Saturday On-Road and Off-Road rained out!

Southern California has incurred the wrath of mother nature, with rain yet again spoiling the conditions for racing! Be aware that both the monthly paved oval racing and off-road for Saturday, February 6th have been called off due to inclement weather.

2010 JBRL Nitro and Electric Series Flyers

The dates and locations for the 2010 Jimmy Babcock Racing League Nitro and Electric series have been announced, but if you'd like a "hard copy" of the official flyers for each series, download the printer-ready PDF files below!


(Note: Each file is around 5mb)

New Short Course Changes, New Layout Coming!

For those of you who have not been to the club races since the start of the new January-February series last week, there has been a change to the Short Course class lineup being offered at Hot Rod's. The "Expert" class has been eliminated and is now an "Unlimited" class, which will allow any motor wind and also the new 4x4 vehicles that are being released (check with the shop for details). The rules for the Short Course classes can be read here!

Also, we are putting in a new layout next Sunday (January 17th). As usual, anyone who is out there working for eight or more hours will receive a month of their first club racing entries free! Jimmy is soliciting track designs for the new layout, so if you have some big ideas you'd like to see in the new course, be sure to download and print the template below, to submit your entry (no special compensation for the winner of this design, just bragging rights). Only designs using this template, with the proper lane widths, will be accepted. They can be dropped off at the shop, e-mailed to jimmy@hotrodhobbies.com or faxed to 661-255-2196.

The final champions of 2009!

Hot Rod Hobbies hopes everyone enjoyed the gift-giving holidays and are looking forward to a prosperous and fun 2010! The final off-road racing champions of 2009 have been crowned, and we anticipate a year of even more advancements and changes to the hobby and sport of off-road r/c racing! Congratulations to the winners, and see you in 2010!

Tuesday Series

Rookie: Cory Tarrant
Stock: Derek Tarrant
Modified: Steve Miltko
Sportsman "Spec" Short Course: Nick Johnston
Intermediate Short Course: Lyle Spangler
Expert Short Course: Tim Hanson
Sportsman Nitro Buggy: Hazmat
Expert Nitro Buggy: Chad Bradley
Sportsman Nitro Truggy: Stu Thayer
Expert Nitro Truggy: D.J. Silva

(Note: Super Stock Electric and Electric 1/8 do not have a champion for this series, because nobody completed the minimum 5 races required.)

Saturday Series

Rookie: Kuppler
Stock: Dave Barber
Sportsman "Spec" Short Course: Tim Cunningham
Intermediate Short Course: Lyle Spangler
Expert Short Course: Ryan Kane
Sportsman Nitro Buggy: JoJo
Expert Nitro Buggy: Stephen Bess
Sportsman Nitro Truggy: Marc Rosales
Expert Nitro Truggy: Steve Burnside
Electric 8th Scale: Steve Burnside

(Note: Super Stock and Modified electric do not have a champion for this series, because nobody completed the minimum 5 races required.)

December 21st - Extended Shop Hours!

In the interest of helping out all of you last-minute shoppers, Hot Rod Hobbies will be open extended hours on Monday, December 21st. The shop will open at 10:00am and we'll be open until 6:00pm. Visit the shop for those stocking stuffers, gift certificates, kits and everything else on your list...and have a happy holiday!

Give the gift of R/C this year!

The holiday season is upon us and as everyone knows, Santa is an R/C fanatic! Hot Rod Hobbies has everything you need, to get into the hobby and sport of R/C driving - whether novice or expert, rest assured that your wish lists can be filled, right here! If it's not in stock, we can special order virtually anything you need for next day delivery...and don't forget that Hot Rod Hobbies will match any advertised price, as long as it's above our cost! Gift Certificates are available in any denomination, if you're not sure what to get your favorite R/C nut.

Looking to get into one of the hot new Short Course trucks? Traxxas, Associated, Losi...you name it, we can set you up - and with our special deals on startup packages, our world-renowned off-road track with weekly club races, and our experienced and knowledgeable staff, there is no better place to get involved!

New club series changes

Please be aware that as of the November-December club racing series, we will be separating the Short Course class into three different skill levels, each with their own requirements: Sportsman Spec, Intermediate and Expert. What was previously known as "Spec Slash" will now fall under the "Sportsman Spec" Short Course class, though skilled racers can obviously opt to compete in the Intermediate and Expert classes. Please make sure to click the link to read the rules and find out where you fit in the new scheme of things.