The British Radio Car Association is an organisation that promotes the construction and racing of all types of radio controlled cars in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1971 by Ted Longshaw and Keith Plested, who was also the founder of PB Racing, a manufacturer of RC cars; they coordinate BRCA affiliated clubs in the UK, and offer insurance for any accidents that might occur.
Remotely Operated Auto Racers, abbreviated as ROAR, is the sanctioning body of competitive radio-controlled car racing in the United States and Canada. It is a US national non profit organization that promotes the sport of radio controlled model car racing.
Associated Electrics, Incorporated of Lake Forest, California, is one of the world's leading manufacturers of radio controlled cars, trucks and accessories. Associated Electrics is now owned by Thunder Tiger Corporation from Taiwan. The company is usually referred to as Team Associated.
Horizon Hobby, LLC. is an American international hobby product distributor, headquartered in Champaign, Illinois, United States. It currently manufactures various hobby-grade radio-controlled (RC) models, as well as Athearn model trains and die-cast models, which it sells direct to consumers as well as to hobby retailers.
Japan Model Racing Car Association (日本モデルラジオコントロールカー協会) is a governing body for radio controlled car racing in Japan. As it represents domestic racing in Japan, the JMRCA is affiliated with IFMAR
The IFMAR World Championship for 1:10th Electric Off-Road Cars is a world championship radio controlled car race sanctioned by the International Federation of Model Auto Racing (IFMAR). It takes place biennially on odd years since 1987 in its current format but inaugurated in 1985 as a championship for Stock and Modified class It is considered by the radio-controlled modelling industry to be the most prestigious event in the calendar that a number of mainstream hobby and toy brands have fielded factory entries.
A 1:10 radio-controlled off-road buggy is a 1:10 scale radio-controlled dune buggy designed for off-road racing. These cars are based on their full-scale equivalents that are commonly found in desert racing. The buggies are split into two race categories, two (2WD) and four-wheel drive (4WD). These can easily be distinguished visually by their wheel size at the front. Cars are typically electric powered, but nitro versions do exist but are less common because racing classes exist for electric cars. The class is inexpensive and similar to a number of other classes, and this makes them popular with newcomers. The cars are also known as 1/10 off-road.
The 2015 IFMAR 1:10 scale Electric Off-Road World Championships is the 16th edition of the IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship for 1:10 scale radio-controlled electric off-road buggies sanctioned by the International Federation of Model Auto Racing (IFMAR). It was run over two separate classes over eight days from 3 to 10 October, with each class running for three days each in total.
2009 IFMAR 1:10 scale Electric Off-Road World Championships was the 13th running of the IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship for 1:10 radio-controlled electric off-road buggies sanctioned by the International Federation of Model Auto Racing (IFMAR) that ran over two separate classes.
Jared Randall Tebo is an American radio-controlled car racer from Raymore, Missouri who specializes in off-road racing driving for Mayako.
AYK Radiant is an electric 1/10 scale 4WD Radio Control vehicle made by AYK and distributed by Race Prep starting in 1987. It was followed up by the Radiant Pro which went on to do very well at the National ROAR event in Michigan and the Team Losi Winter Champs in Florida in 1990. There was a Truck Conversion Kit Offered by Race Prep to convert the Pro Version of the Radiant, this kit was based on the truck that won the ROAR Monster Truck National Championships in 1990. The Radiant Pro, driven by Mike Dunn, finished 7th in the 4WD class of the 1989 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship.
1989 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships was the third edition of the 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship that took place in Australia at the St Ives Showground in Sydney between the 4th and 10th September 1989.
The 1991 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships was the fourth edition of the IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship was held in United States in the city of Detroit from 4–11 August. The host club was SEMROCC Racing with the tracks location in Freedom Hill Park in the Sterling Heights area of the city. A large entry of over 120 drivers attended the event., October 1991
The 1999 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship was the eighth edition of the IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship. The event is for electrically powered radio-controlled cars which conform to rules set out by IFMAR for the design / construction of the offroad buggies. The event was held indoors in Rauma in Finland. Racing was held indoors at the Umihall Racing Arena which is a multi sports venue built in the early 1980s. The venue has been used for RC events before having previously hosted the 1995 European Championship. There were 19 countries represented and a staggering 45000 laps were completed by the competitors during the event. .
The 1997 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship was the 7th edition of the biennial IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship for 1:10 scale radio-controlled electric off-road buggies sanctioned by the International Federation of Model Auto Racing (IFMAR) to be run over two classes over seven days between 9 and 16 August 1997 with each class ran for three days.
The 2002 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships was the ninth edition of the IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship, sanctioned by the International Federation of Model Auto Racing. It was meant to be held in 2001. However the event was delayed until 2002 due to the events of September 11 in America. The event was held in Pretoria, South Africa at the Tshwane Raceway and Promotion race facility.
Jay Halsey (USA)