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October 26, 2024

Coelho confirmed for SIGP International Offroad GP

Having attended & won the SIGP International RC Car Grand Prix onroad event earlier this year, Bruno Coelho is to return to the impressive 3-circle ARC International RC Racing Track in Xiamen, China, to race at the SIGP International Offroad GP. The Xray driver, who was last week confirmed for December’s ISTC FEMCA Championships in Foshan, China, with go directly from the Electric Touring Car race at GDC Indoor Race Club to race 1:8 Buggy at the return of the SIGP Offroad following its forced break due to Covid. One of Asia’s major international offroad events pre-Covid, and counting Germany’s Joern Neumann and American Ryan Lutz as past Champions, the SIGP International Offroad Grand Prix takes place from December 11-15 with further international entries for the 2024 edition expected shortly.

Source: Sunpadow [sunpadow.com]

October 24, 2024

2024 SIGP International Offroad GP – Registration

Sunpadow, the organisers of the SIGP International Offroad Grand Prix which makes a return to the international racing calendar this year, have announced that registration will open on November 1st at www.arc-chn.com . Counting Germany’s Joern Neumann and American Ryan Lutz as past Champions, the SIGP International Offroad Grand Prix takes place at the 3-circle ARC International RC Racing Track in Xiamen, China, from December 11-15. The same venue that hosted the 2017 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Offroad World Championships, the race schedule will be made up of 5 classes including racing for 1:4 offroad bikes. With the main action expected in 1:8 Nitro Buggy and 1:8 eBuggy, a number of international drivers are expected to be announced shortly to battle it out for some of the SIGP’s total prize money of almost $25,000. Race enquiries can be directed to yifengl@3-circles.com .

Source: Sunpadow [sunpadow.com]

October 23, 2024

MIBO International 2025 – Announcement

Counting Michal Orlowski, Ronald Volker, Bruno Coelho and Joern Nuemann among its previous winners, MIBO International returns for a third edition in 2025 with former international touring car racer Michal Bok confirming February 07-09 as the date for the Czech based event. A long time dream of Bok to host his own major international event in Hrotovice, the indoor event finally came to fruition in 2023 bringing together both electric onroad and offroad racing on two tracks build side by side by the team from Mibosport. The first edition of MIBO International saw the Mugen of Volker crowned the inaugural Touring Car Champion and Coelho’s Xrays take double buggy honours at the Sport V Hotel venue. The 2024 edition would see Orlowski steer his Schumacher to the Touring Car victory while on the offroad track Neumann’s Sworkz took the 2WD honours and young Bartek Zalewski took 4WD from Xray team-mate Martin Bayer. With everything from the track, restaurant, bowling alley and hotel rooms all under one roof, the venue is always a hit with racers. With a capped entry limit the relaxed schedule also means plenty of time in the evening to wind down and socialise over dinner after each day’s racing. Officially a two and a half day event, the event gets underway on Friday evening with practice to allow for travel Friday morning. The full list of Onroad and Offroad Classes, plus the opening of registration, for the 2025 MIBO International will be announced shortly.

Source: MIBO [mibosport.com]

October 20, 2024

Sobue wins Asian Onroad Championship in Korea

Axon star driver Akio Sobue was the winner of this year’s single round Asian Onroad Championship held over the weekend at the impressive newly renovated GRC Raceway in Korea. While defending Champion Nicolas Lee headed the entry for Yokomo, it was to be Sobue, a three time winner of the Korean stop on the multiple race Asian Onroad Championship, who stamped his authority on this year’s race. Securing the TQ by topping the opening two qualifiers he started on pole ahead of the Infinity of Viktor Wilck, who took Q3, with Lee completing the Top 3 ahead of Sobue’s team-mate Hayato Ishioka. In the finals, Sobue made perfect starts in A1 & 2 before quickly gapping his rivals and adding another AOC Korea win to his tally. With Wilck winning A3 to secure P2 overall, Xpress’ Yugo Nagashima would come through from 5th on the grid to finish 2nd in A3 and snatch the final step of the podium on the tie breaker with Lee.

