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February 2, 2026

Phend wins Southern Indoor Championship

A year on from claiming victory on his Nitro Buggy debut for Xray at the race, Dakotah Phend was again the big winner at the RaceTime Entertainment organised Southern Indoor Championship in Alabama. With many of his 2024 rivals competing at the TNR Fuels A-Main Challenge on the opposite side of the country, Phend would after the three rounds of qualifying end up P2 as 2024 SIC Champion Brandon Rose secured the TQ for Team Associated with two TQ runs. The Tekno of Cole Kasten completed the Top 3 with 2023 1:10 2WD World Champion Tater Sontag securing P4 on the grid. With Rose leading away the 30-minute final, Phend, who had just made the first of his 10-minutes fuel stops, would go to the front when Rose and Sontag made contact as the trio ran together. At the end Phend would have a 20-second winning margin over Sontag with Kasten completing the podium ahead of Rose. In eBuggy while Phend took the TQ and lead for 9 of the 10-minutes a coming together with his team-mate on the straight after a bobble meant it was Sontag who would made it a double win for Xray securing the win ahead of TLR driver Hunter King and the Team Associated of Julien Oliveras. Phend would DNF with a broken car.

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February 2, 2026

VP-Pro Poison Needle Evo 1:8 Buggy Tyre

Following the recent release of it Hyperdrive Evo tyres, VP-Pro expands its 1:8 Offroad tyre range further with the introduction of the new Poison Needle Evo. The tread pattern provides the great stability, long wear, and excellent performance on Loamy/Hard packed no dust/Blue groove/Wet/Indoor clay tracks/Carpet. The Poison Needle Evo is made from high quality rubber and durable closed cell insert. Available in M1,M2,M3,M4, and MC compounds, it is available pre-mounted on options of Yellow/White/Pink/Green/Orange wheels.

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February 2, 2026

VanDalen wins TNR Fuels A-Main Challenge

Tekno RC’s Seth VanDalen was the big winner at the annual TNR Fuels A-Main Challenge held in Norco, California, over the weekend, as he took the win in 1:8 Nitro Buggy. With the 2026 edition attracting 761 entries over 21 classes!, two rounds of qualifying would result in VanDalen taking the TQ honours ahead of Sworkz’s Camden Lime as his Q1 time was faster than Lime’s Q2 topping pace. Making the trip over from Europe, Mugen Seiki’s Burak Kilic would start P3 followed by Kyosho’s Phi-Long Nguyen, the Tekno of last year’s Top Qualifier Ryan Maifield, while the Team Associated of 2025 winner Spencer Rivkin completed the Top 6. Over the half hour final, while Kilic would lead for a lengthy stint, it was Van Dalen who took a close win over the Turkish visitor with Nguyen, who took a turn at leading, completing the podium. Kilic wouldn’t go home empty handed however taking the Nitro Truggy win ahead 2025 winner Maifield with Van Dalen in third. In eBuggy, Nguyen would get the better of Top Qualifier VanDalen to come away with the win as Kilic rounded out the podium ahead of the Mayako of Ryan Cavalieri.

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February 2, 2026

T-Works MBX8R Alu Shock Towers

New from T-Works come these front and rear aluminium Shock Towers for the Mugen Seiki MBX8R 1:8 Buggy. CNC precision machined from 7075-T6 aluminium and black hard anodised finish, the Front Shock Tower features a Removable Spacer Insert Stand and screws. Simply tighten the set screws and loosen the corresponding screws to easily remove/replace the adjustment nuts. The front towers also feature additional shock mounting holes for greater tuning set-up options. The rear tower features an additional row of caster angle holes, enabling flexible shock absorber height adjustment and precise alignment with caster angle adjustment positions.

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January 30, 2026

Xray confirm Zalewski & Bayer for MIBO International

Xray has confirmed that defending MIBO International 2WD Champion Bartek Zalewski and reigning EFRA 2WD European Champion Martin Bayer will lead their offroad team at the fourth edition of the Czech race on February 27-March 1st. The Slovakian manufacturer is a multiple champion of the Michal Bok organised international indoor event that uniquely brings together both onroad and offroad racers with the building of two side by side tracks. Last year young Polish star Zalewski made it two successive winning years in Hrotovice, having headed an Xray 1-2 with Bayer in 4WD in 2024. Held at the Sport V Hotel in the town of Hrotovice, MIBO International is officially a two and a half day event and gets underway on the Friday afternoon with practice allowing for travel Friday morning. Counting new 4WD World Champion Marcus Kaerup, Ronald Volker, Michal Orlowski, Bruno Coelho, and Joern Nuemann as winners, the race’s capped entry limit makes for a relaxed schedule meaning plenty of time in the evening to wind down and socialise over dinner after each day’s racing. For full details of the 2026 MIBO International Race and to register to be on the grid you can visit the Mibosport website by clicking here.

Source: MIBO [mibosport.com]

January 30, 2026

Serpent SRX8Te RTR Truggy

Serpent has released its 1:8 Truggy platform as a Ready to Race version with the introduction of the SRX8Te RTR to its 1:8 offroad range line-up. Factory assembled with pre-set electrics, the RTR Truggy comes complete with pre-painted body & large rear wing, pre-mounted Truggy tyres with features including an aluminium chassis plate, big bore shocks, anti-roll bars, and 3 geardiffs. For power it is fitted with a waterproof 150A speedo (6S compatible), 2000 KV brushless motor, and 25kg metal-gear DragonRC servo, which is all controlled by a 2.4 GHz transmitter.

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January 29, 2026

PR Racing 2026 PR SB401-R

Taiwanese buggy manufacturer PR Racing has announced the upcoming release of their 2026 PR SB401-R 1:10 4WD Buggy. Available in both Carpet (One-Way Slipper Clutch Version), and Dirt (Center Diff+Slipper Clutch Version) kits, the buggy features 13.0mm Smooth Coated 2026 Type R shocks with 18mm Springs. The Carpet kit gets new Front and Rear Suspension Mount are 1mm narrower. New shock seal caps and seals give ultra-smooth operation. The buggy also gets a New Aluminium Servo Mount, New high tensile steel turnbuckles, and New Front One-Way seat (Carpet kit). Featuring Gullwing rear wishbones these along with the front wishbones are supplied in medium hardness plastic.

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January 29, 2026

VP-Pro Polycarbonate 1:10 Buggy Wing

New from VP-Pro comes this new clear polycarbonate rear wing intended for 1:10 Buggy use. Made from high-quality and durable polycarbonate to retain its shape throughout its use, the design provides better stability by adding rear downforce to give you consistent traction and best performance in all track conditions. Coming in 1mm thickness, they offer two different widths of wing, 6.5 inch and 7.0 inch, and each piece contains two clear and untrimmed wings.

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