XRay are Slovakian, iirc.
One XRay driver has lamented to me how the costs of spares (nevermind the cars) have risen steeply (changes of distributor and a weak pound have contributed). Associated and Schumacher would probably be cheaper to run, and also have excellent parts support.
Alan Bickerstaff, the winner of both the stock and modified rounds of the Irish GP in Ballymoney, was driving a TC5R. I believe the next two cars were a Top Racing (Photon or Scythe, I don't know) and an XRay, so there's no one touring car that dominates. There were plenty of Schumachers, Tamiyas and Serpents also present. The major difference was in the skill of the drivers, not the speed of their cars.
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