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Welcome Squid fans, to yet another riveting edition of THE Cub Report! Rc’ers are still talking about ‘The Hack’. So what was ‘The Hack’? Well, it went down at the ROAR electrics nats last weekend in Nebraska. In the first A-main of 2wd Mod Buggy, Maifield and Tebo were running first and second. On the last lap, Tebo pulled a [...]
Cubby sits down and chats with Carlton Eppes of the The RC Pro Series for a great several part interview. Part 2: Cubby– What’s the biggest problem you see with ROAR? Carlton– I’ve made it a habit during my time with RC Pro to not talk about ROAR. I just wish some of their reps would do the same. [...]
Part of my responsibilities in the real world is taking care of the company that I work for factory drivers. It’s always interesting to watch shy consumers walk by the factory shoes pointing their fingers going “OMG that’s Joe Racer!”, or to slowly come up and beat around the bush for their autograph. I find that really funny, as just [...]
Cubby sits down and chats with Carlton Eppes of the The RC Pro Series for a great several part interview. Part 1: Cubby– For our readers, let’s start off with a little background info Carlton. Where are you from, when did you get into the sport of RC and where did you get your start in rc race [...]
Welcome to yet another incredible, inedible, Cub Report. Product news of the week? The new Novak 1,300+ Sintered Rotors . Essentially, these new rotors have been put through a special process to give the magnet more strength. They sell for under $40. But ya know, brushless racing shouldn’t require a “hop-up” magnet, it’s brushless for hecks sake. Some idiots years ago [...]
The Traxxas Mini-Revo and Mini-Slash are hitting hobby shop shelves as we speak. This is a bit historic, as it’s Traxxas first entry into the sub-10th scale category. After a quick check of LHS’s and on-line retailers, it sounds like the Mini-Revo is outselling the Mini-Slash four to one. After seeing the 10th scale Slash become such a mega-hit, you’d [...]
What an incredible day of racing on the tube today. Started off with the Traxxas TORC race from Cranon WI on SpeedTVHD. Then came the Formula 1 Turkish Grand Prix on FoxHD. Next was the AMA Motocross 250 national on SpeedTVHD. The afternoon ended with more Traxxas TORC series from Perris Speedway on ABCHD. Traxxas is getting an incredible “bang for [...]
Very slow week news wise in our industry, so… Lucas Oil. Seen the new stadium in Indy? Watch AMA motocross, where Lucas Oil is the title sponsor? What about the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series, where Associated is the exclusive rc car of the series? I don’t know anything about Lucas Oil, but sometimes I think they have Shawn Palmer [...]
Wow, there hasn’t been crap going on in the industry lately. No big news coming out. No big products, just lots of boring. So how about some “in’s” and “out’s” for this weeks episode? Anodized blue parts are “out”, and “gun metal” anodizing is “in”. I’m guessing a lot of car manufactures haven’t gotten the memo yet, so there it is, [...]
Most of my “industry insider” friends often accuse me of being overly optimistic. For some strange reason, I have some grandiose vision of our sport rising up to near mainstream levels. Most industry insiders, while their standard of living would be greatly increased by this happening, never see this occurring. They’ve been in this industry so long, they’ve seen so [...]
Well, it looks like Cubby’s latest rant struck a cord with people since I got quite a few emails agreeing with him! I have to say that I am on his side with this one. Everyone has way more fun when things are taken lightly, and respect is shown for everyone at the track! All it takes is 1 or [...]
Like the title implies, just what the hell is wrong with some of you people? I only say this because the last two months has been uber hell at various tracks across the Midwest. I’ve seen more transmitters thrown, more straight up hacks, more yelling, more cheating, more screaming, more blood vessels pop’n out of racers foreheads, more bloody sailor [...]
First off, a quick word of thanks to all the Cub Report readers. The head cheese here is telling me clicks are way up the last couple months and hate mail is breaking all records. So thanks for reading, regardless if you love or hate, are a local basher, or someone that’s worked in the industry for three decades. The [...]
Is it just me or are there some really Fugly trucks being released this year? It might just be me, but it seems like 09′ is a banner year for ugly truck releases. I tell ya, every week there seems to be another one that tops the previous fugmaster. This week it happened to be the CEN Matrix SC truck. [...]
And who said the Red Bull Formula 1 team wasn’t going to win a race this year? The young and determined German, Sebastian Vettel, ran flawless in qualifying for pole, then a flawless race today to pwn the worlds best at the Chinese grand prix. Red Bull team mate, and Aussie’s favorite son, Mark Webber came in second for a [...]
