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October 27, 2025

Mason crowned ROAR Paved Champion

Awesomatix’s Stuart Mason is the new ROAR Modified Touring Car Paved Champion, the Seattle driver taking the TQ and win at CenCal Speedway Fresno in California over the weekend. With this year’s title race attracting 100 entries, Mason would secure the TQ as he topped 3 of the 4 rounds of qualifying. Opening qualifying with a TQ run, Serpent’s Bryce Butterfield would claim the second spot on the grid ahead of the 2025 ROAR Carpet National Champion Sam Isaacs, Xray’s Chris Adams, Canadian Champion Keven Hebert, and multiple Offroad World Champion Ryan Cavalieri. In the first of thre triple finals Mason would just hold off Isaacs, fresh from his NYGP win, by 0.074 with Adams completing the Top 3 as Butterfield dropped to fourth. From the front Mason would again win in A2, this time from Hebert and Cavalieri, to secured the title. With Butterfield winning A3 from the Team Associated of Cavalieri, this is how they would like up finish on the podium behind Mason with Isaacs finishing 4th overall. In 17.5 Stock, Adams would secure the TQ and win however with Lex Tyler winning A2, the title fight went to A3, the Texan securing the crown with a 3.2-second winning margin. Tyler would finish runner-up with the Awesomatix of Billy Spence completing the overall Top 3. In 21.5 Touring it was Awesomatix’s Craig Xavier who took the win.

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October 27, 2025

JConcepts RC10B7 Alu Battery Hold and Swing Set

New from JConcepts comes this swing operated battery retainer that is designed for simplicity, adjustability, and quick battery changes. Available in blue and black anodised colours options, the aluminium rails bolt to the standard RC10B7 platform chassis side guards and functions like the stock plastic components. The aluminium swings include hardware for installation and spacers for height adjustment depending on which battery type is used in the vehicle. When using a tall battery pack, it is necessary to install the tall stand-offs under the swing part to raise the height of the entire assembly. For the low-profile battery pack, install the short stand-offs to outfit the configuration to adapt to the required height. Two different length BHCS screws are included and should be used in conjunction with the corresponding stand-off. It is also necessary to use the stock O-rings from the kit parts to provide the cushion and vibration resistance.

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October 27, 2025

Horne and Moran win Masters of Dirt

Moving to a new home for 2025, the 11th annual Masters of Dirt promoted by Beach RC would see Team Associated’s Aydin Horne and Sammy Moran crowned the overall Champions in Modified and Spec respectively. With 2023 1:10 Offroad World Championship host track Hobby Action RC Raceway the new battle ground, Horne would dominate qualifying securing the TQ in 2WD, 4WD and Stadium truck with Spencer Rivkin his closest rival in all three classes. With the first of the single Mains being 2WD Buggy, Horne took that win by 7/10ths of a second from Rivkin with Sworkz’s Joern Neumann completing the Top from 4th on the grid. With Stadium Truck up next, the Top 3 was a repeat Horne winning by double the margin of 2WD. Horne would complete the perfect weekend with a dominant 4WD win again ahead of Rivkin with Harley Yoshii in third. For Moran it was also a triple winning weekend, taking 4WD Buggy, Stadium Truck, and Short Course, the only win alluding him being 2WD Buggy in which Kadin Meeks took the top spot.

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October 26, 2025

Payne does the double at Masters of Foam

Fresh from his 1:12 Super Stock win at last weekend’s MonTech New York Grand Prix, CRC’s Ollie Payne has taken the double at the annual Masters of Foam race in Belgium. Establishing itself as one of the major races on the international 1:12 calendar, this year’s Miniatuur Racing Club Zwevegem organised event would see the Xray of Adam Izsay, runner up to team-mate Alexander Hagberg at the 2024 Masters of Foam, secure the Modified TQ ahead of the similar car of Norway’s Mathias Nedrebø with former Champion Payne lining up P3. In the triple finals, Payne would win A1 & 2 ahead of Izsay to take back the title he lost last year to Hagberg, the British driver a previous back to back Champion of the race. Winning A3, Iszay would finish runner-up with Nedrebø competing the Modified podium ahead of Xray’s Martin Hudy. In 13.5 Stock, Payne would secure the TQ, the British driver topping 4 of the 5 rounds of qualifying ahead of the Awesomatix of last year’s Top Qualifier Ollie Bultynck. British driver and 17.5 Stock NYGP winner Morgan Williams completing the Top 3 ahead of Izsay. In the finals, Payne would successfully defend his title with wins in the opening two Mains while the A3 win gave Bultynck second overall. Qualifying P5, Belgian driver Niels Degryze completed the podium for Schumacher.

