IFMAR 1:8 IC Off-Road World Championship
First race1986
Duration60 minutes (final)
30 minutes (to semi-finals)
20 minutes (to 1/16 sub-finals)
Most wins (driver)Maurizio Monesi (2)
Most wins (manufacturer)Kyosho (8)
Circuit information
SurfaceDirt

The IFMAR World Championship for 1:8th IC Off-Road Cars (officially "IFMAR 1:8 IC Off-Road World Championship", nicknamed Nitro Buggy Worlds[1]), is a world championship radio controlled car race hosted by the International Federation of Model Auto Racing (IFMAR). It takes place biennially on even years since 1986.

The event is open exclusively to 1:8 scale off-road buggies running on nitromethanol mix fuel; these are 4WD cars characterized by its large wheels designed for off-road driving and enclosed single-seater bodyshell with large rear spoiler with two cutouts; at the rear to enable a cylinder head to protrude out at the back and the other, at the front to enable quick refueling.

Venues

Year Bloc Host Club Venue Location Country Source
1986 EFRA Radio Automobile Club de Grenoble Mini Circuit de Montbonnot Grenoble  France
1988 EFRA Mantua Models Mantua Models Mantua  Italy
1990 FEMCA Maxima Racing Club Bangkok  Thailand
1992 EFRA MSC Eschbach Usingen, Eschbach  Germany
1994 EFRA Kirchschlag in der Buckligen Welt  Austria
1996 EFRA National Motor Museum Beaulieu, Hampshire  United Kingdom
1998 EFRA Secção de Radiomodelismo da Associação Académica de Coimbra Mini Autódromo do Estádio Universitário de Coimbra Coimbra  Portugal [2]
2000 ROAR Silverton Hotel Las Vegas, Nevada  United States
2002 FAMAR Green Mountain Raceway Punta del Este  Uruguay
2004 EFRA Furulund RC Club Fururing Raceway Furulund  Sweden
2006 FEMCA JA Team Ancol R/C Circuit, Ancol Dreamland Jakarta  Indonesia
2008 ROAR The Farm II The Farm 2 R/C Raceway Charlotte, North Carolina  United States
2010 FEMCA Pattaya RC Powerboat Track Pattaya  Thailand [3]
2012 FAMAR Speed Paradise Ciudad Evita, Buenos Aires  Argentina
2014 EFRA Messina World Pista Naxos World Giardini Naxos, Sicily  Italy [4]
2016 ROAR RC Tracks of Las Vegas RC Tracks of Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada  United States [5]
2018 FEMCA Model Off-Road Buggy Club of Western Australia MORBC track, Whiteman Park Perth, Western Australia  Australia [6]
2020 FEMCA Beeight Track RCCM Beeight Racing Cianorte, Paraná  Brazil [1]
2022 EFRA Club Radio Control Redován RC-Redován Redován, Alicante  Spain [7]

