Spoiler Alert!!! It's Monday.

It's Monday! And, dang, it's crazy weather out there.  Unless you happen to live in sunny, Southern California.  Whether sunny or sunny, Southern Californians tough it out. And that means so did the brave, weather proof Reedy Racers. So brave, they found the time to run a demo "Classic" race with a field of aluminum tub RC10 re-releases. Even Brian Kinwald drove the up and coming World's car re-release .

AE talked BK into showing the world how to run a 7 turn brushless in a re re. 

As a total AE fanboy with access to high speed internet and youtube, i was stoked.


See if you can tell who was running 6 gears or who had a slipper and a stealth


The re-re-relics weren't the only vintage AE cars in the spotlight, either. Former world champion, Ryan Cavalieri took two vintage cars, designs over a decade ago, to win The 2014 Reedy Race:

Podium girls holding toy cars designed before they could spell "remote control."

It was a fantastic battle til the end. Lucky for us, all twelve of the invitational rounds are available on youtube.

Meanwhile, in the rest of the U.S., it's frozen. I really don't envy folks sitting at pit tables in warehouses out there, waiting hours between runs and volunteering to marshal or take out the trash, if just to move the legs and get some heat going. Frozen hands don't work well in cold warehouses and Monster seems to be the only beverages available at tracks instead of hot tea or coffee. The good news is, if you're creative enough and you drink enough sugary,  caffeinated neon green Monster, you too may end up with AWESOME ideas like this:


That XO-1 in your closet that you destroyed in one high speed run may have a second life after all.



Good or bad weather, racing remote control cars with a group or club is more than just a hobby, it's an institution and a craft.  RC cars offer the die hard racers something to focus on and to hang out with others because of. An opportunity to creatively and scientifically tune, practice and develop a social skill or two. Plus, we get every reason to drill holes in things.

"This should shave a tenth or two off my "Devil Went Down To Georgia time."

We're racers, and we want to surround ourselves with inspiration to go faster. Whether that's watching the racers at the track or following pros on Live RC. With the internet, the footage of rc racing is still gaining momentum. Fortunately, there is no lack of setup and race information out there.

"Siri, I need the C4.2 Cav Setup from Round 3 Heat two of Invitational Reedy 2014"

Even though youtube race edits are quick and liverc is usually, well, live, I can't help but want more, clearer, and quicker. We're into speed, action, and results! Because, we're kind of nerds like that. Kind of...

1/8th the nerds we are today

Okay, it's Monday. You found this blog. And I got that "deep desire to have streaming video of any obscure Mid-West snake race from 1997 streamed to my phone with the command of my voice" off my chest.

Thanks for reading!

-T