Infinity has released a number of carbon fibre braces for its new IF14 Speciale 1:10 Electric Touring Car. The optional carbon chassis brace, developed specifically for the front and rear, allow you to fine-tune chassis flex and adapt the car to a wide range of track conditions. Additionally a carbon bulkhead reinforced brace makes it easy to adjust structural rigidity.
After three months break, the fourth round of the Speed King Tour 2025 was held at RC Stadium Sodegaura in Chiba prefecture Japan on 7th of September. Even in September, central area of Japan is still very hot and competitors had to found good setups for hot track condition. TC0 class (Modified) is the fastest class of Speed King Tour. Infinity driver Jin Sawada showed his speed at his home track and finished 1st by 0.373 seconds from his teammate Ryosuke Yamamoto in the A-Main final. Yugo Nagashima maintained steady pace then took P3 with his new Xpress car.
Infinity’s Bruno Coelho has ended reigning ETS Champion Michal Orlowski’s 12 race winning streak by taking victory at Round 3 in Luxembourg. In qualifying it was Awesomatix driver Lucas Urbain, a previous winner at his home track, who secured the overall TQ with two fastest runs over the 4 qualifiers. Topping Q4, Orlowski would line up second ahead of Coelho with Q3 pace setter Marc Rheinard securing P4 ahead of the Mugen Seiki of practice Top Seed Ronald Volker. With the first A-Main run on Saturday evening, two great passes would see Coelho go to the front and take the win ahead of Urbain with a late spin dropping Orlowski to 5th. A2 would see Urbain lead from Orlowski, Coelho and Rheinard as the Top 4 held station but approaching the final 2-minutes Urbain ran wide giving Orlwski the lead. Then at the track’s famous cork screw corner a mistake from Urbain dropped the Fremchman to fourth. With Orlowski in control, as the race came up on the final minute the newly crowned European Champion came to a halt handing Coelho the lead as the Polish ace DNF’d. Winning by 2/10ths of a second from Rheinard’s Awesomatix, it secured the World Champion his first win since joining Infinity at the start of the 2025 season. In A3 Urbain would get the win ahead of Orlowski and Mugen Seiki’s Sören Sparbier to secure the runner-up spot with the podium completed by Rheinard with Orlowski ending up in 5th behind Sparbier. In Stock, Awesomatix’s Olivier Bultynck continued his perfect season taking the TQ and win number 3. He was joined on the podium by Tim Benson and Lukas Ellerbrock.
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The iconic Gubbio track in Italy played host to the EFRA 40+ European Nitro Onroad Championships where Austrian Gerhard Kandelhart and Italian Zugno Federico took the titles. In 1:10, it was onroad nitro racing stalwart & 2016 Champion Kandelhart who secured the TQ at the former World Championship host track as he topped four of the five qualifying rounds. Fastest in Q4 Swiss racer & 2022 Champion Traugott Schaer qualified second followed by Werner Spannbruckner from Austria. In the 45-minute final Kandelhart would control the race with his Infinity taking the win by a lap from Finnish racer Sammy Pajalin who from 7th on the grid just got the better of Schaer who completed the podium. In 1:8 qualifying went the way Italian Team Shepherd driver Felice Mollo over Zugno and Luca Martinelli. In the final it was Zugno would take the win just ahead of Fabrizio Iori , who started 6th, with 3-time former Champion Martinelli completing the podium ahead of Mollo in 4th.
Infinity has introduced two new parts designed to enhance the performance and competitiveness of the suspension system on its IF18-3 1:8 Onroad chassis. Updated carbon lower shock mounts are machined from approximately 0.1mm thicker plate to ensure greater strength and precision in set-up. New low-friction treated balls for the lower uniball have also been developed, with revised dimensions to eliminate any possible interference with the wheels. Special surface treatment significantly reduces friction, enabling smooth suspension operation while the ball centre height is set lower at 2.95mm compared to 3.1mm for the previous model. The prevents interference with the wheel and is also ideal when converting the IF15-2 rear upper rod to 5.8mm. The flange diameter at the base is reduced by 1mm to ensure clearance with the wheel. The inner side features a low-profile design that increases the slant angle, enhancing grip performance during acceleration.
Producers of one of the most commonly used tyre truers on the market, Hudy has released this new Aluminium Nut 3-Pins Wheel Adapter for 1:12 Pan Car Front/Rear tyres. The wheel adapter is designed with 3 pins to ensure a wobble-free mounting of popular 1:12 rear wheels which do not have flat inside surface of the wheel design, such as CRC, BSR, Jaco, Hot Race and Contact. The universal and reversible design allows for the adapter to be used for both front and rear wheels. The adpater has a hard-anodised surface for an extra-long lifespan.
In its latest new parts release, Destiny has added these optional V2 Split Front and Rear Upper Decks for their DTY10 1:10 Electric Touring Car. Machined from 2.0mm high grade graphite, they provide more steering response and increased overall chassis traction. Also new for the car is a 3mm Graphite Upper Arm Plate which offers a 40% saving on the original. For their recently released DTY12S 1:12 they have release two new Hard Coated Aluminium King Pin offer 3 Degree and 5 Degree Caster options while also adding a 7075 Aluminium Lightweight Wheel Screws.
Established as one of the highlights on the annual American onroad racing calendar, entries for the seventh running of the MonTech New York Grand Prix are now open. Taking place on October 16-19 at the 360v2 indoor track in New Rochelle, New York, the race schedule will see drivers complete for top honours over 9 different classes. Last year it was Awesomatix’s Kemp Anderson who took his first NYGP victory securing the big win of the weekend in 1:12 Mod ahead of Donny Lia and Germany’s 1:12 Spec World Champion Max Machler. In Mod Touring Car it was Keven Hebert who took the spoils for Xray. Counting multiple World Champions Marc Rheinard (2022 NYGP Winner), Ronald Volker (2019 NYGP Winner), and Alexander Hagberg as previous participants, having attended its first NYGP last year Red RC is excited to once again be heading stateside to report on the battles to become a 2025 MonTech New York Grand Prix Champion.
