January 9th and 10th saw the Pacific NW kick off its first race of 2016 indoor season and what a great way to celebrate the new year with a fantastic race in celebration of one of the industry’s greatest ambassadors…. Kelly Lunsford. Now, in it’s 2nd year of the great Lunsford Race, last year’s champion … Continue reading
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
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
October 2nd marks the start of the first day of the 2015 IFMAR World Championships here in Tsukuba, Japan. This year, this special event is held at the world famous Yatabe Arena, which is widely considered the ‘mecca’ of RC racing. Win a World title here and your name will go down in history along … Continue reading
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
Name: Ryan Maifield Age: 28 Hometown: Mesa, Arizona Sponsors: TLR, Team Orion, JConcepts, Horizon Hobby, Spektrum, Stick it1 Racing, Airtronics, Absolute Hobbyz, TKO, Hobby Action Let’s start off with a few fun questions…. Outside of your RC racing career what are some of your interests and hobbies? I have a Polaris Razor and love to … Continue reading
Name: Dustin Evans Age: 30 Hometown: Denver, Colorado Sponsors: TLR, Team Orion, JConcepts, Horizon Hobbies, UpgradeRC, Spektrum, OCRC, MHOR RC, MIP, Bradley Fine Line Designs, LiveRC Let’s start off with a few fun questions…. Outside of your RC racing career what are some of your interests and hobbies? My other hobbies are cycling and traveling … Continue reading
Name: Dakotah Phend Age: 18 Hometown: Clarkston, Michigan Sponsors: TLR, Team Orion, Pro-Line, Horizon Hobbies, Stick it1 Racing, Spektrum, Darkside designs, Lunsford, LiveRC, OC_RC, AMS Raceway Let’s start off with a few fun questions…. Outside of your RC racing career what are some of your interests and hobbies? I love real cars. I’m a big … Continue reading
Another exciting round of qualifying is in the books. Round 2 looked very similar to round 1 with AE/Team Orion’s Ryan Cavalieri showing his dominance once again in qualifying. First, Cavalieri took TQ in the modified short course class by a ‘cushy’ margin of 3.3 seconds over short course king, Ryan Maifield. Local wonder-kid, AE/JConcepts’ … Continue reading
After 1 round of qualifying, the intensity is starting to rise here at SRS Raceway. Team Orion has TQ’d 3 of the 4 modified classes here at the ROAR U.S. Nationals. Displaying precision and speed, Team Associated/Orion’s Ryan Cavalieri was able to top qualifying the modified truck and 4wd buggy class over the deep field … Continue reading
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