The weather has been hot lately in Southern California as we approach the end of summer 2012, and with hot weather comes even hotter racing. The competition at the first session of the 2012 Electric Off-Road Super Nationals was stacked super high with talented racers as deep as the C-Main. The margin of error was [...]

While filtering through the 2012 ROAR Supernationals at West Coast RC, I spied a brand new tire in the Pro-Line booth…a tire so new, Pro-Line hasn’t released any info on it yet, or even labeled the sidewalls!  As of now, the Ion will be available in both SC truck and 1/8-scale buggy configurations. This is [...]

Ty Tessman dominated the ROAR Off-road Fuel Nationals last month in Pennsylvania and we got an exclusive up close and personal with Ty and both of his Hotbodies vehicles he used to win. Ty and his father Gord are notorious for building one off parts and testing some top secret stuff for HB. Here’s a [...]

Live from the pits of the 2012 Short Course Nationals in Enfield, CT, RC Car Action talks with XFactory’s Paul Sinclair about their SCX-60CF conversion kit for the SC10.

A Main Hobbies is proud to announce the annual Labor Day Shootout, a staple of the Northern California racing scene, will be held August 31 through September 2 as the inaugural major racing event held at the brand new Silver Dollar RC Raceway! Located on the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico, CA, Silver Dollar RC [...]

What is JBRL? For those racers that don’t live in the Southern California area, JBRL is the Jimmy Babcock Racing League (www.jimmybabcock.com) which is a popular racing points series that has multi stops at various tracks in SoCal. One of the reasons its popularity continues into its 9th season is because the best of the best [...]

Novak Electronics introduces a new 4WD Short Course system: the Activ8/Vented Ballistic 550 4XSC Brushless System- 4.5T (#3185). This pure-sensor-based brushless racing system has been specifically developed for 4WD short course trucks and will handle any 4×4 SCT applications with ease. Each cost-saving system contains the following ESC and Brushless Motor which are engineered, built [...]

Competition racing products are nothing new to the RC world, but for the first time, application-specific Spec Class racing products are starting to make their way to the tracks. Novak is pleased to bring Spec racers a new weapon for their racing battlefield− the Ballistic Spec High-RPM Brushless Motor- 17.5T (#3627). The Ballistic High RPM [...]