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April 4, 2025

Cheng joins Xray

Former eSIC Open Brushless Champion Ethan Cheng has joined Xray, the Singapore driver following fellow countryman Nicholas Lee in switching from Yokomo to the Slovakian manufacturer for the 2025 season. In addition to his Stock victory at the inaugural eSIC (Electric Singapore International Challenge) race held at the RCMC race track in Singapore, he also made the internationally loaded Modified A-main at the event. Cheng was also an A-Main finalist in Modified at the inaugural Foshan Invitational RC Championship in China at the end of 2023. On the announced, Cheng said, ‘I’m deeply grateful to Nicholas Lee and the Hudy family for the opportunity to join Xray. It’s a true privilege to be part of such a passionate and talented team. I’m excited for the journey ahead and look forward to contributing meaningfully to the team’s ongoing success.’

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 3, 2025

Team Bomber 1:12 HQ Steel Composite Shaft

Japanese 1:12 specialists Team Bomber has released this HQ Steel Composite Shaft. In development for 3-years, this spool shaft does not use the common method of fixing a clamp-style hub on the shaft, but rather a method of pressing an integrated aluminium wheel & spur gear holder directly to the shaft. As a result, the weight balance during rotation has been significantly improved to achieve overwhelming rotation accuracy, and with its precision and strength, it has achieved surprising rear traction. Another feature of the HQ Steel Composite Shaft is the hollow steel shaft section. While a steel shaft it achieves carbon shaft lightness and boasts high strength. Carefully selecting the best steel materials, this allows the tube to be extremely thin while successfully achieving lightness and strong strength.

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April 2, 2025

Pirani RC 1:8 Onroad Set-up Wheels

Pirani RC, the brand of well known Italian nitro onroad racer Andrea Pirani, has released these new set-up wheels suitable for all 1:8 onroad cars. Based on tyre diameters of 74,5mm rear and 67,5mm front, its helps to dial in the best balance on your car. Made from carbon fibre reinforced hard plastic they set of 4-wheels come complete with a small and easy to use storage container.

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April 2, 2025

RC Bike World Championship 2025 – Announcement

For the first time since its inception back in 2004, the RC Bike World Championship’s will be held outside of Europe with Australia hosting the 19th running of the Championship in 2025. Riders will decent on the city of Brisbane for the main event from August 3-9th with Queensland Radio Circuit Car Racing Association also hosting a Pre Worlds event at England Park Raceway from May 18-24th. With the World Championship organisation being headed up Australian RC Bike Specialist Holeshot Hobbies, 2025 will see that addition of a new support race category for 1:4 Supermoto bikes to cater for the popular Losi Promoto and X-Rider CRS bikes. The RC Bike Worlds is a unique competition, being self governed and self managed through a group of Team managers (selected by each country). Decisions on rule changes, future locations for the events and other items related to the event and classes run are all made through a voting system via the Team managers. For the first time the event will be professionally live streamed by RC Race Media, the same people who broadcast the Asian Buggy Championships and who will bring the IFMAR 1:10 Offroad World Championships live to the world later this year. For Warm-up Race details click here.

Source: Holeshot Hobbies [holeshothobbies.com.au]

March 31, 2025

2025 Speed King Tour Rd1 – Report

The popular Japanese Speed King Tour kicked off its 2025 season at the Super Rajikon Oomiya indoor tarmac track in Saitama prefecture Japan where Xray’s Shin Sawada took the win. Once again in the same format as last year the Speed King Tour was made up three electric touring car and 2025 opened with fully booked out capacity entry. In the TC0 class (Modified) A Final, TQ driver Ryosuke Yamamoto led the race but he made mistake and broken his car at the 2-minutes mark allowing Sawada to moved up into P1. He kept that position until finish and won the event’s top class from Infinity’s Rento Sasaki with Axon’s Hayato Ishioka completing the podium.

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March 31, 2025

Catanzani wins Italian GT Championship opener

Serpent’s Andrea Catanzani put in the perfect weekend at the opening round of the highly competitive Italian 1:8 GT National Championships over the weekend securing the TQ and win at the Kronio Speed Park track in Sciacca, Sicily. Qualifying for the first round of the three race AMSCI run National Championship would see recent Florida Winternats winner Catanzani secure pole for the 45-minute Nitro final ahead of Alessio Mazzeo on his debut with the Raptor chassis. Defending Champion and Schepis Model team driver Rosario Giaimo would complete the Top 3. In the final, Catanzani would set the fastest lap en-route to victory by over a lap & a half from fourth place qualifier Daniel Schepis. Mugen Seiki offroad star driver Burak Kilic would complete the podium on his GT race debut, just 1-second ahead of Giaimo. The Turkish driver was running a Schepis Model MZGT powered by new engine sponsor Nova Engines. Having won last year’s season opener, Mazzeo would finish fifth ahead of 2023 National Champion and World Championship Top Qualifier Alex D’angelo. For reigning European Champion Natanaele Senesi it was a tough weekend resulting in a DNF in Nitro.

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March 31, 2025

ZooRacing HYRAX 190mm hypercar body

New from German body shell brand ZooRacing comes the Hyrax 190mm 1:10 hypercar body. With touring car bodies at a stretch just about resembling the real thing these days recent hyper car releases are very much modelled on the full size car we see racing at iconic race circuits around the world, the Hyrax definitely an eye catching example. With sleek, aggressive styling inspired by these full-scale hypercars, this class delivers the perfect mix of realism and high-performance racing. They feature low-slung, wide-body chassis, optimised for maximum downforce and stability at top speeds. The Hyrax is an all-new hypercar body designed for the next generation of electric touring car racing. Every curve and surface of the body is engineered to deliver optimal airflow management, reducing drag while maximising downforce. The low-slung, wide-body design ensures the car stays planted, providing superior cornering speeds and unmatched stability.

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March 30, 2025

Rheinard adds 1:12 European title 17-years after last win

Having won the European Electric Touring Car Championship last year 13-years after he last held the title, Marc Rheinard has become the EFRA 1:12 European Champion once again after 17-years. Racing in Zwevegem, Belgium, qualifying for the 42nd running of the championship saw the CRC of Ollie Payne hold the overnight TQ after taking Q1. Saturday’s action would see former World Champion Rheinard’s Awesomatix open with the fastest time in Q2 and another TQ in Q3 before Payne would come back to take the final two rounds. This left the duo tied on points but with his Q2 time the fastest of the 5 rounds it was Rheinard who was the Top Qualifier. Behind, Schumacher’s reigning 1:12 World Champion and defending European Champion Michal Orlowski secured P3 with two Top 3 runs while Xray duo Adam Izsay and 8-time EFRA Champion Alexander Hagberg made up the top half of the A-Main grid. In the finals, A1 saw Rheinard put in a perfect run to claim the win by 4 & a half seconds from Orlowski who got ahead of his former team-mate Payne in the final minute of the 8-minute encounter. In A2 was a much closer affair as Payne ran right with Rheinard until traffic caused the British driver to hit the boards and drop to third. Recovering the position he couldn’t find a way past the German who took it by 6/10ths and with it became the 2025 European Champion, the first driver to hold both the Touring Car & 1:12 title simultaneously since he last did the double back in 2008! With Orlowski winning A3, the Polish driver would finish runner-up with Payne completing the Modified podium. In 1:12 Spec, Payne would claim the title having started from the TQ ahead of Spec World Champion Max Machler, the Awesomatix driver also finishing runner-up with the similar car of Olivier Bultynck taking the final podium position.

Image: Marc Rheinard [Facebook]