Author - Carl Bauer
Thanks Justin for an awesome RDing the races, DieHard RC great track layout....see you next time...E*Truggy B/Q and took an second went to the Triple A main, 7th over all, and Sportsman E*Buggy single A main and took home 3rd..thanks to my sponsor #MKS #cenflo
Author - Jay Johnson
First of all we had a great turnout over 60 entries I believe. My day honestly started out like crap had a rough morning and was having issues with my cars not feeling right & had issues with my gas truck engine and just basically put everything to the side just changed my tires Sauced up with CenFlo R/C and was just waiting to race. From there it just went up I wound up being top qualifier in all four of my classes 2wh buggy, 2wh stadium truck, 4wh buggy and 1/8 buggy. To top it all off I wound up coming in 1st in all four classes as well. Had some epic battles in a couple of the classes for a couple of laps. Thanks Richard Nichols for call the track work I assisted as much as I could, thank you Kim Locke Setser & Ronnie Setser .. see everybody in 2 weeks.
Author - John Philie
The day started with excellent weather conditions. I managed to squeeze in approximately five minutes of practice with my E buggy. The chosen tires, DIALED-RC V-11 SS and CenFlo R/C tire sauce, demonstrated exceptional performance. Throughout the day, these tires provided my e-buggy with substantial grip and speed. Beginning the Amain in P-9, I finished in P-5, achieving a satisfactory result. The short course truck was an exhilarating experience, especially during the second qualifier when it started raining. Despite the rain, most drivers continued, and my truck performed remarkably well, securing TQ and a P-1 finish. The track was one of the most impressive I have ever competed on. I would like to extend gratitude to 727Rc for the exceptional racing experience and to Trackside Motion RC & Bob Trimm for providing photographs . DIALED-RC CenFlo R/C 727Rc Trackside Motion RC Bob Trimm
Author - Gabriel Santiago
It was an awesome weekend hanging out with everyone and racing! Both of my Tekno RC buggies equipped with JConcepts Inc rubber were amazing throughout the whole day couldn’t ask for anything better! That allowed me to grab the tq and win in Ebuggy and 2nd in nitro buggy! Gotta give a shoutout to 727 RC and Thomas Allopenna for holding and amazing event they did an incredible job with the track! Overall had a blast in the pits and seeing everyone again! Lord willing we’ll continue to improve in our craft and push harder each time!! Next… Wicked!!
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Author - Logan Santiago
It was definitely an interesting one, starting off with 1/8 scale, it ran smooth the entire day with a few hickups along the way but we got rained out so I did not run the a main, in SCT we had a few errors on our transponders as they did not work, but we did run it with Bob Trimm,s transponder, so huge thank you to him and we where in second place in the a main with SCT untill my batteries ran out and cause me to pull it off, but all in all I hade a great time and again a huge think you to my sponsors.
Author - Hector Gutierrez
It had been about two months since I last raced, due to some health challenges I’m currently overcoming by the grace of God.
For this event, I decided to switch things up and run my original Tekno RC ET410 for the first time in about three years, alongside my SCT410.3 to keep it all 10 scale. My qualifiers were rough no surprise given the lack of recent practice/racing but I started to feel more comfortable during the mains and was fortunate to finish P2 in both classes.
As always, both of my Tekno vehicles performed flawlessly. I used CenFlo R/C Gains RC Black Label "Sticky" tire sauce, which once again delivered outstanding traction throughout the night. Since none of my sponsors currently carry 10 scale tires, I opted for Pro Line Hole Shots in super soft compound for the ET410 and VP-Pro USA Striker Evo in super soft compound for the SCT.
Special thanks to my brother Cody Cannon for his support with the ET410 I’m looking forward to the next one! Until then, stay safe and God bless.
Author - Gene “The Machine” Hickerson
I have not been to the PNB since 2020 because the 12 hour drive is a killer on my lower back. But I wanted to go this year and help my team get my new tires into the A-mains and we did just that. Almost 1,000 entries made for long days.
The track was very tough, and I made mistakes on the 2 hardest parts multiple times that cost me a chance at podiums. The most difficult part was the blind double double after the long straight. The only place on the stand that I could somewhat see my buggy was all the way on the end but I still lost sight coming up the face of the first jump which is where I crashed in every qualifier and main event. Imo there should never be a jump coming towards you because you are lining up and jumping blind which never happens in full size racing.
