Raukawa International Raceway

07/06/2026

Allrighty, it's going to be a busy week here, so all RC related visits will need to be Wednesday 3.30-5pm this week, so if I need to order anything it will be here for the weekend.

If you are thinking of entering, throw your entry in ASAP so I can get the programs all loaded up and running. We will have to do a little R&M on the track on Sunday morning, but let's get us entered in first so we can get to that point!!

We have a few more rally cars, a few more trucks and buggies and Juniors to enter, so rattle your dags and let's get cracking!!!

Tires are under control for those that have pre ordered them, I have a stack of used ones here, Ill bring them on Sunday help your self.!!

Right, that's this week until Wednesday, Entry link in the comments

Hulio

04/06/2026

Round 1 Indoor entry forms now on NZRCA - New Zealand Radio Car Association website for next Sunday - Website preloaded entries from last year, these have been deleted this morning, so please reenter your details from now. I have left the first 2 entries loaded in - Thanks Ben and Stephen. And Ill just leave this here....

03/06/2026

Hello everyone, what an amazing weekend we had, still buzzing!!! Thank you all for supporting the Freyberg High School team as well, it all helps them head overseas for the H2GP. It has been great having the team come out and discuss the project, their futures and plans for further engineering education, feels great to be able to at least contribute a small piece of life for them!!!

Tonight there is no activity here as I have another appointment, but we are now only 10 days away from Indoor Round 1, so I will be doing a tire order tomorrow, if you want any please reply so I can get these in for you.

Right have a great day, see you on the 14th at the MCA!

01/06/2026

Well it's been quite a day coming back to earth after a great weekend of RC racing to finish off the Super5 Series for 2025/26. The highlight for me was the 17 juniors we had racing in 1 heat, chaos but heat 2 was actually really good once everyone got sorted and understood what happens.

In 2025/26 we congratulate the following Super5 Champions and thank them for their commitment to the series and allowing not only experienced, but younger and upcoming racers to test their skills and share experiences around 5 different tracks and clubs.

Juniors
1. Charlie Croad 342 2. Spencer Croad 329

2wd SCT
1. Matt Lester 348 2. Noah Dudley 332 3. Brook Lester 322

4wd SCT
1. Daniel Contreras-Rojas 395 2. Bentley Chapman 343 3. Warren Coles 335

2wd Stadium Truck
1. Corban Coles 290 2. Stephen Humphries 261 3. Noah Dudley 254

E-Buggy
1. Kasey Dawson 295 2. Corban Coles 270 3. Daniel Contreras-Rojas 251

2wd Buggy
1. Julian Hardy 295 2. Kasey Dawson 261 3. Corban Coles 240

4wd Stock Buggy
1. Corban Coles 282 2. Matt Lester 233 3. Brook Lester 216

4wd Pre96 G27 Vintage Buggy
1.Stephen Humphries 290 2. Elton Tauwhare- Lambert 250 3. Glenn Coles 250. (Tie break applied)

4wd Modified Buggy
1. Kasey Dawson 295 2. Julian Hardy 260 3. Brook Lester 238

2wd Pre96 G27 Vintage Buggy
1. Julian Hardy 290 2. Elton Tauwhare-Lambert 270 3. Matthew Evans 251

And a thanks as always to the clubs for hosting the rounds, and to We Cut Shapes for the round and series trophies for 2025/26.

And now for my second favorite part - Stats! for the 2025/26 series we are down on numbers from last year, with reasonable and logical explanations for all the variances, but still require reasonable and logical fixes to improve the situation for 2026/27 series. As I highlighted at the prizegiving, here are the suggestions I am recommending to the clubs to adopt for next year. 2 Double header weekends, Gizzy & HB plus Masterton & RIR with a single CMR round. This frees up 2 weekends across a limited season and gets the whole series done in 3 weekends. Secondly adopting the RIR race formats, R1 Random Draw, R2 Reverse Finish order R1, and R3 is points, from highest to lowest, and therefore if the pole sitter wins the final race, they win the day. (and for those that think this does not work we run this same race system here for 5 years and have fine tuned it and also it aligns with full sized motorsport more) I'm not asking for any feedback on this here, I will discuss this with the club reps, but just putting this out there for all to understand.

And now the bit I'm sure you are all waiting with baited breath for: the numbers!! 24/25 season we had 268 racers, 767 cars and ran over 22117 laps. For this season we had 208 racers, 558 cars and 14968 laps. This is a 27% reduction in cars, 22% in racers and 32% in total laps. While this is quite a chunk, the reality is that we are 5 clubs, in very different positions, in different sporting stages, and variances of this quantity do deserve a look into and to ask some questions but more importantly help and support those that would like it to improve the overall position. In no means does this mean we are in grave danger, nor that 1/10th offroad racing is in trouble, (I can nearly explain all the variances myself) but instead it does require strong leadership, strong planning and getting everyone on board with facts rather than hype.

