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September 23, 2025

Collina retains ACI Italian Touring Car title – Report

Schumacher’s Mattia Collina has successful retained ACI Italian Touring Car title, the championship race of the Italian Motorsport Federation hosted at the renowned Minicar Fontanellato circuit. The weekend delivered high-level competition, with over 80 drivers from across Italy who earned their spot through the “Coppa Italia di Zona” qualifying rounds. The track, known for its technical layout and demanding conditions, provided the perfect stage for the four championship classes: Touring Modified, Touring Stock, GT +40 Masters and FWD. Each class showcased intense battles, strategic driving and the finest talents in Italian RC racing. In the premier class, Collina once again proved his dominance, securing the national title with a flawless performance in the Modified A-Main. Alessio Menicucci (Team Infinity) and Jacopo Corna (Team Marka – Awesomatix) completed the podium after a tightly contested race. Collina’s consistency, pace and race craft were unmatched, confirming his status as one of the top drivers in the country.

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September 22, 2025

Max Land’s new 1:10 Astro track hosts first race

Having announced the addition of a brand new 1:10 astroturf offroad track to the existing Max Land / RC Divoké Jelení racing complex back in July, the Czech Republic’s newest track hosted its first race over the weekend. The opening event saw racers complete over four buggy classes with Mod and Stock of both 2WD and 4WD. In 2WD Stock, it was the club’s own Martin Minyuk who claimed the TQ spot, while in 2WD Mod qualifying went the way of Daniel Hofman. The 4WD action saw the Stock TQ claimed by another club member Vaclav Jires and while 4WD Mod went to the track’s very own Max Gotzl. In the finals, 2WD Stock would be an intense fight before the overall win went to the TQ man Martin Minyuk and his Xray ahead of Vojtech Hejzlar with Pepa Vich’s Team Associated completing the podium. In 2WD Mod, factory Xray driver Götzl overtook Hofman at the beginning of the first two legs of the A finals to seal the overall victory. Vojtech Hujer made it an all XB2 podium. In 4WD Stock, Jires managed to convert his TQ position into a win in front of Petr Vondrus for an Sworkz 1-2 ahead of the Xray of Vojtech Hejzlar. 4WD Mod saw Götzl win the first two legs to secure a double win at the opening event of his home track ahead of Hofman and Jindrich Jirak. With the race wrapping up the Czech outdoor season, the club are looking forward to fully utilising the new astro track for the 2026 outdoor season.

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September 22, 2025

Boda adds another French National title with AE

Joining Team Associated at the end of 2024, Clement Boda has given the US manufacturer it second French National Title of the 2025 season after taking the 1:8 Nitro Buggy title with a victory at the season finale at Viglain. The recent eBuggy World Championship finalist and 2025 1:10 2WD French Champion was up against another Barcelos finalist, Noha Ben Mohamed, for the title. The Sparko driver, and winner of the 1:10 4WD National Championship earlier this month, would take the early advantage securing the overall TQ in a rain effected qualifying when he topped 2 of the three rounds. Behind him it was the Mugen Seiki of newly crowned European B Champion driver Hugo Tavernon who secured P2 while Boda was P4. With a difficult Semi leaving him 9th on the grid for the 45-minute Main, it would be a tough race for 16-year-old Ben Mohamed and he finished 5th while having won his Semi to secure pole position up front Boda could control the race to take the win ahead of Tavernon and Jordan Lot and the secure the overall National title.

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September 16, 2025

Haatanen becomes new German 2WD Champion

Top Finnish offroad racer Joona Haatanen is the new DMC German National Champion in 1:10 2WD Mod Buggy. Now based in Germany, having joined Ruddog Distribution earlier this year as an ambassador for the Team Associated Distributor and option parts producer, Haatanen was the the Top Qualifier at the previous 4WD Buggy Nationals but after a battle with defending Champion Joern Neumann that went to A3, he ended up third overall as Neumann claimed yet another DMC National title. With RC Cars Köngen hosting the 2WD Buggy title race it was Xray driver Moritz Lautenbach who secured the TQ ahead of Haatanen and Marcel Schneider with Neumann’s Sworkz fifth. Getting the better of Lautenbach in A1, Haatanen repeated again in A2 to clinch the title as he truly settles into his new German lifestyle. Winning A3, former German Champion Lautenbach would finish second with Schneider’s Associated completing the podium. In 2WD Stock it was Sascha Frühwirth who took the TQ and title win.

