These past couple of weeks I have been busy with the RCX Expo, the ROAR Truck Nats at the Nitro Pit, and all of the local series races. Buggy Nationals are just around the corner. It seems like this year has been one big event after another. It’s hard to stay focused when things don’t go your way and you always feel rushed. Never anytime to relax or recover. :P
You know what it’s like when one of your shock seals wear out, and shock oil occasionally leaks without warning… well seems like my dog has a worn seal… She’s getting a bit older, and is starting to ‘loose control’. Drip drip here, drip drip there… you get the picture. With 15-month-old twins in the house, that means two things. One, we need to fix the problem… and two we already have the tools in the house to do so.
A visit to the vet has things under control now, so no ‘pee-pee puddles’ on my watch!
With the popularity of “Rat Rods”, I figured that I’d combine the looks of the Rat with the functionality of a crawler. Ken Lochel turned me onto this look with one of his crawlers and I think it came out really nice!
I started prepping the Jeeps a little early this year. We have a ton of wheeling to do during the spring, summer and fall and I want both of the rigs to be ready and to work flawlessly this year. For off road duties, both my wife and I have Jeep Unlimited Rubicon’s. One is built more extreme for the toughest trails and the other is more mild mannered for less severe trails. Mine runs with 5 inches of lift and 37 inch tires. The wife’s sits 2.5 inches taller than stock and runs 35-inch tires. We typically leave the smaller “street” tires on until we hit the trails.
With a lengthy break from competitive racing, I figured I might as well let you know how my race weekend went at the 2008 ROAR Truck Off-Road Fuel Nationals. Daniel and I drove away in the Pro-Line box van Tuesday afternoon. 5 hours of driving a 4-cylinder turbo diesel pulling 14,000 lbs is a blast. 45 mph up grades really allows you time to think about the event and reflect on those oh so special moments in your lives.
While we were driving, Marty Korn pulled along side us and gave us a honk. About 2 minutes later we get picture mail from him showing him going 90mph. Thanks for that Marty. It was nice to see he was going much faster than we were. We responded with picture mail going 65 mph.
When the race came to a close, I ended up qualifying for the a-main and ended up 10th after having issues that were out of my hands. I’m looking forward on the Pro-Line Nitro MAX Challenge in a few weeks and then on to the 1:8 buggy Nats at Thunder Alley Raceway. Hope to see you all there!
I travel quite a bit with my job. The best part of scoring a descent size hotel room is they make killer micro r/c tracks!
Check out my super stealth, Losi Micro T travel case. What might look like an old school Oakley glass case turns out to be the perfect hauler for the tiny terror. Braaap!
Hey everyone, hope your enjoying this new page on Pro-Line’s new web sight. I wanted to share a little insight on Jammin Jay Halsey’s new “Super Buggy”, It’s a Hustler Concepts single seat racing chassis (total weight is 1600lbs) powered by a Toyota 1650cc 220 Hp engine. After getting the chassis and suspension tuned in over the past month and half, Jay says it is ready for the 08 Corr Offroad Championship Series!
This past week, a friend of mine, Collin Cocores was in town. There’s a Vintage Trans-Am National http://www.usvintagetransam.com/ at one of the local tracks http://www.harbor-hobby.net/. He’s in town for the event, and decided to come in a few days early. Sounds like a good reason for some mid week club racing, eh?
I threw 5 of my cars and all my racing gear in the back of his P/T Cruiser rental. Well, Collin driving a rental with all my racing gear in the back doesn’t exactly mix. Everything was fine, but I’m pretty certain that P/T is due for an oil change
Radio controlled rock crawling might just be the fastest growing niche out there. Looking at all the new products recently released from Proline, as well as many other manufacturers, tells us that 10th scale crawling is really HOT! With five different Proline tires to choose from to clad your crawler with, each in two different rubber compounds, the venerable M2 and the super soft M3, I decided that an intra-company 2.2 tire test was a must. The line up consisted of the new Flat Iron, Hammer and Badlands, accompanied by the legendary Moab and Masher 2000. It took me about 40 hours to compile results from the intense testing I did, along with a couple of hard-core crawling buddies. Requests and demand for detailed information about Proline tires throughout the RC crawling community was eating at me and I wanted to deliver what the enthusiasts wanted.
Finally, a choice of more than two crawling tires, that actually work!
Hello Pro-Line viewers. I titled this Blog “The Great Northwest” because in my eyes it really is amazing. I recently went to the Lunsford Gas Blast in Portland, Oregon and after the event I went directly over to Couer d’Alene to work with Performance R/C Hobbies on some projects. While staying up in this beautiful region I had the opportunity to go with Matt Afana to ride snowmobiles in the fresh Idaho powder. WOW what an amazing and truly breathtaking experience for a California Native!
