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| 2011 Singapore Invitational Challenge (SIC) 1/10 & 1/8 Onroad GP, 10 -11 Sept The 2011 Singapore Invitational Challenge is an yearly event; held on 10 – 11 Sept at the East Coast Park Raceway. It was a 2-day event and for this year, the Indonesian team brought the biggest team with over 15 drivers. Other overseas drivers were from Australia, Thailand, Brunei and Malaysia. The race format was a Christmas tree with no top four sit-out for both the 1/10 and 1/8 class. The schedule was 3 rounds of qualifying on Saturday and all finals on Sunday. The day started out a little cloudy and 1 round of qualifying was successfully run before the lunch break. From the beginning, Team XRAY driver, Sadikin and Jesse Wu were setting the pace with a very fast lap times on both the NT1 and RX8. Round 2 was also completed without much change in position but after that, the sky suddenly turns dark and it rain. The qualifying was stopped for about 1.5 hrs to allow the track to dry completely before starting the 3rd and the last round of qualifying for the day. Below were the top 14 drivers who would be in the semi-finals on Sunday.
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| The annual TITC or Thailand International Touring Car Championship 2011 was held at a new venue at RC City in Bangkok, Thailand between Feb 23rd-27th, 2011. The new facility feature a sheltered rooftop touring and drift track with many hobby shops surrounding it. With over 700 entries in total to compete classes in Modified, Open Brushless 11.5T, Brushless 13.5T, Formula, FWD Touring and 2WD Mini. P.Y.Tang representing Team Xray Singapore and Team Orca was able to finish in a respectable A-Main 6th in Brushless Open 11.5T and B-Main 5th in Modified Class achieving his best result so far since joining the TITC in 2009. As this is the first time for most drivers to race in a sheltered track, many have problems adapting to the tight and technical track. Moreover, the traction level is very much different compared to most tracks. The TITC 2011 layout consisted of 3 fast chicanes, 1 slow chicane and 2 large sweepers. During the initial testing, P.Y.Tang stated that he was having low traction problems but was easily solved by switching tire addicitve but once that was solved, his Xray T3'2011 was struglling with traction rolls and difficulty in driving a highly responsive car due to very high traction. After a few days of setup changes, P.Y.Tang was able to make his Xray T3'2011 easier to drive with good consistent lap times. Most of the major setup changes were at the shocks, droops and roll centers. By switching the front universal to Litemodz CVS also made the car much faster in corner speed and more steering which was required in the tight layout.
Xray T3'2011 equipped with Orca Vritra VTC Pro-Spec MK2 ESC, Orca Infinite 6000 60C LiPo, OrcaQ QX1 Limited Edition 11.5T Brushless Racing Motor, Orca Power Boost, Orca 16V Capacitor Plate. : Race Report By Team Xray Singapore PY-Tang
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Report from How Jiang:- "Dominic and I had a wonderful time at the ETS race where
we met Juraj and Martin Hudy, and the Xray team drivers. The organisers were
kind enough to sit us with the team drivers in the pit so that we could tap
into their setups (too bad we could not tap into the driving expertise--
haha) The race was well organised and professionally run.
