December 14, 2025

Coelho ‘Top Qualifier’ in China with Q3 TQ run

Infinity’s Bruno Coelho is the Top Qualifier at the Asia Touring Car Championship in China, the race’s defending Champion securing pole position when he topped the third & final qualifier.  The Top Seed going into qualifying on Friday, Coelho would become the third different driver to top the timings at the Hongyu GDC track taking the final round ahead of Q2 winner Lucas Urbain but with his TQ run time faster on the improving track conditions it was the Portuguese driver who is the Top Qualifier.  Setting the fastest time of all qualifying on Friday night, before the rain washed out Saturday’s action, Naoto Matsukura would get a 3 for the final round to secure third on the grid ahead of Axon’s Akio Sobue and Infinity’s Ryosuke Yamamoto.  Michal Orlowski completes the Top 6 grid line-up after the Schumacher driver needed marshalling in the final qualifier.  In Stock, it was Xray domination of proceedings with their drivers topping all three rounds.  Q1 would go to Shin Sawada, Q2 Adam Izsay, and Q3 Jan Ratheisky but overall it is Sawada who takes the overall TQ ahead of Ratheisky, with the ARC prototype of Enrico Jung completing the Top 3 ahead of Izsay.

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December 14, 2025

Urbain takes Q2 from Coelho at Asia Touring Car Championship

Lucas Urbain has TQ’d the second round of qualifying at the Asia Touring Car Championship, the Awesomatix driver making the most of the challenging track conditions to top the times ahead of Top Seed Bruno Coelho and Akio Sobue.  With rain preventing any action at Hongyu GDC track yesterday, while a dry start to Sunday conditions would be much cooler and windier than Friday when it was Infinity’s Naoto Matsukura who took the opening TQ.  With Matsukura posting a time of 19/5:07.597 in Q1, even with a round of free practice run to open the day and get some rubber back down on the track, Urbain’s TQ time this morning was almost half a lap slower with the French driver running 19/5:14.210 with Coelho just 0.145 behind.  The top heat would see mistakes from a number of drivers including Matsukura who ended up P7.  Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski also had a spin, after which he said his car was OK as he held station on track with Urbain, but the almost 21-second lap 3 meant his time was only good enough for P6.  Another strong run from Infinity’s Ryosuke Yamamoto saw him back up his Top 3 in Q1 with a fourth ahead of Axon’s Hayato Ishioka.

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December 12, 2025

Moto-Obscura Losi XX Series Carbon Front Brace

Vintage racing accessories brand Moto-Obscura has released a new adjustable carbon fibre front brace for all Team Losi XX and XXT series models.  This part features a modular design with a replaceable front plastic clevis, a swappable carbon fiber plate, and high quality alloy steel hardware.  The carbon fibre plate comes in three different lengths to allow for kickup angles of 30° (stock), 27.5°, and 25°.  All components are proudly manufactured by our manufacturing partners in the USA and Canada.

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December 12, 2025

Matsukura takes opening qualifier under lights in China

Infinity’s Naoto Matsukura has taken the opening round of qualifying under the lights at the Asia Touring Car Championship in China, the number 2 seed topping the delayed and eventful Q1 ahead of Axon’s Akio Sobue.  With rain after seeding delaying the schedule at Hongyu GDC and a full round of practice run to get the track back up to speed, when the final run of the evening came around Top Seed Bruno Coelho would struggle.  The rear of his Infinity clearly not at one with the track.  Losing the car a number of times, Matsukura lucky to not collect his team-mate, the World Champion would end up P9 at the conclusion of the round.  With Matsukura taking the TQ by 1.2-seconds from Sobue, only Jin Sawada managed a faster lap time but pushing the limits of his electrics the Japanese Xray driver would run out of battery with a lap to go costing him a certain Top 2 run as he got a DNF.  Behind the Top 2, Infinity’s Ryosuke Yamamoto made it a Japanese trio at the top of the times ahead of the all new Schumachers of Michal Orlowski and Pekko Iivonen with Awesomatix’s Lucas Urbain completing the Top 6 for what could prove a critical run.  Having originally planned two qualifiers today because of the threat of rain, but only get one, the chances of a wet day tomorrow seem even higher as drivers left the track for the evening.

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December 12, 2025

Sugiura crowned Japanese 1:8 Buggy Champion

Last weekend saw the running of the 2025 JMRCA Japanese National Championship for 1:8 Nitro Buggy where it was the Mugen Seiki of Yusuke Sugiura who took the win ahead of the defending champion Kouki Kato.  Held once again at Futaba Buggy Track located in Ichihara, Chiba, with three rounds of qualifying it was Sugiura topping two rounds, who took the TQ ahead of Kato’s Infinity which was fastest in Q2.  With the Top 2 progressing directly to main, with the rest of the  10 car grid having to come through the Semi Finals, after the 1-hour Main Sugiura, setting the fastest lap of the race, would take the win by half a lap over 2025 Asian Buggy Championships Champion Kato.  In third Semi final winner Juriya Kajiwara would completed the podium for Kyosho just ahead of Ayashi Tsuruta and Youwei Huiye, the 3-waty battle covered by just 1.5-seconds.

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December 11, 2025

Hudy 800W / 67A Mini Power Block

Dipping their toe into a new market, Slovakian tool manufacturer Hudy has released this Mini Power Block which is capable of delivering 800W/67A.  Super compact & lightweight, the block features an aluminium & steel case construction and it can connect 7 devices simultaneously.  It has 3x XT60 ports, 2 sets 4mm bullet ports, 1x USB-A port, and 1x USB-C port.  Supplying stable current when charging at high amps, it comes with a noise filter included and has an IC cooling fan.

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December 11, 2025

SkyRC e4S Multi-Chemistry Compact Charger

SkyRC has introduced their new e4S multi-chemistry compact charger which they say is a substantial evolution of the long-running e450.  The e4S delivers 60 watts of power with up to 5A charging current and supports 2-4S LiPo, LiHV, LiFe, and 6-8S NiMH packs, making it a versatile solution for a wide range of applications.  It features simple one-button operation, universal 100–240V AC input, and clear colour LED indicators for easy status monitoring.  Compact, reliable, and easy to use, the e4S is designed to keep hobbyists powered up wherever they go.

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