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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 15, 2026

ROAR Adopts New Touring Car Body Rules

ROAR, the the sanctioning body for RC racing in the United States & Canada, has announced it has approved additional technical specifications for 1:10 Touring Car bodies. With new competition body shell releases always divisive regarding the direction they have taken, on October 13th the ROAR Executive Committee voted on the new specs that have been added to the ROAR Rule Book (Pages 17-20). These new rules will take effect, and the temporary moratorium on body approvals will end, on November 1, 2026. The Body Submission Form has also been updated with a few additional requirements effective immediately. All TC bodies that were on the Approved List before the new rule was enacted, will remain legal for use at the upcoming 2026 Electric On-Road Pavement Nationals event at Valkaria Raceway in Florida. All new TC bodies must now meet the updated specs in order to be added to the ROAR-Approved List. Any previously approved bodies that no longer conform to the updated TC specs will be removed from the ROAR-Approved List on December 31, 2026.

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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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October 13, 2026

Harper wins 2026/27 EWS season opener – Report

The opening round of the 2026/27 Essex Winter Series took place over the weekend with Schumacher’s Elliott Harper getting his title defence off to the perfect start with victory in the LRP Modified class. The fifteenth season of the EWS, entries were as popular as ever, leading to a fully booked race and a stacked field in all the classes. In qualifying it was the Mugen Seiki of Alex Thurston who topped the opening qualifier ahead of ToniSport’s Kyle Branson, with Harper in third. Harper then however found the groove and took the top spot in the remaining three qualifiers to secure pole position, ahead of Thurston, Branson, the Awesomatix of series returnee Olly Jefferies and Xray’s Harley Eldridge. Thurston initially stayed close to Harper at the start of the final, but by the half-distance point had dropped around 2 seconds behind. Meanwhile, Jefferies hounded Branson, the two former champions putting on a great display of close racing throughout. As Thurston’s pace began to fade, this pair closed in, and the final half-minute saw a three way battle to be “best of the rest”. But Thurston held his composure to cross the line in second place, with Branson and Jefferies right behind him but still in the order they qualified. Out front, Harper secured maximum points with a perfect drive to take the win.

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October 11, 2026

Balestri wins Singapore Nitro GP with world class recovery drive

Infinity’s Dario Balestri has claimed back to back wins at the Singapore International Nitro Grand Prix, the Italian putting in a world class recovery drive after an early flame out dropped the Top Qualifier down to 7th in the 45-minute race of attrition. Leading away the 12 car grid, the 20th edition of the annual race marking the official re-opening of the newly resurfaced RCMC Marine Parade track, Balestri took early control of proceeding with Naoto Matsukura in tow & keeping him honest. Unfortunately World Champion Shoki Takahata’s challenge on his first visit to Singapore ended as fast as it started, the Mugen Seiki driver suffering a flame out on the first lap – the first of many for the Japanese driver who eventually finished P7. 1:8 & 1:10 Nitro Onroad World Champion Tadahiko Sahashi would be another early exit after he spun and was collected by Jesse Davis, winner of the Last Chance Final, the Japanese driver’s mistake would also lead to the demise of the Australian with just two minutes on the clock. With the first round of fuel stop coming around, it would see the spectacular demise of Matsukura. Exiting pit lane after his first stop, spectators trying to capture the 1:8 Onroad action blocked the Nitro Touring Car World Champion’s view and he hit a post, his yellow bodied Infinity resembling a banana after the massive high speed impact. With things starting to finally settle down, Jilles Groskamp another hitting early problems, it looked like Balestri could switch to cruise control but approaching the send round of fuel stops, the 2 time World Champion ran out of fuel. The only one of the four direct qualifiers to have not yet hit problems, Carmine Raiola took over the lead. He would hold that lead until the final 3-minutes. Setting a new track record as he struck off his rivals 1 by 1 on his way back to the front, Balestri would pass Raiola for the lead on his final fuel stop. His drive to Singapore Nitro Grand Prix victory a class act by one of 1:8 Onroad’s greatest drivers, his winning margin 5-seconds over Raiola. Takakki Shimo completed the podium ahead of Teemu Leino.

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