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July 31, 2026

IFMAR confirm Hudy as official ISTC World C/ship controlled tyre

IFMAR has announced that the 2026 ISTC World Championships in Thailand will run on a controlled Hudy tyre. Best known for its tool manufacturing, the Slovakian company has moved into the tyre market in more recent times and its A2-40 will be the race tyre on which the 13th running of the 1:10 Electric Touring Car World Championships will be decided at Huge RC in Bangkok in November. The Hudy A2-40 touring tyre compound is specifically designed for high-traction asphalt tracks & hot weather conditions.

Source: IFMAR [ifmar.org]

July 30, 2026

Repetti Top Qualifier at Large Scale World Championship

Mecatech driver Edoardo Repetti is the Top Qualifier at the IFMAR Large Scale World Championship in Switzerland, qualifying resulting in an Italian 1-2 as Emanuele D’amico booked the only other direct starting spot in Saturday’s title deciding race. With 97 drivers competing in the ‘Open’ category, of the 4 rounds of qualifying it was Q2 that proved the fastest with 2022 European Champion Repetti 1.5-seconds faster than 2024 European Champion D’amico, the pairing the only drivers to manage 26-lap runs. Fastest of those with 25-lap runs, it was reigning World Champion Markus Feldmann who completed the all Mecatech Top 3. The German was 7/10ths of second quicker than Genius Racing’s Bernard Alain Arnaldi, the Frenchman setting his best time in Q3. Top Qualifier at the last Worlds, Dane Marius Hetland completed the Top 5. The third time the MRTM Lostallo track has hosted the Large Scale Worlds it was Feldmann who won the first of his 2-titles on the last visit in 2013. This year will see the crowning of the 12th World Champion of the category, the cancellation of the 2024 WC in Australia meaning it has been 4-years that Feldmann has held his current title which he won in the USA in 2022.

Image: AMSCI [Facebook]

July 30, 2026

Xray X4F’27 1.5mm Alu Flex Chassis

New for its recently released X4F’27 1:10 Front Wheel Drive Touring Car, Xray has introduced this optional 1.5mm aluminium chassis developed for high traction conditions. The unique flex characteristics improve steering response, cornering speed, and overall handling, making the chassis particularly effective on high-traction carpet and asphalt tracks. The narrow chassis design features specially tapered bottom edges that reduce chassis contact with the track surface during cornering, helping maintain corner speed and improving overall performance. Manufactured from premium Swiss 7075 T6 aluminium and precision CNC-machined for maximum consistency, strength, and durability, special Hudy Spring Steel countersunk M3x5 screws must be used together with shims #303118-C and 4 pcs of shims #301119-C for proper installation.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

July 30, 2026

Reflex Racing RX28 World’s Edition Conversion Kit

Reflex Racing has released this World’s Edition Conversion Kit for its 1:28 RX28 competition car, the much awaited conversion kit working with both D or SE Gen 3 car kits. Features of the new WE Chassis are a narrower design and lower CG so as to provide faster corner speeds, direction changes and less chassis dragging/rubbing. The Chassis Rear Roll Center is more adjustable, with the reverse mounted side links, you can now lower the Roll Center Lower for less traction rolling. The Center Shock can be mounted further forward to allow for smoother, more forgiving cornering under most conditions. The lighter weight chassis with deeper pocketing for servo and battery lowers the CG while cutting weight so as to get as close to 160 grams in Plastic Body classes. Optional Tungsten plate for under the servo as well as under battery plate are available to bring the CG down and weight up for Lexan Classes. The kit also includes 2 pc tweak brace for easier side spring changes and a 1 pc braced motor mount for more durability.

View more images including kit components here

July 30, 2026

RC Maker SP2 Electric Touring Car

Two years on from top Australian international touring car racer Ryan Maker realising a life long dream to create his own electric touring car with the release of the SP1, RC Maker has just unveiled their new SP2 platform. The Melbourne manufacturer say the SP2 is ‘Built on a relentless pursuit of designing a unique, innovative and highly competitive touring car platform for professional to novice racers, and everyone in between!’ In development for the past 18 months, while they learnt from the SP1, despite the predecessor claiming numerous wins on different tracks all around the world, Maker identified several areas for improvement, as well as realising what made that car great. This built the foundations for the SP2… keeping it’s DNA the same, but re-engineering the design from the ground up. RC Maker will offer the SP2 in 3 chassis options, 2.2mm carbon, 1.5mm aluminium and 1.2mm spring steel.

View SP2 Specifications & more images here

July 29, 2026

Capricorn Quantum Option Parts

Capricorn has released two new option parts intended for the Italian manufacturer’s Quantum 1:8 Nitro Onroad kit. Machined from carbon fibre, the Gear Bridge kit provides additional structural rigidity in the gearbox and rear axle area for an additional range of set-up tuning options. Also fitting the recently released Quantum 1:8 Electric, they have introduced a new single-piece version of the front lower arm mount that is integrated with the steering bellcrank mount.

View Steering Arm Support here

July 28, 2026

Gens ace power for Ishikawa

Battery manufacturer Gens ace has announced factory support of young up & coming Japanese touring car talent Mahiro Ishikawa. The 17-year-old factory Yokomo driver has already made his mark on the RC racing scene as the Japanese National Champion in the Touring Car Stock Class and is now taking on a new challenge by competing in the highly competitive Modified Class. One to watch, Ishikawa only made his international race debut earlier this year when he travelled to Thailand for the legendary TITC but unfortunately fell ill after practice and was unable race.

Source: Gens Ace [gensace.de]

July 27, 2026

Mugen Seiki MRX/MTX Update Shock Shafts

Reigning 1:8 Onroad World Champion manufacturer Mugen Seiki has announced the release of an updated shock shaft for its MRX platform, the new shafts also suitable for their MTX 1:10 Nitro Touring Car platform. Offered as both as part of a full shock set or just a pair of shafts, the new shock shaft has been updated from a nut-fastened design to an SiG2x6 screw fastening design.

View full Shock Set here