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May 26, 2025

R1 Wurks B7 Lowered Rear Tower Set with inverted Front Shocks

California based R1 Wurks has produced this Lowered Rear Tower Set that uses inverted Front Shocks and is intended for Team Associated’s B7 1:10 2WD Buggy. The setup requires the use of an additional set of front-length shocks in the rear, resulting in one of the lightest and lowest centre of gravity rear shock configurations available. In addition to the significantly reduced CG, it also delivers the performance advantages of inverted shocks, making it an essential upgrade option for high-traction surfaces. Also the droop remains standard, while uptravel is reduced, ideal for smaller carpet tire diameters. The set also shifts weight forward to enhance mass centralisation, improving rotation and steering response.

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May 26, 2025

Baruffolo wins 23rd edition of Kyosho Italia Meeting

Celebrating its 23rd edition, the Kyosho Italia Meeting saw Marco Baruffolo do the double as he won both nitro and eBuggy from his international factory team mates at the Pista Offroad Campogalliano track in the north of the country. In qualifying it was Frenchman Reno Savoya who took the TQ for the 45-minute final ahead of Baruffolo and Riccardo Berton. In eBuggy pole position went to Baruffolo as he topped all three qualifying rounds with Savoya P2 as Berton again made up the Top 3. Converting his pole position into victory in eBuggy with A1 and A2 wins, the podium would be the same order as the Top 3 started. In the Nitro final, setting the fastest lap of the race Baruffolo took the win by 2-laps from Berton as a communication problem put Savoya’s refuelling strategy out of sync dropping the multiple European Champion to 3rd. Next weekend all three drivers will get to battle it out again at the Japanese manufacturer’s flagship 25th annual Kyosho Masters at Robot Club 94 in France where they will also be joined by US team drivers Ryan Lutz and now Phi-Long Nguyen.

Image: Pista Offroad Campogalliano [Facebook]

May 26, 2025

Xray X4F’25 Carbon Upper Deck

Xray has released a new Split Front/Rear 1.6mm upper deck for its X4F’25 Front Wheel Drive Touring Car. Machined from premium high-grade USA made carbon fibre, the 2pc top deck features reinforced motor mount screw areas for high durability, as well as improved steering and traction. The front carbon split top deck improves mid corner steering and reduces front tire overheating while the rear deck has only one pair of mounting screws for increased flex helps to improve rotation. The split top deck is available separately front or rear but must be used together. The Multi-Flex™ top deck has a narrow shape for easier installation, improved handling characteristics and features several different flex options out of the box using top deck screws.

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May 24, 2025

Gruber wins ENS season opener at Ettlingen

Capricorn/Ielasi Tuned team driver Toni Gruber has opened the new season of the Euro Nitro Series with victory in Germany. Racing at the Ettlingen circuit, the 2023 Champion took the win ahead of the Infinity of Rick Vrielijnck with the Shepherd of Lars Hoppe completing the podium. Round 1 of the 4 round championship would see reigning Champion Simon Kurzbuch set the early pace with his Mugen Seiki topping practice over Italian Thomas Lorenzi. With bad weather forecast for Sunday causing the timetable to be revised to finish on Saturday, after 3 rounds of qualifying it was Vrielijnck who secured the 1:8 TQ ahead of Kurzbuch, Francesco Tironi’s Infinity, with Gruber lining up P4. In the 30-minute final, Dutchman Vrielijnck led the field around, but on a two stop tyre strategy, when he made his second tyre stop, Gruber, who was on a single tyre stop, took over the lead. With the fastest lap of the race, Vrielijnck was closing down the German but coming up on traffic with just 5-minutes to go there was contact ending the Infinity driver’s challenge for the victory. Having started 11th on the grid, 2024 ENS Austria race winner Hoppe put in a great drive with some impressive fuel mileage to finish third ahead of Marco Weigerding. Unfortunately for former World Champion Kurzbuch, while leading the race as the various pit strategies started to play out, he would suffer a flame out 12-minutes into the final leaving the Swiss driver to eventually finish P11. In 1:10 Nitro Touring Car, Jakub Rozycki took the win by 7-seconds from Leon Fuhrmann with Milan Holthuis in 3rd.

Image: Ielasi Tuned [Facebook]

May 24, 2025

Mardave Cobra buggy to live on with new manufacturer

Niche British RC kit manufacturer Mardave, best known for their 1:12 Minis, have announced that their Cobra 1:10 2WD Buggy, which was first introduced in 1993, will live on with its manufacturing having been taken over by Stack RC. The retro buggy, which like the Minis was originally aimed a the budget conscious racer, will now be produced and developed by its new manufacturer who also have plans for a new 2WD offroad kit later this year which they say will be ‘designed to compete on today’s tracks around the UK’. Many parts are already available in stock for the Cobra and with Stack RC working towards having all parts available for both ‘sport’ and ‘TQ’ retro models as soon as possible. Once they have full stock of parts, they will begin supplying full retro car kits.

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May 24, 2025

Radbody prototype FX28 F1 body – First Images

American 1:28 body producer Radbody has unveiled images of a prototype of the F1 body it is working on for the upcoming new FX28 Formula chassis release from Reflex Racing. Shown in very 2009 BrawnGP Formula 1 World Championship winning colours, the lexan body is specifically designed for the FX28 and will ship with the kit when it goes on sale. While the prototype body does not feature a helmet, the production version will have the helmet and halo molded in to cover the car’s top shock.

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May 23, 2025

ONG Camber | Ride Height | Stroke & Rebound Gauges

New from the ONG brand of 4-time Offroad World Champion Davide Ongaro comes three essential set-up tools for offroad racing. All made from aluminium with an anodised ONG green finish, the camber gauge can measure between +3 to -10 degrees. The long reach ride height gauge measures in the range of 3mm to 42mm. The Shock Stroke & Rebound Gauge allows easy measurement of shock length while mounted on the vehicle during suspension setup and supports stroke from 60mm to 150mm.

Source: ONG [davideongaro.it]

May 23, 2025

Schumacher Mi9 Pro CNC Spur Gears

Schumacher has introduced 4 new Pro CNC Spur Gears for their flagship Mi9 1:10 Electric Touring Car. With the incredible power of modern modified touring cars, the British manufacturer has newly designed the spur to incorporate several special features. CNC Machined for the ultimate accuracy, they are manufactured to be lightweight but using an extremely rigid material for stiffness and concentricity. 4.5mm wide for strong tooth engagement, they are secured with 3 countersunk screws for equal fixing pressure and accuracy. Their narrow design improves battery placement and therefore left to right weight distribution and for Modified they are available in 112, 113 and 114T. For Stock racing they also have a 101T stock specific option which has a reduced width of 3.5mm for the ultimate efficiency and weight saving.

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