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
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Kyosho’s Jesse Munn Wins 2014 NW Buggy Championships
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
PSM Releases 2.5mm Carbon Chassis for Yokomo BMax2 MR
The carbon fiber pros, PSM from Germany, have developed a super tech looking chassis for the Bmax2 MR designed for “outdoor use” or lower traction surfaces. With more flex, the theory is to provide the car with better feel and driving experience when traction is limited. On top of that, moving from the stock aluminum chassis to carbon … Continue reading
Bell Crank Steering System: 22/2.0/T/SCT
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
JConcepts Dirt Tech Inserts
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
Photo Epic – JCon14 Spring Indoor Nationals @ TRCR
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
Luke Smith’s Winning B5M Setup!!
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
Luke Smith Wins Pacific NW Showdown Finale
March 21st through the 23rd marked the final race of the epic Pacific NW Showdown winter series 2014. The finale was held at Four Season’s raceway in Olympia Washington….. home of Gary Brown, father to northwest legend, Scott Brown. Unfortunately, good things must come to an end and after a long winter the final race … Continue reading
Racer Profile: JP Richards Gives Advice On How You Can Win the Reedy Too!
Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to win one of the most prestigious race in RC history? Besides winning a WORLDS, winning a REEDY Race is probably the next best thing and in some ways… perhaps even better. The 2014 Reedy Race has finished and as always, the cream rises to the … Continue reading
Team Orion New Product Release!
It looks like this is a defining year as Team Orion has announced a lot of new product at the Toy Fair in Germany. I’d like to have every single one of these and I’m really diggin’ the black look. It just looks like black gold. Hopefully I can get my hands on the ESC … Continue reading