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April 1, 2025

Team Cayote signs Polish talent Zalewski

Further bolstering its team line-up ahead of their 1:10 Offroad World Championships debut in Australia later this year, electronic brand Team Cayote has announced the signing of promising Polish talent Bartek Zalewski. Winner of the MIBO International earlier this year and backing that up with a win at the British Off Road Grand Prix a week later, Zalewski is currently on his way to Sydney for the Worlds Warm-up Race with Xray having high hopes for the 17-year-old. On the announcement Team Cayote, which is headed up by Oscar Jansen, posted, ‘We’re thrilled to welcome Bartek Zalewski to the Team Cayote family! Bartek’s precision and passion for the sport make him a perfect addition to our team. Get ready for some incredible performances ahead as we push the limits of speed and power together!

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April 1, 2025

Rocket-RC Taurus V2 1:8 Competition Motor

Surpass Hobby has released their latest 1:8 competition brushless motor, the Rocket-RC Taurus V2. Complying with IFMAR, EFRA, ROAR and BRCA specificiations, the Taurus V2 features an optimised design for improved efficiency and reduce running temperature. Except for two screws for adjusting the timing angle, it uses a screwless structural design of 4-pole 12-slot high-torque motor. The motor timing angle can be accurately adjusted in both directions without deviation to meet the power needs. The Hall sensor is installed on the bottom cover of the motor, effectively avoiding magnetic interference; the temperature of the bottom cover is low and the IC has a longer service life. The heat dissipation shell is CNC machined from 6061 T6 aluminium while the front end cover uses 4 M3 and 4 M4 screw holes making it suitable for various mounting bases. The V2 adopts 0.2mm ultra-thin silicon steel stator and detachable/replaceable rotor design with NMB high-speed oversized bearings for smooth wear-resistant running. Surpass use high purity high temperature resistant 2200C copper wire, stable performance and longer life. Suitable for 1:8 electric onroad RVs, offroad and trucks, it feature excellent waterproof and dustproof performance (except Onroad version) and can easily cope with various rain or dusty offroad environments.

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March 31, 2025

2025 Speed King Tour Rd1 – Report

The popular Japanese Speed King Tour kicked off its 2025 season at the Super Rajikon Oomiya indoor tarmac track in Saitama prefecture Japan where Xray’s Shin Sawada took the win. Once again in the same format as last year the Speed King Tour was made up three electric touring car and 2025 opened with fully booked out capacity entry. In the TC0 class (Modified) A Final, TQ driver Ryosuke Yamamoto led the race but he made mistake and broken his car at the 2-minutes mark allowing Sawada to moved up into P1. He kept that position until finish and won the event’s top class from Infinity’s Rento Sasaki with Axon’s Hayato Ishioka completing the podium.

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March 31, 2025

Avid 13mm Precision Carpet Springs

New from Avid Racing Concepts comes their 13mm Precision Carpet Springs specifically designed for offroad carpet racing. The new springs have stiffer rates and shorter lengths so you can get to your low ride heights easily. Made from raw, uncoated ASTM-spec spring wire for consistency and factory-like polish potential. The springs are left raw so the spring rate and action of the spring is not compromised from any extra chemical processes, just like our truly infamous springs that we released in 2013! Measuring 40mm front and 56mm rear, allowing ultra-low ride heights, the springs are available individually or as complete sets. The Front springs are intentionally short and can’t be accurately tested at 1″ compression due to coil bind. Modern cars run under 23mm stroke in the front, which aligns with our design to push the spring right to very edge but not go over it. Each batch is labeled with the average spring rate (lb/in) after passing in-house testing using a precision $3k Chatillon digital spring rate tester. For easy identification they are laser etched on the side of one of the wire ends: large dash = 5 dots, small dash = 1 dot.

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March 31, 2025

1:10 Offroad Worlds Warm-up preview by Scott Guyatt

Having enjoyed plenty of World Championship talk and discussions while in his company in the media room at the opening round of Scotty Ernst’s Asian Buggy Championships in spectacular New Zealand just over a week ago, Action R/C’s Scott Guyatt has put together a great preview of the 1:10 Offroad Worlds Warm-up race which takes place in his home country of Australia this coming weekend. If you hadn’t done your homework on the race, Scott has you covered with his in-dept preview. Take it away Scott……… ‘It’s time for those three words we all love: “It’s Race Week!” And if you’ve hung out with us for long enough, you know that means we absolutely cannot resist an overly long race preview. Read on as we all get excited for what lies ahead in the next few days. The long road to the 2025 1/10th Offroad IFMAR World Championships takes a huge step this week, with the running of the official warmup event. Hosted, of course, by Hills Off Road RC in Sydney’s northwest, the event offers at least three critical opportunities:

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March 31, 2025

Ben Mohamed wins opening French eBuggy encounter

Joining Sparko for the 2025 season, up & coming French teenage offroad talent Noha Ben Mohamed got his National Championship campaign off to the best possible start with victory at Round 1 of the French 1:8 eBuggy Nationals. Racing at the Mini Bolid’ Club Pertuisien track in Pertuis in the Southeast of the country, after three rounds of qualifying it was Ben Mohamed who secured the TQ ahead of defending Champion Clément Boda and HB Racing’s Theo Lemaire, each of the trio having posted a TQ run. In the triple 10-minute finals, A1 saw Ben Mohamed see of Lemaire as Boda had a DNF. Rejoining Team Associated for 2025, Boda bounced back in A2 to take the win from Ben Mohamed and Lemaire and it was all on the line in A3. With the Top 3 finishing as the started that was how they would like up on the podium, Ben Mohamed coming away with maximum points from Boda and Lemaire.

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March 31, 2025

Catanzani wins Italian GT Championship opener

Serpent’s Andrea Catanzani put in the perfect weekend at the opening round of the highly competitive Italian 1:8 GT National Championships over the weekend securing the TQ and win at the Kronio Speed Park track in Sciacca, Sicily. Qualifying for the first round of the three race AMSCI run National Championship would see recent Florida Winternats winner Catanzani secure pole for the 45-minute Nitro final ahead of Alessio Mazzeo on his debut with the Raptor chassis. Defending Champion and Schepis Model team driver Rosario Giaimo would complete the Top 3. In the final, Catanzani would set the fastest lap en-route to victory by over a lap & a half from fourth place qualifier Daniel Schepis. Mugen Seiki offroad star driver Burak Kilic would complete the podium on his GT race debut, just 1-second ahead of Giaimo. The Turkish driver was running a Schepis Model MZGT powered by new engine sponsor Nova Engines. Having won last year’s season opener, Mazzeo would finish fifth ahead of 2023 National Champion and World Championship Top Qualifier Alex D’angelo. For reigning European Champion Natanaele Senesi it was a tough weekend resulting in a DNF in Nitro.

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March 31, 2025

ZooRacing HYRAX 190mm hypercar body

New from German body shell brand ZooRacing comes the Hyrax 190mm 1:10 hypercar body. With touring car bodies at a stretch just about resembling the real thing these days recent hyper car releases are very much modelled on the full size car we see racing at iconic race circuits around the world, the Hyrax definitely an eye catching example. With sleek, aggressive styling inspired by these full-scale hypercars, this class delivers the perfect mix of realism and high-performance racing. They feature low-slung, wide-body chassis, optimised for maximum downforce and stability at top speeds. The Hyrax is an all-new hypercar body designed for the next generation of electric touring car racing. Every curve and surface of the body is engineered to deliver optimal airflow management, reducing drag while maximising downforce. The low-slung, wide-body design ensures the car stays planted, providing superior cornering speeds and unmatched stability.

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