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May 24, 2025

Gruber wins ENS season opener at Ettlingen

Capricorn/Ielasi Tuned team driver Toni Gruber has opened the new season of the Euro Nitro Series with victory in Germany. Racing at the Ettlingen circuit, the 2023 Champion took the win ahead of the Infinity of Rick Vrielijnck with the Shepherd of Lars Hoppe completing the podium. Round 1 of the 4 round championship would see reigning Champion Simon Kurzbuch set the early pace with his Mugen Seiki topping practice over Italian Thomas Lorenzi. With bad weather forecast for Sunday causing the timetable to be revised to finish on Saturday, after 3 rounds of qualifying it was Vrielijnck who secured the 1:8 TQ ahead of Kurzbuch, Francesco Tironi’s Infinity, with Gruber lining up P4. In the 30-minute final, Dutchman Vrielijnck led the field around, but on a two stop tyre strategy, when he made his second tyre stop, Gruber, who was on a single tyre stop, took over the lead. With the fastest lap of the race, Vrielijnck was closing down the German but coming up on traffic with just 5-minutes to go there was contact ending the Infinity driver’s challenge for the victory. Having started 11th on the grid, 2024 ENS Austria race winner Hoppe put in a great drive with some impressive fuel mileage to finish third ahead of Marco Weigerding. Unfortunately for former World Champion Kurzbuch, while leading the race as the various pit strategies started to play out, he would suffer a flame out 12-minutes into the final leaving the Swiss driver to eventually finish P11. In 1:10 Nitro Touring Car, Jakub Rozycki took the win by 7-seconds from Leon Fuhrmann with Milan Holthuis in 3rd.

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May 24, 2025

Mardave Cobra buggy to live on with new manufacturer

Niche British RC kit manufacturer Mardave, best known for their 1:12 Minis, have announced that their Cobra 1:10 2WD Buggy, which was first introduced in 1993, will live on with its manufacturing having been taken over by Stack RC. The retro buggy, which like the Minis was originally aimed a the budget conscious racer, will now be produced and developed by its new manufacturer who also have plans for a new 2WD offroad kit later this year which they say will be ‘designed to compete on today’s tracks around the UK’. Many parts are already available in stock for the Cobra and with Stack RC working towards having all parts available for both ‘sport’ and ‘TQ’ retro models as soon as possible. Once they have full stock of parts, they will begin supplying full retro car kits.

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May 24, 2025

Radbody prototype FX28 F1 body – First Images

American 1:28 body producer Radbody has unveiled images of a prototype of the F1 body it is working on for the upcoming new FX28 Formula chassis release from Reflex Racing. Shown in very 2009 BrawnGP Formula 1 World Championship winning colours, the lexan body is specifically designed for the FX28 and will ship with the kit when it goes on sale. While the prototype body does not feature a helmet, the production version will have the helmet and halo molded in to cover the car’s top shock.

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May 23, 2025

ONG Camber | Ride Height | Stroke & Rebound Gauges

New from the ONG brand of 4-time Offroad World Champion Davide Ongaro comes three essential set-up tools for offroad racing. All made from aluminium with an anodised ONG green finish, the camber gauge can measure between +3 to -10 degrees. The long reach ride height gauge measures in the range of 3mm to 42mm. The Shock Stroke & Rebound Gauge allows easy measurement of shock length while mounted on the vehicle during suspension setup and supports stroke from 60mm to 150mm.

Source: ONG [davideongaro.it]

May 23, 2025

Schumacher Mi9 Pro CNC Spur Gears

Schumacher has introduced 4 new Pro CNC Spur Gears for their flagship Mi9 1:10 Electric Touring Car. With the incredible power of modern modified touring cars, the British manufacturer has newly designed the spur to incorporate several special features. CNC Machined for the ultimate accuracy, they are manufactured to be lightweight but using an extremely rigid material for stiffness and concentricity. 4.5mm wide for strong tooth engagement, they are secured with 3 countersunk screws for equal fixing pressure and accuracy. Their narrow design improves battery placement and therefore left to right weight distribution and for Modified they are available in 112, 113 and 114T. For Stock racing they also have a 101T stock specific option which has a reduced width of 3.5mm for the ultimate efficiency and weight saving.

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May 23, 2025

Xray RX8E’26 1:8 Electric Onroad car

Following the presentation of their latest 1:8 Nitro Onroad kit earlier this month, Xray has now unveiled the 2026 edition of the electric option – the RX8E’26. Sharing many of the updates and improved made to the nitro version, key changes for the electric power include a new motor mount that is redesigned for improved stability using M4 screws and supports a top-mounted 40mm cooling fan. A larger gear carrier minimises gear protrusion from the motor mount for better protection and integration. The extended rear layshaft offsets the center belt for medium-size batteries and is lightened to lower rotating mass. The extended front layshaft also offsets the center belt and suits medium-size battery setups

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May 23, 2025

Kee to lead FEMCA as Reid calls time on 20-year contribution to racing in Asia

FEMCA, the governing body that represents 15 nations in Asia and Australasia, has announced that Leonard Kee will now head up the federation as Trevor Reid officially calls time on his 20-year contribution to RC racing in the region and around the world. Having held the post of Vice-President, Malaysian Kee has been very active over the last few years with FEMCA events as well as shaping the future of FEMCA including the recently announced rebranding of its title races to Asian Championships. From New Zealand, Reid made the official announcement of his replacement in a letter titled ‘Changing of the guard’. Having got to know Trevor over our many years of covering IFMAR World Championships, and had the pleasure of catching up with him again recently at the opening round of the Asian Buggy Championships in his home country, one thing that always stood out to use was his commitment to the role and his willingness to fight for what was best for the racing and the racers, battles unfortunately he didn’t always win. As the new FEMCA President Kee’s first big event in the role will be the highly anticipated 1:10 Offroad World Championships in Sydney, Australia, later this year. Adding to the official announcement, Kee expressed his appreciation of Reid’s work with a statement in which he said the Kiwi was always “Tirelessly working with the various associations and manufacturers in the goal of bringing the Hobby from recreation to a sport”.

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May 23, 2025

T-Works RC10B7 Adjustable Alu Steering Rack Set

New from T-Works comes this Aluminium Adjustable Steering Rack Set for the Team Associated RC10B7 1:10 2wD Buggy. Made from 7075-T6 Aluminium, it provides more precise steering control through its adjustable design. With 2 different hole spacers, the offset hole model can be used in the up and down positions, the cente hole is used in the middle of the offset hole, with multiple height options for adjustment. The allows for more precise tuning of the steering angle and improve the steering response. The bellcrank post in the full set are made from 64 Titanium to ensure lightweight and durability. Various parts of the set are sold seperately.

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