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February 25, 2026

Takashima D-13 partners with top US talent Cruz

Having recently announced 2016 World Champion Ronald Volker had joined to assist with brand development and product performance testing, aftermarket onroad parts & accessories manufacturer Takashima D-13 has announced the signing of top US touring car talent Jacob Cruz. One of the stars of the 2024 IFMAR ISTC World Championships at Finishline RC Raceway in California, where he made the A-Main on his Worlds debut, the 17 year-old Mugen Seiki driver is a major signing for Takashima D-13 who just recently announced Randy Caster’s 1up Racing as its exclusive US distributor. Cruz is already working closely with 1up Racing who sell ‘Cruz Missile’ branded Tyre Additive and Grip Activator.

Source: Target RC [targetrc.com]

February 23, 2026

Another double for Payne at latest British 1:12 Nationals

Xcelerate RC’s Ollie Payne claimed another BRCA British National Championship double as he won Round 9 & 10 hosted by the West Bridgford Model Car Club over the weekend. Kicking off 2026 with wins in January at the Dorset Model Car Racing Club hosted National double header, Payne secured Saturday’s Round 9 TQ with his final qualifying effort ahead of Schumacher’s Finley Whitelock and Awesomatix’s Mark Stiles and would go on to win the final by 5-seconds from Whitelock while fourth place qualifier Sam Coult completed the podium with his Schumacher. Again taking the TQ on Sunday, this time ahead of team-mate Morgan Williams, in the 8 minute Round 10 final Payne won by half a lap from Louis Parker and Williams.

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February 23, 2026

2026 IFMAR 1:10 IC Track World C/ship Stage 1 Report

IFMAR, the World governing body of RC racing, has published the Stage 1 report for the 2026 1:10 Nitro Touring Car World Championship which will be hosted by Club Automodellistico 5 Colli a decade after the iconic track staged the previous European hosting of the race. The 11th running of the championships, it will take place from September 4th to 12th in the medieval town of Gubbio in central Italy and given the nations unofficial title as ‘the world capital of nitro onroad racing’ it is expected to attract a large and competitive entry. In 2016 it was Dominc Greiner who became World Champion with a flawless drive ahead of then Serpent team-mate Alessio Mazzeo, who gave the local crowd plenty to cheer about, with then reigning 1:8 World Champion Simon Kurzbuch completing the podium for Shepherd just ahead of Bruno Coelho. Since then the track has hosted the 2022 IFMAR ISTC World Championship, Coelho taking the win on that occasion, with the club highly regarded for its strong organisation and presentation of races. The previous two 1:10 Nitro Touring Car World Championships where staged in Thailand, the 2024 race held at Huge RC in Bangkok after original host Costa Rica hit issues surrounding noise. Jilles Groskamp would take a hugely popular victory at the former ISTC World Champion Surikarn Chaidajsuriya owned track, to become only the second driver to win the biggest prize in both Electric and Nitro Touring Car. View the full 2026 Stage 1 Report here.

Source: IFMAR [ifmar.org]

February 20, 2026

Izsay & Hudy to lead Xray’s onroad effort at MIBO International

Fresh from racing at the famous TITC last weekend in Thailand, Adam Izsay and Xray’s chief touring car designer Martin Hudy are confirmed to lead the manufacturer’s onroad efforts at this year’s upcoming MBO International race in the Czech Republic. Having already confirmed defending MIBO International 2WD Buggy Champion Bartek Zalewski and reigning EFRA 2WD European Champion Martin Bayer will lead their offroad team at the fourth edition of the race on February 27-March 1st, Izsay, as the defending Pro-Stock Champion, will also try to defend his title as well as race in the Modified class. The man responsible for creating the cars they will race, the X4’26, Hudy will focus his attentions on the Pro Stock class, Xray drivers winning the category in all three previous editions of the Hrotovice based indoor event.

View MIBO International Roll of Honour here

February 16, 2026

Yokomo confirm Krapp for 4th consecutive MIBO outing

Having attended all three previous editions of MIBO International, Yokomo has confirmed its return for the 4th annual running of the popular Czech race where it will once again be represented by 2022 ISTC World Championship podium finisher Christopher Krapp. The Japanese manufacturer’s lead international driver & team manager travels to Hrotovice to take on Mugen Seiki’s defending Champion Ronald Volker and his team-mate Soren Sparbier plus a host of other top drivers over the weekend of February 27-March 1st. A unique event, MIBO International brings together both electric touring car and electric offroad racers on the same weekend with the building of two indoor carpet tracks side by side at the Sports V Hotel. With everything from the track, restaurant, bowling alley and hotel rooms all under one roof, the venue has always been popular with racers. With a capped entry limit, the relaxed 2 & a half day schedule means plenty of time in the evening to wind down and socialise over dinner after each day’s racing. You can find full details for the 2026 MIBO International Race and register to be on the grid via the Mibosport website by clicking here.

