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January 18, 2025

eSIC 2025 – Announcement

The Electric Singapore International Challenge (eSIC) is back for a third edition with the organisers announcing a new earlier date for 2025. With the previous two editions, both won by Mugen Seiki’s Ronald Volker, held the week prior to the the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix, eSIC moves from September to an earlier date of July 12-13. The brainchild of top Singapore touring car racer Nicholas Lee and Chhua Jookiah to bring top level international competition to the country, the inaugural event in 2023 attracted over 100 entries to the RCMC Marine Parade race track. Last year they built on that momentum attracting factory entries from Mugen Seiki, Awesomatix, Yokomo, ARC and Xpress with ARC’s Brayden Stanley and Lee completing the 2024 Modified podium. Four classes will make up eSIC in 2025 with racing for Modified, 13.5T Boosted, 17.5T FWD and 17.5T Super GT.

Source: eSIC [Facebook]

January 16, 2025

Apolaro wins Miami RC Grand Prix – Report

Last weekend the annual Miami RC Grand Prix took place at Homestead Speedway where the Infinity of DJ Apolaro took the 1:10 Nitro Touring Car win. With a number of European drivers making the trip across the Atlantic, the Touring Car class had the current World Champion Jilles Groskamp show up with the Dutchman securing the TQ by 2-seconds from DJ Apolaro with the Mugen of Brian Thomas completing the Top 3 in qualifying. With the weather constantly changing from day to day, as well as the track conditions, after some wind and rain the Final got cut from 45-minute to half an hour. For Apolaro his original plan was to do a tyre change, but after some strategy changes and conversations with his mechanic (Ricardo Garri), they decided to take the risk and go with very large tyres, less tyre split and drive a smart race. At the start, Apolaro was able to stay close enough to Groskamp and not let him get a large gap. Keeping his lead under 3 seconds, when the World Champion stopped half way into the race for a tyre change, Apolaro had the lead and with his car running in the window in terms of tyre size he maintained the lead coming home with about a 10 second lead over Groskamp. Making it an all Infinity podium Jerry Guerra secured third position.

Source: DJ Apolaro/Wallace Motorsport [wallacemotorsports.net]

January 16, 2025

Power HD servos for Paloschi

1:8 GT World Finalist and European Championship podium finisher Gabriele Paloschi has been announced as a team driver for servo manufacturer Power HD. With 2025 a World Championship year for the growing category, the 21-year-old just recently announced he has joined Italian chassis manufacturer Capricorn after a number of seasons with Serpent. Finishing 7th at the 2023 Worlds in Sydney, Australia, on his deal with Power HD, the Italian posted, ‘I’m happy to announce that I will be part of the Power HD factory team. I was really impressed in the last season by the quality of the products and i’m very proud to be part of the team. I‘ll be using GTS-6 servos for my Capricorn cars! Thank you very much to the entire Power HD family for the opportunity and trust given to me.’

Source: PowerHD [chd.hk]

January 15, 2025

RaceOpt FFV4 Dolphin 1:10 FWD Touring Car

RC Explorer, the Hong Kong company behind Team Powers electronics and car manufacturer RaceOpt, has released a new 1:10 Front Wheel Drive 1:10 Touring Car, the FFV4 Dolphin. Featuring a more traditional front motor mount design compared to some recent FWD category kit releases. With mid mounted steering, which is controlled by a rear mounted servo, and a forward mounted battery this shifts the car’s centre of gravity significant towards the front for greater traction. At the rear the RaceOpt FFV4 Dolphin features a single shock with torsion beam suspension. Different strength beams can be mounts to adjust the torque beam stiffness.

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January 14, 2025

JP3D MetriCKs Enclosed Damper System

US based Custom 3D printing solutions company JP3D has released this Enclosed Damper System for CRC MetriCKs 1:12 chassis. The 3D printed rotary damper system replaces the stock exposed dampers with a fully enclosed system with the dampers printed in a very strong nylon composite material. The enclosed rotary dampers use a heavier grease, not included, than the stock dampers to achieve the same level of damping, but it stays very clean & consistent throughout the race event. The package comes complete with both L&R dampers as well as mounting screws. This damper system has been tested and raced by many CRC racers recently with podium finishes at US Indoor Champs and Hudy Indoor Champs.

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January 14, 2025

Yokomo MS1.0 Aluminum Rear Upper Bulkhead

New from Yokomo for their competition spec 1:10 Electric Touring Car is this MS1.0 Aluminium Rear Upper Bulkhead. Castor of the new upper arm is set at 2 degrees, reduced from the kit’s standard 4 degrees, to improve rear turning performance in corners. In high-grip surfaces, the timing for corner exit is quicker resulting in greater on power traction. In addition, the aluminium shock mounts, which were previously mounted on graphite shock towers can now be mounted directly to the bulkhead.

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January 14, 2025

SuperRad SR-32 SuperMafia 1:10 Touring Car body

New from SuperRad comes their first 1:10 Touring Car bodyshell, the SR-32 SuperMafia. The American competition bodyshell manufacturer is producing two options of the SR-32 SuperMafia, the .5mm polycarbonate ‘Lite’ and the .4mm ‘SuperLite’. Both ROAR and BRCA approved it comes complete with decal sheet, window masks, wing, and wing hardware.

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January 13, 2025

Yokomo confirm Krapp for 3rd MIBO International outing

Having attended the previous two years of MIBO International, Yokomo has confirmed its return for the 3rd edition of the annual Czech race where it will once again be represented by ISTC World Championship podium finisher Christopher Krapp. The Japanese manufacturer’s lead international driver and team manager travels to Hrotovice aiming to mix it with defending Champion Michal Orlowski over the weekend of February 07-09. A unique event, MIBO International brings together both electric touring car and electric offroad racers on the same weekend with the building of two indoor carpet tracks side by side at the Sports V Hotel. With everything from the track, restaurant, bowling alley and hotel rooms all under one roof, the venue has always been popular with racers and counts Bruno Coelho, Ronald Volker, Joern Neumann, Adam Izsay and Bartek Zalewski as some of its champions. With a capped entry limit the relaxed schedule means plenty of time in the evening to wind down and socialise over dinner after each day’s racing.

Source: MIBO [mibosport.com]