With the weather forecast for the week showing imminent disaster, the choice was made to run the fifth round of qualifying on Wednesday after rounds 3 and 4 – which turned out to be the right decision, as the skies opened up on Thursday and prevented any chance of completing the sixth and final round [...]
In Q1, Robert Batlle picked up where he left off at the Worlds Warm-Up in September and drove to the front of an antsy qualifying heat “A.” The Spaniard out-dueled youngsters Dakotah Phend, Elliott Boots and Ty Tessmann to take the heat and the overall fast time from Q1. Elsewhere, the Czech Republic’s Martin Bayer [...]
It was 751 days ago that Cody King, the young American who races for Kyosho and Orion, crossed the finish line to win his first IFMAR World Championship in what has become the elite class in radio control racing. And after the completion of Monday’s final practice, we are just hours away from the official [...]
One of the best things about the Worlds is the amount of new gear that manufacturer’s debut at they try to capture that elusive title. You can find anything ranging from from new bodies to tire glue. Here are a few of the items we have seen thus far. Pro-Line Pro-Line has announced a new [...]
The first day of controlled practice is over at the 2012 IFMAR 1/8-Scale Off Road World Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and one name missing from the time sheets is the 2008 ROAR National Champion in the class, Mike Truhe. The Team Losi Racing driver came within 1.5 seconds of winning the title at the [...]
We’re just days away from the official start of the IFMAR World Championships for 1/8-scale nitro off-road buggy, which has grown to be one of the most competitive classes on an international scale. Every two years, the fastest nitro off-road buggy racers in the world convene in a different continent to compete for the most [...]
This coming week’s 14th annual 1/8 IFMAR Worlds in Argentina stands to be the hottest single week of 1/8 racing for the entire year. Two years ago, Cody King took the championship in Thailand, passing teammate Jared Tebo and holding off the late race charge of defending champ Atsushi Hara to seal King’s first major [...]
Going to the Crandon Fall race for my first TORC Series event has me a little spoiled. They say it’s the Daytona 500 of off-road racing and it certainly was incredible to be there all weekend. If you’ve never been to a TORC race before, there’s so much to see. From the insane racing on [...]
