The No Name RC Podcast

Yes yes yes indeed! Nitro is the glory but Ebuggy pays the bills!

In this episode of the No Name RC Podcast, Lefty, Max & Pekko sit down to geek out over the 2026 IFMAR Worlds Warm-Up Race from Thornhill Raceway in Texas! The boys break down Davide Ongaro’s domination, Ryan Maifield’s charge through the field, Matty Polito’s impressive pace, and what this race really means headi...

Show #350 – The No Name RC Podcast | Paul Wynn of JConcepts

In this episode, Lefty sits down in person at the JConcepts warehouse with Paul Wynn—national champion, former Schumacher USA team manager, and a key figure behind the growth of JConcepts.

From 1980s Florida parking lot racing to competing at the World Championships and helping build one of the biggest brands in RC, Paul shares an incredible journey through the evolution o...

00:00 Intro 00:37 Episode overview 05:27 Alan’s RC beginnings 08:10 Hobby shop & early RC racing 13:06 Northeast RC history 21:43 EMS career & return to hobby 23:18 Decline of hobby shops 30:15 Birth of ML Toys 34:51 Product growth & R&D 38:25 Leaving the hobby shop 42:07 ML Toys today 44:19 Power Wheels industry insight 49:30 Racing vs bashing 57:55 Power Wheels shutdown (Mattel) 1:00:43 Building new ...

Time Stamps:

00:00 Intro   02:24 Meet Racing Jason   05:04 Building the Viral Backyard Track   06:33 How He Got Into RC & Racing   09:36 Sprint Car Racing Background  16:14 From Racing to DirtFish Instructor   19:02 Backyard Track Vision & Growing RC  21:15 Are RC Race Days TOO Long?   23:21 The Problem with Current Formats   29:30 Backyard Track in Action  33:29 Jason’s NEW Race Format Explained   36:05 Can This Wo...

Time stamps:

5:33 -  Start in RC and With Matrix 

11:18 - Full Time F1 Engineer 

18:49 - Nitro On Road Racing 

21:53 - 1/10 Nitro vs ⅛ Nitro Onroad

27:33 - Poor On Road Nitro Worlds Attendance? 

33:28 - On Road GT Racing ? 

37:40 - F1 & RC Geometry The Same Data Collection and Analysis 

46:23 - Aero in RC 

52:07 -  The IWI Pitwatch

56:46 - Connect watch to Count laps 

Show #347 – IWI Pit Watch & Nitro On-Road Science Mode w...

Time Stamps:

0:00:00    The No Name RC Podcast

0:04:21    Jconcepts | Catch up

0:10:42    Hitec RC | News

0:20:55    Release of the B7.1

0:38:18    Additively manufactured metal gearbox by Schumacher

0:48:44    Release of the 22X-4 2.0

1:03:31    Invisible Speed | Recent races: MKGP 2026

1:35:36    EOS Pre race talking points

1:58:02    ** Advertisement break **

1:59:36    ML Toys | Race Recap: EOS Daun

2:01:19    2wd Recap

2:18:00...

The Winter Project - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u44qrLTs2k0

00:00:00 Intro

00:05:15 Paul Thacker Intro

00:12:00 Snow Machines!

01:00:00 Life after Injuries

01:16:15 Segway into RC

01:37:40 When the hobby becomes a job

01:43:50 Getting big sponsors into RC

02:05:00 Outro

🎙️ Show 345 – Paul Thacker | No Name RC Podcast

In this episode of the No Name RC Podcast, Lefty sits down with Paul Thacker for a p...

In this episode of the No Name RC Podcast, Lefty is joined by Jussi Luopajärvi, the creator of Test...

00:00 - Intro 

06:31 - Welcome Marcus & Early Beginnigs 

20:47 - First Euros Race 

26:41 - First Foray into Nitro and 2nd Euro Win

33:54 - Driver Marcus looked up too

35:37-  Rivalry with Broc start EOS? 

38:32 - 2023 Worlds in USA 

44:14 - Back To Nitro

49:47 - 2025 Worlds Warm Up 

53:43 - 1/10 World Championship 2025 2WD leg 

1:11:38 - 1/10 Worlds 2025 4WD Leg 

1:24:16 - Beef with Broc 

1:26:30 - 1st Florida Carpet Championsh...

Time Stamps :

00:00 - Intro Happy NY!

05:56 - Max & Lefty What’s new 

15:07 - What is the RC Silly Season? 

23:05 - ⅛ Off- Road Chassis Moves 

31:00 - Wallie - HongNor and another company for career opportunities?

38:44 - Adrien Pariente to Sparko

41:39 - Oceania RC Silly Season 

43:07 - 1/10 Chassis Moves - Jorn Neauman - WIRC

47:10 -Brennan Schimmel to Schumacher 

51:10 - Where is Tater Sontag?

