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RC racing events: what finished in 2026, what was cancelled, and what comes next.

These pages cover IFMAR's World Championships, the continental championships of its blocs (EFRA, ROAR, FEMCA and FAMAR), national championships and the bigger organiser-run races. Every result carries its year, the body or organiser behind it and the source it rests on, and an event that has not yet run has no winner named.

RC car racing has one world body, IFMAR, which writes the World Championship rule books. Its four blocs run their own continental championships under their own rules: EFRA in Europe, ROAR in the United States and Canada, FEMCA in Asia and Australasia, and FAMAR, which Wikipedia describes as the bloc for South Africa, Mexico, Central America and South America. National bodies such as the BRCA in the UK run national titles, and organisers run big races under their own names. These pages keep every body's titles apart, and no result is carried from one body's list to another's. How the bodies fit together is on IFMAR and the blocs.

One caveat runs through every page. None of the bodies' own results pages (IFMAR, EFRA, ROAR, FEMCA or FAMAR) was read for this site, so each result rests on trade press (mainly Red RC and LiveRC), on Wikipedia, which is a secondary source, or on a report the BRCA published. Each page says which, and says when a result rests on a single report or only on a headline. No money figures of any kind appear on these pages.

Status on 30 October 2026

EventBodyDates and placeStatusResult or note
1:12 electric World ChampionshipIFMAR26 to 29 March 2026, Foshan, China (planned)CancelledNo winner
Large Scale (1:5) World ChampionshipIFMAR27 July to 1 August 2026, Lostallo, SwitzerlandFinishedEmanuele D'amico (Italy), one Red RC report
1:10 IC touring car World ChampionshipIFMAR4 to 12 September 2026, Gubbio, ItalyFinishedNaoto Matsukura, Red RC and a LiveRC headline
1:8 IC off-road World ChampionshipIFMAR26 or 27 September to 3 October 2026, Texas, USAFinishedDavid Ronnefalk, Red RC; Wikipedia
1:10 electric touring car (ISTC) World ChampionshipIFMAR8 to 14 November 2026 (open practice 11, qualifying and finals 12 to 14), Bangkok, ThailandUpcomingNo result yet
European ChampionshipsEFRAJune to September 2026 (1/12: dates not read)Finished, except the 1/12 championship (status not established)Results found for eight titles across buggy, off-road and touring car, plus Large Scale Off-Road from a BRCA report; several with no result found
NationalsROARReported March to October 2026FinishedMost champions from Red RC or LiveRC; the Paved On-Road Nationals known only from a headline
Asia ChampionshipsFEMCA1:8 GT (Brisbane) and 1:8 off-road (Malaysia)FinishedJeff Hamon (GT); Jayden Edmunds (eBuggy and nitro buggy), Red RC
South American ChampionshipsNot named in the reportMendoza, Argentina, reported 3 March 2026FinishedFlavio Elias (Brazil), Red RC; not attributed to FAMAR
1/8 Buggy National ChampionshipBRCAFinal round at Shrewsbury, released 17 August 2026FinishedElliott Boots, BRCA release

"Not found" on these pages means the research for this site did not find it. It never means the event or result does not exist.

The pages

Names across different results

Many of the same driver names appear in IFMAR, EFRA, ROAR and FEMCA results. These pages never say that a name in one result belongs to the same person as a matching name in another unless a source says so, for example when a report calls a driver the defending champion. Each name is spelled as its source spells it, and a driver's nationality is given only where the source states it. How a race meeting runs, from qualifying to the finals, is on how a race meeting works.

01

The 2026 season

February to November 2026 in order, with IFMAR, EFRA, ROAR, FEMCA, the BRCA and organiser-run races kept apart and every result labelled with what it rests on.

02

IFMAR Worlds 2026

The five Worlds on IFMAR's 2026 calendar: the cancelled 1:12 event, the ISTC move to Bangkok, and the Lostallo, Gubbio and Texas results with what each rests on.

03

Recent world champions

The latest completed IFMAR World Championship in every class found, with the editions before it, the venue, and whether each title rests on trade press or Wikipedia.

04

EFRA Euros 2026

Every 2026 European Championship found, with the champions trade press and the BRCA reported, the events with no result found, and why there was no Large Scale Touring Car title.

05

ROAR Nationals 2026

ROAR's 2026 Nationals by surface and class, from the carpet meetings to the 1/8 off-road Nationals, with each champion's source and the titles that rest on a headline or a maker's post.

06

FEMCA and Asia 2026

FEMCA's two 2026 Asia Championships found, the GT title moved from Vietnam to Brisbane and the off-road title in Malaysia, plus what was not found and what is set for 2027.

07

National championships

The BRCA's 2026 1/8 Buggy National Championship and its 1/10 off-road Hall of Fame, the series still unresolved, and the other countries whose titles were reported only by trade press.

08

Other major races

The South American Championships, the TITC in Bangkok, the NYGP, the Singapore International Nitro Grand Prix and international series rounds, each with what its result rests on.

09

Watching RC racing

What the bodies and organisers have said about streams and TV, how the 2026 Worlds were reported, live timing, and the spectator rules IFMAR and EFRA set for their tracks.

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