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More Report at the Racer Profile Xray T3 takes win at Total Hobby RC Race 1/10 EP Open Modified July 2010 |
NT1 TQ And Podium At Edam Open Challenge July 2010 ( More Report at the Racer Profile)
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| SERPENT OPEN 2011 - SINGAPORE Serpent Open 2011 took place on January 16th, 2011 at the East Coast Park Raceway. It was perfect day for racing with lots of sunshine and there were over 50 drivers attending this race, mainly from Singapore. Qualifying The first round of qualifying started at about 10:30am. XRAY driver Jessie Wu managed to set the pace with a fast timing. By the second round, the traction has improved and many drivers managed to improve their time. Erwin Luhur held a provisional pole position after the second round, with team mate Jessie Wu in 3rd place, Sam Craig in 5th place, Tom Goh in 6th place and Bobby Chan in the 8th place. In the last and final round of qualifying, many drivers again did better with XRAY driver Erwin Luhur setting the fastest lap and thus securing the TQ position. There were a total of 5 NT1 in the top 10 position and the final qualifying orders after 3 round were as follows. Qualifying order: 1) Erwin Luhur XRAY NT1 2) Nelson Lee 3) Jesse Wu XRAY NT1 4) Nordin 5) Sam Craig XRAY NT1 6) Tom Goh XRAY NT1 7) Kaz Lee 8) Bobby Chan XRAY NT1 9) Othman 10) Yusoff Final In the 45min A-main final, Erwin Luhur had a great start and started to pull away from the pack almost immediately. Team mate Jesse Wu, Sam Craig and Tom Goh managed to stay close to the leading cars. During the first re-fuel, Erwin’s engine stalled during refuelling and due to this, he dropped a few position. Bobby Chan was had some technical problem and had to retire early from the race. Just before the 2nd fuel stop, Erwin Luhur almost caught up to the leader but have to come in for a fuel stop. During the second fuel stop, an unfortunate event happened to Erwin Luhur again, his engine died and his mechanic managed to start it up again very quickly. His position again dropped to 4th position. Meanwhile, Jesse Wu, Sam Craig and Tom Goh were driving a consistent race and managed to hold their position until the end of the race. Erwin Luhur continued to drive without any mistake, managed to catch up and finish the race in the 1st position. The final finishing orders were as follows. Final Result : 1) Erwin Luhur XRAY NT1 2) Jesse Wu XRAY NT1 3) Sam Craig XRAY NT1 4) Tom Goh XRAY NT1 5) Othman 6) Kaz Lee 7) Nordin 8) Nelson Lee 9) Yusoff 10) Bobby Chan XRAY NT1 Team Xray Singapore, Well Done !!!
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2010 Singapore Turf city Open 1/10 Engine Touring car Race, Team Xray With NT-1 TQ ( Pole position) and Overall Champion!!
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| NT1 Podium at Rapicon Cup 14-11-2010 Singapore Turf City Bukit Timah. Rapicon cup held on 14th Nov 2010 in Turf city Atalon Speedway attracted more than 40 over drivers from Singapore and Malaysia. Weather for the day is cloudy and cooling due to our monsoon period. Drivers : Don chug, Berry Ng, Jesse Wu, Tom Goh, Erwin Luhur. Qualifying Rounds The first round of qualifying started at 9:30am. The traction is good due to the recent resurface for the track…Xray driver Jesse Wu had a good run with his newly built WC NT1 with a 29 laps 7:13 . Xray driver Erwin Luhur and Tom Goh both were trying different setup and achieve better timing. But it was Barry Ng driving a newly built WC NT1 that set a blistering pace and secure pole position for the 1st and 2nd round of qualifying. In the Final round of qualifying Jesse Wu with some setup change was on a good run to secure pole position but was clip by backmarker in the last 30 sec of qualifying putting him in the 4th position. Xray Driver Tom Goh setting many fast lap times too was on a great run but had a big accident on the long straight losing precious times putting him in 3rd position. Barry Ng setting the fastest lap time of the day was having a close fight with Nelson Lee. But a slight mistake from Barry causes him to lose the pole position by less than half a second. Team Xray had a great qualifying with 7 cars in the final top 10. Final Top 10 1) Nelson Lee 2) Barry Ng Xray NT1 3) Tom Goh Xray NT1 4) Jesse Wu Xray NT1 5) Frendy Xray NT1 6) Erwin Luhur Xray NT1 7) Rosli 8) Shafiq N.I.Q Xray NT1 9) Don Chng Xray NT1 10) Aidi Amin As we are about to start the lower main final rain start pouring down the track heavily. And after the cut off time the organizer announce that the race will be call off and the result will be base on our qualifying orders.. Race report: by Mr Tom Goh |
