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April 7, 2026

Tamiya TRF421X Official Images

Having unveiled the car to the world at the Nuremberg Toy Fair in Germany at the end of January, with the actual release of the kit nearing Tamiya has released official images and details for their latest competition 1:10 Electric Touring Car. While we have since photographed the TRF421X of Souta Goto at the legendary TITC race in Fenruary, where the Japanese driver showed its capabilities by putting the car in the A-Main, official photographs from Tamiya always get the iconic brand’s world wide fan base excited. While Tamiya don’t officially have a pro TRF race team like they once had, the TRF421X will sell itself with the Japanese manufacturer announcing the kits will be ‘On sale around May 30, 2026’. Unlike other manufacturer’s in touring car, Tamiya don’t do big galleries!

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April 7, 2026

Inaugural FEMCA GT C/ship to be relocated from Vietnam

Asia’s RC racing governing body FEMCA has announced that the impressive new X-RC Complex in Lam Dong, Vietnam, will now not host the inaugural Asian 1:8 Nitro GT Championship due to the delayed opening of the areas new airport. Announced last November and originally scheduled to take place from July 17-19th, the event had attracted a lot of European interest with World Champion Alessio Mazzeo, European Champion Natanaele Senesi, and Spanish Champion Raul Daras Anton all intending to travel to the inaugural race that crowns the official Champion of Asia. With Vietnam hoping to return to host a future edition of the championship once the airport is opened, it appears Australia has stepped in in offering to host the 2026 event with the moved also expected to result in a new date being scheduled. Making the announcement on Facebook, FEMCA posted, ‘Racers, due to the airport opening being delayed, the journey to the new track will take on extra logistical challenge and will not be ideal. After discussions with the the organizer, it was decided that XRC will not host the race this year and will come back again when the new airport has finally been opened allowing for easier access to the venue. Another venue/country has come forward to request hosting the race and they are in the final process of getting everything in place. Announcements will follow once confirmation is provided.’

Source: FEMCA [Facebook]

April 7, 2026

Tekno RC EB/NB48 Wider Rear Pivot Configuration

Tekno RC has announced this new wider rear pivot configuration for their EB/NB48 2.x 1:8 Buggy platform. The new parts are engineered to increase rear stability, improve consistency, and inspire more confidence while circling the track. New slightly shorter rear suspension arms have been designed to go along with the wider C and D blocks. This allows you to maintain the same overall track width, while widening the rear suspension pivot for improved handling characteristics. Widening the suspension pivot generates more support at the rear of the buggy and increases precision when quickly changing directions or modulating the throttle. The buggy will feel more planted and predictable everywhere around the track, but especially through high-speed sweeper sections. In addition, drivers have reported more drive through bumpy sections and out of corners. The result is a faster buggy that is easier to drive lap after lap. Seth VanDalen was using all of the new rear pivot parts to win the 2026 Dirt Nitro Challenge Pro Nitro Buggy title.

View -1mm, -2mm C, and -2mm D blocks here

April 7, 2026

Canas wins ‘Neoland’ on iconic race’s return

Sworkz’s Juan Carlos Canas has won Neoland, the Spaniard taking the Nitro Buggy win on the return of racing to Harper Adams in the UK over the Easter weekend. The spiritual home of Philip Mortstedt’s Neo Race, a race that was widely referred to as the 1:8 Buggy Indoor World Championships, well known international track builder and Buggyland race promoter Miguelo Izquierdo Rodriguez resurrected the Neo event after a decade, and while he was somewhat under the radar for most of the weekend Canas came good when it counted most to win the 45-minute final. In qualifying it was the Xray of David Ronnefalk who secured the TQ, topping 2 of the 3 rounds, ahead of Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro, fastest in Q3 and also taking the overall eBuggy TQ. The Sworkz’s Mattia Polito would line-up third ahead of Canas with Mugen Seiki’s Berkan Kilic and Team Associated’s Marcus Kaerup completing the Top 6 on the 15-car grid. In the final Ronnefalk would lead the way for the first 20-minutes with Canas pushing him ever harder. The pair would tangle but resume in the same order only for Canas to execute the pass he was trying to line up shortly after. Once in front he took charge of the race to win by 3.5 seconds from Ongaro. Making a wrong call on tyre compound, Ronnefalk would eventually drop to P6 with Ongaro taking second and the Sworkz of 7th place qualifier Elliott Boots completing the podium just ahead of Kilic. In Easter Sunday’s eBuggy encounter, while Ongaro won A1 it was Ronnefalk who took the title with wins in A2 & 3. Behind Ongaro in second, eBuggy World Champion Kaerup completed the podium from P10 on the grid with Kilic finishing fourth.

