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December 5, 2019

JJ Wang confirmed for OneTen Rd5 & 6 in Shanghai

We are very pleased to announce that top US racer JJ Wang has confirmed he will attend the 5th and 6th round of the OneTen Series presented by Infinity in Shanghai on the 4th & 5th of January. Making a return to race at his home track, since moving to California to study the Xray driver has been dominating races on the west coast and so we are looking forward to seeing him back in RCI V2 to go up against the best in the OneTen series, which for this weekend will run alongside the exciting new SGP1 Formula 1 series. More information on the event can be found here and entry for all classes, Modified and Stock, can be submitted here or directly at RCI V2.

December 4, 2019

Ryan Cavalieri going full SWorkz

SWorkz have announced the addition of Ryan Cavalieri to their 1/10th scale factory team, meaning the former IFMAR World Champion will be fully SWorkz sponsored for the 2020 season. Already campaigning SWorkz 1/8th scale kits since this season, Ryan recently left the Yokomo 1/10th scale squad he was running for only since this season to now campaigning SWorkz vehicles, such as the S35 1/8th scale and S12 and S14 1/10th scale kits, exclusively.

Source: SWorkz [sworkz.com]

December 2, 2019

Elliott Boots Shoot Fuel powered for 2020

XTR Racing from Spain have announced the signing of UK’s Elliott Boots to the Shoot Fuel racing team. The SWorkz and Reds Racing factory pilot will be using Shoot Fuel’s Premium Formula fuel for the 2020 season at all national and international races.

Source: XTR Racing [xtr-rc.com]

November 28, 2019

RCI V2 to welcome Marc Rheinard for OneTen Rd5 & 6

The organisers of the OneTen Series presented by Infinity are delighted to announce the return of Marc Rheinard to the series for Rd5 & 6 in Shanghai, the German making his series debut at last season’s finale in Hong Kong. With the championship returning to RCI V2 on January 4th & 5th, having also hosted the opening two rounds, the 4x World Champion will be making his first ever trip to Shanghai and the Infinity driver’s first race in mainland China since the World Championships in Beijing in 2016. Making a big impression when he joined the OneTen series at PYC back in March, winning on his debut, this time he will be running indoor on carpet and will be going up against a very on-form teammate Jin Sawada who has won all 4 rounds of the series to date. With the double header running alongside the exciting new SGP1 Formula series, we will announce a number of other big names that will attend in the coming days. More information on the event can be found here and entry for all classes, Modified and Stock, can be submitted here or directly at RCI V2.

November 26, 2019

Xray Racing Series Grand Final 2020 – Announcement

The 2020 Grand Final of the Xray Racing Series will be held at the world famous Hudy Racing Arena in Trencin, Slovakia from the 29th to 31st of May 2020. Full details will be announced soon but participators can expect a world-class top drivers line up, racing action in many popular classes as well as a Saturday night party.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

November 26, 2019

Diekmann & Tödtmann join Capricorn factory team

Capricorn RC have announced the addition of German nitro on-road frontrunners Thilo Tödtmann and Melvin Diekmann to their line-up of international drivers. Regular ENS and Euros A-finalists the duo tested various platforms and choose Capricorn’s Lab C03 Evo as their weapon of choice for the 2020 season. The duo had the following to say about the deal:

We are happy having the opportunity of joining the Capricorn team. Capricorn and Patrizio Rossi in person always have been very open-minded when it comes to developing new ideas and revolutionary solutions. Always focusing on providing the fastest and best product to their customers. This is reflected in the fact that many of his ideas have already been imitated. We are looking forward of playing a decisive part in this development representing the brand on all major races worldwide.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

November 25, 2019

Gary Huang takes popular SIGP Nitro class win

Gary Huang has taken an emotional win tonight in Xiamen, China in the 1/8th Main final. The Xray driver overcame a flameout to take a very popular win in front of a partisan crowd at the SIGP. Behind it was Merlin Depta who finished in 2nd place, one and a half laps back, the German driver leading following the Chinese driver’s flameout. Completing the podium here at the ARC International Raceway was veteran Italian racer Marco Vanni. Pole sitter Jeff Hamon had a troubled race as he lost touch with Gary Huang early on before hitting major engine troubles, the result of the Australian having set his engine too lean prior to the final. Feeling the win was retribution for not being able to travel to the Worlds last month in California due to visa problems, long time mechanic Gavin Kwok was overcome with emotion as his driver took the checkered flag. Explaining his flameout, he said he was on his in-lap when the Max engine rolled to a stop near the end of the lap. The Xray driver was running 2 laps more than everyone else but he believes it was the smaller tires that had increased consumption and caught them out. Restarted and back on track he battled his way back from 4th, pushing like crazy to take over the lead again with 15 minutes left and hold on for the rest of the race and take his first SIGP nitro win.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here.

November 23, 2019

Jeff Hamon is Nitro Top qualifier in China

With EP now over, attention turns back to Nitro, which will run through the rest of Saturday and all through Sunday. With the nitro action again taking place under flood lights it was the perfect conditions to set a fast time but drama in the fastest heat as the car of Meen Vejrak, who was on TQ pace, start to spew smoke out the rear of the bodyshell for about 2 laps before going off at the end of the straight and going on fire. A dragging battery cable seemingly the culprit but the car is completely destroyed from both the fire and the impact. This misfortune allowed Jeff Hamon to take over at the front and claim the TQ spot ahead of another Thai Maxima driver Charlee P, with top seed Kim Ki Heung in 3rd, Motor King in 4th and Meen Vejrak with his Q2 time giving him P5 for tomorrow’s 45 minute A-main. Jeff felt he had a slipping clutch throughout his run but said it stayed consistent for the entire run. Happy with a change he made to softer springs, he thinks for the final the car is easy to drive and apart from setting the clutch properly will work out strategy closer to the race time.

Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here.