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Why I Race

Last nights club race at Top Gear Hobbies in the Northwest, gave me a reminder of why I love RC racing. My son started racing 3 years ago, when he was 8. In that time, he has gone from novice and hitting the pipes every few feet, to hitting them once a lap, then to [...]

Future of off road racing in PDX

With the closing of PRCR, one has to ponder the situation in Portland. There is a great thread started on rctech about just this, with people throwing around some ideas. You can check it out here There is a huge racing community here that is just clamoring to be asked to help out. Just three [...]

Good luck to everyone at Nats

The Big RC just wants to wish everyone good luck at Nats this weekend. May the best win and not hack their way to the front

RC cars in Olympics

The Olympics are using remote controlled Mini Coopers to retrieve javelin’s and discus at this years olympics!!! How cool is that? Now maybe we can actually get RC racing in the olympics. They have ping pong, so why not?

Release us from blinky mode!

I started thinking the other day about the stock classes. What are the problems and positives about them. First off, stock is supposed to even the playing field and make it a drivers class. It’s also a class where you hone your skills before moving up to mod. It’s also supposed to be a cheaper [...]

Changes to The Big RC

We are doing some cosmetic changes over the next few days. There may be some glitches along the way, but when we are done it will be worth the wait. Sorry for the issues. Kevin

Something has got to be done about stock racing or it will ruin this hobby again!

Remember those good old days, when you went to a big race and got a sealed stock motor. Remember those days when the only thing you could really do was reshape your brushes, and even that didn’t do much. The key word is sealed. When will roar figure this out again and make all stock [...]

Is 4×4 1/9th scale stadium truck the next big thing?

I have been doing a lot of research and talking to my people behind the scenes at all the big manufacturers, and consensus is that 1/9th scale 4×4 stadium truck is it. I know what you are thinking, why another class. Well guess what, the beast needs to eat. “We need another class of parts [...]

Andy at DiBrino designs rocks

Thanks to Andy at DiBrino Designs I have the sickest paint job at the track! Andy you kick ass!

Stadium Truck is back with a vengeance

With the release of the all new 22T, stadium truck seems to be back in full force. As someone who started their racing with stadium truck, I am really happy about this. Stadium truck is a nice class to run if you already are running buggy. Compared to a SC it feels like a formula [...]