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May 27, 2025

Phend wins ‘The Dirt’ Lonestar Challenge

Over the Memorial weekend in the US, expected 2026 IFMAR 1:8 Offroad World Championship venue Thornhill RC Raceway in Hutto, Texas played host to ‘The Dirt’ Lonestar Challenge where Xray’s Dakotah Phend took the Nitro Buggy win. After 3 rounds of qualifying, 2 to count, it was Tekno’s Seth VanDalen who claimed the TQ honours from Phend, Ryan Maifield and 2025 Silver State dominator Mason Fuller. While VanDalen lead for the first 15-minutes, having already taken the Nitro Truggy win once Phend hit the front he stayed there to win by almost a full lap over the pole sitter while Maifield, winner of eBuggy, completed the podium with his Tekno. Fuller would finish 4th after a close finish with Xray’s Chase Lemieux who round out the Top 5 just 0.893 of a second back.

Image: Tekno RC [Facebook]

May 26, 2025

Bermudez wins Round 2 of French Championship

Xray’s Remy Bermudez took the win at the second round of the French FFVRC 1:8 Nitro Offroad National Championship which was hosted by the Savoie Auto Model Club. In qualifying it was Team Associated’s Clement Boda who secured the TQ honours after the four rounds with Bermudez second ahead of Hugo Tavernon, Rayan Medjoubi and Noha Ben Mohamed. Winning his Semi final ahead of Tavernon in the fastest time, Boda would start on pole from Medjoubi who won the other Semi ahead of Bermudez, the defending French Champion lining up P3. In the 45-minute final, while Boda posted the fastest lap he would make a poor tyre choice, and Bermudez got to the front to take the victory by a 5-second margin. A lap down on Bermudez, Medjoubi’s HB Racing buggy completed the podium ahead of the Sparko of young Ben Mohamed.

Image: Remy Bermudez [Facebook]

May 26, 2025

Xray X4F’25 Carbon Upper Deck

Xray has released a new Split Front/Rear 1.6mm upper deck for its X4F’25 Front Wheel Drive Touring Car. Machined from premium high-grade USA made carbon fibre, the 2pc top deck features reinforced motor mount screw areas for high durability, as well as improved steering and traction. The front carbon split top deck improves mid corner steering and reduces front tire overheating while the rear deck has only one pair of mounting screws for increased flex helps to improve rotation. The split top deck is available separately front or rear but must be used together. The Multi-Flex™ top deck has a narrow shape for easier installation, improved handling characteristics and features several different flex options out of the box using top deck screws.

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May 23, 2025

Xray RX8E’26 1:8 Electric Onroad car

Following the presentation of their latest 1:8 Nitro Onroad kit earlier this month, Xray has now unveiled the 2026 edition of the electric option – the RX8E’26. Sharing many of the updates and improved made to the nitro version, key changes for the electric power include a new motor mount that is redesigned for improved stability using M4 screws and supports a top-mounted 40mm cooling fan. A larger gear carrier minimises gear protrusion from the motor mount for better protection and integration. The extended rear layshaft offsets the center belt for medium-size batteries and is lightened to lower rotating mass. The extended front layshaft also offsets the center belt and suits medium-size battery setups

View the full RX8E’26 presentation here

May 20, 2025

Xray XB | XT -6mm Alu Shock Spring Retaining Collars

Xray has introduced new -6mm lower shock spring retaining collars suitable for its range of 1:10 offroad platforms. Fitting XB2, XB4, XT2, and XT4, the collars allow you to decrease the ride height to achieve a lower centre of gravity. Strategically lightened, the collars are CNC-machined from premium Swiss 7075 T6 aluminium for increased reliability and come as a set of 4 pieces.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 19, 2025

Ronnefalk & Bayer win 1:10 EC Warm-up Race

The Hudy Arena played host to the Warm-up Race for the EFRA 1:10 Offroad European Championships over the weekend where Xray pairing David Ronnefalk and Martin Bayer took the wins. Also running as a round of the Hudy Series, in 2WD Buggy it was the Schumacher of defending European Champion Michal Orlowski who secured the TQ on the indoor dirt track ahead Team Associated’s Jonna Haatanen, Bayer, and Ronnefalk. In 4WD quali, former champion Bayer took the top spot from Orlowski with Xray’s Bartosz Zalewski lining up P3. In the finals, Ronnefalk would get the better of Orlowski in A1 & 2 to take the overall win, while victory in A3 gave Haatanen the runner-up spot with Orlowski having to settle for third. 4WD was also decided in A2 as Bayer won both encounters. Winning A3, Orlowski finished P2 while Zalewski completed the podium.

Image: Hudy Series [Facebook]

May 12, 2025

Xray XB2 2.0mm Short – Rear Wide Alu Chassis

Xray has released this Short – Rear Wide Alu chassis for their XB2 1:10 2WD Buggy. The chassis features a short-length configuration suitable for low traction dirt tracks and for use with the 3G gearbox only. CNC-machined from high-quality 2.0mm Swiss 7075 T6 aluminium, the lightweight chassis retains the necessary strength and rigidity, and is coated at Xray’s own in-house fully robotic coating line.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 9, 2025

Xray RX8’26 1:8 Nitro Onroad car

Xray has unveiled their latest 1:8 Nitro Onroad car, the RX8’26. A category in which Xray founder Juarj Hudy has deep roots, the latest car from the Slovakian manufacturer gets an all-new chassis design which features new flex characteristics & a lowered centre of gravity. This all-new chassis uses M4 screws throughout, for quick and reliable assembly and maintenance. The chassis sides and engine position have been milled down for laydown servo mounting & lowered engine position. In the drivetrain the rear solid axle & front one-way outdrives are lightened to reduce drivetrain rotational mass while the front aluminium one-way axle is now hard coated for improved durability & reliability. The CVD rear driveshafts are matched to the lightweight aluminium wheel axles and super lightweight rear solid axle
2nd gear shaft has been strategically lightened to reduce rotating mass, and heat treated for maximum lifespan. All-new 3 ball-bearing equipped belt tensioners increase reliability and prevent belt skipping. The RX8’26’s piston brake system features an aluminium stand, and brake pads with special material, glued in-house. New adapter for brake disc and pulley is made from a hard coated, lightweight aluminum 7075 T6 material. A new carbon radio plate features a unique flex system with two flex alternatives and it uses a laydown throttle servo configuration to lower CG. A new linkage system is mounted on top of the radio plate which allow the servo to be installed super low on the chassis.

View the full RX8’26 presentation here