53:23 -  Tire Silly Season Move...

🔥 The Longest RC Podcast in History – 7 HOURS of Coffee & RC with Pekko, Lefty & JQ! ☕🏁

We didn’t plan it… but it happened 😅 This turned into the longest RC Podcast ever made — 7 straight hours of laughs, heated debates, deep RC knowledge, travel stories, silly season rumors, industry talk, China adventures, emotional moments, community love, and pure RC passion.

From Pekko’s wild 7-week trip to China… To massive Silly ...

05:35 -Bongiorno Nicola 

8:12 - HOTRACE Factory in Italy & USA 

12:23 - RC Off Road Tire Development 

17:44 - Unseen Costs of Tire development

23:22 -  Carpet Tires USA & Europe 

26:36 - Rough Cost of producing 1/10 Slick Tire 

29:05 - ⅛ Tire Market & New Indoor Tire 

32:27 - ⅛ tire harder to develop than 1/10 

33:08 - Thoughts On RAWSpeed Sale

35:32 - Expansion of USA Team? 

38:47 - Marco Leaves Again Why? 

41:09 - Two...

00:00:00     Intro 00:05:31     World Champ 00:11:27     Broc's Beginnings 00:20:04     Leaving AE for Schumacher 00:28:45     Schumacher Development 00:37:35     New 4wd 00:46:45 - Working on Himself 00:55:40     Worlds 01:03:27     Rivalry brewing? 01:05:50     Back to Worlds 01:11:38     Plans for next year 01:15:04     Outro

Fresh off claiming the 2025 IFMAR 2WD World Championship, Broc Champlin sits down with Lefty ...

Time Stamps

00:00:00      Intro 

00:07:25      JConcepts Catuchup 

00:24:00      Hitec RC News

01:20:00     Tekno RC Silly Season

01:55:50      Recent Races

01:57:10      AE Vintage Race

2:21:28        AMS

2:49:15        FCC

03:17:10      1/10th 2027 worlds Location

03:34:15      Sidewinder Racing Upcoming Races

03:37:03      Outro (Lefty for PRESIDENT)

Time Stamps:

00:00 - Intro 

4:30 - Welcome Robert

6:00 - Year 1 at SWORKz

10:22 - Role at SWORKz 

14:12 - Car development & testing

19:25 Euro Vs USA car setup 

22:20 - No SWORKz at 1/10 Worlds

28:31 - New 1/10th cars and future 

32:56 - HOTRACE tires development 

35:40 - Process of Making RC Tires

42:20 - 36 MOOD 

45:15 - RB36 Ultimate Racing Engine 

50:15 - Robert’s Patreon 

58:59 - Robert’s Longevity & Brand 

1:08:07 - M...

In this episode, Lefty sits down with three-time European Champion Reno Savoya for a deep and detailed conversation about the brand-new Kyosho MP11 and Kyosho’s renewed push in 1/8 off-road racing.

Reno shares the real story behind the MP11 project — how the design began, why Kyosho chose a ground-up rebuild, and how modern tools like 3D CAD and 3D printing transformed the development process. He also talks about his long career ac...

00:00 Intro & sponsors 06:16 Mark goes full-time on YouTube 19:50 Area RC warehouse & vision 34:04 MSM Southern Showdown + No-Sandbagging Rule 38:08 True Street Drag Series 41:29 Class structure & culture talk 57:12 Bashing vs Racing + industry chat 1:12:17 MSM goals & future vision

Show Title: Mark Santa Maria 3.0 — From Bashing to Racing, Area RC, MSM Series & Growing the Hobby

In this episod...

🔥 NNRC Show #335 – IFMAR 1/10th Offroad Worlds Race Recap (Part 2)! 🔥

Timestamps:

00:00 – Intro/ad reads

06:19 – Race Recap (presented by Invisiblespeed & Dollar Hobbyz)

09:32 – 2WD Practice & Qualifying

32:26 – 2WD Finals

46:42 – Champlin vs. Kaerup contact

56:21 – 4WD Practice & Qualifying

1:22:23 – 4WD Finals

1:38:37 – Ronnefalk vs. Phend contact

1:54:00 – Winners & Losers (presented by Klinik RC)

2:08:45 –...

Timestamps:

00:00 – Intro/ad reads

06:00 – Catch up with Max & Will

13:08 – RC News (presented by Hitec RCD)

14:11 – JConcepts P2X 2WD Body Shell Update

19:45 – Schumacher 2WD Car Tech Talk (Champlin’s Winning Ride)

24:30 – Front Shocks: in front or behind the tower?

29:41 – Laydown vs. Layback Gearbox Debate

35:43 – Mugen 4WD Prototype Analysis (Burak’s Ride)

45:40 – Kyosho’s Return & State of Their 1/10 Program

50:00 – ...