RC Racing TV/Europe

RC Racing S3 Episode 7 from Nick Daman on Vimeo.

We like what Nick Daman has been doing with RC Racing TV over the past few years. The race coverage, complete with multi-angle edits and expert commentary by broadcast legend, John Hindhough. Episode 7 covers electric TC racing from the DHI Cup and electric 8th scale offroad racing from the Neo 2009 Race. Check it out.

OCRC Carpet Track

OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach has just completed construction of a brand new carpet track. The size is 75' x 75', features CRC Ozite and the CRC Clik-Trak barrier system, a tall and solid driver's stand, and ample fluorescent lighting. This is the first permanent carpet facility in the SoCal area at least 8 years, and we're expecting a to see huge resurgence of onroad racing this summer. With the 1/12th scale pan cars beginning to transition into the new, 1cell lipo batteries, we have a strong suspicion that this will become the fastest growing class during the summer months. There's a hearty thread going over at RCTech and you can read it here.

We hope that all racers will come out to see the new facility when OCRC officially hosts it's first club race on June 6th, 2009. Thanks to Joel Navarro for allowing us to publish the first few photos of the track (above) and special thanks to Robert Black for creating such an amazing facility.

Will OCRC and Scotty Ernst host an official "IIC Warm Up Race" later this summer? We sure hope so. Stay tuned....

Invitational Drivers

Thanks to Ralph Burch, Paul Lemieux and Drew Ellis for using P1 Brand products at the 2009 Reedy Race of Champions. Pictured above, all three racers used P1 Brand Tire Tubes, now available here. Congratulations to Lemieux and Burch, who both had top ten finishes in the extremely competitive Invitational class.

P1 Brand at 2009 Reedy Race

The 2009 Reedy Race of Champions is history. Even though the international participation in the Invitational Class was lower than usual this year, the competition and entries in the 13.5 Spec, Modified and, newly added, RCGT divisions were considerable. Thanks to the hard work of Scotty Ernst and his crew, as well as Billy Bowerman and his staff at Speed World Raceway, the racing program and the track were absolutely perfect.

We received many accolades on the complimentary P1 Brand Tire Tubes that we presented to each of the entrants. Many racers purchased additional Tire Tubes during the course of the weekend and the Speed World hobby shop sold ALL of their P1 Brand inventory. After all, most racers used at least four complete sets of the Jaco Blue spec tire at the event. The P1 Brand online shop DOES have Tire Tubes in stock and ready to ship....

(and to all of those Reedy participants: please remember that your exclusive coupon code expires on July 1st, 2009, so be sure to redeem it before then!)

Press Release

Our first press release was published on the popular European site, RedRC.net, early this morning. Thank you, Eoghain!

Press Release

Thank you to RC Evil Empire for posting our press release last week. RC Evil Empire is a unique, irreverent blog site dedicated to RC racing and based in Northern California.

First Shipment

Our first shipment of Tire Tubes™ for the Reedy is completed, boxed, packed and heads to Roseville in the morning. Participants arriving to the track between 3 pm and 6 pm will receive their complimentary Tire Tube™ upon check-in. 

International and domestic press releases have been issued as well and should be appearing on various sites tomorrow.

We're very happy and very excited. Stay tuned...

P1 Brand Tire Tubes™

P1 Brand has chosen the upcoming 2009 Reedy Race of Champions for it's official public launch. As an associate sponsor of the annual event, the Los Angeles based company will be debuting their very first product, the P1 Brand Tire Tube™, in a unique promotional giveaway. P1 Brand will supply each race participant of the Modified, 13.5 and RCGT classes, with a complimentary Tire Tube™. 

The P1 Brand Tire Tube™ is a compact, airtight, and reusable storage container that holds a complete set of 1/10th scale touring car tires. It easily accommodates rubber or foam tires, as well as RCGT Spec tires, up to 68mm in diameter. Tire Tubes™ are constructed of clear, impact-resistant plastic, making it simple to identify it's contents. The removable lid and fixed base are made of flexible, black plastic and wipe clean easily. Each Tire Tube™ also features a laminated, yellow lid label that allows the user to repeatably record data with a felt-tipped pen. The P1 Brand Tire Tubes™ will be available for direct, online purchase later this month. Visit the P1 Brand Shop  for more information.