| Team Xray Singapore P.Y.Tang wins for Xray-Orca at the Indonesia National Year End Race (November 7, 2010)
  The annual Indonesia National Year End Race took place on the weekend of November 6-7, 2010 at the Sunter International Speedway (SIS) in Jakarta. This is one of the largest race in Indonesia after the season end of Indonesia National Championships, which also saw Jilles Groskamp from Tamiya made a trip from Thailand last year to this year end race. This year, the race attracted a total entries of about 60 in the Touring Stock 11.5T class and about 20 in the FWD class. Unfortunately due to the Mount Merapi volcano eruption, some drivers could not attend the race. The weather was very good throughout the event and with a great track, great people and great door prizes including an Xray T3 car kit, it was a show of the year in the Indonesian capital. Four qualifying rounds on Saturday, with one more qualifying round on Sunday follow by the Finals, with a maximum of 3 sets of tires for the whole event. A bright and sunny day greeted the drivers on the Saturday which created a lot of traction problems early into the day. The track layout had a very long straights, flowy in-field with technical hairpin sections. It was no doubt that Orca products was the talk of the race with the fastest car on the track, but Nicholas Lee from Singapore set the pace with his smooth driving skills and led the way after the first day of qualifying in his Tamiya 416X, followed by Bowie Ginting of Xray T3 and Teddy Syach of Hotbodies Cyclone TCX, all with 18 laps. P.Y.Tang running Xray and Orca improved his timings but still shy from the 18 laps at 17 laps 5:01, said traction was his biggest concern, qualified 4th at the end of day 1. In the last qualifying round on Sunday, it would seem to be the most critical qualifying round as the traction was much higher as the weather stayed cloudy and temperature was cooler. Most of the drivers set a faster pace and everyone was trying to qualify higher in the mains. In Qualifying Round 5 Heat 1, P.Y.Tang changed his strategy and by using a softer setup, he managed to improve his laptime by 0.3sec, and posted a 18 laps 5:14 and found himself in Q2. Teddy Syach unable to improved remained in Q4 and another 18 laps 5:15 from Bowie Ginting secured him at Q3. Nicholas Lee with the fastest timing posted on Day 1 took the TQ honour. Top 10 Qualifying Standings A-Main (Stock Touring 11.5T) 1. Nicholas Lee – 18 laps 5:11.353 2. P.Y.Tang – 18 laps 5:14.559 3. Bowie Ginting – 18 laps 5:15.355 4. Teddy Syach – 18 laps 5:17.146 5. Rudi Hardjo - 17 laps 5:00.392 6. Suwardi Suliandy - 17 laps 5:05.022 7. Asdi - 17 laps 5:05.786 8. Dika CGP - 17 laps 5:07.233 9. Dani Lambatz - 17 laps 5:07.233 10. Ronny - 17 laps 5:08.033    In the A-Main finals of Stock Touring 11.5T, the 8-minute run would see a lot of strategy planning to be able to sustain the run at a fast speed. In Final A1, the race started off with a clean start with Nicholas Lee and P.Y.Tang pulling away from the group when Bowie Ginting made a mistake at the left chicane on lap 2 dropping him into the group. Orca again proved to be the product to beat when P.Y.Tang Xray T3 was able to reel in the leader easily on the long straights but a small mistake by P.Y. at the chicane and with some traffic, Nicholas Lee went on to win Final A1, followed by P.Y.Tang in 2nd and a good fight by Bowie Ginting to finished 3rd. With already an advantage in speed, P.Y.Tang put on a new set of tires in Final A2, immediately reeled in Nicholas Lee into sight but unable to pass Nicholas Lee from his