RC Insider to share content with RC Evil Empire!

Good Evening Everyone,

I have some really good news to share with my loyal blog readers. I was just waiting for some confirmation so I could post it. Earlier this week I contacted http://www.rcevilempire.com/ about using some of their content for my new website coming out within the next week. I already have the place holder set, hosting was finalized today, and the Word Press template goes in at the beginning of next week.

On Tuesday, I contacted Aaron Biner of the RC Evil Empire website to find out if it would be possible for us to share news articles, video clips, and soundbites. He responded to me the next day and mentioned that he would be delighted to help me. I was excited. I actually hope to get up to San Fran and visit with Aaron soon. Quite possibly I might head up there for the 1/10th On-Road ROAR Electric Nationals at Nor-Cal Hobbies. I believe Nor-Cal Hobbies is Aaron's local home track if I am correct. That place looks like Disneyland for RC vehicles!

The aerials of that place are amazing! Many of you don't know this but back when Aaron and I were in high school we grew up racing at the same track in the Bay Area. Livermore to be exact. At the time Hobby Haven Raceway was one of the most popular indoor race tracks in Northern California next to Sacramento Mini-Wheels. Aaron was at the time the local fast stock and mod 2wd and 4wd club driver. There was a pretty fast group of guys I raced with back then... Jason Moberley, James Arluck, Greg and Eric Dennett not to mention Ryan Stiles who I haven't talked to in years... Even On-Road Gas Legend Mike Swauger graced us with his presence from time to time.

I personally want to thank Aaron for allowing me to use some of his content from his website and he is always more than welcome to use anything I have. I look forward to a long and prosperous working relationship with RC Evil Empire. I feel this will benefit both websites because I am based in Southern California. San Diego to be exact and Aaron is in Northern California so we can really cover a lot of races throughout the state.

Tomorrow I am going to media day at Cal Raceway in Orange, CA to visit with Charlie Barnes and some employees of local RC manufacturers, and then I'll be making my way to meet up with RC Insider's Zack Roger's at Pegasus Hobbies later in the day for Rnd 5 of the JBRL Electric Series. I told Zack I promise not to bug him too much this weekend just a little! LOL!

This is my second to last blog at this web address. I have a final one that I hope to get out the 4th of July and then the next time you will hear from me will be on my new site http://www.rcinsider.com/. In my final blog I plan to cover my wonderful meeting with Danny S. over at West Coast along with wrapping up the wonderful time I have had blogging about local RC racing in Southern California.

Stay tuned for my next blog...

Links Below:

http://www.rcevilempire.com/

http://www.rcinsider.com/

News and Notes 6/21/10

All in all this was a great weekend for racing. Our local track here in San Diego 1/8 Wonder Barona Speedway isn't racing for the next two weekends. So it gives the locals here a chance to go up and run the LA tracks. This past week from Wednesday to Sunday 3 different groups of San Diego RC Clubs made the pilgrimage to West Coast RC Raceway! Wednesday a group from socal-rc.com were on hand for some racing, Friday El Cajon Hobbies raced which I was in attendance for. Finally on Sunday 1/8 Wonder Track Owner himself Ed Garcia and Jim Cooper my travel race dogs cruised up north for some RC action... Ed told me in one of the two conversations we had on Sunday, he will be joining me for the Shootout at Hot Rod Hobbies this July! Oh man our wives are going to be on fire with us! I am going to have fun explaining I need to be at Jimmy's track for four days! LOL!

Way to go all you guys for supporting West Coast this past week... Your all truly die hards in my book... In speaking with Ed the second time on his way home from West Coast he mentioned he will be heading up to Barona to work on the track this week possibly Tuesday or Wednesday. I'll let you know when and put it on the thread at socal-rc.com if anyone is interested in helping fix the track. This last Friday the socal-rc.com guys threw a fun run and raised $160 for 1/8 Wonder Barona Raceway at Franks backyard track in Chula Vista, CA... Guys way to go on this... This is awesome, this is the(RC Community I signed up to be a part of here in San Diego!!!!!!)

Also another note a lot of the guys who run out at 1/8 Wonder Barona Raceway were at the San Diego County Fair yesterday doing a demonstration of the different types of RC cars and trucks you can get into. Thanks guys for all your hard work on this, I saw some of the pics on socal-rc.com this afternoon. It's guys like you who really bring the growth to this awesome hobby!

