31.12.2024 10 comments Category: Site news
2025 WORLD SERIES SEASON 1 will start Saturday January 4th, get ready!
1:8 Nitro buggy
Round 1: Pattaya 2
Round 2: Las Vegas PW
Round 3: Fuencarral Reversed
Round 4: Fear Farm
Round 5: NEO 3
Round 6: Montpellier
Round 7: Barco
1:8 Electric buggy
Round 1: Naxos
Round 2: NEO 2
Round 3: Rhein-Main
Round 4: Silver Dollar 3
Round 5: Nitro Blast 1
Round 6: Buenos Aires Reversed
Round 7: Padova IBR
1:10 Short Course Truck
Round 1: Silver Dollar 2
Round 2: Naxos
Round 3: MHS Raceway 1
Round 4: Silver Dollar 1 Reversed
Round 5: RC Excitement 2
Round 6: NEO 1
Round 7: VRC SCT
1:8 RallyX
Round 1: VRC Dirt 2 Short
Round 2: VRC Rally-X 3 Reversed
Round 3: VRC Dirt 4 Drift
Round 4: Heemstede Rally-X
Round 5: VRC Rally-X 2
Round 6: VRC Rally-X 1
Round 7: Messina Rally-X
1:8 nitro sportscars
Round 1: Heemstede 1
Round 2: XTR LT5
Round 3: Tokyo SPL 1
Round 4: Welkom 3 Reversed
Round 5: Essonne
Round 6: Tokyo Boss Speed
Round 7: Fiorano Reve... read more
27.12.2024 3 comments Category: Site news
We wish all VRC Pro members and their families a happy, prosperous, healthy and successful 2025!
Enjoy the VRC Pro ride in 2025
Pieter Bervoets
27.12.2024 0 comments Category: Site news Video: 1 available
This 2024 VRC Worlds race was also the opening race at the just released Lostallo Infield 3 track and turned out to be an excellent track to find out who the best 1:8 nitro on-road racer is in 2024. VRC multi-World Champion Martin Wollanka showed up for this special event, having won it several times in the past. But the competition was fierce this year and the track ultra challenging! He was facing strong competition from top qualifier Mirko Salemi from Italy, 2023 VRC World Champion Kevin Rasquin from France, and of course the star of this 2024 VRC Worlds season Wiktor Smid from Austria who already celebrated already 5 2024 World Championship victories. It turned out to be an extremely intense battle also decided by pit strategy. As this was a 20 minute race the question was who dared to do 3 pitstops, and who 4. Watch this spectacular race unfold in the compelling video coverage!
Lap chart at https://www.vrcworld.com/events/lapchart.aspx?event=34997&round=3&heat=1&class=2
27.12.2024 0 comments Category: Site news Video: 1 available
A spectacular battle from start to finish between Gary Crowell (US), Wiktor Smid (Austia) and Fred Fouilland (France), all leading this Worlds final several times. This was anyones race! And after 15 minutes of hard racing there were 2 cars 'flying' over the finish line with just 0.04 seconds between them. Watch the video and find out!
Footnote by VRC:
Our RallyX cars are based on the 1:8 electric buggy with modified lowered suspension, and special tires. Always a spectacle to watch these full throttle drifts. Still wondering why this class is not catching on in real r/c racing. Track are much easier to create than full blown off-road tracks, and don't need to be all that big!
Lap chart at https://www.vrcworld.com/events/lapchart.aspx?event=34833&round=3&heat=1&class=2
26.12.2024 0 comments Category: Site news Video: 1 available
The 20 minute Main Final turned out to be an absolute nail biter until the very lap. Never separated by more than 2 seconds US racer Billy Caley and Austrian Wiktor Smid (yes him again, a multi talented r/c racer...) swapped the lead at least 20 times in this race. But with a totally unexpected, and dramatic ending. You've got to see this Worlds Main Final for yourself and make sure to stay hooked until the finish line. No 'spoiler' this time.
Lap chart at https://www.vrcworld.com/events/lapchart.aspx?event=34832&round=3&heat=1&class=2
25.12.2024 0 comments Category: Site news Video: 1 available
Another victory for Austrian Wiktor Smid in 1:10 electric touringcars at the Lausanne indoor track in Switzerland but not after a super close battle with Dominik Vlášek from the Czech Republic. The battle lasted till lap 20 and then the Czech driver threw it all away, leaving 2nd place to Mathias Nedrebø from Norway and 3rd to YiRu Lee from Taiwan to finish only 7th.
Check out the lap chart at https://www.vrcworld.com/events/lapchart.aspx?event=34835&round=3&heat=1&class=1
20.12.2024 0 comments Category: Site news Video: 1 available
Of the 10 qualified for the Main Final only 5 racers were able to do their Main Final runs, with the absent 5 racers most likely being involved in 'real' r/c racing that weekend. But this Main Final produced nevertheless the closest finish ever: just 0.014 seconds separating 1 and 2. The spectacular Barco track offered some of the best off-road racing ever seen. Imagine on this track 2024 World Champion Gary Crowell doing just 1 'bad' 34 seconds lap, just 1 lap in the 33 seconds and all the other laps in the 32 seconds. And runner-up Luke Skywalker (aka Billy Caley, using this pseudo account for unknown reasons) about the same. You should really check out the lap chart!
