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 … Continue reading
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2015 Nationals with Team Orion – Photo Epic
After a hard weekend of racing the 2015 Nationals are in the books. This year’s event was somewhat one-sided if you look at the results, but sometimes results don’t tell the whole story. The racing was close and everyone was going fast, but in the end it was Cavalieri doing what Cavalieri does best and … Continue reading
Getting to know Team Orion – Jared Tebo Interview
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
Team Orion debuts new VST2 PRO LW at the Nationals
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
2015 ROAR off-road NATIONALS with Team Orion
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
Seeding Quadfecta for Rivkin
Team Associated/JConcepts’ Spencer Rivkin proved to be unstoppable during the seeding round as the young Arizona native has taken top honors in all 4 modified classes at the JConcepts Summer Indoor Nats! Having only 3 minutes to put in his fastest 3 consecutive laps, Rivkin was first able to top seeding in the modified short … Continue reading
Naoto Matsukura’s RB6 @ EOS Slovakia
This has been a long time coming for the multi-world champion and his new offroad team. Choosing to part ways with Yokomo for 2015, Naoto has joined up with the red army and all the Kyosho fans have been waiting patiently for him to debut his new gear. Finally, on the world level Naoto is … 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
Maifield Still Perfect After 2 Rounds
The 2nd round of qualifying has proven to be just as exciting as the first. With one less qualifier to work with, the intensity seems to rise as we approach the day’s end. Racers have 4 qualifiers and only need to keep their best 2 to set them up for Sunday’s A-mains. Once again, the … Continue reading
Epic, Controversial Photo Finish at the NIS rd 3!!
On Feb. 24th – March 1st, saw the continuation of the highly competitive Northwest Indoor Series make its way to Four Seasons’ Raceway in Olympia, Washington for round 3 of the glorious pacific northwest racing series. With 2 races already in the books, this 3rd race proved to be a pivotal weekend for all racers as there are no drops … Continue reading