This is Matt Wallace reporting (almost LIVE) from the 2012 REEDY race of Champions. Today is day one of controlled practice for everyone.

The track is fast flowing and fun with a tricky mogul section. Everyone out here is just trying to dial in their cars today for qualifying tomorrow.

Pro-Line’s Daniel Adams and I will be on hand during the entire event so be sure to stop by and say hello!

More post’s to come.. So stay tuned!

Pro-Line Driver Patrick Hofer Wins at the 23rd Indoor Grand Prix of Arbon

Saturday’s practice was fun and well organized. The track was very slippery, but with Pro-Line Driver Patrick Hofer‘s setup, traction was not a problem.

In the 4WD category, Patrick Hofer TQ’d and won 1st place in the finals.

1) Patrick Hofer / Team Associated B44.1 / Novak / Pro-Line
2) Sven Zünd / Kyosho Lazer
3) Peter Forster / Yokomo

In the 2WD category he obtained 4th place in qualification due to technical problems, but quickly reclaimed his glory in the finals with a 2nd place.

1) Sven Zünd / Kyosho RB5
2) Patrick Hofer / Team Associated B4.1WC / Novak / Pro-Line
3) Fabian Widmer / Team Associated B4

Thank you to all his sponsors: Team Associated / Novak / Pro-Line / HRC Distribution

Source: HRC Distribution

You may have seen our blog post about Pro-Line Team Driver Kyle McBride’s domination of the 2012 Meakin Masters!!

Well now you can see the ProDriver in action!

Pro-Line is back baby! The 26th Annual Pro-Line Cactus Classic will take place on March 23-25 with the World Famous Scotty Ernst announcing the race!

As always, the race will be held at Hobby Town’s Scottsdale R/C Speedway in beautiful Scottsdale Arizona.

If you are interested in signing up for the event be sure to visit RCSIGNUP.com.. Entries are limited to 500

“This years Winter Slam was located in Helena, Alabama at the indoor track “The Warehouse”. This track was quite tricky with sub 15 second lap times and 8 car mains, passing was a true challenge. In addition to the tight lanes and quick lap times the track was very slippery Dark Red Clay. Typically the red clay outdoors is extremely abrasive, but when sunlight isn’t present it makes for a moist slippery surface. When I look to indoor or slippery conditions I find the M4 buggy tires work really well. In truggy with 4 times the tire patch and the fact that truggies need more steering than traction, the M3 Holeshots can be used with great success. I can endorse racers to give my tire combinations a try indoors on moist red clay.”

Billy Easton‘s tires used indoors at the Alabama Winter Slam were:

Truggy: VTR Holeshots m3

Buggy: Holeshot M4

The 2012 CRCRC Midwest Champs is over and the dust has settled. What a great event with 35 heats if RC racing action. Pro-Line’s Ryan Cavalieri went in to podium all 4 events he entered and TQ 2wd and Mod Truck.

In the end Ryan would win the first two mains in truck securing the overall win. In 4wd bad luck came into play but Ryan still managed a podium finish. The mod truck main saw a bundle of drivers using Pro-Line’s Suburbs tires in Mc compound (8205-17) in fact, several factory drivers were spotted with Pro-Line MC rubber on their rides proving this was the tire of choice.

Congrats to all the winners! 

We look forward to next year!

Picture Source: http://www.buggy-sport.info/

Kyle McBride Wins Meakin Masters

Scott (Kyle’s Dad) sent in this race report from Kyle’s awesome weekend:

Kyle dominates the 2012 Meakin Masters!!

Kyle has now won this event 4 years in a row!!

The annual Meakin Masters which is held at the Meakin Track (The Brick Yard) in Kingston, Queensland, Australia.

Kyle hit the track for the first time on Saturday hard with his Kyosho TKI2, setting the T.Q pace for the first round.

The track was quite slick for the first run, so tire choice was critical, using the Pro-Line Bow Ties M3 for the first run set the time of 16 laps 10 min 15 seconds.

The second qualifier Kyle sets another T.Q going 4 seconds faster than the 1st qualifier!!

The second qualifier the track was starting to pack down nicely, so we decided to run the Pro-Line Sniper!!

The third qualifier Kyle equals his T.Q time setting another 16 lap 10 min 11 seconds.

Heading into the Amain the track was extremely hard packed, but polished smooth like wax, so we decided to run M4 Calibers

The start of the Amain Kyle pushed hard to break the pack, setting into a comfortable lead with his Kyosho TKI2!!

Kyle’s Kyosho was dialed!!

Kyle led from start to finish lapping the field twice and setting the fastest lap of the final!!

Another great win for Kyle and Pro-Line!!

Cheers,
Scott McBride

Congratulations Kyle on a great Victory!

Check out the 2012 Pro-Line SC Open House Video! Thank you to everyone who made the event possible!

This past weekend Pro-Line opened its legendary test track in Banning, CA to the local Short Course crowd for some fun, food and the opportunity to meet the a few of the top RC drivers in the World.  Over 100 different SC trucks made there way around the freshly prepared test track and everyone left the event full of tacos and pizza, a custom event T-Shirt, a bag of swag, tons of track time and a pair of M4 Blockade SC tires!

In anticipation of the event the Pro-Line track crew created a Short Course specific track that was fun, fast and challenging.  The track featured a long straightaway with a tricky roller jump halfway that unsettled even the most experienced drivers, a huge bowl turn that was a blast at full throttle, a blown-out whoop section that led to a double jump, a truck swallowing roller section in the back corner and a massive stepped table top jump along the left fence line.

At the end of the day we held a SC Top Gun Battle Race between the Pros for bragging rights.  The Pro Race included newly signed Pro-Line team drivers WC Cody King and Adam Drake, along with Ty Tessmann, Rhonda Drake, Scott Hughes and Pro-Line’s own Tim Clark and Gerardo Gonzalez.  At the sound of the tone Rhonda Drake shot to the front and never looked back.  Adam Drake made a push in the middle of the race to catch his wife and battle for the lead but he kept getting the wheel from the other trucks.  At the finish line Rhonda Drake took the crown as the Pro-Line Top Gun Champion with Adam Drake finishing Second and Gerardo Gonzalez in Third (Note: the Top 3 all had 4×4 trucks while the others had 2wd trucks, LOL!).  The Pros put on a great show of skill and fender banging action and everyone enjoyed watching how fast they made it around the track.

Check out Paul and Cody King’s coverage of the Event! 

Here are a few pictures from the event.

Our friend Buddy at Papaian Enterprises took some amazing pictures as well. So be sure to check them out here. Plus he makes it possible to order the ones you like in the size you want them.

Special thank you to the Cvengros family & friends who helped out with track maintenance and turn marshaling! You guys and gals are amazing and really made the day a special treat.

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Qualifying is over and Ryan Cavalieri has the TQ in Mod buggy and Mod truck. Ryan was running Scrubs in the Front and Suburbs in the rear in buggy and Suburbs in his truck. Suburbs and Scrubs are the tire of choice for many at this event.  Mains start tomorrow and the snow has lifted so racing should be good..