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July 19, 2025

Bernadzik delivers on speed to take Q4 in Brisbane

Having been super quick throughout the first two days of action at the Australian round of the Asian Buggy Championships, Team Associated’s Alex Bernadzik finally delivered a TQ run when he took the penultimate round of nitro buggy qualifying at Pine Hills Dirt Racing track. Opening Day 3 of the event with a third TQ run in eBuggy, last year’s event Top Qualifier finally put together the run we were waiting for, setting a new fastest time as he ended up almost 5-second faster than the Sparko of Q3 winner Tyler Jones. Taking the opening two rounds on Thursday, Infinity’s Kouki Kato completed the Top 3, and with the just fifth & final quali to go it will be a three way battle for the overall TQ between Kato, Jones and Bernadzik – drivers’ best two to count. Getting a fourth for the round was Mayako’s Pekko Iivonen, the Top Seed now no longer in contention to be the Top Qualifier in Brisbane. Leading the Sworkz challenge this weekend, it was another solid nitro effort from Atsushi Hara, the former World Champion & Philippine Masters podium finisher, completing the Top 5 for his best run so far having got his first Top 6 yesterday.

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July 18, 2025

Infinity IF14 Speciale 1:10 Electric Touring Car

After months of anticipation Infinity has released its brand new Electric Touring Car challenger, the IF14 Speciale. Since the key signing of 3-time reigning ISTC World Champion Bruno Coelho at the beginning of 2025, the multiple Nitro Onroad World Champion manufacturer has been busy working on the development of a new electric touring car with which it aims to re-establish the brand in the electric category. On releasing the new car and its ‘Speciale’ naming, Infinity explained, ‘Spec1ale comes from a great story and a unique moment in RC history, where it brings together a World Champion brand owner, a World Champion touring car designer, and a World Champion driver on the same project to make a brand-new adventure happen: the IF14 Spec1ale.’ On it thought process behind developing the new car they say, ‘To create a unique car, we worked deeply to eliminate common weaknesses found in the market. Designing a lighter platform for better weight distribution, making it easier to work on with smart mechanical engineer simplifications, and addressing every setup change possibilities to maximise overall performance, these were the key points of the project and the core focus behind the IF14 Spec1ale.’

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July 18, 2025

Team Powers Lipo Safety Warmer Bag

New from Team Powers is this Lipo Safety Warmer Bag. Protecting against fire hazards while charging batteries, it can also warm batteries to optimal temperature for peak performance. Supporting 2S–3S (7.4V–12V) battery input and with realtime Temperature Display, you can select temperatures of 45°C, 55°C, 65°C, 75°C, or 80°C. The timer allows you to pre-set 30, 60, or 90 minutes. The Warmer Bag can also be used to preheat rubber tyres to boost on-track grip.

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July 18, 2025

T-Works RC10 B84 Rear Chassis Skid Protector

Adding to its range of skid plates, T-Works has introduced an option for use on the new Team Associated RC10 B84/B84D 1:10 4WD Buggy chassis. Made from stainless steel, the rear plate, which comes supplied as two plates, is designed to provide protection for the buggy’s chassis against scratches which are part of the wear & tear that comes with racing offroad.

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July 18, 2025

Jones TQs third qualifier at Asian Buggy Championships

With intermittent rain throughout the day interrupting the second official day of action at the Cayote backed Asian Buggy Championships in Australia, when Round 3 of qualifying finally concluded it was the Sparko of Tyler Jones who came out fastest. The American took the day’s only round, two originally on the schedule, ahead of last year’s Top Qualifier Alex Bernadzik by 0.273 of a second. Struggling with traffic throughout his run, Top Seed Pekko Iivonen took his Mayako to the third fastest time ahead of yesterday’s Q1 & 2 pace setter Kouki Kato – a 3-second mistake in the middle of the run denying the Infinity driver from three in a row at the Pine Hills Dirt Racing track. The big winner at last year’s Australian round of the Scotty Ernst promoted championship, Tekno’s Caleb Noble claimed a P5 with Atsushi Hara completing the Top 6. With rain affecting the running of the top heat of eBuggy, a rerun at the end of the day saw Bernadzik go one better than nitro to take his second TQ run of the event with Kato and Hara competing the Top 3.

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July 17, 2025

Xray X8 Centre Dampener Set

Xray has released this optional oil-filled centre dampener set for the front suspension on their X8 1:8 Onroad Pancar. The centre dampener set improves front damping and allows adjustment with different oil hardness. The dampener body is CNC-machined from lightweight high-grade Swiss 7075 T6.

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July 17, 2025

LRP X10 Outlaw Brushless Motor Series

LRP has released a new X10 Outlaw Brushless Motor Series. The new X10 Outlaw Brushless Motor Series combines Stock-class power with Modified-level efficiency and precision and is called ‘Outlaw’ because it follows the idea of Stock-class control – but not the rulebook. Traditional Stock motors rely on power-limiting rotors. While this limits performance as intended, it also causes high motor temperatures and reduced efficiency. The new X10 Outlaw Series takes a different approach, instead of restricting power through rotor strength, it uses the high-efficiency X22 Modified magnet. This results in improved efficiency, lower operating temperature – and a Stock-class feel with significantly better consistency. Each motor features 30° fixed timing and LRP’s exclusive Preci-Sensor System from the X22 Modified Series. This ensures precise timing and equal performance across all units – ideal for hobby racers, club racing, and controlled handout formats. The internal architecture of the full rebuildable motor includes a competition-grade stator stack made from the highest-grade materials for optimised current flow. Combined with High-Power Precision Winding, the motor offers strong performance, increased consistency and long run-time stability.

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July 17, 2025

Kato again in Q2 as Iivonen throws it away under the lights at Pine Hills

Racing under the flood lights at the Pine Hills track in Brisbane, Infinity’s Kouki Kato made it two from two in qualifying at the third round of the Asian Buggy Championships. Again it was a last lap mistake that promoted Kato to the top of the timing screens, this time top seed Pekko Iivonen with the costly error. With driver errors the talking point of qualifying so far, Iivonen dropped two & a half seconds as a result of his mistake allowing Kato to back up Q1 with another TQ run by 1.358-seconds over the Finn’s Mayako. Racing under flood lights in order to get a second round of qualifying in the books as the forecast is giving rain for the morning, Jackson Beale would complete the Top 3 for Tekno. After an error in Q1 that left him P10, a clean run in Q2 allowed the 19-year-old to back up his strong showing in seeding. After a P2 in the first round, last year’s race winner Caleb Noble had two bad laps and ended up P5 behind Pine Hill Club President Zac Ryan. Opening with a P3, Jayden Edmunds again had traffic issues but this time it lead to a costly error and he ended the day with a P6. Opening the second round of qualifying with a TQ run in eBuggy ahead of Iivonen and Tyler Jones, Team Associated’s Alex Bernadzik couldn’t repeat in Nitro ending up 7th.

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