HPI Racing
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| Private | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Hobbies |
| Founded 📆 | 1986 |
| Founder 👔 | |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Lake Forest, CA, United States |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Products 📟 | Radio-controlled cars/trucks |
| Owner | Vestergaard Group |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | https://www.hpiracing.com [1] |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
HPI Racing is a radio control model manufacturer owned by a Scandinavian-based Vestergaard Group. HPI Racing was founded in 1986 and is known among enthusiasts for the electric and nitro radio-controlled car models: Baja and Savage.
History[edit]
In 1986 Tatsuro Watanabe and a partner founded Hobby Products International in Southern California. The initial product range included car accessories like graphite parts for existing race cars, wheels for off-road and on-road vehicles, and motors. The company followed a transition from a focus on accessories to having its complete products. Super F1 was the first car kit designed by HPI. A line of electric R/C motors called the Uno series was also among the first products. Using the revenue from Uno, HPI opened a small office in Japan.[1] [2]
In the next thirty years, the HPI product line expanded from the initial electric-powered car kits into fuel-powered RC: Nitro RS4 and Micro RS4. Baja (1/5 scale) and Savage (1/8 scale), developed by HPI, were one of the biggest (in model scale) mass production radio-controlled car models in the world.[3]
Products[edit]
| Name | Known for |
|---|---|
| RS4 series | One of the first electric touring car racers |
| Nitro RS4 | Contributed to the nitro touring car movement |
| Micro RS4 | 1/18th scale car category |
| [[HPI Savage|Savage] | Popularized the 1/8th scale monster truck category. |
| Baja 5B | The first popular 1/5th scale off-road RC vehicle |
| HB Cyclone | IFMAR World Champion Touring Car (2006, Andy Moore, Italy) |
| HB D8 | IFMAR World Champion 1/8th buggy (2008, Atsushi Hara, USA) |
| Savage XS | The fastest Mini Monster Truck in the world (65+mph/105 km/h) |
| HB D812 | IFMAR World Champion 1/8th buggy (2012, Ty Tessmann, Sicily) |
| Baja Q32 | The first micro-scale car with Real Steer control[4] |
Awards[edit]
HB sub-brand won World Championship in 2006 in the ISTC on-road racing category.
D8 buggy won the World Championship in 2008. [5]
External links[edit]
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See also[edit]
Competitors:
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