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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2015 JConcepts Summer Indoor Nationals in Chico – Friday
The 2015 JConcepts Summer Indoor Nationals series has once again made its way to the world famous Outback Raceway with racers dialing their cars during the Friday controlled practice session here in Chico, California. With entries reaching the 260 range, the battle for Summer Indoor National Championship will be a battle to remember. With this … Continue reading
2015 JConcepts Spring Indoor Nationals – Weekend results
What an amazing weekend full of action packed racing at the 2015 JConcepts Spring INS in Tacoma, Washington. Home of NW legend, Scott Brown, the owner of one of the finest indoor clay offroad tracks in the region hosted the JConcepts Spring INS for the second year in a row. From qualifying and all the … Continue reading
Northwest Indoor Series Round 1 Fun
December 13th – 14th kicked off the first round of the Northwest Indoor Series in Tacoma, Washington at Tacoma R/C Raceway. A race series that wasn’t suppose to exist, but with a last minute decision by Scott Brown and a little help from the community…… the most competitive off-road racing series in the pacific northwest is … Continue reading
Proline Electrons VTR Teaser!
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
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
AKA Revives a Classic!!
Look familiar? Why yes… if this tread pattern looks a bit Deja Vu it’s because it is…. Deja Vu! Literally, the BK-Bar and Taper Pin inspired tire is from the original Losi design brought back from the dead. There are many forms of the innovative BK bar tires on the market today, but none have … Continue reading
Tebo’s 2wd REEDY 2014 Setup
So I finally got a chance to take a look at Jared’s 2wd from the Reedy Race and to my surprise, it’s completely different from the way he normally runs his RB6. I gotta say I do like the yellow in his new paint scheme and the yellow wheels as it gives it a bit … Continue reading
JConcepts Winter Champs Rd 2 @ Top Gear Hobbies
Round 2 of the JConcepts Winter Champs Series was held last Friday on January 17th, 2014 at Top Gear Hobbies in Clackamas, Oregon. As this was the 2nd race on the current layout, most locals had a lot of time to dial in their rides to hopefully go even faster than they did in round … Continue reading
2wd Close Up – Andy DiBrino’s PNW Winning Setup
I got a chance to catch up with last weekend’s TQ and winner of the Pacific Northwest Showdown, Andy DiBrino. He was kind enough to share with me his race winning ride and of course……to share the news with all of you. I’ve been wanting to tour around and do this for quite sometime now … Continue reading