May 25, 2019
…of racing at the Reedy Race of Champions, the Yokomo driver coming from the 12th on the grid to win ahead of pole sitter Eric Albano and Randy Caster. The win puts the three time champion equal on points with Viktor Wilck, the Infinity driver having his worst run of the day with a P3 after suffering a body tuck. For Yokomo it was their second double for a round as Nicholas Lee held defending champion Marc Rheinard at bay from previous round winners Wilck and JJ Wang. Continue reading this report here or view our complete event coverage here….
May 25, 2019
Viktor Wilck is the first driver to double up on wins at this year’s Reedy Race of Champions, the former champion benefiting from a last lap contact between race leader Lucas Urbain and Marc Rheinard who finished 2nd & 3rd. Going into the round sharing the points lead with Meen Vejrak, Wilck has now pulled two points clear with Vejrak claiming a third from 7th on the grid in the second of the Round 3 encounters. That race was won by JJ Wang, the Xray driver becoming the first US driver to register a win at the 22nd running of…
April 15, 2019
…not a guarantee for him or for anyone. Nagashima, JJ Wang and Takuma Sasaki would each take a win in the finals and when all the racing had been ran, it would come down to other finishing positions and tie-breakers to determine the winner. Wang and Nagashima both and a 1st and a 2nd, but with a slightly faster finishing time, Nagashima would be declared the overall winner with Wang taking second and Sasaki taking third. There was only one man laying down 32-lap runs in the Stock Touring 13.5 class and that man was Jan Ratheisky. This would go…
March 21, 2019
Gens Ace have announced the signing of Haifeng Wang (aka Motor King) to their racing team. Haifeng Wang is considered as one of the best RC drivers from China, with 7 1/10 Chinese national titles, 6 time Hobbywing Cup Champion, Tamiya Asian Cup 4WD GT Champion and TITC stock class champion. In 2019 season, he will use Gens Ace batteries in all major Asian events as well as international races. Haifeng said ‘I’m very happy to join in Gens ACE racing team, with latest racing performance LIPO development from the factory, I’m excited to pursue more titles in 2019 season.’…
January 21, 2019
…his US team mate Chris Adams turned lower lap times but left the day not matching Caster’s time. On Saturday it was JJ Wang who took TQ honors for Q1 and Q2 while Adams taking Q3 coming up short to beat TQ by a tenth of second. In A1 Broc Champlin found a way to take the lead from the tone while the battles behind him were going at it. In A2 JJ Wang made a little contact getting by his team mate Chris Adams as they both battled for the lead Wang taking the win. Up until the A3…
January 21, 2019
The Xray Racing Series Shanghai was held at the RCI V2 indoor track in Shanghai, China this past weekend. The event saw some competitive racing between China’s top drivers and in the premier Touring Modified class, it was Xray’s reigning Chinese National Champion, Gary Huang taking a close win over veteran racer Wang Hai Feng (Yokomo), while young up and coming Chinese Xray driver Marco Ma completed the podium in 3rd. In the Touring Stock class, Xray’s John Lu dominated the field taking the win with Yokomo’s Heng in 2nd and Awesomatix’s Simon Wang in 3rd. In the Formula class,…
December 17, 2018
…Saturday but he made a comeback in Sunday’s Q4 and Q5, starting from 5th on the A-main grid. The finals then saw Nicholas Lee taking full advantage of his Modified class pole position to take the overall win at the Arrowmax Cup finals, thanks to winning A1 and A2. Gary Huang and Fong King took 2nd and 3rd respectively to round out the podium. In the Stock class, Mugen driver Yan Cheung fought a tough battle with Awesomatix driver Simon Wang. Yan took A1 and Simon took A2, and in the decisive A3, Yan managed to keep Simon behind to…
November 30, 2018
The fifth round of the 2018 Arrowmax Cu was held at the SYE track in Shanghai, China lest weekend. Despite this race held under the tread of bad weather, letting it end easier than planed, it was pretty competitive. In the Touring Modified class Nicolas Koh took the TQ from local driver Lin in 2nd. After the finals it was still Nicolas on top in front of Lin as young local talent Dai Shuxia rounded out the top 3. Over in 13.5T Stock it was Simon Wang with the overall TQ from Kenny Yan in 2nd. After the mains Simon…
