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September 21, 2025

Kato secures 2025 Asian Buggy Championships

Infinity’s Kouki Kato has been crowned the Nitro Buggy Champion for the 2025 Team Cayote Asian Buggy Championships. With the final of the four-round championship, which was due to take place last weekend, called off due to civil unrest in Indonesia, Kato’s Championship was based on the best two from three completed rounds, the Japanese star backing up his popular win at the Philippine Masters with a second placed finish at the rain impacted third round of the series at Pine Hills Dirt Racing in Australia. The series had earlier opened at the popular Counties RC in New Zealand. A win at that Pine Hills round was enough to promote Australia’s Alex Bernadzik (Team Associated) to second in the series, with compatriot Caleb Noble (Tekno) wrapping the top three overall, just one point clear of Finland’s Pekko Iivonen (Mayako), with Pekko’s Australian team-mate Jayden Edmunds, winner at the opening round at Counties RC in New Zealand, a close-up fifth.

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September 18, 2025

Team Cayote Crest X Evo

Team Cayote has officially released their all new Crest X Evo speed controller which compared to the Crest X can achieve 5 times higher computing power. The Crest X EVO is equipped with a high-performance ARM architecture, featuring a 32-bit Cortex-M4 core processor with a clock speed of up to 108MHz. Enabling faster processing of complex calculations it therefore increasing acceleration and braking performance. This significant performance boost ensures stronger ability for high-speed response and multi-task controls, as well provides enhanced reliability and precision in high demand power applications.

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September 4, 2025

’25 1:8 Elec. Offroad World C/ship Chassis Focus Index

2025 will go down in the history books as the year that IFMAR staged the inaugural 1:8 Electric Offroad World Championship with 116 drivers from around the world travelling to Portugal last week for 5 days of action at the Barcelos Buggy Arena track located in the north of the country. While 1:8 Nitro Buggy is the established blue ribbon category of offroad racing, 19 World Champions having been crowned so far, eBuggy is a hugely important market for the industry for both chassis and electronics manufacturers. Many manufacturers were very open about how eBuggy kits generate more main stream sales than nitro, all thanks to its plug & play and no mechanic required simplicity. Now the category has its first World Champion and a very worthy one at that in Danish talent Marcus Kaerup, the 17-year-old’s win bringing Team Associated’s tally of IFMAR World titles to an impressive 34!! While not achieving the same size entry as nitro, which enjoys capacity 180 entries, the first eBuggy Worlds was successfully executed and set a strong foundation for future editions, the United States the stage for the next eBuggy Worlds in 2027 (P.S. IFMAR can you please allow trackside commentary next time so everyone can experience an atmosphere that a World Championship deserves!). During our coverage, which was made possible thanks to electronics manufacturer Team Cayote, we managed to photograph buggies from 8 different manufacturers for our ‘Chassis Focus’. Interestingly, such was the desire to become the first ever 1:8 Electric Buggy World Champions, and have an edge on their rivals, two manufacturers only allowed their cars to be photographed after the event was complete on Saturday evening. With 13 drivers lining up for the triple A-Main, buggies from 7 different manufacturers added great variety with Team Associated, Xray and Sworkz sharing the honour of most cars in the final with 3 each. We have compiled the 8 buggies we got our hands on in our latest Chassis Focus Index.

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August 28, 2025

Ronnefalk TQs opening qualifier at eBuggy Worlds

Xray’s David Ronnefalk has TQ’d the opening round of qualifying at the inaugural IFMAR 1:8 Electric Offroad World Championship in Portugal. Winner of his fourth European 1:8 Nitro Buggy Championships title at the Barcelos track earlier this month, the Swede took the first of the six qualifiers from the similar car of Michal Orlowski, the Schumacher team driver only half a second off at the end of their respective 5-minute qualifying efforts. Having been missing from the radar over the previous 2-days of practice, qualifying would see Davide Ongaro turn up with a Top 3 run ahead of Top Seed Elliott Boots, the Sworkz driver having a late issue with traffic on his run. Boots’ team-mate Juan Carlos Canas opened his account with the fifth fastest time with Dakotah Phend continuing to be the top non-European as he steered his Xray to P6 ahead of Infinity’s young Japanese protege Kouki Kato.

