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September 16, 2026

Cerberus Racing ARC Damper

Having announced a number of new cars since announcing his new brand Cerberus Racing, Josh Cyrul has been sharing some of the details of the Vektor line-up of conversion kits including their new revolutionary ARC Damper. The first-of-its-kind spherical roll damper features a floating “vane” self-aligns for linear, wiggle-free dampening. It significantly reduces free play during directional changes. Offers increased ease of maintenance with two-screw mounting this enables rapid trackside tuning with pre-built dampers. With complete isolation from bump dampening, for optimal suspension tuning, the F1 includes an aluminium casing for integrated rear wing bracket mounting

Source: Cerberus Racing [cerberusracing.com]

September 16, 2026

Masami Hirosaka’s Team Associated RC28R – Chassis Focus

The inaugural Team Associated 1:28 International took place in Las Vegas recently running from September 4-6th, where the category that has been enjoying huge interest saw two legends of racing, Masami Hirosaka and Atsushi Hara, travel from Japan to join the action. While Red RC has covered many of latest car and product releases from the category’s growing number of manufacturers, we have yet to cover any of the racing in person but thanks to specialist 1:28 body shell producer Radbody we are excited to share a special Chassis Focus on the Team Associated RC28R raced by Masami in the 3500 Lipo class at the event. With Radbody owner Joe Chen wrenching on Masami’s car, he has put together a Chassis Focus, with Team Associated providing the photos, to give an insight into the car and the set-up used by Masami. Radbody is the official kit body supplier to Team Associated with the Mako X2 included with each RC28R kit.

View full Chassis Focus here

September 12, 2026

Tran announces new role with Yokomo

Good positive news for Yokomo fans with the news that Thomas Tran has joined the Japanese manufacturer in a design and product development role and will call the Tsukuba RC Arena his new office, the track better known as the world famous Yatabe Arena. Tran previously held the role of Team Manager at Team Losi Racing whom he join in 2020 and enjoyed World Championship success in 2023 when Tater Sontag took the 2WD Buggy title at Hobby Action RC Raceway in Arizona. The popular character has extensive industry experience and was a major part of racing’s media circus running his own site 2WDMod.com before joining JConcepts and then Team Losi. First meeting Tran at the 2015 IFMAR Electric Offroad Worlds at the Yatabe Arena, he would work with Red RC as our photographer when we first attended the legendary Philippine Masters 1:8 Offroad race in Manila in 2017. Tran, who now lives in Japan, revealed his return to the industry in a post on Faceback in which he said, ‘What up fam?! I know it’s been a long time for an update but just enjoying my life here in Japan with my wife. The journey has been incredible and filled with happiness! But never in my wildest dreams I’d ever imagine calling Tsukuba RC Arena my office and joining the legendary Japanese Yokomo brand!! Thanks to Hiroshi Suzuki and the leadership at Yokomo for bringing me on to help with design and product development. I will do my best and look forward to the challenge! Although not directly connected to the team, I will help out wherever possible! Let’s go!!!’

Source: Thomas Tran [Facebook]

September 11, 2026

RTRC RTA V3.1 RS Edition 1:28 Chassis

Fresh from taking 5 class wins at the 2026 Team Associated 1:28 International in Las Vegas last weekend, France’s RTRC has announced the RTA V3.1 RS Edition, a new premium version of their RTA V3.1 designed for drivers who want a highly competitive car right from the start. The RS Edition will be fully assembled by RTRC and supplied with an ESC and RTRC servo already installed. During assembly, each car will also be carefully checked and tweaked to ensure the chassis is properly set up before delivery. The motor will not be included, allowing each driver to choose the motor that best suits their class and racing conditions. This version will also come with a selection of performance option parts already fitted, so the car is delivered with a more advanced specification than the standard RTA V3.1 and is ready to perform from the very first runs. And this configuration is not just theoretical. The chassis has already proven its potential by winning the Lipo 3500 category at the Team Associated 1:28 International. RTRC say the the idea behind the RTA V3.1 RS Edition is simple, ‘take the proven RTA V3.1 platform, assemble it carefully in-house at RTRC, tweak and check the chassis during assembly, equip it with the right performance parts, and offer customers a package that is as close as possible to a race-ready chassis straight out of the box.’

