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October 25, 2025

MonTech New York Grand Prix Chassis Focus Index

Last weekend Red RC returned stateside for the 7th edition of the MonTech New York Grand Prix at the 360V2 indoor track in New Rochelle. One of the highlights on the annual US onroad racing calendar and having attended the Donny Lia organised event for the first time in 2024, this year attracted a strong international entry but there was little they could do about top US driver Sam Isaacs. The US Champion would complete the double, winning both Modified 1:12 and Modified Touring Car for Awesomatix. While Isaacs was testing new parts on his 1:12, meaning we couldn’t photograph the car for a Chassis Focus, we did get to feature his winning A800RR Touring Car. The NYGP would see the US debut of Xray’s all new X4’26 and with just two examples of the Slovakian manufacturer’s latest touring car in the country we got to photograph both of them, one being the Stock car of NYGP first timer Jan Ratheisky and the other being the Modified example of US Team Manager Drew Ellis. In 1:12 we got to feature cars from three different manufacturers including 2024 Champion Kemp Anderson’s Awesomatix, the CRC of returning former NYGP Champion Ollie Payne who made the trip over from the United Kingdom, and the latest Excelerate Prodigy 12 from the car’s designer Josh Cyrul. Additionally we got to include the 25.5 LMH winning Express of Charles Bruno and the FWD class Xray of Top Qualifier Andy Brooks to complete our latest Chassis Focus Index.

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October 23, 2025

1:12 & ISTC 2026 IFMAR World C/ship Stage 1 Report

The organisers of the highly anticipated 1:12 & ISTC 2026 IFMAR World Championships have just published the Stage 1 report, the championships not following the usual end of season schedule and instead running from late March into early April. Set to take place at the impressive newly built Hongyu GDC track in Foshan City, China, the event will open with 1:12 running from March 26-29th before the best touring car drivers in the world battle it out for the greatest prize in the sport from April 1-4th. While the Touring Cars will run on the outdoor asphalt track, the Hongyu GDC facility housing three onroad and offroad tracks, for 1:12 a tent enclosure climate controlled track will be prepared to shield it from any elements of the changing weather. This track will use ETS carpet laid on top of a raised platform ensuring that it will not be affected by environmental changes. In terms of controlled tyres ISTC will run on a specially branded GDC Pro Spec 36X racing, similar to the very well received 2024 USA World’s spec tyre. For 1:12 it is also a GDC branded tyre called the Carpet Magic. Controlled tyre additive is also produced by a well used & known brand and will be supplied as GDC Magic Grip (Asphalt) for ISTC and GDC Magic Grip (Carpet) for 1:12. You can view the full Stage 1 Report here.

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October 21, 2025

Colombia 4.5 Hours Endurance Race – Report

The Colombian Electric Onroad ‘4.5 Hours Endurance Race’ took place last weekend hosted by the Club RC Bogotá at the Bima Racing Track in the centre of the country. This race for Stock spec touring cars saw teams equipped with a Hobbywing 17.5T Juststock motor and blinky ESC, fixed FDR and IFMAR regulation for weight and body. Each team could choose between 3 to 4 drivers, and one of the drivers must be a rocky driver no matter the age, one of the aims of the race to bring new people into the RC hobby in Colombia. A total of 839 laps were completed by the winning team over the 4.5 hours meaning many Lipo battery packs were used and a few mechanical issues were encounter in the race but for almost all the teams this bring more fun and changes in the positions plus some frantic teamwork. At the end all the teams were able to finish, each driver having run stints of between 20 to 25 minutes. With Team Repro, made up of Crisitan Torres, Santiago, Fernando Herrera, and Andreas Chaparro, taking their Awesomatix A800RR to victory over the similar car of the DGN Team, for the next endurance race club will try the 5 hours and aim to bring more Latin America teams to the grid.

Source: Club RC Bogotá

October 21, 2025

Tamiya Group C Series Round 1 – Report

Round one of the Tamiya Group C Series took place last weekend on the beautiful Vallelunga track, 40km north of Rome, Italy. Former European B Champion Riccardo Acciari took the win ahead of newly crowned 235mm National Champion Alessandro Manciocchi, with Massimo Cardelli rounding up the podium. The drivers have been graced by two days of wonderful weather, which made for a pretty big attendance on Saturday as well. The debut for this championship, the race unfolded flawlessly despite some last-minute withdrawals due to the seasonal flu outbreak in Rome which caused the number of heats to decrease and the time table to shift slightly. The race format – with one seeding practice, four 5-minute qualifiers in parc fermee regime and three 10-minute finals – proved challenging and guaranteed plenty of track time for each driver. After seeding, Riccardo Acciari would be top of the list, followed very closely by Massimo Cardelli (3/100ths over three laps) and Alessandro Manciocchi. Qualifying wouldn’t be much different, with Riccardo putting together the best five laps in the first three rounds wrapping the overall TQ in front of Alessandro, with Massimo in third. Alessandro Bagagli and Emiliano Bartolini (both winners of national titles in various classes) wrapped up the top five.

