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January 5, 2025

Phend & Rivkin winners at JConcepts Clash of Champions

Dakotah Phend and Spencer Rivkin took the big wins at this year’s JConcepts Clash of Champions, Phend marking the beginning of his new contract with Xray with a dominant win in 2WD Buggy. The third edition of the annual race hosted by Hoosier RC HobbyPlex in Indiana, having taken the TQ in both 2WD and 4WD, Phend delivered an impressive early win in 2WD. Winning the opening two A-Main encounters ahead of Schumacher’s Broc Champlin this would be his third consecutive Clash of Champions 2WD win and he was joined on the podium by Champlin another of Xray’s new 2025 recruits Brennan Schimmel. In 4WD, Phend opened with the win in A1 but second place qualifier Rivkin got the job done in A2 after a small error from the Top Qualifier which set the stage for a shoot out in A3. Leading the first half of the decider, a mistake in the berm would prove costly for Phend who eventually finished P4 while Rivkin won to take the overall victory for Team Associated. Both drivers would be joined on the podium by the Team Associated of Davy Batta.

Image: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

January 5, 2025

Polito takes ‘OneRace OneMan’ win

Having wrapped up the 2024 season with a very impressive performance at the SIGP in Xiamen, China, Sworkz’s Mattia Polito has opened 2025 with the 1:8 Nitro Buggy victory at the annual ‘OneRace OneMan’ race at the IBR Padova indoor facility in Italy. In qualifying it was Marco Baruffolo who was the Top Qualifier, in his first race for Kyosho the Italian topped 2 of the 4 rounds of qualifying. Fastest in Q3, his new team-mate Riccardo Berton would end qualifying P2 with Polito securing P3 after a TQ run in round 2. In the 45-minute Main, Berton’s challenge would end after just 18-minutes as he retired with a technical issue. With Baruffolo leading he would also run into issues but finish, a problem with his receiver battery 20-minutes in costing him time. Setting the fastest lap of the final, this all played into the favour of Polito who would take the victory from Baruffolo with the Xray of former ‘OneRace OneMan’ race winner Alex Zanchettin completing the podium. In eBuggy, Polito secured the TQ but it was second place qualifier Berton who took the win.

Image: Red RC File

January 4, 2025

SuperRad SR-21 SuperTRK10 1:10 Oval Truck body

US competition bodyshell manufacturer SuperRad has announced its second 1:10 Oval Truck body release with the new SR-21 SuperTRK. Made from .029” polycarbonate, the truck body is TOUR approved and includes spoiler, decal sheet, and window masks.

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January 4, 2025

Phend opens new era with ‘Clash of Champions’ TQ

Dakotah Phend has opened the new era in his racing career by securing the TQ double at the JConcepts Clash of Champions with his new Xray buggies. Just days after the Slovakian manufacturer officially confirmed they had signed the star American racer, the new package is making its race debut at Hoosier RC HobbyPlex where Phend is chasing a third consecutive win at the annual Indiana event, In 2WD qualifying, 2 from three rounds to count, Phend wrapped up an early overall TQ by taking the opening two rounds, the first ahead of Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin and the second ahead of Schumacher’s Broc Champlin. In 4WD, it was Xray’s Chase Lemieux who took the first round ahead of his new team-mate before Phend went to the top in Q2 & 3 setting the fastest times ahead of Rivkin to secure the overall TQ.

Image: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

January 4, 2025

Destiny DTY-10 Shock Option Parts

Destiny, the electric touring car brand of Roche RC, has released some new option parts as tuning options for the shocks on its recently released DTY10 1:10 Competition Touring Car. Titanium Coated Shock Shafts improves the shaft surface, the process creating a smoother finish that provides better damping performance of the shock. Also new thickness 1mm and 2mm purple coloured spacers for shock and suspension fine adjustment.

View new purple spacers here

January 4, 2025

Team EAM batteries for Hagberg

Team EAM has announced that former 1:12 World Champion Alexander Hagberg will use its batteries to power his Xray cars for the 2025 season. Previously running Nosram batteries as part of his race program, the Swede’s switch to the US brand is a significant one for its founder Eric Anderson and commenting on the news Hagberg said, ‘After following the progress of Team EAM on the racing scene in recent years, I had no doubt that their products are absolute top class across the board, and the choice of hobbyists and pro drivers alike! This will give my racing program a great boost going into 2025, and I am excited to work with my long term friend Eric Anderson and his brand! Thank you EAM for this opportunity!’

Source: Team EAM [teameamotorsports.com]

January 3, 2025

Masami joins AE Product Development Advisory Board

In a break from all the current driver announcements, Team Associated has made an interesting announcement that legend of the sport Masami Hirosaka has joined their Product Development Advisory Board. The iconic US brand post, ‘Masami’s unmatched expertise and iconic racing career will be a driving force behind AE’s continued innovation. With fellow IFMAR World Champions Jay Halsey and Cliff Lett already onboard, this team of legends is poised to shape the future of RC performance like never before. Big things are coming—stay tuned!’ It is great to see Masami’s continued involvement in the industry with his recent MX-4 Forever project with Japanese manufacturer GForce proving hugely success.

Source: Associated [associatedelectrics.com]

January 3, 2025

PRO1RC Dirt-04v2 1:8 Buggy tyre

Florida based offroad tyre brand PRO1RC has introduced their new Dirt-04V2 1:8 Buggy tyre. A very versatile tyre intended for a multitude of conditions, when the track is greener, with dirt on the racing line, wet or bumpy, it can be put in different positions, to obtain more or less grip. PRO1RC have also added arrow-shaped pins at the intersections, to obtain much more forward grip. The tyre is available in three compounds, Soft X, Super Soft X and Ultra Soft X.

Source: PRO1RC [pro1rc.com]