ISTC Worlds Preview: Can anyone beat Orlowski?

Its 12 hours since Marc Rheinard was crowned IFMAR ISTC World Champ for the fourth time in an exciting/frustrating, unbelievable/predictable event in Thailand. I'm out walking this morning, capturing raw, unfiltered, unscripted reflection on the event. Audio is terrible, there is wind and birds and traffic and a huffing puffing old man (me, to be clear). But here's my thoughts.

Australia's Jeff Hamon (RC Maker) joins Scott to chat ahead of next week's IFMAR ISTC Worldf Champs from Huge R/C in Thailand. The pair talk about the unique demands of the track, the long, long lineup of A-final contendors, and rank the chances of anybody taking down Orlowski and Coelho who surely start favourites. Along the way there's a tour through the RC Maker season with new signing Ronald Volker, and the rise of a deeply competitive Japanese scene. Enjoy!#ifmar#rcracing#hugerc#rcmaker

What else is there to do 4 days before the 2026 IFMAR 1/8 Offroad Worlds kicks off than record an event preview? This is the audio version of our full written preview - you can find that over on the Action R/C facebook page. Listen here, read there, get in the comments and tell me all the things I got wrong. Or otherwise, buckle in for the race of the year. Thornhill is here, bring it on!#ifmar#rcracing#rccars

It's two weeks until cars hit dirt at Thornhill, and time for episode three of our short-run series Down Under to the Worlds. On this episode, we welcome New Zealand's fastest, Dylan Toia, plus his brother Logan, plus Jayden Jamieson. For Dylan and Logan its a first 1/8 Words, while Jayden Jamieson lines up for #3. Catch the guys talk about the preparation, hopes, predictions and insights into both this event and the NZ scene.#ifmar#rccars#rcracing#actionrc

Its our second episode chatting with Down Under racers heading to the IFMAR 1/8 Offroad Worlds. Today it's a little different as we recorded live in a hotel room in Jakarta after the conclusion of the Asian Buggy Champs race here, and the interference of a little volcano prevented out trip home. The context will help make sense of the chat! Today it's Christian and Martin Wolhuter, and Peter Seckold joining the chat. Enjoy!#ifmar#actionrc#podcast#rcracing#rccars

We're checking in with a bunch of Aussie and Kiwi drivers ahead of this year's IFMAR 1/8 Offroad Worlds in the US. In this first episode, Scott is joined by Ben Sterling, Gavin White, Andrew Gillott and Josh Pain to look back on past experiences and make some predictions about this year's event.Enjoy!#ifmar#rccars#rcracing

A few days late but finally home and caught up! Here's our final daily pod from Lap Paradise, including a few reflections on the finals day, and the event as a whole.

Australia's Jarod Ment and Peter Seckold join me to break down a fun Saturday trackside, first day of Mains, or "Eric Samuel Day" as I think of it.Remember this is our first crack at a Daily Pod for a major race. Feedback and suggestions welcome!

Friday, what a day! A very full day as we crammed quali in and somehow dodged the thunderstorms that surrounded Lap Paradise RC Raceway. That meant I ran out of time to record yesterday, so just a quick reflection trackside Saturday morning to update on Friday's key points.

Seeding day, rain interruptions, making speed differently. It's a quick reflection on Thursday's seeding rounds at Lap Paradise RC.