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It was event number 3 of 4 in the Suburban Chicago Rock Crawling point series. This was another real close event. The turn out was great! There were a ton of people and spectators, the store was completely packed! The event was hosted at RC Hobbies – Naperville and they did a great job! There were [...]
Now this is a cool use of modern technology! Pro-Line Racing is bringing Memory Foam inserts for RC Rock Crawling! I got a few emails telling me there is another company that has some memory foams as well, but no where near as cheap. It will be interesting to see if temperature has any [...]
KCRC’s 2.2 Midwest Indoor Challenge- by Tim Mohr While in Kansas City March 1st for some business, I had to check out my first rock crawler event. Actually, in the rock crawling world, they are called “comps”, and what a first comp to hit. This event featured some of the elite top crawlers, and had tons of factory [...]
I’ll get right down to the most important thing that happened this week in rc. Brian, CEO/CFO/C-Everything-O at BigSquidRC showed that not only does he have mad skillz on an rc drag track, but showed mad crawling skillz as well by winning his first crawling event over the weekend. Crawling world watch out!! Brian likes to get into something new and [...]
Today was event #2 of 4 in the Suburban Chicago Rock Crawlers point series. Todays RC Rock Crawling event was held at HobbyTown USA – Orland Park. There was a lot of talk about this course early on since nobody had really run on it… ever. Nobody really knew what to expect from [...]
This Saturday, February 23rd, there is a RC Rock Crawling Competition at the HobbyTown USA – Orland Park store. Sign in starts at noon, competition starts at 1pm. If you are in the area, stop by! For more information, check out the Suburban Chicago Rock Crawlers Forum.
This is one of the coolest RC Rock Crawling bodies I have seen. This is the new Helios from Pro-Line Racing. It fits the Axial Scorpion as well as the HPI Wheely King. It looks a little like a vehicle from a Halo video game. It meets the minimum dimensions for competition, and is very [...]
Today I met with Bill(firesprink281) and Jeff(jetboat) at the HobbyTown USA – Orland Park store to check out their new RC rock crawling course and help get it ready for the event coming up. We met with Steve, the owner, to discuss the event as well as lay out some plans and ideas for the course. It’s [...]
If you are into the new and hot RC Rock Crawling scene, and happen to be in the Chicago area, you are in luck! Today I went to visit the RC Hobbies – Naperville store to check out their new RC Rock Crawling course! It’s a sweet setup of rocks and tree-limbs that can provide a [...]
What a great event today! I was out at the Hobby Town USA (Naperville) Rock Crawling event today. Mike, Jeff, Zak, and others did a awesome job of getting the track built and the event organized. The turnout was bigger then expected which always helps. Below are a bunch of pictures I snapped during the event. I [...]
I just got word that the HobbyTown in Naperville IL. will be hosting a Rock Crawling event! Their first event will be FREE to enter and have several prizes. The event will start at 1pm. The address is 2827 Aurora Naperville IL 60540. For further information you can call 630-778-0036. Tell them Big Squid RC sent ya! 😉 I [...]