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A few days late but finally home and caught up! Here's our final daily pod from Lap Paradise, including a few reflections on the finals day, and the event as a whole.

Australia's Jarod Ment and Peter Seckold join me to break down a fun Saturday trackside, first day of Mains, or "Eric Samuel Day" as I think of it. Remember this is our first crack at a Daily Pod for a major race. Feedback and suggestions welcome!

Friday, what a day! A very full day as we crammed quali in and somehow dodged the thunderstorms that surrounded Lap Paradise RC Raceway. That meant I ran out of time to record yesterday, so just a quick reflection trackside Saturday morning to update on Friday's key points.

Seeding day, rain interruptions, making speed differently. It's a quick reflection on Thursday's seeding rounds at Lap Paradise RC.

It's an experiment, recording a daily podcast trackside here at the second round of the Asian Buggy Championships. It's raw and unedited, and you can hear the noise of leaf blowers and a brewing thunderstorm in the background. Still it's an interesting chat with Caleb Noble, casting an eye over a few days of open practice, ahead of tomorrow's official start to the event. Stick with us, and we will...

Managing a world-championship-winning machine, like Team Associated, is no mean feat. The man with the responsibility is Brent Thielke, and Brent joined me for in the commentary booth during 4WD practice at the 1/10th Offroad IFMAR Worlds at Hills Offroad RC in Sydney. We chatted about the event itself, what it takes to manage the team, working with new EP Buggy and now 4WD World Champ Marcus Kaer...

Just a couple of days after winning the 2025 IFMAR 2wd World Championship, Schumacher's Broc Champlin jumped into the Hybrid Landscapes commentary booth with me as 4wd practice got underway. We talked about the win, the team, his history, the emotions, and more. Big thanks to RC Race Media for the audio used in this podcast. We chatted live right by the track, and you'll hear the sounds of...

Brief reflections from this week's memorable IFMAR 10TH Offroad World Championships hosted by Hills Off-road RC in Sydney, Australia. Raw audio recorded from the road trip home. Enjoy!

Recorded live from the road on the drive to Sydney, we take a look at everything ahead of us at Hills Off-road RC this week for the IFMAR 1/10 Off-road World Championships. The audio here is straight from the phone in an experimental "on the road" format. Enjoy!

Australia's Lachlan Donnelly has marked himself as one to watch at the 2025 IFMAR Worlds, sweeping both classes at the Warmup back in April. The local 21-year old Team Associated driver will go up against the world's best from late September at Hills Offroad RC. Lachlan joined Mitchell Pratt and I for a chat about all things leading toward the World Championships. Watch the full show on Facebook o...

We caught up with Team Cayote co-founder Oscar Jansen during the 2025 Worlds Warmup at Hills Offroad in Sydney, Australia. Oscar is a fascinating, thoughtful character, and he's been around our industry for a long time. We chatted about some of his own history, the Cayote project, and how he thinks the 2025 IFMAR Worlds will shake up. Big thanks to RC Race Media for the audio in this episode.

Schumacher's Tris Neale was at Hills Offroad RC in Sydney, Australia, for the 2025 IFMAR Worlds Warmup event - ahead of the action World Championships later this year. Tris joined me for a chat on the RC Race Media coverage of the event during the lunch-break on 4wd day. We talked engineering, psychology, race-team management, setup priorities and more. It's a fascinating chat. Big thanks to Tris...

All the news and stories from the international RC scene in 2024. Includes Racer's Choice Awards and special guest appearance from Mat McCallum of RC Racing. TV. This audio is straight from the 2024 Season Wrap and Awards show recorded with Tony and Matt from RC Race Media, and Mitch from Mitch on the Mic. Watch the full show over on our respective Facebook or YouTube channels. More episodes to fo...

All the news and stories from the Aus 8th Offroad scene in 2024. Includes Racer's Choice Awards and special guest appearance from the one and only Zac Ryan. This audio is straight from the 2024 Season Wrap and Awards show recorded with Tony and Matt from RC Race Media, and Mitch from Mitch on the Mic. Watch the full show over on our respective Facebook or YouTube channels. More episodes to follow....

