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, [...]
You must have been hiding under a rock if you haven’t yet heard about Tekno’s SC truck, the SCT410. We first told you about this truck when it was making it’s first appearances at the TOP GUN Shootout held at SDRC Raceway in SoCal; Tekno’s home track. RC Car Action’s Aaron Waldron recently Test Drove the [...]
After many months of testing and tweaking, Exotek Racing is ready to release a totally redesigned steering system for the TLR 22 based type vehicles. Gone is the slider system in favor a dual bell cranks which will smooth out your steering. A lot of great products are a brewing at the Exotek camp, and this [...]
Four days of nitro action all culminated into the A-Mains on the Sunday at the Silver State Nitro Challenge. In the days leading up to the mains brought some of the best weather this event has ever seen versus the horrible wind/rain/hail storms of years past. Although the temperature did rise and the winds did [...]
After four grueling days of racing in the middle of the Nevada desert, a modest trophy presentation recognized the top competitors in each of the ten racing classes. At this point in the weekend, you know you’ve done something right when the RC Car Action cameras are pointed in your direction – that means you’re [...]
Pro Buggy 1. Jared Tebo 2. Ryan Cavalieri 3. Ryan Lutz 4. Adam Drake 5. Josh Wheeler 6. Drew Moller 7. Dylan Rodriguez 8. Cody King 9. Billy Fischer 10. Mike Truhe 11. Mark Pavidis 12. Carson Wernimont 13. Jeremy Kortz 14. Richard Saxton Pro Truck 1. Ryan Lutz 2. Jared Tebo 3. Ryan Cavalieri [...]
After Friday’s busy day, with two rounds of racing, Saturday morning left just one final chance to improve one’s qualifying position with a low scoring round. The magic number at this race is “11,” as the top eleven drivers qualify directly into the final to be joined by three bump-ups from the lower main event. [...]
It started cooling off on Friday night, and in typical Silver State fashion the track is getting rough. The racers at this year’s event are split on how to best handle the changing conditions: some are making changes to their cars in an effort to cope, while the rest are simply focusing on driving the [...]
