Oval Race Cars

Setup guide

Brushless Motor Tuning for RC Racing: The Four Knobs Explained

How to tune RC brushless motors for racing — rotor, mechanical timing, ESC boost and turbo, gearing — and how to keep the motor cool. The physics behind every knob, in plain English.

Maintenance guide

How to Charge RC LiPo Batteries: A Beginner's Guide

Everything a new RC racer needs to know about charging LiPo batteries safely — first-charge walkthrough, balance charging, storage, and the four mistakes that kill packs fast.

Maintenance guide

LiPo Charging for RC Racers: What the Science Actually Says

A grounded guide for racers who've already read three LiPo guides — what the chemistry actually says, and what's just folklore.

Setup guide

Wheel Offset Spacing for RC Oval Racing

Learn how wheel offsets in the front and rear of your RC oval car affect the car's handling.

by Custom Works

Setup guide

Setting Ackermann for RC Oval Racing

Learn how to set Ackermann properly from the pros at CustomWorks.

by CustomWorks

Setup guide

How to Wire an RC Car (like a Pro) with Wallie Builds

Nick Wautlet of Wallie Builds walks you through the nitty gritty of hooking up batteries, motors, and servos to give your car that "factory" look. And of course, short, clean wiring also means more efficient energy transfer and more reliable connections, so not only will your car look better, it'll run better!

by Nick Wautlet

Setup guide

Carbon Fiber Chassis Preparation with Alexander Hagberg of XRAY

XRAY's Alexander Hagberg walks us through how he preps a graphite chassis, in this case for a T4.

by Alexander Hagberg

Setup guide

Off-Road Tire Mounting and Gluing with Jason Ruona of JConcepts

I know, everyone loves tire-mounting, right? Well, if you're going to do it, do it right - here's an in-depth explainer video from one of the all-tie experts, Jason Ruona of JConcepts.

by JConcepts

Maintenance guide

RC Shock Maintenance with Allan O'Brien

Allan O'Brien walks us through the nitty gritty of rebuilding shocks and how to keep them performing consistently.

by Allan O'Brien

Setup guide

Roll Center Explainer

EvanJayAwesomeRC walks through the basics of what "roll center" means and how it affects the handling of your car.

by EvanJayAwesomeRC

Setup guide

Spencer Rivkin Builds a Ball Diff

Are you well-versed in the fine art of building a ball diff? If not, check out Spencer's explainer.

by Spencer Rivkin

Setup guide

Spencer Rivkin on Tire Mounting

See Spencer's secrets for getting tires glued on so they stay on and perform predictably on the track.

by Spencer Rivkin