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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)Davide Ongaro (3)
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 and initially referred to as the Rallycross Worlds[1], it radio controlled car event authorised by the International Federation of Model Auto Racing (IFMAR). It takes place every even year since 1986, alternating with the IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships.

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. In 2024 the IFMAR 1:8 Electric Off-Road World Championship was added to the event as battery and motor technology improved.

Venues

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Edition Venue Competitors Ref.
No.DateYear BlocClub / VenueLocationCountry No.NatsBlock
11986 EFRA Radio Automobile Club de Grenoble
/ Mini Circuit de Montbonnot		 Grenoble Image France
21988 EFRA Mantua ModelsMantuaImage Italy
31990 FEMCA Maxima Racing ClubBangkokImage Thailand
41992 EFRA MSC EschbachUsingen, EschbachImage Germany
51994 EFRA Kirchschlag in der Buckligen WeltImage Austria
61996 EFRA National Motor MuseumBeaulieu, HampshireImage United Kingdom
71998 EFRA Secção de Radiomodelismo da Associação Académica de Coimbra
/ Mini Autódromo do Estádio Universitário de Coimbra		CoimbraImage Portugal [2]
82000 ROAR Silverton HotelLas Vegas, NevadaImage United States 150235
92002 FAMAR Green Mountain RacewayPunta del EsteImage Uruguay
102-8 Aug.2004 EFRA Furulund RC Club / Fururing RacewayFurulundImage Sweden 150244
112-5 Mar.2006 FEMCA JA Team / Ancol R/C Circuit, Ancol DreamlandJakartaImage Indonesia
122008 ROAR The Farm 2 R/C RacewayCharlotte, North CarolinaImage United States
132010 FEMCA Pattaya RC Powerboat TrackPattayaImage Thailand [3]
142012 FAMAR Speed ParadiseCiudad Evita, Buenos AiresImage Argentina 146245
152014 EFRA Messina World / Pista Naxos WorldGiardini Naxos, SicilyImage Italy 162336 [4]
162016 ROAR RC Tracks of Las VegasLas Vegas, NevadaImage United States [5]
171-10 Nov.2018 FEMCA Model Off-Road Buggy Club of Western Australia, Whiteman ParkPerth, Western AustraliaImage Australia 164266 [6]
N/A2020 FAMAR Beeight Track / RCCM Beeight RacingCianorte, ParanáImage Brazil [1]
184-11 Sept.2022 EFRA RC-RedovánRedován, AlicanteImage Spain 180345 [7]
N/A5-15 Sept.2024 Casa RacewaySao PauloImage Brazil [a]
198-15 Sept.2024 EFRA Club Radio Control Redován / RC-RedovánRedován, AlicanteImage Spain [8][9][10][11][12][13]
2026 Sep - 3 Oct2026 ROAR Thornhill Racing CircuitTexasImage United States

Winners

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Year Name Car Motor Transmitter Source Report
1986 France Frédéric Veysseyre Yankee Racing86 CipollaYankee Master MultiplexYankee Combi Plus [14] Report
1988 Italy Maurizio Monesi GarboRoadfighter MantuaT4 Simprop [de] [15] Report
1990 Japan Koji Sanada MugenSuper Sport Novarossi SanwaMachine 1 [16] Report
1992 Japan Kunihiro Toge KyoshoInferno OS Max21 RX-B SanwaM-zechs [17] Report
1994 Italy Maurizio Monesi KyoshoTurbo Inferno OPS FutabaFF3 [18] Report
1996 Italy Alex Laffranchi KyoshoInferno MP5 PiccoP6 KO PropoEX-10 [19] Report
1998 Germany Daniel Reckward KyoshoInferno MP6 Evo RBWS7 KO PropoEX-1 Mars [20] Report
2000 Japan Yuichi Kanai KyoshoInferno MP7.5 RBWS7 Worlds Futaba3VCS [21][22] Report
2002 United States Greg Degani KyoshoInferno MP7.5 Kanai 2 OS Max21 RZ-V01B Futaba3PJ Report
2004 France Guillaume Vray MugenMBX-5 Pro Spec RBWS7II Futaba [23][24] Report
2006 United States Mark Pavidis KyoshoInferno MP777 WC OS Speed21VZ-B V-Spec Futaba3PKS [25] Report
2008 Japan Atsushi Hara Hot BodiesD8 OS Speed21VZ-B V-Spec II Futaba4PK [26] Report
2010 United States Cody King KyoshoInferno MP9 TKI2 OrionAlpha ABI KO PropoEX-10 Eurus [27] Report
2012 Spain Robert Batlle MugenMBX-7 NovarossiPlus.21-4BTTS Futaba4PKS-R [28] Report
2014 Canada Ty Tessmann Hot BodiesD812 OS SpeedB2101 AirtronicsM12 [29] Report
2016 Sweden David Ronnefalk HB RacingD815 V2 OrionCRF 21 7 Port Tuned SanwaM12S [30] Report
2018 Italy Davide Ongaro AssociatedRC8B3.1 LRPZZ.21c SanwaEXZES-ZZ [31] Report
2020 Postponed, then cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [b][32][33][34]
2022 Italy Davide Ongaro AssociatedRC8B4 OSB21 Ongaro Edition SanwaEXZES-ZZ Report
2024 Italy Davide Ongaro AssociatedRC8B4.1 OSB21 Ongaro Edition SanwaEXZES-ZZ
Source:[35][36]

