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February 9, 2026

Mod Champion to be decided at EWS Finale – R4 Report

The penultimate round of the Essex Winter Series took place this Sunday, and confirmed that the LRP Modified champion would once again be crowned in the Series Finale next month! Kyle Branson opened proceedings, setting the best times in Q1 and Q2. The ToniSport-backed driver had now chosen to run a Mugen MTC-3 chassis for the rest of the winter, and it was a Mugen 1-2 as he led Alex Thurston in both the opening runs. Chris Grainger seemed to have re-found his form after a tough start to the winter by taking third in the first round and fourth in the second qualifier. Elliott Harper, a championship contender alongside Kyle and Alex, seemed on the back foot after a fifth and third place scores. However, for Q3, Elliott found some pace with his Schumacher, posting a new fastest time to top the round ahead of Kyle and Alex, before a tight final qualifier again saw Elliott lead Kyle and Alex to secure the overall pole position. Chris would line up fourth with his Reedy Power-backed Schumacher, with Bailey Graves (Schumacher) rounding out the top five. The A Final ultimately turned in to a dominant drive from Elliott, with the top three breaking away from the rest of the field in the opening laps, before Elliott then pulled away further to leave the two Mugen cars to fight over second and third. At the half-distance mark, Kyle made a small mistake, leaving just enough space for Alex to pounce and move up to second. However, a few laps later, a lapped car then took out Alex, allowing Kyle back up into second in the race. That was the order they finished, with Elliott making it back-to-back wins and moving into the championship lead. However, Kyle’s gift of second place leaves him tied with Elliott, and now Alex two points behind – meaning the championship will be decided in March.

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February 9, 2026

Bruneau wins 50th anniversary Florida WinterNats

One of the world’s longest running nitro onroad races and celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2026, Joachim Bruneau has taken the 1:8 Open win at the end of the high rate of attrition 45-minute Florida WinterNats final. Hosted at Greg Esser’s Nuggets Ranch Raceway in Arcadia, after the four rounds of qualifying it was Infinity’s Teemu Leino who secured the TQ honours ahead of new Mugen Seiki signing Diego Morganti, Lazaro Alonso JR, former 1:10 Nitro Touring World Champion Ralph Burch and 2017 WinterNats Champion DJ Apolaro. With Morganti getting an early lead over Leino, the Finn having issues with his brakes, while pair would be the only drivers to run 13-seconds lap times during the race, unfortunately neither would go the distance. After just 5-minutes Leino was out with a throttle servo failure with Alonso JR next to go out 3-minutes later. Winner of November’s Cow Patty Classic, Apolaro wouldn’t get back to back wins at the track, the former ROAR Champion out at the 20-minute mark. He would be followed to the sidelines at 36-minute by another contender Burch. All the time it was Morganti who was out front and looking on target to add a 6th title to the family name, his father Paolo a 5-time Winternats Champion. With just over 5-minutes to go however a rear belt failure would put the 21-year-old out handing Cow Patty Classic podium finisher Bruneau the win. Some distance back Rafael Angula and Dutch visitor Gertjan Van Schaik completed the podium. In 1:8 Masters it was a Dutch win, as Infinity driver Arie Manten took victory from P5 on the grid. The 1:8 GT win went to Serpent’s Jose Almonte, Top Qualifier & World Championship Podium finisher Carlie Lopez having issues and dropping out of contention eventually finishing P10 with his Raptor. In 1:10 Nitro Touring, Apolaro brought home the win after getting passed Top Qualifier & defending Champion Michael Palazzola with Jerry Guerra completing the podium.