The second hardest part was the wall with a sandpaper surface. It wasn’t too hard but with people crashing there often, it was mayhem just getting through it cleanly. But I enjoy technical tracks so I liked it minus the blind spot.
I tried V1, V3, and V4 in SS and SSLW. They were all good but I felt most consistent on V1. SSLW and SLW. V4, V3, and V5 were all faster but too hard for me to hand on to.
I qualified 5th and 6th in 40+ Nitro Buggy but didn’t get a clean run in Intermediate and ended up in the C-main with only 2 rounds of qualifying.
I lead the C-main at the start but crashed and dropped way back to around 11th. I caught back up to 3rd but got tangled up with back markers and didn’t bump up.
In 40+ I decided to use my joker lanes later so I dropped way back at the start as most used all 3 jokers right away. After my last pit stop I used my final joker lane and moved up to 4th place. Desperate to get a podium I over drove and flipped off the track around the sweeper and ended up finishing 7th against some very fast guys including National Champions. But I was on pace and in the mix for a podium the whole 30 minutes which was the goal.
Congratulations to all my teammates who made the A-mains including Donald Elliot and Aidan Ridgeway who made 3 A-mains with Dialed-RC tires.
Thank you to all the brands that help support my racing addiction after 38 years of racing.
DIALED-RC
SWORKz RC
NitroPro Fuel
SRT Sevos
Thunder Innovation
6MIK Racing
VRP Pistons
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Author - Francisco Ramos
In E-buggy first qualifier finished in 4th place. In the second qualifier finished in 3rd place. On the A-main Finish in 2nd place.
In E-truggy first qualifier finished in 2nd place. In the second qualifier finished in 4th place. On the A-main finished in 4th place.
In buggy had a great day. The car handle really good even though I could have done better. On tire selection to make my car handle a little better.
On truggy, I felt like I struggled through the day. My truggy was not handling as well and as good as other days. Even though it was a very windy day we had a good time. Will definitely try to improve as time goes by Looking forward to the next race
Author - Gabriel Santiago
It was an awesome one as it was our first time going to this track!! Gotta give a shoutout to the Elite RC Productions crew and the Capital City crew for making a good event and Maintaining the track through out the weekend!!
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On practice day we got there and got everything set up and ready both of my Tekno RC buggies felt really good and didn’t have to make a lot of changes through out the day. Both of them were equipped with some Jconcepts A2 Dirt bites and those felt amazing through out the whole weekend.
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Main day arrived and racing was underway. Qualifying went really good, In Pro Ebuggy i showed really good speed and also consistency but made some bobbles that cost me a little and would be starting 3rd in the Pro Ebuggy A main. In Pro Nitro buggy it went great I had great pace and felt really good through out the whole two rounds of qualifying putting me in the 2nd spot on the grid. Both of my cars and both of rounds of qualifying I was using JC A2 Dirt bites which were awesome and allowed me to push the cars.
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For the mains, it was an awesome one!! Pro E buggy A1 was crazy battling with Julien and Nolan through out the main and going back and forth but a little mistake cost me to fall back to 3rd for A1. For the 2nd Amain (A2) Went good had good pace but had a little more mistakes than A1 and wasn’t able to seal the deal taking 3rd overall For Pro E buggy. Moving forward for Pro Nitro Buggy, the 25 minute main was insane battling with Nolan and going back and forth and push in the limits, it was very exciting and fun race but was able to finish 3rd in the Pro Nitro Amain!!!
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Overall it was a great weekend seeing and hanging with people in the pits and racing on the track!! Lord willing we’ll countinue to give it our all and improve on those mistakes for the next one!! Thank you to everyone that help me this weekend definitely improved my program!!
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Author - Bob Trimm
Track surface was in amazing condition. Slightly bumpy with a decent sized groove and a dusty outer layer. Thank you to the track crew and everyone involved in giving us this awesome facility to race!! We are truly lucky down here in FL to have race tracks that are maintained like this one
Big shout-out to Ryan Petitt, Chris Figueroa and the Caster Racing team for not only the organization of the event but also for letting me pit with you guys. Was nice to meet some new people that I wouldn't normally get to hang with.
