November 12, 2025

MonTech Racing LC-2 1:10 Body Shell

Mon-Tech Racing has introduced a historic and legendary body shell that will excite motorsport enthusiast, adding the LC-2 body to its extensive range.  A faithful replica of the iconic Group C race car that made history on international tracks throughout the 1980s and 1990s, as it tradition with Mon-Tech, the LC-2 is entirely designed and manufactured in Italy.  Made from top-quality 1.0mm polycarbonate, the 1:10 body has a width of 200 mm and fits chassis with a 260 mm or 275 mm wheelbase.  Each kit includes everything you need to complete the model like inner headlight buckets, rear wing with side plates, window masks, decals for headlights and grilles, and official graphics to recreate the LC-2’s original racing livery.  The LC-2 will be available with stockist from December.

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November 12, 2025

Inov8 MTC3 SlimX TopDecks

Invo8, formerly RC Maker, has introduced the first of many model specific option parts with the release of their SlimX topdecks for the Mugen Seiki MTC3 Touring Car.  Available in 3 configurations for maximum tunability, the SlimX topdecks offer superior flex adjustability so you can now you can tune with both screws and cut tabs in the topdeck, which has become a staple in touring car engineering.  The 1.6mm topdeck is particularly suited to lower traction tracks, or tight tracks where more flex is required for additional rotation. It can also be paired with the 2.0mm in the rear for added stability.  The 2.0mm Fibreglass topdeck utilises G10 FRP Material which offers a more progressive and dampened flex characteristic, whilst being slightly softer than it’s carbon fibre counterpart. This is a great mid range option between the 2.0mm Carbon and 1.6mm Carbon Topdecks.    The topdecks include 110 degree countersunk screws for the body stopper and are used as this leaves more material on the topdeck improving the rigidity and durability.

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November 11, 2025

Pequito defends World title at PNWC

Xbility driver & designer Jose Pequito has successfully defended his 2WD Open World title at the PN Racing World Cup in Colorado.  Winning the 1:28 title last year in France, then racing for RC Atomic, the Portuguese driver would repeat the feat with his own car this year taking the ‘One’ to victory in 2WD Open at 5280 Raceway in Denver.  In qualifying it would be Reflex Racing’s John Dickson who secured the TQ ahead of Pequito and PN Racing’s Mathieu Da Rocha, the latter taking the TQ & win in the AWD Open class.  With Dickson suffering a DNF in A1, Alex Soto-Pagan took the win ahead of Pequito before the World Champion came good in A2 & 3 to win both and retain his title.  Soto-Pagan would fill the second step on the podium which was completed by Marka driver Guillaume Loie.  Counting a 6th from A2 and a 3rd in A3, Dickson would finish 5th.  In 2WD Stock Chris Lemaire  had the perfect weekend topping qualifying and taking the win while in Formula 1 EJ Courtemanch covnerted his TQ after turning around an A1 DNF to win the next two for the title.

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November 11, 2025

Apolaro & Ernst claim Infinity double at Cow Patty Classic

DJ Apolaro and Scotty Ernst gave Infinity a double win at the annual Cow Patty Classic at the Nuggets Ranch Raceway in Arcadia, Florida.  One of the US nitro onroad race majors and run by US nitro onroad stalwart Greg Esser and his family, the 14th edition not only attracted the Top US Nitro racers but also a group of European visitors.  In qualifying, each driver’s fastest time determining the order, after the 6 rounds it was Apolaro who secured the TQ ahead of the Capricorn of German’s Thilo Diekmann and former Nitro Touring Car World Champion Ralph Burch.  In the 1:8 Masters class it was Robert Ronas who took the TQ ahead of Ernst.  With a 40-minute final determining the Masters result, Ernst would set the fastest lap with with his Kabuto powered IF8-3 and take the win after Ronas’ race came to an end with 6 minutes to go.  Behind Ernst, Donna Garcia and Peter Berton completed the Masters Top 3.  With a 45-minute Main for 1:8 Open concluding the weekend’s action, Apolaro would be kept on his toes by Diekmann, the two very evenly matched on outright pace, Apolaro’s best lap a 15.063 compared to Diekmann’s 15.093.  With Burch retiring from the race, in the end Apolaro took the win by under 10-seconds from Diekmann with Joachim Bruneau taking the final step on the podium while Ersnt backed up his early win with a P5 in Open.  In Nitro Touring Michael Palazzola took the TQ and win ahead of Alex Eesser while in 1:8 GT Nitro the Raptor of World Championship finalist Carlie Lopez took the win.

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November 10, 2025

Takahata takes MRX7 to JMRCA Japanese National title

With Mugen Seiki having only officially released their latest 1:8 Onroad Chassis at the end of last month, their factory driver Shouki Takahata gave the Robert Pietsch designed MRX7 its first major title by winning the 2025 JMRCA 1:8 Onroad Japanese National Championship.  With a field stacked with World Champions, it was the 2019 World Champion secured the TQ at the K2 International Circuit ahead of multiple World Champion Naoto Matsukura while Infinity team-mate & defending Champion Takaaki Shimo ended up 3rd.  While the Top 2 directly went to the 45-minute final, Shimo and 1:12 World Finalist Hayato Ishioka won the Semi finals to progress along with the other 6 drivers to make up the Main grid.  In the final Takahata would take back he last held in 2024 with his Max powered MRX7 setting the fastest lap on his way to the win with the rest of the podium a repeat of last year – Matsukura second and double Nitro Onroad World Champion Tadahiko Sahashi third from 5th on the grid.  Unfortunately Shimo would retire from the final just before the half way point.  For Takahata the result is a nice boost ahead of the upcoming IFMAR 1:8 Onroad World Championships in Santiago, Chile.

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November 8, 2025

CRC MetriCKs 26 Split Tweak Brace

1:12 World Champion chassis manufacturer CRC based out of New York State, has released this split tweak brace found on it MetriCKs 2026 car.  Made from CRC’s proprietary carbon fibre, the new 2.5mm thick brace design allows separate height adjustment of the centre spring and when using the new 3108 aluminium rotary dampers, the split tweak brace allows the use of the 3122 O-ring battery retainer.

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November 8, 2025

Factory Team Onroad Tools

Team Associated’s option parts & accessories brand Factory Team has introduced a number of new tools intended for onroad use.  The new line includes an onroad wheel arch cutout tool for racing out the wheel cutouts on your body and ensure it is centred with the tyre.  A new chassis balancing tool makes balancing your car easy, simply rest your vehicle on the balancing tool using the two holes in the chassis (one on the front, one on the rear).  A stepped ride height gauge allows for easy ride height adjustment readings in 0.2mm increments starting from 3mm and ending at 7mm.  Finally there is the 10mm droop gauge support blocks are machined to tight tolerances to allow for very precise and repeatable droop measurements.  View more images here

November 7, 2025

Infinity IF14 Speciale Alu Hub Carrier

New from Infinity for their IF14 Speciale 1:10 Electric Touring Car come these optional Aluminium Hub Carriers.  Made in Japan for superior accuracy, rigidity, and performance, they deliver peak performance on high-grip surfaces.  Infinity advise that when using spacers under the upper ball pivot (TS075), to use spacers 1mm thinner than those for the kit standard plastic hub carriers.

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