The Hutt Clan's annual X Champions Race! [2 MOCs]

[Evilkirk]

As a Star Wars Lego fan since 1999, I have a confession to make: I've recently been buying Speed Champions cars - I love them!
Aside from going vroom vroom all over my desk, the MOC parts found in Speed Champions sets are superb + some of the techniques they use are absolutely amazing, so I've learned from them too ...and then I thought "Speed Champions = GOOOD! Star Wars = GOOOD! So why not combine them? ...aaand here we are.

Backstory imagined whilst building: Since the fall of the Emperor, the Hutts have developed a great interest in X-Wing fighters - but only as racing fighters! Now every year, a different planet is chosen for this highly illegal and deadly dangerous race to be held there. The race track is simply one whole lap around the equator of the chosen planet and racers are allowed to blow each other to pieces to win, if necessary.

START YOUR ENGINES + PLACE YOUR BETS! It's time for the annual Hutt-Space X CHAMPIONS Race!
THE RACE RULES:
*Use of all weapons are allowed against other racers.
*1 pilot + 1 astro droid only.
*Pilots can be of any race in the galaxy, but no jedi poodoo.
*Use of hyperdrive and flying over 200km above the planet surface are strictly forbidden.
*All ships must be "X-Wing" format. No limits on size or weaponry, as long as it has X Wings and you can fly it with 1 pilot.
*The race winner will receive 10 million Pegats!
*Hutt Clan bonus of 500k Pegats to ground-based rocket/cannon shooters able to take down any low flying racers.
May the best racer survive!

Race Entrant: The Dark X from the Mustafarian Mustangs pirate crew.
Pilot: Helga "Horsepower" + droid: R-Toobad
8 x Incom V88 fusial thrust engines, armed with 4 x F.ORDnance 5.0 wing cannons with multimini-rocket launchers and 2 x Arakyd forward mounted plasma-pulse turrets.
(Extreme modification of official set 76920, Ford Mustang Dark Horse sports car)

Race entrant: (last year's winner)
The F-4000 from the Planet Ferrarmio racing team. 
Pilot: Fusilo 4Gonzola + droid: R24O
16 x Quad-mounted iTAL-1000 Hyperfocus thrusters, armed with 4 x Golan G3 wing cannons and front mounted twin missile launchers + ion cannons.
(Extreme modification of official set 76934, Ferrari F40 supercar)