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October 5, 2025

Phend finally hits the top in Q4 Down Under

Having started out qualifying day at the IFMAR 1:10 4WD Offroad World Championships in Sydney with a P3, but then having two rough rounds, Dakotah Phend finally hit the top in Q4 heading a 1-2 for Xray as David Ronnefalk also ended the day with his best run. With Team Associated’s Marcus Kaerup getting his second TQ run of the day in the previous round, Q4 would see the Dane DNF, his car coming to a halt 3-laps in. While Kaerup didn’t have an explanation for the car stopping, Salton Dong from his electronics sponsor Hobbywing revealed afterwards that their data from car led them to believe it was a radio issue as a result of lost signal. Overall it was a tough round for Associated after they topped the opening three qualifier. Defending World Champion Davide Ongaro TQ’d Q2, but the Italian wouldn’t have a clean run and ended up 9th. Kouki Kato would be their fastest driver in P7. Behind Xray it would be Schumacher who were the next best in a repeat of Q3 when they finally got themselves somewhat into the mix. Orlowski, who went to the top of the timing screens for most of the run, would complete the Top 3 ahead of Broc Champlin and Daniel Kobbevik. Putting in the most consistent performance of the day Burak Kilic capped of a strong day with P6, his Mugen Seiki prototype never outside the Top 6 today having opening with a P2 run in Q1.

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October 5, 2025

Kaerup takes opening 4WD qualifier ahead of Kilic

Team Associated’s Marcus Kaerup has TQ’d the opening round of 4WD qualifying at the IFMAR 1:10 Offroad World Championships, the 2WD Top Qualifier fastest from the Mugen Seiki prototype of a very focused Burak Kilic. As things hot up both on and off the track in Australia, running in the second fastest heat group it was Kilic who laid down the benchmark for the top seeded heat as they took to the track in the hot midday conditions. With reigning World Champion Davide Ongaro leading them out, initially it was Xray’s Dakotah Phend who set the pace before Kaerup went to the top with his team-mate Ongaro holding P2. While Kaerup set the fastest lap while in the process of executing a clean run, we would see mistakes from both Phend and Ongaro. With a roll over, Phend eventually got P3 2/10ths of a second off Kilic. Also with a roll over, Ongaro would finish P5 just 0.002 off the Xray of David Ronnefalk. The round would finish with 3 Xray drivers in the Top 6 however young Polish talent Bartek Zalewski would be DQ’d in post race tech for an unmarked battery promoting Schumacher’s Daniele Kobbevik to 6th.

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October 5, 2025

FIRST LOOK – Mugen Seiki 1:10 4WD Buggy Prototype

First making an appearance at the EFRA European Championships in Slovakia back in early August, Japanese manufacturer Mugen Seiki is debuting the prototype of its upcoming entry into the 4WD market here at thhe IFMAR 1:10 Offroad World Championships in Sydney, Australia. In the hands of team driver Burak Kilic, the buggy is off to a very impressive start setting the second fastest time in the opening round of qualifying today. Red RC was given a first look at the prototype just after its Q1 run. Having unveiled their first 2WD Buggy, the MSB1, at the previous 1:10 Offroad World Championships in Arizona 2-years ago, the 4WD is again the work of Japanese car designer Shin Adachi.

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October 5, 2025

Infinity IF18-3 Shock O-rings

New from Infinity for their World Championship winning IF8-3 1:8 Onroad chassis comes these new compound orange Shock O-rings. Compared to the kit-standard O-rings, the slightly harder compound generates subtle friction with the shock shaft, enhancing support rigidity. This helps suppress chassis roll and improves stability on high-grip or flat surfaces. The Shock O-rings comes as a pack of 8pcs.

