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PittStop Invitationals November 11, 2023 (Pittsburg, CA)

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 Let’s start it off by congratulating The PittStop on their first competition! I was only there for the first half of the day since I had to open Rolling Garage up at 3PM, but I was able to see how smoothly the PittStop staff was running it. It was a great turnout with the amount of registered drivers that they had. My whole visit there was during their practice rounds and it was fun watching everyone getting their cars dialed in for this track. Good thing they had their whole event live-streamed! I was able to stay updated during my drive back to Rolling Garage and was able to enjoy watching the top 32 brackets on their Facebook Live.  Click here to watch live stream . With a total of 34 drivers, the qualifying begins. Each driver was given two qualifying runs and their scores were based on the average of the two runs. Our very own, Jordan Meyers, took the "Top Qualifier" spot with his overall average score of 49. All of the qualifying scores are listed below. All of the bat...

Your First Trip to the Track

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Headed to the track for the first time?      So you’re planning your first trip to an RC drift track. It can be a bit intimidating going from practicing drifting in your house or in your garage to an actual RC drift track but learning at your local track around other well-seasoned drivers is arguably the best and fastest way to become a better driver yourself. Before heading out, I’ll explain a few things to know for your first trip to your local track. Track Rules and Spec Tires      Each track will usually have a set of rules. This is to protect the track and all drivers using it. Some of these rules are universal among any track but check your local track’s rules for any specifics. These rules most likely include: Must be RWD Only. Most serious RC drift tracks these days only allow rear wheel drive cars. Make sure you have a rear wheel drive chassis before you head out to your local track. Call Outs: “Call out ‘Sweeper’, ‘Hairpin’, ‘Straight’ depending w...

A beginner's guide to starting RC Drifting (Ver. 2024)

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  So you wanna start RC drifting?        RC drifting has become increasingly popular over the last decade and with new tracks and shops popping up all over the country almost every day now it seems, it's a great time to get into the hobby and we're here to make sure you get all the proper information to get started right.  Before you make any decisions on picking up your first car or chassis kit, read through this blog post because there will be plenty of valuable information for you and if you have any other questions after feel free to hit up our social medias.  We're here to help! The first debate..... All Wheel Drive vs. Rear Wheel Drive      Back in the day the RC "drifting" scene used to be about buying any AWD touring car you could get your hands on, throwing plastic tires on it and calling it a day but these days RC drifting has progressed to RWD only for ultra drifting realism scaled down from their real life drifting counterpar...