Finally the best news to give at the end of this blog... My guy Zack Rogers had in my book another incredible weekend at his hometown track. The JBRL Electric Series Round 4 was in Bakersfield, CA this weekend at Racers Haven RC Raceway. Earlier tonight Zack called in his results to me... He TQ'ed and won both SS truck and 4wd SS buggy. He qualified 2nd in 2wd SS buggy and finished 3rd. He podiumed in all classes... I am so proud of the him... I know he was bummed about the 2wd finish I could tell by his voice on the phone, but man that is pretty good to pull all that off having no chassis sponsor! Many of you may not know the JBRL Electric racing series is becoming more and more competitive year after year. Every year there is new fresh fast local talent all battling for the top spot. Zack is doing all this mostly by motor and tire support. Zack's rides this weekend were powered by Banzai Motors, LRP SPX ESC's, JConcepts tires, Sparks Inks, Blackbeard RC etc... I once again congratulate him on a fantastic weekend.

I have some sweet news for him this week when we talk on either Monday or Tuesday! I am going to hold off and tell him before I blog about it. I want to make sure he is on board with my idea... Since Zack is now 18 by the way. His birthday was this past Saturday... I have some serious layout decisions for the site and I have the final look that I'll be deciding this week. I am going to show Zack first after my wife Mariela what I am purposing as far as layout is concerned. I need Zack's opinion because he is really knowledgeable of what is cool and hip when it comes to the RC sites. He going to help me promote (rcinsider.com) and he needs to be comfortable with the look and the content... I am taking the time to do this right and this year is the learning curve for getting the site up and working out all the bugs...

I have good idea's of where I want to take this site and where I hope it will be in a couple of years. At that point I hope Zack and I will be out looking for the next Zack Rogers who is on the cusp of factory support...

In my next blog I will focus on my conversation with Danny S of West Coast RC Raceway and Hobby Garage from last Friday...

Stay tuned for my next blog....

JBRL Electric Series Round 4 invades Bakersfield...

Zack Rogers (center)This weekend has been a blast for the RC Insider... Where do I begin? I first want to thank my supporting and loving wife for being so gracious in understanding how geeked up I am about getting this website up and running (rcinsider.com). Secondly I really want to thank El Cajon Hobbies for their support these past couple of weeks... Victor the owner of El Cajon Hobbies had gone out of his way to get a couple of shirts for me to bring down to Bakersfield this weekend...

I also want to thank Team ECH for helping me cut and set up my new short course body yesterday! Kyle and Eric are always going out of there way to help me. Guys we forgot to take a picture of the (team) at West Coast yesterday! Let's try not to let this happen again! LOL! This really has been a cool weekend for me. I think the biggest highlight was sitting up with Danny S., Chris Kaspar, and one of Danny's local drivers at his race track till 4:30 in the morning talking RC! It was without a doubt the most positive meeting, I have had on that kind of level. We didn't spend the night talking trash we spent the night talking and thinking of ways on bringing growth to RC. Danny and I think alike on some things some other things I am sure we might disagree on, but one thing is for sure we both want to see new people getting into this hobby and just have a good time.

I will blog more about my talk with Danny in a day or so. I want to turn my attention now to Round 4 of the JBRL Electric Series heading to Bakersfield on Father's Day! What a day for a race! In my house trust me it's Mother's Day! LOL! I was at the track yesterday. It looked pretty good. Jimmy will have fun announcing the race today. It also looks like there will be a bigger crowd then last year... I stopped by Brent Bizbee's No Tell Motel had a couple of red cups and visited with the JBRL die hards "It was good times had by all" Finally as you can see by the new picture of (Mr. Hometown Stud )Zack Rogers of Bakersfield he was sporting the new RC Insider gear on Saturday afternoon... I also took some footage of Zack practicing yesterday. I just want to say how happy I am with choosing Zack to help me with this little start-up weblog...

I had such a great time working and talking with him yesterday. Honestly it was the first time we could sit down and talk for over an hour without playing phone tag... Zack and I are on the same page, this is going to be good for the two of us... I wish him all the best today I know he will TQ one of the three classes he is racing! Round 4 will take place at Racers Haven in Bakersfield, CA. Practice 6:00am to 8:00am Racing begins at 9:00am...

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Below are the links:

http://www.hotrodhobbies.com/

http://www.jimmybabcock.com/

http://www.racers-haven.com/

Stay tuned for my next blog!

RC Insider to use JBRL Photographers Photos!

Another good announcement to make the RC Insider's blog this evening is I have reached and agreement with Chris Kaspar of RNC Photography. They are the JBRL photographers that currently take pictures from each round of the JBRL this year. I have had a couple of very good phone calls with Chris in the past couple of weeks and I appreciate him letting me use these photo's. My requirement to use them is that I not only plug their photography website on my new site but also plug West Coast's up coming races! Not a problem for me Danny likes this blog and I am sure he will like the new word press layout I am going to drop in a couple of weeks.

