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January 30, 2025

Donnelly joins Team EAM

Australian Offroad Champion Lachlan Donnelly has joined Team EAM for the 2025 season as the US brand further expands its global team of drivers. A World Championship year for the 1:10 Offroad category, the 20-year-old long time Team Associated driver will use Team EAM batteries as part of his race program the highlight of which will see him compete for the sport’s biggest prize in his home city of Sydney when it hosts the IFMAR Worlds at the end of September into October. Winner of the Australian 4WD National title ahead of US visitor & 2 time World Champion Spencer Rivkin at the Hills Off Road RC track in October, on his new deal with Team EAM Donnelly said, “I am super excited and thankful for the opportunity to join EAM for the 2025 season and use their race batteries! I look forward to what’s to come with the Team and seeing the brand succeed globally and in Australia!”

Source: Team EAM [teameamotorsports.com]

January 29, 2025

Xray confirms Champions return for MIBO International

Xray has confirmed that two of its MIBO International Champions will return to the third annual running of the Czech indoor onroad/offroad race early next month. Inaugural Pro-Stock Champion Adam Izsay returns and the recent GP3F winner will not only look to retake the Pro-Stock title Xray has won at the previous two editions but he will also step up to compete in the Modified class against the likes of Schumacher’s reigning Champion Michal Orlowski and the Mugen Seiki of inaugural Champion Ronald Volker. In Offroad, defending 4WD Champion Bartek Zalewski, who really made a name for himself at last year’s MIBO International, heads the Slovakian manufacturer’s quest for a third consecutive 4WD title on the offroad track. Bruno Coelho was the winner at the first running of the event that is organised by former top international Czech touring car racer Michal Bok and his well known RC company Mibosport. A sell-out event, the 2025 MIBO International will be very much a family affair for Xray with company founder Juraj Hudy one of 5 of the Hudy family’s three generations who will be racing at the Sport V Hotel based event on February 7-9th.

Source: MIBO [mibosport.com]

January 27, 2025

Team EAM batteries for Kaerup

Having switched electronics sponsor for the 2025 season with the announcement last week he has joined Hobbywing, leading Offroad talent Marcus Kaerup will also have a new battery sponsor in Team EAM. The 17-year-old Dane joins fellow Scandinavian offroad racer Daniel Kobbevik in bolstering the US brands presence in the offroad scene, the Eric Anderson owned company better known for their onroad racing exploits. With 2025 a World Championship year for 1:10 Offroad, it will also see the inaugural running of the 1:8 Electric Buggy World Championships, with Kaerup, already a 1:10 and 1:8 Offroad World Finalist, expected to be a title contender at both for Team Associated.

Source: Team EAM [teameamotorsports.com]

January 26, 2025

Philippine Masters ’25 – Announcement

It has become a bucket list race in the 1:8 Offroad racing scene and the organisers have today announced that registration for the 2025 edition of Philippine Masters is open with just 200 entries up for grabs. Scheduled for April 30-May 4th, the 13th running of the Philippine Masters will see racing for 1:8 Nitro Buggy, 1:8 eBuggy and 1:8 Nitro Truggy (click here to register). A race that was started by local Philippine racers with no ambitions for it to become a major event on the international racing calendar, the Philippine Masters has grown into becoming Asia’s biggest annual 1:8 Offroad race meeting. The success of the race, which takes place in the capital city of Manila, has lead to the continent getting its own high profile championship with Race Director Scotty Ernst creating the Asian Buggy Championships of which PM25 is the second stop of four races that make up the championship’s third season. The Philippine Masters is one of Red RC’s favourite annual events to attend and report on as it combines both top level racing and a social atmosphere around the racing that lives up to the host country’s tagline ‘It’s More Fun in the Philippines’.

Source: Asian Buggy Championships [Facebook]

January 24, 2025

Sparko adds US talent Wilson to team line-up

Surprising many with the news earlier this week of his departure from long time chassis sponsor Team Associated, young US Offroad talent Jonah Wilson has been announced as the latest driver addition at Sparko. Having already announced American Cole Odgen and French teenage offroad talent Noha Ben Mohamed will run the Taiwanese manufacturers 1:8 Offroad platforms in 2025, the 18-year-old further bolsters the brand which only arrived on the racing scene in mid 2023 with the release of the F8. The 2023 ROAR National Junior Champion, Wilson’s 2024 season included a number of high profile race eBuggy TQs and wins as well as a Nitro Buggy A-Main start at Silver State and Nitro Truggy A-Main at the ROAR Nationals. On his new chassis sponsor the Tennessee driver said, ‘I am very excited to be a part of the Sparko team! Helping to develop and promote the brand is something I look forward to. I hope to also bring value in helping others and of course get some solid results on track! I can’t wait to get to the races and work with everyone!’

Source: Sparko Racing [Facebook]

January 24, 2025

Hobbywing sign offroad star Kaerup

Hobbywing has announced that highly rated offroad star Marcus Kaerup has joined its International team. The 17-year-old Dane who drives for Team Associated makes the move from Reedy to Hobbywing electronics for a similar package to team-mate & reigning 4WD World Champion Davide Ongaro who will try to defend that title later this year in Australia. Winning his first European Championship title at just 14-years of age in 2022 in 4WD and then adding the 2WD title one year later, Kaerup made his World Championship debut in Arizona in 2023, putting both his 2WD and 4WD buggies in the A-Main on his first attempt on the World’s biggest stage. On the announced Kaerup said, ‘I’m super excited for this opportunity. I’m sure we’ll have success ahead of us. Thanks to Hobbywing for giving me this massive opportunity toward my RC career. I can’t wait to hit the track and represent the company and brand.’

Source: Hobbywing [hobbywing.com]

January 23, 2025

Polito back with Gimar Engines

After a season away from the brand, Gimar Engines has announce that top Italian 1:8 Offroad racer Mattia Polito has returned to the Italian engine tuner to power his program with Sworkz. Having used O.S. Engines in 2024, securing the TQ and an impressive 2nd place at the SIGP in Xiamen, China, in December after a great battle with World Champion Davide Ongaro. Opening his 2025 season with the 1:8 Nitro Buggy victory at the annual ‘OneRace OneMan’ race at the IBR Padova indoor facility in Italy, Polito now returns to working with Giovanni Crea for his engine needs with the Gimar owner stating, ‘After a year of stop, here we are together again stronger than before, ready to face new experiences and new races together. Welcome back Mattia.’

Source: Gimar [rcgimar.com]

January 22, 2025

Teghesi joins Gimar Engines

Former Italian 1:8 Buggy National Champion Fabrizio Teghesi’s 2025 racing season will be powered by Italian engine tuner Gimar. In a deal that came about through featuring one of the engines from the Giovanni Crea owned brand on his YouTube channel, on the announcement of the new partnership the HB Racing driver from Florence said, ‘I am really excited to join the Gimar Factory team! I had the opportunity to test their engine last year on various occasions thanks to the project “a different engine for every race” that I featured on my channel in 2024, and I was really impressed, so much so that I decided to run my international season with these engines! I do not deny that the choice of the brand was also made with the perspective of the content I will be able to create thanks to this company, which has been nothing short of volcanic lately… They have many exciting new developments in the pipeline that I can’t wait to present in my YouTube videos!’

Source: Gimar [rcgimar.com]