When I was talking to Matt Chambers at Motorama, I sat in the empty chair next to him at his table. We talked for just a few minutes before someone tapped me on the shoulder, needing his seat back. Low and behold, Phillip Atondo, in the flesh! Phillip is no stranger to Motorama. He won […]
Solid Performance : ICharger 308 Duo Review
The iCharger, One of the most used chargers in today’s racing world. This charger has caused a lot of controversy in the Stock world as the high amp charging and high amp discharging has sparked a lot of issues in the racing community. The iCharger 308, 3010, and 4010 duo’s all run the same software, and […]
Tamiya M-05v2 Pro Mini JCW Coupe Build Up
Tamiya Mini (or M-Chassis) cars are something I have always admired through my years in the hobby. I’ve even owned a couple M-03’s but never really got into their full potential. That’s to say I’ve never raced one. The class has always appealed to me because the cars are smaller, typically more detailed, and unique […]
Team C TM2SC 2WD Mid Motor Short Course Hands On
In today’s race world the race participants dictate the quality of the race surface. The trend has moved to the farthest extreme of asphalt racing in off-road racing here in the U.S. Most, if not all manufacturers have dedicated chassis to compete head to head in these conditions. This is the latest and greatest in […]
Proline Racing Pro-2 – 2wd Short Course Truck Review
About two months ago, we picked up a Pro-Line Racing Pro-2 2wd short course truck kit. You can read through the build at this link. The truck comes about 40% complete, and in no time we were ready to hit the track. I took it to the track a couple of times to get it […]
Associated RC10 B5 Rear Motor Team Kit Build Up
Team Associated has once again taken the r/c world by storm with their surprise release of the RC10B5 Rear Motor and RC10B5M Mid Motor 2wd Buggy kits. They were announced seemingly out of nowhere, with no team drivers competing with them at big events prior to the announcement of their release. I personally found this […]
Meet the Pros: Matt Chambers – TLR
February 22nd, 2012 
Matt We caught up with Matt Chambers at the 2012 Motorama extravaganza. Matt TQed and won the 1/10 mod stadium truck class at the event! He also qualified 3rd in 2wd Mod Buggy, and second overall in Mod 2wd SCT. During the Saturday Qualifiers on the big track, I was in need of a new spur […]
Central NY Natives Compete at Motorama 2012
February 22nd, 2012 John Central New York R/C Racers traveled to Harrisburg, PA for the annual Motorama Expo at the Farm Show Complex. There were over 700 entries from around the country at this year’s event looking to get noticed, or to add to their already shiny resume. CNY was well represented at this year’s race with the likes […]
Meet the Pros: Jarodd Goedel – Caster Racing USA
February 22nd, 2012 Kevin Jarodd Goedel is what you might call our “Hometown Hero”. He’s local to us, and a member of Team Soup, having assisted in our 2wd Short Course Truck Shootout and the 2wd Traxxas Slash LCG Chassis Shootout. This past weekend at Motorama he qualified 4th in the Stock Short Course class, easily making the A-main. […]
JConcepts Hi Flow Body – Review
February 21st, 2012 Matt As you saw in the Install post, I picked up the JConcepts Hi Flow SCT body for my Losi XXX-SCT. In the original post, I detailed how to cut out the various relief holes and mount the body to your truck. RC Soup went to Motorama in Harrisburg, PA, this past weekend. This was my […]
SOUPercharged Rides Contest
February 21st, 2012 Matt Hey guys, just wanted to throw out a reminder about our SOUPercharged Rides contest. It is very easy to enter, see all the details here. There’s some pretty cool stuff for the winner, as well as honorable mention prizes! Let’s see those rides! Here’s one from January. Also, if you submitted one in January and […]
New Axial AX10 Ridgecrest
February 21st, 2012 Kevin The original AX10™ Scorpion hit the market in April of 2007. It was Axial’s first vehicle which brought crawling to the mainstream and quickly became the most influential crawler in the industry. Since then, Axial has made numerous advancements through a variety of chassis designs which developed new categories within the crawling segment. While the […]
Motorama 2012 Results
February 20th, 2012 Kevin Team Soup attended Motorama this weekend in Harrisburg, PA. It was held at the Farm Show Complex (which is a 1,000,000 Sq. Ft. building). They ran 2 tracks with different classes. It was a HUGE event, bringing in 712 entries across both tracks. Friday was a full day of practice, followed by a full day […]
Motorama – Day 1 Practice wrap up
February 18th, 2012 Matt Today was a pure practice day at Motorama. However, your practice time did count for something. More on that in a second. They ran 3 heats of practice today, with each driver having an assigned heat to run in. There were a total of 712 entrants when you combine the 1/8 and 1/10 track. A […]
Venom’s new 20C 2S 8000mAh 7.4V Hard Case LiPO
February 16th, 2012 Kevin Venom is proud to announce the release of their highest capacity hard case battery yet. They took their ever popular 20C 8000mAh 7.4V LiPO and put it into a durable plastic case to protect it from the rigors of off-road vehicles. Not only does this 20C 2S 8000mAh 7.4V Hard Case LiPO offer long run […]
