Pro-Line rep Aaron Arndt is at it again! This time he has turned his Axial Honcho into a lean mean crawling machine!

Aaron used the 1970 F-100 body, Light Bar, 1.9” Flat Iron tires and 1.9” Titus bead-loc wheels on his rig.

For a different look, Aaron topped off his crawler with the Blazer body!

Lookin Good Aaron! 

Check out the latest Savage XL project put together by Pro-Line Representative Aaron Arndt!

Aaron fit his truck with the Pro-Line 2007 Chevy® Silverado™ body and light bar.

He also adapted his Savage XL using an aftermarket 17mm hex adaptor (not available from Pro-Line) added the new Tech 5 wheels and Big Joe tires.

Looks Great Aaron!

The 2nd Annual Snow Trophy race for Nitro Off-road cars in St. Johann/Pg in Austria took place on Feb 20-21st! The event saw perfect weather, a perfect track with snow and a lot of action all around! 3 classes where raced:

Truggy –

1. Mikie Klausner Mugen/Novarossi/Pro-Line
2. Michael Selner Mugen/Novarossi/ Pro-Line
3. Hannes Salchegger Associated/Novarossi/ Pro-Line

Buggy –

1. Michael Klausner sen Mugen/Novarossi/ Pro-Line

2. Daniel Schmiederer HB/LRP/VTEC

3. Christian Gruenbacher LRP/LRP/VTEC

Monster Truck –

1. Josef Fenninger Traxxas/Novarossi/ Pro-Line
2. Christian Bartacek Traxxas/TRX/ Pro-Line

3. Christian Brachmaier HPI/LRP/ Pro-Line 

Learn how to glue tires with squirrel from youtube.

You know how some companies use big events on the calendar to pull off promo stunts. Welcome to the Sunday Sled Stunt

Hey guys this is Gerardo and I wanted to show you what I did with my Traxxas Stampede kit. I was able to put on the Pro-Line ProTrac suspension kit, part #6062-00 and the Power Stroke Shocks part#6063-00 fronts, #6063-01 rears. The body I picked was the Pro-Line HUMM-VEE part #3266-00 since I’m a Hummer fan. The tires on the truck are Badlands 30 series part #1143-00 and the wheels are the Torque 30 series part #2695-01 all around.

With the help of a few extra components from Traxxas and Lunsford listed down below you too can complete this conversion.

FRONT END

-         Traxxas tie rod ends #5525 (qty.4 pieces)

-         Traxxas 3mm x 18mm button head screws #2583  (qty.4 screws)

-         Lunsford 3.5mm x 3 5/8” Super Duty turnbuckles #11082  (qty.2 pieces)

REAR END

-         Traxxas tie rod ends #5525 (qty.4 pieces)

-         Traxxas 3mm x 18mm button head screws #2583  (qty.4 screws)

This past weekend race #1 of the Novarossi Challenge Series was held at Crystal Park Raceway in southern California. The big winners were Mike Swauger – in the Expert 1/8th class, Darin Ishitani in the Expert Sedan class and Ryan Alfonso in the Sprtsman 1/8th class.
 
It was the first large event that the newly EFRA & ROAR approved PROTOform R5-N sedan body was used in competition. Mike Swauger handily TQ’ed using the R5-N and when qualifying was over there were 8 A-main drivers using the body as well. Mike Swauger succumbed to motor problems and was not able to start the A-Main. Mugen teammate Darin Ishitani got he big “Win”.
 
Sedan Top Ten
Darin Ishitani (R-5N)
Scott Kimbrow (R-5N)
Marco Acosta (R-5N)
Francis Mejia (R-5N)
Diatta Collymore R-5N)
Robbie Collins (R-5N)
Scott Fisher (R-5N)
Michael Palazolla (Stratus 3.1)
Walter Diaz (Stratus 3.1)
Mike Swauger TQ (R-5N)

Mike Swauger dominated the Expert 1:8th A-Main with a TQ and a “Win”.  At times he ran effortless laps a half second quicker than his closest competition.
 
1/8th Top Ten
Mike Swauger TQ (PF P909)
Ron Calangi
Jim Akins (PF P909)
Garen Hagobian
Justin Sheeley
Joel J (PF P909)
Brad Toffelmire
Christian Lopez
Danny Alvarado (PF P909)
Mike Strack (PF P909)

Name: Matthew Beizaee

Name of your car/truck: HPI Baja 5t

Description: HPI Baja 5t with Pro-Line VW Baja Bug body and Pro-Line Trencher tires mounted on Pro-Line Spit Six wheels. Excellent Job once again Pro-Line. Thank you!

Rock crawling has been huge for the RC world in the past few years. A few guys have seen a different rock crawler lurking around the rocks, Scale Crawlers.

I’m sure some will contest that Scalers were the original crawlers, but today’s scalers are more detailed, cooler looking, and work better then their distant cousins. A modern scale crawler generally consists of modern axles on a ladder chassis frame and a full fender truck body, or some custom created tube work and truck cab for that “truggy” look we all love.

The North Bay RC Crawlers, and Jake’s Performance Hobbies hosted a scale crawling event they dubbed the 101 Rubicon. A trail run type of course was setup using gate markers in some very tough spots. Too tough for some trucks.  In total the course was 18 gates long and roughly 50-60 yards across some very rugged terrain in down town Santa Rosa CA.

More then 25 trucks showed up to compete and have a great day on the rocks watching great drivers, great performing trucks, and some ultra sweet detail work. Working winches were the norm. Coolers, Jerry Cans, and rescue gear could be found on most of the rigs. Most of the drivers found themselves using their rescue gear and winches to get through the course.

The competition was great, but not the point. This was more of a good reason to meet up with fellow Scalers and check out rigs for new ideas on upcoming projects we all have. Custom hand bent bumpers, tube cages, and rock slider details were amazing. Custom narrowed bodies, and ultra sweet paint jobs all being pounded into the rocks with no regard for vehicle safety. Just a great sight to see.

Several Pictures have been posted on the Jake’s Performance Website :

http://www.jphracing.com/Nov__29th_Scaler_GTG___Comp.cfm 

A thread was also done on www.rccrawler.com:

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=211730

Our friend, Ryan Anderson, son of Monster Truck legend The Grave Digger tested out Pro-Line’s new Sling Shot tires for SC.  Enjoy the video…