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March 25, 2025

1up Cup Series Round 2 – Report

Round 2 of the 2025 1up Cup Series was held at BWS Raceway in Perris, California, a unique, high-grip covered asphalt track on the grounds of world-famous “The Dirt” nitro offroad track. In the premiere Mod TC class, Round 1 Winner Jacob Cruz (Mugen) ran into some bad luck in both Q1 and Q2, relegating him to the B-Main. Serpent’s Bryce Butterfield took advantage to grab the TQ Spot, which he converted into the overall win after some great battles with Ryan Cavalieri (1up) and Lex Tyler (Awesomatix). Spec Touring Car was the Lex Tyler (Awesomatix) show all weekend long. He dominated all rounds of qualifying and swept the mains ahead of the Schumacher’s of Erik Steenhoven and Charlie Albrecht. In USGT, Oliver Clipper made some sweet passes to take the overall win over Ken Gerberding (ARC) and Carlos Duarte (Tamiya). FWD saw Gary Tsai (Xray) take a popular win at his home track, ahead of Joey Abbica (Frankencar) and Ken Gerberding (ARC). F1 was an entertaining display by Mike Rydwell (Exotek, duh), who missed most of qualifying but put on a driving clinic from the back of the pack to take the overall win. Kevin “Panda” Cole (Roche) and Round 1 winner Dave Constant (Exotex rounded out the podium. Nick “Candyman” Pantana took the win in with his Awesomatix ride in VTA ahead of Chris Krein (Yokomo) and Peter Carris (ARC). The “Candyman” doubled up with a 2nd win in SuperGT (Tamiya Tub Chassis Only), with 3 different winners in 3 mains! Jonah Gallant and Jose Navarro took 2nd and 3rd. Round 3 of the 1up Cup Series rolls off May 16-18 at CenCal Speedway in Fresno, CA

Source: 1up Racing [1upracing.com]

March 24, 2025

PNWC 2025 – Announcement

PN Racing has announced that the annual PNWC will take place in United Stated in 2025 with 5280 Raceway in Denver, Colorado, hosting the World Cup for 1:28 from November 6-9. The 2024 PNWC took place in France attracting 270 entries made up of 130 drivers from 19 counties where RC Atomic driver Jose Pequito from Portugal completed a title double to be crowned World Champion of 2WD Mod and Pan Open classes.

Source: PN Racing [pnracing.com]

March 24, 2025

Hebert doubles at Canadian Nats

Keven Hebert completed the double at the Canadian Nationals retaining the Mod Touring Car title for yet another year and taking the 1:12 Mod title which was last year won by his Xray team-mate Alexander Hagberg. Once again Rose City Speedway in Ontario hosted the event which attracted over 300 entries. In qualifying Hebert secured the Touring Car TQ with his time from the last of the four qualifiers ahead of Bryce Frechette and Barrett Morrow. In 1:12, Canada’s best known onroad racer also secured the TQ with his Q4 time ahead of Leonard Schinzano and Josh Cyrul. In the finals, single mains deciding the winners, Hebert took the win the podium order remaining unchanged as to how the line-up on the grid.

Image: Xray USA [Facebook]

March 20, 2025

Hara confirmed for eSIC 2025

The organisers of the Electric Singapore International Challenge (eSIC) has announced that racing legend Atsushi Hara will be attending this year’s third edition of the annual race. This marks the first time the two-time World Champion will participate in eSIC which moves from September to an earlier date of July 12-13 in 2025. The brainchild of top Singapore touring car racer Nicholas Lee and Chhua Jookiah with the aim of bringing top level international competition to the country last year’s race attracted factory entries from Mugen Seiki, Awesomatix, Yokomo, ARC and Xpress. The previous two editions of the race were won by Mugen Seiki’s Ronald Volker. On the announcement Hara said, ‘I am very happy to joining Electric Singapore International Challenge for the first time! I haven’t race an EP touring car race in Singapore for a long time, so I am looking forward to racing with all of my fans and friends! Special thanks to who organizing this event as my friend Nicholas Lee and Team Cayote for giving me this opportunity!’

