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GMS RC Drag Racing Wheelie Bar System
I just got a press release from Grand Motorsports about their new Wheelie Bar! Here is the press release: Grand Motorsports Advanced Wheelie Bar System Grand Motorsports announces the release of their new shock-loaded wheelie bar system. Designed to allow optimum weight transfer under acceleration, the new GMS wheelie bar system allows you to tune and control your launch [...]
New 32-Pitch Pinion Gears from Novak
Team Novak is expanding its line of gears with the addition of 32-pitch 5MM Steel Pinion Gears. These precision-made gears mesh with any brushless motor with a 5mm output shaft, including Novak’s HV-Series of Brushless Motors (#3524-3527), and can be used to power Monster trucks, including the Traxxas E-Maxx, and HPI E-Savage. Check the NEW Product [...]
Rub-A-Dub-Dub Cub Report 06.22.08
Traxxas Horizon/Losi are all over the googolplex hot rock crawling trend. They announced last week that yes indeed, they have a rock crawler on the way with a debut date of June 27th. They will be premiering the most radical comp truck ever released on their website, stiff arming the trade show circuit and making the mags wait. Should be [...]
RC Monster Truck – Bash-A-Palooza Event Follow Up
Wow, what a great event! First off, I would like to thank all the awesome companies that helped provide prizes for the event! HPI Racing, Duratrax, Parma, O’Donnell Racing, XXX Main, and ofcourse Leisure Hours Hobbies! I would also like to thank John (from Leisure Hours Raceway) for doing an awesome job on the [...]
BASH-A-Palooza Video – Long Jumps and Monster Truck Soccer!
Here is another video I put together from the Big Squid RC Bash-A-Palooza event this weekend! This time up we have some awesome rc monster truck long jumps and soccer action! Again, Thanks to everyone who came out to the event! We couldn’t do it without you all!There is also a HI-DEF version of the video Located HERE! Right Click/Save [...]
Running on Fumes Report 06.15.08
Traxxas Much like the paranoid survivalists that emptied out every supermarket in the country of 50 lbs bags of rice, rc’ers are now beginning to stockpile nitro fuel. Rumors have been floating for months about no more 30% being produced and prices doubling by Christmas. The best part is, ask 10 guys that work in the rc fuel industry, and you’ll [...]
BASH-A-PALOOZA Video – Obstacle Course
Here is a quick video I put together from the Big Squid RC Bash-A-Palooza event this weekend! I will post up a full recap tonight along with another video. The folks over at HobbyZip also have a ton of videos posted, so make sure to head over there and check them out! Thanks to everyone who came out..I hope everyone [...]
Traxxas Slash – RPM The Parts For You
This just in from RPM RC. If you are one of the people running out to get the new Traxxas Slash, RPM RC already has some parts that are compatible! That’s awesome news, since bashers NEED to upgrade to RPM. Here’s the list: #80242 – Black Front a-arms #80245 – Blue Front a-arms #80712 – Caster Blocks #80372 – Front Bearing Carriers #80382 [...]
RC Monster Truck Basher Event: BASH-A-PALOOZA
Our own Big Squid RC BASH-A-PALOOZA event is coming up! Hosted By: Leisure Hours Hobbies at the amazing Leisure Hours Raceway June 14th! The official event page is Right HERE! Or click the new link over on the left! This event is going to be awesome! Here is a Prize List Update: – New HPI Savage – New [...]
Attention RC Industry: PLEASE STOP STEALING OUR STUFF!
Ok, normally I let Cubby do the ranting around here. 1) He’s good at it, and B) He likes the hate mail more then I do. That being said, I’m going to hop up on my soap box here for a minute and get something off my chest. Lately I have been starting to see terms and phrases [...]
RC Drag Racing Video – Tim Mohr’s Rail Gets Air!
Here’s another short video from the RC Drag Racing event a few weeks back at Lynwood Drag Way. This is Pro Driver, Tim Mohr’s rail catching some air from just going a little too fast. Amazingly enough, the race was also super close… if only it stayed on the ground!
Big Squid RC Contest Drawing for May – With Video!
We have our winners for the May Big Squid RC Contest! I’d like to thank all of our readers for their support, and for sending in those awesome Fan Pictures! Keep them coming, there are lots of good prizes here!! Every now and then we get email asking about how we choose our winners each month, and [...]
Fan Picture Update – Drawing Info
Here is a last second Fan Picture for the Big Squid RC Contest! Due to some technical difficulties, the drawing will be posted tonight. I wanted to start doing something special for the drawings, and the site has been acting up, so there was a small delay. We should be good to go [...]
We Are Alive!
Wow.. not sure what happened over the weekend.. but the site was down for a while. 🙁 It looks like we are back up and running. I will have the official Big Squid RC Contest drawing later tonight, and will also have the prize page updated with a few new prizes to choose from!
RC Drag Racing Video – RC Motorcycle VS Real Car!
We never like to see this stuff happen. At the last big Midwest RC Drag Racing event, Shredder-X had a glitch/run-away and his R/C Motorcycle took off at the end of the track. Sadly, it was perfectly timed with a oncoming car. 🙁 Younger viewers may want to look away.
