December 4, 2025

Chassis Focus – Tim Wood (Shepherd)

Chassis: Shepherd Velox V8.3
Engine: Hasi Tuned 9R
Exhaust: O.S Speed / EFRA 2196
Radio: Sanwa Exzes ZZ
Servos (Steering/Throttle): Savox SB-3262SG
Body: Blitz Spider
Tires (handout): Matrix
Fuel (handout): Energy

Notes – The leading Shepherd at the end of qualifying here in Chile, Tim’s Velox V8.3 is fitted with Shepherd’s optional carbon chassis inserts front and rear, hard plastics, low friction belts and pulleys, and 9mm carbon Ackermann plate.  He has also opted to run Shepherd’s old HT (high traction) radio plate.  Equipped with Brilliant RC titanium hinge pins, Aluminium Pivot Ball, and Titanium Screw kit, the car runs on a Racing Edge bearing set.  The car is running an Infinity front bumper which larger and lighter than standard Shepherd one for better aero.  On the engine side Hasi Tuned has made a special ‘Chile WC’ head for the occasion and in the clutch he is using a Safety Car Model Proto clutch spring.

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December 4, 2025

Chassis Focus – Andrea Catanzani (Serpent)

Chassis: Serpent 990R
Engine: Ielasi Tuned Pista
Exhaust: Ielasi Tuned / IFMAR 2196
Radio: Sanwa Exzes ZIII
Servos (Steering/Throttle): Sanwa XR II
Body: Xtreme Hyper Diablo
Tires (handout): Matrix
Fuel (handout): Energy

Notes – With the 990R just recently released Andrea is running it as it comes with the only change being to use a BM Clutch Spring

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December 3, 2025

Chassis Focus – Maxime Ripoll (Xray)

Chassis: Xray RX8 ’26
Engine: Max Power Quadrifoglio RP9.s
Exhaust: Max Power / EFRA 2183
Radio: Sanwa M17S
Servos (Steering/Throttle): SRT BH922S
Body: Xtreme Hyper
Tires (handout): Matrix
Fuel (handout): Energy

Notes – Maxime is running his RX8 very much in kit form with Hudy weights added for balancing the car.  On the rear body mount, he has spacer from his sponsor Desiles Aero which gives the body shell a better mounting platform and helping to generate more rear downforce.

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December 3, 2025

Chassis Focus – Simon Kurzbuch (Mugen Seiki)

Chassis: Mugen Seiki MRX7
Engine: Ielasi Tuned Pista
Exhaust: Ielasi Tuned EFRA 2196
Radio: Futaba 10PX
Servos (Steering/Throttle): Futaba Ct702
Body: Xtreme Hyper
Tires (handout): Matrix
Fuel (handout): Energy

Notes – With the MRX7 only just recently released, Simon is running it pretty much straight out of the box.  Using a Hiro Seiko screw set in building the car, the only modification for the World Championship is a cut in the front of the radio tray for extra flex which Simon said made a quite noticeable different to the set-up.  On the clutch Simon is using a spring from Italian specialist BM Clutch Spring. 

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November 19, 2025

2025 SIGP Offroad Chassis Focus Index

China’s top annual international offroad race, the 2025 Sunpadow International Grand Prix (SIGP) once again earned itself a reputation of being ‘challenging’, the 3 Circles track one where suspension set-up is critical.  Only the second edition of the race since its return to the former 1:10 Offroad World Championship venue following a 4-year break, World Champions Bruno Coelho and David Ronnefalk returned knowing what to expect.  For newcomers like Kouki Kato, who would go on to take the nitro win, Pekko Iivonen, and young Korean talent Jung Hyunkyu, the track would be a completely new experience that would test their set-up skills on a new level.  Ronnefalk summed up the SIGP track very well when he said, ‘You’re not justing battling the other guy, I feel like more here you are battling the track out there so that’s offroad.  It’s not many times you race on a track like this anymore so it’s good to feel what it used to be like in the old days I guess.’  With shocks the big focus of drivers, Belgian shock components specialist brand TRC busy assisting many drivers with getting their buggies dialled in, getting our hands on buggies for our Chassis Focus proved a little more challenging than normal as drivers switched shocks between Nitro and eBuggy.  In the end we managed to feature 10 buggies from 6 drivers and 4 different manufacturers and we have compiled them in our latest Chassis Focus Index.

Nitro Buggy

Kouki Kato – Infinity (Winner/Q2)
David Ronnefalk – Xray (Top Qualifier/P2)
Bruno Coelho – Infinity (Q3/P3)
Pekko Iivonen – Mayako (Q4/P4)
Jung Hyunkyu – Team Associated (Q5/P5)
Adrian Wicaksono  – Team Associated (Q8/P8)


Electric Buggy

Bruno Coelho – Infinity (Top Qualifier/Winner)
David Ronnefalk – Xray (Q2/P2)
Kouki Kato – Infinity (Q3/P3)
Pekko Iivonen – Mayako (Q4/P4)

November 9, 2025

Chassis Focus – David Ronnefalk (Xray)

Chassis – Xray XB8’25
Engine – FX K303
Fuel –
Tires – Hotrace
Radio – Sanwa M17S
Servos – Hitec HSB9381
Body – Xray

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