WORLDS: The history leading up to the race

 

There's no question that, for at least the last decade, the most coveted of all IFMAR World Championships has been that for 1/8-scale off-road - and for good reason. The class has more chassis, engine, and tire brands competing than any other segment of the industry, and more drivers from more different nations are capable of winning than at any other event. In the last three races alone, three different drivers, three different vehicles, three different engines, and three different tire brands have found their way to the top of the world's most coveted podium.

 

 

 

Here's a chart showing the winners of every IFMAR 1/8-Scale Off-Road World Championship:

 

Year Driver Country Chassis Engine Tires Location 1986 Frederic Veysseyre France Yankee Cipolla Techno Grenoble, France 1988 Maurizio Monesi Italy Garbo Mantua Techno Mantova, Italy 1990 Koji Sanada Japan Mugen Seiki Novarossi Mugen Seiki Bangkok, Thailand 1992 Kunihiro Toge Japan Kyosho O.S. SLD Usingen, Germany 1994 Maurizio Monesi Italy Kyosho OPS Cournon Kirchschlag, Austria 1996 Alex Laffranchi Italy Kyosho Picco Medial Pro Beaulieu, England 1998 Daniel Reckward Germany Kyosho RB Medial Pro Coimbra, Portugal 2000 Yuuichi Kanai Japan Kyosho RB Pro-Line Las Vegas, Nevada 2002 Greg Degani USA Kyosho O.S. Pro-Line Punta del Este, Uruguay 2004 Guillaume Vray France Mugen Seiki RB Pro-Line Furulund, Sweden 2006 Mark Pavidis USA Kyosho O.S. Pro-Line Jakarta, Indonesia 2008 Atsushi Hara Japan Hot Bodies O.S. Pro-Line Charlotte, North Carolina 2010 Cody King USA Kyosho Orion AKA Pattaya, Thailand 2012 Robert Batlle Spain Mugen Seiki Novarossi Procircuit Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

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