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February 9, 2026

RC Atomic MRX Ultra 1:28 2WD Competition Kit

1:28 specialist manufacturer RC Atomic has presented its new 2WD Link-less Competition kit the MRX Ultra. The Hong Kong manufacturer’s third generation of 2WD Link-less 2WD Pan Car they have made significant changes with the latest car. The Ultra comes with a one-piece 7075 integrated chassis with the front bulkhead, central pivot mount, and rear guide rail all prefabricated into main chassis and offering perfect alignment of them. This kit also allows users to choose between from the traditional horizontal battery and “inline vertical” battery configurations. To further lower the centre of gravity of the car, they have relocated the mid damper to the rear and no more heavy weight sling over the battery. They have also made a opening on the chassis to allow servo to sit lower. New front suspension system allows you to finely adjust the roll centre and camber gain by adding shims to the pivot joint of the arms.

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February 9, 2026

Bruneau wins 50th anniversary Florida WinterNats

One of the world’s longest running nitro onroad races and celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2026, Joachim Bruneau has taken the 1:8 Open win at the end of the high rate of attrition 45-minute Florida WinterNats final. Hosted at Greg Esser’s Nuggets Ranch Raceway in Arcadia, after the four rounds of qualifying it was Infinity’s Teemu Leino who secured the TQ honours ahead of new Mugen Seiki signing Diego Morganti, Lazaro Alonso JR, former 1:10 Nitro Touring World Champion Ralph Burch and 2017 WinterNats Champion DJ Apolaro. With Morganti getting an early lead over Leino, the Finn having issues with his brakes, while pair would be the only drivers to run 13-seconds lap times during the race, unfortunately neither would go the distance. After just 5-minutes Leino was out with a throttle servo failure with Alonso JR next to go out 3-minutes later. Winner of November’s Cow Patty Classic, Apolaro wouldn’t get back to back wins at the track, the former ROAR Champion out at the 20-minute mark. He would be followed to the sidelines at 36-minute by another contender Burch. All the time it was Morganti who was out front and looking on target to add a 6th title to the family name, his father Paolo a 5-time Winternats Champion. With just over 5-minutes to go however a rear belt failure would put the 21-year-old out handing Cow Patty Classic podium finisher Bruneau the win. Some distance back Rafael Angula and Dutch visitor Gertjan Van Schaik completed the podium. In 1:8 Masters it was a Dutch win, as Infinity driver Arie Manten took victory from P5 on the grid. The 1:8 GT win went to Serpent’s Jose Almonte, Top Qualifier & World Championship Podium finisher Carlie Lopez having issues and dropping out of contention eventually finishing P10 with his Raptor. In 1:10 Nitro Touring, Apolaro brought home the win after getting passed Top Qualifier & defending Champion Michael Palazzola with Jerry Guerra completing the podium.

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February 8, 2026

Anderson & Ratheisky claim Mod wins at Snowbirds

Awesomatix’s Kemp Anderson and Xray’s Jan Ratheisky took the main Modified wins at the 32nd running of the world famous Snowbird Nationals in Florida, Anderson taking the 1:12 title while Ratheisky took Touring Car honours. With long time Snowbirds stalwart and 2025 double winner Alexander Hagberg missing this year’s edition due to the earlier running of the legendary TITC race in Thailand, qualifying would see Xcelerate RC’s Ollie Payne and Ratheisky dominate the time sheets in Orlando. British driver Payne would top both 1:12 Modified, ahead of Anderson and Xray’s Keven Hebert, and 13.5 Super Stock, ahead of Awesomatix pairing of Jeff Dayger and Team EAM owner Eric Anderson. In Modified Touring Car, German Ratheisky secured the TQ from Hebert, Kemp Anderson and Xray’s Drew Ellis, a feat he would repeat in 21.5 Super Stock ahead of Eric Anderson, Ellis, and Clayton Young. Attracting 246 entries, in the single A-Main finals Payne would lead Modified for 51 of the 68 laps before relinquishing the lead to Anderson and having to settle for second with Canadian Hebert completing the podium. He would redeem himself in Super Stock but only after getting back passed Dayger. The podium was completed by fellow Brit & fifth place qualifier Morgan Williams. Ratheisky would convert both his TQ’s in to tone to tone wins, taking Super Stock ahead of ROAR President Young and Michael Hanulec while in Mod it won by almost 2-seconds from Hebert while Kemp Anderson completed the podium.