tight driving lines. As Nicholas Lee was unable to pull away, P.Y.Tang saw an opening just before the long straight, tried to close up the gap by riding on the curb to try to set up for a long straight pass, made a slight contact with Nicholas Lee bodyshell, changed the position when Bowie Ginting took advantage of the incident, while Nicholas Lee dropped to 3rd when he got stuck in an island. Bowie Ginting took Final A2, with P.Y.Tang in 2nd and Nicholas Lee in 3rd. Going into Final A3, the 1st overall was still up for grab as all top 3 tied in points. Still having an advantage in speed and a very comfortable with his car setups, P.Y.Tang is set to put up a fight to try to win the final round. Final A3 started off with a clean start. P.Y.Tang tried to be a bit more patient to avoid any accident stayed closely behind Nicholas Lee, as both of them pulled away from the group. Unfortunately on lap 3, Nicholas Lee suffered from a motor burnt out, allowing P.Y.Tang to cruise for the win with Bowie Ginting finishing 2nd. P.Y.Tang won 1st overall with tied points with Bowie Ginting but with a lap advantage. Top 10 Final Standings A-Main (Stock Touring 11.5T) 1. P.Y.Tang – Singapore – Xray T3 – Orca Vritra – Orca RX2 – Orca QX1 – Orca Infinite – Orca Power Boost - GFT - 19pts 2. Bowie Ginting – Indonesia – Xray T3 – Orca Vritra – Orca QX1 – Orca Infinite - 19pts 3. Nicholas Lee – Tamiya 416X – Speed Passion – Speed Passion V3- 18pts 4. Rudi Hardjo - Tamiya 416WE – Orca Vritra – King Power – 15pts 5. Teddy Syach – Hotbodies Cyclone TCX – LRP SXX Stock Spec – Team Power - 14pts 6. Asdi – Xray T3 – Orca Vritra – Orca QX1 - 11pts 7. Dani Lambatz – TOP Photon – Tekin RS Pro – King Power - 10pts 8. Ronny – TOP Photon – Tekin RS Pro – Speed Passion V3 - 10pts 9. Suwardi Suliandy – TOP Photon – Orca Vritra – Orca QX1 – Orca RX2 - 7pts 10. Dika CGP – Xray T3 – Tekin RS Pro – King Power - 5pts Congratulations to P.Y.Tang and Bowie Ginting to finish 1-2 for Xray and Orca! and completing 4 Xray and 5 Orca in the A-Mains!    P.Y.Tang winning Xray T3 was powered by Orca Infinite 5500Mah 50C LiPo, Orca Vritra TC Pro-Spec, Orca RX-2 11.5T, OrcaQ QX-1 11.5T, Orca Power Boost, Orca 16V High Power Capacitor and GFT. |
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8-82010 Niko racetrack 1/10 Scale Electric Touring Championship : Race Report by P.Y.Tang Team Xray Singapore
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| NT1 Podium Finish at Futaba OS Jakarta Open 2010 Race report by Erwin Luhur The Futaba OS Jakarta Open 2010 is a yearly event held at the Jakarta International Twin Circuit. It was a 2-day event but many drivers from Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and Australia arrived at the track 2 days beforehand for practice. The schedule for this race was 5 rounds of qualifying on Saturday, while Sunday had 1 more round of qualifying and the all the finals. Saturday (Qualifying Rounds 1, 2, 3 & 4)The first qualifying round started at around 10:00AM after the opening ceremony. The weather was good and 3 rounds of qualifying were run successfully. However, in the late afternoon the weather suddenly changed and it started to rain during heat 3 of round 4. The rain stopped after about 15 minutes and track was completely wet. As it was late in the afternoon and there was no sun, there was no chance for the track to dry properly. Therefore the Race Director decided to cancel the results of all heats of round 4 and continue with the last round of qualifying on Sunday. At the end of the day, there were six XRAY cars in the Top 10. Sadikin Sutrisno secured the TQ spot, Erwin Luhur was 2nd, Bowie Ginting was 4th, Suhaimi Abdul Wahab was 7th, M.Shah was 8th and Usman Halim was 10th.
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| NT1 TQ And Podium At Edam Open Challenge Round 3 of the Edam Open Challenge took place on July 4, 2010 at the Just Hobby race Circuit. It was a cloudy wet morning when we reach the track at 0800 in the morning. The track is wet and still drizzling. At about 10am the weather cleared and bright sunshine is drying the track fast. Total there is about 22 participant.
