O'DONNELL HISTORY

Every dream has a beginning and an end. This one just happened to start out in the O'Donnell family garage back in 1980. Young Steve O'Donnell wasn't satisfied with the mediocre products that the RC industry had to offer, so he set out to build the best engineered and manufactured products available. Lucky for us, his dream is far from over...

O'Donnell took his vast knowledge of nitro engine tuning and soon designed products that would complement his talents. First came his custom designed and machined aluminum cooling heads for the on-road racing scene. Finding another void in the industry, he also began producing custom tuned pipes to better utilize all of the power these nitro burning monsters could produce.

The efforts of O'Donnell did not go overlooked. Some of the major R/C manufacturers went to O'Donnell Manufacturing to have their trick aluminum parts machined. O'Donnell's meticulous standards and overwhelming knowledge of the products made it a natural fit. Over the past 24 years, O'Donnell Manufacturing has produced parts for such notable companies as Team Associated and Team Losi.

O'Donnell Manufacturing took another major step forward in 1988 when they introduced O'Donnell Racing Fuel...the name that made them famous with racers around the world. Once again, O'Donnell saw a need – for a high-quality fuel specifically blended for the demands of nitro burning car engines. From that point on, O'Donnell Racing Fuel became synonymous with winning. To this day, no other fuel has won as many national championships as O'Donnell Racing Fuel.

To complement the racing fuel, O'Donnell set out in 2000 to design a glow plug that would out-perform and out-last all the competitors. The result? Two U.S. patents and a World Championship. Not bad for someone who started out in his parents' garage. Today, O'Donnell glow plugs are the choice of champions worldwide.

Not afraid to take chances on long shots, in 1999 O'Donnell spotted a little kid from the hills of California who had a great deal of driving talent. This kid would later become a National Champion in both electric and nitro. He would also go on to TQ and win the IFMAR World Championships. That kid was the one and only Jared Tebo. The name Tebo quickly became associated with O'Donnell and winning. He's known around the world for his race-winning talent.

In 2005, O'Donnell's dreams moved to the next level when he embarked on the ultimate journey...the design and creation of a new 1/8 off-road nitro racing buggy. The plan was simple: Don't try to "re-invent the wheel", just refine it...all of it.

Now, after two years of development, refinement, testing, and on-track race-winning results, we are proud to introduce the Ultimate Racing Machine -

Designed by O'Donnell, Tested by Tebo...the Z01-B.