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September 6, 2026

Jung wins exciting eBuggy battle at ABC Indonesia

Team Associated’s Hyunkyu Jung has taken the eBuggy win after an exciting battle that went right down to the wire in A3 at the season finale of the Asian Buggy Championships in Indonesia. With a relatively uneventful A1 until a last lap error from Jung that dropped him to fourth bringing Saturday’s action to a close at West Side Raceway in Jakarta, the Mayako of Top Qualifier Pekko Iivonen leading from tone to tone, Sunday’s racing would prove far more entertaining. With A2 having stretched out a little, Jung and third place qualifier Alex Bernadzik again following Iivonen in their starting order, with the race approaching the final minute the race came alive as the leader made a mistake. This allowed Jung to attempt a pass but the pair collided in the air over a jump, gifting Bernadzik the lead but the Australian would then have his own mistake at the back of the track. Iivonen went back to the lead momentarily but crashed on the landing handing Bernadzik back the lead ahead of Jung. With a lap to go, Jung was applying the pressure on the leader who in a side by side final dash to the line with his AE team-mate landed badly and went rolling off the track – Jung the winner ahead of Iivonen with Bernadzik rejoining for third.

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September 6, 2026

DAS Speed RTA V3 Adjustable Rear Pod

Swiss 1:28 specialists DAS Speed has released this Adjustable Rear Pod for the RTA V3 1:28 competition car from French manufacturer RTRC. CNC machined from 7075 aluminium and finished with black anodising, the new rear pod developed specifically for RTA V3 platform to give racers more setup flexibility from a single rear assembly. One of the key features is the ability to run both 98 mm and 102 mm wheelbases with the same pod. Moving to 102 mm can provide a calmer, more stable car—particularly useful on larger, faster tracks and in higher-speed classes. 98 mm remains available when a more reactive setup is preferred. Several practical tuning features of the pod include the ability to add shims to lower the chassis while retaining larger-diameter rear tyres. Optional axle carrier are planned for setups requiring increased ride height with very small-diameter tyres. Additional clearance allows the use of larger pinions and taller gear ratios. The machined centre reference markings to help accurately centre the diff axles while the centre reference point underneath the pod allows the rear assembly to be balanced on two points for checking set-up.

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September 5, 2026

Bernadzik ‘Top Qualifier’ at ABC Indonesia with blistering Q5 run

Team Associated’s Alex Bernadzik is the Top Qualifier at the Asian Buggy Championships Finale in Indonesia, the Australian putting together a blistering Q5 run to secure pole for tomorrow’s 1-hour Nitro Buggy main on the tie-breaker with Pekko Iivonen. Having hinted in the penultimate round of quali that he had the potential to better Iivonen’s Q2 time, a mistake on lap 6 of 8 ending that effort, with nothing to lose Bernadzik went for it in the decider. Opening with a 41.7 second lap he then added to his tally of fastest laps for each round by taking the benchmark down to a 41.098 with Iivonen unable to respond. Passing Sparko’s Ken NG on his final lap with just two corners to go, he look like he might again through it away when he clipped the pipping and sending his RC8 into a spin. Luckily he bounced off NG’s buggy to recover facing in the right direction and most importantly crossing the loop with a time that bettered Iivonen’s Q2 by 1.5-seconds. Despite adding a 3rd TQ run to his tally when he took Q4, with only 2 from 5 to count, Iivonen will start P2 tomorrow at West Side Raceway. Counting P2 runs from Q3 & 4, Hyunkyu Jung will line-up 3rd on the grid ahead of Indonesia’s very own Jason Nugroho. Newly crowned FEMCA Champion Jayden Edmunds completes the Top 5 on what will become a 15-car final after bump ups from the lower finals.