Statistics

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Most Wins

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Drivers

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Rank Driver Wins
1 Italy Davide Ongaro 3
2 Italy Maurizio Monesi 2
3 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

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

Engines

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Rank Manufacturer Wins
1 Japan O.S. Engines 7
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

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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)

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

Win(s) by Nations (Drivers)

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Rank Nation Wins
1 Image Italy 6
2 Image Japan 4
3 Image United States 3
4 Image France 2
5 Image Germany 1
Image Spain
Image Canada
Image Sweden

Most represented in final

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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)

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

Car manufacturers

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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

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  1. ↑ Hosting duties had originally been given to Casa Raceway, Sao Paulo in Brasil in August 2023 but in March 2024, they were unable to provide hosting duties due to not been given permits from city governments. For hosting duties to represent FAMAR bloc, Bolivia immediately considered followed by Mexico and 2012 hosts Argentina. After consideration by IFMAR board of directors, it was decided that to return to EFRA bloc per rules. It was then decided that the 2022 hosts would return as hosts with 5 months notice.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Up to 2016, operated as United States Hot Bodies.

References

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  1. 1 2 "2020 IFMAR 1/8th Nitro Buggy World Championship announcement". Circus RC News (in French). 2019-04-05. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  2. ↑ "Coimbra 1998 - Coimbra Rc". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
  3. ↑ "Red RC Events » Final preperations [sic] underway in Pattaya".
  4. ↑ "Red RC Events » Track Focus – Naxos World".
  5. ↑ "Red RC Events » Track Focus – RC Tracks of Las Vegas".
  6. ↑ "Red RC Events » Track Focus – MORBC".
  7. ↑ "Redovan to host 2022 IFMAR Nitro Buggy Worlds". Red RC. 2021-10-04. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  8. ↑ "Red RC » IFMAR announce 1:8 Offroad Worlds return to Redovan". Retrieved 2024-04-01.
  9. ↑ "Red RC » 1:8 Offroad World C/ship 2024 – Brazil Presentation". Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  10. ↑ "Red RC » 2025 IFMAR World Championship Calendar". Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  11. ↑ "Red RC » Mexico & Argentina join race to host World C/Ship". Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  12. ↑ "Red RC » 1:8 Offroad World Championship in Brazil Cancelled". Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  13. ↑ "Red RC » Bolivia emerges as potential new World C/Ship host". Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  14. ↑ "1986 1/8th off Road WC Grenoble, France".
  15. ↑ "1988 1/8th off Road WC Mantova, Italy".
  16. ↑ "1990 1/8th off Road WC Bangkok, Thailand".
  17. ↑ "1992 1/8th off Road WC Usingen Germany".
  18. ↑ "1994 1/8th off Road WC Kirchschlag, Austria".
  19. ↑ "1996 1/8th off Road WC Beaulieu, Great Britain".
  20. ↑ "1998 1/8th off Road WC Coimbra, Portugal".
  21. ↑ "IFMAR 2000 USA". Bbksoftware.com. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  22. ↑ "2000 1/8th off Road WC Las Vegas, USA".
  23. ↑ John Grant (2003-01-14). "RE: 2004 IFMAR 1/8TH OFF-ROAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP & WARM-UP RACE" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  24. ↑ "2004 1/8 off Road WC Furuland, Sweden".
  25. ↑ "KYOSHO RC MODEL TOP". www.kyosho.com.
  26. ↑ "Atsushi Hara New IFMAR off Road Buggy 2008 World Championship | RC Nitro Car Truggy Buggy and Monster Truck. JonehRC". Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
  27. ↑ "Red RC Events » Cody is the new 'King' of Buggy".
  28. ↑ "Red RC Events » Robert Batlle is World Champion".
  29. ↑ "Red RC Events » Tessmann gets his World title".
  30. ↑ "Red RC Events » Ronnefalk hits jackpot to become World Champion in Vegas".
  31. ↑ "Red RC Events » Ongaro crowned World Champion Down under".
  32. ↑ Hooks, Tyler (March 28, 2020). "All 2020 IFMAR World Championships Postponed". LiveRC.com. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  33. ↑ Garrison, Mike (March 18, 2020). "IFMAR COVID-19 and World Championships Announcement". www.liverc.com. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  34. ↑ Chris (2021-03-09). "IFMAR cancels 1/8th Off-road & 1/10th On-road World Championship". Circus RC News (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-13.
  35. ↑ "World Champions". NeoBuggy.net. Archived from the original on 2020-07-02. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  36. ↑ Waldron, Aaron (October 2, 2016). "WORLDS: A list of every former 1/8-scale nitro off-road world champion". LiveRC. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
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