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| Xray T3 takes win at Total Hobby RC Race 1/10 EP Open Modified Race Report by P.Y.Tang
The Total Hobby RC Race 1/10 EP Open Modified was held at the UTM Skudai in Southern Malaysia on July 3-4, 2010. The local asphalt UTM track is a very challenging track which is a high-speed flowy track with medium to high traction. Bumpy sections and high-wear to rubber tires are the major concern among the drivers. The race is a two-day event, but most drivers were unable to practice due to bad weather on Saturday. It was still drizzling on the early Sunday morning and the track was still wet but the weather cleared up around 11am. The track was still damp during the first qualifying round and many drivers went on to choose softer compound tires to look for more traction. The track began to dry up at noon when the sun finally came out. After three intense qualifying rounds, seems like only Ken Ng had the better setup that saw him clocking under 14 seconds lap securing pole position, with P.Y.Tang 2nd and Allister 3rd from the pole. Despite being 2nd from the pole, P.Y.Tang Xray T3 debut was delighted with his qualifying rounds on Sunday where he felt his new Xray T3 stock setup was very easy to drive and very responsive to his liking. Although the car works well, P.Y. could not get some consistent timing in every run due to the high-wear rate of the tires and possibly wrong choice of tire addictive.
lap to Allister. Ken Ng had a terrible final along with some diff problems ended up in 4th in Leg 3, but a well-deserved 3rd overall position. Desmond Tan running a Xray T3 had a good run finishing at 6th overall starting 10th from grid.
Final Top 10 Standings:
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| The Super Team @ Thailand Touring Championship | Thailand International Touring Car Race | The Winning Team |
| The Super Team!! | Singapore Team Xray Drivers | RCMC 2010 Race support by RB engine |
| Father and Son team! | Singapore 2009 Electric Touring Car Motor 11.5 Class Champion Khamil Hydar | The Xray Ladies! |
| Singapore Team @ Thailand International Touring Car Race Feb 2010 | RCMC Singapore Open Challenge GP Race April 2010 | Erwin Luhur Winner of Singapore Gas Touring Race With Xray NT-1 |
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Round 1 of the RCMC 2010 National Series took place on February 28, 2010 at the East Coast Park Raceway. It was perfect day for racing with lots of sunshine. Qualifying The first round of qualifying started at about 10:30AM. XRAY driver Erwin Luhur managed to set the pace with a fast lap. By the second round, the traction has improved and many drivers managed to improve their times. Erwin Luhur held a provisional pole position with teammate Tom Goh in 4th place, Jesse Wu in 5th place, Sam Craig in 11th place and Hazlan in 15th place. Final Final Result: 1. Erwin Luhur XRAY NT1*2. Nelson Lee*3. Sam Craig XRAY NT1*4. Nordin*5. Philip Lee*6. Augustin Loh
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NT1 TQs & Wins Singapore Edam Open Mar. 23, 2010 : Race report by Tom Goh The first race of the Singapore Edam Open Championship took place on March 7, 2010 with about 40 participants from Singapore and Malaysia. The morning greeted us with bright sunshine and high track temperatures, making qualifying rounds tricky to drive. Qualifying Rounds Final In the quarter part of the race, Nelson Lee encountered some problems with his car and this took pressure off XRAY driver Tom Goh who was already 1 lap ahead of the rest.. Tom had a comfortable lead and never looked back. Don was closing in on 3rd position until a flip dropped him back to 4th. Shafiq had some accidents and this drop him out of contention. Finally the race ended with a comfortable win for Tom Goh with his XRAY NT1, follow by Barry and Zamil . Don Chng finished in 4th place despite a fantastic fight back. Shafiq finished in 8th place. In the C-main final we had young XRAY driver Amirul winning the race against drivers twice his age. Final Finishing Order XRAY drivers L-to-R: Shafiq , Amirul , Tom , Hazlan |
