The History of Remote Control Car Racing

THE HISTORY OF REMOTE CONTROL CAR RACING GEORGIARC RACERS..COM RADIO CONTROL CAR RACERS 1971 1971 The Early Years of RC Cars As early as 1971 companies such as Heathkit offer RC car kits and electronics components. 1971 Team Associated, known then as Associated, debuts its first vehicle, the RC1 which is an 1/8-scale nitro-powered on-road pan car. 1975 1975 Team Associated, known then as Associated, releases the 1/8-scale nitro-powered RC100. DENVER MATRET 1978 1978 Team Associated, known then as Associated Electrics, releases the RC12E 1/12-scale electric pan car. 506 1979 Tamiya releases the Sand Scorcher and Rough 1979 Rider scale off-road electric off-road kits which kits off what is often referred to the golden era of RC. 1984 1984 Team Associated, known then as Associated Electrics, introduces the RC10 electric buggy that is built specifically with a focus on high performance. This begins the shift from RC scale models to high performance RC cars. 1985 1985 Novak releases its first RC car electronic speed control, the NESC-1. 1985 The first IFMAR 1/10-scale Electric Off-road World Championship takes place in Pomona, CA. Jay Halsey and Gil Losi, Jr. won stock and unlimited respectively. This marks the start of an era of electric off-road racing being the most popular segment in racing. 1986 1986 Tamiya releases the original Blackfoot monster truck which launches a long run of monter trucks being the most popular basher in RC. 1988 1988 Losi releases the JRX2. This 2WD electric buggy competes with the Team Associated RC10 and kicks off what many consider the greatest racing rivalry in RC. 1989 Team Associated releases its RC10L and the electric pan car era is in full swing. 1989 1993 1993 Team Associated releases RC12LS, RC10LS and RC10LS0 all with highly adjustable Dynamic Strut front suspension. This becomes the standard frontend on numerous pan cars. 1994 1994 HPI offers its first vehicle, the Super F1. Previously, HPI only offered hop-ups parts and accessories. 1994 Traxxas releases its 2WD electric monster truck the Stampede and the 2WD electric stadium truck the Rustler. 1998 1998 HPI releases RS4 Mini which often gets credit for starting a large minis and micros trend. In the midst of the touring car craze, HPI also releases the RS4 Rally with molded interior, long shocks and off-road tires. 1999 1999 Traxxas introduces the T-Maxx nitro-powered ready-to-run monster truck that shifts the hobby from kits to ready-to-runs and from electric to nitro. 2001 2001 Horizon Hobby, a major distributor and online retailer, buys Losi. 2004 2004 RC rock crawling starts to get more mainstream and Jason Hansel launches RCCrawler, a website dedicated to the fast growing segment. 2005 2005 After offering 2.4GHz conversion modules, Spektrum releases its own 2.4GHZ radio system. While not the first 2.4Ghz system in RC(Nomadio gets credit for that), this does serve as the starting point of the switch from AM and FM to 2.4GHZ. 2007 Axial releases its AX10 Scorpion rock crawler kit that makes it easy for anyone to build a vehicle capable of rock crawling. The segment virtually explodes. 2007 TAN ASSOCIATED 2008 2008 Traxxas introduces the Slash 2WD short course truck which kicks off the short course segment. The hobby shifts back to electric. 2010 Other companies to offer short course trucks include but are not limited to Durango, HPI, Jammin’, Kyosho, OFNA, Team Associated, Losi and TQ. 2011 Horizon Hobby renames the racing side of the Losi brand Team Losi Racing (TLR). 2011 Welcome to Georgia RC Racers Forum. This RC Forum is for our Community to discuss, promote and grow our sport of RC Racing. Follow Georgia RC Racers: facebook You Tube facebook.com/georgiarcracers. youtube.com/georgiarcracers. GEORGIARC RACERS.COM aptraciug FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT : Www.GEORGIARCRACERS.COM -शदिर