Image: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

April 7, 2026

Thailand, South Korea, and Australia in running for IFMAR Worlds as racers asked for feedback

Continuing its process to reschedule the 1:12 and ISTC World Championships which should have concluded over the Easter weekend, IFMAR has e-mailed all registered drivers for the cancelled Chinese event a questionnaire to seek their input on 3 new potential host venues. Forced to cancel the originally planned back to back 1:12 and Touring Car Worlds just two weeks before it was due to start after the Hongyu GDC track failed to secure the necessary government approvals, the governing body are now in discussions with tracks in three countries in the FEMCA Bloc who have expressed interest in staging the championships. GRC (Galerno Racing Circuit) in Seoul in South Korea has the option to host the ISTC on its outdoor track and 1:12 on its indoor facility. HUGE RC in Bangkok, Thailand, which has hosted two Nitro Touring Car World Championships, can host both categories indoor, while John Grant International Raceway in Sydney Australia, hosts of both a 1:8 Onroad and 1:8 GT World Championship can run both events outdoor. Racers have been asked to rate each venue as Preferred, Acceptable, or Undesirable. In terms of timing racers have been asked to choose from periods of Early August 2026 – Late August 2026, Mid October 2026 – Early November 2026, Mid November 2026 – Early December 2026, Late January 2027 – Early March 2027, or Mid March 2027 – Late April 2027. Responses to the survey will be shared amongst the IFMAR Board of Directors and representatives from each of the four IFMAR member Blocs with racers having until the 20th April 2026 to contribute their input so IFMAR can progress with planning.

Source: IFMAR [Facebook]

April 6, 2026

Phend wins Psycho Nitro Blast

The 19th edition of the Tennessee based Psycho Nitro Blast took place over the Easter weekend where Xray’s Dakotah Phend took the win, completing a nitro double at the indoor race with the Buggy and Truggy victories. With just two rounds of qualifying it was Team Associated’s Brandon Rose who topped the opening round of Nitro Buggy with Phend topping Q2 which proving faster who secure the latter the overall TQ. Behind Sworkz’s Camden Lime secured P3 on the grid ahead of Tekno’s Spencer Heckert and Sworkz’s Silver State winner Mason Fuller with Xray’s Tater Sontag completing the Top 6. Doing the double last year, a repeat of his 2024 result, Ryan Maifield who qualify P13 for the 18 car A-Main. In the 30-minute final, Rose would take the early lead after a number of drivers executed their ‘Joker’ laps and who stay out front until the final minutes when Phend execute his shorter Joker lap to take the lead with 2-laps remaining. He would take the win by 2.5 seconds from Rose with Dirt Nitro Challenge winner Seth Van Dalen completing the Top 3 ahead of Lime and Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin who started P11. In Nitro Truggy, having qualified P10 Phend took the win by 9-seconds from Top Qualifier Fuller with Maifield coming home 3rd. In eBuggy, Rivkin took the win by just 0.081 from Rose with the Sparko of Top Qualifier Jonah Wilson 3rd at the end of the 10-minute encounter.

Image: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

April 6, 2026

Takashima D-13 TC8 1.1mm | 1.2mm Spring Steel Chassis

Following growing recognition from factory drivers and racers, Takashima D-13 continues to expand its spring steel chassis plate lineup with the introduction of a new version for the Team Associated TC8 1:10 Electric Touring Car. The chassis is available in two variants: a 1.1mm version for stock racing and a 1.2mm option for modified classes, both designed to offer increased flex characteristics combined with high overall strength. In addition, the chassis features an extra locating pin hole. When used with the Takashima D-13 servo mount, the mounting system is upgraded from the standard one pin and two screws to a more secure two pins and two screws configuration. Compared to the kit standard setup, this significantly improves the rigidity of the TC8 servo mount, reducing the risk of movement or deformation. The chassis remains fully compatible with the original servo mount, giving users greater flexibility in setup choices.

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April 6, 2026

’26 IFMAR 1:8 Nitro Offroad World C/ship Stage 1 Report

RC racing’s World governing body IFMAR has published the Stage 1 report for the 2026 1:8 Nitro Offroad World Championship which will be hosted by Thornhill Racing Circuit in the United States from the end of September. The Texas track, which is situated on 13.9 acres complex and has the unique feature of its 120′ x 200′ dirt track being fully covered, will stage the 20th running of the World Championship for the category from September 27th to October 3rd. 2026 marks the 40th anniversary of the crowning of the inaugural champion Frederic Vesseyre in France in 1986 and a decade since David Ronnefalk won the last US staged Worlds with victory in Las Vegas in 2016. As the current World Champion Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro will chase a record extending 4-in-row at Thornhill but the Italian will face strong opposition from US drivers as they look to become the first to win the sport’s biggest prize on home soil. This will be only the 4th time the Worlds has been stage in the United States.

View more Stage 1 Report here