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October 25, 2025

MonTech New York Grand Prix Chassis Focus Index

Last weekend Red RC returned stateside for the 7th edition of the MonTech New York Grand Prix at the 360V2 indoor track in New Rochelle. One of the highlights on the annual US onroad racing calendar and having attended the Donny Lia organised event for the first time in 2024, this year attracted a strong international entry but there was little they could do about top US driver Sam Isaacs. The US Champion would complete the double, winning both Modified 1:12 and Modified Touring Car for Awesomatix. While Isaacs was testing new parts on his 1:12, meaning we couldn’t photograph the car for a Chassis Focus, we did get to feature his winning A800RR Touring Car. The NYGP would see the US debut of Xray’s all new X4’26 and with just two examples of the Slovakian manufacturer’s latest touring car in the country we got to photograph both of them, one being the Stock car of NYGP first timer Jan Ratheisky and the other being the Modified example of US Team Manager Drew Ellis. In 1:12 we got to feature cars from three different manufacturers including 2024 Champion Kemp Anderson’s Awesomatix, the CRC of returning former NYGP Champion Ollie Payne who made the trip over from the United Kingdom, and the latest Excelerate Prodigy 12 from the car’s designer Josh Cyrul. Additionally we got to include the 25.5 LMH winning Express of Charles Bruno and the FWD class Xray of Top Qualifier Andy Brooks to complete our latest Chassis Focus Index.

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October 24, 2025

Roche P10W3/Pro10 Gear Differential

1:12 and 1:10 Pro10 chassis manufacturer Roche has released a new gear differential for their P10W3 and general Pro10 use. Featuring a full 7075 aluminium machined differential case, internal gears holder and wheel hub, it is high precision machined for maximium durability and to reduce the weight of drivetrain as much as possible. The assemble includesSpring steel hollow lightweight main shaft (1/4″) together with precision molded composite material internal bevel gears and cross pin. 5 pieces ball bearings centering the main shaft and output shaft, reduced wheel chatter. Three thread holes for spur gear mounting are compatible with most touring car spur gear. Combine spur gear, differential case and internal gear holder used M2 screws. The wheel hub combine by aluminium M3 lock nut.

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October 24, 2025

Rêve D RDX MC-III Conversion Kit

Japanese RC Drift specialists ReveD has released the MC-III conversion kit for their popular RDX 1:10 drift car. The use of machined aluminium and carbon fibre parts improves precision and rigidity in every component, resulting in improved front grip and superior cornering performance. The main chassis and upper deck feature a new MC-III design optimised for the significantly stiffer bulkhead. The battery holder area also prioritises chassis flex and is lightweight. The entire chassis and upper deck flexes, ensuring high traction while improving handling stability. The kit also features newly designed upper arms. These specifications allow for future tuning, such as wider turn ing angles and narrower scrub radius with optional tuning parts to be announced soon. Additionally, a newly developed front body mount stay for the magnetic mount allows for front-to-rear position adjustment, making installation easier on a variety of chassis types.

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October 24, 2025

Associated RC28R Team Kit with Radbody & Tyres

Having entered the 1:28 market with the release of the RC28R during the Summer, Team Associated has teamed up with category body shell specialists Radbody to offer the kit with the Mako X body shell plus tyres. Mako X gives Radbody’s most successful GT Body some revisions to make it a little more stable and precise in high traction conditions. The Revisions include some ridges above the front wheel well and a lower rear window and wing. The front end changes make the steering inputs more crisp without making it nervous, while the lower rear window generates more downforce. This allowed them to lower the rear wing substantially, and when combined with the lower window the result is a car that stays more flatter for more high speed stability and better control in high traction conditions. The Steel chassis RC28R with its fixed-arm front suspension created a huge buzz in the 1:28 racing community on its launch and the car will shortly face its biggest competition so far when it takes on established brands like Reflex Racing and RC Atomic at the upcoming PNWC. The annual PN Racing World Cup takes place in United Stated this year at 5280 Raceway in Denver, Colorado, from November 6-9th.

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