I want to also give a special shout out to Mike Ankey, Gary Studt and Vision Racing Products. The VRP 20 hole pistons have been and continue to be a major contribution to a successful program for me year after year. Thank you so much for the opportunity to represent Vision Racing Products
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Q1 I ran on V11 SS and the car was a just bit too edgy.
I finished p5 in my group and p10 overall.
Q2 I went out on V7 in SLW just as a tester run and they felt perfect. Car felt great in warm up came in for fuel and when I went back out to start I lost a clutch bell befor we even started. Went back to the pits and stripped to engine mount screws. Without my dremel I would have to call it a day.
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Q1 went out on V7 SLW and the truck felt great. Finished p2.
Q2 went out on the same tire aftet making some adjustments to the truck. Got the TQ!
A Main I was torn on weather or not to switch to a V5 or stay on the 7s that had done so well. I decided to stay on the V7s and let it rip. We had one hellofa a battle. Little to no mistakes were made for the first 12 minutes if racing. I stayed in p2 for most of the race. Right around lap 19 I would flame out after flying off the track. Got it fired back up, went back out on a hope Sure enough one lap later the race leader would also flame allowing me to take p1 and hold it for the remaining 2 minutes of the race.
Thank you to Jeramy Niznik and Carson Ringer for the support in the pits. Oh and TY to Jon Stephens for the life saving firehouse sub!!! You guys killed it all day
I was able to grab some photos and video however due to this being a cash race I was dedicating most of my time working on the cars and trying to help others.
Here are some of the pics. Videos will come later in the week.
CenFlo R/C REDS RACING DIALED-RC Morgan Fuels EcoPower RC Toolkitrc SWORKz RC #VRP
Author - Ryan Petitt
Had a great day yesterday at 727 RC Easter showdown. I started out a little rough in my first qualifier and got better in my 2nd qual putting me 6th overall in the amain. We had 15 nitro buggy’s which made pretty fun battles out on the track. My Caster Racing North America nitro buggy was great all day and it battled the 25min nitro amain landing me in 3rd place. On DIALED-RC v5 slw tires were planted keeping my car super connected to the track. My REDS RACING pro x motor was a beast all day. My buddy Keith Johnson and Mike Myers were lethal with the pit work! And my Morgan Fuels kept my motor perfectly hydrated all day!! Grayson also did amazing in a  stacked novice class getting 7th in the amain with his caster ebuggy. We had a lot of fun in the caster pits. Very good vibes and  everyone was helping one another! Shout out to Richard Dean he was on rails all day in his caster nitro buggy. He checked out in the nitro amain but had a screw back out in his front camber link i believe bummer!! thanks to everyone that helps us have fun!
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Author - Logan Santiago
2wd felt good for the entire day, and ended up pulling off first in the A main.
4wd was a rough one today. I had good runs during qualifying, but I got taken out and having a few mishaps in the A main and ended up getting 4th
SCT was feeling good, I just took it nice and slow and it got me to 2nd in the a main
1/8 scale felt good as well. I had a mishap and broke in the second qualifier, which caused me to place 6th in the A main. But I worked my way up and pulled out with 1st in the end
I also got my beautiful 1/8 scale body from Setser's RC Art. It’s looking better than ever!!! Ronnie Setser really does an amazing job with painting rc body’s.
Thank you to my sponsors
Author - Bob Trimm
After some very rough qualifying I did manage to finish the day P2 in Nitro truck and P4 in Nitro buggy. I got an awesome compliment after falling short in buggy from a fellow DialedRC team driver yesterday. I wanted to let you know, that actually made my race day yesterday. Thank you!! Pics from the day are below. Feel free to tag anyone who I may not be friends with See you at the next one!
DIALED-RC Vision Racing Products REDS RACING CenFlo R/C Morgan Fuels SWORKz RC Toolkitrc EcoPower RC
Author - Ryan Petitt
Id qualify 2nd just behind my teammate Carson Ringer and just in front of my buddy Joey Perez. And in the amain id also finish 2nd on ssv5s. Track was tough and I loved it. I found I better setup this time around from my last time at 555 for the frcc race. My Caster Racing North America nitro was really good! Grayson did awesome with a class of 22 ebuggys I was proud of him! Everyone is REALLY liking the holeshot rc film protector!! Thanks to everyone that helps us!!
