User:Donnie Park/2017 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship

The 2017 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship is the upcoming 17th edition of the biennial IFMAR World Championships for 1:10 radio-controlled electric off-road buggies sanctioned by the International Federation of Model Auto Racing (IFMAR) to be run over two separate classes over eight days on 22nd through 29th September with each class running for three days each in total.

The IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship was organized by Car Modelling Association of China (CMAC) on behalf of the Far East Model Car Association (FEMCA) and hosted by Xiamen Light Industry Group taking place at it's own circuit, the ARC International Raceway, in Xiamen, Fujian. This marks the second time an IFMAR Worlds took place in China, who was awarded hosting rights after the sucess of the Electric On-Road Worlds in Beijing the previous year. Team Associated's Spencer Rivkin of the United States and XRAY's Bruno Coehlo of Portugal, are the defending champions of the 2WD and 4WD class respectively.

http://news.efra.ws/fileadmin/news/2016/11/2017%20IFMAR%20Bidding%20China%20BUGGY%20WC.compressed.pdf

Host selection
Typically, host rotation would have turned to FAMAR bloc but they have passed this opportunity on, so therefore Two circuits from the European EFRA bloc have put themselves forward to host the 2017 Worlds, they are following the success of the 2016 Electric On-Road Worlds, China was chosen to host
 * Hudy Arena of Trenčín, Slovakia
 * Trelleborg Motorklubb of Trelleborg, Sweden

Hudy Arena and a yet to be named track in Denmark would put themselves forward to host the 2019 Worlds which turns to Europe.