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December 30, 2025

Phend leaves JConcepts

Top American Offroad racer Dakotah Phend has announced that his 6-year sponsorship with Florida based tyre & body manufacturer JConcepts has come to an end. Joining Xray for 2025 after a career long drive at TLR ended, Phend achieved a triple at this year’s US Nationals winning the Nitro Buggy, eBuggy, and Truggy titles with JConcepts providing the traction for each of his wins. Joining JConcepts in 2020, on making the announcement of his departure, Phend posted, ‘After 6 successful years my time with JConcepts is officially coming to an end. We have had a lot of National and other major race wins over the years and I can’t thank everyone there enough for all of the support over the years. Jason has been great to me and I appreciate the amount of time and effort that he has put into my race program. He does a lot for his drivers and the industry and I have a lot of respect for what he has created and accomplished. When I signed back in 2020 it was absolutely the right decision for my program and I wish them nothing but the best moving forward.

Source: Dakotah Phend [Facebook]

December 30, 2025

Team Powers R33K Hemicycle High-Airflow Cooling Fan

Team Powers has released this all new 30mm R33K Hemicycle High-Airflow Cooling Fan. The R33K series introduces a revolutionary hemicycle design paired with premium materials to set a new benchmark in compact cooling. Precision-machined from ultra-strong 7075 aluminium for maximum durability and heat resistance, its lightweight design is only ~0.2 grams heavier than a standard composite 30mm fan. Integrated side-slot channels boost exhaust thrust and airflow efficiency for superior airflow and cooling efficiency and the fan spins at a blistering 33,000 RPM, rivalling the cooling capacity of larger 40mm fans. A high-magnetism core ensures interference-free operation even when mounted near powerful brushless motors. Dual-hole mounting system guarantees seamless compatibility with all standard 30mm fan footprints and it is compatible with the Team Powers 8V BEC Fan Booster.

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December 30, 2025

Avid B7 -2° Wider C Mounts | Hard Anodised Slipper Screw

Avid Racing Concepts has released new -2° Wider C Mounts and a Hard Anodised Slipper Screw for the Team Associated RC10B7 platform. The Avid -2° C Arm Mount was first innovated by the US Upgrade parts producer for the B6.3 and has turned into a must-have if you are racing on high bite surfaces such as carpet or turf. These mounts for the B7/T7/SC7 and B84 frees up the vehicle in the turns and when landing jumps sideways such as corner tabletops. Typically, to get to the low rear toe settings that you need on carpet, you have to start narrowing the pills through the D Mount which is increasing side bite by decreasing your track width. Our C Arm mount prevents that from happening by widening the C pivot block, thus starting you at 1 deg of rear toe with centred pills on the C and D mount instead of 3. You will be amazed at how well your car handles with less rear toe done in the correct fashion. Also new from Avid for the B7 is their hard-anodised 7075-T6 aluminium Slipper Screw which weighs just 1.43 grams. While their titanium version saved weight it eventually picked up a slight bend which sent Avid back to the drawing board. The result is a screw that stays straight, keeps the weight low, and costs a lot less than titanium. The 2mm hex makes slipper adjustments easier, even with the motor fan still on.

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December 29, 2025

Neumann departs Sworkz after 8-years

Top German international offroad racer and 1:8 GT World Champion Joern Neumann has announced his departure from long time chassis sponsor Sworkz. Neumann gave the Taiwanese manufacturer their first World title when he won the inaugural IFMAR 1:8 GT World Championship in 202o in the USA. Sharing the news today on his social media, Neumann said, ‘After eight great and successful years with the Sworkz team, our time together will come to an end at the end of 2025. I will take with me many wonderful memories that I can look back on in the future. Together, we were able to achieve outstanding results, including winning the GT World Championship in Nitro and Electric in 2020 in Miami, followed by successfully defending the title in 2023 in Sydney (GT Electric). TQ and 3rd place at the 2023 European Championship in 2WD, and at the same event the European Vice-Championship title in 4WD. Countless German Championship titles in 2WD, 4WD, Truck, 1/8 Buggy, 1/8E Buggy, GT and GTE, and much more. I would like to thank Max, Georg, and Micha, and of course the entire Sworkz team, for the wonderful time. See you at the track.’

Source: Jorn Neumann [Facebook]

December 29, 2025

Ongaro switches to Team EAM Batteries

Reigning 1:8 Nitro Buggy World Champion and 2023 1:10 4WD World Champion Davide Ongaro has switched battery sponsor for 2026, the former Sunpadow team driver making the move to US brand Team EAM. The Italian joins Team Associated team-mate Marcus Kaerup at Team EAM, the young Dane becoming the new 1:10 4WD Buggy and inaugural 1:8 eBuggy World Champion in 2025. On the announcement, Ongaro said, ‘After some years with Sunpadow I’m happy to announce that I will join Team EAM. I want to thank everyone that believes in me and will support me. I know it’s a great team full of people with a lot of knowledge, so for me it’s amazing. Thank you.’

Source: Davide Ongaro [Facebook]

December 29, 2025

SkyRC Supa Agile 1:10 Drift Motor

New from SkyRC comes the new Supa Agile 1:10 sensored brushless motor which has been developed specifically for RC drifting. Available in 10.5T and 13.5T variants, Supa Agile focuses on smooth throttle response, predictable power delivery, and precise control at high steering angles. The motor features a fully rebuildable modular design, CNC-machined aluminium heatsink case with rear venting, high-purity copper windings, a precision-balanced rotor, and 200°C high-temperature neodymium magnets. Standard 3.5mm gold-plated terminals allow solder-free installation, while adjustable timing supports fine tuning for different tracks and driving styles. Designed to integrate seamlessly with SkyRC ESCs and the SkyRC Motor Analyzer, Supa Agile targets competitive RWD drift drivers seeking consistent, controllable performance.

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December 29, 2025

Mikimodel Universal F1 Rear Wing

Following the recent release of its Universal Interchangeable Front Wings, Italy’s Mikimodel has now added a 3D printed Universal Rear Wing for universal 1:10 Formula use. Its universal mount allows it to be used on all commercially available models. The development focused not only on aerodynamics, to provide stability, ease of handling, and excellent smoothness out of the centre of the corner, but Mikimodel say they paid particular attention to the material used. Ensuring it was as durable as possible yet flexible enough not to break, they also worked on ensuring to produce it as light as possible.

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December 26, 2025

Bittydesign A3-F 1:10 190mm FWD Body

Italian company Bittydesign has unveiled their all new A3-F 1:10 190mm FWD body shell. Their latest 190mm offering was born from the desire to create a new body that could gather the experience accumulated with their previous FWD bodies but with different aerodynamic solutions in order to obtain the maximum possible performance for this category. The Audi A3 based A3-F body shell is universal and mounts on all 1:10 190mm FWD models, and also Touring 4WD as well, with 257-260mm wheelbase. Made with high quality and genuine polycarbonate Lexan it is produced in Light Weight and Ultra Lite (ULT) versions. Sold clear with protective film outside it includes a complete set of screws, nuts and large plastic washers to fix properly the rear wing with a pre-cut decal sheet and windows mask included.

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