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February 13, 2025

Jacinto defends 1:10 4WD Philippine National title

Sworkz driver Dino Jacinto has successfully defended his 1:10 4WD Buggy Philippine National Championship title. Racing at the newly renovated Circulo Verde track in Manila, home to Asia’s biggest annual 1:8 Offroad race the Philippine Masters, the National Championship race was for the 2024 title which due to bad weather late last year had to be rescheduled into 2025. Attracting over 80 entries, the competition was fierce, but in the end, it was Jacinto, from second on the grid, who secured back-to-back national titles with his S14-4D winning the opening two A-Main encounters.

Source: Sworkz [Facebook]

February 13, 2025

JConcepts XB8’25 P2 Body

JConcepts has released its P2 body shell for the Xray XB8’25 1:8 Buggy platform with new Xray team signing and JConcepts team driver Dakotah Phend having tested the body at the Southern Indoor Championships. The P2 design debuted in 1:8 at the last year’s Mugen Challenge and was then used at IFMAR 1:8 Offroad World Championship in Spain, having originally been created for the 1:10 racing. Key features of the P2 design are a tall stabilising fin on the rear of the body as well as a small mini fin placed behind the rear of the cab that does not interfere with the engine head. In the rear, the ramping feature that is so popular on the P2, creeps up behind the cab and engine head to create extra force and stability. The P2 is offered in both standard and lightweight options and each arrives as clear polycarbonate with protective film.

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February 13, 2025

Fenix Racing G56.2 upgrades

Italy’s Fenix Racing has released a number of new upgrades for its G56.2 Pro10 chassis. The front end parts include a new -3mm narrow front end and a new front brace for the standard front end. They have also produced a ‘Standard’ width front end able to carry 1:12 micro servo between the steering assembly and offer that in a -3mm option too. Both plates are drilled for the popular 1:12 servo, such as the PowerHd M8 and Sanwa PSG Hr. For those who like the Awesomatix steering systems, Fenix has released new front arms able to carry the Awesomatix steering system using parts from an A12.

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February 12, 2025

Grand Prix 3D Retro-Mod RCX’36 conversion kit

Australia’s Grand Prix 3D has introduced a new Retro-Mod RCX’36 conversion kit designed primarily for using a Team Associated B6.4 or B6.3 as a donor car. The all-new GP3D Retro-Mod RCX’36 conversion kit brings back the old-school charm of the legendary ’89 RC10 Stealth. And with the IFMAR 1:10 Electric Buggy Worlds returning to Australia exactly 36 years later, there’s no better time to recapture a piece of RC history, now with a modern edge. Simply take your donor car, add the RCX’36 conversion kit, drop in your favourite electronics, and marvel at the beauty of a rear-motor setup, carbon fibre, and that classic white plastic.

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February 12, 2025

Red RC TITC 2025 coverage presented by Hobbywing

Red RC is excited to announce that we are once again teaming up with electronic manufacturer Hobbywing to bring you coverage of legendary TITC electric touring car race in Thailand. The 21st edition of the race, it has become one of the most significant Modified Touring Car races in world after the IFMAR ISTC World Championship and always sees manufacturers & drivers bring their A-game as they look to add a TITC title. 2025 looks like being one of the most exciting yet with a number of big story lines. Sharing the honours of being the race’s most successful champion along with Atsushi Hara, the two World Champions having won it four times each, defending Champion Bruno Coelho will make his Infinity debut at the Infinity RC Addict track with an all new car from the Japanese manufacturer. Ronald Volker, who came so close to retaking the title last year a decade after his one TITC win back in 2014, returns armed with the very fast new pre-production MTC3 from Mugen Seiki. Debuting the car with a very competitive outing at the World Championships in November, the German is back in the form of his life and travels to Thailand fresh from a dominant performance over Michal Orlowski at MIBO International in the Czech Republic last weekend. Orlowski is the other big story of this year’s race as the Polish ace makes his TITC debut. As one of the best in the business, it will be interesting to watch how the Schumacher driver deals with the race’s unique ever changing track conditions. Hobbywing has a 16-year relationship with the Thailand International Touring Car Championship, to give it its full title, and goes into the 2025 events as both the defending Modified and Open Brushless Champions. Our coverage of the four day event will start on February 20th.

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February 11, 2025

Double win for Catanzani at Florida Winternats

Serpent’s Andrea Catanzani scored a double win at the 2025 Florida Winternats at Nuggets Ranch RC Raceway over the weekend winning both the 1:8 Onroad and 1:8 GT titles. The 49th running of the iconic US nitro onroad race, the Italian secured the TQ for the 45-minute 1:8 Onroad final with his opening qualifying run while in GT it was his time from the last of the five rounds that put him on pole. In the 40-minute GT final, the World Championship podium finisher took his Gimar powered SRX8 GT to a 2-lap victory over Carlie Lopez with Massimo Fabiani completing the Top 3. In the 1:8 Pro A-Main, Catanzani took an even more convincing win over former 1:10 Nitro World Champion Ralph Birch with Lazaro Alonso completing the podium. Attracting a total of 117 event entries this year, in 1:10 Sedan it was the Mugen Seiki of Michael Palazzola took the TQ and win.

Source: Andrea Catanzani [Facebook]

February 11, 2025

Canas takes late Montpellier GP victory

Sworkz Juan Carlos Canas has opened the European 1:8 Nitro Buggy season with victory at the Montpellier Grand Prix. Previously winning the French classic in 2020, the Spaniard took a late win at the 19th edition of the race over World Champion Davide Ongaro and long time race leader Berkan Kilic. Given its early timing in the season, the Circuit du MBM event has faced weather issues and this year was no exception with rain causing qualifying to be cut short and no track action at all on the Saturday. While 5 rounds of qualifying was scheduled with 3 completed before the turn in weather on Friday it was Mugen Seiki’s Burak Kilic who secured the overall TQ with two rounds counting. After sterling efforts by the club, the track being covered on Saturday, racing resumed on Sunday morning and in the Semi Finals it was the Kilic brothers who looked to have the edge. Starting on pole Burak lead from his younger brother for the first third of the race until he suffered the first of two engine flameouts before retiring. With Berkan taking over lead it wasn’t to be his day either with a late crash allowing Canas to go to the front with just 2-laps to go with the Team Associated of 2022 & 2023 winner Ongaro in tow. After an hour of racing the entire podium finished on the same lap, Berkan completing the podium ahead of 2024 winner Ricciardo Berton, the Kyosho driving winning the Last Chance final to line-up 14th on grid before putting in a strong race up through the field.

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February 11, 2025

Greiner teams up with Power HD

Power HD has announced that former World Champion Dominic Greiner has joined the servo manufacturer’s team driver line-up. Greiner, who won the 2016 IFMAR 1:10 Nitro Touring Car World Championship in Italy, and called time on his very successful nitro racing career at the end of 2023 has since made an impressive switch to electric onroad racing. Last November, the factory Serpent made a very strong IFMAR ISTC World Championship debut in California, putting himself in the final and finishing P7. The German will use POwer HD’s GTS-2 servo in his 1:10 Touring cars, FWD and 1:8 electric onroad.

Source: PowerHD [chd.hk]