| Race Report by Samuel Tan To commemorate the end of 2009 and all the great times we had, a “Happy Happy” Race was done at the Singapore RaceCraft Race Complex. It was a 2 days event with 3 qualifying rounds done on the 28th November and 1 qualifying and finals done on the 29th. 40 eager racers had registered for the race. 16 racers were entered for the Open Modified 1/10 Touring Class, of which 10 were running XRAY T2'008, 2’009 and of course, the T3. The rest of the drivers were participating in the Stock 1/10 Touring Class, of which 7 were running the XRAY kits. Qualifying To make it a special race, the first 3 qualifying were done in the night, when traction was high and setups were different. The circuit was changed at 4.30pm, ½ hr before the start of the qualifying by the organizers from a high speed to a technical track which featured hairpins and sweepers hence it was down to adaptability and the right set-up was essential to clocking a good lap time. At the end of qualifying in Open Modified Touring, there were 1 XRAY T2’008, 2 XRAY T2'009s and 2 T3s in the A Mains. Traction was especially high that night due to the rain in the late afternoon and high humidity. Setups were changed tremendously, front downstops were changed from 5.8mm to 5.6mm and 50mm ECS were used on the front for a narrower track width. Lap times were great and Top Qualifier Samuel Tan had a 7s difference with the 2nd qualifier in the Open Modified Class. The qualifying order was as follows: TQ: Samuel Tan XRAY T3 2: James Tang 3: Khamil XRAY T3 4: Darryl Chen XRAY T2’009 5: Hasron XRAY T2’008 6: Rohazmi XRAY T2'009 7: Chee Lip Keong 8: Kevin Wong 9: Daniel Chee 10: Shawn Chow XRAY T3 of Top Qualifier Samuel Tan In the Stock Class, XRAY T3 took the Pole and XRAY T2’009 took 2nd Qualifying position. XRAY T3 of Top Qualifier Khamil and followed by XRAY T2’009 of 2nd Qualifier Samuel Tan Finals The finals were ran immediately after lunch on the 29th, and with the blazing sun bearing down, many were making adjustments to their car set-ups to cope with the changed traction conditions. XRAY Driver Samuel Tan had his down stops reverted back to 5.8mm on the front and shock oil was changed to 700wt 2 hole piston with 3mm rebound. What are you starring at, Jeremy Chin? In the first run for the Open Modified Touring A Main, Local “Best Rookie” Samuel Tan pulled from Chee Lip Keong with a lap difference and Team XRAY driver, Rohazmi, finished in 3rd. In the 2nd run, Samuel Tan defended his Pole Position from strong competitor, James Tang and finished with a 5s difference. Team XRAY driver Rohazmi took 3rd and too secured his podium finish. In the final run of the A Main, Samuel pulled away from the start and maintained a lap lead throughout to take the win in the run and the overall title. James Tang and Rohazmi were able to keep their distance from the fierce battle by the middle runners to finish 2nd and 3rd respectively. Rohazmi 3rd, Samuel Tan 1st (TQ) and James Tang 2nd of the Open Modified Class. Open Modified Touring A Main Results 1: Samuel Tan (TQ) XRAY T3 2: James Tang 3: Rohazmi XRAY T2'009 4: Darryl Chen XRAY T2'009 5: Chee Lip Keong 6: Hasron XRAY T2'008 7: How Jiang XRAY T2'009 8: Daniel Chee 9: Shawn Chow 10: Khamil XRAY T3 (Retired) In the Stock Touring, XRAY claimed both 1st and 3rd podium positions, 1/8th GP driver Khamil (XRAY T3) finishing with 2nd, 2nd, 1st and Samuel Tan (XRAY T3) finishing 1st, 3rd, 3rd. Samuel Tan 3rd, Khamil 1st (TQ) and James Tang 2nd of the Stock Class The race finished off with a grand lucky draw, with prizes ranging from the SANWA M11x, LRP SPX Stock Spec to HUDY Setup systems! There were 40 prizes and everyone ended off with a prize home. A “Happy Happy” Race indeed! Lucky Draw Prizes A great day of racing was enjoyed by all drivers at the event topped off with a strong performance by Team XRAY, which claimed both Podium and TQ spots in both classes by the T3. Team XRAY Singapore. Our camera girl and Azmi! &nb |
