Italian tyre manufacturer Matrix has released their first 1:10 Offroad tyre with the introduction of this Dirt Slick. With the established onroad tyre maker entering the 1:8 Offroad tyre market in 2023 and becoming the reigning World Champions with Davide Ongaro, their first 1:10 tyre is offered as both a front and rear option. The slick comes in the three Clay compounds – Super Soft, Soft, and Medium.
Vintage racing accessories brand Moto-Obscura has released a new adjustable carbon fibre front brace for all Team Losi XX and XXT series models. This part features a modular design with a replaceable front plastic clevis, a swappable carbon fiber plate, and high quality alloy steel hardware. The carbon fibre plate comes in three different lengths to allow for kickup angles of 30° (stock), 27.5°, and 25°. All components are proudly manufactured by our manufacturing partners in the USA and Canada.
In an age when 1:8 Offroad had just a select number of high profile races that every driver & manufacturer wanted to win, the Neo Race being one of those, the race’s spiritual home Harper Adams in the UK is set to echo to the sound of nitro engines once again with Neoland. Well known track builder and Buggyland race promoter Miguelo Izquierdo Rodriguez is bringing the race back after a decade, with the agricultural indoor hall hosting the race on Neo’s traditional Easter date, which in 2026 is April 3-6. In announcing the race, the original Neo Race the brainchild of Philip Mortstedt and earning itself the unofficial title of the ‘Indoor World Championships’, Izquierdo Rodriguez said, ‘After almost a decade, we have decided to revive one of the most incredible races in the world. With great enthusiasm, we are thrilled to announce the return of Neoland.’
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Last weekend saw the running of the 2025 JMRCA Japanese National Championship for 1:8 Nitro Buggy where it was the Mugen Seiki of Yusuke Sugiura who took the win ahead of the defending champion Kouki Kato. Held once again at Futaba Buggy Track located in Ichihara, Chiba, with three rounds of qualifying it was Sugiura topping two rounds, who took the TQ ahead of Kato’s Infinity which was fastest in Q2. With the Top 2 progressing directly to main, with the rest of the 10 car grid having to come through the Semi Finals, after the 1-hour Main Sugiura, setting the fastest lap of the race, would take the win by half a lap over 2025 Asian Buggy Championships Champion Kato. In third Semi final winner Juriya Kajiwara would completed the podium for Kyosho just ahead of Ayashi Tsuruta and Youwei Huiye, the 3-waty battle covered by just 1.5-seconds.
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The recent third round of the EssexCarpetClash would be perfect for Schumacher’s Ben Smith as he took the win in both 2WD and 4WD. With many drivers excited for the next round of Essex Carpet Clash, drivers entered to a track initially looking simple and flowing to race on. After a round of heated practice it turned out that this was a very demanding track to get right and needed a lot of concentration to get the perfect lap. 4WD would see Smith entering this round and dominating each qualifying run at the top of the timing sheets. Steve Biscoe would have great results with his x-ray car and would line up second on the grid for the three leg finals. Also having consistent runs in the final were Ellis Stafford Steve Brown a head of Alfie castle and Ben Elliott. The finals was more of a fight for who would be on the podium. Ben Smith won each leg showing how fast he truly is on a tyre combination and surface he’s not raised on before. Steve Biscoe again would be second best for the day in all finals and finished second on the podium a head of Ellis Stafford managing third.
1:8 GT World Champion manufacturer Hong Nor has introduced this new M0.8 Steel Spur Gear & Clutch Bell for its X5B 1:8 Nitro Buggy. The Taiwanese manufacturer brought the 0.8M gear from the GT to the X5B Nitro Buggy and using 60/17T gear ratio the result is smoother power and quicker acceleration during cornering.
Team Associated’s Aydin Horne and Xray’s Chase Lemieux where the Modified winners at the annual U.S. Carpet Offroad Championships held in Cleveland over the weekend. The Scotty Ernst promoted event runs a week after the same venue host famous U.S. Indoor Champs touring car race which in its 45th edition is the world’s longest running RC race. With the Offroad race attracting almost 500 entries in 2WD it was Horne taking all three qualifier who secured the TQ ahead of a trio of World Champions, Ryan Cavalieri, Spencer Rivkin and Tater Sontag. He would continue that form into the finals winning the opening 2 to secure the win ahead of Cavalieri. For the final podium position Sontag got a head of Rivkin who had a bad A2. In 4WD it was defending champion Lemieux who took the TQ ahead of team-mate Dakotah Phend, three different drivers posting TQ runs. Last year’s 2WD winner Brennan Schimmel made it an all Xray Top 3 on the grod ahead of Nate Sutherland who was fastest in Q3. In the triple Mains Lemieux retained his title with wins in the opening two while Phend took A3 to finish 2nd ahead of Sutherland who got third after a tie break with Horne.
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New from Revolution Design comes these HD Suspension Mount C for Team Associated’s latest T7 and SC7 trucks, as well as updated B7 buggies equipped with the new 3-gear transmission. It offer racers enhanced durability and tuning options and is available in two variants, standard geometry and a -1° toe-in version. The mounts are machined from high-quality 7075 aluminium and offer a stronger, more robust design than the stock parts. The standard version maintains the factory suspension geometry and is ideal for most conditions. The -1° version reduces rear toe-in by 1° and is particularly suited for high-grip tracks, offering improved rotation and corner speed. Both versions feature refined design with extra material at critical stress points.
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