So that's a wrap on a great 5 race meetings, I have loved every bit of it, I'll be in touch with club reps shortly regarding dates and series updates and then we will get it out for everyone to be part of the 2026/27 Super5 Series as soon as we can and once again we will celebrate all things off-road in the heart of 1/10th Off-road racing in New Zealand.

Yours in dirt off-road racing

Hulio

30/05/2026

Super5 points updated some are nearly decided some are super close, all will be revealed tomorrow afternoon!!

30/05/2026

Holy moly a few more sct trucks so Ive reordered the races, added a sct heat so please check this final list for tomorrows starting heats
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Hulio

29/05/2026

Ok everyone, final note here are the heats for Sunday Round 1. Qualifying is 3 best consecutive laps, 4 minutes 30 seconds sessions.
We will check everyone in first run, then that's it for the day, please take note in briefing tomorrow morning the process to start races, heats and finishing otherwise we will simply run out of time. Big heats, esp SCT so all take care!!
Right see you on Sundee if I dont see you Saturdee
Hulio.

29/05/2026

Hey everyone, we are looking forward to hosting you here on Sunday, but we have some small housekeeping items to advise:

1. Earlier start time of 0830 or as close as we can get to.
2. Ebuggy will run first on Sunday,
3. Freyberg will be running a BBQ to fundraise for their H2GP trip, cash only, they will be set up besides the RIR trailer and will have the car on display for you to ask questions about as well.
4. Rubbish. Please take all your rubbish away with you, there are metal bins around the track for stones, please do not put rubbish in these. And before you leave quickly check around your site and pick up anything. Thanks
5. Track is open from when you get here to 0805.
6. Please pay your entry online to our bank account, $10 for each class, family Max $40 and juniors are $10.
7. Drivers briefing will be over the PA at approx 0815-0820 we will let you know and then have the start time after this.
8. Series prizegiving will be in the workshop at the end of the meeting, please make sure you come in and congratulate the champions of the series. I will have a list of all the rounds and points, so if there is someone from your club that has won a round, please collect their trophy and take it home for them.

Many thanks,

See you tomorrow

Hulio

26/05/2026

Yoo Yoo Yoo its only 3 sleeps now until the Super5 final so here is some house keeping for everyone thats coming or still sitting on the fence deciding whether or not they should miss out……..
Earlier starts at both tracks of 0830am to make sure we can get through the day. Tracks are open from when you get here to 0815am. I recommend you get out and rip some to get the surface opened up!!
Please have all your entry paid up as we wont have time for admin in the morning, and dont be that person that needs help at the last second as I simply will not be able to help. You have 2 more days use these wisely.

On other fronts, out latest WCS employee, Paddy the 3D printer has been cracking on making bits that could/should be useful for you’all. Pinion holders, Parts trays with tapered sides for easy access, battery tray for Freyberg H2 GP car amongst others!!

Right enough from me, trophies to build, cars to prep, work to do,

Get your entries in today!!!
Hulio

25/05/2026

Its only 4 sleep until Round4 of the Super5 Series in Manaia RC Raceway happening alongside the reopening of the Masterton Showgrounds Farmers Market!! We are super lucky to have Pip and the Solway showgrounds onside to help grow the sport over the Hill. But for you all, it's a great chance to get involved and get some high quality racing done this weekend, because once we have finished over the ranges, its back to RIR for the final round. We have lots of Super5 club racers entered, so make sure you get y our entry in today for this Saturday or Sunday or even Both if you want the last blast on the dirt before we head indoors for winter.

I am hoping we are going to have the Freyberg High School team here, with their Hydrogen/Lipo Hybrid Rc car here so you can ask them lots of questions about this and their upcoming event in Switzerland and the future of the racing and the 2027 updates they are planning.

In the meantime, click the links, get entered and let's get your dirt on as this round also counts towards end of year points here at RIR.

Right, that's Tuesday, I'm starting to get really amped now, cars are getting a birthday and we are going to be on!!

Cheers
Hulio

Masterton https://www.nzrca.co.nz/events/event-registrations/69fa50757639e3000269e7bd

RIR https://www.nzrca.co.nz/events/event-registrations/69759048a942b50002d28b5e

RIR Offroad Summer Series R7 and Super5 Final Sunday May 31 2026