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 – Rear Bearing Carriers
#80852 – Front Shock Tower
#80832 – Rear Shock Tower
#70322 – Black Shock Spring Clips
#70325 – Blue Shock Spring Clips
#70327 – Yellow Shock Spring Clips
#70328 – Purple Shock Spring Clips
#73152 – Black Lower Shock Spring Cups
#73155 – Blue Lower Shock Spring Cups
#73157 – Yellow Lower Shock Spring Cups
#73158 – Purple Lower Shock Spring Cups

Go upgrade, then go BASH!

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Traxxas Slash – RPM The Parts For You

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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 Duratrax RT-X 27
- A Bunch of Bodies from Parma Racing
- DVD’s and Skins from XXXMain
- Tools from Duratrax and O’Donnell Racing
- T-Shirts, Stickers, and More!

That’s TWO NEW RC Monster Trucks! Most Pro Events don’t give away this much stuff!
If you are in the area, you do not want to miss this event!
Event Page for all the details you need!

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RC Monster Truck Basher Event: BASH-A-PALOOZA

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 that we throw around here at Big Squid RC often now being used by other RC magazines and sites. While plagiarism is often seen as the sincerest form of flattery, I would like to start to see a little thanks sent this way by the big guys. Now I’m not saying Billy or Bobby shouldn’t be dropping their Big Squid RC terms over at the RC Drag Racing Track, or Timmy shouldn’t be trying to impress the chicks at the RC Monster Truck bash with some knowledge he has read around here, but when the big guys.. the companies with the money start pretending they came up with this stuff.. that’s when I get upset. In the last few months alone I have seen RC Car Action using Bash-A-Bility now in their reviews.. really? Hmm.. wonder where they got that one from? Even our first reviews posted over 4 years ago use that term.

The newest offender, CEN. Now, don’t get me wrong.. I really like the newer CEN products, CEN Matrix, loved it, CEN GST awesome, but now when I see CEN’s ad for their new GSR 5.0 truck, with the heading Basher Approved! Uhm.. sorry.. NO! How do I know it’s not Basher Approved? Because it’s not in our Basher Approved section!
Just because we are a small company, it does not mean you can just push us around. Our readership and fan base is growing fast, and I’m pretty sure everyone loves an underdog. So play nice!

Sure RC Car Action needs to find more readers, heck, RC Driver and Xtreme are not far behind them, and I’m pretty sure we have more readers then they have subscribers. And sure CEN wants to be part of the basher scene, it does not get any bigger, but how about earning the respect instead of just claiming it?

/end rant
Ok.. sorry about that. It was starting to drive me nuts. Remember where you heard it first people, and thanks for all your support! (PS: Send the hate mail to Cubby!)

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Attention RC Industry: PLEASE STOP STEALING OUR STUFF!

First of all I’d like to thank Jerry (Lynnwood Dragway) for hosting the Midwest series race 2. Also a big thanks to John(NitroRage) setting up the ladder and keeping an open mind when suggestions were made. The Onstat Crew did a great job of prepping the track as well. A huge thank you to Blair K.and Richard P. from TN, Dane and Dustin from Richmond IN , Gary from WI, Robb (Shredder X) from NJ, Hollywood Tim Mohr from St. Louis and Brian( Big Squid) that travaled from out of state to race with us. Of course it goes without saying thank you to all the local racers as well.

For those of you that were not able to attend this past event…….the weather was in the mid to high 60s on Sat. with strong winds..Sunday was freakin COLD but at least it wasn’t as windy.The racers did their best to get down the track and most were very successful. I won’t get into who ran what or who won what because I don’t have that information and I know that John(NitroRage) will post that soon. What I do want to tell you guys is that the racing was HOT!! The Pro-Mod class was the biggest and it had some great action and some spectacular crashes….yours truly being one of them. The Street Car class(bracket)made a nice showing as did the Unlimited Dragster. Funny Car was not a big class this time around. Pro-Stock Bike made its first Lynnwood showing and was in my opinion some of the closest and exciting racing , I was fortunate to be one of the guys running a bike and enjoyed it tremendously. There was a lot of laughs on Sat. as Big Will ran the lights and offered commentary as the racers qualified.

The event attracted quite a few spectators….a few hung around my pit and asked questions and really enjoyed watching the action, so much that a couple of them were going to order electric Pro-Mods this week and another wanted to get in on the electric dragster action. A couple of the guys were not new to rc racing have a background in off-road competition but expressed something I already knew……they said they couldn’t get over how friendly everyone they spoke to was. I too am a off-road convert and had felt the same welcome late last year when I started drag racing with this great group of guys. The racing has been great and even greater are the new friendships that have developed as a direct result of this little hobby of ours.

As with any big event there are sometimes some snags…. some people complained about the tardiness and or lack of keep things on schedule. I cannot answer for the Lynnwood management but want to express that this track is very new and I’m sure they take what they learned from this event to make the next one even better. Sundays delay was caused by a dead generator……once they got a replacement things I thought went pretty smooth. Some racers were even caught off guard when they were called to the line and were not ready, again this is a little new to some of the guy’s and will take some getting used to. Thats all I have for you folks at this time, I will try to make the next report a little more informative.

Thanks,

Rey

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RC Drag Racing – Lynwood Follow up – Growing Pains

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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!

There is also a HI-DEF version of the video Located HERE! Right Click/Save As. You’ll need Quicktime or a mp4 codec to play.

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RC Drag Racing Video – Tim Mohr?s Rail Gets Air!

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 for the last few years, it has pretty much been the same since the beginning. Here is a little video showing how it goes.

Congrats to:
1) Mitchell Q.
2) Jeff K.
3) Joe K.

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Big Squid RC Contest Drawing for May – With Video!