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April 21, 2026

Nguyen to make Asian Buggy Champs debut at first Malaysian encounter

Young Kyosho star Phi-Long Nguyen will make his Asian Buggy Championships debut this weekend as Malaysia hosts the latest round of the Scotty Ernst promoted championship for the very first time. Now in its fourth season, reigning back to back FEMCA Champion Nguyen will join ABC championship regulars at the impressive LAP Paradise RC Raceway for the second of the 4 round Team Cayote/VP Pro backed 1:8 Offroad Championship. The American will be compete against Mayako’s Pekko Iivonen, Sworkz’s Caleb Noble, who dominated the season opener in New Zealand in March, team-mate Jayden Edmunds and Mayako’s Logan Toia. On his Asian Buggy Championships debut the teenager said, ‘The series as I have seen in the past is amazingly organized and well run with Scotty behind the mic the world will be heard. Lap Paradise looks like a perfect track to improve on high traction and we can’t wait to visit Malaysia which is another beautiful Asian country.’

Source: Asian Buggy Championships [Facebook]

April 20, 2026

Pariente brothers 1-2 at Spanish Nationals Round 2

The Pariente brothers achieved a special 1-2 finish at the second round of the AECAR 1:8 Nitro Buggy Spanish National Championship, while Adrian took the TQ honours it was Daniel who took the win by 5-seconds over his sibling. Racing at the Circuito CARTT Fuencarral in Madrid, host track of this year’s European Championships, qualifying would open with the Sworkz of Robert Batlle taking Q1 but fastest over the next three rounds it was Adrian’s Sparko that secure the overall TQ ahead Daniel’s Tekno. Batlle would end up P3 ahead of Round 1 winner and defending Champion Juan Carlos Canas. With no major dramas in the Semi Finals, in the 45-minute final the brothers executed a perfect race with a flawless drive from Daniel netting him the win from Adrian, who won last year’s season finale. Finishing on the same lap as the brothers Canas couldn’t take the challenge to them but adds valuable championship points with a podium finish. Mugen’s David Todd Nieto would finish P4.

Image: Adrian Pariente [Facebook]

April 20, 2026

Zalewski dominates EOS finale, Orlowski double series Champion

Having taken the 2WD win on Friday, Xray’s Bartek Zalewski made it a dominant weekend at the second & final round of the Euro Offroad Series by also taking the 4WD TQ and win. Claiming his first ever EOS win in 2WD, the switch to 4WD at the Hudy Arena hosted event saw the young Polish racer continue his form as he took 3 of the 5 qualifiers to secure pole position. Lining up behind him, having topped two rounds, would be EOS Daun double winner Michal Orlowski with his Schumacher team-mate Daniel Kobbevik completing the Top 3. In the finals on the long 30-second lap times polished dirt track, A1 would see Zalewski win from Kobbevik who got ahead of his team-mate. With both Zalewski and Orlowski dipping into the 29-seconds with their fastest laps in A2, the latter couldn’t do anything to deny his countryman the double as he again took the win. Orlowski would win A3 from Kobbevik and this was the order they would join Zalweski on the podium. Overall, it was Orlowski who became the overall series Champion of both 2WD and 4WD.

Image: Michal Orlowski [Facebook]

April 20, 2026

Champlin & Lemieux win ROAR Carpet Offroad Nationals

Schumacher’s Broc Champlin and Xray’s Chase Lemieux are the 2026 ROAR Carpet Offroad National Champions, Champlin defending his 4WD title while Lemieux becomes the new 2WD Champion. Racing at Maximus R/C Raceway in Seabrook, New Hampshire, it was Champlin who came into the event as the double back tp back defending Champion and qualifying would see the 2WD World Champion line-up P3 for both classes. In 2WD it was Phend who took the TQ over the four qualifiers ahead of team-mate Lemieux. In 4WD, it was Schumacher’s Brennan Schimmel who took the TQ on tiebreak with Lemieux, them both recording two TQ runs each. In 2WD it was Lemieux who took the A1 win ahead of Champlin as Phend dropped to P4 and again getting to the front to win A2, this time aheads of Phend, Lemieux locked in his first National title. With Phend second, Schimmel completed the podium. In 4WD Schimmel converted TQ into an A1 but winning A2 & tasking a later A3 win it was Champlin who tok the overall to retain his title. Despite a rough A2, Schimmel fnished runner-up with Phend taking the final step on the podium.

