s Drew Moller who has been running pretty hot on the so-cal series circuit lately… Last year he was able to bump into the 1:8 Pro Truck Main at the DNC. So lets see if he can do it again… He is curently in the 1:8 Pro Truck B-Main…! Source: www.rcinsider.com
Day 2 Wrap Up at the 2012 DNC!
February 24, 2012 Categories: JConcepts, RC Insider, RC News, Team Associated, Team Losi Comment
As we end Day 2 of the 2012 Dirt Nitro Challenge at the Fear Farm in Phoenix, Arizona we would like to thank Joey Christensen and the Dirt crew for the wonderful hospitality that we have received since we have been here on Wednesday… Joey and his crew have put together another killer race… This venue is just awesome with a total of 3 tracks… That’s right 1:5 scale SCT and 1:10 scale SCT practice gets underway tomorrow with the 1:8 Pro, Open, Over 40, and Electric Buggy qualifying starting at 8:00am. At the end of today’s qualifying in Over 40 1:8 Truck your TQ was Don Vinkemulder. Don resides in La…
Video: Ryan Lutz Q2 1:8 Pro Truck 2012 DNC!
February 24, 2012 Categories: RC Insider, RC News Comment
Here is some video of Q2 of Ryan Lutz running his Durango DNX408T today at the 2012 Dirt Nitro Challenge. Today was Da 2 of the 2012 Dirt Nitro Challenge with the first round of qualifying for 1:8 Pro, Open and Over 40 Truck… We thought Ryan put up an impressive run which ended up helping him place 5th on the grid for Saturday’s 1:8 Pro Truck Main… Check out the video… Note: We are cutting video of the Leaders right now… Source: www.rcinsider.com
Day 2 Photo Gallery of the 2012 DNC!
February 24, 2012 Categories: RC Insider, RC News Comment
Today was Day 2 of the 2012 Dirt Nitro Challenge at the Fear Farm in Phoenix, AZ. It was the first day of qualifying for 1:8 Pro, Open, and Over 40 Nitro Truck…Here is our 2nd photo gallery of Day 2 from the 2012 DNC…! Photo Gallery Source: www.rcinsider.com
RCInsider.com arrives at the 2012 DNC!
February 23, 2012 Categories: RC Insider, RC News Comment
Day 1 Practice of the 2012 Dirt Nitro Challenge… RCInsider.com arrived earlier today at the 2012 “The Dirt” Nitro Challenge! Our photographer made the trek from Northern California on Tuesday… Today our “Top Shelf” Photojournalist John Flint captured this wonderful photo gallery of Day 1 Practice… Photo Gallery Source: www.rcinsider.com
AE arrives at the 2012 Dirt Nitro Challenge!
February 22, 2012 Categories: RC Insider, RC News, Team Associated Comment
Earlier today the Team Associated rig pulled into the Fear Farm for the 2012 Dirt Nitro Challenge! The 1:8 layout for the Nitro Challenge is in and ready for practice tomorrow! Source: (AE Facebook)
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 …