All the news and stories from the Aus EP Onroad scene in 2024. Includes Racer's Choice Awards and special guest appearances from Jeff Hamon and Ryan Maker (RC Maker). This audio is straight from the 2024 Season Wrap and Awards show recorded with Tony and Matt from RC Race Media, and Mitch from Mitch on the Mic. Watch the full show over on our respective Facebook or YouTube channels. More episodes...

All the news and stories from the Aus EP Offroad scene in 2024. Includes Racer's Choice Awards and special guest appearances from Ray Munday and Scott Hill (Hills RC - 2025 Worlds Hosts). This audio is straight from the 2024 Season Wrap and Awards show recorded with Tony and Matt from RC Race Media, and Mitch from Mitch on the Mic. Watch the full show over on our respective Facebook or YouTube cha...

Digging into some recent and upcoming races: ISTC IFMAR Worlds, NZ 8th Offroad Champs, Victorian 8th Offroad Champs, Florida Carpet Champs, Vintage Bash 3.0, IFMAR 200mm IC Touring Worlds and Australian EP Onroad Nationals...plus a couple of other bits and pieces. This podcast is the audio from a Facebook live - head for the Action RC Facebook page for the original video version.

2023 is just about in the books. We joined Mitch (Mitch on the Mic), Tony and Matt (RC Race Media) and a host of special guests for a 3-hour epic season review. We're mainly focussed on Australia for the first 2 hours before Scotty Ernst joins us for a look at the wider world. The show is available in video on our facebook page...but here's the raw, unedited, unadulterated audio for your p...

The 2023 Vintage Bash promises to be one of the race of the year. Luis Sola, Aaron de Fina and Andy Cooke are the guys behind the race and join me to chat all things bash. The race motto? "It's an exhibition, not a competition." Vintage and modern fans alike, join us for some good stories, good times and all the news on this upcoming race. NB: This episode recorded from a live facebo...

On the eve of the 2023 IFMAR 10th Off-road Worlds, we go behind the curtain of championship racing. Joining me on the show today is a guy who has been part of iconic World Championship teams - as a commentator, race director, technical chief, team manager, and more. This is an episode filled with funny stories and unique insights into what makes big races work. Welcome to the Action RC podcast, Br...

The word "Legend" is sometimes over-used...but not in the case of today's guest. One of the UK's all-time greats, widely respected, many Euro and UK Championship wins, a Reedy Race or two, and very nearly a Worlds. Craig's life-long loyalty to Team Associated continues today in his role as head of sales for the company in Europe and he has some interesting thoughts on the cur...

Chris Sturdy has won a ridiculous number of races, including 10 Australian Championships in EP Offroad - marking him as one of the winning-est drivers in Aus RC history - and he's still in his prime. In this conversation, we go deep into the mindset that it takes for Chris to win. There's all the usual exploring of his history, partnership with his dad Gary, a look at the upcoming Worlds f...

It's Worlds Warmup week! You know we're ridiculously excited about the Worlds later this year - so took the chance to dig into the stories from the warmup race this last weekend - the 1Up Challenge at Hobby Action. Joining the show today is Andrew Selvaggi - Team Associated's Australian team manager, and one of t he finest analytical brains on the planet when it comes to RC. Dig in and...

Not only a five-time IFMAR World Champion, but one of the most thoughtful and interesting RC racers getting around...this chat with Zen Racing's David Spashett explores his own career, the origin story for iconic Corally brand, the Losi touring car project, what its like to front up and take on Masami, the health and future for 12th and a whole bunch more. We hope you enjoy... #ifmar #rccars #...

What's it like to race an RC event with over 1100 entries? We go inside the 2023 Silver State race with Australia's Ben Sterling. It's a deep dive into the event, track, and conditions, and some of the big stories to come out of the race. Hope you enjoy this episode! #rc #rccars #rcracing #ifmar #TheDirt #silverstate23 #Sworkz