UPDATE!!!! Official release details and pics! One may have thought that the leaked sales flyer for the new Traxxas 1/8-scale NHRA Funny Car (officially licensed too) was a cruel Traxxas April Fools joke. Traxxas doesn’t s...
Rules are in place for reasons, and if you break the rules you should be disqualified. A very simple line to draw in the sand. ROAR and Trinity have engaged in an EPIC battle (waka waka) about a recent reversal of the legality ...
Wings are often thought of as cosmetic, and in the full-size-car-consumer world, they mostly are—as can be seen by the wing size sported by most punk kids on their tuner cars. But in this hobby, they serve a much more specifi...
I (Derek) have built a lot of kits. Hundreds to be vague. Usually they assemble without a problem, occasionally they frustrate, but few have brought about the emotion of hate, love, pain, disdain, and almost tears as the Capo R...
In just 3 years time the AMS (Alabama Manufacturers Shootout) is becoming one of the nations largest off road events. The mains went off this weekend and a “repeat” champion has been crowned. 2011 champ Ryan Maifiel...
Don’t sweat the Vanilla Ice reference…we’re old like that. M.I.P has been quiet for years, but now has stirred up some new tricks with a lot of new products. The most surprising is a performance upgrade for th...
If you’re new to this great hobby, most of this article won’t make sense; but if you’ve been a toy car veteran of a decade or two, this read should bring back some fond (or not-so-fond) memories of a time when...
Adam Drake has been one of the fastest drivers on the planet for some time now but he’s more than just a driver, he’s a great setup man. Velocity RC Magazine sat down with THE DRAKE to chat ride height and how it affects ha...