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Author - Gabriel Santiago
On practice day both of my Tekno RC equipped with Jconcepts Inc rubber cars were pretty good, made some changes to help with the changes that the track went through during the whole day and it made it them easier to drive!
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For Race day, my cars were ready! Qualifying started and the track took a huge turn, the grip levels rised drastically. For Both rounds of qualifying I was running Jconcepts Inc Aqua 2 Dirt bites which would let me Take 4th in Pro Nitro Buggy and 5th in Pro E buggy!
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Onto the mains!! For A1 of Pro e buggy I had a good start stayed Consistent and had greatt speed most of the race and slowly made my way up to 3rd which that’s were I would end up for A1! Jumping into A2 went with the same plan and had a good start. Through out the race I showed great speed and consistency which would put me in 2nd for A2, giving me the 2nd overall for Pro E buggy!!! Pro Nitro buggy was a fun one! Started the main with a little mistake at the beginning but recovered from it and made my way up to 3rd but unfortunately had a flame out due to the idle being too low, and finishing 8th for the Pro Nitro Main!
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Overall had an awesome time hanging out with everyone and racing!! Gotta give a Thank you to Julien Oliveras and Daimon Borkowics for the set up help and help through out the weekend and also to my dad Juan Santiago for the pit stops!!! Lord willing we’ll continue to push and work hard on our craft to keep improving each time we go to the track!!!
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Author - Bob Trimm
I had an awesome weekend attending the Florida RC Championships round 2 race at Triple Nickel RC Park.
This race would prove to be one of the most challenging and packed events I have attended to date. Not only was the amount of talent super deep but the track would end up developing the most character I have ever delt with Thank you to Lance MacDonald and the Elite RC Productions crew for such a spectacular event! Thank you to Tony Pattishall Cory Holton, B.J. Holton and track crew for all your hard work and dedication to give us this awesome facility and race experience
I ran open Nitro buggy and open Nitro Truggy.
I'll start with Nitro truggy.
Q1 went out on Dialed V7s in SS, worked my way into p1 in about 3 laps. I got on the brakes a little to hard in turn 1 and tumbled into the fence causing a flame out. Got fired back up and clawed my wayback from p9 to finish in p6. This would leave me 17th out if 27 drivers.
Q2 the track dried out a bit so I chose a V7 in SLW and that was the ticket! Strugled a bit early in the race with traffic but put my head down and let it rip. By lap 5 I was in p2 and by lap 9 I secured p1 for the qual win! This would push me all the way up to p5 out of 27 for the round and p9 overall and straight into the big show .
A-main
Starting p9 with a set of Dialed V7s in SLW I worked my way into p6. As the sun went down so did my vision (getting old sucks) and I also realised very quickly that I was standing right next to a very bright lingt on the drivers stand.. It wasn't long before I had bugs all over my face and no way to stop them. Thankfully, the driver next to me had an issue with his car and I was able to move a few feet away from the light. Through all the rest of the race, I bounced around between P6 and P9. I did end up having a flame out, which caused me to go down a lap but still hung onto a P7 finish
Buggy was a whole different story.
Friday In practice, I ended up having an issue with my steering. After replacing my servo and going through all of my radio settings, I finally figured out that it was the servo saver being worn out causing it not to center correctly. This didn't leave me any time to make any setup adjustments to the car during practice.
Q1 I went out on a set of dialed V7s in SS I would finish P6 out of 11 and Finishing 20th out of 41 drivers.
Q2 I went out on my go-to set of Dialed V11's in super soft. This would be the first time that I've not been able to get this tire to work and would result in a P9 finish. I would drop to 28th out of 41 that round and end up in 25th overall, putting me in the C main.
C-Main
By this time the track had a decent groove and had just been blow off. I went out on a Dialed V5 in SLW on a prayer I worked my way up to p5 but just couldn't hang onto it. The sharp edges on the track surface were just spinning and bouncing me all over the place and my lack of experience on this type of surface would lead to the end of the day for me with the Nitro buggy. I finished p9 out of 13.
