This past weekend was the first annual LEFTover Cup oval trophy race at Redneck RC‘s new location. LEFTover (as in the weekend after Thanksgiving, ya know? Turkey.. Ha). They put in a brand new, super flat, fast carpet track next to their indoor offroad track and this was the first big race on it. Here […]
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Redneck RC’s LEFTover Cup: Event Recap
December 4th, 2013 
Kevin 
Posted in CNY R/C, Event Coverage, featured, Racing News 
Tags: carpet oval, crc, kcm, leftover up, pemberton raceworks, Redneck RC 
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2013 Big Bird Pull event recap
November 30th, 2013 Kevin Last weekend I attended the Big Bird Pull in Central Square, NY. It’s named this due to it’s proximity with Thanksgiving. The event is one of a few yearly events put on by Dave Engle of the Radio Controlled Pullers of Central New York. It’s held at his place, also known as “The Hanger” because […]
Upgrading the Tamiya Avante 2011: Part 2
November 25th, 2013 Geo Here we are with the third installment of “Project Avante”. The first article was a simple build up and the second was the installation of the upgraded electronics and better tires. Now thanks to the generous sponsorship of RCMART.COM we can continue on with the third article, HOP UPS! These parts were chosen as ones […]
RC Soup’s 2013 Holiday Gift Guide
November 21st, 2013 Kevin The holiday season is just around the corner. It’s the perfect opportunity to give our opinions on some great gift ideas. This is basically our way of giving our better halves our wish lists. And what better way to give Santa a hint than stealing from the wishlists of RC Soup? We are going to […]
CRC Battle Axe 3.0 Carpet Oval Car Build Up
November 2nd, 2013 Jarodd Once the temperature starts to drop and the leaves start to change it means that off road racing is coming to an end in Central New York. Especially if you call CRC Raceway home as I do. CRC is known for their carpet on road and oval cars. The Battle Axe 3 is their latest […]
Posted in Build Ups, CNY R/C, featured Tags: Battle Axe 3.0, carpet oval, crc Comments Off on CRC Battle Axe 3.0 Carpet Oval Car Build Up
JConcepts Fall Indoor Nationals @ RC Excitement Recap
October 19th, 2013 Kevin Last weekend Jarodd and I made our way out to Fitchburg, MA for the JConcepts Fall Indoor Nationals. We wanted to go to this race last year but the schedule didn’t really work out. This year we made it a point to put it on the schedule way in advance as it was one we […]
2013 Vintage Off-Road Nationals Event Coverage
September 21st, 2013 Kevin This past weekend Team driver Jarodd Goedel and myself attended the Vintage Offroad Nationals in Bethel, CT. This race is organized and put on by RC Car Action’s Erich Reichert. It’s an annual event celebrating the old days of r/c, where only cars made before 1994 are allowed to race. It’s a very neat idea […]
Road to Vintage Nats: Tamiya Avante 2011 Build Up
September 4th, 2013 Geo The Tamiya Avante is one of those kits that I think every kid who grew up in the 80’s wanted, and few could afford. Even the rerelease is still quite pricey. When Kevin told me that he was planning to go to the Vintage Off-Road Nationals this year, I immediately was interested in going. The […]
Posted in Build Ups, featured, Projects Tags: Avante, Avante 2011, brushless, Classis, futaba, Novak, Protek, Road to Vintage Nats, Tamiya, Venom, Vintage, Vintage Off-Road Nationals 1 Comment »
Road to Vintage Nats: Associated RC10 Reboot
September 1st, 2013 Kevin Alright folks. This is Part 2 of my original RC10 Restoration article from WAY back in January. That article also has a lot of info about the Vintage Off-Road Nationals that all these builds are centered around. This really isn’t a part 2 though, because I pretty much scrapped that whole project. I kept a […]
Posted in Build Ups, featured, Projects Tags: A&l, Associated, crc, FastEddy, hobbywing, Lunsford, Murfdogg, Pro-line, rc10, restoration, Road to Vintage Nats, rpm, savox, Team Associated, Vintage, Vintage Off-Road Nationals 1 Comment »
Viper RC VTX8 Review
August 31st, 2013 Matt Here is our review of the Viper RC VTX8, 1/8 ESC. I purchased this ESC to run in our Team Durango DEX408. Here’s the build and review of that car. This is really the story of two ESCs; the one I initially received with the purchase, and the one I received back after sending […]
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