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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 15, 2026

8th Edition of MonTech NYGP underway at 360V2

The 8th edition of the MonTech New York Grand Prix got underway today with drivers enjoying a full day of practice at 360v2 RC Raceway in New Rochelle ahead of the weekend’s racing action. Attracting 140 entries, the indoor electric onroad race hosted by multiple 1:12 World Championship finalist Donny Lia, sees defending Champion Sam Isaacs head the entry. Winning both 1:12 Mod and Mod Touring Car last year on his return to the event after being absent in 2024, the Awesomatix driver was a late entry on the list. With 2 of the 4 rounds of qualifying on Friday’s schedule, the entry also includes Isaacs’ team-mate & reigning ROAR Champion Kemp Anderson, the returning Xray of Keven Hebert, and Excelerate’s Ollie Payne, the British driver always in the mix in the 1:12 categories.

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October 15, 2026

Senior Minister of State officially re-opened RCMC Marine Parade

While all attention was on the Singapore International Nitro Grand Prix marking the return of racing to the country’s only permanent track over the weekend, for the club behind the renewed RCMC Marine Parade track welcoming Senior Minster of State Mr. Goh Pei Ming to officially re-open the circuit was a significant occasion for the future of the club’s home. With a certain Kimi Antonelli bringing world attention on the track when he did a few hours of 1:8 Nitro testing on the new asphalt ahead of the Singapore F1 Grand Prix, Sunday morning would see the Minister perform the official ribbon cutting to mark the track’s reopening. Minister Pei Ming would also make a special presentation on behalf of the club to Kenji Taira owner of Infinity who have been the title sponsor of the Singapore International Nitro Grand Prix for many years. The presentation was in recognition of Taira’s support & contribution to the club. Following the presentation, the Minister then flagged off an exhibition race that included a starting grid of no less than 9-IFMAR World Champions! With racing having become somewhat compromised by the development of key bumps in the track’s 12-year-old surface, the country’s RC Community came together to crowd fund the re-surfacing so as to safeguard the track’s future as not only a venue for local racer but also as a venue to put Singapore on the international RC racing calendar with races like the Singapore International Nitro Grand Prix and the Electric Singapore International Challenge (eSIC). After a year off this year to allow for track work eSIC returns in 2027. With funding of the new asphalt a project led by Daryl Thong, work on the track was started in mid June and took only a week to complete however behind the scene the fund raising took a huge effort and many months of work. For his efforts, it was only fitting that Thong would be Race Director for the first race on the new surface and thanks to the new super smooth asphalt the weekend witnessed the track record tumble numerous times.

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October 13, 2026

Isaacs to defend MonTech NYGP titles

Awesomatix’s Sam Isaacs is to defend both his titles at this weekend’s MonTech New York Grand Prix at 360v2 RC Raceway in New Rochelle, the multiple champion a late entry for the 8th edition of one of the highlights on the annual US onroad racing calendar. Taking both the 1:12 Modified and Modified Touring Car wins on his return to the event last year, after missing the 2024 event, Isaacs will go up against a host of former race champions. Winner in 2024, 1:12 World Championship Top Qualifier Kemp Anderson returns to the NYGP. The Awesomatix driver has contested every running of the Donny Lia promoted race with this being one of the reigning ROAR Carpet National Champion’s favourite races of the year. Also back for more is Xray’s Keven Hebert, the Canadian again making the trip south where he will be joined by Xray’s US Team Manager Drew Ellis. Joining Excelerate RC just after his 1:12 Super Stock class TQ & win at last year’s NYGP, British racer Ollie Payne is another regular returning to race on 105 X 48 feet carpet track. Expanded to 10 classes for 2026, Red RC is excited to be again making the trip across the Atlantic to cover this year’s NYGP action.

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