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October 19, 2026

Baird takes Irish title with season finale victory

Fresh from returning from the IFMAR 1:8 Nitro Buggy World Championship in Texas, Mugen Seiki driver Bradley Baird has clinched the RCCAOI Irish National Championship title. Racing at the fifth & final round of the championship on the Navan Nitro Nuts Astro surface track near the country’s capital, the multiple Irish Champion would secure the TQ after topping 4 of the 5 rounds. Taking Q3, Jason Ferguson would qualify second ahead of Paul Myles and Andrew McClean. After the Semi finals, it was Baird on pole for the 45-minute main from where he took a convincing 2-lap win over fellow Mugen Seiki racer McClean and the Xray of William White.

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October 19, 2026

Wasson, Duthie, and Sanderson crowned Australian National Champions

Multiple World Championship host track John Grant International Raceway in Sydney staged the 2026 RCRA Nitro Onroad National Championships over the weekend where Anthony Wasson (GT), Luke Duthie (1:8), and Nathan Sanderson (Nitro Touring) where crowned the champions. Hosted by New South Wales Radio Controlled Racing Car Club, qualifying would see drivers run 6 rounds with the Infinity of defending 1:8 Champion Duthie going on to become Top Qualifier with 4 TQ runs from Daniel Burrows who topped Q4 & 5. In Nitro Touring, Tye Moylan took all but one qualifier to TQ ahead of Tate Firth with Sanderson securing P3 on the grid. 1:8 GT it was also the defending Champion who would start on pole, Wasson taking his Serpent to the TQ ahead of Rick Seymonsbergen and Alistair Ritchie. With 45-minute Mains, the first title to be settled was 1:8 GT with Wasson going back to back with a comfortable win over Lockie Roah and Seymonsbergen. Next up was the 1:10 final and setting the fastest lap of the race with his Infinity Sanderson came through to take the win ahead of Moylan and Firth, this the PDNR club member’s first ever RCRA title. In 1:8 New Zealander Duthie was untouchable as he claimed his first RCRA National title, his first being in 2018. Joining him on the podium would be 3rd place qualifier Scott Robinson and Last Chance Final winner Michael Tohmeh.

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October 19, 2026

Kilic wins 10th Edition Reds Grand Prix

The 10th edition of the Reds Grand Prix was staged over the weekend where Mugen Seiki’s Burak Kilic took the win, the results based on qualifying after Sunday’s schedule was unable to run due to bad weather. Organised by Italian engine brand Reds Racing at the OSPY Team track in Gussao, Italy, it was factory Kyosho driver Marco Baruffolo who topped seeding from Kilic. In qualifying it was defending Champion Kilic who secured the TQ, the Turkish driver topping two of the three rounds. Fastest in the opening qualifier, factory Kyosho driver Marco Baruffolo qualified second ahead of Sworkz Elliott Boots, WIRC team driver Andrea Trevisan and the Sworkz of Mattia Pollito. With Sunday rained out, the qualifying order would be declared the result. Also taking the TQ in eBuggy and Nitro Truggy it would be a triple victory weekend for Kilic, able to run Saturday night’s Truggy Main he won the half hour race from Daniel Gronlund.

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October 19, 2026

Gollner joins RC Maker

Australian Touring Car manufacturer RC Maker has announced the signing of Patrick Gollner to their race team. Having previously raced for Mugen Seiki, the European Championship finalist & multiple Austrian National Champion follows old team-mate Ronald Volker in campaigning Ryan Maker’s latest creation the SP2. On the announcement Gollner ‘I’m proud to announce that I’ll be joining RC Maker as a driver from now on! A huge thank you to Ryan for the trust and confidence in me. I truly appreciate this opportunity and am excited about what lies ahead. The quality of the car is absolutely outstanding, and the level of support I’ve already experienced has been incredible. This gives me even more confidence and motivation heading into this new chapter. I’m ready to take on new challenges, push my limits, and continue improving alongside this amazing team. I’m looking forward to building a strong partnership, working towards our goals, and achieving great results together. New team, new challenges, new goals. Let’s make it count!”

