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June 30, 2026

Stanley defends Queensland State Title

Brayden Stanley has successfully defended his SpeedyRC RCRA QLD Electric Touring Car State title, the factory ARC driver taking the 2026 win at the Bayside R/C Car Club hosted race in Brisbane. The 20-year-old would secure the overall TQ as he took his A11 to the fastest time in 3 of the 4 qualifiers. Topping the times in Q3, Infinity’s Jesse Davis would line up 2nd on the grid ahead touring car returnee Christopher Sturdy, RC Maker’s Jeff Hamon, and Schumacher’s Simon Nicholson. In the triple finals after a DNF in A1, Davis taking that win, Stanley would control A2 & 3 to defend his 2025 Queensland State title. With a 2nd in A3, Hamon would compete the podium behind Davis with Sturdy finishing 4th. In 13.5 Touring it was Jordan Caruso took the spoils while 21.5 Superstock, the biggest category of the championships, it was Josh Evans who took the TQ and win.

Source: Brayden Stanley [Facebook]

June 30, 2026

Harper wins British Championship Round 3 at Halifax

Schumacher’s Elliott Harper took the third round of the British 1:10 Electric Touring Car Championship over the weekend, the reigning BRCA Champion claiming his second consecutive win of the season at the Halifax hosted encounter. Claiming the first win of his title defence last month at Stafford ahead of Round 1 winner Kyle Branson, Harper would TQ the latest round of the 5 round championship. Behind him team-mate Matthew White secured the no.2 spot with Round 2 podium finish Matthieu Dambrine completing the Top 3 on the grid after the completion of the 4 rounds. In the double finals Harper won the opening race from White before claiming the overall with the A2 win over Xray’s Harley Eldridge. Qualifying P7, that result would give Eldridge her first podium of the season behind White and ahead of Dambrine and Chris Grainger. In 17.5 Stock Zak Finlay took the win ahead of Finley Whitelock and James Hart.

Image: Schumacher [Facebook]

June 29, 2026

Ji-Heon Yoo gets Team EAM power

One of the surprise performances of this year’s TITC with his 5th place finish, Korea racer Ji-Heon Yoo’s racing program will now be officially powered by US battery brand Team EAM. A multiple Korean National Champion, the Awesomatix team driver, who last month joined the Hobbywing Factory Team, will contest this year’s IFMAR 1:10 ISTC World Championship at Huge RC in Thailand, the Korean National Championship, and major races across Korea. On the announcement Yoo said, ‘I am very happy and honored to join Team EAM. Battery performance and consistency are extremely important in competitive racing, and I am excited to race with Team EAM batteries. I will do my best to achieve strong results and contribute positively to the team.’

Source: Team EAM [teameamotorsports.com]

June 25, 2026

Singapore’s RCMC resurfacing complete

Having reported on the track works at Singapore’s only permanent track, as the main driving force behind the resurfacing Dayrl Thong has sent us images of the finished RCMC track. With the last resurfacing work done back in 2014, the latest track work was 100% funded by the local community through a donation drive led by Thong, led both the drive and the entire project. The entire old track was milled out to allow for a new layer of asphalt to be laid. Prior to the resurfacing works, all the grass in the islands were dug out, levelled with soil and planted with new grass so fix the potholes and for aesthetics. With eSIC cancelled this year due to the planned resurfacing works, planning is now underway for the 2027 event. The 2026 Singapore International Nitro Grand Prix, which will be held the same weekend as the Singapore Formula 1 GP, will be the first major event held at the resurfaced venue.

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June 22, 2026

Menicucci joins Sunpadow Batteries

Sunpadow has announced top Italian Electric Touring Car racer Alessio Menicucci has joined their official team. The multiple Italian Champion and European Championship Finalist previously ran EZpower and makes to the official move to the Chinese battery manufacturer where he joins long time chassis sponsor team-mate Bruno Coelho. Following former Xray driver Coelho to Infinity in 2025, Menicucci and also running Hobbywing electronic, Menicucci now has an identical race package to the World Champion.

Source: Sunpadow [sunpadow.com]

June 22, 2026

Hamon joins Capricorn for 1:8 Onroad | GT program

Capricorn has announced that top Australian nitro racer Jeff Hamon will be an official team driver for the 2026 season. The 1:8 GT World Championship podium finisher and 1:8 Onroad Worlds Finalist will represent the Italian manufacturer in both categories, using the Quantum in 1:8 Onroad and LAB GT2 for GT. Reacting to the announcement, Hamon said, ‘I am incredibly excited to join the Capricorn team! For me, Capricorn has always been the Ferrari of RC racing. The passion, engineering excellence, attention to detail and performance behind the brand are qualities I have admired since its very beginning. It is truly special to now be part of such an iconic team. I would like to sincerely thank Patrizio for the opportunity and trust to represent Capricorn on and off the track. I’m looking forward to this exciting new chapter and to achieving great results together!’

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

June 18, 2026

Singapore’s RCMC track gets new surface

It’s Singapore’s only permanent track, and today RCMC underwent major resurfacing work. The home to the annual Electric Singapore International Challenge (eSIC), which last year hosted its biggest edition of the electric touring car race, and the annual Singapore International Nitro Grand Prix, the resurfacing has been a major undertaking for the country’s RC Community. Getting the new surface after 12-years, the project was led by well known Asian race announcer Daryl Thong. Due to the planned work, the track’s bump on the main straight causing drivers some spectacularly big crashes at eSIC, it was decided t0 defer the fourth edition of the race to 2027 in anticipation of the work. Moving to a July date in 2025, this proved a positive switch for the event which was won by Axon’s Akio Sobue ahead of Xray’s Alexander Hagberg and Team Cayote’s Atsushi Hara. Held on the same weekend as the Singapore F1 Grand Prix in October, international visitors to the Nitro Grand Prix will get the bonus of fresh asphalt this year. One of the driving forces behind eSIC, Singapore’s top international driver Nicolas Lee was on hand to see the work being carried out by some pretty large scale machinery and captured these images of the big day for Radio Control Modellers’ Club Singapore.

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June 16, 2026

TITC returns to Huge RC for 2027

The biggest international race on the Electric Touring Car calendar outside of the IFMAR World Championships, the organisers of the TITC have just announced that the 22nd running of the iconic Bangkok race will see it return to Huge RC in 2027. The race was last hosted by indoor asphalt track owned by 2002 ISTC World Champion Surikarn Chaidajsuriya in 2014 with Ronald Volker taking the win on that occasion. Chaidajsuriya was the winner of the inaugural TITC in 2003 and successfully defended that title in 2004. Held at the city’s other famous track RC Addict since 2015, after 10 editions there (no races held in 2021 & 22 due to Covid) it now switches to back after 13 years to Huge RC which was just recently awarded this year’s IFMAR ISTC World Championships replacing the cancelled China staging of the 13th running of the Electric Touring Car World title race. With Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski the defending back to back TITC Champion he will get the opportunity for a hat trick of wins when the race takes place from February 25-27th.

Source: TITC [titc.in.th]