The greatest distance by a radio-controlled model car in 24 hours is 34.1958 km (21.25 miles) and was achieved by members of the modelling group of the Anna-Schmidt-Schule Frankfurt (Germany) at the Tamiya Raceway in Sonneberg, Germany, on 24 July 2011.

The model car used was a Tamiya “Desert Gator” with a cup machine motor using a MZ-Power Car Lipo Akku 5000 mAh battery. The electronic speed controller was a LRP Quantum Bullet and the remote control a Futaba 3PK 2.4 GHz.