2024 SIGP Offroad Chassis Focus Index

After a 4 year break, the last SIGP Offroad Race being held in 2019, China’s top annual international offroad race returned with its best entry yet as three World Champions made the trip to the former 1:10 Offroad World Championship host track in Xiamen.  With almost 100 entries in Nitro Buggy and 53 in Electric Buggy, racers’ biggest rival of 2024 will be remembered as the track, even the best in the World describing it as their most challenging race of the year.  While the European visitors dominated, Italian Mattia Polito really impressing and putting on a great show in the final against a certain Davide Ongaro, we had the opportunity to include the Ming Yang buggy of 2023 FEMCA Champion Jeff Wang in our Chassis Focus.  The Taiwanese driver was the top Asian qualifier and finisher, coming home in P7.  Featuring buggies from Team Associated, Sworkz, Xray and Mayako, we were also able to photograph each of the podium finishing eBuggies.  One buggy we couldn’t include in our Chassis Focus was the WIRC of 18-year-old Italian racer Gabriel Astorino, both his Nitro and eBuggy running new front hubs that are set to appear on the Italian manufacturer’s 2025 kits early next year.

Nitro Buggy

Davide Ongaro – Associated (Winner)

Mattia Polito – Sworkz (Top Qualifier)

Bruno Coelho – Xray (Q4/P3)

David Ronnefalk – Xray (Q3/P4)

Joseph Quagraine – Mayako (Q6/P6 )

Jeff Wang – Ming Yang (Q7/P7 )

Electric Buggy

David Ronnefalk – Xray (Q2/Winner)

Davide Ongaro – Associated (Top Qualifier)

Mattia Polito – Sworkz (Q4/P3)

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