On October 18th-19th, North West Hobbies hosted the 1st ever Lunsford Race in Albany, Oregon to celebrate one of the most influential individuals in the hobby today. If you haven’t had a chance to meet Kelly Lunsford or know about his history, check out this video below done by the BigRC or introduce yourself to Mr. Titanium himself. Like … Continue reading
This is a different perspective to how the weekend went through my eye’s and my camera’s lens. What I get tired of seeing is a short paragraph and a podium pic of the top 3. There is so much more that happens at a race that we don’t get to see and to grow this … Continue reading
Over the weekend of October 4th and 5th, Tacoma R/C Raceway in Washington State, hosted the annual Gold Cup event to kick off the fall/winter racing season and this year’s special guest was none other than former National Champion and previous Reedy Race Champion, Dustin Evans. When the JConcepts tour came into town last spring, … Continue reading
Finally getting it together and saying he hasn’t touched his car or made any changes throughout qualifying, Michael Schoettler has won the final round of qualifying and takes the overall TQ in 2wdMod by tie breaker. Knowing he needed to take a win to force the tie-breaker, the pressure was on and choose to run … Continue reading
The 19th annual GoldCup is underway at Tacoma R/C Raceway with 3 rounds of qualifying set for Saturday and is the premier NW race to kick off the winter season. This year’s special invite is previous Reedy Race Champion and 2011 2wd Nation Champion, TLR’s Dustin Evans. Looking ballistic fast in SC, 4wd, and 2wd, Evans … Continue reading
The NCT Finale race #6 made it’s way to Pasco, Washington on September 19th – 22nd. As the NCT is a nitro series race, this event also combines 1/10th scale electric racing (ahem, its better half… biased? I know) known as the 2014 Columbia Cup. This 2 day event gathered the top racers in the NW for a … Continue reading
On September 5th – 7th, Dave’s RC Track in Hubbard, Oregon hosted the 5th Annual NW Invitational race on a glorious weekend of outdoor fun in the blazing sun. Previously, the great NW Invitationals were held at a tight, clay, indoor track, but due to track closures and changes….. race organizer and Kyosho/Orion team manager Joe Pillars, … Continue reading
If you haven’t read my PREview of the Schelle rack, I’d recommend reading that 1st to give you a basic description of what this product is and my 1st impressions. In continuation, I wanted to take a closer look of the “optional” wider setting on the Schelle rack and report to you my findings. Unfortunately, Portland is … Continue reading
There seems to be some serious hotness to steering racks in the world of RC racing right now. For instance, we have TLR going to a bell crank system instead of it’s original slider design on the 1.0 and 2.0 cars. You can now purchase aluminum upgrades by all the major RC manufacturers like Kyosho’s gunmetal … Continue reading
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
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