I had an incredible weekend of racing and going straight into the A in nitro truck was the icing on the cake.
Big ty to Michael Holley and Brad Hohn for taking care of me in the pits. You da real MVP's!!
I did bust the camera out right before my race. Here are a few more shots from the mains. I will post some of the video clips here on Facebook but most of it will be going to TikTok and Insta so make sure you get over there and give me a follow
Big thank you to all the race teams and close friends that have supported me over the years. You guys rock!!
CenFlo R/C DIALED-RC Vision Racing Products REDS RACING Sworkz USA Team Toolkitrc EcoPower RC Morgan Fuels
Author - Ryan Petitt
I ran open nitro buggy so i could help Gene Hickerson with pitting. and landed in the bmain where id finish 9th. I will only keep moving forward from this. and with the challenging track conditions I wasn’t even mad with that finish to be honest. Considering there was a full class in a Dmain. I believe the class had 40 cars total. Grayson was in the bmain in rookie ebuggy and just missed the bump up at the line! He finished 3rd! Proud of him! This race being the 4th time out with my Caster Racing North America cars I am very happy with the direction we’re going. Plus I got my buddy Richard Dean to join the team! We are fitting the pieces to the puzzle together to make for a great team here in Florida. It was Great hanging out in the pits with everyone. nice to see Daimon Borkowicz out at the Rc tracks again! Thank you to Lance MacDonald and the crew for putting on such a great race and series. also a big thanks to Tony Pattishall and Josie Pattishall and the 555 crew!!! And thanks to Chris Figueroa and everyone that helps Grayson and I!!!
Author - Francisco Ramos
Had a great time with friends on round two of the Florida RC Championships. Practised day went really good but came race day It was a different experience as thetrack change completely and I was not able to adjust and couldn't find the right settings for the conditions, I want to say thank you to Gabriel Santiago , Raymond Goginsky , Payton Risinger, Belfor Ramirez and Bryson Dwyer for helping me with advice and settings during the day and I also want to give a special shot out to Kyle Murphy from cenflo rc for being there and giving me track support during the day. Definitely, looking forward on more track time and setting adjustments. I also forgot to mention It was great seeing my friend Christian Martinez hope to see you soon at track can't we to hang out bro. J&T Bearing Company DIALED-RC CenFlo R/C DW Designs
Author - Derek LeBeouf
Coming off of winning the serries in novice class in 2024 I moved up to 21.5 2wd sportsman, 17.5 4wd sportsman and 13.5 stadium truck. Had the 2wd and 4wd dialed in thanks to the help of my buddy Steve Szykulski. 2wd started off great but got tangled up in qualifying round 1 and with the reseeding for qual 2 I was in the car group. Made the c-mains in 2wd but was able to bump up into the b-mains. The b-main was a tough group but I drove the wheels off the car literally breaking a rear arm on it causing me to be done for the day in 2wd. Stadium truck has been a rough one getting the truck dialed in but thanks to Steve and Buddy Howell we got it right finally in the mains. I made the B-main and finished 3rd just missing the bump up but the truck finally felt good an with some more practice with it I will have it up there with the top guys I feel. 4wd the car was great all weekend long. I killed it staying with the A group all threw qualifying and securing the last spot in A-mains. 1st A didnt go to hot had some issues with the pipe but 2nd A-main I rain one of my best races all weekend. I didn't finish in the top but finished 7th with a lap ahead of the last 3 guys. All in all i think i did great with a crazy amount of improvement from last year. Its only up from here on. Cant thank my sponsor Kyle Emerson Murphy with CenFlo R/C they definitely had the cars and truck glued to the track. I would have been all over the place without them also wana thank Steve Szykulski RC Buddy Jon Stephens Bob Trimm Jay Johnson and Zachary Schmidt for all the help this weekend. Also want to thank Erik Everett for the killer paint job on the boddies everyone was loving them and giving compliments
Author - Ryan Petitt
Had a great time yesterday at Triple Nickel RC Park with my son racing and hanging out with Mike Bellotti II getting his car dialed.. In qualifying I ran Dialedrc v1 sslw. In the main I ran sslw v5 I have my Sworkz buggy so dialed and I’m having fun. Thanks to everyone that help us! 