Source: eSIC [Facebook]

March 19, 2025

Gruber confirms he’ll defend 1:8 GT World title in Chile

Toni Gruber has confirmed that he will make the trip to Chile in September to defend his IFMAR 1:8 GT World Championship title. The German won the title for his GT chassis sponsor Hong Nor and engine sponsor Ielasi Tuned in 2023 in Sydney, Australia, on what was only the second running of the World Championship for the category. With the 3rd edition originally awarded to Peru, issues for that track meant it was moved to Chile and to the very impressive Club de Aeromodelos de Chile (CACH) facility which houses a variety of RC tracks and airfields and which will also host the 1:8 Onroad Worlds 2-months after the GT event. With the dramas of both 2024 IFMAR World Championships awarded to South American being relocated to Spain and Thailand, there has been talk of top international drivers not intending on travelling to Chile so we reached out to a number of the potential title contenders to clarify their position on supporting the event. Gruber, whose title winning reaction photo almost broke the internet, had no hesitation in confirming he will be in Chile for the September 14-20th schedule event.

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March 17, 2025

EWS Round 5 & Overall Championship – Report

The well-known Essex Winter Series concluded it’s 2024/25 season over the weekend at its venue in the South-East of the UK. In the LRP Modified class, Olly Jefferies and Elliott Harper were tied on points going into the race, with Kyle Branson just two points behind, setting up a great showdown to round out the series. In qualifying, Olly was on form, taking his factory Awesomatix to the fastest time in every round, putting a firm grip on the overall title. Kyle Branson lined up second on the grid with his Tonisport-backed Awesomatix, with Alex Thurston taking the new Mugen MTC-3 to third. Elliott Harper essentially saw his chances of another EWS title disappearing with a fourth place grid spot for Schumacher, and Stefan Chodzynski rounded out the top five with another Tonisport-supported Awesomatix. In the final, Olly stamped his authority on the season with a commanding win. Kyle took second place, about 1.5-seconds back on Olly, whilst Elliott and Alex battled hard for third. Elliott took third, whilst side-by-side racing over the last few laps allowed Bailey Graves to come through to fourth and Jack Collins take fifth. In the overall points, Olly Jefferies took the title, with Elliott finishing in the runner-up position. Kyle was third overall with Alex fourth in the standings. Harley Eldridge, missing this race to be at the ETS in Vienna, was fifth overall.

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March 17, 2025

Orlowski caps off ETS title with 10th consecutive win

Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski completed an impressive unbeaten run in the ETS over the weekend as he notched up win number 10 in as many races. Having already successfully defended his Modified title at the previous round in Germany, at the season finale in Austria the Pole would wrap up the season with the TQ and victory. Making the switch back to carpet for the event following his impressive TITC debut win last month, Orlowski topped all four qualifiers to secure the TQ ahead of Mugen Seiki’s Ronald Volker and Awesomatix Marc Rheinard. While he got the better of Orlowski with his new MTC-3 at the recent MIBO International, in the final Volker could do nothing about the pole sitter and backing up his A1 win another, albeit closer win, in A2 the fifth round was decided. Winning A3 from Rheinard, Volker would finish P2 for the round but in the overall in the championship he finished third behind Rheinard. In Pro Stock Sören Sparbier gave Mugen their second win with the new MTC-3 to finish runner-up in the championship behind Awesomatix’s Lukas Ellerbrock who ccomplete the podium in Vienna behind Xray’s Adam Izsay. In FWD, 4th place was enough for Schumacher’s Márk Valent to secure the title ahead of Yokomo’s Frederik Hovgaard while victory at the fifth round saw Phil Langner complete the Championship Top 3.

Image: Schumacher [Facebook]

March 13, 2025

Hofer joins Xray

Xray has announced that German electric touring car racer Martin Hofer has joined its team line-up for 2025. The former Yokomo and Awesomatix driver is a former ETS Pro Stock Champion, European Championship podium finisher and multiple German National Champion. On the announcement, Hofer, who has been away from the international racing scene in recent years, said, ‘I have always admired the professionals of Xray Team and now I finally get to be a part of it. It’s gonna be an exciting new journey that is just getting started. See you trackside.’

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]