Drivers

(here above) Master Masami Hiroska with his trophies, click on the picture for a greater view

Shown at the picture above is the worlds most successful rc car driver with a record fourteen IFMAR World Championships, called Masami Hirosaka. Master Masami won almost in every class the IFMAR World Championships except the 1/10 Electric Touring Class. He nearly won and just finished second at the last the IFMAR world Championships in 2006-2007 in Italy. There's some unfinished business for Masami...

IFMAR World Championships, World-Wide:

	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
2009	Marc Rheinard D - Tamiya	Ronald Völker D - Hot-Bodies	Masami Hirosaka JP - Yokomo
2008
2007	Andy Moore UK - Hot-Bodies	Masami Hirosaka JP - Yokomo	Paul Lemieux USA - Xray
2006
2005	Marc Rheinard D - Tamiya	Atsushi Hara JP - HPI	Daisuke Yoshioka JP - HPI
2004
2003	Surikarn Chaidajsuriya Thai - Tamiya	Barry Baker USA - Associated	Atsushi Hara JP - HPI
2002
2001	Atsushi Hara JP - Yokomo	Masami Hirosaka JP - Yokomo	Mark Pavadis USA - Associated
2000
1999	David Spashett UK - Losi *	Josh Cyrull USA - Losi *	Joel Johnson UK - Losi *
1998

* Note: The World Championships held in 1998 in England,  waren´t official IFMAR World Championships

EFRA European Championships, Europe:

	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
2008	Marc Rheinard D - Tamiya	Viktor Wilck Se - Tamiya	Ronald Völker D - Hot-Bodies
2007	Ronald Völker D - Hot-Bodies	Steven Weiβ D - Xray	Marc Rheinard D - Tamiya
2006	Andy Moore UK  - Hot-Bodies	Teemu Leino Fin - Schumacher	Thomas Pumpler At - Hot-Bodies
2005	Teemu Leino Fin - Schumacher	Marc Rheinard D - Tamiya	Andy Moore - Hot-Bodies
2004	Jonas Kearup DK - Associated	Marc Rheinard D - Tamiya	Teemu Leino Fin - Schumacher
2003	Juho Leavanen Fin - Associated	Jilles Groskamp NL - Xray	Andreas Myrberg SE - Xray
2002	Juho Leavanen Fin - Associated	Jilles Groskamp NL - Xray	Graig Drescher UK - Associated
2001	David Spashett UK - Losi	Sakke Ahoniemi Fin - Corally	Teemu Leino Fin - Schumacher
2000	David Spashett UK - Losi	Sakke Ahoniemi Fin - Corally	Andy Moore UK  - Xray
1999	Andy Griffiths UK - Corally	Sakke Ahoniemi Fin - Corally	Scott Winter UK - Yokomo

DHI Cup, Denmark:

	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
2008	Viktor Wilck Se - Tamiya	Teemu Leino Fin - Xray	Steen Graversen Dk - Kyosho
2007	Ronald Völker D - Hot-Bodies	Marc Rheinard D - Tamiya	Andy Moore UK - Hot-Bodies
2006	Marc Rheinard D - Tamiya	Jilles Groskamp NL - Xray	Viktor Wilck Se - Xray
2005	Atsushi Hara JP - Hot-Bodies	Marc Rheinard D - Tamiya	Teemu Leino Fin - Schumacher
2004	Atsushi Hara JP - HPI	Marc Rheinard D - Tamiya	Steen Graversen DK - Tamiya
2003	Juho Leavanen Fin - Associated	Benjamin Groschel D - HPI	Jilles Groskamp NL - Xray
2002	Jilles Groskamp NL - Xray	Andreas Myrberg SE - Associated	Teemu Leino Fin - Schumacher
2001	Andreas Myrberg SE - Associated	Reto König D - HPI	Marcus Lübke D - HPI

LRP Masters, Germany:

