The 3rd annual South Valley Invert Race hosted by Cottage Grove R/C in Cottage Grove, Oregon has become an instant classic here in the Northwest. If you’re an old school racer from the 90’s, you’re probably familiar with other NW classics like the Summer Sizzler, original Columbia Cup, Summer Shootout, regionals, etc when race tracks … Continue reading
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Getting to know Team Orion – Q&A with the team manager Joe Pillars
Name: Joe Pillars Age: 33 Hometown: Oregon City, Oregon Sponsors: Kyosho, Team Orion, AKA, KO PROPO, JTP, DiBrino Designs, Fusion Graphix Let’s start off with a few fun questions…. Outside of your RC racing career what are some of your interests and hobbies? When I get free time, I really enjoy mountain biking, golf, tennis, … Continue reading
Getting to know Team Orion – Q&A with Dakotah Phend
Name: Dakotah Phend Age: 18 Hometown: Clarkston, Michigan Sponsors: TLR, Team Orion, Pro-Line, Horizon Hobbies, Stick it1 Racing, Spektrum, Darkside designs, Lunsford, LiveRC, OC_RC, AMS Raceway Let’s start off with a few fun questions…. Outside of your RC racing career what are some of your interests and hobbies? I love real cars. I’m a big … Continue reading
JConcepts INS – Q4 Results
With such a fantastic start to the weekend dominating his rivals in all 4 classes and already earning the overall TQ in all 4, today’s final round of qualifying for Rivkin was used to break in tires for the mains as he has already sealed up TQ in all 4 modified classes. The combination of … Continue reading
JConcepts INS – Round 2 Qualifying
2015 JConcepts Summer Indoor Nationals Qualifying – Rd 2 With a flawless qualifying effort in round 1, Rivkin is looking for another clean sweep in the 2nd round of qualifying. Starting with modified short course, AE’s young superstar was on a mission to match his earlier performance by TQ’ing the round with a 20 5:02.1. … Continue reading
Team Associated goes with Kashima!
AE goes with Kashima coated shocks! Finally and about time. Back in the early 80’s and 90’s, Associated started their very lovely ‘teflon’ coated ‘hard anodized’ shocks that set the trend for many years. However, since the release of the 12mm big bores and V2 big bores, they just became standard aluminum shock bodies. More … Continue reading
Seeding Results at the 2015 JConcepts INS are in!
The 2015 JConcepts Indoor Nationals Series is underway at Tacoma R/C Raceway in Washington State. With approximately 230 entries and racers from all across the nation joining in on this epic event presented by JConcepts. With 3 minute seeding rounds and taking the top 3 consecutive fast laps to sort tomorrow’s starting order, today’s practice … Continue reading
Photo Epic of the NIS rd4
The NIS was a race series that wasn’t meant to be. It was supposed to be dissolved last year after the NW Showdown was slowly starting to lose interest and racers were getting tired of the same old thing. I couldn’t imagine not having a series for all us NW racers to compete in and … Continue reading
2015 JConcepts Indoor National Series is Back!! Round 1 Smactrac – Friday Practice
It’s time! Welcome racers and RC enthusiasts to the 2015 JConcepts Indoor National Series. It’s back and better than ever with the addition of the 13.5 modified 4wd class to broaden the class range for more competitive racing. From the east coast to the west, this ultra competitive 5 race series makes its way once … Continue reading
JConcepts Finale – Hobbyplex
The 2014 JConcepts Indoor National Series Finale’s ‘open practice’ is underway at the massive Hobbyplex Raceway. This fantastic 5 race series travels the nation in search of the most competitive racing the U.S. has to offer and has made its’ final stop to Omaha, Nebraska. With the expected turnout to be just under 300 entries … Continue reading