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October 20, 2025

Champlin crowned double INS15 Champion with Finals clean sweep

Newly crowned 1:10 2WD Buggy World Champion Broc Champlin is the double Champion of the JConcept INS15, the Schumacher driver capping off the popular 1:10 Offroad series with a clean sweep at the season Final held at Hoosier RC Hobbyplex in Indiana over the weekend. While Champlin had already secured the 2WD title ahead of the fifth & final stop on the calendar, he was looking to replace his P5 from Round 1 of the series held at at Trackside Hobbies in Wisconsin. In 2WD qualifying it was Team Associated’s Davey Batta who took the opening round but the World Championship podium finisher who end up P2 on the grid as Champlin topped Q2 & 3. Xray’s Chase Lemieux and Dakotah Phend completed the Top 4. In 4WD it was again Champlin who secured the TQ over Batta with Brennan Schimmel third ahead of Aydin Horne. In the triple finals, Champlin would wrap up both victories as he went two from two in A2. Winning A3 of 2WD, Batta secured second as Phend completed the podium while in 4WD Phend took 2nd despite Horne winning A3, the Team Associated driver completed the podium.

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October 19, 2025

Isaacs does the double at Montech NYGP

Having won 1:12 Modified, Awesomatix’s Sam Isaacs has gone on to complete the double at the 7th edition of the Montech NYGP by also winning Mod Touring Car at 360v2 in New Rochelle today. Securing the TQ for the Speedzone Modified Touring Car class ahead of team-mates Kemp Anderson and first time NYGP visitor Lucas Urbain, the previous two time winner was the class of the field setting the fastest lap of the single 5-minute A-Main to win by just of 2-seconds from Anderson. A further 1.3-seconds back Lucas Urbain made it another podium lock out for Awesomatix. With Xray taking the win last year thanks to Keven Hebert, it was NYGP debutant Jan Ratheisky armed with the all new X4’26 who led their challenge this year finishing P4. Also racing in the Jaco 21.5 Super Stock Touring class, the German would go one better finishing third, Craig Xavier’s Awesomatix taking the TQ & win ahead of the last year’s winner Eric Anderson.

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October 19, 2025

Isaacs claims third NYGP 1:12 Mod win

From a grid that was lead out by the past three 1:12 Modified Champions of the Montech New York Grand Prix, it was the high profile East Coast race’s most successful driver Sam Isaacs who took the big win at the 7th edition of the 360v2 hosted event. Starting P2 on the grid behind 2021 Champion Donny Lia, and in front of defending Champion Kemp Anderson, while Isaacs mounted a number of charges on Lia over the 8-minutes it was a backmarker that ultimately decided the race. Running as an impressive high speed train for over 6-minutes, CRC’s Ollie Payne also in the mix, Lia’s efforts would come undone when he collected a back marker who was out of shape having just launched his car off the curbing. With Isaacs and Anderson going through, Lia would set about a charge getting back by Anderson but running out of time to deny Isaacs his 3rd win in the AbsoluteHobbyz 1:12 Modified class, the final gap 0.885. Anderson would complete the podium in New Rochelle with 2019 Champion Payne claiming fourth on his NYGP return while Excelerate’s Josh Cyrul round of the Top 5.

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October 19, 2025

Isaacs is Touring Car Top Qualifier in New York

Awesomatix’s Sam Isaacs is the Top Qualifier of the Speedzone Modified Touring Car class at the 7th annual Montech NYGP. Winner of his latest ROAR Touring Car National title earlier this year at the 360v2 track in New Rochelle, he would secure pole for the track’s blue ribbon event with his time from the 3rd of the 4 rounds of qualifying. While he would lose out on the TQ in 1:12 Mod to Donny Lia in the final qualifier, track conditions for Q4 of Touring Car, the final heat of qualifying, would see no one improve on their times. Isaacs still topped the round 3.5-seconds ahead of NYGP debutant Lucas Urbain and Kemp Anderson, a driver who has attended every running of the Donny Lia organised race. For tomorrow’s A-Main starting grid it will be Anderson who starts second ahead of Urbain with Xray duo Jan Ratheisky, another NYGP first timer, and Drew Ellis completing the Top 5.

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