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Are you ready to take your monster truck to the limit? Are you ready to test your skills against other drivers? If so, JConcepts has announced all the dates on the 2018 Monster Truck Race Schedule. The events go from Nevada all the way to New York, take a look at the list to find your nearest monster truck racing [...]
One of the biggest nitro races held each summer is the Futaba Nitro Challenge. The event has been held at the St Louis Dirtburners track for several years now and this year’s event is expected to be a monster. To make it even better, world famous rc race car drivers Adam Drake and Ryan Lutz will be holding a pair [...]
HPI Racing has put out a press release to let everyone know about Motor Trend TV. Motor Trend TV is about ready to invade the United States. You can see Motor Trend TV on Motor Trend OnDemand, which promises to show loads of rc racing action. Here is the official press release from HPI Racing – “RC Racing TV is the world’s [...]
Coming up on July 27th to the 30th is the 11th Annual Futaba And O.S. Speed Nitro Challenge. This yearly event will once again be held at the legendary St. Louis Dirtbuners track and features 7 different nitro classes as well as an electric buggy class. The Futaba race brings in racers from all over the country and is bound [...]
I know BigSquid RC is all about Bashing, but when a chance to go to a two day race event came up, I couldn’t resist. I will be taking you all along for the ride, from packing and prepping, to the driver stand, and beyond. We start the night before, as I pack up my tools and pit gear. We start [...]
The crew over at Horizon Hobby have announced a new rc race series called the TLR Cup. The TLR Cup consists of four races scattered across the country to help promote the sport of rc racing. In addition, the cup events aren’t just races, but will also include such things as seminars and question & answers sessions. We look forward [...]
Coming up on March 2-5 is the 2017 Chi-Town ShootOut at Leisure Hours R/C Raceway in Joliet Illinois. The Chi-Town ShootOut has been an extremely popular race and takes place on one of the best indoor tracks in the entire country. The four day event is sponsored by companies like Futaba, TrakPower, and Duratrax, and some of the best racers [...]
Hobbico has announced that they have signed Adam and Ronda Drake to their O.S. Engines and TrakPower factory teams. The Drakes are well known in racing circles not just for their speed, but also for being good ambassadors for the sport of rc racing. The next time you hit up a big nitro race, keep an eye out for the [...]
Above is quite an interesting video. One, it shows what a dirtbike looks like when attempting to get around an rc track. Two, it shows the relatively speed between a motocross and an 8th scale nitro buggy. And three, it shows how much fun everyone had doing something a little different. For you non-moto fans, the guy on the bike is [...]
When I got started in the hobby (a little over 20 years ago) all’s I ever wanted to do was race. I remember when I first found out that hobby grade r/c cars existed. I had a sweet new Nikko Black Thunder that I was all about, so when my dad heard from a friend there was a local “radio [...]
