The International Federation of Model Auto Racing (IFMAR) is the world governing body of professional radio controlled car racing. The organization was created in 1979 by professional racer and RC model entrepreneur Ted Longshaw. At that time, many different governing bodies operated under their own rules throughout the world. IFMAR was conceived as a way to bring the different, fragmented organizations under a single, governing body. IFMAR's constitution also promotes international friendship and sportsmanship. Each of the member blocs organises the IFMAR World Championship event on behalf of IFMAR.

Masami Hirosaka is a Japanese radio controlled car driver who is considered to be the world's most successful with a record fourteen International Federation of Model Auto Racing, IFMAR World Championships in 1/12 scale electric, 1/10 scale Pan, 1/10 scale 2WD o ...

is perhaps the world's most distinguished racer. He has a record of 14 IFMAR World Championships, followed by Lamberto Collari with 9 titles, all within a single category and in nitro powered cars.

Governing bodies

IFMAR governs RC racing through four international governing bodies, or "blocs" representing 45 member nations and with full voting rights: * European Federation of Radio Operated Model Automobiles (EFRA) – Oversees racing in

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Secretariat

Presidents

Eligibility to IFMAR World Championship event

To be allowed to compete in an IFMAR World Championship event, the competitor has to be a member of a national body (such as ROAR of North America, SARDA from South Africa, BRCA from the United Kingdom, etc.). The competitor has to contact a representative of the body who will determine if they are competent enough to compete in the world championship round. The driver does not specifically have to have qualified in that discipline in which they choose to race (e.g. a driver who is competent in 1:10 on road racing wishes to qualify for 1:8 off-road).

IFMAR World Championship Winners

Statistics

Most Wins

NB: Excludes World Cup winners ''Updated as of 10 November 2022''

Drivers

Car manufacturers

IC Engines

Electric Motors

By Member Blocs (Drivers)

Win(s) by Nations (Drivers)

Most Wins in a single season

Drivers

Consecutive Wins

Drivers

Car manufacturers

Most Top Qualifiers (TQ)

''Updated as of 10 November 2022''

Most Finals appearances

A-main/finals appearances

Drivers with at least 10 finals appearances are listed ''Italics'': drivers who have not or yet to have won a Worlds title. Bold: drivers who have actively appeared in a final race within the two previous Worlds Craig Drescher has the most appearances for a driver who have yet to win a title as of . Despite his last A-main appearance being in

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, he inherited the title after Ralph Burch Jr. finally won his first title in 2010 having tried since 1981 at the age of 13.

Ryan Maifield Ryan Maifield (born 20 September 1986) is a professional remote control car driver from Tempe, Arizona, who currently races for Tekno RC, ProTek RC, JConcepts, amain.com, Hobbywing, Sanwa, Hobby Action Raceway, Stickit1 Racing, VP Racing, and Flas ...

claimed the honor from Drescher in 2013, who held it until he win his off-road double in 2017. ''Updated as of 10 November 2022''

Podium finishers

Drivers with at least 5 podium finishes are listed ''Italics'': drivers who have not or yet to have won a Worlds title. Bold: drivers who have actively appeared in a final race within the two previous Worlds Takaaki Shimo has the most podium finishes for a driver who have yet to win a title as of , having inherited the honor from

in 2017. ''Updated as of 10 November 2022''

Notes

References

Sources

n.b. all championship winners and other info to do with it are sourced from the following sites.
ROARRACING.comEFRA.wsIFMAR.org
*https://web.archive.org/web/20110611090123/http://www.nil.org/RC/ifmar-1-8ic-results.html

External links

IFMAR official website

Nitro Modelismo - Internet Magazine to divulgue RC Car Model Races in Brazil

2002 IFMAR 1:10 200mm Sedan World Cup
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