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October 18, 2026

Isaacs to defend TC title from TQ in New York

Sam Isaacs will defend his MonTech NYGP Touring Car title from pole position after the Awesomatix driver completed a clean sweep of qualifying at 360v2 RC Raceway in New York. The Maryland racer concluded qualifying with the fastest time of the weekend in the fourth & final qualifier leading home team-mate Kemp Anderson by 3.80 seconds. For Anderson the final qualifier would not be his fastest instead his time from Q3 securing him second on the grid for the 8th edition of the event, the Tennessee driver having attend every running of the annual NYGP. While Keven Hebert would better his time in Q4, he couldn’t better his starting position and the factory Xray driver lines up P3 ahead of the similar car of fellow Canadian Bryce Frechette. Drew Ellis competes the Top 5 on the grid, the Xray US Team Manager improving his time by 1.5-second in the final qualifier.

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October 18, 2026

Payne ‘Top Qualifier’ at MonTech NYGP

Excelerate RC’s Ollie Payne is the Top Qualifier at the MonTech New York Grand Prix, the British driver just missing out on a 58-lap run in the fourth & final 1:12 Mod qualifier this evening at 360v2 RC Raceway in New Rochelle. Finishing 4th last year, at this year’s 8th running of the Donny Lia promoted event Payne has been the benchmark from the get-go. Opening qualifying yesterday with a TQ run, his only blotch of the four rounds would be a mistake in Q2 that led him to pull up early. Upping the pace this morning in Q3, he secured the rocket round TQ honours in final round missing out on a 58-lap run by just 0.053 of a second. Achieving his first 57-lap run in the final qualifier with the second fastest time, 5.6-seconds off Payne’s pace, it will be defending NYGP Champion Sam Isaacs who lines up P2 for tomorrow’s single A-Main. The only other driver to register a TQ run in the TQ Wire 1:12 Modified class, Keven Hebert makes it three different manufacturers in the Top 3 despite his Xray stripping a gear early in the concluding qualifier. Setting the fastest lap of the final qualifier but registering a DNF after his car spun out and he opted to pull it having crashed earlier and needed to be marshalled, 2024 NYGP winner Kemp Anderson will line up fourth for Awesomatix with Donny Lia completing the Top 5 on his Cerberus Racing debut.

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October 17, 2026

3 from 3 as Isaacs continues to rule Touring Car qualifying at NYGP

Awesomatix’s Sam Isaacs continues to set the Touring Car pace at the MonTech New York Grand Prix, the defending champion making it 3 from 3 as he set a new TQ pace in the third round of qualifying. Improving his overnight TQ pace of the Gravity RC Modified Touring Car class by 2-seconds, Isaacs led an Awesomatix 1-2 in the penultimate qualifier with team-mate Kemp Anderson having his best run 1.5-seconds back. Having held P2 at the end of Friday’s qualifying action, Xray’s Keven Hebert set the third fastest time for the round ahead of team-mate Bryce Frechette with Xray’s US team manager Drew Ellis completing the Top 5.

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October 17, 2026

Payne ups pace at NYGP with Q3 TQ run

Ollie Payne has opened Day 2 of qualifying at the MonTech New York Grand Prix with a TQ run in the third round, the Excelerate RC driver upping pace in the TQ Wire 1:12 Modified class with the first 57-lap run on the 360v2 RC Raceway track. Holding the overnight TQ thanks to his time in the opening qualifier yesterday with Xray’s Keven Hebert in second after topping Q2, this morning all Top 4 drivers improved their times in New Rochelle. While Payne’s second TQ run showed he still has a clear advantage over his rivals, behind the British driver it was a lot closer as Awesomatix’s Sam Isaacs moved up into the number 2 spot. Improving on his Q2 topping time by 8/10ths, Hebert would post the third fastest time, the Canadian’s deficit to defending NYGP Champion Isaacs 4/10th of a second. Despite a number of errors, including a 10-second opening lap, 2024 NYGP Champion Kemp Anderson ran his fastest 8-minutes stopping the clock 2-seconds off of Hebert. Taking 5th for the round, NYGP promoter Donny Lia wouldn’t improve on his Q2 time and the Cerberus Racing driver remains P5 in the rocket round qualifying ranking.