Source: RC Maker [rcmaker.com.au]

October 18, 2026

Payne dominates 1:12 at NYGP as Isaacs defends TC title

Excelerate RC’s Ollie Payne has dominated the 1:12 action at the MonTech New York Grand Prix, the British visitor taking the Modified win as well as successfully defending the 1:12 Super Stock title he won last year. While missing out on a podium in 1:12, defending double NYGP Champion Sam Isaacs would retain his Modified Touring car title leading an Awesomatix 1-2 from team-mate Kemp Anderson with Xray’s 2024 NYGP Champion Keven Hebert completing the podium. In 1:12, the Canadian would take his X12 prototype to second place behind Payne after a race long battle with Anderson, the 2024 Champion unable to find a way passed around the 360v2 RC Raceway track. After a early spin in the single Main, while running second, Isaacs would claw his way back to the join the podium battle but came up short by 3/10ths of a second and crossed the line P4. The man responsible for putting on the NYGP, 2026 marking the 8th edition of the annual New Rochelle located race, Donny Lia would complete the Top 5 on his Cerberus Racing debut.

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October 18, 2026

Isaacs to defend TC title from TQ in New York

Sam Isaacs will defend his MonTech NYGP Touring Car title from pole position after the Awesomatix driver completed a clean sweep of qualifying at 360v2 RC Raceway in New York. The Maryland racer concluded qualifying with the fastest time of the weekend in the fourth & final qualifier leading home team-mate Kemp Anderson by 3.80 seconds. For Anderson the final qualifier would not be his fastest instead his time from Q3 securing him second on the grid for the 8th edition of the event, the Tennessee driver having attend every running of the annual NYGP. While Keven Hebert would better his time in Q4, he couldn’t better his starting position and the factory Xray driver lines up P3 ahead of the similar car of fellow Canadian Bryce Frechette. Drew Ellis competes the Top 5 on the grid, the Xray US Team Manager improving his time by 1.5-second in the final qualifier.

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October 18, 2026

Payne ‘Top Qualifier’ at MonTech NYGP

Excelerate RC’s Ollie Payne is the Top Qualifier at the MonTech New York Grand Prix, the British driver just missing out on a 58-lap run in the fourth & final 1:12 Mod qualifier this evening at 360v2 RC Raceway in New Rochelle. Finishing 4th last year, at this year’s 8th running of the Donny Lia promoted event Payne has been the benchmark from the get-go. Opening qualifying yesterday with a TQ run, his only blotch of the four rounds would be a mistake in Q2 that led him to pull up early. Upping the pace this morning in Q3, he secured the rocket round TQ honours in final round missing out on a 58-lap run by just 0.053 of a second. Achieving his first 57-lap run in the final qualifier with the second fastest time, 5.6-seconds off Payne’s pace, it will be defending NYGP Champion Sam Isaacs who lines up P2 for tomorrow’s single A-Main. The only other driver to register a TQ run in the TQ Wire 1:12 Modified class, Keven Hebert makes it three different manufacturers in the Top 3 despite his Xray stripping a gear early in the concluding qualifier. Setting the fastest lap of the final qualifier but registering a DNF after his car spun out and he opted to pull it having crashed earlier and needed to be marshalled, 2024 NYGP winner Kemp Anderson will line up fourth for Awesomatix with Donny Lia completing the Top 5 on his Cerberus Racing debut.

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October 17, 2026

3 from 3 as Isaacs continues to rule Touring Car qualifying at NYGP

Awesomatix’s Sam Isaacs continues to set the Touring Car pace at the MonTech New York Grand Prix, the defending champion making it 3 from 3 as he set a new TQ pace in the third round of qualifying. Improving his overnight TQ pace of the Gravity RC Modified Touring Car class by 2-seconds, Isaacs led an Awesomatix 1-2 in the penultimate qualifier with team-mate Kemp Anderson having his best run 1.5-seconds back. Having held P2 at the end of Friday’s qualifying action, Xray’s Keven Hebert set the third fastest time for the round ahead of team-mate Bryce Frechette with Xray’s US team manager Drew Ellis completing the Top 5.

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