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August 28, 2025

Kaerup takes Q2 in Portugal

Team Associated’s Marcus Kaerup has taken the second qualifier at the 1:8 eBuggy World Championship, the Dane redeeming himself following a disappointing first effort to top the times from Top Seed Elliott Boots. Ending up with a 41 for Q1, Kaerup would take Q2 in a new fastest time bettering David Ronnefalk’s opening TQ time by over 1-second. Ronnefalk would back up his TQ run with a P3 for the round with Boots just getting the better of him by 0.049 of a second after the British driver produced a better final lap. Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski posted the 4th fastest time ahead of young French talent Noha Ben Mohamed who steered his Sparko into the Top 5. It was a frustrating run for a number of leading title contenders. Davide Ongaro lost almost 3-seconds with a mistake on lap 7 of 9 but still salvaged a 6th such was his pace, Juan Carlos Canas had a final lap mistake that cost him 4-seconds, and Dakotah Phend lost any chance of a strong Q2 with a mistake on his second lap.

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August 28, 2025

Schumacher CAT PB 1:10 4WD Buggy

Schumacher has unveiled their latest 1:10 4WD Buggy, the CAT PB named in honour of the late Phil Booth, Chief Schumacher Designer and former IFMAR World Champion. The all new buggy features a shaft-driven 4WD system, refined suspension geometry, enhanced drivetrain dynamics, and a low centre of gravity layout provide razor-sharp handling. Designed with the racer in mind, the CAT PB also boasts intuitive access and simplified assembly features, making routine maintenance quicker and easier than ever, so you spend less time wrenching and more time winning. The CAT PB comes wrapped in an aggressive, aerodynamic shell from JConcepts and is offered as either a MOD Spec or DIRT Spec kit.

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August 28, 2025

Ronnefalk TQs opening qualifier at eBuggy Worlds

Xray’s David Ronnefalk has TQ’d the opening round of qualifying at the inaugural IFMAR 1:8 Electric Offroad World Championship in Portugal. Winner of his fourth European 1:8 Nitro Buggy Championships title at the Barcelos track earlier this month, the Swede took the first of the six qualifiers from the similar car of Michal Orlowski, the Schumacher team driver only half a second off at the end of their respective 5-minute qualifying efforts. Having been missing from the radar over the previous 2-days of practice, qualifying would see Davide Ongaro turn up with a Top 3 run ahead of Top Seed Elliott Boots, the Sworkz driver having a late issue with traffic on his run. Boots’ team-mate Juan Carlos Canas opened his account with the fifth fastest time with Dakotah Phend continuing to be the top non-European as he steered his Xray to P6 ahead of Infinity’s young Japanese protege Kouki Kato.

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August 28, 2025

MonTech M-4 1:10 Touring Car Body

Mon-tech Racing has introduced its latest body shell for the 1:10 Electric Touring Car category, the brand-new M-4. Inspired by the sleek and aggressive lines of next-generation cars, the M-4 is based on the iconic German automotive brand. After months of development and testing throughout the summer, Mon-tech say ‘the M-4 has proven to be outstanding on the track’ with ’extremely precise handling’, especially high-performing in the Stock category, where it ranks among the best in top speed.  EFRA compliant with official homologation pending, the M-4 is available in two versions, the Standard weigh approximately 85 grams while the La Leggera comes in between 50–55 grams. The body kit includes body shell, headlight and grille stickers, window masks, and screws for mounting the rear wing. Like all Mon-tech products, the M-4 is entirely designed, developed, and manufactured in-house in Italy using top-quality polycarbonate.
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August 27, 2025

Boots is eBuggy World Championship Top Seed

Sworkz’s Elliott Boots is the Top Seed at the first ever IFMAR 1:8 Offroad World Championship, the British driver set to carry the No.1 sticker on his buggy in the top heat as qualifying gets underway in Portugal tomorrow. The former Nitro Buggy Worlds Top Qualifier claimed the Top Seeding ahead of Michal Orlowski after he bettered the Schumacher team driver’s first round time by 6/10ths of a second. Fresh from winning the European Championship title in 1:10 Electric Touring Car for the very first time over the weekend, Orlowski couldn’t better his opening time ending up fifth fastest for the second round. Behind Boots it would be the Xray of David Ronnefalk who set the second fastest time to end seeding in P3 ahead of team-mate Dakotah Phend. Completing the Top 3 times for CP2, Team Associated’s Marcus Kaerup completed Day 2 of the championship in P5 ahead of the Sworkz of Juan Carlos Canas. Reigning back to back Nitro Buggy World Champion & back to back European eBuggy Champion Davide Ongaro ends practice seeding P8 behind Mayako’s Pekko Iivonen.

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August 27, 2025

RUDDOG AC/DC Chargers

RUDDOG has introduced two new compact AC/DC chargers for your LiPo packs. The RC216AC has up to 16 A per channel (up from 15 A on the RC215AC) for faster turnarounds while the RC120AC is a compact single-channel charger that delivers up to 20 A and 600 W on DC input. Both feature an integrated AC power supply that lets you plug straight into the wall without extra bricks or cables. They also have a crisp colour display with simple menu navigation makes setup quick, and a 65 W USB-C port keeps phones, radios, or action cams topped up. The RC216AC has a built-in Qi pad can top up your phone or radio alongside a 65 W USB-C port.

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August 27, 2025

Orlowski tops first seeding round at eBuggy Worlds

Michal Orlowski has topped the opening round of seeding practice at the inaugural eBuggy World Championship, the Schumacher driver fastest from the similar car of Xray’s Dakotah Phend. Over the first of the two 10-minute seeding rounds, the Polish driver improved on his P6 Free Practice pace by half a second with Phend just 0.15 of a second off over his best 3-consecutive laps of the Barcelos track. Sworkz’s Juan Carlos Canas would complete the Top 3 ahead of David Ronnefalk with Mayako’s Pekko Iivonen backing up his strong final free practice run to set the 5th fastest time. Having topped free practice, Marcus Kaerup would open seeding with a P6, the Team Associated driver unable to match his FP7 pace and putting the 0.8 of a second lost down to not driving as well.

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August 27, 2025

Kaerup goes fastest in final practice

Team Associated’s Marcus Kaerup has wrapped up practice at the 1:8 Electric Offroad World Championship, the Dane laying down the fastest 3-consecutive laps of the Barcelos track in Portugal in the 7th & final free practice. Ending Day 1 of practice fourth fastest, in this morning’s two final free practice runs Kaerup bettered that time ending up 1-second faster with his FP7 time. Behind it was Schumacher’s Daniel Kobbevik who set the second fastest time just ahead of another of the morning’s big improvers Pekko Iivonen for an all Scandinavian Top 3. Setting the pace yesterday, Dakotah Phend would not improve on his FP4 time but the Xray driver still ends free practice in P4 with the that time ahead of Polish duo Bartek Zalewski and Michal Orlowski.

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