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February 6, 2026

Mugen Seiki confirms Volker & Sparbier for MIBO International title defence

Defending MIBO International Champions Mugen Seiki have confirmed their return to the unique indoor race for a fourth consecutive year with Modified Champion Ronald Volker being joined by Soren Sparbier who makes his debut at the Czech race. Volker was the winner of the inaugural MIBO International in 2023 but losing that title to Michal Orlowski in 2024 he took it back again when he beat the Schumacher star to the win last year. The 2025 TITC Open Brushless Champion, 19-year-old Sparbier will join Volker on February 27-March 1st in competing for Modified honours with their LRP powered MTC-3s. Hosted by Mibosport, which is owned by former top international Czech touring car racer Michal Bok, MIBO International is a unique event in that two side by side tracks bring together both onroad and offroad racing.

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February 6, 2026

Hudy 1:12 Tyre Stand + Hard Case

Rolling out more accessories, tool manufacturer Hudy introduces this 6 set Tyre Stand + Hard Case intended for 1:12 Pan Car and 1:12 GT racers. The highly functional stand keeps your pit space tidy and makes it easy to track your various tyre sets and comes complete with a Hudy hard case bag for convenient transportation and safe storage. Made from premium CNC-machined USA carbon fibre, the stand is finished with Hudy graphics. The stand includes six aluminium stands and six aluminium nuts with screws for quick and secure tyre attachment to accommodates up to six 1:12 Pan Car or 1:12 GT tyre sets.

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February 6, 2026

Roche announces Malyshko signing

1:12 World Champion & reigning Japanese National Champion manufacturer Roche has announced that multiple FEMCA Junior Champion Maxim Malyshko has joined their team. The 14-year-old Russian racer, will campaign the Hong Kong manufacturer’s Rapide P12V2 at the upcoming IFMAR 1:12 World Championship in China having finished fourth in the Spec class at the FEMCA Asia 1:12 Championships hosted by Hongyu GDC Worlds venue before Christmas. The 22nd running of the IFMAR 1:12 World Championships takes place on March 26-29th and is set to see a strong entry with over 80 drivers from 18 nations already confirmed with that number expected to exceed 90 once entries are finalised.

Source: Roche [rocherc.com]

February 6, 2026

Hasi Tuned ‘Modificato’ .21 Onroad Engine Line

After 2 and a half years of development, testing, and constant comparison with their previous engines, Hasi Tuned, the engine brand fronted by leading Swiss nitro racer Silvio Hächler, has unveiled its dedicated ‘Modificato’ engine line for 1:8 Onroad racing. The update is not a single model but covers the entire range of ABC and AAC versions in both 7-port and 9-port options. Starting with their best seller, the 9R Modificato 9 Port AAC engine the cylinder has been completely redesigned, with all ports reconfigured to achieve an even better balance between performance and fuel consumption. A development made to work properly both with 16% and 25% nitro fuels, without forcing the driver into compromises. The piston has also been totally redesigned, and most importantly the piston/cylinder matching process is now done with a new methodology, delivering a more consistent and precise performance. The crankshaft has been revised in its balancing, while keeping the timing unchanged as this base was already proven and effective. On the cooling head, the graphics have been only minimally updated, but the real change is in the new design. A new structure that brings two advantages in a 19% weight reduction compared to the previous version, and a noticeable improvement in the warm-up phase, especially on AAC engines, without compromising cooling efficiency even in high temperature conditions. Finally, the carburetor has been updated as well. The high-speed needle was already the latest used on the most recent 9R, but Hasi Tuned has revised the sealing, replacing the fuel-contact gasket with a specific nitromethane-resistant material. The first batch of ‘Modificato’ engines will be available mid February.

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February 5, 2026

Team EAM batteries for Eldridge

Top international female electric racer Harley Eldridge has joined US battery brand Team EAM. The accomplished British racer who represents Xray both in onroad and offroad, has a 2026 programme that will include travelling to China to contest both the IFMAR Modified Touring Car and 1:12 World Championships at Hongyu GDC in Foshan. Also with a packed UK race calendar that includes 2WD and 4WD Offroad action, on the announcement Harley said, ‘I would like to say a massive thank you to Eric for letting me join Team EAM! I’m looking forward to promoting the brand further in the UK and across the many different classes I race.’

Source: Team EAM [teameamotorsports.com]