January 9th and 10th saw the Pacific NW kick off its first race of 2016 indoor season and what a great way to celebrate the new year with a fantastic race in celebration of one of the industry’s greatest ambassadors…. Kelly Lunsford. Now, in it’s 2nd year of the great Lunsford Race, last year’s champion …
For a long while now, 2wdMod.com has been focused on doing mainly race reports and race coverage. I’ve been lucky enough (and blessed) to travel around stateside as well as internationally to do race coverage, in which I’ve had the honor in witnessing some of the best racing our industry has to offer. It has been …
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 …
Astroturf racing is slowly becoming the standard racing surface here in the Pacific Northwest as the once beloved clay tracks have been slowly disappearing over the last couple of years. Last weekend over November 21st – 22nd, the PNW held its first big race on this new artificial surface in Albany, Oregon at NW Hobbies …
So I have a collection of photos from the 4wd drive portion of the the IFMAR Worlds at Yatabe….. rather than having them sit around on my hard drive I think the natural thing to do is post them up in a photo epic! So enjoy the photos of a spectacular race. The best in …
What an exciting event….. I got to witness the mastery of a new off-road legend, Bruno Coelho. This guy can drive and he had such a great car built for astro! Xray did their homework and has the best combo of driver and car in the 4wd class. The only other person that was able …
Check out some video highlights that I compiled for JConcepts. It’s been awesome making these videos giving insight to the racing here at Yatabe. The astro is crazy grippy in 4wd making it very hard to push the cars without traction rolling. I hope you guys enjoy this inside perspective to some fantastic, heart-pounding racing …
4wd is underway with today being practice and controlled practice. As one of my favorite interviews of all time that includes the word ‘practice’ goes, “We talkin’ about practice!” Anyways, there’s definitely a different set of drivers in the mix. Some of the guys who were great in 2wd are now towards the back. Thus …
Not much going on today at Yatabe Arena as racers are just gluing up tires and registering their cars with tech for the 4wd portion of the World Championships. The track has some slight modifications to further challenge the best in the world! Here is Jason Ruona’s track walk as he discuss some of the …
It started with 10….. then there was only 1. It’s not every day you get to watch a new champion emerge before your eyes. Sure, I’ve watched it from the comforts of my home, but this time it was much different. I was able to experience it in person and to watch it unfold step …
So I’m here at the Worlds having an awesome time. This is an event I’ve dreamt about going to for a long time and luckily for me, this year it’s in Japan. Top it off, it’s at Yatabe Arena! To put it shortly, it’s a dream come true. As a long time racer and someone …
So to recap some of the action working with the JConcepts team, here are a few videos from JConcepts’ very own Jason Ruona. He wanted to connect with the public by taking on a very cool Q&A session from facebook. There are a lot of pro coverage here by LiveRC, RedRC, and Neobuggy which are doing …
October 2nd marks the start of the first day of the 2015 IFMAR World Championships here in Tsukuba, Japan. This year, this special event is held at the world famous Yatabe Arena, which is widely considered the ‘mecca’ of RC racing. Win a World title here and your name will go down in history along …
Schelle is up and running and dropping kick ass hop-ups in full force. Without a doubt, the highly innovative “Coach” has been hard at work and now has a unique upgrade for all Kyosho 6 series cars. Not only including bearings to eliminate slop in the stock bushing setup, Schelle also adds a new feature … Continue reading
Finally! Something all the TLR guys have been waiting for if you didn’t already do your own custom version using RB6 bellcranks or buy the Exotek v.1 or v.2 crank system. This design has been in the works since last year around Nationals time, late August, and now finally slated to be release August 2014. I’m … Continue reading
Looks like Proline is teasing us with their VTR style wheels (similar to AKA’s EVO system) and a bar type tire that has inspiration cues from JConcept’s Dirtwebs. It has to be said that Dirtwebs are a hot tire and have already won a lot of events around the nation/world. It will be good to … Continue reading
The 1st race of the year for the NCT series kicked off last weekend in Wenatchee, WA and unfortunately due to work schedule conflicts, I was unable to attend this race. Although…… my little spies are out and about and I am able to bring to you the race results and race write-up. Congrats to … Continue reading
Michael Schoettler was on fire. His car was the best on the track….his driving was the best on that day. There was no stopping him. What does that equal? A huge 2wdMod win at the biggest race in the Pacific Northwest at Tacoma R/C Raceway against a star studded field which includes the likes of Steve … Continue reading
Last weekend at the JConcepts Spring Indoor Championship race at TRCR, Jason Ruona and the JConcepts boys were testing out a new, high-tech closed cell foam inserts codename: Dirt Tech. I got to see the product first hand in action and also felt them after the race when Michael Schoettler cut open his rear tire for the promo … Continue reading
I wanted to separate my race results with my photos this time as the race results was already becoming super lengthy. I didn’t want it to feel like a drag to find the results and also check out some photos of the race, so I separated it and made this photo epic. Maybe the 1st … Continue reading
On April 11th – 13th, Jason Ruona and the JConcepts crew made their way to Tacoma R/C Raceway for the 2nd stop of the highly anticipated JConcepts Spring Indoor National Tour. Being regarded as the biggest race in the great Northwest, RC legend and track owner, Scott Brown stepped up to the plate and delivered … Continue reading
I think our industry needs more videos like this to better connect with people and expose the fullness of this sport to others who have yet to find it. Whether it’s beginners to expert… great videos can increase the understanding and awareness to give our community even more passion and love. Share the joy of … Continue reading
I want to thank great guys like Luke Smith who is always down to help out the racing community. After winning the finale PNW Showdown race in Olypmpia Washington, Luke was kind enough to share with me his race winning buggy setup for his B5M in Olympia AND his home track, TRCR. I’m sure that his TRCR … Continue reading
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