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September 8, 2026

2026 Asian Buggy Championships Rd 4, Indonesia – Chassis Focus Index

Indonesia played host to the season finale of the Cayote/VP Pro backed Asian Buggy Championships over the weekend, with West Side Raceway in Jakarta the battle ground that brought the fourth season of the high profile Asia based 1:8 Offroad championship to a close. It would prove to be a big weekend for Team Associated as their drivers took both the Nitro and eBuggy wins on the impressive Adrian Wicaksono designed dirt track. Securing the TQ honours, Alex Bernadzik went on to win the 1-hour final, the Australian claiming his first international race victory. It was also a major win for Hyunkyu Jung, the talented Korean teenager winning eBuggy ahead of Top Qualifier Pekko Iivonen. We got to photograph both winning buggies for our Chassis Focus as well as the title winning Sparko of new 2026 Asian Buggy Championship double Champion Jayden Edmunds. In total we featured buggies from five different manufacturers including all three nitro buggy podium finishers and fourth place, all representing different car manufacturers. In case you missed any of the Chassis Focus’ during our coverage of the race, we have compiled them all here in our latest Chassis Focus index.

View Chassis Focus Index here

September 8, 2026

Cyrul launches Cerberus Racing

Well known US onroad racer and RC product designer Josh Cyrul has launched his own new brand Cerberus Racing. Having recently announced he was stepping away from Excelerate RC after three 3-year with the project where he created their Prodigy series of 1:12 and 1:10 electric onroad kits, Cerberus is a new, Cyrul family-owned RC design company built together with his wife, daughters and mother. In announced the new venture the highly experience veteran racer said, ‘After the last few years, I knew that to truly push the boundaries of what’s next in our sport, I needed a space for total creative freedom. I wanted to start a family-run small business where we control our own destiny and invest with our heart and souls directly into pure, uncompromised engineering and design.’ The first Cerberus Racing product will be released this week.

View full Cerberus Racing announcement here

September 7, 2026

Team Bomber AK12 HD V2 Bumper Body Mount Plate

Japanese 1:12 specialists Team Bomber has announced the release of a Version 2 of its HD Bumper Body Mount Plate for their AK12 series of kits. Compatible with the AK12X, AK12XC, and AK12 1:12 chassis, the thickness has been significantly increased from the previous 2.0mm to 2.5mm for greater rigidity. Additionally, the design of the chassis mounting area, which is the most demanding part during crashes, has been revised to enhance crash resistance and rigidity.

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September 6, 2026

DAS Speed RTA V3 Adjustable Rear Pod

Swiss 1:28 specialists DAS Speed has released this Adjustable Rear Pod for the RTA V3 1:28 competition car from French manufacturer RTRC. CNC machined from 7075 aluminium and finished with black anodising, the new rear pod developed specifically for RTA V3 platform to give racers more setup flexibility from a single rear assembly. One of the key features is the ability to run both 98 mm and 102 mm wheelbases with the same pod. Moving to 102 mm can provide a calmer, more stable car—particularly useful on larger, faster tracks and in higher-speed classes. 98 mm remains available when a more reactive setup is preferred. Several practical tuning features of the pod include the ability to add shims to lower the chassis while retaining larger-diameter rear tyres. Optional axle carrier are planned for setups requiring increased ride height with very small-diameter tyres. Additional clearance allows the use of larger pinions and taller gear ratios. The machined centre reference markings to help accurately centre the diff axles while the centre reference point underneath the pod allows the rear assembly to be balanced on two points for checking set-up.

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