Lap chart at https://www.vrcworld.com/events/lapchart.aspx?event=34831&round=3&heat=1&class=2
20.12.2024 0 comments Category: Site news Video: 1 available
The Montpellier off-road track is not only one of the most scenic off-road tracks, it is also one of the most challenging off-road tracks with a great variety of corners, jumps and track surfaces. The 2024 Worlds Short Course Trucks saw many lead changes. Multi talent and 2024 World Champ 1:12 electric Wiktor Smid had his usual crash at the beginning of the Main Final but then showed his class with all laps but 2 in the 33 seconds range, on such a difficult track! Watch the video to find out!
Lap Chart at https://www.vrcworld.com/events/lapchart.aspx?event=34834&round=3&heat=1&class=1
20.12.2024 0 comments Category: Site news Video: 1 available
Simply insane: The Bamberg Oval course measures 152m, and the winner averaged 6.289 sec/lap with his fastest laptime being 6.170 sec, and averaging 87km/h with a topspeed of 114.8km/h. Who else then the 'King of the Ovals' can produce these numbers. The new Bamberg asphalt oval presented a complete new challenge to the oval racers, gaining even a tenth of a second could take 2 or 3 laps. See for yourself!
Lap chart at https://www.vrcworld.com/events/lapchart.aspx?event=34840&round=3&heat=1&class=2
19.12.2024 0 comments Category: Site news Video: 1 available
Can anyone beat Mr. Flack or should we say Mr. 'Checkered Flag' as he always seems to be first at the finish line. He has several nicknames, 'King of the Ovals', 'the Metronome', ticking of laps within one tenths of a second as if it's AI that controls the car. This SC Truck Dirt Oval race is again testimony of his supremacy on the ovals, dirt and asphalt. Billy Caley from the US and Nutty Fox had to settle for 'best of the rest' after a closed battle for 2nd and 3rd.
Check out the lap chart at https://www.vrcworld.com/events/lapchart.aspx?event=34845&round=3&heat=1&class=1
19.12.2024 0 comments Category: Site news Video: 1 available
A first in the VRC World Championship Series: 1:10 electric Stadium Trucks aka 'the Basher'. Huge tires, high on the wheels. These high power but yet very forgiving trucks are racing at the Bash Pit Long Course. This indoor track is based on the 2013 RCX Show demo track at Long Beach California. Looks like this Stadium Truck class is here to stay as an ideal 'beginner' class for Bashers who want to give 'racing between the lines' a shot.
Check out the race video with commentary by Mike 'the voice of virtual rc racing' Garrison
Lap chart at: https://www.vrcworld.com/events/lapchart.aspx?event=34999&round=3&heat=1&class=1
18.12.2024 0 comments Category: Site news Video: 1 available
Unbeatable on the ovals, asphalt or dirt, Jimmy Flack does it again with the 1:8 nitro buggies. Mr. Metronome has demonstrated once more his incredible feel for racing oval tracks within 0.1 and often 0.05 seconds per lap, lap after lap after lap... Andrea Novati from Italy showed a strong performance finishing 2nd and Tobias Lindgren from Sweden 3rd. Guillaume Cognon (F) missed out on the podium by just 0.3 sec.
DO WATCH THE VIDEO
Check out the lap chart at https://www.vrcworld.com/events/lapchart.aspx?event=34846&round=3&heat=1&class=2
17.12.2024 0 comments Category: Site news Video: 1 available
Who will throw Jimmy Flack of his undisputed Oval thrown? Will he ever? Another chance gone by on the new Small Oval course at the Extreme Racing Complex, the latest addition to this complex bringing the total to 14 lay-outs! Jimmy did it again but was surely challenged by Simon Wood from the UK who managed to stay in striking distance the whole 10 minutes Main final, finishing just 5 seconds behind. Graham Raistrick (UK) finished a strong 3rd 6 sec. behind Wood, dropping back all the way to 10th after just 6 laps, An incredible recovery race!
Check out the RACE VIDEO!
Lap-chart at https://www.vrcworld.com/events/lapchart.aspx?event=34841&round=3&heat=1&class=2
03.12.2024 1 comment Category: Site news Video: 1 available
It has never happened before but it has now. Another racer other than Jimmy Flack leading a Worlds final oval racing for over a second... Billy Caley put up a real fight with Mr. Oval Jimmy Flack and led the Main Final 1:8 electric buggies at the VRC Dirt Oval for some 30 laps before he surrendering to Flack and finishing just 2 seconds behind the 'King'. Swiss Stefan Sidler finished in 3rd place 1 lap down on Caley.
Check out the race video!
Lap-chart at https://www.vrcworld.com/events/lapchart.aspx?event=34844&round=3&heat=1&class=2
03.12.2024 0 comments Category: Site news Video: 1 available
Mirko 'the Hulk' Salemi from Italy has added another 1:8 nitro on-road title to his palmaris, this time in GT3 at the new XTREME Medium Track 6. The track was released shortly before the Worlds and has proven to be a great addition to VRC Pro. Graham Raistrick from the UK had to dropped back to fifth at the beginning of the race but then recovered to finish 2nd 2 laps down on Salemi. Alexander Gjemble from Norway finished 3rd just 3 seconds down on Raistrick.
Check out the lap chart at: https://www.vrcworld.com/events/lapchart.aspx?event=34838&round=3&heat=1&class=1
Click on the video to watch it!