I originally intended on asking these guys if I could use these photo's for my site but since I haven't put it up yet I didn't ask. As you know I do plug charity events and memorial races on this blog that is how Chris and I got in touch with each other recently. So after discussing the charity photo's we put a plan together for the JBRL Races and West Coast Races that I am allowed to use the photo's to promote those events as well as use the photos to jazz the site up if need be! As I explained to Chris it isn't easy creating content but I am getting it done slowly but surely...

I along with Team El Cajon Hobbies will be in attendance this Friday June 18th at West Coast RC Raceway and Hobby Garage. Hopefully I can touch base with Danny, give him a RC Insider Shirt and discuss a couple of idea's I have for the KO PROPO races that he is running at his track this year...

Summer racing is in full swing and you better believe there are plenty of races to catch and the RC Insider plans to be at most of them... Provided the wife has no other plans for me! LOL!

Below are links:

http://www.rncfoto.com/

Stay tuned for my next blog...

RC Insider signs Zachary Rogers

As many of you know I am in the process of moving the RC Insider Blog to a full blown site. I am taking the Word Press route and going to be choosing a template that is a good platform for both video and photography. Having said that I have been in the process of choosing a company rep/driver that can represent the RC Insider to its best ability. The RC Insider was initially created to promote local tracks and drivers in the Southern California Area. It is my goal that someday it can be viewed as the Red RC of the United States! I have a vision of where I can take this and I hope to be able to make it happen. In doing this I have chosen to bring aboard Zachary Rogers as a company rep/driver.

Zack is 17 years old and based out of Bakersfield, CA. He has been racing for the past 4.5 years. His home track is Racer's Haven. He often races at Hot Rod Hobbies, OCRC, and West Coast Hobby Garage and Raceway. His sponsors include JConcepts, Banzai Motors, Sparks Inks, Blackbeard RC, and now RC Insider.

Here are some of his accomplishment's of 2010:
3rd Place in Pro Mod Buggy and Truck in the Golden State Electric Challenge.
1st Place in 4wd Mod and Super Stock Buggy in the SuperCross Series at West Coast RC.
1st place ROAR Region 12 in Super Stock Buggy, and TQ and 2nd Place in Super Stock 4wd.
TQ and 1st place in Super Stock 4wd, 2nd in Super Stock Buggy and Mod Truck at the JConcepts Wave Race. In JBRL Standings this year, Zack sits in 1st place in Super Stock Truck, 2nd in Super Stock Buggy, and 3rd in 4wd Super Stock. He is currently the only one sitting in a podium position at this point of the Series without a Chassis sponsor in the Super Stock Classes! Awesome job Zack!

Zack has been a big supporter of this blog since it's inception. Zack was really the first local fast driver here in So Cal that came to me and said he really liked what I have been doing. At that point I felt I was on to something really cool. Zack quickly hit my radar towards the end of last year. At the beginning of this year I PM'ed Zack to let him know that I was tracking his results and going to be blogging about him. He was stoked at the time. I spent the first part of the year putting my plan together for this site, while doing that I watched Zack at the first couple of JBRL races, spent time talking to him on the phone, and finally e-mailing and finding out what kind of a kid he is. I am glad he planning on attending college in the fall. Zack mentioned he wants to go to Golden West College near OCRC. I really liked hearing that. Zack is the perfect driver for the RC Insider. He is running all Super Stock classes on the JBRL this year without any Chassis support! I explained to Zack the RC Insider is about promoting RC racing and taking the privateer driver to the next level. My goal is to help give him the exposure he needs so he can at some point get to Team Associated, Losi, etc.

I spoke with Zack a couple of weeks ago and originally offered support for the Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout in Saugus, CA this year. I told him what I could offer, he was thrilled. He even offered to wear my gear at Nationals and putting me down as a sponsor without even me mentioning anything about Nationals. Needless to say, I promised him I would help him at Nationals this year as well. Zack understands I can't give him the Factory support of some the manufacturers but I can help in other ways. He is understanding of that and that helps me... I have told him he is welcome to rep the website for as long as he wants.

He has an open door with me. I told him I want to build the driver part of the site around him and his driving results. In the future, I hope to bring on more drivers with Zack Rogers credentials down the road. Last week, I sent him the proofs of the new logo I am going to be rolling out very soon. I asked for his input. I also sent the proofs to Eric as well from EL Cajon Hobbies! El Cajon Hobbies will also be on the shirts as well. I made some tweaks and it is at the printers as we speak. I haven't mentioned this to Zack yet, but I am setting him up with an e-mail account as well as some business cards to take to his traveling races. I believe in this kid and hopefully I can help him get to where he wants to be in the world of RC!

