Excelerate announce Payne joins team

While widely expected, American manufacturer Excelerate RC has confirmed that top international 1:12 racer Ollie Payne has joined its team.  Having raced the 2025 season with CRC, the British driver announced at the beginning of this week that he would no longer  race for Frank Calandra’s brand.  With fellow British racer William Morgan, winner of 1:12 Stock at the recent Montech NYGP, also making the switch from CRC to Excelerate, the company a partnership between Ken Lupi and veteran racer & car designer Josh Cyrul, on making the announcement they posted, ‘eXcelerate RC is proud to announce the signing of Ollie Payne and Morgan Williams of the United Kingdom. Ollie is fresh off a win with his Prodigy 12 in the 1/12th Modified class at the Masters of Foam recently held in Belgium and Morgan finished P4 in 13.5 with his Prodigy 12.  Ollie and Morgan have both proven to be world class drivers in both the United States and Europe.  We are excited to have Ollie and Morgan on board to continue the growth of their racing program and eXcelerate RC.’

Source: Exceleraterc [exceleraterc.com]