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October 4, 2025

Deja vu as Kaerup tops 4WD Seeding in Sydney

The opening day of 4WD action has ended at the 1:10 Offroad World Championships and in a somewhat deja vu outcome of what we witness in 2WD in Australia on Monday, it was Team Associated’s Marcus Kaerup who concluded proceedings by topping seeding. While the Dane ended the day fastest, unlike 2WD he didn’t have it completely to himself in practice. After the opening two free practice rounds it was the defending World Champion Davide Ongaro who sat at the top of the times before two more rounds promoted Schumacher’s Daniel Kobbevik to pace setter on the reversed Hills RC Off Road track layout. Seeding would open with Kobbevik carrying his form as he went fastest in CP1 ahead of the Xray of American Brennan Schimmel, the Slovakian manufacturer very much in the hunt after their 2WD woes. With Kobbevik unable to improve on his best 3-laps in the second seeding round, Kaerup, who was only 6th after the first one, would go a tenth quicker than Kobbevik to goe into qualifying tomorrow as the Top Seed. With Kobbevik carrying the number no.2 for qualifying, it would be Dakotah Phend who ended up being closest to the Scandinavian duo, the American 3/10ths of a second off the pace. Also bettering his time in CP2, David Ronnefalk set the fourth fastest time with Schimmel’s CP1 time giving him P5, Xray looking strong with 3 cars in the Top 5. Failing to make the Top 10 in any of the four free practice rounds, Michal Orlowski ended the day with a run that sees the Schumacher driver complete the Top 6 ahead of Ongaro while his team-mate & newly crowned 2WD World Champion Broc Champlin finds himself in the second fastest heat. As history shows however this isn’t such a bad thing, the American having also started out in the second fastest qualifying group in 2WD.

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October 4, 2025

Isaacs returns for MonTech NYGP

Multiple MonTech New York Grand Prix Champion Sam Isaacs has been confirmed for the seventh edition of the high profile US indoor race which takes place at 360v2 RC in New Rochelle from October 16-19th. Forced to miss last year’s NYGP, having done the double winning Mod 1:12 and Mod Touring Car in 2023, the Awesomatix driver will return to the Donny Lia promoted annual race and lead the US charge against the international entry travelling Stateside this year. With French driver Lucas Urbain, Germany’s Max Machler & Jan Ratheisky, and British racer Ollie Payne confirmed for race, Isaacs will be looking to repeat the form he showed on the large 105ft x 48ft carpet track earlier this year when he won both the Mod TC and Mod 1:12 ROAR National titles there. This year’s race will see drivers compete for victory over 9 different classes with registration for the 2025 MonTech New York Grand Prix open here.

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October 4, 2025

Kobbevik tops practice at 4WD Worlds

Daniel Kobbevik has topped free practice at the IFMAR 1:10 4WD World Championship, the Schumacher driver setting the fastest 3-consecutive laps in the fourth & final round of free practice in Sydney. Topping the third round of practice ahead of Dakotah Phend, that time wouldn’t better Davide Ongaro’s FP2 time but finding almost a full second in FP4 the Norwegian went to the top ahead of Ongaro, who failed to improve on his earlier time. Team Associated’s Marcus Kaerup also had his fastest time in FP4 to end up third quickest ahead of Burak Kilic, the Mugen Seiki driver finding a huge chunk of time to his improve his 3-laps by over 2-seconds to record fourth. With his FP3 time, Phend completed the Top 5 just ahead of Xray team-mate David Ronnefalk who was another who closed free practice with his best run.

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October 4, 2025

ZooRacing Wolverine Mini 1:10 M-Chassis Body

New from German body shell producer ZooRacing comes the Wolverine Mini, the smaller M-Chassis brother of their popular Wolverine Max 1:10 Onroad body. The 2 times IFMAR World Champion and 4 times EFRA European Champion in this new form factor is designed to push the boundaries of performance in the M-Chassis Mini Touring Car Class. The Wolverine Mini represents a leap forward in aerodynamic efficiency and handling. Lots of new features improve the handling, more contact pressure offers more stability in corners with lots more rotation. The aerodynamic efficiency has been improved again as well. The overall length has been shortened to achieve a lesser inertia and therefore a better rotation around the vertical axis. For more steering in fast corners ZooRacing has redesigned the front and hood and made them steeper. To easier steer the airflow along the sides over the rear wheel arches to the rear wing, to create more downforce, they’ve tailored the sides a lot. The rear is designed very even and uniform for a low centre of gravity and to ensure an easy airflow to the wing. For a consistent flow they’ve remodelled the rear fenders to minimise turbulences at the rear of the body. To achieve better aerodynamic efficiency they have elongated the roof and for the first time the windows at the side have an arch build in, to even out the pressure ratio of the airflow. The included Hellcat rear wing improves that even further.

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