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 …
Kyosho/Team Orion’s Jared Tebo started to heat up with a fantastic drive to earn TQ in modified SC over AE/JConcetps’ Spencer Rivkin and AE/Team Orion’s Ryan Cavalieri by a narrow margin of 1.7 seconds. Cavalieri would finish 2nd earning him the overall for the class with 2 TQ’s. Modified Truck saw Cavalieri jump to the … Continue reading
The end of Cavalieri’s TQ streak in qualifying has come to an end as round 3 saw a few of the other elites earn their first TQ of the weekend. Although he wasn’t able to go 4 for 4 like in round 2, AE/Team Orion’s still was able to grab a few TQ’s. Taking TQ … Continue reading
Name: Matt Chambers Age: 30 Hometown: Denver, Colorado Sponsors: Kyosho, Team Orion, Pro-line, Airtronics, Schelle, OCRC, AVID, Bradley Fine Line Designs, UpgradeRC, MHOR RC, JTP, B-Fast, Sticky Kicks, MKS Servos, LiveRC.com. Let’s start off with a few fun questions…. Outside of your RC racing career what are some of your interests and hobbies? I do … Continue reading
Name: Cody King Age: 28 Hometown: Rancho Santa Margarita, California Sponsors: Kyosho, Team Orion, Pro-Line, KO PROPO, REDS Racing, Byron Fuels, Absolute Hobbyz, Stick IT1 Racing.com, Hella Graphics, LiveRC, OCRC Raceway. Let’s start off with a few fun questions…. Outside of your RC racing career what are some of your interests and hobbies? A lot … Continue reading
Another exciting round of qualifying is in the books. Round 2 looked very similar to round 1 with AE/Team Orion’s Ryan Cavalieri showing his dominance once again in qualifying. First, Cavalieri took TQ in the modified short course class by a ‘cushy’ margin of 3.3 seconds over short course king, Ryan Maifield. Local wonder-kid, AE/JConcepts’ … Continue reading
Name: Jared Tebo Age: 28 Hometown: Raymore, Missouri Sponsors: Kyosho, Team Orion, JTP, AKA, KO PROPO, UpgradeRC, MX, A-main.com, TD Paint, Lunsford Let’s start off with a few fun questions…. Outside of your RC racing career what are some of your interests and hobbies? Some of my main hobbies are motocross, cycling, being with the … Continue reading
Name: Ryan Cavalieri Age: 29 Hometown: Costa Mesa California Sponsors: Team Associated, Team Orion, AKA, Airtronics, MX, UpgradeRC, Makita, Kicker, OCRC, RCE, PCH Hobbies, Lunsford, MIP, Darkside Design Let’s start off with a few fun questions…. Outside of your RC racing career what are some of your interests and hobbies? If I have free time, … Continue reading
After 1 round of qualifying, the intensity is starting to rise here at SRS Raceway. Team Orion has TQ’d 3 of the 4 modified classes here at the ROAR U.S. Nationals. Displaying precision and speed, Team Associated/Orion’s Ryan Cavalieri was able to top qualifying the modified truck and 4wd buggy class over the deep field … Continue reading
Before the end of round 1 of qualifying was over, I was able to check out what’s new in the Team Orion pits. Making its debut this weekend at the ROAR Nationals, the LW version of the VST2 PRO improves upon the predecessor with even more smooth and linear power delivery as well as living … Continue reading
If there was ever an all-star team of drivers, Team Orion has the biggest names in the game. With the ability to cherry pick the best drivers from all the different chassis manufacturers, Team Orion has gathered multiple national and world champions that consists of Phend, Maifield, Cavalieri, Tessman, Evans, and Tebo. Undoubtedly, Team Orion will … Continue reading
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