On September 5th – 7th, Dave’s RC Track in Hubbard, Oregon hosted the 5th Annual NW Invitational race on a glorious weekend of outdoor fun in the blazing sun. Previously, the great NW Invitationals were held at a tight, clay, indoor track, but due to track closures and changes….. race organizer and Kyosho/Orion team manager Joe Pillars, … Continue reading
From last year’s awesome 2wdMod National win, to this year’s repeat…. Dakotah has made his mark as the fastest driver on US soil. Living up to his name, the Phenom has matured into a full blown Champion. It’s not often you get to witness such a dominate display of 2wd driving excellence against a stacked … Continue reading
If you haven’t read my PREview of the Schelle rack, I’d recommend reading that 1st to give you a basic description of what this product is and my 1st impressions. In continuation, I wanted to take a closer look of the “optional” wider setting on the Schelle rack and report to you my findings. Unfortunately, Portland is … Continue reading
After huge amounts of pressure and coming out with his 1st major win for TLR/Orion, Ryan Maifield has his setups available via TLR’s website. Not only for his 2wd, but also his 4wd, which I thought was the more impressive car of the 3 he ran that weekend. I’d like to thank RedRC for doing the … Continue reading
Greetings all. I wanted to share with you a compilation of photos I gathered over the JConcepts 2014 Summer Indoor Nationals. Having 300+ entries and a list of pro drivers from all over the nation, I just felt it needed to be done. Here is the photo epic of the event. The race program and track was … Continue reading
** Friends, if you would like to check out more podium pics, results, and videos of this race please check out RedRC’s Event coverage as they were doing live updates from the race. They have a fantastic site with awesome coverage and they help support the industry in so many ways. I’ve decided to do my coverage a little differently so … Continue reading
For the last 4 or 5 years or so, Portland’s RC racing scene has been trying to find its identity. With a few relocation and numerous ownership changes, the community has endured through many questionable times only to lead us to an even more uncertain future. Each time the race track changed hands, the formula was … Continue reading
Probably one of the biggest shake ups we’ve had in the industry just happened today. Team Associated and Ryan Maifield have decided to end their relationship and move in different directions. To a lot of people and mainly Team Associated fans around the world, are probably a bit shocked by the news and are left … Continue reading
There seems to be some serious hotness to steering racks in the world of RC racing right now. For instance, we have TLR going to a bell crank system instead of it’s original slider design on the 1.0 and 2.0 cars. You can now purchase aluminum upgrades by all the major RC manufacturers like Kyosho’s gunmetal … Continue reading
On June 13th and 14th, Tri-Cities RC hosted the 1st annual Northwest Buggy Championships in Pasco, WA. This race was a gathering of all buggies across the great northwest to crown the 1st ever “King of the Hill” in 2014. Not taking away from the other classes of racing, but this particular race ranged from all buggies which included … Continue reading
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