Ever wondered what it’d be like to get behind the wheel of a drift car, pitch it sideways, and look forward out of the side window? YouTube user “iitreatedii” stuck his GoPro Hero3 onto an RC drifter at this year’s Carlisle Performance and Style in Carlisle, PA – pop a Dramamine, click play, and practice [...]
A Main Hobbies posted this video of Joey Christensen, the man behind The Dirt Racing and the largest nitro off-road race of the year, The Dirt Nitro Challenge, rebuilding their Silver Dollar R/C Raceway. With new dirt added to the facility, which was built last year and will host the 2013 ROAR Electric Off-Road Nationals, [...]
Like all flashy pop songs and Internet memes, it didn’t take long for the Harlem Shake to be totally played out. The popular dance craze is 2013′s version of Gangnam Style, with thousands of videos posted online of Internet fame seekers making their own versions that, unsurprisingly, all look very similiar. And that’s what makes [...]
Aside from the competitive battles amongst the fastest pros in the world, the biggest entertainment of a large event like the nitro off-road race comes in the form of watching the Open class racers as the mix of older weekend warriors and young up-and-comers makes for an incredibly diverse field. While scoping the pit area [...]
Though it’s not an car, truck, or boat, this walking hexapod robot is still technically a surface vehicle! Standing at over 9 feet tall and weighing nearly two tons, it’s also the largest of its kind anywhere in the world. Built by Micromagic systems and powered by a 2.2-liter turbo diesel, with hydraulically actuated legs [...]
Phoenix-based video production company Birds Eye Productions brought their multirotor camera rig to the Scottsdale R/C Speedway a few weeks ago, flying well over the track to provide an overhead look at the biggest Cactus Classic ever in the event’s 27-year history. What did you think of the video? Tell us by posting a comment [...]
How best to immortalize an afternoon of rock crawling with your buddies? Get it on video by filming it from as low as possible, slow it down, and set it to the background music of a rad dubstep remix of a Pink Floyd song. Watch the local crew at Cutting Edge Hobbies in Las Vegas, [...]
Since the premiere event over a decade ago, one of the hottest attractions at the annual The Dirt Nitro Challenge are the lovely young ladies that pose for the trophy presentations: they’re known as The Dirt Girls. They’re at the track all week long to assist with racer registration, RV parking, and general information, and [...]
