In a low-key personal statement on Facebook, Horizon Hobby Losi President Bill Jeric announced that he had parted ways from the company, having been in charge of the RC heavyweight since October 2007 – I want to let you know that as of today I am no longer an employee of Horizon Hobby. Although not my […]

The third round of the Campeonato Carioca, the Rio de Janeiro state championship, took place this past weekend at the Barra Off-Road track. Organized by ACM, the championship attracts more and more racers from round to round, and with the new beginners category, the organizers were truly innovating, the youngest racer being 5 years old! […]

The 2013 season of the Nitro-West-Masters will kick-off at Oberhausen at the upcoming weekend (11/12 May). It is the fifth season of this nitro on-road series in Western Germany, which has become more popular year by year since it was launched in 2009. Last year a total of 106 racers have collected championship points. For […]

As we already reported, the 2013 ROAR nationals warm up was held at Gulf Coast RC Raceway in Porter, Texas last weekend. The weekend event included the electric buggy class which provided some extra run time on the track and another opportunity for some close racing on the very high bite track. On Saturday there […]

JConcepts introduces an all new aluminium timing cover accessory for the Reedy Sonic motor. The aluminium acts as an additional heat sink transferring heat to an additional surface spreading the heat out over more area. The timing cover also has increased depth which allows more sensor wire plug protection in the event of a crash […]

The first round of the 2013 Austrian National season took place over the 27th to 28th April in Fehring. With over 100 racers in attendance it was Martin Wollanka who won the 45 minute final ahead of Dominic Bauer in second and Thomas Mayr in third. Results: Wollanka Martin Bauer Dominic Mayr Thomas Schweinzer Patrik […]

Having been shown CAD images of the new K8 1/8th scale chassis from KM Racing back in January, the 1/10th World Champions have shown of early photos of the car ahead of the World Championship warmup race later this month. The car is not finalised, with the aluminium remaining un-anodised for now but this is […]

KO Propo have released version 3 of their EX-1 KIY transmitter. Only a slight update the new radio has what they are calling the expert grip, which along with a newly positioned trigger gives a more ergonomic feel making it easier to be more precise with the throttle. Source: KO Propo [kopropo.co.jp]

T.O.P. got in touch to tell us that team driver Mark Smyka won the ROAR Paved Nationals 1/12th 17.5T Class with their Rebel 12. Mark’s Paved National title is his first after many years of racing different classes and it’s also T.O.P.’s first ROAR Paved National title. Since the recent 2013 ROAR Carpet Nationals, Mark […]

The 1st Zac Cup race was held at the Keitune Racing Track, host of this year’s WC, last weekend. While the entry for the 1/10th class was low, the quality was there with the best drivers in Japan attending. KM Racing driver Keisuke Fukuda took the top spot in qualifying ahead of Hirano, Watanzbe and […]