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Tire Tip – Not Air Fresheners

I stopped in to visit AKA Racing and Joel Johnson was kind enough to give me some samples of their new Truggy tires. They are lighter, faster and better than the previous “truck” bead designs, but there is one thing...

Video Review Losi 8IGHT Gas Buggy – Gas Pains

Issue #17 Features our review of the Losi 8IGHT Gas Buggy. In VRC_016 we dyno’d the Dynamite .31 engine and got a good result, but that’s where track testing and dyno curves don’t always add up. We spent 3 ful...

Pro-Line Pro MT 4×4 Review – Velocity RC Cars Magazine

Pro-Line seems to becoming a kit/roller company and we’re all for it. They started small and have gone big with the new Pro MT 4×4. This 1/10-scale monster truck is perfect for bashing. Big tires, a thick candy shell...

Team Associated and LRP break up….

….but still remain friends. After 18 years of partnership and multiple National and World titles, the popular US and German companies announced jointly today that Team Associated will no longer be selling and servicing th...

Tamiya Comical GrassHopper Video Review

The 1980’s gave us lots, but if you grew up in that era RC cars were like seeing aliens. Tamiya cars inspired many of us and the GrassHopper was one vehicle that every old fart over 40 wanted. Now it’s 2019 and we&#...

Hand Full of AKA EVO Truggy Tires

Truck rule! And they will rule more once you ditch the old school rims and tires for a set of lighter AKA EVO Truggy tires. These race tires feature a bead more like 1/8-scale so the rim and tire are lighter! This is just bette...

West Coast Large Scale Nationals at Glen Helen!

Like’em real big and juicy? The 1/5 scale race scene has been growing every year and the 2012 West Coast Large Scale Nationals (We’ll ignore the oxymoron of being West Coast and National) is set to go down on Novemb...

Photo Shoot Day – It’s work!

Today was one of our first official photo shoot days for the first issue of the VRC Magazine. I’ve been in this industry for over 13 years, and in the hobby for about 25. Shooting RC cars is one of the hardest things in t...