January 21, 2025

Philippine Masters ’25 track revealed

The organisers of the Philippine Masters has revealed the Circulo Verde Race Track which will host Asia’s most high profile 1:8 Offroad event of the year from April 30-May 4.  The 13th running of the Philippine Masters, track designer and accomplished offroad racer Edward Sio has overseen the work which includes the track being newly re-surfaced and oiled.  Tweaking the layout in some sections and they have also added some additional jumps for more actions on this always popular track.  Last year the Manila event was once again won by World Champion Davide Ongaro in a final that saw the legendary Atsushi Hara lead for almost half the final.  With the Philippines famed as a holiday destination, the event has a truly unique vibe living up to the nations tourism tagline ‘It’s More Fun in the Philippines’.  Holding the same status as the TITC in Thailand does among onroad racers, once again Philippine Masters ’25 will form part of Scotty Ernst’s Asian Buggy Championships as the second stop of four races that make up the championship’s third season.

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January 16, 2023

Kiss Tyres 1:10 & 1:8 Rain Filter

Specialists in wet weather racing with their much lauded rain tyres, Kiss Tyres has a new air filter system to keep your onroad nitro engine running in wet conditions.  Suitable for 1:10 & 1:8, this rain filter protects the engine against the ingress of water when it rains.  The inside of the filter consists of a fine, rustproof metal mesh while outside it is covered with a rubber sleeve.  The connection to the carburetor is also made with a suitable rubber sleeve.  The original INSBox filter can be replaced with this rain filter which can be easily attached to the carburetor.

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January 13, 2023

Kiss Evo14 ‘Soft’ 1:8 rain tyres

Famed Swiss wet tyre producer Kiss Rain Tyres has introduced a new soft compound variant of their 1:8 Onroad tyres.  The first version if the Evo14 tyre ran at 25 shore with the new ‘soft’ version has a shore of 15.  Providing a high amount of water displacement in the wet, the tyres are build using Kiss’ own core material and Pit Shimizu’s proven D01J tyre for the outer tread.

Source: Kiss Tyres [kiss-tyres.ch]


May 28, 2014

Kiss Evo14 1/8th rain tyres

Kiss Evo14 1/8 rain tyres

Kiss Tyres introduce the new Evo14 rain tyre for 1/8th on-road cars. Already showing excellent results by taking a 1-2-3 at the recent Euro Nitro Series race in Aigen, Austria, the Evo14 replaces the popular New Generation line that was the choice of racers for many years. Coming as 24mm wide front tyre and redesigned rear variant that sports a wide centre groove, the tyres provide a high amount of water displacement in the wet. The tyres are build using Kiss’ own very soft core material and Pit Shimizu’s proven D01J tyre for the outer tread.

Source: Kiss Tyres [kiss-tyres.ch]


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