IFMAR 1:8 IC Off-Road World Championship

IFMAR 1:8 IC Off-Road World Championship
First race	1986
Duration	60 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
Surface	Dirt

The IFMAR World Championship for 1:8th IC Off-Road Cars (officially "IFMAR 1:8 IC Off-Road World Championship", nicknamed Nitro Buggy Worlds ^[1] ), is a world championship radio controlled car race hosted by the International Federation of Model Auto Racing (IFMAR). It takes place biennially on even years since 1986.

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.

Venues

Year	Bloc	Host Club	Venue	Location	Country	Source
1986	EFRA	Radio Automobile Club de Grenoble	Mini Circuit de Montbonnot	Grenoble	France
1988	EFRA	Mantua Models	Mantua Models	Mantua	Italy
1990	FEMCA	Maxima Racing Club		Bangkok	Thailand
1992	EFRA	MSC Eschbach		Usingen, Eschbach	Germany
1994	EFRA			Kirchschlag in der Buckligen Welt	Austria
1996	EFRA		National Motor Museum	Beaulieu, Hampshire	United Kingdom
1998	EFRA	Secção de Radiomodelismo da Associação Académica de Coimbra	Mini Autódromo do Estádio Universitário de Coimbra	Coimbra	Portugal	[2]
2000	ROAR		Silverton Hotel	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States
2002	FAMAR		Green Mountain Raceway	Punta del Este	Uruguay
2004	EFRA	Furulund RC Club	Fururing Raceway	Furulund	Sweden
2006	FEMCA	JA Team	Ancol R/C Circuit, Ancol Dreamland	Jakarta	Indonesia
2008	ROAR	The Farm II	The Farm 2 R/C Raceway	Charlotte, North Carolina	United States
2010	FEMCA		Pattaya RC Powerboat Track	Pattaya	Thailand	[3]
2012	FAMAR		Speed Paradise	Ciudad Evita, Buenos Aires	Argentina
2014	EFRA	Messina World	Pista Naxos World	Giardini Naxos, Sicily	Italy	[4]
2016	ROAR	RC Tracks of Las Vegas	RC Tracks of Las Vegas	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	[5]
2018	FEMCA	Model Off-Road Buggy Club of Western Australia	MORBC track, Whiteman Park	Perth, Western Australia	Australia	[6]
2020	FAMAR	Beeight Track	RCCM Beeight Racing	Cianorte, Paraná	Brazil	[1]
2022	EFRA	Club Radio Control Redován	RC-Redován	Redován, Alicante	Spain	[7]
2024	EFRA	Club Radio Control Redován	RC-Redován [a]	Redován, Alicante	Spain	[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

Winners

Year	Name	Car	Motor	Transmitter	Source	Report
1986	Frédéric Veysseyre	Yankee Racing 86	Cipolla-Yankee Master	Multiplex-Yankee Combi Plus	[14]	Report
1988	Maurizio Monesi	Garbo Roadfighter	Mantua T4	Simprop  [ de ]	[15]	Report
1990	Koji Sanada	Mugen Super Sport	Novarossi	Sanwa Machine 1	[16]	Report
1992	Kunihiro Toge	Kyosho Inferno	OS Max 21 RX-B	Sanwa M-zechs	[17]	Report
1994	Maurizio Monesi	Kyosho Turbo Inferno	OPS	Futaba FF3	[18]	Report
1996	Alex Laffranchi	Kyosho Inferno MP5	Picco P6	KO Propo EX-10	[19]	Report
1998	Daniel Reckward	Kyosho Inferno MP6 Evo	RB WS7	KO Propo EX-1 Mars	[20]	Report
2000	Yuichi Kanai	Kyosho Inferno MP7.5	RB WS7 Worlds	Futaba 3VCS	[21] [22]	Report
2002	Greg Degani	Kyosho Inferno MP7.5 Kanai 2	OS Max 21 RZ-V01B	Futaba 3PJ		Report
2004	Guillaume Vray	Mugen MBX-5 Pro Spec	RB WS7II	Futaba	[23] [24]	Report
2006	Mark Pavidis	Kyosho Inferno MP777 WC	OS Speed 21VZ-B V-Spec	Futaba 3PKS	[25]	Report
2008	Atsushi Hara	Hot Bodies D8	OS Speed 21VZ-B V-Spec II	Futaba 4PK	[26]	Report
2010	Cody King	Kyosho Inferno MP9 TKI2	Orion Alpha ABI	KO Propo EX-10 Eurus	[27]	Report
2012	Robert Batlle	Mugen MBX-7	Novarossi Plus.21-4BTTS	Futaba 4PKS-R	[28]	Report
2014	Ty Tessmann	Hot Bodies D812	OS Speed B2101	Airtronics M12	[29]	Report
2016	David Ronnefalk	HB Racing D815 V2	Orion CRF 21 7 Port Tuned	Sanwa M12S	[30]	Report
2018	Davide Ongaro	Associated RC8B3.1	LRP ZZ.21c	Sanwa EXZES-ZZ	[31]	Report
2020	Postponed, then cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic				[b] [32] [33] [34]
2022	Davide Ongaro	Associated RC8B4	OS B21 Ongaro Edition	Sanwa EXZES-ZZ		Report
2024	Davide Ongaro	Associated RC8B4.1	OS B21 Ongaro Edition	Sanwa EXZES-ZZ
Source: [35] [36]

Statistics

Most Wins

Drivers

Rank	Driver	Wins
1	Maurizio Monesi	2
	Davide Ongaro
2	Frédéric Veysseyre	1
	Koji Sanada
	Kunihiro Toge
	Alex Laffranchi
	Daniel Reckward
	Yuichi Kanai
	Greg Degani
	Guillaume Vray
	Mark Pavidis
	Atsushi Hara
	Cody King
	Robert Batlle
	Ty Tessmann
	David Ronnefalk

Car manufacturers

Rank	Manufacturer	Wins
1	Kyosho	8
2	Mugen Seiki	3
	HB Racing [c]
4	Team Associated	2
6	Yankee	1
	Garbo

Engines

Rank	Manufacturer	Wins
1	O.S. Engines	6
2	RB Products	3
3	Novarossi	2
	Team Orion
4	Cipolla	1
	Mantua
	OPS
	Picco
	LRP electronic

Transmitters

Rank	Manufacturer	Wins
1	Futaba	7
2	Sanwa	6
3	KO Propo	3
1	Multiplex	2
	Simprop  [ de ]

By Member Blocs (Drivers)

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

Win(s) by Nations (Drivers)

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

Most represented in final

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)

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

Car manufacturers

Rank	Total	Nation	Year	%
1	8	Kyosho	1992	80%
		Kyosho	2000
3	6	Kyosho	1990	60%
		Kyosho	2002
8	5	Yankee	1986	50%
		Mugen Seiki	1994

Notes

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 Hot Bodies.

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