Winners

Year Name Car Motor Transmitter Source Report
1986 France Frédéric Veysseyre Yankee Racing 86 Cipolla-Yankee Master Multiplex-Yankee Combi Plus [8] Report
1988 Italy Maurizio Monesi Garbo Roadfighter Mantua T4 Simprop [de] [9] Report
1990 Japan Koji Sanada Mugen Super Sport Novarossi Sanwa Machine 1 [10] Report
1992 Japan Kunihiro Toge Kyosho Inferno OS Max 21 RX-B Sanwa M-zechs [11] Report
1994 Italy Maurizio Monesi Kyosho Turbo Inferno OPS Futaba FF3 [12] Report
1996 Italy Alex Laffranchi Kyosho Inferno MP5 Picco P6 KO Propo EX-10 [13] Report
1998 Germany Daniel Reckward Kyosho Inferno MP6 Evo RB WS7 KO Propo EX-1 Mars [14] Report
2000 Japan Yuichi Kanai Kyosho Inferno MP7.5 RB WS7 Worlds Futaba 3VCS [15][16] Report
2002 United States Greg Degani Kyosho Inferno MP7.5 Kanai 2 OS Max 21 RZ-V01B Futaba 3PJ Report
2004 France Guillaume Vray Mugen MBX-5 Pro Spec RB WS7II Futaba [17][18] Report
2006 United States Mark Pavidis Kyosho Inferno MP777 WC OS Speed 21VZ-B V-Spec Futaba 3PKS [19] Report
2008 Japan Atsushi Hara Hot Bodies D8 OS Speed 21VZ-B V-Spec II Futaba 4PK [20] Report
2010 United States Cody King Kyosho Inferno MP9 TKI2 Orion Alpha ABI KO Propo EX-10 Eurus [21] Report
2012 Spain Robert Batlle Mugen MBX-7 Novarossi Plus.21-4BTTS Futaba 4PKS-R [22] Report
2014 Canada Ty Tessmann Hot Bodies D812 OS Speed B2101 Airtronics M12 [23] Report
2016 Sweden David Ronnefalk HB Racing D815 V2 Orion CRF 21 7 Port Tuned Sanwa M12S [24] Report
2018 Italy Davide Ongaro Associated RC8B3.1 LRP ZZ.21c Sanwa EXZES-ZZ [25] Report
2020 Postponed, then cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [nb 1][26][27][28]
2022 Italy Davide Ongaro Associated RC8B4 OS B21 Ongaro Edition Sanwa EXZES-ZZ Report
Source:[29][30]


Statistics

Most Wins

Drivers

Rank Driver Wins
1 Italy Maurizio Monesi 2
Italy Davide Ongaro
2 France Frédéric Veysseyre 1
Japan Koji Sanada
Japan Kunihiro Toge
Italy Alex Laffranchi
Germany Daniel Reckward
Japan Yuichi Kanai
United States Greg Degani
France Guillaume Vray
United States Mark Pavidis
Japan Atsushi Hara
United States Cody King
Spain Robert Batlle
Canada Ty Tessmann
Sweden David Ronnefalk

Car manufacturers

Rank Manufacturer Wins
1 Japan Kyosho 8
2 Japan Mugen Seiki 3
Switzerland HB Racing[nb 2]
4 United States Team Associated 2
6 France Yankee 1
Italy Garbo

Engines

Rank Manufacturer Wins
1 Japan O.S. Engines 6
2 France RB Products 3
3 Italy Novarossi 2
Switzerland Team Orion
4 Italy Cipolla 1
Italy Mantua
Italy OPS
Italy Picco
Germany LRP electronic

Transmitters

Rank Manufacturer Wins
1 Japan Futaba 7
2 Japan Sanwa 6
3 Japan KO Propo 3
1 Germany Multiplex 2
Germany Simprop [de]

By Member Blocs (Drivers)

Rank Bloc Wins
1 EFRA 10
2 FEMCA 4
ROAR
4 FAMAR 0

Win(s) by Nations (Drivers)

Rank Nation Wins
1  Italy 5
2  Japan 4
3  United States 3
4  France 2
5  Germany 1
 Spain
 Canada
 Sweden

Most represented in final

Note: Entries expanded to accommodate 12 drivers (from 10 in previous years) as of 2008, those with more than 50% represented are listed. Italics represents in which a driver of the country who didn't win, italics on nationalities indicate host nation.

Nations (drivers)

Rank Total Nation Year
1 8  United States 2008
2 7  France 1986
 Japan 1990
 Japan 1992
 United States 2006
 United States 2010
 United States 2014
7 6  United States 2012
5 5  Italy 1996
 United States 2000

Car manufacturers

Rank Total Nation Year %
1 8 Japan Kyosho 1992 80%
Japan Kyosho 2000
3 6 Japan Kyosho 1990 60%
Japan Kyosho 2002
8 5 France Yankee 1986 50%
Japan Mugen Seiki 1994

Notes

  1. ^ Because of the COVID-19 pandemic which occurred prior to the championships, the event is postponed to 2022. See also Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on motorsport and COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.
  2. ^ Up to 2016, operated as United States Hot Bodies.

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  22. ^ "Red RC Events » Robert Batlle is World Champion".
  23. ^ "Red RC Events » Tessmann gets his World title".
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