{"id":22560,"date":"2025-07-03T13:05:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T19:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rctracks.io\/?p=22560"},"modified":"2026-05-05T02:13:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T08:13:47","slug":"castle-joins-the-2025-poor-boys-rc-speed-run-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rctracks.io\/fr\/rc-products\/rc-electronic\/2025\/07\/castle-joins-the-2025-poor-boys-rc-speed-run-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Castle Joins the 2025 Poor Boys RC Speed Run Challenge!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Celebrating Speed, Nostalgia, and RC Glory!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rctracks.io\/tag\/rc-castle-creations\/\">Castle<\/a> Creations is <em>thrilled<\/em> to be a proud sponsor of the <strong>2025 Poor Boys RC Speed Run Challenge<\/strong>\u2014an all-online, grassroots showdown that brings together RC enthusiasts for one purpose: <em>pure, unfiltered speed<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This year\u2019s event takes us back to where many of us began\u2014with the legendary <strong>Tamiya Hornet and Grasshopper chassis<\/strong>. In honor of the Hornet\u2019s 40th anniversary, racers from around the world are pushing these vintage platforms to the limit, dialing in gearing, swapping setups, and chasing the fastest run in three classes: Brushed &#8211; Brushless and Open Class (the video links below define the rules for each class).<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"774\" height=\"485\" data-id=\"22992\" src=\"https:\/\/rctracks.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/TamiyaGrasshopper.webp\" alt=\"Tamiya RC 2wd Off-road Grasshopper | RCTracks.io\" class=\"wp-image-22992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rctracks.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/TamiyaGrasshopper.webp 774w, https:\/\/rctracks.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/TamiyaGrasshopper-300x188.webp 300w, https:\/\/rctracks.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/TamiyaGrasshopper-768x481.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 774px) 100vw, 774px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tamiya RC Grasshopper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" data-id=\"22993\" src=\"https:\/\/rctracks.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/TamiyaHornet.webp\" alt=\"Tamiya RC 2wd Off-road Hornet | RCTracks.io\" class=\"wp-image-22993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rctracks.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/TamiyaHornet.webp 800w, https:\/\/rctracks.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/TamiyaHornet-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/rctracks.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/TamiyaHornet-768x511.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tamiya RC Hornet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hosted by\u00a0<strong>Poor Boys RC<\/strong>\u00a0on YouTube, this virtual speed battle unfolds every Sunday through August 3rd, with leaderboard updates, crazy mods, and maybe even a few spectacular wipeouts along the way. And yes\u2014<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rctracks.io\/tag\/rc-castle-creations\/\">Castle<\/a> is on board<\/strong>\u00a0with prizes and support for the top competitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether you\u2019re racing, watching, or wrenching in the garage thinking&nbsp;<em>\u201cI should enter this thing\u2026\u201d<\/em>, we invite you to follow the action, root for your favorite builds, and celebrate the RC community\u2019s wild creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udd17 Watch the first episode to learn more about the challenge here:<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hiNPT9uQqak?si=AwwGhGYHNhjZBj52\">&nbsp;2025 Poor Boys RC Speed Run Challenge Chassis Reveal-and Ze Rulez!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"geodir-embed-container\"><iframe title=\"2025 Poor Boys RC Speed Run Challenge Chassis Reveal - and Ze Rulez!\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hiNPT9uQqak?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udd17 Watch the second episode to stay up to date: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2OultdevpvI?si=dAmJpWq5AkOUGw_Y\">Welcome to the 2025 Poor Boys RC Speed Run Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"geodir-embed-container\"><iframe title=\"Welcome to the 2025 Poor Boys RC Speed Run Challenge! @poorboysrc #pbsrc #pbsrc2025\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2OultdevpvI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s time!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s just say this: <strong>When the Hornet hits hyperspeed\u2026 you\u2019ll know it\u2019s Castle powered. \ud83d\ude42<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Castle Creations is thrilled to be a proud sponsor of the 2025 Poor Boys RC Speed Run Challenge\u2014an all-online, grassroots showdown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":22561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,76,92],"tags":[110],"class_list":["post-22560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rc-electric-motor-and-esc","category-rc-electronic","category-rc-parts-and-tools","tag-rc-castle-creations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rctracks.io\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rctracks.io\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rctracks.io\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rctracks.io\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rctracks.io\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rctracks.io\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rctracks.io\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rctracks.io\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rctracks.io\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rctracks.io\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}