Same car. Same tyres. Separated only by the driver.
Identical X1s, premier circuits, and a title decided by the driver alone. Every car on the grid is the same — same chassis, same engine, same tyres, same setup window. There is nowhere to hide and nothing to buy your way past. The quickest driver wins, and everyone knows it.
This is genuine ground-effect open-wheel racing, stripped back to pure craft and run at a fraction of the cost of anything comparable. Real wheel-to-wheel grids on the best circuits in the country — built for the privateer who came to compete, not just to make up the numbers.
Racing now in the Australian Drivers' Championship — with championships establishing in the USA and UK. The grid is going global.
The Australian Drivers' Championship dates to 1957 — the third-oldest title in Australian motorsport. It was won by Jack Brabham. By Alan Jones. After lying dormant, it returned in 2024 in a form that honours the title's history while making it genuinely accessible for the first time.
The ADC framework — technical regulations, sporting regulations, rulebook, organisational structure — was built to be exported. What works in Australia works anywhere there are drivers, circuits, and a desire to race seriously for a realistic budget. It's already happening in two countries. More are in conversation.
United States of America
Lou Werner — Arizona-based racing driver and Hyper Racer's authorised US dealer — is importing a fleet of X1s to establish competitive racing in North America. The American club racing market is large, experienced, and hungry for exactly what the X1 offers: genuine open-wheel performance at a fraction of the cost of comparable machinery.
The US series is being built on the same technical and sporting framework as the ADC. Rulebook, technical regulations, eligibility criteria — all already written, already proven in competition, already ready to run. Werner's experience as a buyer, racer, and advocate for the car gives the US programme a foundation that most new series take years to establish.
United Kingdom
Oliver Hulme at Ground Effects Racing LTD in West Sussex is now taking orders for the X1 in the United Kingdom — and the groundwork for a UK championship is being laid alongside them. The British club racing scene is one of the world's most sophisticated, and the gap the X1 fills there is real: genuine ground-effect open-wheel performance with running costs that make a full season genuinely feasible for a serious privateer.
The technical and sporting regulations from the ADC transfer directly. A UK championship can be built on the same foundation that produced full grids and nationally televised racing in Australia within two seasons of launch.
The X1 championship model has been built to travel. Every element required to run a competitive, professionally sanctioned single-marque racing series — technical regulations, sporting regulations, eligibility criteria, safety standards, operational procedures — is already written, already tested, and already proven in competition.
If you're in motorsport and you can see the gap the X1 fills in your country's racing scene, we want to hear from you. We welcome all enquiries from potential promoters, dealers, and series operators who want to establish X1 racing in their region. The infrastructure exists. It just needs someone to run it.
Whether you want to race in the ADC, register interest for the US or UK series, or explore starting a championship in your country — start here.
The X1 is well suited to open circuit track days — a natural first step before committing to a race programme. Licence requirements vary by venue and jurisdiction. Get in touch and we'll point you in the right direction for your region.
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