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January 2, 2025

Phend gets Gen ace power for 2025

On a day that has been fully charged with driver announcements, US Offroad star Dakotah Phend’s new line-up of Xray buggies will be powered by Gen ace, the Chinese battery manufacturer officially announcing him as a team driver for 2025. The former TLR driver has a completely new line up of hardware sponsors this year following Horizon Hobby’s decision to crease it full time factory race team and he is making his Xray debut this weekend at the JConcepts Clash of Champions at Hoosier RC HobbyPlex. Chasing a third consecutive win at the Indiana event, while his tyre sponsor JConcepts remains unchanged from 2024, his buggies hint at some of his other new 2025 sponsors with the bodyshells carrying branding from electronic newcomer Team Cayote and FlySky radios.

Source: Gens Ace [Facebook]

January 2, 2025

Coelho joins Infinity – World Champion explains motivation behind move

Following the announcement on Monday of his departure from Xray after a hugely successful decade racing for the Slovakian manufacturer, reigning 3-time Touring Car World Champion Bruno Coelho has announced a new project that sees him join Infinity. Making the announcement in a video on his social media, in which he only reveals he is teaming up with the Japanese brand right at the end, the Portuguese ace explains that the driving factor for the move was a desire to work once again with his long time mechanic Francesco Martini. With this a project which Coelho instigated himself, his relationship with Martini, who is the driving force behind online RC retailer Monaco RC, is akin to that of Valentino Rossi and his race engineer Jerry Burgess who moved manufacturers as a package and amassed seven 500cc/MotoGP World Championship titles together. With Martini leaving Xray in February and Coelho’s contract up for renewal with a new 6-year contract on the table, these were the catalysts for one of the GOATs of RC Racing to devise this unique project that will bring back together that partnership and fuel new motivation for the 31-year-old into the future. Coelho spoke with Red RC to explain his motivations for the move that few probably expected from a driver widely seen as an ‘Xray for Life’ driver given his success and standing with the Hudy family.

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January 1, 2025

World Champion Sontag joins Xray

Reigning 1:10 2WD Offroad World Champion Tater Sontag has been announced at Xray. Following the demise of the TLR Factory Team, the 17-year American joins former TLR team-mate Dakotah Phend in moving to the Slovakian manufacturer for 2025. On the news of him joining Xray through its US distributor RC America, Somtag sad, “I am partnering up with XRAY & RC America for the 2025 season for many reasons. The cars have proven themselves time and time again, the team is beyond helpful and intelligent. The people in charge have the right mindsets, and so much more! I cannot thank Paul, Drew, and everyone else who made XRAY possible for me! I am beyond excited to see what we can do in the 2025 season!”

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

January 1, 2025

MOD 5ive B Machined Adjustable Wing Mount

Teaming up again with Turtle Manufacturing, 1:5 Offroad racing specialists MOD has released this Race Armor machined TLR 5ive B Adjustable Wing Mount. This one piece solid wing mount eliminates the lightening pockets in comparison to other wing mounts on the market that can break in the open air pockets. MOD have also gone one design step further and included a bracket attachment to be able to adjust your Wing angle in 0,15 and 30 degree increments. The wing mount is sold as a stand alone item that will work as a standard Wing mount but just more durable then any other wing mounts and also the adjuster mount is sold separately which is also compatible with the Turtle 5B wing mount.

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January 1, 2025

Orlowski leaves Hobbywing and Sunpadow

While social media has been filled with news of driver departures from various sponsors, one of the hottest properties in electric racing in recent years, Michal Orlowski, has just announced the end of his very successful relationship with Hobbywing and Sunpadow. The 23-year-old Polish driver joined Hobbywing for the 2022 season, also announcing at the end of 2021 he had joined Sunpadow batteries, and in that time took his first World title winning the 2023 IFMAR 1:12 World Championship. He also finished runner-up at the ISTC Worlds in November to fellow Hobbywing driver Bruno Coelho. In offroad he also achieved a 1:10 Offroad Worlds podium finish with both manufacturers and he is the reigning European 2WD 1:10 Offroad Champion. Making the announcement, Orlowski posted, ‘As of 31st December 2024 I am no longer a Hobbywing and Sunpadow team driver. I would like to thank both of these companies for the tremendous support over the past 3 years that we have worked together and their belief and trust in me. These have been the most successful years of my life thus far, however I am extremely excited for what the future holds for me. Look out for my new electronics and battery sponsors in the next few days!

Source: Michal Orlowski [Facebook]

December 31, 2024

Lemieux joins Hotrace Tyres

Italian tyre manufacturer Hotrace is wrapping up 2024 with the announcement that promising young US Offroad racer Chase Lemieux will represent the brand for the 2025 season and beyond. The 18-year-old Xray driver, who took the 4WD Mod Buggy win at the U.S. Carpet Offroad Championships earlier this month and finished on the podium at this year’s ROAR Electric Carpet Offroad Nationals, will use Hotrace’s tyres, accessories and bodies from their LensBodies brand as part of both his 1:10 and 1:8 Offroad programs.

Source: Hotrace Tyres [hotracetyres.com]

December 31, 2024

Kobbevik promoted to Hobbywing Global team

Hobbywing has announced top international Norwegian offroad racer Daniel Kobbevik has been promoted to their international racing team. The IFMAR World Championship finalist, who just before Christmas re-signed to continue with chassis sponsor Schumacher as team-mate to Michal Orlowski who is also a Hobbywing team driver, has in the past few years faced health issues that temporarily halted his RC racing career. However, never giving up and with support from Hobbywing, he returned to the track over the past year and has regained his position as a top level driver. Commenting on the announcement of his promotion to Hobbywing’s international race team, Kobbevik said, ‘I am really happy and proud to be a member of the Hobbywing Global team. The guys behind the scenes are doing a great job and the performance of their products are amazing. I am ready to work even harder to test and develop new stuff and get top results in the coming years.’

Source: Hobbywing [hobbywing.com]

December 31, 2024

MOD 5T Race Armor Front Arm Set

With owner Matt Olson’s own racing background in 1:5 Offroad racing, MOD has released this Race Armor Front Arm Set for the Losi 5T with both the racer and basher in mind. This will complete the arm needs for the Losi 5T when coupled with MOD’s previously released Race Armor Rear Arm Set. Teaming up with Turtle Racing to produce the 100% made in the USA proven durability arms, a new feature of the MOD version is they have a machined in limit strap support at leverage point adjacent to shock angle. These will be a must for the Enduro Truck for the Fear Farm Enduro Cross at the MOD Championship Series opener at Fear Farm at the end of January!

Source: MOD [modspeedshop.com]