Great Escape Motorsports in Victory Lane!

Great Escape Spartanburg bike mechanic Dennis Greene's second passion is driving RC cars, a hobby he has been at for a number of years. Dennis pilots The Great Escape Motorsports lead cars in the highly competitive Super Late Model and Monte Carlo classes.

The attached photos are of Dennis in victory lane at Lil Indy Speedway in the Super Late Model and Monte Carlo Classes. Also pictured is Dennis' daughter Savannah.

Mark Batson

NEW BLADE 120 SR HELI !!!!!!!!!!!!!

The newest Heli from E-Flite is the Blade 120 SR. This Sub-Micro, fixed-pitch heli is great for indoor as well as outdoor flight. It is a very stable heli and comes ready to fly, with Radio, battery, charger, tools/parts and instruction/owners manual.

Come in and check one out!

Mark Batson

180+ MPH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When it comes to speed, Great Escape Spartanburg RC mechanic, Robby Vaughn is the man! Whether RC cars, boats or planes, it has to be fast! And his latest project is no exception.

This bad boy is the SUN RACER pylon racer. It sports a new 1.5Y brushless motor, Castle Creations 50 ICE Electronic Speed Control (ESC) and is controlled by a Spectrum 2.4 gig. DX7 Radio system.

So far this bad bird has hit speeds just over 180 MPH!

Cool New Hot Rod!

Meet the new 1/10 scale "Circuit" by Electrix RC. This is the perfect beginner car for any age.
The Circuit comes ready to run, battery, charger, radio, everything included. And the best part,
it's only $119.99.

Mark Batson

The Great Escape Hobby Blog is Online

Welcome to the Great Escape Hobby blog!

For the past several years, The Great Escape has published news about bikes and hobbies on its blog. We've decided to create another blog especially for you hobby fans, while the original blog will focus on bike news. An archive of hobby-related posts was transferred to this blog for your reading pleasure.

The Great Escape has hobby shops in both its Greenville and Spartanburg locations. We do not specialize in one hobby but provide a full range of hobby supplies. We have RC planes, electric helicopters, cars and boats, O, HO and N gauge trains and supplies, plastics models, rockets, paints, books and magazines. If we do not have the most asked for materials in house we will do our very best to get it for you in the least amount of time.

Drop by our Greenville or Spartanburg location today for the largest selection of hobby supplies in the Upstate!

The "Pruett"ized E-Maxx

Hobby customer Mike Pruett, took his E-Maxx to the next level! Mike built the framework from scratch to create this two foot long Super Crawler.
And.......... he did it all for about $100.00!

R/C Boat National Event

After finishing 3rd in the Nation last year in the "QSAC" R/C Car Sportsman Division, Robby Vaughn, our Spartanburg Store's R/C Mechanic, is trying his hand at R/C Boat racing. Over the weekend Robby and several other R/C boaters from the area went to Atlanta to compete in the "Gas Nats", a Gas powered R/C Boat event. Robby entered two classes and took top honors in both.



"Gee, where can I get one of those nifty Great Escape t-shirts?


Robby, with the Hardware