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September 10, 2026

MIBO Manufaktur Original Edition Clothing & Accessories

MIBO Manufaktur presents Original Edition, a distinctive collection of clothing and accessories for RC racers and fans. Bringing together signature MIBO colours and graphics, the collection creates a unique, coordinated look for race weekends and everyday life. The range goes beyond T-shirts and hoodies, with polo shirts, sweatshirts, zip hoodies and a jacket offering plenty of choice. It also includes shorts and sweatpants, allowing fans to put together a complete MIBO outfit. With clothing for both adults and children, Original Edition brings the same unmistakable identity to racers and their youngest supporters. The collection extends to accessories, including snapback and trucker caps, a bucket hat and a rib beanie. A matching hip bag and duffle bag complete the line-up, carrying the MIBO design through from clothing to everyday essentials.

Source: MIBO [mibosport.com]

September 10, 2026

Xray GTXE Stiff Carbon Center Top Deck

Xray has a new optional Stiff Carbon Center Top Deck intended for its GTXE 1:8 Electric GT car in flat chassis configuration. Wider than the kit top deck it reduces chassis flex for more precise handling & increased corner speed in high-traction conditions. Recommended for medium to high-traction tracks, the stiffer carbon construction generates a more direct driving feel, improved steering precision & increased chassis stability during high-speed cornering.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

September 10, 2026

Resurfacing work starts at Dutch Rucphen track

Well known Dutch onroad track Rucphen, and home of veteran 1:8 Onroad racer turned livestream commentator John Ermen, is getting a new surface after 21-years of racing on the current one. Ground works has started ahead of the new asphalt being laid next week, this will be the third resurfacing of the track since it was build in 1985. Last surfaced in 2001, that project overseen by Ermen’s late father, one of the first challenges of the latest project was securing an contractor. Talking to 5 different companies, 3 didn’t feel they could meet the technical spec required by the club – not all asphalt is equal. With the M.A.C. de Baanbrekers club founded in 1978, and made up of 110 members and growing, the Rucphen track is popular with 1:5 racers with Ermen saying they have a very specific asphalt they require to accommodate all classes plus it needs to be super flat. A host of 1:10 and 1:8 Onroad European Championships plus 1:5 EFRA GPs, the track has a current contract to host Euro Nitro Series race til 2030. As part of the track upgrades, the club are building new curbs with greater infield coverage to stop 1:5 cars from running over the grass and bringing dirt on to the track. The track will also lay seven timing loops to give the track a host of race data. This will be made up of a primary and backup loop, three sectors, a speed trap, plus pit in and pit out loops. With each requiring its only transponder the club are keen to anyone who might like to sponsor a decoder. Working together Pullstart.tv for broading events, they are planning to integrate an overlay each drivers the pit stop times on the feed. Choosing the start of the off season to do the works and then giving the surface tome to settle before the new season, Ermen said the hope to have all the work completed by October.

View more track work images here

September 10, 2026

Day 2 of Qualifying cancelled at Nitro Touring Worlds

With racers waking up to heavy rain in Gubbio, Italy, this morning, following a meeting of the International Jury it has been officially announced that today’s track action at the IFMAR 1:10 Nitro Touring Car has been cancelled. This means qualifying is now officially complete with the results of the four round of qualifying run yesterday the final official ranking with 2 from 4 rounds counting. This confirms Balestri as the Top Qualifier with Filippo Domanin, Naoto Matsukura and Kyle Branson joining him directly in Saturday’s Main final. In an official communication to team managers, IFMAR said they had ‘Unanimously’ decided to cancel race program of today before giving detail of the new schedule for Friday’s Lower Finals that will start with a 30-minute free practice before a round of grouped practice for drivers from the 1/256B finalist to 1/16A finalist. Saturday’s Main final day will start the same practice schedule. Thankfully after today’s rain, the weather for the rest of event looks more promising and most importantly dry.

View full IFMAR communication here

September 10, 2026

CRC F-Won/M200 2.5mm Aluminum Chassis

As part of a number of upcoming new option releases, CRC has added this 2.5mm aluminium chassis for their M-200 World GT-R or F-Won Formula 1 1:10 kits. The addition of the new alu chassis, the kits coming standard with carbon chassis, gives the racer further tuning options. The US manufacturer process their aluminium products with multiple manufacturing procedures to ensure the chassis is perfectly flat and precisely machined.

Source: Calandra Racing Concepts [teamcrc.com]

September 9, 2026

Dominant day sees Balestri secure TQ honours in Gubbio, again!

A decade after he claimed his first World Championship pole position, Dario Balestri will once again line-up as the Top Qualifier at the IFMAR 1:10 Nitro Touring Car World Championship after a dominant display of driving on the opening day of qualifying in Gubbio, Italy. Opening the day with a very convincing Q1 performance ahead of defending World Champion Jilles Groskamp, the Infinity driver would go on top all four qualifiers each time ahead of different driver. With expected rain tomorrow seeing the schedule revised from 3 rounds to running a 4th round, a rain shower would delay proceedings just before the half way mark of Q4 with 5pm in the evening looking more like night time as some very threaten rain clouds hovered over the track, but they would get the round completed just as the sunset. While the outcome tomorrow, even if they do get to run the final two rounds, is irrelevant to Balestri’s status as he is locked in as the Top Qualifier, their could be some movement in the magic Top 4, all directly qualifying into the 1-hour title decider. Counting a P2 from Q3 with a P3 from Q4, Xray’s Filippo Domanin holds P2 ahead of Naoto Matsukura and Kyle Branson, the British driver jumping ahead of Groskamp as he took 2nd in the final qualifier after a mistake from Matsukura. Having started out Day 1 of qualifying strongly with a P2, unfortunately that would be the highlight of Groskamp’s day and counting a P5 from Q2, he lies fifth in the overnight rankings.

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September 9, 2026

T-Works Electronic Switch Ver.2

New from T-Works comes the Ver.2 5-9 Volt Electronic Switch. Made from high-grade industrial materials, it features wear and burn resistant contacts together with being dustproof and high-temperature resistant, Excellent shock and oil resistance mean it maintains stable and sensitive switching under bumpy and oily off-road conditions, avoiding poor contact, false triggering and sudden power failure. Compatible with most mainstream fuel off-road models, it supports plug-and-play original position installation without drilling or wiring modification. It is also AMB mount compatible.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

September 9, 2026

2 from 2 for Balestri as Matsukura closest challenger

Dario Balestri made it 2 from 2 in qualifying at the IFMAR 1:10 Nitro Touring Car World Championship in Italy, the Infinity driver again leading a 1-2 for the reigning World Champion manufacturer, this time however the gap much smaller to second fastest Naoto Matsukura. With an overcast Q1, the sun broke through the clouds for Q2, making for a slower track but learning from his mistakes in the first one Matsukura put in a error free run to get to within a second of Balestri who again was the only driver to manage 27-laps. Taking the same approach as Matsukura after he had two mistakes in the morning, Xray’s Filippo Domanin completed the Top 3, the finish order the same as how they seeded after practice after a missed lap for the Italian was picked up on the backup timing computer. With their star driver Toni Gruber struggling so far this week, an improved Q2 netting him a P6 for the round, it was returning 2018 podium finisher Kyle Branson who lead the Capricorn challenge. He would post the fourth fastest time ahead of defending Champion Jilles Groskamp while Alex Thurston who took his Mugen Seiki to P3 in the opening round set the 7th fastest time.

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