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July 22, 2025

Harper wins BRCA Round 4 at Colchester

Schumacher’s reigning British Electric Touring National Champion Elliott Harper added another win to his 2025 tally as he took victory at the round 4 of the Championship at Colchester. Winner of the previous two rounds at Stafford and Adur, Harper kicked off the event by locking in the TQ after topping 3 of the 5 rounds of qualifying. Fastest in Q5 Matthieu Dambrine secured P2 ahead of the Xray of Harley Eldridge. Over the triple finals Harper took the first encounter ahead of Eldridge before winning A2 ahead of Chris Grainger to wrap up the overall win. Despite winning A3, Dambrine would miss out on the podium, Eldridge the runner-up and Grainger 3rd. In the 17.5 class it was Billy Fletcher who took the TQ & win with James Hart and Ben Moorey joining him on the podium.

Image: Schumacher [Facebook]

July 22, 2025

Catanzani crowned new Italian 1:8 GT Champion

Andrea Catanzani is the new AMSCI Italian 1:8 GT National Champion, the factory Serpent driver compete a clean championship sweep with victory at the third & final round of the championship. Racing at the Miniautodromo Stradivari in Cremona, qualifying would see Catanzani secure the TQ honours with his Gimar powered SRX8 GT ahead of the Capricorn of 2023 Champion Alex D’angelo, 2024 European Champion Natanaele Senesi. Offroad racer Burak Kilic completed the Top 4 ahead of defending Champion Giaimo Rosario. It was a tough quali for newly crowned European Champion Filippo Beretta, the Genius Racing driver qualifying P9 but lining up 5th on the starting grid after winning his Semi Final. In the 45-minute final Catanzani would complete the perfect campaign winning taking win number 3 by over 2-laps from Beretta with Valente Leonardo completing the podium ahead of D’angelo. Unfortunately for Kilic, who opened the season with a podium in Sicily, would retire 1/3 the way into the race.

Image: Andrea Catanzani [Facebook]

July 21, 2025

Ielasi Tuned Pista, GranTurismo, and Corsa 1:8 Onroad Engines

Fresh from a 1-2 finish at the Euro Nitro Series in Austria for its new ‘Pista’ engine, Ielasi Tuned has announced its new line-up of 1:8 Onroad engines – the Pista, GranTurismo, and Corsa. The new engines mark the beginning of a new chapter, ending the previous series of engines called GP9-GP3-GP5. This choice has a technical reason, as the PISTA engine in particular features radical changes, as 90% of the engine is entirely made under Ielasi Tuned guidelines and designs. Unlike before, the finishing touches, especially in the piston/sleeve matching, are now completed by us with our machine and no longer by Japan’s O.S as in the past. Ielasi Tuned will over the coming days go into more detail engine by engine with all the technical specifications and differences compared to previous versions.

Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]

July 21, 2025

Nitro Caddy Bump Master Starter Box Adaptors

Under its Nitro Caddy brand, US RC retailer AbsoluteHobbyz has released the Bump Master Starter Box Adaptor. Individually available for all major brands of Buggy and Truggy, the Bump Master is engineered to install on your starter box and allows a perfect alignment to start your nitro engine. Whether you start your car once or 1000 times, the alignment will never change, and the value of this product is in giving the racer peace of mind that their car will always align perfectly for not only them but for someone else when they really need it. Mounting hardware included in package.

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July 21, 2025

Wilck joins Hobbywing

Hobbywing has announced that two time ISTC World Championship podium finisher Viktor Wilck has joined their team driver line-up. The Swede, who drives for Infinity, brings a wealth of professional knowledge and racing experience and plans to fully dedicate himself to 1:10 electric touring car competitions as Infinity rolls out its all new IF14 Speciale. On the announcement Wilck, who was previously running ORCA electronics, posted, ‘Very excited to join Hobbywing, thanks Salton and Hobbywing for this opportunity! The same time I want to thank Michael and the guys at ORCA for the last two years together!

Source: Hobbywing [hobbywing.com]

July 21, 2025

Yokomo RS1.0 with Aluminum Short-Shock Conversion

Yokomo has announced a special kit version of its entry level RS1.0 1:10 Electric Touring Car that includes a carbon damper stay and aluminium short shocks. The RookieSpeed RS1.0, known for its high driving performance, is now available with a special kit that includes a carbon damper stay and aluminium short shocks. The short shocks lower the centre of gravity, and the 3.5 mm thick graphite shock towers also lower the centre of gravity as well as improved rigidity. The coated aluminium shock cylinders operate smoothly for a more percise shock package.

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July 21, 2025

Kurzbuch wins ENS Aigen

Mugen Seiki’s Simon Kurzbuch has won the second round of the Euro Nitro Series at the Aigen track in Austria. The reigning ENS Champion dominated qualifying with his MRX7 prototype topping all four rounds to secure the TQ ahead of Round 1 winner Toni Gruber. Former ENS 1:10 Champion Teemu Leino completed the Top 3 for Infinity with the Shepherd of last year’s race winner Lars Hoppe lining up P4 for the 45-minute final. In the final, Kurzbuch would be the only one to break into the 14-second lap times as he took the win by over 12-seconds from 1:8 GT World Champion Gruber – both drivers running the new ‘Piste’ engine from Ielasi Tuned. 2-laps down, Leino took the final step on the podium ahead of his team-mate Francesco Tironi with the ARC of Silvio Hachler completing the Top 5. In 1:10 Nitro Touring Car, Poland’s Jakub Rozycki made it two from two as he took the win from the TQ spot with Quentin Leroux and Christoph Rohrmoser joining him on the podium.

Image: Ielasi Tuned [Facebook]

July 21, 2025

Martin wins 1:8 Buggy 40+ European Championship

17-years after he won the EFRA European B Championship title in France as one of the upcoming stars of offroad racing, Lee Martin has won the 1:8 Buggy 40+ European Championship title at Herts Nitro Model Club in England. The Xray driver secured the TQ at the rain effected event topping 3 of the 4 rounds of qualifying with another of England’s top international racers Neil Cragg securing P2. Winning his Semi final from France’s Jerome Sartel, Martin however would start 2nd n the final as good friend Cragg won his Semi from Graham Alsop in a faster time. The duo continued their battle in the 45-minute Main, and completing 63-laps it was Martin who took the win by just 1.9 seconds over Cragg. Two laps down 2022 Champion Alsop completed the podium ahead of Sartel.

Image: EFRA [Facebook]