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2007 RCCrawler Peoples Choice Awards
2007 was a great year for RCCrawling and as the year drew to a close John and I talked about how we could reward those vendors that helped make the year so good for those of us that are out there crawling every weekend. There was no way John and I could pick who to reward and who not to because RCCrawler.com has so many great vendors it was impossible for us to choose. We decided to come up with a huge list of product and vendors and let you, our members decide who would get the awards. There are a ton of great products that made this list, and there are a bunch more that didn't quite make the cut. The one thing that is for sure is 2007 was an epic year for radio controlled rock crawling.
With that said we present you with the 2007 RCCrawler.com Peoples Choice Awards!
-Jason
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Best Body, HPI Racing Baja Bug
Love it or hate it the HPI Racing Baja Bug was the competition body to have in 2007. With it's rounded top, and low profile you could almost always get back on your tires if you ended up upside down. |
 
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Best Scale Product, Scale Offroad Cherokee XJ
The 1/10 Scale Cherokee XJ from Scale Offroad is the winner of the Best Scale Product of 2007, and it's well deserved. You'll be hard pressed to build a more scale vehicle than Stefan can set you up with right out of the box. His ever growing list of scale accessories can be added to give each lucky owner the chance to make their XJ their own. |
Best Chassis, Bender Customs SW3
Chassis of the year was a big battle there were many worthy competitors, but in the end the Bender Customs SW3 got the title. The SW3 followed it's predecessor the SW2 to become one of the most versatile and most winning chassis ever. |
 
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Best Electronics Product, Castle Creations Mamba Max
Best Electronics product of the year goes to Castle Creations for their Mamba Max ESC. This esc with it's active breaking, usb programmability, and the ability to control both brushed and brushless motors put it at the top of the pack in the electronics category. In early 2008 they released the little brother to the Mamba Max, the sidewinder, are they going to try to take this category 2 years in a row? |
Best Wheels, Montana Scale Designs Rock Solid
Best wheels of the year go to Montana Scale Designs for their 2.2 Rock Solid design. These wheels are cnc'd from aluminum and hold every currently available 2.2 sized tire with ease. Your rig can look great and you'll never have to worry about lost beads or stripped hexes again. |
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Best Tires, Losi Rock Claws
Losi came out of nowhere with the release of their first crawler specific product and shocked everyone in the crawling world. Designer Rich Trujillo knocked the ball out of the park when he came up with this tire. Not only did the Losi Rock Claws capture the 2.2 National Championship this year, but they've pretty much dominated every competition since there release. The tire wars are heating up! |
Most Innovative, Axial Racing AX10 Scorpion
The most innovative product of 2007 award goes to Axial Racing with their AX10 Scorpion. Up until the Scorpion came out in mid 2007 if you wanted to build a competitive rock crawler you had to either custom build it yourself or pull parts from a multitude of different kits. The Axial AX10 Scorpion changed the crawling world forever, now you can walk right into your local hobby shop and walk out with a competition ready 2.2 rock crawler. |
 
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Best Vendor, TCS Crawlers/The Crawler Store
Vendor of the year was a tight race, in the end the members choose TCS Crawlers/The Crawler Store as the vendor of the year in 2007. Kevin and his staff have been vendors on RCCrawler since the beginning and have always been known for some of the best customer service on the site. Team that up with their ability to keep the flow of new and exciting products coming to you and you'll see why they were voted the Best Vendor of 2007. |
Best Product, Axial Racing AX10 Scorpion
With all of the great crawler products released in 2007 you would think that this category would have been a close race. That wasn't the case, the readers of RCCrawler.com chose the Axial AX10 Scorpion as the single best product in 2007 by a landslide. Never before has it been so easy to get out on the rocks and compete with a 2.2 class crawler. The Axial AX10 Scorpion has changed the face of crawling for the better in a huge way. We look forward to many more great things coming from them in 2008. |
 
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Congratulations to all of the awesome companies that won this year. 2007 was an awesome year for the sport of radio controlled rock crawling, and we couldn't have done it without you. Keep an eye on all of these companies in 2008, they are leading the way in our hobby and you can expect many big things from all of them in this up coming year.
-Jason Hensel |
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