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November 18, 2025

Thurston back on top at EWS – Round 2 Report

The 2025/2026 Essex Winter Series presented by Team Cayote continued last weekend with Round 2 where Alex Thurston would take the big win. The LRP Modified Class was one to watch, with defending champion Olly Jefferies returning to the series after missing the first event, and Round 1 winner Kyle Branson looking to capitalise on his early championship lead. It was a tight battle for TQ between Kyle and his Awesomatix, and Alex Thurston. Branson took Q1, whilst Alex topped Q2 and Q3. The drivers traded positions in Q4 initially, with Alex then taking the lead, only to have a battery failure two laps from the end. Kyle took the round, but lost out on the tie-break by just 0.002 seconds! Elliott Harper lined up third for Schumacher, with Olly taking his factory Awesomatix to fourth ahead of the privately-entered example of Stefan Chodzynski. In the A Final, Alex led off with Kyle close behind. Olly immediately put Elliott under pressure and was able to get by on the second lap, and then set about closing on the leaders. Alex soaked up the pressure from Kyle, and the battle up front became a four-way fight as Olly closed in and pulled Elliott along with him. The four drivers circulated at high speed for the remaining four minutes of the race, often getting nose-to-tail but everyone keeping the door closed and not allowing the car behind the chance of an overtake. The high-speed freight train entertained the watching crowd as Alex stayed out front, crossing the line to take his second ever victory at EWS.

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November 10, 2025

Takahata takes MRX7 to JMRCA Japanese National title

With Mugen Seiki having only officially released their latest 1:8 Onroad Chassis at the end of last month, their factory driver Shouki Takahata gave the Robert Pietsch designed MRX7 its first major title by winning the 2025 JMRCA 1:8 Onroad Japanese National Championship. With a field stacked with World Champions, it was the 2019 World Champion secured the TQ at the K2 International Circuit ahead of multiple World Champion Naoto Matsukura while Infinity team-mate & defending Champion Takaaki Shimo ended up 3rd. While the Top 2 directly went to the 45-minute final, Shimo and 1:12 World Finalist Hayato Ishioka won the Semi finals to progress along with the other 6 drivers to make up the Main grid. In the final Takahata would take back he last held in 2024 with his Max powered MRX7 setting the fastest lap on his way to the win with the rest of the podium a repeat of last year – Matsukura second and double Nitro Onroad World Champion Tadahiko Sahashi third from 5th on the grid. Unfortunately Shimo would retire from the final just before the half way point. For Takahata the result is a nice boost ahead of the upcoming IFMAR 1:8 Onroad World Championships in Santiago, Chile.

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November 5, 2025

Sofia and Vezzetti crowned Brazilian TC Champions

Last weekend marked the 2025 Brazilian Electric Touring Car Indoor Championships at the All Racing Arena in São Paulo where Victor Sofia and defending Champion Eduardo Vezzetti took the titles. Featuring 3 classes, 32 drivers and several new updates compared to last year, it was the first event on this track with the implementation of controlled tire additive and maintenance in Parc Fermé, ensuring equal conditions for all participants. Additionally, the Masters category (45+) made its debut in the region. In Pro Stock 10.5T, Victor Sofia (Awesomatix) secured both TQ and the Championship title in a grid filled with national champions. Sofia achieved the win in heat 4/5, after mechanical issues in heat 3/5. Without a doubt, Victor’s driving performance was one of the highlights of the event.

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November 2, 2025

Lee & Stone crowned Australian Touring Car Champions

Xray’s Nicholas Lee and Michael Stone are the new RCRA Speedy Australian National Champions in Electric Touring winning the Modified and Stock titles respectively. Singapore’s best known international racer, Lee would secure the TQ at West Coast Model RC in Perth as he topped 3 of the 5 qualifiers. Fastest in Q4, ARC’s Brayden Stanley would qualify second ahead of the RC Maker of Jeffrey Mackie who TQ’d the second round of qualifying. Team-mate Damon Davis-Perry and Yokomo’s Antoni Caretti completed the top half of the A-Main grid. In the triples finals Lee opened with a win ahead of the RC Maker of Jeff Hamon who qualified 6th. Hamon would go one better in A2 to take the win ahead of Stanley as Lee finished third. In the decider, Lee managed to stay out front when it counted most to secure the overall win. While a bad A3 for Hamon, the Brisbane driver would finish runner-up, with 2nd in A3 giving Caretti the final step on the podium ahead of 2024 podium finisher Stanley. In Stock, after a bad start to the finals, Stone was able to win A2 & 3 to claim the title ahead of the ARC of A1 winner Marcus Askell with the RC Maker of 2024 Champion Lincoln Codd completing podium.

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October 27, 2025

Polito crowned Italian eBuggy National Champion

Sworkz’s Mattia Polito is the 2025 AMSCI Italian eBuggy National Champion after taking victory at the single race title decider at the Pista Offroad Campogalliano track in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Also hosting the fourth & final round of the 1:8 Nitro Buggy National Championship, that title wrapped up for a 10th consecutive time at the previous round by World Champion Davide Ongaro, qualifying for the eBuggy title would see Turkish driver Burak Kilic and his Mugen Seiki secure the overall TQ honours head of Ongaro’s Team Associated after the championship visitor topped 3 of the 4 qualifiers while Ongaro went fastest in Q3. Polito would line-up 3rd ahead of Berkan Kilic’s Mugen Seiki and the Kyosho of Riccardo Berton. In the triple finals there would be three different winners, the Xray of 7th place qualifier Alex Zanchettin a surprise winner of A1 ahead of Polito and Berton. A2 would see Burak convert the TQ into a win after he failed to finish A1. With Polito getting the better of Burak to win A3 by a 1/10th of a second, both ended up on the same points but it was the Italian who took the win on tiebreak. Berkan made it a podium double for the Kilic brothers to finish third ahead of Ongaro. In the Nitro encounter, Ongaro completed the perfect season with win number 4 from 4. It was Polito who claimed the TQ from the Kyosho of Marco Baruffolo, Berkan, and Ongaro. With Polito a DNF in his Semi, and having to win the Last Chance Final to make the Main, it was Ongaro who started the 45-minute encounter on pole. Working his was from 13th on the grid, Polito would finish second with Berkan completing the Nitro podium.

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October 27, 2025

Mason crowned ROAR Paved Champion

Awesomatix’s Stuart Mason is the new ROAR Modified Touring Car Paved Champion, the Seattle driver taking the TQ and win at CenCal Speedway Fresno in California over the weekend. With this year’s title race attracting 100 entries, Mason would secure the TQ as he topped 3 of the 4 rounds of qualifying. Opening qualifying with a TQ run, Serpent’s Bryce Butterfield would claim the second spot on the grid ahead of the 2025 ROAR Carpet National Champion Sam Isaacs, Xray’s Chris Adams, Canadian Champion Keven Hebert, and multiple Offroad World Champion Ryan Cavalieri. In the first of thre triple finals Mason would just hold off Isaacs, fresh from his NYGP win, by 0.074 with Adams completing the Top 3 as Butterfield dropped to fourth. From the front Mason would again win in A2, this time from Hebert and Cavalieri, to secured the title. With Butterfield winning A3 from the Team Associated of Cavalieri, this is how they would like up finish on the podium behind Mason with Isaacs finishing 4th overall. In 17.5 Stock, Adams would secure the TQ and win however with Lex Tyler winning A2, the title fight went to A3, the Texan securing the crown with a 3.2-second winning margin. Tyler would finish runner-up with the Awesomatix of Billy Spence completing the overall Top 3. In 21.5 Touring it was Awesomatix’s Craig Xavier who took the win.

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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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