First race 1986 Duration 60 minutes (final) 30 minutes (to semi-finals) 20 minutes (to 1/16 sub-finals) Most wins (driver) Maurizio Monesi (2) Most wins (manufacturer) Kyosho (8)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.
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 FEMCA 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 [ edit ]
Statistics [ edit ] Most Wins [ edit ] Drivers [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Engines [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] By Member Blocs (Drivers) [ edit ] Win(s) by Nations (Drivers) [ edit ] Most represented in final [ edit ] 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) [ edit ] Car manufacturers [ edit ] ^ 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. ^ 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 . ^ Up to 2016, operated as Hot Bodies. References [ edit ] ^ a b "2020 IFMAR 1/8th Nitro Buggy World Championship announcement" . Circus RC News (in French). 2019-04-05. Retrieved 2020-07-05 . ^ "Coimbra 1998 - Coimbra Rc" . sites.google.com . Retrieved 2016-07-11 . ^ "Red RC Events » Final preperations [sic] underway in Pattaya" . ^ "Red RC Events » Track Focus – Naxos World" . ^ "Red RC Events » Track Focus – RC Tracks of Las Vegas" . ^ "Red RC Events » Track Focus – MORBC" . ^ "Redovan to host 2022 IFMAR Nitro Buggy Worlds" . Red RC . 2021-10-04. Retrieved 2021-12-11 . ^ "Red RC » IFMAR announce 1:8 Offroad Worlds return to Redovan" . Retrieved 2024-04-01 . ^ "Red RC » 1:8 Offroad World C/ship 2024 – Brazil Presentation" . Retrieved 2024-04-11 . ^ "Red RC » 2025 IFMAR World Championship Calendar" . Retrieved 2024-04-11 . ^ "Red RC » Mexico & Argentina join race to host World C/Ship" . Retrieved 2024-04-11 . ^ "Red RC » 1:8 Offroad World Championship in Brazil Cancelled" . Retrieved 2024-04-11 . ^ "Red RC » Bolivia emerges as potential new World C/Ship host" . Retrieved 2024-04-11 . ^ "1986 1/8th off Road WC Grenoble, France" . ^ "1988 1/8th off Road WC Mantova, Italy" . ^ "1990 1/8th off Road WC Bangkok, Thailand" . ^ "1992 1/8th off Road WC Usingen Germany" . ^ "1994 1/8th off Road WC Kirchschlag, Austria" . ^ "1996 1/8th off Road WC Beaulieu, Great Britain" . ^ "1998 1/8th off Road WC Coimbra, Portugal" . ^ "IFMAR 2000 USA" . Bbksoftware.com. Retrieved 2011-12-28 . ^ "2000 1/8th off Road WC Las Vegas, USA" . ^ John Grant (2003-01-14). "RE: 2004 IFMAR 1/8TH OFF-ROAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP & WARM-UP RACE" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2011-12-28 . ^ "2004 1/8 off Road WC Furuland, Sweden" . ^ "KYOSHO RC MODEL TOP" . www.kyosho.com . ^ "Atsushi Hara New IFMAR off Road Buggy 2008 World Championship | RC Nitro Car Truggy Buggy and Monster Truck. JonehRC" . Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2008-09-25 . ^ "Red RC Events » Cody is the new 'King' of Buggy" . ^ "Red RC Events » Robert Batlle is World Champion" . ^ "Red RC Events » Tessmann gets his World title" . ^ "Red RC Events » Ronnefalk hits jackpot to become World Champion in Vegas" . ^ "Red RC Events » Ongaro crowned World Champion Down under" . ^ Hooks, Tyler (March 28, 2020). "All 2020 IFMAR World Championships Postponed" . LiveRC.com . Retrieved 31 March 2020 . ^ Garrison, Mike (March 18, 2020). "IFMAR COVID-19 and World Championships Announcement" . www.liverc.com . Retrieved 2020-07-12 . ^ Chris (2021-03-09). "IFMAR cancels 1/8th Off-road & 1/10th On-road World Championship" . Circus RC News (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-13 . ^ "World Champions" . NeoBuggy.net . Archived from the original on 2020-07-02. Retrieved 2020-07-05 . ^ Waldron, Aaron (October 2, 2016). "WORLDS: A list of every former 1/8-scale nitro off-road world champion" . LiveRC . Retrieved 2020-07-05 .