Pro Talk With MIP's Eustace Moore Jr. - RC Car Action

Pro Talk With MIP's Eustace Moore Jr. - RC Car Action by Trevor "Chilly" Duncan

At the recent Short Course Showdown tour stop at S & N’s Trackside I got a chance to sit down and talk to Mr. MIP himself, Eustace Moore Jr.  MIP has been offering RC products for over 30 years now, and before Eustace formed the company in the late 1970′s he was an accomplished professional off-road racer competing at our industry’s highest level.  This combined experience in both racing and manufacturing has given him a wealth of RC knowledge over the years, and he shares some of this with us now in this edition of Pro Talk:

Radio Control Car Action:  How did you first get involved with RC cars?

Eustace Moore Jr: Well actually I started with RC airplanes. I used to design and build my own airplanes as a kid, and there were a couple of guys in the neighborhood who were hardcore into airplanes, so I picked that up.  At the same time, while viewing the RC magazines, you’d notice

MIP on Fire in 5 Classes at HRH Shootout! (#rccar #rcnews)

MIP tools & products for Team Associated and Kyosho were hot across 5 podiums at Hot Rod Hobby Shootout! The three-man MIP Factory Team each started strong in qualifying & progressed to the A-Mains. After winning a qualifying heat and an 18.530 lap time comparable to the worlds top racers in Pro 4 Short Course, MIP/Matt Olson TQs and Wins 3rd in Expert 2wd SCT! MIP/Eustace Moore wins a qualifying heat in Sportsmans SCT, and after winning 2 heats and qualifying just 4 seconds under TQ, MIP/Brandon Upshaw Wins 3rd in 2wd Stock Short Course No Timing! The greater sponsored MIP Team Racers were on fire: AE/MIP Hartson TQs with 1st Place Victory in 2wd Modified Buggy and Wins 2nd in Modified Truck; MIP/Matt Gilbert Wins 2nd in Expert 2wd Stock SCT Class; MIP/Brian Halverson Wins 3rd in 2wd Stock Truck and 2nd in 2wd Stock Short Course! 

MIP was among the world's best-of-the-best racers with over 300 entries at this weekend's 15th Annual Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout in Saugus, CA.  This three day event in Triple A-Main Format was well attended despite the almost triple digit temperatures, and likely also enjoyed by many with air conditioning via worldwide simulcast on LiveRC.  It was hot weather and tough going on the dry ran blue-groove track, but each of the three-man

Short Course Domination for MIP/Olson at JC Summer Nationals: 2xTQ, 2xWIN! #RCCAR #RCNEWS

It was total domination for the MIP Factory Race Team at JConcepts Indoor Summer Nationals at A-Main Hobbies' Outback Raceway in Chico, CA this past weekend with MIP/Matt Olson's Perfect Score in the Pro 4 Class running his Losi-SCTe equipped with the MIP Pro4mance Chassis & Tuning Package!  MIP/Olson earned the TQ and the Victory when, as JConcepts reports*, "the most crushing win of the weekend, however, came in the

MIP Wins all 3 Qualifying Rounds at JConcepts Indoor Nationals! MIP/Olson TQd & Won 5 of 6 Rounds in Pro 2 Stock & Pro 4 Open - MIP/Eustace won the Other! #RCCAR #RCNEWS

MIPteam's Matt & Eustace getting a great start running Losi SCTE equipped with MIP Pro4mance Chassis and Tuning Packages at JConcepts Summer Indoor Nationals at Outback Raceway in Chico, CA - MIP/Olson TQd and won all 3 Qualifying Rounds of Pro 4 Open!  MIP/Olson also TQd in Pro 2 Stock - but only won Rounds 1 & 3 - That's because MIP/Eustace Won 1st place in Pro 2 Stock Qualifying Round 2! 

4 Second Lead as MIP/Olson Wins JBRL Round5 - Chris Blais 2nd, TLR/Ryan Dunford 3rd

MIP/Olson Wins JBRL Round5! Another victory for Matt Olson & LosiSCTE with MIP Pro4mance Pak! Chalk up more wins for MIPteam at Jimmy Babcock's Racing League (JBRL) Electric Round 5!  MIP/Matt Olson took First Place in Pro4 A-Main, MIP/Brandon Upshaw made the Top 10 with his 6th Place Pro4 A-Main, and

MIP/Matt Olson TQs and WINs Pro 4 SC at Top Gun Shootout's World Debut of MIP Pro4mance Pak for Losi SCTe!

MIPteam Matt Olson TQs & Wins Double A-Main Victory sweep at Top Gun Shootout's world debut of the new MIP Pro4mance Chassis and Tuning Pak on Losi TEN-SCTE.  2 time IFMAR World Champ and Legacy MIP Team AE/Brian Kinwald took 2nd, and Patrick Lee took 3rd at SDRC in San Diego, CA.

MIPride in Winner's Circle! Austin Dunn 1st Place National Rock Crawling Champion!

Congratulations, Austin Dunn! Winner of 2.2 National Rock Crawling Championship!

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