I spent last weekend racing round 7 of the JBRL electric series. A fellow racer asked me about prepping cars for the mains so I thought I would share some tips on finishing the main without mechanical failures. My electric 1/8-scale is highlighted in this video but most of the routine can be applied to [...]
The story goes: Jared Tebo, hasn’t been trail riding in 5 years. One day he got this wild urge to start jumping again while spending a weekend in California, so he went to the local shop and came home with a new bike. World famous riding spot, Sheep Hills, was just a few minutes from [...]
Lately I have been giving a lot of thought to new and unique topic ideas for my blog. Though I have a small cache already, I wanted to get in touch with you guys and hear what you would like to see or read. Whether it may be video, photos, interviews or good ol’ fashioned [...]
Moving up in classes can sometimes be a hard thing to judge. Advancing depends mostly on your driving and wrenching skills but may also you may also have to take into consideration your competition or if you are moving from novice to intermediate or intermediate to expert. I will brush on both areas. I wish [...]
After many rumors and much speculation, Team Associated has officially released the latest version of the RC8 1/8-scale buggy, dubbed the RC8.2. Much of which started at the 2010 Nitro World Championships in Pattaya, Thailand, the suspension has been given some reworking to make an already great car even better. The team has been doing [...]
Its not very often that I “pump my own tires,”but it is my blog so I figure every now and then would be ok. Besides, my teammates did very well and this about them mostly: Pegasus Hobbies hosted round 5 of the electric JBRL series last weekend. With a bit of a lighter turnout [...]
Team Orion announced the addition of TLR’s Dustin Evans to its team. Congrats, Dustin! Dustin Evans is probably a name that you have become quite familiar with lately. Rightfully so as this year he has won the Reedy Race of Champions, EOS 2wd, and Rumble in the Rockies. He has been one of the top, if [...]
I would bet its not everyday that you see a driver’s stand full of some of the top pro’s in the world club racing at your local track. Luckily, in Southern California this happens somewhat frequently. With 1/10th scale electric worlds just around the corner, drivers like Dustin Evans, Ryan Cavalieri, Matt Castellano, Steven Hartson, [...]
I spent some time at the track with Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri, Richard Saxton, Sean Cochran and Chris Jarosz doing some testing on the SC10 4×4. They were working on setup and I chatted with Sean about motor choice and swaybar availability for the truck. Check out the video below! If you liked this story, [...]
Pro-Line had two new tires last weekend at ROAR Fuel Nationals. The first is a new 1:8 buggy tire dubbed “Blockade.” It is a bigger pin tire that falls somewhere between the Revolver 2.0 and the Holeshot. Ryan Cavalieri and Ty Tessmann were both seen running it on their buggies along with other Proline teammates. [...]
I stopped by OC/RC in sunny Huntington Beach, California for the JConcepts Spring Indoor Nats. The track was insanely fast, some of the best drivers in RC were in attendance, and most importantly there was plenty of shenanigans going on in the pits… Team Associated’s Chris Jarosz provides commentary on the electric 1/8th scale race [...]
One of the most overlooked and abused parts on your car is most likely the differential. On most cars it is not easy to remove and simply rebuilding it doesn’t always make it better. If you are having problems with traction in corners, a good place to start finding some more grip is your differential. [...]
I caught up with Mike Truhe last weekend at the JConcepts Indoor Spring Nats where he TQ’d the 2wd modified buggy class. We discussed setup progress on the recently released TLR22 buggy. Mike began to explain how they are running an emulsion shock now and the team is really happy with the car’s current setup. [...]
