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June 18, 2025

1:8 GT | Onroad Worlds announce Energy as official fuel

Italian fuel manufacturer Energy has been announced as the official fuel for both the IFMAR 1:8 GT and 1:8 Onroad World Championships later this year. Both events take place at the same track in Chile, the very impressive Club de Aeromodelos de Chile (CACH) facility, with the GT title the first to be decided when it runs from September 14-20th. The fourth running of the GT Nitro Worlds, Hong Nor’s Toni Gruber will be aiming to defend the title he won two years ago in Australia. IFMAR original and longest running World Championship, the 1:8 Onroad title will be decide between Nov 27 – Dec 7. Last held in Japan where Infinity’s Dario Balestri took the win, the Italian will be chasing a third World title at the 24th running of the championship near Santiago.

Source: IFMAR Worlds Chile 2025 [ifmarworlds2025.com]

June 18, 2025

VP-Pro extends RS-940 Front Bumper range

Following the introduction of its RS-940 Front Bumper for Mugen Seiki and Team Associated 1:8 Buggies, VP-Pro has expanded the range to offer to cover more manufacturers. Now they are producing the bumper to fit the Tekno NB48 2.2, Xray XB8, the new Hong Nor X5B, the HB819 and the Agama N1. Made from high-quality material for durability, the bumper is specially designed to protect your buggies front end and chassis in the event of knocks and crashes, and minimise contact with the track on jump landings. It is shipped with 2 pieces per bag.

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June 17, 2025

Kaerup doubles at NXC Grand Prix

Team Associated rising talent Marcus Kaerup had a successful weekend in his home country with a double win at the NXC Grand Prix. Hosted by Hillerød RC Racing at their track north of the Danish capital Copenhagen, the event has double in size since 2021 with this year’s edition attracting a record 188 entries drivers from Sweden, Norway, Germany, Iceland, England, and Denmark. As the defending Champion Kaerup secured the TQ after topping 3 of the 4 nitro qualifiers with Xray’s Hampus Berg second having topped Q4. Hampus would book his position directly into the 45-minute after winning Superpole. The Mugen Seiki of Pelle Culmsee line up 3rd having win his Semi final while winning the other Semi 15-year-old Oscar Berg’s Xray started P4. Kaerup carried his form into the final but was kept honest by Culmsee, the separation at the finish 8-seconds. Having dropped down the order early on Berg set the fastest lap of the race as the Swede recovered to complete the podium. In eBuggy Kaerup also took the TQ and win with Berg second and Culmsee third.

Image: Marcus Kaerup [Facebook]

June 17, 2025

Team Bomber HQ lightweight clamp hub

1:12 specialists Team Bomber from Japan has released this new HQ lightweight clamp hub for its AK12 series chassis. Designed to lighten the drive system and improve the rotation accuracy directly linked to driving performance, they are made from high-strength, high-quality 7075 aluminium material. The design uses waste-free materials and is approximately 30% lighter (about 3g → 2g) compared to standard products. Additionally, they use a counterweight shape that optimises rotational balance, making for a smooth high precision rotation. This makes the cars’s movement a whole lot sharper and reduces traction loss during cornering. This provides a solid advantage, especially for stock class users looking to harness limited power. Also, the bis in the clamp section, which contributes to the lighter weight, was changed from the traditional M2.5 to the M2 bis. For concerns about torque shortage due to small diameter, adopting a high-strength specialised steel plated small head cap bisque ensures reliable tightening torque, and you don’t have to worry about loosening.

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June 16, 2025

Wins for Hall & Holdsworth – BRCA Nationals Round 3

Round 3 of the BRCA British 1:10 Offroad Nationals took place at Southport over the weekend where Tommy Hall and Josh Holdsworth took the wins. 2WD qualifying would see Team Associated’s reigning Champion Hall secure the TQ honours ahead of Schumacher’s Ben Smith, Xray’s Lee Martin and Associated’s Neil Cragg. In the finals Hall won the opening two encounters from Smith for his second win of the season with Martin completing the podium. In Sunday’s 4WD action, it was again Hall who secured the TQ but the defending champion, who opened his 2025 campaign with a win at Round 1 at Herts, wouldn’t complete the weekend double in the finals on the B74.2’s final outing. Qualify P2 it would be Cragg who took A1 after Hall rolled out of the lead. A2 would see P3 qualifier Smith win from Josh Holdsworth as Hall again struggled and finished down in P8. It was all to play for in A3 with Josh Holdsworth grabbing the win from Martin and with it his first National 4WD win on tie break with Championship Round 2 winner Smith. Cragg would complete the podium. The BRCA National Championship next moves to Bury Metro on July 12/13th.

Image: Schumacher [Facebook]

June 16, 2025

RC Atomic MRX Master Alu Chassis & Motor Mount

RC Atomic has released this Aluminium Chassis plate for its MRX Master 1:28 pan car kit. The chassis itself weighs 12 grams with it possible to add 4 x 1.5 gram brass weights. The overall full car complete weight will be around 162 to 165 gram with an ABS hard body (around 30 grams). The chassis is good for 2500kv spec class in which speed and acceleration are key. The new motor mount is included for a lower motor position.

Source: RC Atomic [rcatomic.com]

June 16, 2025

Speedzone Evolution 2S Battery Packs

Speedzone has expanded its battery range with the release of three new Evolution lipo packs. The Evolution 7800mAh 140C 7.6V Mid Size HV Shorty is ideal for 1:8 use offering plenty of runtime measuring 113x47x25.1mm and weighing 263 grams. The Evolution 4600mAh 140C 7.4V 2S ULCG Shorty battery pack is great for 1:10 Modified Touring Car and Buggy and weighing 170 grams measures 95x47x18.5mm. The third of the packs is the Evolution 5000mAh 150C 2S 7.4V ULCG Ultra-Thin Lipo. Just 17.5mm in height and with excellent low resistance and high average voltage, it is ideal for 1:10 onroad spec classes. Each of the packs features 5mm inboard connectors.

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June 16, 2025

T-Works MBX8R Graphite Rear Hub Link ±1.5mm

New from aftermarket parts & accessories producer T-Works are these +1.5mm Carbon Fibre rear hub links for the Mugen Seiki MBX8R 1:8 Buggy. Machined from quality carbon fibre, the links feature a wider range of mounting options than the original kit links. With two rows of mounting holes that are 1.5 mm up or down from the original hole locations this allows for greater fine tuning of the buggy’s rear roll centre set-up.