Source: Asian Onroad Championship [aocrc.com]

October 20, 2024

MonTech New York Grand Prix Chassis Focus Index

Last weekend Red RC travelled stateside for the 6th edition of the MonTech New York Grand Prix at the nicely presented 360V2 indoor track in New Rochelle. The first US onroad race we have covered since the final running of the Reedy Race of Champions back in 2019, it was great to catch up again with the country’s leading racers and get to experience the MonTech NYGP first hand – there aren’t too many races you can attended that with just a 20-minute train ride have in you the centre of one of the most iconic city’s in the World. While the big battle of the 2024 edition of the race was 1:12 Modified, Kemp Anderson taking victory for Awesomatix, during our coverage of the race weekend we photographed cars from a number of classes contested. While we were unable to photograph Mod Touring Car winning Keven Hebert’s Xray as it had parts from the upcoming T4 ’25 kit release, we did feature 4 different class winning cars which form part of our last Chassis Focus index.

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October 18, 2024

Coelho to contest FEMCA ISTC Championship

Double World Champion Bruno Coelho is to contest the 2024 FEMCA ISTC Championship. The Xray driver is the first confirmed international entry for this year’s Foshan International Invitational RC Championship (FIRC), which after a successful debut last year, will now host ‘Asian Championship’ title race. Last December the GDC Indoor Race Club in Guangdong, China, hosted the inaugural FIRC where Mugen Seiki’s Ronald Volker took the win and announcing in July the 2nd edition would take place December 5-8 the race has since been award the FEMCA ISTC Championship status. Last year saw the FEMCA Championship return for Electric Touring Car after Covid with Huge RC in Bangkok, Thailand, hosting the race where Awesomatix driver Jack R. Kittipong became 2023 Modified Champion ahead of Yokomo’s Nicolas Lee. One of the four blocs that make up IFMAR, FEMCA represents 15 nations in Asia and Australasia however the FEMCA Championship has been open to drivers from across the globe with entries from the likes of Coelho putting the spot light on the Asian racing scene.

Source: FEMCA [Facebook]

October 13, 2024

Anderson claims his first MonTech NYGP win

Having attended all five previous runnings of the MonTech New York Grand Prix, Awesomatix’s Kemp Anderson has finally added his name to the list of Champions of the annual flagship event of the 360V2 track in New Rochelle. Pushed hard in the rocket round qualifying by NYGP organiser Donny Lia, the 22-year-old would emerge as the Top Qualifier of the AbsoluteHobbyz 1:12 Modified class ahead of Lia and Xray’s Keven Hebert. With a single 8-minute to decide who would be the new Champion, the two 2023 World Championship finalists where in a class of their own quickly gapping the rest of the 10 car field with their world class level of driving. With Lia all over the rear of his A12X, running slightly wide coming onto the straight was the only invitation Lia needed to go to the front just after the two & a half minute mark. Such was the leaders pace however, they where quickly upon traffic with the leader finding himself with nowhere to go as a back-marker tried to recover from a crash. Hitting the car and in turn hit from behind by Anderson, when everything settled it was the pole sitter that was back in front. With a mistake from Lia giving Anderson breathing space and dropping the New Yorker down to third behind Hebert, Anderson would lap everyone up to second place. With Lia getting back passed Hebert with a minute & a half left on the clock, the attention was then on the battle for third, fourth place qualifier Max Mächler getting passed Hebert with 5 laps to make it an all Awesomatix podium by 0.044 of a second.

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October 13, 2024

Anderson Top Qualifier at MonTech NYGP

Kemp Anderson is the 1:12 Modified Top Qualifier at the sixth edition of the Montech New York Grand Prix, the Awesomatix driver securing pole position for tomorrow’s single main with his time from the penultimate round of qualifier at the 360v2 track in New Rochelle. With Donny Lia putting himself right in the picture after leading Q3 for a time, he would go on to top the fourth & final qualifier but would come up short on the TQ pace. His time from the previous round will see the NYGP organiser line-up P2 in the final followed by Keven Hebert, the Xray driver finally getting his car set-up to where the Canadian has a chance of adding the NYGP title to his 2024 ROAR Nationals title. Having surprised himself by holding the overnight TQ after topping Q1, 1:12 Spec World Champion Max Mächler with line up P4 on the AbsoluteHobbyz 1:12 Modified grid ahead of the Prodigy of Josh Cyrul and CRC of Andrew Knapp. In the eXcelerate 13.5 1:12 class it is Lia who is your Top Qualifier from IFMAR President Eric Anderson. The Speedzone Modified Touring Car class sees Hebert lead away the grid tomorrow thanks to the Canadian’s Q3 time which Kemp Anderson came very close to toppling in Q4.

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