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February 12, 2024

Spower Japan B7HP ‘Soul’ Hand Modified .21 Offroad

Following on from the release of its first hand modified racing engine that was specifically for 1:8 GT, Spower has added a second engine to the ‘Soul’ series with the popular B7TT .21 offroad engine undergoing the special treatment. Based on long-stroke B7TT, the new B7HP piston/liner comes with hand modified conventional 3-ports type enabling more torque the power range. The stronger DLC coating on new crankshaft has also hand modified with 2 tungsten counterweights contributing to consistent idling and quicker RPM response according to the throttle movements. It also comes standard with Spower’s Boost rear cover plate which helps this high RPM engine work more stable from the top speeds to the lower range. The new printing technology not only makes the cooling head colourful but also makes it blend in with your car. The factory combo setup with Spower Japan 75mm Exhaust Manifold + EFRA 2089 pipe, B7HP will provide a lot of power plus best fuel mileage for your offroad racing needs.

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January 15, 2024

Rose gets first win at Southern Indoor Championship

Sworkz’ Brandon Rose claimed the first major win of his career with victory in 1:8 Nitro Buggy at the Southern Indoor Championship in Alabama, and he did it in style beating Top Qualifier and 2023 Triple Champion Dakotah Phend. The RaceTime Entertainment organised event is the first major 1:8 Offroad event of the year and attracted over 500 entries to the indoor venue. Qualifying would consist of three rounds with Phend’s TLR topping Q1 and Q3 for the overall TQ. Taking Q2, Sparko Racing’s Tyler Jones would secure P2 on the grid ahead of the Tekno of Ryan Maifield and with Rose 4th. In the half hour final after Phend led away before Maifield took a turn at front, as the race reached the 1/3 distance Rose got out front where he would stay to the finish for a popular breakthrough win. Half a lap back Phend would take 2nd with Rose’s Sworkz team-mate Mason Fuller completing the Top 3 5-seconds up on Maifield. In eBuggy it was victory for Maifield from Phend while in Nitro Truggy Phend came way with the winner ahead of Camden Lime.

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January 9, 2024

Fuller brothers join Sworkz

Sworkz has announced the signing of American brothers Mason and Kaden Fuller. The young offroad pairing raced the 2023 season with HB Racing with Mason achieving a number of high profile race podium finishes including the Nitro Buggy TQ & 3rd place at the Alabama Manufacturers Shootout, 3rd place at the Silver State Indoor Championships in Las Vegas and a Truggy double win at Psycho Nitro Blast. On their move to Sworkz, Mason said, ‘Kaden and I are excited to be joining the SWORKz team. Thank you to Max, Brent, and Tim for believing in us and all of your support. Looking forward to a great 2024! First race up is SIC. See you guys in a couple of days!!’. Sworkz boss Max Sonnleitner added, ‘Great to have the Fuller Family in the SWORKz factory team. We are looking forward to have two of the raising talents with us. The whole family totally fits into our team, where working together, friendship and success are the main topics.’

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January 3, 2024

Sworkz confirm team for MIBO International debut

Sworkz has confirmed it will be sending its team to this year’s MIBO International Race in Czech Republic. The second running of the event that sees some of the World’s top offroad and onroad drivers race side by side on two large indoor carpet tracks, this will be Sworkz first time attending the 2 and a half day event. Taking place on February 16-18, with practice starting on the Friday evening, multiple European Champion Joern Neumann, Micha Widmaier and Antonia Kovalszki, who all attended the World Championships in Arizona in September, will represent the brand on its debut. A long time dream of former International Touring Car racer Michal Bok to host his own major international event in Hrotovice, the first edition of MIBO International last year saw multiple World Champion Bruno Coelho take double buggy honours at the Sport V Hotel venue while former World Champion Ronald Volker was crowned the Touring Car Champion. After the success of inaugural event, the 2nd edition looks set to attract an even stronger international team entry and Red RC will be there to bring you coverage from both tracks.

