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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.

Image: BRCA 1:8 Section

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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July 29, 2025

RSRC Forged Carbon Fibre Setup Boards

RSRC, the brand of multiple European 1:8 Buggy Champion and factory Kyosho driver Reno Savoya, has released a line of Forged Carbon Fibre Setup Boards in 4 different colour ways. Made from high quality 3mm carbon fibre and suitable for both 1:10 and 1:8 cars, the forged carbon is offered in standard, red, blue or green options. Each set-up board is finished with unique RSRC engraving.

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July 29, 2025

RaceOpt FFV4 Rear Suspension Conversion Kit

RaceOpt has produced this limited edition Rear Suspension Conversion Kit for its MTS FFv4 FWD 1:10 Electric Touring Car which it released earlier this year. The Hong Kong company’s latest conversion kit features Independent dual rear suspension arms with integrated shock absorbers for enhanced handling. It also allows easy camber adjustment by raising or lowering the rear suspension arms and two additional wheelbase mounting options for fine-tuned setup flexibility. There is an optional rear arm roll bar support that is fully compatible with the FFV4 chassis.

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July 28, 2025

Fuller takes big win at Wicked Weekend

Having hit the big time as he completed a clean sweep at the 2025 Silver State Indoor Championships, Sworkz’s Mason Fuller backed that up with the big win in Nitro Buggy at the ‘The Wicked Weekend’ in Gainesville, Georgia. The RaceTime Entertainment event attracted over 800 entries and in qualifying it was Kyosho’s young American star Phi-Long Nguyen who took the overall TQ armed with the new MP11. It was team-mate Ryan Lutz who opened the three rounds of qualifying at the top as he took Q1 but overall it would be Fuller, topping Q3, who secured P2 on the grid ahead of Team Associated’s Brandon Rose, last year’s winner Dakotah Phend, with Lutz ending up P5. In the 30-minute final it was Nguyen who led them away and was pulling clear until he hit problems as the race approached mid distance, dropping him out of contention. Taking over the lead, Fuller would get the win with a 6-second advantage over the Sparko of 6th place qualifier Johan Wilson with Xray’s Chase Lemieux completing the Top 3. While Phend and Ryan Maifield both had a rough Nitro Buggy main, in eBuggy Maifield took his Tekno to the win ahead of Phend and Top Qualifier Rose. In Truggy, Phend took his Xray to the win ahead of Rose and Jared Tebo after Top Qualifier Maifield hit trouble while out front.

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July 28, 2025

Power HD TRX-4M Mini Crawler Servos

Servo manufacturer Power HD has released two new waterproof servos intended for the Traxxas 1:18 TRX-4M Mini Crawler. TR-4M & WT35, each feature an 18cm receiver wire to ensure the servo is a direct fit in the TRX-4M crawler. While the TR-4M weighs 14-grams, the brass bodied WT35 weighs 35grams, making it a perfect balance weight servo for your crawler.

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