	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
2008	Marc Rheinard D - Tamiya	Jilles Groskamp NL - Tamiya	Viktor Wilck Se - Tamiya
2007	Juho Leavanen Fin - Associated	Viktor Wilck Se - Tamiya	Ronald Völker D - Hot-Bodies
2006	Marc Rheinard D - Tamiya	Jilles Groskamp NL - Xray	Juho Leavanen Fin - Associated
2005	Marc Rheinard D - Tamiya	Juho Leavanen Fin - Associated	Jilles Groskamp NL - Xray
2004	Marc Rheinard D - Tamiya	Teemu Leino Fin - Schumacher	Atsushi Hara JP - HPI
2003	Juho Leavanen Fin - Associated	Jonas Andersson Se - Schumacher	Simo Ahoniemi Fin - Corally
2002	Atsushi Hara JP - HPI	Juho Leavanen Fin - Associated	Mark Pavadis USA - Associated
2001	Teemu Leino Fin - Schumacher	Masami Hirosaka JP - Yokomo	Atsushi Hara JP - HPI
2000	Masami Hirosaka JP - Yokomo	Atsushi Hara JP - HPI	Barry Baker USA - Associated
1999	Masami Hirosaka JP - Yokomo	Barry Baker USA - Yokomo	Benjamin Groschel D - HPI
1998	Christian Witke D - Yokomo	Oscar Jansen NL - HPI	Barry Baker USA - Yokomo

Reedy Race of Champions (Invitational class), United States:
 

	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
2008	Atsushi Hara JP - Hot-Bodies	Masami Hirosaka JP - Yokomo	Marc Rheinard D - Tamiya
2007	Marc Rheinard D - Tamiya	Graig Drescher UK - Associated	Juho Leavanen Fin - Associated
2006	Marc Rheinard D - Tamiya	Atsushi Hara JP - Hot-Bodies	Josh Numan USA - Tamiya
2005	Graig Drescher UK - Associated	Jilles Groskamp NL - Xray	Atsushi Hara JP - Hot-Bodies
2004	Surikarn Chaidajsuriya Thai - Tamiya	Greg Hodapp USA - Losi	Atsushi Hara JP - HPI
2003	Barry Baker USA - Associated	David Spashett UK - Losi	Masami Hirosaka JP - Yokomo
2004	Barry Baker USA - Associated	Matt Francis USA - Losi	Mark Pavadis USA - Associated

US Snowbird Nationals (Pro Modified class), United States:

	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
2008	Paul Lemieux USA - Xray	Simo Ahoniemi Fin - Corally	Keven Herbert CA - Associated
2007	Jilles Groskamp NL - Xray	Chris Tosolini USA - Corally	Paul Lemieux USA - Xray
2006	Paul Lemieux USA - Xray	Mike Dumas USA - Xray	Mike Blacktock USA - Xray
2005	Jilles Groskamp NL - Xray	Mike Dumas USA - Xray	Chris Tosolini USA - Corally
2004	Ralph Burch USA - Xray	Paul Lemieux USA - Losi	Jared Scott USA - Xray
2003	Josh Cyrul USA - Associated	Mike Dumas USA - Associated	David Spashett UK - Losi
2002	Paul Lemieux USA - Losi	Brian Kinwald USA - Losi	David Spashett UK - Losi
2001	Josh Cyrul USA - Associated	Barry Baker USA - Yokomo	Paul Lemieux USA - Schumacher

International Indoor Championships Las Vegas (Modified Foam class), United States:

	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
2007	Teemu Leino Fin - XRay	Chris Tosolini USA - Corally	Paul Lemieux USA - Xray
2006	Mike Blacktock USA - Xray	Mike Dumas USA - Xray	Chris Tosolini USA - Corally
2005	Marc Rheinard D - Tamiya	Mike Dumas USA - XRay	Jilles Groskamp NL - Xray

International Indoor Championships Las Vegas (Modified Rubber class), United States:

	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
2007	Marc Rheinard D - Tamiya	Atsushi Hara JP - Hot-Bodies	Paul Lemieux USA - Xray
2006	Atsushi Hara JP - Hot-Bodies	Marc Rheinard D - Tamiya	Paul Lemieux USA - Xray
2005	Atsushi Hara JP - Hot-Bodies	Joel Myrberg SE - XRay	Andy Moore UK - Hot-Bodies

