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October 9, 2023

Kato adds Japanese 1:8 Nitro Buggy National title

Kouki Kato is the new JMRCA All Japan Champion for 1:8 Nitro Buggy. Racing at the RC Land 23 track in Matsuzaka City, rain forecast for Sunday meant the race was brought forward and run on Saturday. In qualifying it was business as usual for multiple defending Champion Yusuke Sugiura as he secured the TQ with his Mugen. The reigning 1:10 4WD Japanese National Champion, Kato would qualify fourth but in the final he took the fight to Sugiura and at the end of the 40-minutes he took the win by just 1.5 seconds from Sugiura ending his run of four back to back titles. Kenji Tsuruta also driving a Mugen would complete the podium ahead Juriya Kajiwara, Shin Adachi and Yuichi Kanai.

Image: Kouki Kato [Facebook]

October 9, 2023

IFMAR release 126 strong 1:8 Onroad Worlds Entry List

With IFMAR’s newest World Championship 1:8 GT getting underway this week in Sydney, Australia, the World governing body has released the entry list for the upcoming edition of its oldest and original World Championship, 1:8 Nitro Onroad. Scheduled to take place from October 27th to November 5th at Infinity International RC Speedway in Japan, the 23rd running of the categories biggest prize has attracted a strong 126 entries lead by reigning Champion Shoki Takahata. With 24 countries represented, the host nation has come out in force to support the race making up just shy of 50% of the entry. In addition to Takahata, who won the title for Mugen in California in 2019, his three title predecessors Dario Balestri (2017), Simon Kurzbuch (2015) and Tadahiko Sahashi (2013) will also compete. The third time Japan will host the 1:8 Onroad Worlds, on the last visit it was a home win for then Serpent driver Sahashi. Nine years later he would become only the second driver ever to be both a 1:8 and 1:10 Nitro Onroad Champion when he was crowned the 1:10 World Champion with Infinity in Thailand last year. Red RC will be making the trip to Japan to cover the event.

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October 9, 2023

Isaacs does double at MonTech NYGP

The annual MonTech New York Grand Prix took place over the weekend where Awesomatix driver Sam Isaacs stamped his authority on the fifth running of the event with victory in both Mod 1:12 and Touring Car. Held at 360v2 RC in New Rochelle, New York, 1:12 qualifying would see Isaacs secure the TQ with his Q4 run from Donny Lia, Kemp Anderson and Keven Hebert. With a single 8-minute final to decide the winner, Lia would find a way passed the pole sitter after 16-laps holding it for 20-laps before going out of the race which allowed Isaacs to win by a 2.4-seconds margin from Anderson and Hebert. In Touring Car, Isaacs was also the Top Qualifier and in the single 5-minute final led from start to finish to win by almost one & a half seconds from ROAR Champion Herbert and Anderson, the Top 3 remaining unchanged to how they qualified.

Image: 360v2 RC [Facebook]

October 8, 2023

‘Of course goal is to keep the title’ but ‘the class has changed a lot’ – Neumann on 1:8 GT World title defence

Think Joern Neumann and you think World class offroad racer. The German is a multiple offroad European Champion, a multiple offroad World Champion Finalist and the only European to ever to win the legendary Reedy Offroad Race of Champions. Ironically his biggest win in the sport didn’t involve navigating any jump sections, and this coming week the factory Sworkz driver will defend that title despite not having raced in the category since adding the IFMAR World title to his CV. It’s January 2020 and the World has no idea of two major things that are about to happy – Neumann is going to become an onroad World Champion and a thing called Covid is going to shut down the World just afterwards!

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October 6, 2023

Ielasi Tuned Efra2185 Factory muffler kit

Ielasi Tuned is pleased to present their up coming new Efra2185 Factory muffler kit that will make its debut at the 1:8 Onroad World Championship in Japan later this month. The joint system has already existed for some time in the offroad category, where it is used by many other brands, but engine tuner Daniele Ielasi has decided to introduce in onroad so as to have the muffler and manifold all in one piece optimising performance and finally removing the ‘annoying’ exhaust gasket. The classic 2185 kit (with the two C4 & C5 collectors) will always remain in production but will no longer be made in HD. HD (Hard Coated) will now only be offered on the Kit2185Factory. General availability of this new exhaust kit will be mid-late November but pre-orders for the Kit2185Factory be accepted.

Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]

October 6, 2023

Hall brothers 1-2 at Essex Carpet Clash opener – Report

Last weekend saw the first round of Essex Carpet Clash Season 6 with all drivers greeted to the start of the winter season on a sizeable track that had some nice flowing corners with technical chicanes that made for a quick lap, when getting it correct. From the fore rounds of qualifying Team Associated’s Tommy Hall looked quick at the start and likely to take the 2WD pole position, however his brother Jamie managed to take the overall pole position with a quicker lap time, due to both being joint on point. Last season’s Champion Harley Eldridge was quick all day and would line up third with her Xray with Kyle Moon in fourth and Ellis Stafford lining up fifth. The two wheel drive A finals were exciting to watch and came down to the third leg where it was a battle between Tommy and Jamie who had both taken a leg win each. Tommy managed to pass his brother in the third leg and although Jamie tried his best, made a couple of mistakes resulting in the pole man finishing second on the podium. Harley Eldridge was consistent and finished third in each leg rounding off the podium position.

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October 5, 2023

MIBO Cube Bullet Plugs

New from MIBO are these Cube Bullet Plugs compatible with 4mm, 5mm and 4/5mm connectors for Li-Po and Li-HV Hardcase power packs. With an aluminium Heatsink grips (Red + Black) the grip measures 9mm wide and 10mm in height. They will enhance the look of your chassis, while making the manipulation easy and helping you prevent reversing of polarity. Now in a form of “cubes”, which besides the original design also allow for easier installation thanks to the screw bottom with securing o-ring. Each set includes 2x Heatsink grip in Red or Black options, 2x 5mm Bullet power connectors and 2x O-rings to secure the connector.

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October 5, 2023

Roche Rapide P12V

With the 1:12 World Championship in Florida just two months away, title winning manufacturer Roche has released its latest kit, the Rapide P12V. The car is the work of team driver and designer Vesa Yli through V-Dezign with Masahiro Hori and Japanese National Champion Kazuki Yamashita conducting testing of the new kit. The P12V features a super narrow and “ULCG (Ultra Low CG)“ inline chassis for better balance, easier to drive and faster corner speed. It gets a rigid 2mm 7075 aluminium lipo tray & aluminium chassis structure with the battery as low as possible. Fully adjustable & rigid “ULCG” front-end offers easy access adjustment for camber, ride height and wheelbase. 4 degree polished kingpin mean super easy camber adjustment without taking the steering block out.

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