November 23, 2011
…faces on the podium. JJ Wang of Team HPI-A driving his F10 set the early pace and was seemingly on his way to the inaugural race TQ until fellow HPI-B team driver Zhang Fang Zhou crossed the finish line with less than a minute left in qualifying to set the fastest lap and pole position. This was Zhang’s first TQ ever and left the entire field quite in disbelief. In the finals, Zhang and JJ pulled ahead of the pack in a clean start but on lap two came together causing the 3rd place car of Team HPI-A driver Wang…
November 15, 2011
S-Workz Asia Team driver, Hu Way-Ping has won the 2011 KRC Great China Group Manufacturer Cup. The race was held in Beijing with 110 drivers from Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, HongKong and China attending. During the 60 minutes final Hu was able to keep the competition behind winning the race in front of Liu Hou-Tsai and Chan Way with Lee Tsung and Mai Ya finishing fourth and fifth respectively. Final result 1. Hu Way-Ping 2. Liu Hou-Tsai 3. Chan Way 4. Lee Tsung 5. Mai Ya 6. Wang Wen-Pei 7. Chen Mu-Yu 8. Chi Yu-Shun 9. Lin Le-Hua 10. Ou Chih-Chiang…
November 11, 2011
…changed tyres but Wang stayed out on the track taking over the lead. With fresh tyres Kurzbuch started to catch up and took over the lead again two minutes before the end crossing the finishing line in first position. JJ Wang placed second with Wong Ming Chung completing the podium. Schäfer again had some problems with his radio equipment and came in on 4th position. The 1/10th scale final saw a close fight for the victory until the very last lap. At the start Groskamp defended his lead followed closely by Völker. After some minutes Hung Cheung Hang was closing…
October 27, 2011
The Chinese government held the first annual Beijing International RC Invitational race recently in Beijing and it was the largest race in China’s R/C history. Overall 100 drivers in two classes EP and GP raced on a world-class racetrack built specially for this event. The government invited many renowned drivers from around the world including former world champions. Novarossi team driver JJ Wang drove his Novarossi powered Mugen MTX5 to win the GP championship on a damp track caused by light rain during the final day. Shepherd driver Ronald Volker came in second with Kyosho’s Takaaki Shimo taking third. Source:…
August 27, 2011
…leg and second overall with A- Wei finish 3rd. In the 1/8th GP Expert class, it was much anticipated and expected to be a very close fight. Winner of first 2 rounds Wang, Sheng-Chong got off a good start securing his third consecutive TQ for the main final. The main final saw Wang lead the way early on followed closely by Jones Chu. After 3 mins Jones took the lead, while Wang suffered problems at the 13 minute mark and decided to retire mid race, ending his chance to continue his winning stream. Jones grabbed the lead and never look…
July 27, 2011
Last weekend saw over 110 racers converge on the famous Timezone Raceway Park for the 3rd annual Timezone Gran Prix, located in Battle Ground Washington. The track is located on private property and only hosts one large event a year. This year’s entries included some of the top drivers from the Northwest, along with the factory pilots Paolo Morganti and Scott Kimbrow from Serpent, the current IFMAR 10th Scale World Champion Ralph Burch, Mike Swauger and Dave Ehrlich, along with Mugen drivers Richard St. Cyr and JJ Wang from Shanghai China. This was by far the largest and most competitive…
July 5, 2011
HPI China have also announced the signing of JJ Wang to their Racing Team. The 13 year old Chinese-American, who now lives in Shanghai, China has become the best 1:8 GP on-road driver in the country. His versatile talent is not limited to 1:8 GP only, as he has also shown pace in the 1:10 GP and EP class. He will race with HB TCX in future races and is “excited to join the HPI/HB Racing Team this season. And now with the support of HPI/HB, I hope to join more international races. With the new TCX, I also hope…
July 1, 2011
HPI China has announced the signing of Haifeng Wang to their racing team. Wang is the indisputable top EP on-road driver in China. Starting his RC life in 2005, Wang achieved astonishing progress, not only by racing talent but also through hard work. He undertook all National 1:10 EP Onroad Championship event (TQ and win) from 2007 to 2010 and became a star of the industry. In 2009 Wang challenged himself by joining the 4WD GT Class at the Tamiya Asia Cup and took the TQ & win without problem. In 2011, he again embraced his reputation by top qualifying…