Image: ROAR Racing [Facebook]

April 17, 2026

Zalewski takes first EOS win in Slovakia

Xray’s Bartek Zalewski has taken his first Euro Offroad Series win, the Polish driver securing the 2WD victory today at the Hudy Arena in Slovakia. The back to back 2026 MIBO International 2WD Champion and MKGP double winner, would secure the overall TQ for the second of the 2 races that make up the 2026 EOS. Behind him it was the Schumacher of Round 1 double winner Michal Orlowski with Martin Bayer who became the reigning European 2WD Champion at Xray’s home track completing the Top 3 from Team Associated’s Joona Haatanen. In the finals, the pack could do nothing about Zalewski pace on the polish indoor dirt and he took A1 convincingly. He repeated in A2 to finally secure a win he had been edging closer & closer to. Winning A3 Orlowski made it a Polish 1-2 while second in the closing 2WD encounter allowed Haatanen to complete the podium ahead of David Ronnefalk and Bayer.

Image: EOS [eos.racing]

April 13, 2026

Double ACT State Titles for Donnelly

Team Associated’s Lachlan Donnelly claimed a double at the ACT State titles in Australia over the weekend. The reigning National 2WD Champion won the Canberra Off Road Model Car Club hosted titles race after first securing the 2WD TQ ahead of Matthew Couper, Ari Bakla and Lachlan Munday. Completing Saturday’s action he would go on to win all three A-mains to secure the title ahead of Xray’s Couper with Munday getting ahead of Bakla to complete the podium with his Associated. Switching to 4WD action for Sunday, Donnelly again took the TQ topping all four rounds with Xray’s Bakla second ahead of Munday and Couper. Another clean sweep of the finals completed the perfect weekend for Donnelly with a podium line-up the same as they qualified. In Stock, Samuel Muffett took the TQ and win repeating his 2WD feat.

Image: Lachlan Donnelly [Facebook]

April 13, 2026

Kaerup wins Savox Grand Prix in Taiwan

World Champion Marcus Kaerup took the wins at the annual Savox 1:8 Offroad Grand Prix which was staged at the RC66 track in Taoyuan, Taiwan. The servo manufacturer invited a number of their international team drivers to the event with Kaerup also joined by Korean Team Associated team-mate Jung Hyunkyu, Infinity’s Kouki Kato, and Xray’s Max Gotzl. With a total of 121 entries, racing on the unique track which is located under a highway bridge and was host of the 2023 FEMCA Championships, it was Kaerup who took the TQ in both Nitro and Electric ahead of recent Sunpadow Grand Prix winner Kato and the Chinese race’s runner up Hyunkyu. In the 50-minute final, Kaerup would hand the lead to Kato after a big error early on. The Asian Buggy Championships Champion would stay out front until lap 70 with the Japanese driver eventually having to settle for second 8-seconds back on the Dane. With Hyunkyu having a tough final suffering a broken rear shock after early contact he ran last of the 14 starters for a time before eventually finishing P9, it was the Wang Hao who completed the podium. In eBuggy, while Kato won A1, Kaerup took A2 & 3 for the overall ahead of Kato with Gotzl on the final step of the podium.

Image: Marcus Kaerup [Facebook]

April 7, 2026

Canas wins ‘Neoland’ on iconic race’s return

Sworkz’s Juan Carlos Canas has won Neoland, the Spaniard taking the Nitro Buggy win on the return of racing to Harper Adams in the UK over the Easter weekend. The spiritual home of Philip Mortstedt’s Neo Race, a race that was widely referred to as the 1:8 Buggy Indoor World Championships, well known international track builder and Buggyland race promoter Miguelo Izquierdo Rodriguez resurrected the Neo event after a decade, and while he was somewhat under the radar for most of the weekend Canas came good when it counted most to win the 45-minute final. In qualifying it was the Xray of David Ronnefalk who secured the TQ, topping 2 of the 3 rounds, ahead of Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro, fastest in Q3 and also taking the overall eBuggy TQ. The Sworkz’s Mattia Polito would line-up third ahead of Canas with Mugen Seiki’s Berkan Kilic and Team Associated’s Marcus Kaerup completing the Top 6 on the 15-car grid. In the final Ronnefalk would lead the way for the first 20-minutes with Canas pushing him ever harder. The pair would tangle but resume in the same order only for Canas to execute the pass he was trying to line up shortly after. Once in front he took charge of the race to win by 3.5 seconds from Ongaro. Making a wrong call on tyre compound, Ronnefalk would eventually drop to P6 with Ongaro taking second and the Sworkz of 7th place qualifier Elliott Boots completing the podium just ahead of Kilic. In Easter Sunday’s eBuggy encounter, while Ongaro won A1 it was Ronnefalk who took the title with wins in A2 & 3. Behind Ongaro in second, eBuggy World Champion Kaerup completed the podium from P10 on the grid with Kilic finishing fourth.

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