The 2009 Reedy Race of Champions will take place later this week, from May 21-24, 2009, at the Speedworld Raceway in Roseville, California.

P1 Brand Custom Apparel

P1 Brand has created unique, custom apparel for several of the Invitational Drivers at the 2009 Reedy Race. Among those outfitted with P1 Brand gear at the event will be U.S. National Champions, Paul Lemieux, Ralph Burch, Jr. and Andrew Ellis. 

Need custom apparel for yourself or your drivers? Contact us. All P1 Brand apparel is designed, produced and silkscreened in-house, which gives us total control over the final product.

IN THE DETAILS

Not that it's an absolute necessity, but putting that extra effort into the details can show people what you're about. These were also done in-house;  our first batch of custom, P1 Brand shipping boxes. Opaque, black ink on cardboard with crisp, hard edges. 

ON THE PRESSES

In preparation for our launch, the first P1 Brand apparel started to hit the presses this weekend. Traditional screenprinting techniques are still as versatile and reliable as ever. We will make them available for purchase at our online store later this month.

2009 Reedy Race Decals

P1 Brand recently designed and produced unique, custom decals for the 2009 Reedy Race of Champions. These decals will be issued to, and displayed upon, all A-Main Finalists in the Modified, 13.5 Spec and RCGT classes. (Photos of final product, as well as digital comp, above).

Want something unique created for the participants of your next event? Or for weekly club races? Contact us. 

2009 Reedy Race Promo

To officially launch P1 Brand at the 2009 Reedy Race of Champions, we have conceived and produced a very unique promotional concept. P1 Brand will be introducing its very first product, the P1 Brand Tire Tube™, by presenting a Tire Tube™ to each participant of the 13.5, Modified and RCGT classes. In addition, P1 Brand will also be enclosing an exclusive coupon for all recipients, allowing them a discount on future purchases at the P1 Brand Online Shop. 

The P1 Brand Tire Tubes™ will be available for purchase on Wednesday, May 20. Stay tuned.

2009 Reedy Race Update

With less than a week before the start of the event, there was an interesting announcement released yesterday in regards to the Modified and Invite format. Due to travel restrictions (read: Swine Flu), many of the international drivers who typically compete at the race, won't be in attendance.

Team Associated's Rich Hohwart posted this statement:

...we have decided to combine the Modified and Invitational class drivers and utilize the “World Cup” qualifying/racing format. Many of you may not be familiar with this format so I will explain how it works.

For example, there are currently 41 drivers in Mod and Invite. We will set heats like a normal event and run 4-rounds of IFMAR qualifying on Saturday. Using qual points, we will take the best 2 of 4 points combined to determine the 21 drivers who will move on to Sunday’s Invitational heats, which will consist of three seven car heats running four rounds. Like always, the lowest point total from these 21 drivers will determine the 2009 Invitational champion. The remaining 20 (or more) drivers will be sorted into mains on Sunday with a triple A-main to determine the Modified class winner. The B-main drivers will race twice with the best combined finishing points determining the winner. If there is a C-main, That will run twice as well. (From RCTech.net)

It's going to be an unusual, but hopefully competitive and exciting weekend nonetheless. We commend the Race Promoters and Organizers for the quick and improvised solution.

GearIt App

Serious racers take note: There's a unique racing application available for iPhone users that we've been using at the track for several months. Gear It from Heizer Software is an extremely functional that allows users to quickly determine gear ratios, final ratios and rollouts. It's as if you have every possible gear chart you could ever want, right in your pocket. The software is currently in version 1.1 and you can read more about it here.

P1 Brand to Debut at 2009 Reedy Race

In conjunction with Scotty Ernst Productions, P1 Brand is proud to be an associate sponsor of the 2009 Reedy Race of Champions. Taking place from May 21-24 at Speedworld Raceway in Roseville, California, P1 Brand will be debuting to the public at the event. More information to follow....