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October 21, 2025

Tamiya Group C Series Round 1 – Report

Round one of the Tamiya Group C Series took place last weekend on the beautiful Vallelunga track, 40km north of Rome, Italy. Former European B Champion Riccardo Acciari took the win ahead of newly crowned 235mm National Champion Alessandro Manciocchi, with Massimo Cardelli rounding up the podium. The drivers have been graced by two days of wonderful weather, which made for a pretty big attendance on Saturday as well. The debut for this championship, the race unfolded flawlessly despite some last-minute withdrawals due to the seasonal flu outbreak in Rome which caused the number of heats to decrease and the time table to shift slightly. The race format – with one seeding practice, four 5-minute qualifiers in parc fermee regime and three 10-minute finals – proved challenging and guaranteed plenty of track time for each driver. After seeding, Riccardo Acciari would be top of the list, followed very closely by Massimo Cardelli (3/100ths over three laps) and Alessandro Manciocchi. Qualifying wouldn’t be much different, with Riccardo putting together the best five laps in the first three rounds wrapping the overall TQ in front of Alessandro, with Massimo in third. Alessandro Bagagli and Emiliano Bartolini (both winners of national titles in various classes) wrapped up the top five.

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October 21, 2025

Yokomo MS2.0 Aluminum Chassis Touring Car Kit

Following the launch of their latest 1:10 Electric Touring Car. the MS2.0, in August, Yokomo has announced an Aluminium Chassis kit, aluminium chassis specification perfect for the indoor season which is just beginning. Its low centre of gravity makes it easier to handle high-grip surfaces such as carpet, but also is appropriate for medium to high grip asphalt enabling higher cornering speeds. The 1.5 mm thick aluminium main chassis lowers the centre of gravity and weight vs 2.0mm designs, while allowing more chassis flex providing more traction and a wider setup window. Screw fastening from the underside has traditionally been challenging with thin chassis, but the MS2.0 uses dedicated high-precision screws for precise machine building.

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October 21, 2025

Mikimodel Yokomo Sliding Body Stopper

Italian Yokomo distributor Mikimodel has released this new Sliding Body Stopper that is suitable for all Yokomo touring car models on the market. It is designed to give fforward and backward adjustable of the stoppers position, and the height can also be adjusted with a simple screw.

Source: Mikimodel [mikimodel.net]

October 20, 2025

Champlin crowned double INS15 Champion with Finals clean sweep

Newly crowned 1:10 2WD Buggy World Champion Broc Champlin is the double Champion of the JConcept INS15, the Schumacher driver capping off the popular 1:10 Offroad series with a clean sweep at the season Final held at Hoosier RC Hobbyplex in Indiana over the weekend. While Champlin had already secured the 2WD title ahead of the fifth & final stop on the calendar, he was looking to replace his P5 from Round 1 of the series held at at Trackside Hobbies in Wisconsin. In 2WD qualifying it was Team Associated’s Davey Batta who took the opening round but the World Championship podium finisher who end up P2 on the grid as Champlin topped Q2 & 3. Xray’s Chase Lemieux and Dakotah Phend completed the Top 4. In 4WD it was again Champlin who secured the TQ over Batta with Brennan Schimmel third ahead of Aydin Horne. In the triple finals, Champlin would wrap up both victories as he went two from two in A2. Winning A3 of 2WD, Batta secured second as Phend completed the podium while in 4WD Phend took 2nd despite Horne winning A3, the Team Associated driver completed the podium.

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October 20, 2025

Zero Tribe ARES1 & TYPE A Ultra Light GT Touring Bodies

Japanese tuning parts brand Zero Tribe has announced two limited edition 1:10 GT Touring body shell runs in collaboration with Italy’s Bittydesign and US company Exotek Racing. The Type-A ULT (Ultra-Lightweight Version) body is the second instalment of the Zero Tribe & Exotek collaboration which won last year’s RC Super GT Championship and is a long-awaited lightweight version for users competing not only in GT categories, like the RC Super GT Championship, but also in open-body races. The ULT Version is approximately 20-grams lighter than the previous model, providing more agile handling and an advantage on circuit and in races. The Bittydesign ARES1 get the Ultra Lightweight treatment further enhancing its low profile and excellent driving characteristics which are designed to match today’s low centre of gravity touring car chassis. The ARES-1 delivers ultimate performance for the 1:10 GT 190mm class with a body weight (including painted and attached wing) of approximately 70-grams.

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October 20, 2025

T-Works MP11 CF Center Gearbox Plate

New from T-Works for the Kyosho MP11 1:8 buggy which was released in July comes this carbon fibre Center Gearbox Plate and Upper Plate. Made from high-quality carbon fibre and coming with precision flanged ball bearings, the gearbox plate is a direct replacement for the plastic kit plate and combining lightweight properties and high toughness it reduces the overall buggy weight. The Upper Plate reduces vehicle weight burden and enhances handling flexibility and requires no additional modifications for mounting.

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October 20, 2025

PowerStar Sleeve Extractor Tool

Powerstar has introduced this new Sleeve Extractor Tool with three option available to cover both 1:8 and 1:10 engines. Designed to simplify the removal of nitro engine cylinders, the essential lightweight & durable tool is made from high-strength polymer. With universal compatibility, it’s secure grip prevents damage to engine components. For 1:8 Offroad engines there is 16.2mm diameter version, with the 16mm version intended for 1:8 onroad engines. For 1:10 the Sleeve Extractor has a 13.6mm diameter.

Source: PowerStar [powerstar-racing.com]

October 19, 2025

Isaacs does the double at Montech NYGP

Having won 1:12 Modified, Awesomatix’s Sam Isaacs has gone on to complete the double at the 7th edition of the Montech NYGP by also winning Mod Touring Car at 360v2 in New Rochelle today. Securing the TQ for the Speedzone Modified Touring Car class ahead of team-mates Kemp Anderson and first time NYGP visitor Lucas Urbain, the previous two time winner was the class of the field setting the fastest lap of the single 5-minute A-Main to win by just of 2-seconds from Anderson. A further 1.3-seconds back Lucas Urbain made it another podium lock out for Awesomatix. With Xray taking the win last year thanks to Keven Hebert, it was NYGP debutant Jan Ratheisky armed with the all new X4’26 who led their challenge this year finishing P4. Also racing in the Jaco 21.5 Super Stock Touring class, the German would go one better finishing third, Craig Xavier’s Awesomatix taking the TQ & win ahead of the last year’s winner Eric Anderson.

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