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The MultiGP Championship races outside Dallas October 15 to 17, and spectators get in free

Sixty-nine Open-class pilots race for a $10,000 purse split among the top four at Dallas Drone Racing in Carrollton, Texas. Joaquin "JBOX" Ybanez comes in as the reigning champion.

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FPV racing drone flying through a lit race gate
FPV racing drone flying through a lit race gate.

Decision brief

If you live near Dallas, this is the easiest way to see top-level FPV racing in person: MultiGP's pilot handbook says spectators are welcome and free. If you can't go, MultiGP says official broadcasts will run on its YouTube channel, with links on the championship page. No stream link was posted as of October 3.

Dates
Oct. 15 to 17

Dallas Drone Racing, Carrollton, Texas

Field
69 pilots

Open class, invited through the 2026 Global Qualifier and regional results

Purse
$10,000

Divided among the top four; split not published

The event

Sixty-nine Open-class pilots, one field, three days.

MultiGP holds its 2026 championship October 15 to 17 at Dallas Drone Racing, 2304 Sandy Lake Road in Carrollton, a Dallas suburb. The event page lists 69 pilots, all in the Open class, which MultiGP calls the world's premier event in Open-class drone racing. The prize is $10,000 in cash divided among the top four. MultiGP did not publish the split by place.

Pilots earned invitations through a Global Qualifier that ran March 27 to August 24, plus regional, European, Canadian, and Latin American championship results. Invitations began August 31. Each pilot ticket cost $200. The AMA's event listing says qualifying runs Thursday and Friday, with racing Friday night and Saturday.

How it runs

Two days of qualifying, then double-elimination brackets.

The shop page's FAQ lays out the format: roughly two days of qualifying, then a day of 16-pilot double-elimination brackets with bump-ups, and every pilot who attends races in a bracket. MultiGP describes Joaquin "JBOX" Ybanez as the reigning champion.

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