Source: MIBO [mibosport.com]

November 27, 2023

Jacinto & Dela Cruz crowned Philippine 1:10 Offroad National Champions

In a major boost for the offroad racing scene in the Philippines, after a long absence the country hosted National Championships for 1:10 Offroad with the event attracting a record entry for a Nationals. With over 100 entries for the 2-day event at the Circulo Verde track in Manila City, home to Asia’s biggest annual offroad event the Philippine Masters, in qualifying it was Sworkz driver Dino Jacinto who took the 4WD TQ with the 2WD honours going to Jomil Dela Cruz at the end of the three rounds of qualifying. In the triple finals, Jacinto would win the opening two encounters to secure the title early ahead of Dela Cruz and Tyler Cheung. In 2WD, Dela Cruz would also convert the TQ into the title albeit needing the win in A3 to do so. He was joined on the podium by Rains Viola and A2 winner Gerome Ling. The event also marked a major improvement for the track with its new oiled surface a game changer. More and more racers/hobbyist are enjoying the track with it now having good grip anytime of the day and most of all, it’s rubber friendly. The existing layout and surface will be used for 2024 edition of the Philippine Masters which takes place on April 18-21.

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October 17, 2023

Moritz Lautenbach joins Sworkz

Better known for standing in for his father Jurgen as LRP tech support at various races, but also an experienced racer, Moritz Lautenbach has teamed up with Sworkz to run their buggies in 1:10 offroad. Having raced for 7-years with Schumacher, the German driver’s electronics knowledge will be a bonus for SWORKz with Lautenbach driving the new S12-2EVO and the S14-4C this season as part of his own racing program. On the announcement Max Sonnleitner said: “We are very happy to welcome a familiar face to the SWORKz team. I am sure he will fit perfectly into our family and make his way!”

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October 14, 2023

Neumann title defence on with Semi win

Qualifying only 14th, Joern Neumann’s defence of his IFMAR 1:8 GT World Championship title is still on after the Sworkz driver took victory in the first of the Semi Finals in Sydney. Starting from sixth on the grid, Neumann worked his way to the front chasing down the Serpent of pole sitter Jeff Hamon. With no fuel stops allowed before 7-minutes, when Hamon and Neumann pitted they would both suffer flame outs. On the second stop, Hamon was in earlier than Neuman but once again flamed out something the Australian would suffer on all his stops. With a clean second stop for Neumann, this would give him a lead he would not give up. Starting from the pitlane after a problem in the warm-up, Italian Gabriele Paloschi would get past his Serpent team-mate to finish second, the Top 3 securing their spot in the 1-hour Main event. Unfortunately for Peter Jovanovic, having run second for the opening 5-minutes, he ran was over when he stripped a gear on his Capricorn.

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October 13, 2023

Neumann wins 1:8 GTe World Cup

Sworkz’ Joern Neumann has won the IFMAR 1:8 GTe World Cup in Australia repeating the feat he achieved in Miami almost 4-years ago. Qualifying second for the race in Sydney behind the Xray of Top Qualifier Natanaele Senesi, the German would have a terrible start to A1 going off onto the grass in the first corner as his team-mate & nitro mechanic Herfried Pucher from fourth on the grid took the early lead. Half way through the 6-minute encounter Neumann would take the lead before going on to win by a comfortable 5-seconds as Pucher just held off Senesi for second. In A2, Neumann nailed the start getting the holeshot on Senesi but Senesi would make a late charge in the race closing the gap until he was hit by a backmarker allowing Neumann to cruise to the overall win. While the title was won, as the reigning Nitro GT World Champion which he will try to defend tomorrow, Neumann wasn’t going to get the opportunity of track time pass him by and appeared with a different bodyshell in A3 to test it for his nitro Semi final. On the track Neumann took the win narrowly from the Capricorn of Peter Jovanovic but the Australian was later handed a 1-lap penalty for ‘Un-sportmanship’ for failing to re-address early race contact. This gave Senesi second for A3 but overall Jovanovic was runner-up with the Italian completing the podium.

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