TICT, Thailand:

	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
2008	Teemu Leino Fin - XRay	Andy Moore UK - Hot-Bodies	Ronald Völker D - Hot-Bodies
2007	Andy Moore UK - Hot-Bodies	Ronald Völker D - Hot-Bodies	Hupo Honigl At  - Tamiya
2006	Marc Rheinard D - Tamiya	Atsushi Hara JP - Hot-Bodies	Andy Moore UK - Hot-Bodies
2005	Atsushi Hara JP - Hot-Bodies	Surikarn Chaidajsuriya Thai - Hot-Bodies	Marc Rheinard D - Tamiya
2004	Surikarn Chaidajsuriya Thai - Tamiya	Atsushi Hara JP - HPI	Satoshi Maezumi JP - Tamiya
2003	Surikarn Chaidajsuriya Thai - Tamiya	Atsushi Hara JP - HPI	Satoshi Maezumi JP - Tamiya

JMRCA National (Expert class), Japan:

	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
2008	Masami Hirosaka JP - Yokomo	Hayato Mazuka JP - Hot-Bodies	Atsushi Hara JP - Hot-Bodies
2007	Marc Rheinard D - Tamiya	Hayato Mazuka JP - Hot-Bodies	Atsushi Hara JP - Hot-Bodies
2006	Masami Hirosaka JP - Yokomo	Atsushi Hara JP - Hot-Bodies	Shinnosuke Adachi JP - Kyosho
2005	Atsushi Hara JP - Hot-Bodies	Masami Hirosaka JP - Yokomo	Daisuke Yoshioka JP - Hot-Bodies
2004	Atsushi Hara JP - HPI	Masami Hirosaka JP - Yokomo	Shinnosuke Adachi JP - Yokomo
2003	Masami Hirosaka JP - Yokomo	Atsushi Hara JP - HPI	Daisuke Yoshioka JP - HPI
2002	Masami Hirosaka JP - Yokomo	Atsushi Hara JP - HPI	Masayuki Miura JP - HPI

Top Rc Drivers

Here is a list of the main top rc touringcar drivers and sorted by country:

 

Austria
Hupo Honigl	Thomas Pumpler
Tamiya	Hot-Bodies
Canada
Keven Herbert
Associated
Denmark
Steen Graversen	Jonas Kearup
Kyosho	Hot-Bodies
England
Graig Drescher	Chris Grainger	Andy Moore	David Spashett
Associated	Yokomo	Hot-Bodies	Tamiya
Finland
Sakke Ahoniemi	Simo Ahoniemi	Christer Anderson	Teemu Leino
Corally	Corally	Associated	XRay
Juho Levänen
Associated
Germany
			?
Marc Fisher	Marc Rheinard	Toni Rheinard	Ronald Völker
Corally	Tamiya	Hot-Bodies	Hot-Bodies
Steven Weiβ
XRay
Japan
Shinnosuke Adachi	Atsushi Hara	Masami Hirosaka	Satoshi Maezumi
Kyosho	Hot-Bodies	Yokomo	Tamiya
Daisuke Yoshioka
Hot-Bodies
The Netherlands
Jilles Groskamp	Niels Koenekoop	Bart Wubben
Tamiya	TOP	Serpent
Sweden
Alexander Hagberg	Andreas Myrberg	Joel Myrberg	Viktor Wilck
XRay	Hot-Bodies	Associated	Tamiya
Slovakia
Martin Hudy
XRay
Thailand
Surikarn Chaidajsuria
Hot-Bodies
United States of America
Barry Baker	Mike Blackstock	Josh Cyrul	Mike Dumas
XRay	Corally	TOP	Corally
Billy Easton	Todd Hodge	Paul Lemieux	Mark Pavadis
Serpent	Losi	XRay	Kyosho
Chris Tosolini
Corally