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August 26, 2025

Phend fastest as Day 1 of eBuggy Worlds concludes

Xray’s Dakotah Phend has set the pace on the opening day of the inaugural IFMAR 1:8 Electric Offroad World Championship, the American topping the times after 5 rounds of free practice at the Barcelos Buggy Arena in Portugal. Setting his fastest 3-consecutive laps in the penultimate round of the day’s free practice, many drivers feeling they made the wrong call on tyre compound for the cooler evening’s final run, Phend was fastest from Juan Carlos Canas, the Sworkz driver topping that final round to record his best time of the day. The pace setter after the first three rounds, David Ronnefalk finished the day out in P3 ahead of Sworkz’ Elliott Boots. With reigning Nitro Buggy World Champion Davide Ongaro having a challenging day, which ended in him being only 13th fastest, it was his younger team-mate Marcus Kaerup who led the way for Team Associated. Second fastest in FP5, which was 10-minutes long with the previous four rounds having been 5-minutes each, he ended the day fourth fastest. Another improvement in FP5 came from Tekno’s João Figueirdo, the Nitro World Championship finalist, whose family are the hosts of these World Championships, completing the Top 5.

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June 4, 2025

Team Cayote Crest RS 120 Speed Controller

Following on from the recent release of their Modi Motor, Team Cayote has released its all new Crest RS 120 Speed Controller. Weighing in at just 36 grams, the super light ESC offers an impressive maximum continuous output current of 120A at an astonishing size and weight. Measuring 35.3mm (L) x 30.5mm (W) x 24.5mm (H), it features ultra-thin, windowed cooling N-MOS technology, and integrates the chip core directly with the metal housing, reducing thermal resistance by 35% compared to traditional MOSFETs. This results in higher current output while maintaining 98% efficiency and significantly reducing overall thickness within the same volume. Its thinner profile and lower operating temperature transforms the space saved by eliminating heat sinks into enhanced performance, ensuring exceptional results. Fitted with multiple protection features these include Battery Low Voltage Control, ESC/Motor Limits and Anti-Stall Protection which enhances reliability, and built-in Reverse Polarity Protection. The ESC has adjustable RPM Limiting in the range from 10K to 88K RPM, with adjustable RPM limit increments of 1K RPM. RPM adjustments can be made easily through our BT-link and APP control.

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May 28, 2025

Team Cayote Crest Modi Motor

Team Cayote has officially unveiled its new Crest Modi Motor. With a built in high precision Hall sensors and a precision balance magnet rotor, the all new motor features an innovative cooling design in which its centre structure exposes the stator core directly to incoming air for optimal cooling. This arrangement minimises heat buildup and maintains a stable operating temperature even under extreme use. The Modi also has a high tempurature resistant magnet built to withstand temperatures up to 220°C. Even under high-load high-temperature conditions, the rotor resists heat-induced cracks, ensuring reliable performance and durability. This design ensures consistency no matter the conditions, allowing you to push the limits with full confidence. The motor design offers easy maintenance and quick rebuilds for longer peak performance. The motor will be available in 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0, 5.5T, 6.0, 6.5, 7.0, and 7.5 turn options.

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April 1, 2025

Team Cayote signs Polish talent Zalewski

Further bolstering its team line-up ahead of their 1:10 Offroad World Championships debut in Australia later this year, electronic brand Team Cayote has announced the signing of promising Polish talent Bartek Zalewski. Winner of the MIBO International earlier this year and backing that up with a win at the British Off Road Grand Prix a week later, Zalewski is currently on his way to Sydney for the Worlds Warm-up Race with Xray having high hopes for the 17-year-old. On the announcement Team Cayote, which is headed up by Oscar Jansen, posted, ‘We’re thrilled to welcome Bartek Zalewski to the Team Cayote family! Bartek’s precision and passion for the sport make him a perfect addition to our team. Get ready for some incredible performances ahead as we push the limits of speed and power together!

Source: Team Cayote [cayote.com]