My son and I headed up to High Octane RC in Syracuse, NY for our weekly dose of Short Course Truck Racing. After we had been there a while and ran a few laps, I received a tip that Todd Putnam from Putnam Propulsions was going to be there racing some off road with friends. Todd, known for his Dirt Oval cars as well as his high horsepower electric motors, brought out his Short Course Truck to rub fenders with the locals at High Octane RC.

NAME: Todd Putnam

HOMETOWN: Albany, N.Y.

SPONSORS: PUTNAM PROPULSIONS, RCSPEEDSHOP.COM

Day JOB:  Works at PUTNAM PROPULSION , RC SPEEDSHOP

HOW DID YOU GET STARTED IN RC RACING? A friend introduced me to oval racing , which lead me to working for Trinity and to owning and producing my own RC products.

DO YOU PREFER ELECTRIC OR NITRO? Nitro, they just have more power, which makes them more fun to drive.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CLASS? Dirt Oval Nitro.

WHAT BRINGS YOU OUT TO DO SOME OFFROAD RACING? Just thought we would come out and do some off-road racing for a change.

ANY RC BESIDES OVAL RACING?  I raced sailboats once , but that didn’t turn out to well. I also held the world record at one time for RC Drag Racing.

ANY TIPS FOR NEW RACERS? Buy a car, nothing special, get your self some battery packs and practice.