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May 2, 2025

G-Force ‘Xtrada’ 1:10 4WD Buggy

After a number of successful collaborations with RC legend Masami Hirosaka, most notably the MX-4 Forever, Japan’s G-Force has announced the upcoming release of the ‘Xtrada’ 1:10 4WD buggy. Masami introduced the new belt drive buggy in a video that coincided with the company’s G-Force Competition Cup event that took place at Tsukuba RC Arena, the new name for the world famous Yatabe Arena. G-Force say their newest kit is themed around a ‘neo-classic design’, with Masami going through all the details in the Japanese language video presentation (view video here). The planned release date for the Xtrada is between Summer and Fall this year with pricing yet to be decided.

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May 1, 2025

Ongaro tops seeding at Philippine Masters

Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro goes into qualifying at the Philippine Masters tomorrow as the Top Seed, the Italian being one of three different drivers to top each of the seeding rounds today at Round 2 of the Cayote backed Asian Buggy Championships. With Infinity’s Kouki Kato laying down the opening pace, Mugen Seiki’s Burak Kilic topped the second round but fell short of bettering Kato’s fastest 2-consecutive laps. With Ongaro somewhat off the pace in SP2, he would bounce back for the final round being the only one of the Top 6 to improve finding 8/10ths of a second on his previous best to better the Japanese driver’s time by a 1/10th. Overall Kato, winner of the 2024 Asian Buggy Championship season final in Indonesia, will be the No.2 seed ahead of Kilic. Team Associated’s Alex Bernadzik ended the day P4, the 2023 ABC Australia race winner’s best run coming in SP2, followed by Infinity’s Naoto Matsukura and Sworkz’ Mattia Polito.

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May 1, 2025

Schumacher Atom 3 Hex Rear Wheel System

Schumacher has introduced a new Hex Rear Wheel System with spool and Gear Diff Option for their Atom 3 in the GT12 Class. Designed with weight, strength and concentricity in mind, a spool set can offer improved steering in medium and high grip conditions, improved acceleration and a reduction in weight. Combined with the new Contact V2 Hex Wheel, this set up can provide the ultimate GT12 performance on medium to high grip conditions. With this set up you can use the new Contact V2 Hex Wheel for Spool or Gear Diff running, no more need to have different wheels and so trying a diff or a spool is more accessible to everyone. The Hex Wheel Gear Diff Option is best suited for low to medium grip conditions. With the new wheel it allows for a Gear Diff to be used with just one M4 nut fixing. This is a game changer for club racing because it is now easier and quicker to swap tyres. Easy to drive and set up and extremely tuneable with the correctly chosen oil. It has steel axle for strength and reliability.

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May 1, 2025

Kilic fastest in SP2, Kato maintains top seed status

He said after SP1 he felt his car would be faster for the second seeding round at the Philippine Masters and that turned out to be the case as Burak Kilic took his Nova Engines powered Mugen Seiki to the fastest 2-consecutive laps. Going one better than he did in the morning’s opening round, Kilic’s time however would not better than that set by Kouki Kato, that time still more than 2/10ths of a second faster around the technical track where currently 36.8-seconds are the benchmark lap times. Behind Kilic, Team Associated’s Alex Bernadzik set the second fastest time with an improvement of 5/10ths on his SP1 effort. Almost half a second off his morning time, something he put down down his tyre prep, Kato would complete the Top 3 ahead of his Infinity team-mate Naoto Matsukura who was much happier with his latest effort. Fifth fastest in SP1, Sworkz’ Mattia Polito again rounded out the Top 5 of the high qualify field ahead of the race’s defending champion Davide Ongaro.

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May 1, 2025

Kato sets early pace at Philippine Masters

Infinity’s Kouki Kato has set the pace in the opening round of seeding practice at the Philippine Masters, the Japanese driver fastest by a decent margin over 2-consecutive laps of this year’s more technical Manila track layout. The second round of the Cayote backed Asian Buggy Championships, Kato was the winner of last season’s championship finale in Indonesia but this weekend marks his first trip to the legendary Philippines race and it was another of the race’s first timers, Mugen Seiki’s Burak Kilic, who was his closest rival 7/10ths of a second back with the rest of the Top 5 covered by just 2/10ths. The first of the three seeding rounds that make up Thursday schedule would see Team Associated’s reigning World Champion Davide Ongaro complete the Top 3 ahead of team-mate Alex Bernadzik with Italy’s Mattia Polito fifth as the leading Sworkz driver.

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April 30, 2025

LRP WorksTeam V2 Fan Mesh and Fan Mount

LRP has released new versions of its WorksTeam Fan Mesh and Fan Mount for use with 40mm fans. The V2 Aluminium Safety Mesh includes mounting hardware and is compatible with 40mm fans. The mesh protects the fan, increases stability by reinforcing it and adds a cool look. The unique centre needle design eliminates axial movement of the fan wheel for improved reliability. The unique mesh design provides additional ventilation from the site for maximum cooling. The WorksTeam aluminium fan mount is securely tightened to the motor using a high strength screw. You can mount up to two fans for efficient cooling. Compared to its predecessor, the V2 comes with a new design for improved specifications with reduced thickness in chassis and drivetrain area that enables installation versatility in 1:8 models. Reinforced thread section allows for secure and high-torque screw fastening

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April 30, 2025

Fenix Racing G56.2 Optional Front End

Italy’s Fenix Racing has released a new optional front end for its G56.2 Pro10 chassis. More rigid than the kit standard front end, it offers a more constant and reliable feelings in the high speed turns. The set comes with Gr.5 Titanium turnbuckles and kingpin, and all the necessary hardware.

Source: Fenix Racing [fenix-racing.com]

April 30, 2025

IFMAR drops Superpole from IC World C/ship format

IFMAR, the World governing body of RC racing, has announced that for all IC track classes the decision has been taken to retire Superpole from the race format and return to 4 direct qualifiers. The format, in which the participating 4 drivers can book a direct spot in the final alongside the Top Qualifier, had both its fans and its detractors and had its controversies too such as at the 2019 200mm Worlds in Miami. They have also announced for IC Onroad Worlds the introduction of a ‘Last Chance’ final for an 11th spot on the main final grid which is already a feature of the 1:8 Nitro Buggy World Championship race format. In its latest website update, IFMAR have also published updated rules for the upcoming inaugural 1:8 Electric Buggy World Championships set to take place in Portugal from August 26-30 and the 1:8 GT World Championships in Chile which will happen from September 14-20th. Drivers can familiarise themselves with the rules for 1:8 eBuggy here and 1:8 GT here.

Source: IFMAR [ifmar.org]