Image: Joe Kimble

February 8, 2026

Anderson & Ratheisky claim Mod wins at Snowbirds

Awesomatix’s Kemp Anderson and Xray’s Jan Ratheisky took the main Modified wins at the 32nd running of the world famous Snowbird Nationals in Florida, Anderson taking the 1:12 title while Ratheisky took Touring Car honours. With long time Snowbirds stalwart and 2025 double winner Alexander Hagberg missing this year’s edition due to the earlier running of the legendary TITC race in Thailand, qualifying would see Xcelerate RC’s Ollie Payne and Ratheisky dominate the time sheets in Orlando. British driver Payne would top both 1:12 Modified, ahead of Anderson and Xray’s Keven Hebert, and 13.5 Super Stock, ahead of Awesomatix pairing of Jeff Dayger and Team EAM owner Eric Anderson. In Modified Touring Car, German Ratheisky secured the TQ from Hebert, Kemp Anderson and Xray’s Drew Ellis, a feat he would repeat in 21.5 Super Stock ahead of Eric Anderson, Ellis, and Clayton Young. Attracting 246 entries, in the single A-Main finals Payne would lead Modified for 51 of the 68 laps before relinquishing the lead to Anderson and having to settle for second with Canadian Hebert completing the podium. He would redeem himself in Super Stock but only after getting back passed Dayger. The podium was completed by fellow Brit & fifth place qualifier Morgan Williams. Ratheisky would convert both his TQ’s in to tone to tone wins, taking Super Stock ahead of ROAR President Young and Michael Hanulec while in Mod it won by almost 2-seconds from Hebert while Kemp Anderson completed the podium.

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February 6, 2026

Mugen Seiki confirms Volker & Sparbier for MIBO International title defence

Defending MIBO International Champions Mugen Seiki have confirmed their return to the unique indoor race for a fourth consecutive year with Modified Champion Ronald Volker being joined by Soren Sparbier who makes his debut at the Czech race. Volker was the winner of the inaugural MIBO International in 2023 but losing that title to Michal Orlowski in 2024 he took it back again when he beat the Schumacher star to the win last year. The 2025 TITC Open Brushless Champion, 19-year-old Sparbier will join Volker on February 27-March 1st in competing for Modified honours with their LRP powered MTC-3s. Hosted by Mibosport, which is owned by former top international Czech touring car racer Michal Bok, MIBO International is a unique event in that two side by side tracks bring together both onroad and offroad racing.

View MIBO International Touring Car Roll of Honour here

February 6, 2026

Roche announces Malyshko signing

1:12 World Champion & reigning Japanese National Champion manufacturer Roche has announced that multiple FEMCA Junior Champion Maxim Malyshko has joined their team. The 14-year-old Russian racer, will campaign the Hong Kong manufacturer’s Rapide P12V2 at the upcoming IFMAR 1:12 World Championship in China having finished fourth in the Spec class at the FEMCA Asia 1:12 Championships hosted by Hongyu GDC Worlds venue before Christmas. The 22nd running of the IFMAR 1:12 World Championships takes place on March 26-29th and is set to see a strong entry with over 80 drivers from 18 nations already confirmed with that number expected to exceed 90 once entries are finalised.

Source: Roche [rocherc.com]

February 5, 2026

Team EAM batteries for Eldridge

Top international female electric racer Harley Eldridge has joined US battery brand Team EAM. The accomplished British racer who represents Xray both in onroad and offroad, has a 2026 programme that will include travelling to China to contest both the IFMAR Modified Touring Car and 1:12 World Championships at Hongyu GDC in Foshan. Also with a packed UK race calendar that includes 2WD and 4WD Offroad action, on the announcement Harley said, ‘I would like to say a massive thank you to Eric for letting me join Team EAM! I’m looking forward to promoting the brand further in the UK and across the many different classes I race.’

Source: Team EAM [teameamotorsports.com]

February 5, 2026

Tamiya Group C Series Round 2 – Report

Round two of the all-new Group C Series took place last weekend, once again on the wonderful Vallelunga track. The race saw a repeat of entries compared to the season opener, despite some last minute deficiencies. The field proved to be competitive as ever, and at the end of controlled practice, qualifying and finals the gap between drivers was tiny. Riccardo Acciari would eventually come out as overall winner, followed by Magnocavallo and Emiliano Bartolini pushing TQ Alessandro Bagagli off the podium finishing third overall.

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February 3, 2026

MyRCM Race Timing App

So Dialed Racetech, a California company dedicated to helping RC enthusiasts through innovative mobile apps, has released the official mobile app for well known worldwide timing platform MyRCM. The app was created in partnership with RC-Timing, the Swiss based company founded by Felix Romer, and which is leading provider of RC, through MyRCM, and Kart race timing software in Europe. MyRCM by So Dialed allows drivers and spectators to effortlessly track the European RC racing scene in real-time. Key features include a comprehensive event view in which drivers can easily view events happening now, check upcoming events, and review completed events from around the world, and they can filter by country, race type, and track type so they only see the races they care about. You can also view detailed results and participation. Live Race Tracking supports live scoring with drivers able to see real-time results and follow race standings and lap times as they happen. MyRCM by So Dialed is available for download on Android and iOS devices:

Source: So Dialed Racetech [sodialed.com]