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September 5, 2026

Schumacher Mi10 +2mm Axle

Schumacher has introduced this new +2mm Rear Axle for their Mi10 1:10 Electric Touring Car. It changes the position of the rear driveshaft joint, moving it further inboard and altering the rear drivetrain geometry. The key performance benefit is improved forward traction on corner exit. The car is able to put the power down more effectively when the throttle is applied, allowing drivers to accelerate harder and earlier without sacrificing rear-end stability. This makes the +2mm Rear Axle an especially useful tuning option when looking for additional rear grip and forward drive, whether conditions are low grip or the driver is simply looking to extract more performance from the Mi10.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

September 5, 2026

Alexander Hagberg ‘AH’ Signature T-shirts

2-time IFMAR Onroad World Champion and all round good guy of the sport Alexander Hagberg has released his own line of ‘AH’ Signature T-shirts. The Swede, who is a long time factory Xray driver, winning both his 1:12 and 1:10 Nitro Touring World titles with the Slovakian manufacturer, has together with his business partner and fellow racer Antonino Mangiaracina, created alexanderhagberg.com. Starting with green, Hagberg’s signature body colour, white, and black colour options of his tees, long term feature a more extensive line of RC accessories for competition racing.

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September 5, 2026

Bernadzik takes Q3 at Asian Buggy Champs

Alex Bernadzik has kicked off Day 2 of qualifying at the Asian Buggy Championships finale in Jarkarta with a TQ run, the 3rd of the 5 qualifiers producing a Team Associated 1-2 as Hyunkyu Jung recorded the second fastest time on what was a slower track than yesterday. With Pekko Iivonen making the first day of qualifying at West Side Raceway his own, topping both qualifiers, it was Jung and Bernadzik who battled out Q3 as the Finn used the round to test a harder compound tyre. Unfortunately for Jung traffic in the closing stages of the run cost him the top spot with Bernadzik, once again setting the fastest lap of the round, securing his first TQ by half a second from the young Korean. With the run the slowest of the three so far, the track almost 5-seconds off yesterday afternoon’s Q2, the Top 3 would be completed by Infinity’s Jason Nugroho. A 46-second lap half way through the round saw Iivonen stop the clock with the fourth fastest time ahead of Jayden Edmunds, the Sparko driver struggling for pace after putting on a brand new set of tyre for the run.

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September 5, 2026

2026 MonTech New York Grand Prix – Announcement

The organisers of the MonTech New York Grand Prix have announced details of the eight edition of the annual indoor race hosted by 360v2 RC track in New Rochelle, New York. Taking place from October 15th to 18th, the event has become one of the highlights on the annual US onroad racing calendar and draws an international entry stateside. Last year it was Awesomatix’s Sam Isaacs who did the double winning both 1:12 Mod and Touring Car with NYGP debutant Lucas Urbain heading the international challenge. The French touring car ace would claim the final step on the Mod TC podium behind the race’s big 2024 winner Kemp Anderson. Another of the international visitors, Xray’s Jan Ratheisky took fourth along with a podium in Super Stock Touring. The vision of long time 1:12 racer and multiple World Championship finalist Donny Lia, the NYGP is the nearest thing RC will get to having a race in Time Square, the track just a 20-minute train ride from the centre of the City That Never Sleeps. Counting multiple World Champions Marc Rheinard (2022 NYGP Winner), Ronald Volker (2019 NYGP Winner), Alexander Hagberg, reigning 1:12 Stock World Champion Max Mächler, and Ollie Payne as previous participants, 360V2 is one of the biggest indoor tracks in the US with racing takes place on a track layout covering an area of 105 X 48 feet. For 2026 the race expands to 10 classes, with race entries opening on September 8th, and once again Red RC is excited to travel across the Atlantic to cover this year’s NYGP action.

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September 5, 2026

Phat Bodies HALO 1:10 Frontie Bodyshell

Best known for its 1:12 Mini bodies, Britain’s Phat Bodies has released the ‘Halo’ body for 1:10 Front Wheel Drive racers. Inspired by the VW Polo GT Cup racecars, it is designed to fit any 1:10 onroad chassis with around 257mm wheelbase and 190mm width. Made from super tough and high quality race weight 0.75mm ‘Lexan’ polycarbonate, the Halo gives similar handling characteristics to the Civic type bodies but with more front end low speed grip. BRCA approved, the body and wing weight approx 86 grams stickered and painted (as pictured). Sold clear the body set includes rear wing, a pre-cut vinyl window mask set, external overspray film, front and rear lights and grill/vent sticker set, and “Phat” stickers.

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