View MIBO International Roll of Honour here

February 15, 2026

Signed, sealed, & delivered – Orlowski is double TITC Champion

He came as a TITC Rookie last year and dominated, and returning to Bangkok for the 22nd edition of the iconic race this year Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski has just become a double champion of what many call the hardest race in the world. With the large crowd denied a showdown in the opening A-Main, Coelho’s challenge lasting less than a full lap as he crashed out, instead of getting the duel we all wanted to see in A2 Orlowski put on a display of dominance to become only the seventh repeat winner of the race. While the Polish racer pulled clear, behind, Coelho would come under pressure from fellow multiple TITC winner Akio Sobue before finally getting out of the clasps of the Japanese driver but such was Orlowski’s lead there was nothing he could do to keep alive the chances of a record 5th TITC title for this year. While A3 was expected to be just a formality to determine completion of the podium each side of Orlowski but Coelho would suffered a rear wing failure that sent his car flying off the track and into the tyre barrier, his race done and only 7th overall to show for his week long effort as Orlowski’s biggest challenger. With Sobue fending off the Awesomatix of Simon Lauter it was the 2-time TITC winner on the second step and former TITC Open Brushless class winner Lauter claiming his first major international modified podium finish ahead of Marc Rheinard.

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February 15, 2026

Easy A1 win for Orlowski as Coelho crashes out

Michal Orlowski has won the opening A-Main at the TITC, Schumacher’s defending Champion getting the win a lot easier than expected as main challenger Bruno Coelho crashed out on the first full lap. Starting from second, Coelho piled the pressure on the Top Qualifier on the opening lap but on the first full speed entry into the sweeper at the end of straight, the cars having lined up for the start a lap earlier on the straight, he came in too tight launching his Infinity over the kerb and into the outside. Breaking a corner off the car, his A1 challenge was done much to the disappointment of the crowd lined-up around the track. While Orlowski gapped the field, the pressure now off the Polish driver, the attention was on the battle for second, Akio Sobue and Simon Lauter gapping 5th place starter Marc Rheinard. While Lauter looked like he might have something to mount a serious challenge on Sobue’s Axon over the final laps of the race, a number of small mistakes mean’t the Awesomatix driver couldn’t get close enough to attempt a pass. With Rheinard finishing 4th it was Viktor Wilck who was the top Infinity in P5 while Xray’s Jun Sawada rounded out the Top 6. In Open Brushless it was also an easy win for Top Qualifier Lukas Ellerbrock, his effort made easier by early contact behind him between Oliver Bultynck and Natthawat Rungcharat. With RC Maker’s Shimazaki Shinya taking up second he would later crash out allowing Rungcharat’s Xray through to second with Bultynck’s Awesomatix getting 3rd.

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February 14, 2026

Orlowski to defend TITC title as Top Qualifier

Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski will defend his TITC title in Bangkok tomorrow from pole position after taking a somewhat anti-climatic final qualifier at RC Addict this evening to become Top Qualifier once again at the iconic race. His closest challenger, Bruno Coelho had injected a level of excitement into proceedings when he took the penultimate qualifier to set the stage for a showdown but the World Champion didn’t have the pace in the ‘Happy Hour’ evening conditions to prevent Orlowski taking his fourth TQ run of the event. While Orlowski and Coelho have the edge on the rest of the field, Akio Sobue again put in another Top 3 run and that’s where the 2-time Champion will start from, many predicting the Axon driver might in fact have locked in the best grid position should, as we have seen in the past, fireworks go off at the front. A great day from Simon Lauter sees the race’s 2024 Open Brushless class winner line up fourth on the grid ahead of team-mate Marc Rheinard, the chances of the 3-time World Champion winning again in Thailand two decades after his single TITC win looking a tall order. While many full factory drivers had their struggles and failed to make the A-Main, Korean racer Ji-Heon Yoo made Awesomatix the best represented manufacturer on the grid securing P6 ahead of Infinity’s Viktor Wilck, Xray’s Jin Sawada, Axon’s Hayato Ishioka, and Tamiya’s Souta Goto who got the tie break on the Mugen Seiki of 2024 Top Qualifier Ronald Volker to complete the grid. In Open Brushless having qualified & finished P2 last year, Lukas Ellerbrock is the Top Qualifier ahead of Awesomatix team-mate Oliver Bultynck who TQ’d the final qualifier. Winner of Q4, Thailand’s Natthawat Rungcharat starts 3rd for Xray.

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