Buckeye FPV Racing cancels August race, shifts focus to MultiGP finals

Buckeye FPV Racing canceled its outdoor race scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 2, citing weather and steering the club toward finals on Sunday, Sept. 16. Several Buckeye pilots have qualified for MultiGP, so the lost local weekend became part of a bigger tradeoff: less club racing now, more time to prep for championship brackets later.

Buckeye describes itself as Columbus, Ohio's premier FPV drone racing group, and one club post said it had "a lot of exciting races planned for 2026." That makes the August scratch look less like a shutdown than a midseason recalibration, with the club protecting championship preparation while keeping a packed calendar alive.

The timing also fits the way Buckeye has been building its summer slate. A separate Buckeye post pointed to the club’s first outdoor race of the season, and another reference tied Buckeye FPV racing to Scioto Grove Metro Park, where the group has used outdoor space for racing. Earlier in the year, Buckeye also marked a series finale race for Saturday, May 9, showing a 2026 schedule that has already stretched across multiple formats and dates.

For the pilots headed to finals, the real work starts long before the gate drops. In FPV racing, frame repairs, motor replacements, VTX checks, radio-link reliability, battery testing and practice in similar conditions can decide whether a racer survives a bracket or gets knocked out early. That is the cost of chasing a title: one less casual local race, but more time to shave off the mistakes that cost tenths of a second.

MultiGP gives that decision its full competitive weight. The league calls itself the largest drone racing league and FPV community in the world, and LinkedIn identifies it as the Academy of Model Aeronautics Special Interest Group for FPV racing. Its championship path already includes a global qualifier structure, and its 2025 championship at BMX Headquarters at Hardesty National BMX Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma, featured Sport Class, Pro Class and Pro Spec racing. For Buckeye, Sept. 16 is now the next stopwatch that matters.