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
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
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
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
December 7th and 8th was round 2 of the Pacific Northwest Showdown Series held at Bremerton RC Raceway in Bremerton, Washington. With the 2nd race underway, racers gathered once again on this monthly meeting to battle and see who’s king of the hill in their respective classes. With a month in between each race, drivers … Continue reading
These photos are brought to you by the wonderful guys at NeoBuggy. Without their hard work and appearance at the World Championships, we would be without these little delights and the world would be a “sadd’er” place. Oooh, how bad was that?! Anyways, visit their site. I do not take credit for their work and … Continue reading
Here is a quality new piece released by Vision Racing for your B4 series car. It also works on the T4 and SC10 trucks as well so don’t hesitate b/c this is a great way to fine tune your ride. Changing ackerman can help with the way the car steers. By moving the ballstud forward … Continue reading
Over the last 3 years……a close racing buddy and I have talked about adapting a sway to our cars countless times. Every single time he’d chime in with, “Yah man we used to run front AND rear sway bars on our XXX’s and it was dialed.” In theory with the right track layout and condition, … Continue reading
The 1st Annual Top Gear Hobbies Spring Shootout was held this past weekend in Clackamas, OR. This is the home track of Team Orion USA Team Manager Joe Pillars. Making the trip out for this event was Team Orion’s current 2wd & 4wd IFMAR World Champion Ryan Cavalieri. The North-West’s fastest racers would all be … Continue reading
The 2013 Top Notch Series just finished up this past weekend. The series would hit 7 different tracks over the past couple months to test Southern California’s best drivers. The championship for each class would be decided by using each drivers 4 best finishes out of 7. Kyosho Team Drivers Lucas Sanford and Josh Mitchell … Continue reading
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