You can't beat a Reedy Race at Tamiya USA's dream-track racing facility! Click here to view the sheet and talk about the race.

How fast will you go? You'll never know unless you enter. It all goes down July 30 at the California Speedway dragstrip, be there! Click Here for the entry form, Click Here for the rules.

Longtime Mugen off-road ace Chad Bradley will be joining Adam Drake on the Jammin' squad and running the Jammin X1-CR and CRT for the remainder of the '05 season and on into '06. "I have known Chad a longtime and he is a great person and driver, so we are stoked to have him on the team," says team captain and Jammin' namesake Jay Halsey. Chad's a top five regular in 1/8-scale off-road and Unlimited Monster Truck, so expect results.

This just in from Team Orion:
"The 2005 Swedish Championship took place in Eskilstuna, Sweden and was attended by all of Sweden’s top Touring Car drivers. Swedish racing star and Team Orion factory driver, Magnus Vassmar, dominated three of the five qualifying rounds and captured TQ honors, giving him the pole position for the main event. Magnus drove his Revolution V2 12x1 Touring edition motor and V-Max Plus RDS GP3300 SP2 battery powered Schumacher MI2 into victory lane three times during the finals, taking the overall victory and winning the 2005 Swedish Championships Title. Vassmar used Team Orion’s Advantage Charger, Hard JB Wheels and JB Foam Blue Thin tire inserts to win the championship."

Check out Marc Rheinhard in this shot...it looks like he's saying "Get off my step!" Sorry Marc, Teemu won fair and square with his Orion-powered Schumacher Mi2. For the full story, click over to Team Orion's excellent coverage. You can talk about the race and get the link here.

The mini market has another new player—Trinity’s new “Itsy Bitsy Spyder” (yes, that is in fact it’s real name). This new 1/18 4WD off-road truck comes 100 percent assembled from the factory; has a shaft drive system; front and rear gear diffs; ball bearings in the gearboxes; high performance “Mini” size motor; fully proportional ESC with reverse; high-torque/high-speed steering servo; full size AM radio; it’s available in six different 27MHz frequencies with six different body colors; has low-profile off-road tires (with foam inserts) mounted on chrome dish wheels. The truck comes completely ready-to-run—all that’s left is to install AA batteries (four for the truck) and go! The little Spyder retails for just $199 and is expected to sell for only about $120 on the street. For more information, please visit the Team Trinity website.