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February 11, 2025

Hudy Compact Aluminium Parts Tray

Tool manufacturer Hudy has added this compact & lightweight aluminium parts tray to its product range. Featuring a super strong magnetic strip that can be easily installed from bottom of the tray it ensures that the screws in the tray will hold firmly on the magnetic tray, but at the same time the inner part of the tray will remain clear & clean without the typical magnet inside the tray. The attached magnetic strip also works as an anti-slippery surface that will ensure that the tray will not move on the pit table. The tray can also be used without the magnetic strip making it even more compact & lightweight. Black coated, and laser engraved with Hudy graphics, the tray measures 105x87x15mm and weights only 22 grams respectively or 62 grams including magnetic catcher.

Source: Hudy [hudy.net]

February 11, 2025

Double win for Catanzani at Florida Winternats

Serpent’s Andrea Catanzani scored a double win at the 2025 Florida Winternats at Nuggets Ranch RC Raceway over the weekend winning both the 1:8 Onroad and 1:8 GT titles. The 49th running of the iconic US nitro onroad race, the Italian secured the TQ for the 45-minute 1:8 Onroad final with his opening qualifying run while in GT it was his time from the last of the five rounds that put him on pole. In the 40-minute GT final, the World Championship podium finisher took his Gimar powered SRX8 GT to a 2-lap victory over Carlie Lopez with Massimo Fabiani completing the Top 3. In the 1:8 Pro A-Main, Catanzani took an even more convincing win over former 1:10 Nitro World Champion Ralph Birch with Lazaro Alonso completing the podium. Attracting a total of 117 event entries this year, in 1:10 Sedan it was the Mugen Seiki of Michael Palazzola took the TQ and win.

Source: Andrea Catanzani [Facebook]

February 11, 2025

Champlin & Horne win opening INS15 encounter

The 15th season of the JConcepts Indoor National Series kicked off over the weekend at Trackside Hobbies in Wisconsin with Schumacher’s Broc Champlin taking the 4WD win and Team Associated’s Aydin Horne getting the top spot in 2WD. Attracting 371 entries, qualifying at the first stop on the 5 round INS calendar saw Horne secure the 2WD TQ from Xray’s Chase Lemieux and AE’s Spencer Rivkin. The former World Champion however would take the 4WD TQ, Rivkin topping two of the three qualifiers with Champlin, fastest in Q1, securing second and Horne in P3 on the grid ahead of Schumacher’s Cole Tollard, a driver who honed his early driving skills at Trackside Hobbies. In the 2WD finals while Lemieux secured the A1 win, Horne kept him at bay in A2 and 3 for the overall win. The 4WD finals played out with Rivkin taking A1, Horne A2 and Champlin A3, but in the final points tally Champlin got the win on tie-break over Horne and Rivkin.

Image: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

February 11, 2025

Hudy entering 1:10 Offroad tyre market

Hudy looks set to enter the 1:10 Offroad tyre market with the founder of the company that bares his name, Juraj Hudy, posting on social media about testing pre-production dirt tyres. On his official Facebook page, Juraj, who was himself racing carpet offroad at MIBO International in the Czech Republic over the weekend, posted together with a photo of his two Xray buggies at the Hudy Arena offroad dirt track, ‘I am more than excited about this all-new HUDY project! The testing of our own pre-production dirt tires for both 2WD and 4WD has been successfully completed. After an extensive development phase involving numerous compound trials, we have finalized a superb compound that combines high performance with durability. Now, it’s time to move forward with the mass production molds.’

Source: Juraj Hudy [Facebook]

February 11, 2025

Canas takes late Montpellier GP victory

Sworkz Juan Carlos Canas has opened the European 1:8 Nitro Buggy season with victory at the Montpellier Grand Prix. Previously winning the French classic in 2020, the Spaniard took a late win at the 19th edition of the race over World Champion Davide Ongaro and long time race leader Berkan Kilic. Given its early timing in the season, the Circuit du MBM event has faced weather issues and this year was no exception with rain causing qualifying to be cut short and no track action at all on the Saturday. While 5 rounds of qualifying was scheduled with 3 completed before the turn in weather on Friday it was Mugen Seiki’s Burak Kilic who secured the overall TQ with two rounds counting. After sterling efforts by the club, the track being covered on Saturday, racing resumed on Sunday morning and in the Semi Finals it was the Kilic brothers who looked to have the edge. Starting on pole Burak lead from his younger brother for the first third of the race until he suffered the first of two engine flameouts before retiring. With Berkan taking over lead it wasn’t to be his day either with a late crash allowing Canas to go to the front with just 2-laps to go with the Team Associated of 2022 & 2023 winner Ongaro in tow. After an hour of racing the entire podium finished on the same lap, Berkan completing the podium ahead of 2024 winner Ricciardo Berton, the Kyosho driving winning the Last Chance final to line-up 14th on grid before putting in a strong race up through the field.

Image: Modelix [Facebook]

February 11, 2025

Greiner teams up with Power HD

Power HD has announced that former World Champion Dominic Greiner has joined the servo manufacturer’s team driver line-up. Greiner, who won the 2016 IFMAR 1:10 Nitro Touring Car World Championship in Italy, and called time on his very successful nitro racing career at the end of 2023 has since made an impressive switch to electric onroad racing. Last November, the factory Serpent made a very strong IFMAR ISTC World Championship debut in California, putting himself in the final and finishing P7. The German will use POwer HD’s GTS-2 servo in his 1:10 Touring cars, FWD and 1:8 electric onroad.

Source: PowerHD [chd.hk]

February 10, 2025

IFMAR 1:10 Offroad Worlds – Promo Video

Our good friends Down Under at RC Race Media have put together a nice promo video to highlight Sydney hosting the 1:10 Offroad World Championships later this year. Running from September 29th to October 6th at Hills Off Road RC’s natural dirt track, RC Race Media will also produce the official broadcast of the 20th running of the 1:10 Offroad Worlds that will be live streamed to RC fans around the globe. With 2025 marking the 40th anniversary of the category hosting its first ever World Championship back in 1985, these Worlds, with the beautiful city of Sydney as its backdrop, has all the makings of being a classic. Last week the world governing body IFMAR published the Stage 1 report for the main event with the club currently preparing for the Pre-Worlds race on April 3-6th.

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February 10, 2025

Hobbywing XeRun Bandit G4R Motor

New from Hobbywing comes their XeRun Bandit G4R Motors. Available in 13.5 T and 17.5T versions, with specialised Torque and OBL variants of the 13.5T, these motors are built for peak performance combining ultra-high power output, exceptional cooling. Key features include the motor running significantly cooler, by 15 degrees celsius, than the G4 motor under the same power, ensuring consistent performance. With adjustable timing of between 20-60 degrees, this allows you to fine-tune for optimal speed, torque, and efficiency. An exposed stator core maximises thermal efficiency for better heat dissipation. Dual Hall Sensing and Modular design enhances durability, efficiency, and wiring aesthetics.

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