View Stock, FWD & GT podiums here The race was the first sanctioned event of the 2023 national sporting calendar for RC Car Racing of ACI Sport, the Italian Motorsport Federation and member of the FIA.  Having secured the overall TQ in qualifying, Collina then converted it into the title after 3 hard-fought finals with EZ Power driver Guido Ristori completing the podium.  In Touring Stock, Orlando Fenili (Team Xray) dominated the day with pole position and overall win, preceding his brother Riccardo Fenili (Team Xray) and Federico Collina (Team Schumacher) on the podium.  In ..read more

Japan’s Axon has announced the release of its “HLS Spring” series which boasts a wide range of performance in high grip to low grip conditions. With three variants in the soft rate series of HLS springs, these were used by Akio Sobue and Hayato Ishioka at the 2022 ISTC Touring World Championship in Italy and demonstrated outstanding performance as Sobue took the TC10/2 to a podium finish with Ishioka  joining him in the final.  Use of the springs on the front suspension, gives the “flexibility” of a progressive spring along with the rigid response of a linear spring ..read more

Jordan Lot won the opening round of the French National eBuggy Championship over the weekend, the Sworkz driver taking victory from the Kyosho of Reno Savoya.  The season opener was hosted at the Modélisme Agathois where Remy Bermudez took his Xray to TQ honours ahead of Savoya, both drivers posted a TQ run each from the three rounds however it was young Bermudez who had the faster time to become Top Qualifier while Lot lined up 3rd.  In the finals, starting from 4th it was Noha Ben Mohamed who took the opening encounter from Bermudez. In A2 it was the ‘Shark’ Savoya who got the win ..read more

Exotek Racing has released a new updated 2023 bodyshell for their F1Ultra 1:10 Formula Kit and similar dimensioned narrow style F1 pans cars.  It should fit other brands of chassis with some trimming for those whose side links are a maximum 113mm wide.  Two scale option side intake styles are included, the scooped RB style via add on molded trims and classic flat style by not using the added trims. Modern design with slim style side pods with the addition of high downforce aero details for good looks and high performance.  Made using premium polycarbonate that is a proprietary c ..read more

T-Works has produced these aluminium Shock Spring Retainers for the Xray X4 ’23 1:10 electric touring car.  Machined from high quality aluminium and finished with black anodising, they come as a set of four or as a 2 piece set with a -1mm offset that is for use on the rear shocks only ..read more

Turkish large scale specialist manufacturer MCD Racing has released this new XT5 Max Rally bodyshell.  The new bodyshell is designed with a 1:1 scale realism of a new generation World Rally car.  It is developed to compete at the highest level of the new large scale rally class and MCD Racing has used their experience from the first generation to give a new feeling of the design.  Sophistication and refinement was the key to creating this rally body.  With the wide wheel arched and elegant lines that runs through the body, you get a new feeling on the race track.  In a ..read more

Monaco RC has released a new storage solution it is calling the ‘SpiralBox’.  It is the perfect solution for organising small items to bring to the race track. Divided into 7 compartments, this cylindrical container comes with pre-printed stickers with white spaces to customise them as desired.  The unique feature of the ‘SpiralBox’ is its versatility: thanks to the fully detachable screw-stacked compartments, users can organise their items to their liking, separating them in a precise and orderly manner.  In addition, the pre-printed stickers with the most common measurements s ..read more

Following his announcement as a last week, Power HD have just announced the signing of Indonesia touring driver Bowie Nikolas Ginting to their team.  A 14-times Indonesia Champion and TITC podium finisher, Bowie Ginting will focus on 1:10 Electric Onroad and will use Power HD high-end brushless servo S15 for the coming season.  Commenting on the  announcement Ginting said, ‘I’ve been running the servo as a privateer since 2021. The smoothness and reliability are something which took Power HD servos line to another level. I’m more than happy to have this opportunity to represent ..read more

Pirani RC has released a new ‘Turbo Effect’ INS-Box design for 1:8 and 1:10 onroad competition.  EFRA approved, homologation number INS202301,  the new design is 20% lighter, 8mm lower and 3mm less in diameter than other INS-boxes.   Made of light weight ABS,  internally the sponge filter is low profile to reduce the total height of the ins-box.  The air inlet has two 8mm holes from where air pass through the “turbo effect” and goes into the carburetor with more speed and more pressure.  This increase of air pressure makes the top speed rising of 2km/h, more ..read more

Later this year the IFMAR 1:8 Onroad Nitro World Championship will return after a prolonged 4-year break with the Infinity International RC Speedway in Japan hosting the 23rd edition of the RC racing’s original World Championship.  The organisers of the event, lead by legendary race mechanic Masayuki Miura, has issued the Stage 1 Report and highlighted some important points for overseas drivers.  Drivers are reminded to check whether they require a visa to enter Japan from their home country.  With Covid, Japan was closed a long time and they have only opened up recently so ther ..read more