19/08/2026
🏁 **ARCOR AT COPA BOGOTÁ ONROAD 2026 — A CHALLENGING WEEK, A PROUD RESULT FOR ARUBA 🇦🇼**
What an experience.
After **6 intense days and more than 10 hours at the track every single day**, our team from **ARCOR — Aruba Radio Control Onroad Racing** wraps up the 2026 COPA BOGOTÁ ONROAD R/C event in Colombia with a tremendous sense of pride.
Representing ARCOR and Aruba were our three pilots:
🇦🇼 **Paolo Inocencia**
🇦🇼 **Albert Lake Jr.**
🇦🇼 **Alvin Thijsen**
This was a serious commitment from all three, with long days at the track requiring focus, preparation and determination from beginning to end.
The track was **incredibly challenging and constantly changing**. Rapid and often stark changes in temperature throughout each day already made finding the right setup difficult — but on top of that, **we had rain every single day.**
The combination of rain and temperature swings meant that **grip levels varied greatly throughout the day**. A setup that worked well in one session could behave completely differently in the next. Reading the track, adapting quickly and finding consistency on such an unpredictable surface required patience, experience and constant work from the entire team.
But through it all, our pilots showed **confidence, professionalism and determination.**
🏆 **OUR RESULTS**
**1:10 TC 17.5**
💪 Paolo Inocencia — **5th Place (A-Main)**
💪 Alvin Thijsen — **4th Place (C-Main)**
**1:10 TC 13.5**
⚡ Albert Lake Jr. — **Best Lap of the Event: 15.168s**
💪 Albert Lake Jr. — **4th Place (A-Main)**
**1:10 TFWD 17.5**
💪 Albert Lake Jr. — **4th Place (A-Main)**
**1:10 TC Modified**
⚡ Paolo Inocencia — **Best Lap of the Event: 14.553s**
🥈 Paolo Inocencia — **2nd Place (A-Main)**
**Short Course 4x4**
💪 Alvin Thijsen — **6th Place (A-Main)**
Considering just how demanding and unpredictable the track conditions were, we are extremely happy with **ARCOR's performance**. The results are important, but equally important was proving that we can **adapt, compete and perform under difficult conditions** alongside strong international competition.
Six long days, changing temperatures, daily rain, constantly varying grip levels and countless setup adjustments tested everyone — pilots and team alike. We leave Colombia knowing that we gave it everything we had.
None of this happens without support.
A very special **THANK YOU to LOTTO ARUBA** for helping make this trip and opportunity possible. Your support for ARCOR, our pilots and the continued development of R/C racing in Aruba is deeply appreciated.
We also extend our sincere thanks to **Gerlien Croes, Minister of Kingdom Relations, Education, Youth, Innovation and Sports of the Government of Aruba**, for the support and recognition of sport and our athletes.
We return home with more experience, more knowledge and even more motivation.
Most importantly, this event reinforced something that everyone at **ARCOR — Aruba Radio Control Onroad Racing** strongly believes:
🇦🇼 **ARUBA HAS THE TALENT AND POTENTIAL TO BE A CONTENDER ON THE WORLD STAGE.** 🇦🇼
We may come from a small island, but our ambition, commitment and determination are anything but small.
**This is another step forward for ARCOR, for R/C onroad racing in Aruba, and for Aruba on the international stage.**
**Aruba to the world. 🇦🇼🏁**
