Major IFMAR reshuffle in Japan

While most of the attention is on the track at the IFMAR 1:8 Onroad World Championship in Japan, in one of the track offices there was a major reshuffle of the sport’s governing body taking place yesterday at the IFMAR AGM.  A heated and lengthy meeting, with a number of participants joining remotely via webcam, there was a major changing of the guard with only long time serving IFMAR representative Sander de Graff of EFRA giving some continuity.  Current IFMAR President Jeff Parker together with Carlos Gomez and Frank Mostrey, the Belgian having announced his retirement prior to the meeting, will be replaced by Eric Anderson, Tim Caporal & Bob Ingersol, all of ROAR, and Clive Silva of FEMCA.  With Parker’s role as President set to end with the conclusion of these World Championships in Japan on Saturday, it is widely expected that well known electric onroad racer Eric Anderson, who made the trip to Japan for the AGM, will become the new IFMAR President.