Our reader Søren Boy Holst who won the Tamiya World Championship 1996 and still races since 35 years without a break RC cars kindly provided us some insights, photos and video of it for which we are very thankful:

Attached is a podium photo from the Tamiya World Championship 1996 held at Kakegawa Circuit, where Søren Boy Holst from Denmark won the FWD class and became Tamiya World Champion. In the same season, he also won the Tamiya European Championship in Switzerland (where a young Marc Rheinard also participated in the FWD class) – making it a double victory year for him in the Front Wheel Drive category.

In the photo, Søren is seen at the top of the podium holding his trophy and his Tamiya FWD race car. The race marked the early use of the now-famous Kakegawa Circuit, which had only just opened that year.

Also present at the same event was Scotty Ernst (USA), now a legendary RC race announcer and founder of the ETS series, who competed in the 4WD Touring Car class. The US FWD Champion Fred Medel also took part in the FWD category.

If you have other photos, link to the TV article, or any other relevant informations from that race, please send it to me. – I had a fantastic time in Japan, and I plan to come back soon, this time with my family.