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February 24, 2026

Sester wins Buggy & Truggy at Motorama

Running as part of Motorama’s Custom Car, Truck and Bike Show and attracting just shy of 300 entries it was Sparko driver Lee Setser who was the big winner at the now all electric class event. The long running annual event which takes place in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and with 2025 winner Chase Lemieux not returning to defend his win, it was Setser who ruled proceedings taking all four rounds of 1:8 eBuggy qualifying and three of the four eTruggy rounds. Xray driver Ethan MacKanick setting the fastest time in the opening Truggy qualifier. From the TQ, Setser would win the first of the double A-Mains in Buggy but had to settle for second behind MacKanick in A2. Overall however it was Setser for the win ahead of MacKanick who had a bad A1. The Xray of Jacob Hardison completed the podium. In Truggy, Setser won both A-Mains with 5th place qualifier Ben Decker finishing run up ahead of Hardison. In the Buggy Masters class it was Xray’s Paul Ciccarello who took the TQ and win.

Image: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

February 24, 2026

SkyRC Digital RC Chassis Ride Height Gauge

SkyRC is teasing a new digital ride height gauge that aims to remove guesswork from one of the most critical setup steps in RC racing. Traditional RC height gauges rely on visual alignment and manual reading and while they work small variations in angle, eyesight, or setup position can lead to inconsistent results. A digital ride height gauge removes that uncertainty. Precise numeric readouts turn millimeters into clear data, making adjustments intentional, repeatable, and easy to verify—whether you’re setting up at the bench or making quick changes at the track. Featuring a slim carbon fibre measuring blade, a clear digital readout with 0.1 mm resolution across a 2–38 mm measuring range. Built-in guided calibration ensures accuracy from the start. Using the included calibration block, the device verifies measurements at 2 mm, 10 mm, and 20 mm, automatically stepping through each reference point for reliable, repeatable results. Setup doesn’t always happen from one direction so the gauge features a one press the rotates the display 180°, keeping readings clear from any angle.

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February 24, 2026

Destiny DTY-10 V2 Chassis Options

Destiny has released more V2 updates for their DTY10 1:10 Electric Touring Car in the form of a new chassis shape design and new design Aluminium Anti-Roll Bar Bushings. The new chassis shape provided more stability, more consistency, and accelerates faster out of corners. Available in two different material options, the 7075 aluminium chassis version is 2.0mm thick while the high grade carbon chassis is made using 2.2mm material. The new purple anodised Aluminium Anti-Roll Bar Bushings are compatible with new chassis and are included with the chassis kit.

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February 23, 2026

Another double for Payne at latest British 1:12 Nationals

Xcelerate RC’s Ollie Payne claimed another BRCA British National Championship double as he won Round 9 & 10 hosted by the West Bridgford Model Car Club over the weekend. Kicking off 2026 with wins in January at the Dorset Model Car Racing Club hosted National double header, Payne secured Saturday’s Round 9 TQ with his final qualifying effort ahead of Schumacher’s Finley Whitelock and Awesomatix’s Mark Stiles and would go on to win the final by 5-seconds from Whitelock while fourth place qualifier Sam Coult completed the podium with his Schumacher. Again taking the TQ on Sunday, this time ahead of team-mate Morgan Williams, in the 8 minute Round 10 final Payne won by half a lap from Louis Parker and Williams.

Image: BRCA [Facebook]

February 23, 2026

Infinity IF18-3 Chrome Plated Gears

Infinity has introduced a number of new Chrome Plated Gears for their IF18-3 1:8 Onroad car. The precision-machined pinion gears are made from high-strength 7075-T6 aluminium alloy and have undergone a new special hard chrome plating significantly enhances wear resistance. They are offered in a 18 or 19T first gear pinion and 23 or 24T second gear pinion.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

February 23, 2026

Sturdy & McMillan win South Australian State Titles

Schumacher’s Christopher Sturdy and Team Associated’s Jack McMillan are the RCRA 1:10 Buggy South Australian State Title Champions for 2026. Racing at Adelaide Radio Controlled Raceway, it was Sturdy who took the TQ honours in both 2WD and 4WD, the race having to be condensed down to 3 qualifiers and a hectic single day of race action due to rain forecast for Sunday. In 2WD, starting on pole ahead of McMillan, Sturdy took his first title for new for 2026 chassis sponsor Schumacher by winning A1 and A3 with A2 winner & team-mate Jayden Edmunds making it 1-2 for the British manufacturer. McMillan would complete the podium. In 4WD, starting on pole ahead of Phoenix Eggleton and McMillen, while Sturdy won A1, errors in A2 & 3 denied him a shot at the double. Winning A2 and finishing second to Edmunds in A3, McMillan took the overall title. With Edmunds again runner-up it was Sworkz driver Eggleton who completed the podium having won the SA State title in Stadium Truck.

Image: Christopher Sturdy [Facebook]

February 23, 2026

Ongaro opens Italian National Champs with double win

The four round 2026 1:8 Buggy AMSCI Italian National Championship kicked off over the weekend with 10-time consecutive Champion Davide Ongaro doing the double with wins in Nitro & eBuggy. Racing at the Nitro Plaza Off Road Marigllanella track near Naples, qualifying would see Ongaro’s Team Associated top the ranking with 3 TQ runs ahead of the Sworkz of Mattia Polito, who took the opening round, and Xray’s Alex Zanchettin. After Semi finals however it was Polito who would start on pole for the 45-minute main from Ongaro and Serpent’s Giuseppe Tescione. Despite laying down the fastest lap of the race, Polito wouldn’t be able to deny Ongaro the win. They would be joined on the podium by Mugen Seiki’s Burak Kilic, the Turkish racer winning the Last Chance Fnal to come from 13th in the grid to deny the WIRC of Andrea Trevisan a Top 3 finish. In eBuggy Onagro also took the TQ and win ahead of Polito with Trevisan completing the podium.

Image: Mauro Ongaro [Facebook]

February 23, 2026

2026 IFMAR 1:10 IC Track World C/ship Stage 1 Report

IFMAR, the World governing body of RC racing, has published the Stage 1 report for the 2026 1:10 Nitro Touring Car World Championship which will be hosted by Club Automodellistico 5 Colli a decade after the iconic track staged the previous European hosting of the race. The 11th running of the championships, it will take place from September 4th to 12th in the medieval town of Gubbio in central Italy and given the nations unofficial title as ‘the world capital of nitro onroad racing’ it is expected to attract a large and competitive entry. In 2016 it was Dominc Greiner who became World Champion with a flawless drive ahead of then Serpent team-mate Alessio Mazzeo, who gave the local crowd plenty to cheer about, with then reigning 1:8 World Champion Simon Kurzbuch completing the podium for Shepherd just ahead of Bruno Coelho. Since then the track has hosted the 2022 IFMAR ISTC World Championship, Coelho taking the win on that occasion, with the club highly regarded for its strong organisation and presentation of races. The previous two 1:10 Nitro Touring Car World Championships where staged in Thailand, the 2024 race held at Huge RC in Bangkok after original host Costa Rica hit issues surrounding noise. Jilles Groskamp would take a hugely popular victory at the former ISTC World Champion Surikarn Chaidajsuriya owned track, to become only the second driver to win the biggest prize in both Electric and Nitro Touring Car. View the full 2026 Stage 1 Report here.

Source: IFMAR [ifmar.org]