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October 19, 2025

Isaacs is Touring Car Top Qualifier in New York

Awesomatix’s Sam Isaacs is the Top Qualifier of the Speedzone Modified Touring Car class at the 7th annual Montech NYGP. Winner of his latest ROAR Touring Car National title earlier this year at the 360v2 track in New Rochelle, he would secure pole for the track’s blue ribbon event with his time from the 3rd of the 4 rounds of qualifying. While he would lose out on the TQ in 1:12 Mod to Donny Lia in the final qualifier, track conditions for Q4 of Touring Car, the final heat of qualifying, would see no one improve on their times. Isaacs still topped the round 3.5-seconds ahead of NYGP debutant Lucas Urbain and Kemp Anderson, a driver who has attended every running of the Donny Lia organised race. For tomorrow’s A-Main starting grid it will be Anderson who starts second ahead of Urbain with Xray duo Jan Ratheisky, another NYGP first timer, and Drew Ellis completing the Top 5.

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October 19, 2025

Lia snatches 1:12 Mod TQ at Montech NYGP

It may have taken him a while to find his rhythm, but when it counted most Awesomatix’s Donny Lia delivered the perfect run to secure the overall TQ in the AbsoluteHobbyz 1:12 Modified class at the Montech NYGP. With multiple NYGP Champion Sam Isaacs going into the provisional pole position with his Q3 run, Lia would become only the second driver to run 57-laps of the 360v2 track bettering Isaacs time over the 8-minutes by 2/10ths of a second. Laying down a new fastest lap of 8.356, Lia would take the fourth & final round ahead of Isaacs, who could not better his previous time, with CRC’s Ollie Payne completing the Top 3. Overall however behind Lia and Isaacs it will be defending Champion Anderson, fastest in Q1 but bettering that time in Q3, who will line up 3rd with Payne 4th and Excelerate’s Josh Cyrul completing the Top 5 grid order for tomorrow single A-Main.

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October 18, 2025

Isaacs goes fastest at NYGP with Round 3 TQ run

Sam Isaacs has moved into the TQ position of the AbsoluteHobbyz 1:12 Modified class at the Montech NYGP, the Awesomatix driver setting down a new fastest time in the third & penultimate round of qualifying. Having come close to bettering Kemp Anderson’s Q1 time in the second of yesterday’s qualifier, Isaacs became the first driver to run 58 laps of the 360v2 track as he took a hard fought Q3 from a much improved Donny Lia and Anderson, all three bettering their previous times and the only drivers to finish the top heat. On target for a new TQ pace CRC’s Ollie Payne would again have tyre issues with the British driver deciding to pull off early. Currently P4 with his Q2 time, he plans to switch tyre brand for the final qualifier. 1:12 Spec World Champion Max Mächler would retire after his motor came loose in his Awesomatix.

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October 18, 2025

O.S. Speed B21 ‘Adam Drake’ AD4 .21 Offroad Engine

O.S. Engines has announced their latest engine collaboration with 1:8 Offroad legend Adam Drake, O.S. Speed B21 Adam Drake 4. The .21 1:8 Offroad engines features a number of redesigned parts specific to Drake’s spec for better balance, more torque and more power for better driving performance. The AD4 gets a newly designed cylinder liner uses 3 port design which changes the exhaust dimension for more torque. They have also changed the crankshaft’s inner diameter for better response in low to middle range. A new outer head has double anodised black and blue with new laser design and at same time lighter and better balance compared to the previous model. The inner head’s combustion chamber has been redesigned for improved combustion efficiency, resulting in more torque. The AD4 comes with φ6II and φ8 blue anodised venturis.

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October 18, 2025

Isaacs tops Q2 but Andersen holds overnight TQ at NYGP

Having taken the second round of 1:12 Modified qualifying at the Montech NYGP, Sam Isaacs repeated the feat in the Speedzone Modified Touring Car class but again the Awesomatix driver came up short in better his team-mate Kemp Anderson’s Q1 time. Improving his car from Q1, when he posted the second fastest time, the reigning US National Champion would come very close the America duos best times separated by 0.017 of a second. Again it would be first time visitor to the 360v2 track Lucas Urbain who would complete the Top 3 but the factory Awesomatix driver was slower than his Q1 effort. With the race marking the debut of Xray’s new X4’26 in the US it was Drew Ellis who lead their challenge for the round as he took his example to P4 ahead of team-mate Ratheisky.

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October 17, 2025

Anderson kicks off NYGP title defence with TQ run

Defending Montech NYGP 1:12 Modified Champion Kemp Anderson has opened the 7th edition of the New York based event with a TQ run, the Awesomatix driver fastest from team-mate Sam Isaacs and CRC’s Ollie Payne. Having topped seeding in AbsoluteHobbyz 1:12 Modified class, the 23-year-old carried that form in to the first of the four scheduled qualifiers at the 360V2 track taking the 8-minute run by almost 3-seconds from Isaacs. After a strong start, Payne dropped back finishing a further 2.3-seconds off the TQ pace. Organiser of the NYGP, Donny Lia would get a fourth for the round despite the multiple World Championship finalist struggling to get his Awesomatix to his liking. Excelerate’s Josh Cyrul and 1:12 Spec World Champion Max Mächler completed the Top 6, with the later having to be marshaled, which cost his almost 6-seconds on a track where Anderson’s fastest was an 8.415.

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October 17, 2025

Sworkz S35-GT3.0 Factory Team Edition 1:8 GT

World Champion 1:8 GT chassis manufacturer Sworkz has unveiled their latest offering for the category with the GT3.0 Factory Team Edition in both nitro and electric variants. Winners of the 2020 World Championship in the United States and the 2023 Electric GT World Cup in Australia, both in the hands of Joern Neumann, the GT3.0 Factory Team Edition was a special production for the recent 2025 IFMAR GT World Championships that targeted creating a faster, lighter and easier driving performance car. Based on a weight-optimised, silver anodised chassis plate made of high-strength T7075 aluminium, the car has the latest front flat bumper design. Mounted to that are high quality aluminium bulk heads that can change diff positions. Lay Down Shock Tower System has a new suspension geometry to lay-down the shock positions. The kit includes the S35-GT2.2 front upper and lower ultra hard material arms as well as the latest S35-4 EVO rear lower ABS arms (ultra hard material) that improves the S35-GT3.0 FTE’s cornering speeds. It also features a direct response steering servo saver with a new Ackerman system. On the nitro version a new pipe extension holder spring plate that allows the pipe to sit closer to the body shell. The 2-speed transmission has also been completely revised on the S35-GT2.2 platform that significantly improved compared to its predecessor. The kit comes standard with a new Sworkz Tornado GT 4-Shoes Clutch and Tornado GT 4-Shoes Aluminium Clutch Bell to get the maximum power from the engine to the transmission. The HET differentials developed by Sworkz are also included with 13T pinion and 45T crowns in the kit. The wishbone brackets, included with durable square inserts, allow the axle geometry to be adapted to any track layout. The front and rear CVD wishbones are made of a newly developed composite material. The side pans have also been redesigned. New design rear knuckles plates made from composite materials combined with carbon plates that offer the possibility for different setups.

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October 17, 2025

Schumacher Mi9 TITC Spec Top Deck

Schumacher has released this TITC Spec Top Deck for their Mi9 Electric Touring Car, the British manufacturer and Michal Orlowski dominating the 2025 edition of the legendary Thailand race. This 2mm one-piece top deck, is especially effective on high grip, high speed tracks with long corners. In general it can make your car stiffer overall. The rear bulkhead brace keeps the rear end stiff and locked in, providing a smooth, stable driving experience.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]