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September 15, 2025

Maifield does the buggy double at 2025 SikCross

Tekno RC’s Ryan Maifield did the buggy double at the 2025 SikCross over the weekend winning both Nitro Buggy and eBuggy at The Drake Raceway hosted race. A track that was saved earlier this year thanks to the intervention of RC racing’s most famous couple, Adam & Ronda Drake, SikCross made its returned to the Southern California venue with 200 entries looking to enjoy the races unique start/race format. With two 15-lap races determining the grid for the finals it was to be Kyosho drivers who came out on top – Ryan Lutz taking the eBuggy TQ with his young team-mate Phi-Long Nguyen the Top Qualifier in Nitro Buggy, Maifield ending up P2 in both categories. In the triple 30-lap each finals, Lutz would have a tough time in eBuggy, Maifield winning A1 and A3 for the overall win with Nguyen winning A2 to claim second as the Team Associated of Tyler Fenster completed the podium ahead of Lutz. In Nitro, Nguyen opened with a win ahead of Maifield but suffered a DNF in A2 as Maifield took the win and repeated again in A3. Jimmy Fishback made it a Tekno 1-2 overall with Nguyen having to settle for third as Lutz again missed the podium with fourth. Nguyen would get a win however taking the title in Nitro Truggy ahead of Fenster, Lutz and Adam Drake.

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September 10, 2025

Phuket RC Sport Arena Opening Race

With new tracks always a positive for the growth of racing and the hobby, over in Thailand RC accessory brand TWT and its owner Widhya Plianarrom has opened a new indoor carpet track in the city of Phuket. Racing action officially got underway at the new ‘Phuket RC Sport Arena’ with the opening round of a newly launched 1:10 2WD Buggy race series. The first date on the four round ‘Int.Offroad Race Series 2025’ would see the TQ go the way of Yospat Eain but in the finals it was Tan Nattapong who took the win ahead of Eain with Tastanasak J. completing the Top 3. The second round of the series will take place on October 4th with more drivers expected to join the series and enjoy the new track.

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September 9, 2025

2025 Speed King Tour Rd4 – Report

After three months break, the fourth round of the Speed King Tour 2025 was held at RC Stadium Sodegaura in Chiba prefecture Japan on 7th of September. Even in September, central area of Japan is still very hot and competitors had to found good setups for hot track condition. TC0 class (Modified) is the fastest class of Speed King Tour. Infinity driver Jin Sawada showed his speed at his home track and finished 1st by 0.373 seconds from his teammate Ryosuke Yamamoto in the A-Main final. Yugo Nagashima maintained steady pace then took P3 with his new Xpress car.

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September 8, 2025

Ben Mohamed & Boda crowned French 1:10 Champions

Schumacher driver Noha Ben Mohamed and Team Associated’s Clément Boda are the 2025 French 1:10 Offroad National Champions. Fresh from their impressive A-Main performances at the inaugural 1:8 Electric Offroad World Championship in Barcelos, Portugal, the two drivers travelled to Grenoble to battle one another for the titles at the conclusion of the French National Championship. In 2WD it was Boda who secured the TQ ahead of Ben Mohamed after taking 4 of the 5 qualifiers. While Boda took A1, Ben Mohamed got the win in A2 meaning it came down to A3 but 20-year-old Boda would take it and the title. In 4WD it was Ben Mohamed who dominated qualifying taking all five rounds but again the finals came down to A3. Under intense pressure from Boda, Ben Mohamed would hold on to take it by 4/10ths of a second securing the 16-year-old his second win of the season and the overall title.

Image: Noha Ben Mohamed [Facebook]