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July 30, 2025

Bayer takes first EFRA 2WD European title

An emotional Martin Bayer is the new EFRA 1:10 2WD Buggy European Champion, the Xray driver taking the title at the Hudy Arena indoor dirt track in Slovakia 12-years after he held the 4WD European title. With the race coming down to A3, it was Bayer’s team-mate David Ronnefalk who finished second with Team Associated’s Joona Haatanen completing the podium. In qualifying four different drivers produced TQ runs, the first coming from Bayer with a second TQ run in Q5 declaring him the Top Qualifier. Fastest in Q3, Schumacher’s defending Champion Michal Orlowski would start second ahead of former Champions Ronnefalk, who took Q2, and Sworkz’s Joern Neumann who set the pace in round 4 of qualifying. In A1, the Top 3 ran in close order for the first 3-minutes until a mistake from Orlowski that dropped him into a battle with Team Associated’s Joona Haatanen but contact put them both out of the hunt for the win. Coming under pressure from Ronnefalk, Bayer was driving defensive and with just over half a minute to go the Swede made a pass for the lead and made it stick. In A2 we would see Orlowski’s title defence end just after the 1-minute mark with a mistake coming onto the back straight. With Ronnefalk promoted to second he chased down Bayer but the Czech driver held on for the win while Team Associated’s Joona Haatanen completed the Top 3. With A3 an Xray shootout, Ronnefalk didn’t take long to get passed Orlowski setting things up for a great race but then a series of mistakes dropped him out of contention allowing Bayer to take the win ahead of team-mate Bartek Zalewski, the Polish driver finishing fourth overall.

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July 30, 2025

SuperRad SR-40 Losi Nascar 1:12 Stock Car Body

New from US competition bodyshell manufacturer SuperRad comes this SR-40 1:12 Stock Car Body designed for the Losi NASCAR series of RTR cars. The Old School Stock Car body, is available in regular thickness lexan which is comparable weight to Losi bodies, and ‘Lite’ option for those lookingto save weigh. Each clear body includes a spoiler, and mounting screws, decal sheet, and window masks.

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July 30, 2025

Rossing Designs Horizontal Body Mounting System (HBS)

Texas based Rossing Design has extended its range of Horizontal Body Mounting System (HBS). Since its launch, several new electric touring cars have been released, as well as option parts to allow popular models, to mount bodies horizontally. This has allowed Rossing Designs to create versions of its HBS for Schumacher’s Mi9 and Team Associated’s TC8. The HBS is designed to screw in with your wing mounting screws, to mount your body from horizontal body posts, and is an anti-tuck device. This works with bodies like: Twister, Wolverine, Super Mafia bodies and is available for Awesomatix, Xray, RC Maker, Schumacher, and Team Associated. Made out of a proprietary plastic that is extremely flexible and durable, it allows the device to be used on many bodies, and is not designed as a single use item.

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July 30, 2025

VP-Pro 1:8 Buggy/Truggy Wing

VP-Pro has introduced a new injection molded 1:8 offroad rear wing to its range. Made of high-quality material, making it lightweight yet durable, the new WN-015 wing is designed to generate higher cornering speeds while maintain stability. The side-dams are recessed for decal placement and increased rigidness. Released in black colour more colour options will be offered shortly including white, green, orange, purple, and yellow. Each wing comes with VP-Pro sticker included.

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July 30, 2025

1up Racing TC8 Bumper Brace | UltraLite Body Support

Adding to its line of optionals for the Team Associated TC8, 1up Racing has released a Front Bumper Brace and UltraLite Front Body Support for the 1:10 Electric Touring Car. Made in the USA from carbon fibre, the Front Bumper Brace & Body Mount Plate adds both form and function to the TC8. It also adds a second set of body mount locations, spaced further apart to move your posts away from pesky hood ribs or to better suit the shape of your body. Matching the style of the 1up Racing Rear Vertical Plate, the front version features the same dual-level design. This plate accepts the original body posts included in the TC8 kit. The Front Body Support braces the hood area of your super light weight bodies to keep the structural integrity intact for consistent aero and downforce at high speeds. The design of the 1up Body Support features racy, goose-neck wing inspired styling while having minimal influence on chassis flex. It’s easy to install with just two screws into the front bulkhead, on top of the upper bumper plate. Then, install the included lightweight M2.5 Pro Duty Titanium Screw and set the height to just touch the underside of the hood when the body is at correct race-ready height.

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July 29, 2025

Ongaro adds 10th consecutive Italian National Title

He’s already got some very impressive accolades to credit but over the weekend Davide Ongaro added to his CV with a 10th consecutive AMSCI Italian 1:8 Buggy National Championship title win. The Team Associated driver secured the title at the third stop of the four round championship which was hosted by La Loggia RC Track near Turin. In qualifying the World Champion secured the TQ ahead of Sworkz’s Mattia Polito and Kyosho pairing Riccardo Berton and Marco Baruffolo. Starting this 45-minute on pole ahead of Berton having won his Semi Final, Ongaro took the win ahead of Polito with Berton completing the podium. One interesting visitor at the Italian Championship encounter was Ongaro’s AE team-mate & FEMCA Championship podium finisher Hyunkyu Jung from South Korea who would finish 8th in the 13th car final.

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July 29, 2025

Wood wins BRCA Nationals Round 5 at Wombwell

Shepherd’s Tim Wood has won the fifth round of the BRCA 1:8 Onroad British National Championship at Wombwell, ending defending Champion Alex Thurston’s recent run of wins. Winner of the season opener at the Brooklands track back in April, Wood would take his second win of the season by almost a lap over Top Qualifier Thurston after the Mugen Seiki driver had problems in the pits that led to a crash while he was leading. At the start of the half hour encounter, it was third place qualifier Andy Hasting who set about chasing down Thurston after he got the jump on a slow starting Wood but the former Champion would find his way back into second. Unfortunately for Hasting he wouldn’t see the finish as he hit problems that forced hm to retire allowing Shepherd team-mate Karl Dransfield to complete the podium. In 1:8 Electric, Serpent’s Mark Green took the TQ and win ahead of Michael Walton and Mark Boothman. Next up for the British Championship contenders is the EFRA European Championship with the UK’s famous Halifax track hosting the Euros from August 11-16th.

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July 29, 2025

Hebert opening new permanent track in Quebec City

A stalwart of onroad racing in North America, Canada’s most famous onroad racer Keven Hebert has announced he is opening a new permanent track near his home city of Quebec. In unveiling the Total-RC Arena indoor facility, Hebert, who is Xray’s leading onroad team driver in North American explained, ‘This project kicked off about 9 months ago, and it’s finally becoming a reality today! I’m beyond excited to announce to the RC community that we will soon have a permanent indoor on-road track near Quebec City! The entire building, located in Saint-Frederic, QC, will be transformed into the new Total-RC Arena this October! My partners and I are still in the early stages, but we’ll be sharing more details in the coming weeks. We’re working tirelessly to create an incredible, state-of-the-art facility for on-road RC enthusiasts in the area, and we plan to collaborate with CTSR to help grow and elevate our amazing hobby’. Well done to Keven and his team for bringing this project to reality and Red RC look forward to reporting on the first race from Total-RC Arena.

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