In what will surely be one of the most popular promotions of the 2011 Monster Energy Supercross season, series sponsor Traxxas has announced a “Supercross Sweepstakes” that will award one lucky fan a “Traxxas Edition” Kawasaki KX 450F motorcycle at each stop on the Supercross circuit—that’s a total of 17 bikes in all! The custom [...]
Large scale vehicles have been around for a long time now. 1/4 scale vehicles were the thing to have but now, thanks to their slightly smaller size and better power to weight ratio 1/5 scale vehicles are here to stay. I’ve always been interested in 1/5 scale but nothing has made me want to go [...]
Schumacher has announced a all-new chassis plate and top deck for its Cougar SV race machine. The longer chassis should be more stable. Not only will the new design be faster and easier to drive over rough terrain, Schumacher explains weight has been moved to the rear for increased rear traction. New from Schumacher: [...]
Losi recently took the win in four classes at the Southern Indoor Nationals held in Texas ta Speedster Hobbies in Austin. In the 2WD Stock and Mod buggy classes, the new TLR 22. Losi also won stock 2WD Short Course with its XXX-SCT and won 4WD Short Course with a prototype. Latest race news [...]
Latest from JQ Products: We received reports that some maingears have been breaking, and as we had not broken a single gear during the development of THECar we knew something wasn’t right. And as it turns out, we made a mistake. As you can see in the attached image, the production gear on the left [...]
New from Losi: Losi has released an affordable start up combo for nitro owners which includes a 3300mah NiMH pack and simple wall charger, plus some flat cell packs for oher various applications. NiMH Start-Up Combo, EC3/Tamiya Plugs LOSB9904 – $44.99 Starter Pack, 7.2V NiMH 6C Flat with Tamiya Plug LOSB9910 – $15.99 7.2V 3300mAh [...]
New from JConcepts: 1979 Ford Ranger F-250 body Travel back with JConcepts to a time when a truck was just a truck. Purpose built, no frills or luxury, just built Ford tough. Officially licensed by Ford, JConcepts introduces the 1979 Ford F-250 Ranger SCT body. Built as they were in the good ole days, JConcepts [...]
New from Traxxas: The new Traxxas Slash Short-Course Race Truck puts you in the drivers seat for intense fender-to-fender, high-flying off-road action. The full-scale Short-Course Race Trucks embody the spirit of Traxxas R/C with their extreme 900+ horsepower racing engines full-throttle, dirt-roosting power slides, giant suspension travel, and Supercross-style big-air jumps. The Traxxas Slash brings [...]