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October 17, 2026

Hebert takes Q2 after mistake from Payne

Having been eliminated from the opening qualifier, Xray’s Keven Hebert has TQ’d the second of the TQ Wire 1:12 Modified class at the MonTech NYGP. Collecting a spun car in Q1 that led to a DNF, Hebert would again be the main challenger to Excelerate RC’s Ollie Payne who took the opening round with a dominant run. With the British driver looking on a target for 2 from 2, as the qualifier reached the mid way point a slight touch of the curbing coming onto the main straight would result in his Prodigy 12 stepping out with the impact messing up his body. Losing 5-seconds, while he initially resumed running in P3 he would shortly pull off to prevent any further damage. Afterwards Payne felt he should have made the tyre change he was considering after Q1. With Payne out, this promoted Hebert to the TQ pace and the Canadian maintained his form to take it by 1.129 seconds over the Awesomatix of Kemp Anderson. Finishing P2 in the opening round, defending champion Sam Isaacs would tap out in style at the 2-minute mark. Having had a DNF in Q1 and been the cause of Hebert’s DNF, Donny Lia would complete the Top 3, the man behind the NYGP still getting to terms with his new Cerberus Racing chassis which is debuting this weekend.

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October 16, 2026

Defending NYGP Champion Isaacs opens with TQ Touring Car run

Defending MonTech New York Grand Prix Champion Sam Isaacs has opened Touring Car qualifying with a TQ run at the 8th edition of 360v2 RC Raceway’s signature event. The Awesomatix driver would set the pace ahead of 2024 Champion Keven Hebert, the Xray driver finding himself in the 3rd of the Gravity RC Modified Touring Car class heats having missed last year’s event. With both drivers setting identical fastest lap times of 10.99 seconds, at the end of the 5-minutes 7/10th of a second separated the times of the Top 2. A driver who has raced every running of Donny Lia’s NYGP, Kemp Anderson completed the Top 3 1.9-seconds off his Awesomatix team-mate’s TQ time.

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October 16, 2026

Payne takes opening Mod 1:12 Qualifier at NYGP

Excelerate RC’s Ollie Payne has taken the opening round of Mod 1:12 qualifying at the MonTech New York Grand, the British driver having a clear edge over his rivals around 360v2 RC Raceway. Just missing out on the podium at the last year’s running of the event, Payne took charge of the first of the four scheduled qualifiers despite his last Modified race outing being earlier this year. Initially chased by Keven Hebert, the Xray driver running a prototype X12 this weekend in New Rochelle, unfortunately the Canadian’s run was cut short when he collected the car of race promoter Donny Lia, after the American spun on rejoining the track after an off. With Hebert’s race done, this promoted defending Champion Sam Isaacs to P2, the Awesomatix driver almost a full lap down at the end of the 8-minutes. 3-seconds off his team-mate Kemp Anderson completed the Top 3.

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October 16, 2026

RTRC 1:28 Setup Board for RTA V3 / V3.1

France’s RTRC has released a new dedicated setup board for their RTA V3 and V3.1 1:28 racing chassis. Designed to make your chassis checks and adjustments faster, more precise and repeatable, it is an essential tool for achieving a properly set-up car with consistent handling. It allows you to check front wheel toe adjustment, steering angle check, ride height measurement and adjustment, side link alignment, front droop adjustment. With adjusting tweak crucial for achieving balanced handling between left and right turns and fully exploiting the performance of the RTA V3 / V3.1, the board allows you to precisely check and adjust chassis tweak and rear spring preload.

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