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April 21, 2025

Team EAM batteries for Wahl

Team EAM has announced that 2023 TITC Open Brushless Champion Tim Wahl will use their batteries to power his touring car campaign. The German driver, who is also a multiple ETS podium finisher, will represent the America brand at both European and World Championship level. A driver renowned for his technical input having worked as a mechanic for Marc Rheinard and reigning Pro Stock World Champion Simon Lauter, on the Team EAM announcement he said, “Proud to join Team EAM! In addition to the pure performance of the products, the project itself is super exciting. I am looking forward to working with the team, bringing the brand to the next level. Big thanks to Max and Eric for their trust!”

Source: Team EAM [teameamotorsports.com]

April 17, 2025

Wood wins British 1:8 Circuit National opener

The opening round of the BRCA British 1:8 Circuit National Championship took place last weekend with former Champion Tim Wood taking a debut victory for the new Shepherd Velox V8.3. Racing at the Brooklands track, which hosts 2 of the championships 7 rounds in 2025, Wood secured the TQ ahead of the Mugen Seiki of reigning Champion Alex Thurston with Andrew Hastings’ Shepherd completing the Top 3. In the 30-minute final it was Thurston, winner of 5 races in a row last season, who took the early lead until a stripped 2nd gear ended his challenge. Setting the fastest lap race Wood would go onto to secure a healthy win over team-mate Hastings with Thurston completing the podium. Round 2 of the championship will take racer to the Cotswold track on May 3-4th.

Image: Shepherd Micro Racing [Facebook]

April 14, 2025

2025 IFMAR 1:8 GT Worlds – Stage 1 Report

The Stage 1 report for the IFMAR 1:8 GT World Championships which take place in Santiago, Chile, later this year has been published by host club Club of Aeromodelos of Chile (CACH). The 3rd edition of the championships takes place at country’s very impressive CACH facility which houses a variety of RC tracks and airfields and which will also host the 1:8 Onroad Worlds 2-months after the GT event. Reigning Champion Toni Gruber, who won his title in Sydney, has confirmed he is to travel to South America to defend his title with Hong Nor as has 2023 Top Qualifier Alex D’Angelo who will lead the challenge of Capricorn. Starting on September 14th with IPD, the race will run over the next 6 days with September 21st (Sunday) reserved as a rain day. As yet no controlled tyre has confirmed for the event.

View Stage report here

April 14, 2025

Portugal Touring Series (PTS) Round 1 – Report

The 2025 Portugal Touring Series (PTS) for 1:10 electric onroad kicked off recently at the home track of World Championship of Bruno Coelho with 68 drivers attending the first of the 3 rounds. Organised by the Clube Rádio Modelismo de Benfica (CRB), the series draws enthusiasts and drivers from across the country, establishing itself as a reference event in the Portuguese national RC scene. The PTS’ biggest entry today in Stock Touring it was the Schumacher of Rodrigo Ferreira who took the win while in Formula the opening round went to Jose Carvalho. In the one make Carsten M210 class it was victory for João Nascimento. Round 2 of the Lisbon based PTS takes place June 8th.

View podium finishers here

April 14, 2025

eSIC confirms return of top Korean racer EC Kim

Top Korean Touring Car racer EC Kim is the latest driver to be confirmed for this year’s Electric Singapore International Challenge (eSIC), the ARC driver having made his debut at the event last year. The third edition of the international race, Mugen Seiki’s Robald Volker the victor on the two previous occasions, eSIC 2025 runs earlier in the year bringing top international drivers to the Marine Parade Radio Control Modellers Club track on July 12-13. The brainchild of top Singapore touring car racer Nicholas Lee and Chhua Jookiah, eSIC has already confirmed entries from Atsushi Hara, Team Axon’s Hayato Ishioka, and Xray’s Jan Ratheisky for this year’s encounter with more team driver announcements to come.

Source: eSIC [Facebook]

April 11, 2025

2025 SIGP Onroad Race – Announcement

Sunpadow Batteries has announced that its annual SIGP International RC Car Onroad Grand Prix will this year take place from June 18-22. Resuming last year following a break due to Covid, the race would see Bruno Coelho take the big win in electric and Jeff Hamon the victor in nitro. Held at the 2017 1:10 Electric Offroad World Championship venue in Xiamen, both the onroad and offroad tracks are built side by side next to Sunpadow’s production facility. The SIGP Onroad, the track hosting a separate Offroad event later in the year, will continue to offer one of the biggest prizes in the sport with total prize money of $25,000 on offer over the categories which include 1:10 Modified Touring Car, 1:10 Stock Touring Car, 1:8 GP onroad, and 1:8 GT. Registration will open on May 1st.

Source: Sunpadow [sunpadow.com]

April 9, 2025

Tyre compound change for EFRA 1:8 GT European C/ships

EFRA, the governing body for RC racing in Europe, has announced a change of control tyre compound for the upcoming 1:8 GT & GTE European Championships. The fourth running of the Euros for nitro and third edition for electric, MRC Leipzig host the event at their track in central Germany from June 18-21 with Italy’s PMT the official tyre supplier. Initially selecting the Q5 compound as part the new for 2025 rule that drivers must use one single compound for both axles, after testing it was discovered the the cars, especially electric, were difficult to drive due to the rear being to hard a compound. As a result, the race will now switch to the softer Q3 compound. Drivers are now also allowed to change tyres in the Main Final due to the softer compound. In Nitro it will be Natanaele Senesi who will be looking to defend his title while another Italian, Rosario Giaimo, will be looking to retain the title he won at the Naxos World track in Sicily, Italy, last year. Later this year 1:8 GT drivers will also compete for the World Championship title in Chile.

Read full EFRA announcement here

April 9, 2025

FEMCA rebrands to Asian Championships

The governing body that represents 15 nations in Asia and Australasia, FEMCA has announced a rebranding of its blue ribbon events. Previously known as the FEMCA Championships, they will now be hosted under the titles of Asian Championships with 1:12 and Touring Car the first races set to crown the ‘Asian Champions’ later this year in Foshan, China which will host the 2026 IFMAR World Championships for both categories. Under the leadership of Leonard Kee, the Far East Model Car Association (FEMCA) has been busy re-establishing its championship events following Covid. The 1:8 Offroad Championship has enjoyed great success on its return with Kyosho’s American based up & coming offroad star Phi-Long Nguyen claiming back to back titles in Vietnam last month. Part of the success of that event has been FEMCA’s move to award the host track the option to host the race for 2-years. This is in order to help the track recoup any investment made in presenting a track worthy of hosting this major international title race that includes Atsushi Hara and Kyle McBride as past champions. At the end of last year the profile of the FEMCA Touring Car Championship got a major boost when World Champion Bruno Coelho traveled to Gavin Kwok’s GDC Indoor track, where the Portuguese ace added the title to his CV ahead of former FEMCA Champion Naoto Matsukura. In making the announcement FEMCA stated, ‘FEMCA will launch the “Asia Championship” races in Asia starting this year with ISTC and 1/12 category in the city of Foshan China at the start of December. The Asia Championship will provide a platform for all racers and hobbyist in Asia Pacific to race against their peers and fellow enthusiasts. ‘ Listing the categories that will have Asian Championship status, they added, ‘The events are based in Asia and the entries will be open to all. More events and changes are abound as FEMCA makes tweaks to rules and formats to move forwards in this hobby and region.’

View Championship categories here