Stay tuned for my next blog!

Jones Cancer Foundation to Sponsor Tyler Vik...

Tyler Vik (Right)Good Evening,

On May 26, 2010 Keith Jones of the Jones Cancer Foundation and Rocketship Racing here in San Diego, CA sent me a return text regarding his plans for the 4th Round of the JBRL Nitro Series. On July 10th at Green Flag Raceway in Hesperia, CA he will be sponsoring Tyler Vik of Team Kyosho in the 1/8 Electric Class. Tyler will be running for the Jones Cancer Foundation Team. Keith also mentioned to me he has given sponsorships to Jake Hass, Chris Emard and partial sponsorship to Thomas Jones of Solano Beach as team driver/mechanic throughout JBRL Nitro Series for this year.

He also mentioned to me in another text later that night that the Points Winners of the JBRL Electric Series will be used as extras in an upcoming movie. At this point you think I am done with some nuggets of info. I am not. Keith also mentioned he has deposited money into an escrow account to buy 67 acres off the I15 near Escondido. He plans to build a couple of kick ass nitro courses. I held off in releasing this info at the time it was given to me because I have been so wrapped up in gathering content for my soon to be released new weblog http://www.rcinsider.com/.

I haven't determined the launch date but it is very soon and when I decide my loyal readers will be the first to know. This past April when I first mentioned Keith Jones I told you about his plans for building an indoor track in North County and the fact that he has secured not 1 but 2 Circuit City buildings. I later followed it up with the fact he has had 30 tons of sand free race grade clay delivered to the site. I sent him a text yesterday to find out about when he thinks he will open. He hopes to have an idea in about a week. As some of you may not know his health is not the best right now, he is battling cancer and has a kidney stone that is causing great pain these days. Keith mentioned he also is having some wisdom teeth pulled at the end of this week. He said he really needs to get his health back on track so he is having his Cousin step in and help with the operations of his tracks!

A few weeks ago I was at the UPGRADE RC Race at Fun Time Hobbies and Keith's Cancer Foundation was a sponsor. He stepped up and gave away 5 kits to 5 lucky people. Were talking 4x4 Jammin Short Course kits to 1/8 nitro kits. I was amazed at this generosity. He did this for Round 3 at JBRL Electric Series race at Hot Rod Hobbies as well. He plans to give away 8 kits in Bakersfield, CA at Round 4 of the JBRL Electric Series. At this time he says he is only doing this for the Electric Series. Finally last week I told you I had some driver news regarding the RC Insider. Please check back this Friday for my next blog. I can hardly wait to share this information.

Links Below:

http://www.rocketshipracing.com/

http://www.rcinsider.com/

Stay tuned for the next blog...

RC Insider teams up with El Cajon Hobbies...

Good Morning Everyone,

Before I make my way out to Barona RC Speedway today, I want to take the time to let everyone know I apologise for not getting the Richard Smith Profile Blog done this week. I have been running and gunning all week working like a mad man gathering content for my new site rcinsider.com.

The best news this week for me was being able to contact Richard's sister Linda. She gave me a wonderful bio on Richard. I can't wait to share this with you. I realise the Richard Smith Memorial race is today, but his story is timeless... (To me his story will never get out dated, that is why I am a part of this wonderful hobby.)

On to Business News: At this time I am able to announce that the RC Insider and El Cajon Hobbies have agreed to cross promote each other's businesses. This past Friday I had a meeting with Vik the owner of El Cajon Hobbies and I presented some idea's to him. He was very receptive. At this time I am letting all of So Cal know El Cajon Hobbies is the Official Hobby Shop of the RC Insider. Very soon you will see the El Cajon Hobbies Team Trailer will the new RC Insider graphics on it...

I am looking forward to this working relationship. I have more to blog about Team ECH and their shop but I am saving it for the new site... I also have more info on some up coming driver news that will be released next week... (This is a great get for the RC Insider)!

Finally on May 19th El Cajon Hobbies was burglarized. Around 28,000 dollars worth of RC related products were taken out of the hobby shop. Last Friday I did my part in trying to help this business by getting the surveillance video on Chanel 6's 10pm news. Hopefully these guys get caught soon...

Below are links:

http://www.elcajonhobby.com/

http://www.rcinsider.com/

Stay tuned for my next blog: