The 1/10 IC Fuel On-Road World Championships will be held in Sao Paulo Brazil from October 7-17. This race is for 200mm sedan cars. It's a beautiful track, and this is certain to be a memorable event! The English web page for the event can be found at: http://www.saopaulorcclub.com.br/mundial/English/facil.htm The US Race Team can be found at: http://www.roarracing.com/worlds/1-10_onroad.htm Full coverage of the event can be found both here, and at the RC Car Action website, as well as other sites around the 'net.438 responses total.
Thanks to Mauro Marques, here are a few images of what the track is likely to look like: [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE]
(The photos say RC News; I'm trying to find out who the photographer is so I can give him credit for taking them. I'll ask Mauro which event they were taken at.)
They doesn't seem like photo's to me Mike. They look like a screenshot of a racinggame in the same trend as virtualrc which will be bringing a new game in the near futur. http://www.virtualrc.com/
future
Now that I've looked at them full-size, you may be right. It's too pretty and too perfect to be real... I changed the wording up above so it no longer says photos. I'll have "real" photos here in early October, probably long before the race actually starts. If it looks anything like the above images, it's going to be spectacular!
Guys I’m not sure “how” Roberto Viveiros worked in these photos but they are real Jundiaí track where the worlds will be. I’ll ask to him. I also I’m sure that (at least) part of them was shot in pre-worlds, because it was the only date when the audience had the place to see the race in back straight. Of course, they have a lot of retouching to clean the cars from images, sheriffs guys and so on. As you can see this is a very technical and fast track with a lots of ups and downs. A little mistake and the boards take off your car from race. This is a new facility and we had only four races in it, and since end of Jully it is closed to be ready for worlds. Regards
On a track like that, I bet the fast guys never lift"" Nice place looks like.
Looking forward to going somewhere new. Track looks like it will be very fast for sure.
If you need or want any information please fell free to ask.
I do also live in Brazil, and went to this track a few times. It is fast, but also has very technical sections. It was build in four different levels, so there are lots of up and downhills. The main straight begins uphill and then goes downhill, ending in a tight "S"! Some parts are very tricky, and the boards are really tough on the cars. The track is inside a city park, and there is also an off-road track nearby, so the wind sometimes blows a lot of dust on the track. You have to keep yourself on the line, or your car will certainly meet the boards! If you need any other information (about the track, country, or anything), please let me know!
great game screen shots!
Would you happen to know if any fuel from Sidewinder has showed up yet?
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Mark, I just checked with the Sidewinder dealer. He said the fuel will arrive here in Brazil on 29/Sep.
Thanks Christian .........
I think this may be a "real" photo... [IMAGE]
I talked with Roberto Viveiros who is in charge of WWW.RCNEWS.COM.BR from where the first images come from, and he told me that the images posted here inicialy are from a future game. The last one that Mike posted is “real”, and from the first day in the pre-worlds (training). Of course the images from RC-Game are based on the “real thing” as we can compare between both. I’ll try to get more photos of the track.
The lanes look narrow in the infield
Lots more images to come, real soon. Now that I've got the upload process worked out, don't forget to check out the RC Car Action Website. I'll leave full details here shortly. The link to remember is: http://www.rccaraction.com/ Check the "HOT NEWS" section Once you're there, at the left side, click on the link that includes "Bulletin Board" on the left, and once you get there, click on the link near the top that says "Bulletin Board". With some help from Mauro, we should soon have LOTS of images posted, on a daily basis! ....So, for those of you who are reading this, who do you think is going to come out World Champion, and what car do you think he'll be driving?
Yes Mark. It looks like and really it is a little bit narrow.
Great pictures, check out the hot pits shown in picture in post 16. The pit men are standing below track level. This will make for much faster and better pit stops. The drivers stand is big and tall. Will elevators be provided for access to the 3rd level also will oxygen and parachutes be offered for those on the upper level? Good luck to all those attending, it should be a great event! GO GO GO USA ROAR TEAM! Next WC will be Brandon McNally with Serpent 710 powered by new Mega engines.
Mark, the track width varies from 4 meters (in the infield) to 6 meters (in the straight).
Some pics of the Jundiai track taken by me at the Pre-Worlds: [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE]
Very nice photos! That last image clearly shows the lowered pit-area that Doug was talking about. It's also great to see the facilities for spectators to view the racing action. Looks like a wonderful track!
It looks like the infeild has some banked lanes which makes them look to be more narrow.
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The following is a description of how IFMAR World Championship events are run. If you are familiar with ROAR events, this write-up may help explain some of the differences. When you enter a World Championship, you are assigned a number that will follow you through the entire event. This number will be pasted on your radio, engraved on your car’s chassis, and will be used in your Identification Badge, and will be your reference number in the computer. Once a racer is entered in the event, he is assigned a position in one of the qualifiers. None of the printouts of the qualifiers listing, or the results, will ever show the frequency of any of the racers. It is your responsibility to be sure you are running on the frequency assigned to you. If there is any doubt, your Team Manager must discuss this with the Race Officials. Any communications with the race officials must be done through your Team Manager. Make sure that your frequency is legal in the country in which you are racing. QUALIFIERS Qualifiers are run similarly to ROAR qualifiers, but they are ten minutes long, requiring at least one pit stop. Although IFMAR does not do a “re-sort” of all the racers, at the end of the day the rules do allow a “reseeding” for faster or slower racers to be moved to a more appropriate qualifier, so racers with similar abilities are racing together. Cars may be pre-teched to make sure they are legal, but they are also thoroughly checked after each heat. The driver is fully responsible that his car complies with all the rules throughout the event. The size and location of the holes in a body, the way a body is trimmed, and so on, must be done exactly as per IFMAR rules. You should print out a copy of the rules, and check for yourself to verify that YOUR particular parts on YOUR car all meet the IFMAR rules. As a racer, it is also your responsibility to make sure that your pit person is aware of all the rules. Should he accidentally put a foot into the pit-lane, or refuel your car over pit lane (rather than outside of the pit-lane board), you may be assessed a penalty. During qualifying, you are normally only allowed one pit person in the pits. Your Team Manager may also be there, but he is not allowed to touch your car. Don’t ever do things against the rules – driving backwards into the pits, for example, will lead to a penalty. Penalties in IFMAR are serious – should you receive three penalties and/or warnings, you are automatically disqualified from the event. FINALS – Gas, On-Road (only): When qualifying is completed, the top four qualifiers are automatically qualified to run in the Final (the equivalent of a ROAR “A-Main”). The remaining six positions in the Final are determined by racers who move up through the lower Finals. The remainder of the racers are randomly split into two groups, referred to as the “Christmas Tree”, an “A” group, and a “B” group. Depending on the number of competitors, and how they finished in the qualifying standings, the rest of the racers are placed in the lower Finals as follows: The fastest seven racers in each of the two groups are placed in a Semi- Final. The fastest 14 of the remaining drivers (positions 5 to 18) are split into the two groups, the “A” group and “B” group. The odd-number drivers (5, 7, 9, etc.) go to the “A” Semi-Final, and the even number drivers (6, 8, 10, etc.) go to the “B” Semi-Final. The remaining three drivers in each semi-final will come from the bump-ups from the Quarter- Finals. The next fastest remaining 14 drivers (positions 19 to 32) are similarly split into two groups, the “A” and “B”. The odd-number drivers (19, 21, 23, etc.) go to the “A” Quarter-Final, and the even number drivers (20, 22, 24, etc.) go to the “B” Quarter-Final. The remaining three drivers in each Quarter-Final will come from the bump- ups from the 1/8-Finals. This sorting procedure continues for all the remaining drivers. The maximum number of racers at any IFMAR event will be 150. Everyone, even the lowest qualified racer, is entitled to race a Final, and has the chance to bump-up all the way to the Main Final. The following applies to each of the two groups. As each lower Final is run, the top three racers “bump-up” to the next Final. For example, the top three racers in the 1/8 Final will advance to their group’s Quarter-Final. The top three finishers in the Quarter Final will then advance to their group’s Semi-Final. Before any semi-finals are run, the track will be opened up for a practice session for only the top four racers, who have already qualified for the Final. After this practice session, a Semi-Final will be run for the “A” group, and another Semi-Final will be run for the “B” group. The way the winners advance (bump-up) to the main Final is as follows. Remember, the four fastest qualifiers are already “in” this Final, leaving six positions yet to be filled. The first and second place from the “A-group” advance to the Final. The first and second place from the “B-group” advance to the Final. The next two fastest racers, from either the “A” or the “B” Semi-Final also advance to the Final, irrespective of which Semi-Final they ran in. This is how the ten racers to race in the main Final are selected. Depending on the number of racers participating at the event, the order of the races would be similar to the following: B 1/1024th B Final A 1/1024th A Final B 1/512th B Final A 1/512th A Final B 1/256th B Final A 1/256th A Final … … B 1/16 Final A 1/16 Final B 1/8 Final A 1/8 Final B Quarter Final A Quarter Final B Semi Final A Semi Final Final PROTESTS When each heat of qualifying is completed, the results are posted. Should anyone wish to protest something (equipment being used, another racer, or the event itself), they have ten minutes after the results are posted, for their Team Manager to submit the protest, in writing, to the Race Director, along with the required amount of money (currently fifty dollars). Should your protest be upheld, you will get this money back. If not, not. If a protest is made, the Race Director calls together a “International Jury” consisting of a chairperson from IFMAR, and one member from each IFMAR “member block”, currently EFRA, FEMCA, and ROAR. The jury members are instructed to put aside any country, manufacturer, or friendly allegiances they may have, and to judge each issue strictly on the facts. It is extremely important that a written protest be worded properly, as the International Jury will act specifically on the exact words of the written protest, and will not go beyond what is written. For example, if the protest is made against a particular piece of equipment, and the protest is approved, that particular piece of equipment will be banned for the remainder of the event, but the standings from the previous round will remain. If the protest is made against the person who used a particular piece of equipment, and if this protest is upheld, the results obtained in that round from the person being protested will be voided, and the future use of that particular piece of equipment will be banned. PLAN AHEAD If you want to be certain that the equipment you are using is legal, it is YOUR responsibility to be able to prove this. If an item is homologated, you need to show that this is the case. For example, if your r/c car body is homologated, it would be good to have a brand new copy of this body, complete with the manufacturer’s part number and/or homologation number on it. If the item is not homologated, you need to be able to show that it is legal. For example, again using a car body, if the rules state that the body must be an accurate copy of a body being used in a certain full-size car championship, YOU need to know which championship that body was used in, and be able to find photographs of the full-size body in order to demonstrate that your r/c car body is an accurate representation of the full-scale version. Don’t rely on assumptions. If your fuel tank has passed technical inspection numerous times in the past, it is YOUR responsibility to make sure that it only holds the correct amount of fuel, when measured as per IFMAR rules. Pay attention to these rules – for example, fuel tanks are made from plastics, which can expand in high temperatures. SUMMARY While IFMAR World Championships are extremely important for the car and equipment manufacturers, racing at these events can be a lot of fun for ordinary racers. If you can get approval to be a member of the race team from your country, and if you’re willing to put in the time and effort to be sure your car meets all the specifications, this is the most exciting form of r/c car racing there is! You’re almost guaranteed to be a better racer afterwards, from all the things you’ll learn at one of these events.
Has the Sidewinder fuel shown up yet. The pictures look great. Looking forward to the trip over next week.
Mark, did you send a special shipment of fuel for you to use in the Worlds, or are you going to get the fuel from the Sidewinder dealer in Brazil?
Mike, interesting looking outer barricades. It might be neat to find out that they are US products, but I doubt it. Can you ask around??
Sure, be glad to.
Christian,
Not sure but I think it was to be sent to the track.
Mark, do you know to whom the fuel was sent?
mike..i got lots of pics from the pre-worlds..tironi's car..ito's car.. even masami's prototype car.. how do i post pics here? i also have a 30 min. video(no audio) of the race..
It's all explained here: http://www.rc-racing.com/sgrid-images.html Thanks!!
mike, any news about ralph burch? never heard of them lately..does he have a new sponsor? is team losi making their first nitro touring car?
i hope the new MEGA engine does well...
I haven't heard from Ralph in a while. I expect to see him at the electric Worlds in Kissimee in a few weeks. Ralph's new company seems to be taking off quite well, if the following image is based on a photograph, not an artist's drawing... [IMAGE]
Looks like he races better than he spells! "Then" should be "Than"
That's the Austrian spelling for "than". :-)
Tanks, Dennis.
The fuel was sent to the Sidewinder distributor. Thanks
Mauro will be taking me to the track in a day or so - I hope to have some photos to post very soon.
Mike are you there allready? If so could you track down some sidewinder 16 % and I will take care of it when I arrive on the 8th
I may be able to take some photos of the track tomorrow or Wednesday. Open practice is this coming Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Everyone should start arriving here in the next few days. Based on information from people who have raced there in the past, the W/C track is a real driver´s track. It has elevation changes, and the banking changes a little as you drive, sometimes the "right" way, and sometimes the "wrong" way if you miss the right place to turn. Also, the boards are very strong - they never yield, so un-planned encounters are not very enjoyable. It is more of a "European Style" track, rather than the type of track we usually find in the USA. Mark, yes - are you missing the first day of practice? Do you know who is supposed to be receiving the fuel you already sent? I can ask around, if anyone will have some, but I thought I remembered reading that you already had some shipped there for you.
For anyone wishing to go, disregard anything I may have already said about how difficult it is to bring lots of camera gear into Brazil as a tourist. I was told to go to the "red line", not the "green line". If you go to the "green line" (nothing to declare) and they see you have more than $500 worth of camera gear, or whatever, you get fined, and are in for a long interrogation. In fact, the customs official had no questions at all, just collected the forms, and said go on. I took Lloyd Aero Boliviano Airlines, the Bolivian Airline, in order to get the lowest rate. It quickly became otherwise, when I was told that if you go through Bolivia, you MUST have an international yellow fever certificate, or Brazil won´t allow you into the country. That is a $125 vaccination. If anyone else is taking the route I did, don´t forget this. My flight for Sunday was cancelled, and I was told I needed to go Saturday instead. So, I flew from Miami to Washington, and then from Washington to Bolivia, then on to Brazil. Interesting route. The plane left Miami late, and I was worried about my connection, until the lady at the airport took me to the side and told me not to worry, it was the same plane. It turns out that Air Bolivia only has two Boeing 767 planes, and I was on half of their fleet. Actually, all kidding aside, they treated us well, had delicious meals, and beer or wine was no more expensive than water or soda, so no complaints from me. No problems with luggage either. Mauro has taken me all around Sao Paulo, so I´ve had a lot to see and do since I got here. You don´t want to go wandering around by yourself in Sao Paulo, as the "bad guys" like to borrow foreigners and hold them for ransom or stuff, or relieve you of all your possessions. For anyone else heading off to the Worlds, have a local person go with you if you want to see things, so you don´t accidentally go somewhere you oughtn´t. Tonight we´re working on the car that Mauro´s son, Mauricio, will be racing at the World´s. Maybe tomorrow I´ll be able to see the track.
if you can,please post pics...thanks choco
The following works now, but it might stop at any time. The ROAR site is moving to a new server, and the ´dns´information may or may not be the same tomorrow as it is right now. However, let me try this. Thanks to Mauro for saving the file, here is a video taken at the pre- worlds of "Ito vs. Masami". The video is from RC News. It will give you an idea of how wonderful this track is, and how good an event we can look forward to! http://www.roarracing.info/images/2004/10-worlds/video/pre.wmv
AWESOME!
Dear Mark Pavidis I'm not sure if you still will be able to see this, but I just called the Flyway (is the same company of Hobby Minas) and they told me that the sidewinder 16% fuel will only be avayable next week whe the worlds is almost done. Sorry and regards. Mauro
Mark - send us an email as to what you would like us to do.
If there is Sidewinder 30% available would it be possible to get a gallon of that so I could mix myself. Do you know where I could get some methanol? What brands of 16% will be avialable at the track?
Mark, I just sent you and Rody an email about this. We can ask about the 30% fuel - you would then need the methanol and oil. Mauro is using Byron fuel, and says getting Byron is no problem. I won´t know until tomorrow what other brands are available. As to what happened, we were told the ship carrying the fuel is late, and is not expected to dock until Saturday or Sunday. The fuel then needs to be unloaded and go through customs, and finally sent on to Flyway, the distributor. Mauro doubts that this can ever happen in time for the race. The phone number for Flyway is 35 3222-2881. The FAX number is 35 3222-6053. Maybe they might have another solution for you if you want to contact them directly. When we tracked down their web page, we did see other fuels listed. I might get to the track today, but more likely it will be first thing tomorrow morning.
Thanks Mike. What other brands of fuel are there?
Mark, I also asked the Sidewinder dealer, and they think that due to the shipment problem they will have the fuel here only around October 17th, too late for the race. But I think that the Associated dealer here in Brazil (Fabian Kalousthian) was going to buy methanol and nitro for the AE team, you can check with him (kalousthian@uol.com.br) if he already has it.
Christian- thank you
Mark, I just talked to Fabian and he is trying to get two gallons of Sidewinder from the last shipment for you. Call him to get more details (55 11 9981 6555).
Christian - I tried to email him but it did not go thru. Thanks for helping me sort this out. What is the country code that I must dial before 55 11 9981 6555
Mark, the country code is already included (55). 11 is the city code for Sao Paulo and the rest (99816555) is the phone number (cell phone).
Mark, I will look around tomorrow and see what I can find out. If you come up with a better answer, please pass it on to Rody as well. Byron Fuel is readily available. That is what Mauro is using. We will not know the other choices until we get to the track tomorrow. Christian - please come over and say hello tomorrow. Just look for the lost-looking person with a camera instead of a car. :)
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Mike, unfortunately I have to work until Friday, so I will be able to go to the track only on Saturday. But I will have 10 days vacation starting next week, so for the qualifying and finals I will certainly be there! I think there will be not much options of fuel brands at the track, as only Byron and Sidewinder are imported in Brazil, as far as I know. There are some brazilian brands, like Max Fuel and Red Knight, but I cannot recommend them, since I don't know much about them. But I think it will not be difficult to buy methanol and nitro to mix your own fuel.
Mike or Christian if you could arrange to get 30% Sidewinder and methanol I can do the rest and it would be greatly appreciative. See everyone Friday around noon.
pics,pics
WELL,THE RACE HAS BEGUN...CAN WAIT FOR UPDATES...GILBERT
yo mike! cnt wait for the pics! more pics of the factory guy's car.. wanna know whats new on their cars hehe..go kyosho!!
KFL!! :)
07 October, 2004 Today was the first day of the 1/10 200mm fuel World Championships. The race is being held at the Jundiai track, about a 45 minute drive North from Sao Paulo. We arrived to a practically empty track around 8am. We were some of the very first people to arrive, but gradually the pits started filling up. I´m guessing that about half the racers came out today, with the rest expected to arrive over the next two days. Thursday, Friday and Saturday are "open practice". Sunday and Monday are "controlled practice". Monday is "opening ceremonies". Qualifying is Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The Finals start on Friday, and conclude on Saturday. It is an absolutely beautiful facility. The track is located in the middle of a local park, with an off-road track (Regan LeBlanc thought this was a really class track too!!), an r/c plane flying field, a motocross track for bikes, and lots of other "people places" where you can enjoy your favorite hobby. The team trailers were already there, but the electrical wiring, lights, sound system, etc., were just being installed. By 9am the track was ready for "open practice". Ten cars were allowed out on the track at a time, for ten minutes. This was the routine all day (and will be for the next three days) but for the lunch break. Track announcer (and club President) Fabio Cirello did a great job of keeping the racers informed as to what was going on. While everything at the track is coming together nicely, over the past few days, a problem has been developing for some racers. The ship bringing the Sidewinder fuel for the race got delayed, and isn´t expected to dock until this coming weekend. The fuel then needs to be unloaded, go through Customs, and then be delivered to the track. It is unlikely it will get here in time. Some racers are trying to make do with whatever fuel they can buy (The choice is Byrons or Byrons), and a few are going to get some 30% Sidewinder, some alcohol, and some oil, and mix up their own 16% brew. Fortunately, the Byrons seems to be working out very well. There were some other problems for a few racers. From what I was told, if anyone had a passport that looked strange, the racer was sent back to his home country. The rumor was that this happened to one racer, but I haven´t confirmed it. Also, while Brazilian Customs allowed some people to come through with no problems whatever, others were hit with a huge duty (I was told 80%) on the equipment they were bringing in. The extremely high duty was the reason some racing companies decided not to ship any fuel at all, but to use what was available locally. The Jundiai track is large, and very fast. It is also quite technical, with elevation changes and banking that sometimes works with you, and sometimes is banked the "wrong" way, so you have to pick your line carefully. Although the track was sprayed in the early morning, for the first few practice sessions the track had very little traction. Cars looked like they were sliding all over, but gradually the traction improved, as did the width of the driving line. While the day started out quite cool, the sun gradually warmed everything (and everybody) up, and by the time the lunch break was over, it had turned into a really nice day. The track has a grass infield, with "boards" in some places. Running off the track usually just resulted in turning your car into a high-speed lawnmower, but if you slid or flew into something solid, the speeds are so high that it often resulted in a broken car. The lanes are not all that narrow, but from the (extremely tall!!) driver´s stand, in the parts of the track farthest from the driver´s stand, they really look quite narrow. The driver´s stand offers an excellent almost-overhead view of the track. The pits are directly below, and the pits are recessed, making it easir for pit men to grab their cars for re-fueling. The driver´s stand is long enough to easily accommodate 20 or more drivers; with only 10, it looked quite empty. Some new equipment was here, including a new Kyosho belt drive sedan car. Actually, Kyosho came out with both their sedan cars, shaft- drive and belt-drive, along with the developer of each car, and it looks like Kyosho will have a mini-worlds between the two camps to see which car is better. Most of the major teams arrived today, but others are scheduled to get here tomorrow. Serpent is here, along with Mugen and OFNA, but the Associated guys will start out on Friday. A friend of mine, Oswaldo Neto, was taking some lap times late in the day. For my part, I just watched the various drivers through the viewfinder of my camera. It´s interesting that we both came to the same conclusions. We both felt that Adrien Bertin in his Kyosho was the quickest. Oswaldo timed him in the 18.4 to 18.9 second range. It didn´t take him long to look like he had been at the track for weeks, and while others were just trying to get their cars to work well, Adrien already looked really quick. Mikey Swauger´s Mugen - ditto - he started out with a car that looked right at home, and while I thought Mikey looked as fast as Adrien, Oswaldo´s stop watch had Mikey doing 18.7 second laps. Michael Salven (Serpent) during the same period was timed in the 18.9 to 19.0 second range, but Oswaldo said that lap after lap, Michael´s laps were very consistant. Josh Cyrul (Kyosho) seemed to be working on getting his car to handle the way he wanted it to. All these results don´t really count for much - it is only the first day of open practice, and the teams are trying different things to see what works best. Starting tomorrow, we may have the scoring computer in place, so we´ll be able to post actual lap times for lots of racers. I´ll download my images over the next hour or so, and post some of them here. They´ll give you some idea of how nice this facility really is.
Thx for the report Mike. Keep them coming
THANKS A BUNCH!!!CHOCO
[IMAGE] The Track [IMAGE] David Spashett [IMAGE] Michael Salven [IMAGE] the pits [IMAGE] Josh Cyrul [IMAGE] Mike Swauger
Note: The track is much smoother than it looks in the photos - the curved lines are from spraying the track earlier.
Go to the RC Car Action site to see a few more images.
Mike, I wish we were there with you. Just checking, but did Josh change out his signature green paint scheme? And did he trade his FW-05RR for a V-One RRR? Thanks for all your text and visual reports. We're all fortunate to have your eyes to live through.
thanks Mike...keep the pics comin!!choco
arggh...forgot my login name at rcca to see those pics.
nice shots Mike :)
where are the pics at on rcca?i cannot find them...
Mike Swager still has his ROAR nats body on. Cool!
Yes Mike, I can't find the pictures on RCCA either.
Very nice pics, Mike! Tomorrow I will finally be able to go to the track!!! Can't wait!
WHERE ARE THE PICS ON RCCA?
Gil is that all you ever post is asking for pictures? I dont post in this forum very much but i read it alot and i can honestly say is that Mike Myers always post as many pictures as he can on every event that he covers. Just wait he will post them as soon as he can!
Oh please....give Mike a break, like we are paying him 200k a year for him to take pictures and do report for us on EACH RACE all over the world...Mike get NOTHING from us, but still, megazine quality pictures (tons of them)....and more then enough race report... Mike will post pictures when there are any new pictures.........so stop asking.
I'd like to add to that: Mike is doing a great job, so do him a favor and pay for a subscription. Maybe someday his mag will get color photos.
you guys need to clam dowm,i was asking about the rcca pics....i know if he has pics,he will post them..so quit being an a..hole and chill...gil
Guys chill Mike is doing his best as allways. Mr K meyers aka Kenchoco aka gil love or whatever name you use on different forums easy up a little on the lingo as someone is giving his opinion which this is all about on a publicforum. Choco to losen your clutchnut you can use a allenwrench in the little hole in your clutchbell and feel for a slot. Turning clockwise is tighter and the otherway to losen it. You can also remove your clutchbell to make it a little easier. Uncle Sow nice to see you here. Where's Master D and MarkP ;) seems like you got the ring.
So where are the picts? LOL, sorry I could not resist.
Guess they are still in customs near the sidewinderfuel ;)
LOL, good one.
Link to rcca thread containing pictures: http://www.radiocontrolzone.com/forums/showthread.php? t=179186&page=2&pp=25
02 - Friday Was an interesting day today. Pretty much more of the same, but most of the racers are getting a setup figured out, and getting around the track a lot better. For the teams, when one member figures out what works better, the word is passed to others. It doesn´t always directly translate from racer to racer, due to different driving styles, but as Regan LeBlanc put it, the Kyosho guys are telling each other "why" they made various changes, and how they worked out. The Serpent guys had an open meeting in the race hotel, so Michael could explain to everyone how he set up his car, and the reasons for why he did things. About 20 or so racers attended. For the others, it seems to be mostly sit around the tables in the pits, and discuss what would help get the best handling. Bernard is here from RB (Rody will be here soon) and there are always people to ask to get an experienced opinion. I think the choice for fuel is still Byrons or Byrons, but everyone seems pleased with how it is performing. The rest of the Mugen team arrived today, as did the Associated team. So, the pits are looking a lot more full. Speaking of new arrivals, John and Marion Grant are here now, along with Sander de Graaf. We´re still missing a few people; Chris Tossolini is scheduled to arrive tomorrow (Saturday). To answer the question up above, Josh is running the new Kyosho RRR. I was told he tried out a "stock" car at his home track, and it was immediately as fast as his own race car which was already all set up the way he likes it. Josh is testing things to get the right setup - that is why I thought he was struggling yesterday. He has a different way of finding what he likes. Late in the day, he looked really good. Oh yes - message from Josh´s dad, Jerry, to Cindy and Jennifer back home - hello!!! Takaaki Shimo also looked really fast in his Kyosho - will have photos of him up by the evening (along with some of Adrien Bertin and Barry Baker, to name a few). As to who is fast, lots of racers seemed to get a lot faster, but from my viewpoint Adrien Bertin was right up there at the top. Adrien was turning consistent 18.0 laps, and got down to the 17.9 second range. By the end of the day we had the scoring computer up and running, so starting tomorrow I hope to have lap times from the computer for lots of racers. Since we now have a working internet connection, maybe we can start posting these "live". Look for an announcement on the Car Action site as to what the link will be. They may have the link set up already, but I think it is more likely to start tomorrow. As someone up above pointed out, Mikey Swauger is still running his "Nationals Body". So is Barry Baker. Barry is amazing - he showed up, put the car on the track, and immediatelly looked really good! He seems to have learned in minutes what took others hours and hours! There are lots of ways to get to the Radio Control Car Action discussion; what I do, is go to http://www.caraction.com and then near the top left of the page, click on "Bulletin Board". On the next screen, look for (and click on) Radio Control Zone. Scroll down a bit, and click on "RC Cars and Trucks". Scroll down a bit, and click on "Nitro Forum". The discussion on the Worlds will be right up at the top. OK, to keep everyone happy, I will sign off now, and work on posting some photos from today. The more I learn about the D70, the more I like it for doing R/C work. I am much happier with today´s photos than yesterday´s!
This race is a little different from most other races when it comes to practice. At many races I go to, there is a long line of people wanting to get out on the track and practice. You often see 16 racers on a driver´s stand designed for 10. However, here the driver´s stand often has far less than the permitted 10 racers. Every ten minutes a new group goes up, but when it is less than the maximum of 10, the racers already up there can run again if they want. Just the same, there never seems to be a traffic jam of racers wanting to get out on the track to practice. I suspect the reason for this is because this is such a "challenging" track, and there are a lot of racers spending a ton of time in the pits trying to get their cars to work the way they want. With the camber of the track changing the way it does, and the elevation changes, and some rather nasty bumps on the track, there is a lot to get used to, and to find a setup that works. Obviously it can be done - Adrien has already proved that - but but I suspect some of the racers might pick a different word for the track other than "challenging". As I see it, for a World Championship, where the very best in the world will end up on top, this is an ideal test to see how good these guys really are!
Hi Mike, Congratulation on the D70... could you perhaps share the setting/ technique to take those awesome action shots? thanks. In addition, when convenient could you please find out which (Japan) Kyosho driver running which car (FW-05 & V one RRR). We know, several months ago, that from Japan there would be only the Kyosho drivers as Yokomo, HPI, Mugen Seiki and Kawahara canceled their plan. Did you see any Japanese drivers other than the Kyosho Japan? thanks!!!
I´ll post all about the D70 a little later on. As I see it, the camera is nothing more to a photographer than a wrench is to a mechanic. You set up the picture you want in your mind, and make the camera do what you want, to accomplish the photo. The D70 is no D2h, but it does have good resolution, instant response, and so far, the ability to do everything I want it to do. Focus is almost always set on "manual", and I´m mostly using the kit lens and my ancient 80-200 zoom. Today I bumped the ISO up to 800, so I could try using 1/2000 for a shutter speed. I´m using a medium jpg setting (probably should use "fine" but wanted to see how this would work) and a large image size so I can crop. Exposure is usually set for to underexpose between 1 and 2 stops, so the highlights do not get blown out. The most difficult thing is getting the focus set to the "right" spot where the car will be. I will find out which Japanese Kyosho drivers are using each car, but there is still a lot of testing going on to decide which is "best". There may be some switching in a few days. No, I do not think I saw any Japanese drivers other than Kyosho... By the way, Masaki Hirosaka (Masami´s father) is here, wearing a Kyosho jacket.
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Thanks for the reply and all information. The D70's tip is very helpful for me. Thanks also for confirming the Japan team member. I wonder why the list was not so well updated as we knew this almost three months ago. Could you perhaps take a shot of Masaaki with the Kyosho jacket?if you can't post it here due to sponsorship reasons, perhaps you could e- mail me. It's just for my personal viewing 'enjoyment'. I know it isn't fair to exploit this fact as it might cause some problems to some people. BTW, I put a directlink to this thread at www.tq-racing.com, as this is the BEST thread for any Big event such this IFMAR Worlds. As always!!!
Thanks for answering my Cyrul/RRR question, Mike! Wow! Masami was my all-time-hero growing up. Always excited to see Yokomo suprise the world with something new. But it's been a while and I am pro- Kyosho now. It would be nice to see Masami where the jacket. Maybe his dad (met him once in Japan...nice guy) was cold and a Kyosho guy gave him his jacket. Hmmmmmmm... Who ever thought Rossi would defect to Yamaha.
THANKS A BUNCH MIKE,THANKS HERBIE FOR THE CLUTCH PROBLEM....CHOCO
Individual racers practice lap times as well as race results will be posted on the JLap web- site. Race Results
It sounds like the track might be part offroad.. Go Mark Pavidis!! :)
[IMAGE] Adrien Bertin [IMAGE] racing action [IMAGE] racing action [IMAGE] four marshals fixing a car that got stuck under the metal board [IMAGE] racing action [IMAGE] Takaaki Shimo [IMAGE] Paul Coleman [IMAGE] racing action [IMAGE] racing action [IMAGE] Francesco Tironi [IMAGE] racing action [IMAGE] Barry Baker [IMAGE] Coming out onto the back straightaway
Great shot, most of the photos make the track look flat, this is the first one I've seen that really shows off the elevation changes.
damn those pics are great!cant wait for more!!choco
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TTorres: just a a small correction..that was not T. Shimo... ;)
Mike, great photos and thanks for keeping us up to date. Thanks for posting the photos here also. They're better here than the same ones on RCCA. :)
Looking at the photo of Shimo's car it seems that he is using his FW05R body but underneath it's the RRR, look at the exhaust hole on th ebody, also the location of the cooling head with respect to the cooling hole....interesting indeed!!
Hi Mike, good job say hello from to Ray Wood please ;)
Hey Herbie, I'm here too - just lurking :D
Lurking? ;)
Mike, tell Ray Wood we can't for his video and that we would prefer that the video is ready sooner rather than later. :-D
Today´s report will follow in an hour or so. In the meantime, please disregard what I posted earlier about racers not going up to practice. Apparently racers could sign up for several practice sessions, and if they did not show up, the spot was left "empty". Today was worse, as some racers signed up for multiple practice sessions under false names. Whatever the true story is, the driver´s stand today was usually packed, sometimes with many more than ten racers. Weather was hot, lap times are going down, and just about everyone is now here. As Bob pointed out, the lap times of some racers are now being counted and uploaded to the JLap site. We are still working on a good internet connection so JL can do all the things he would like to do, to keep everyone up to date.
Hows Pavidis doing?
T Torres, those photos were taken in the chicane at the "right" end of the track, before the back straightaway. Spark, Mark is doing great! It did not take him long to start to look really good. I don´t think he´s up there with the fastest guys yet, but he´s really just started to get in his practice. He did finally manage to get the fuel he wanted, so that´s good.
Sweet, fuel good :)
03 - Saturday Part 1, a visit to the Kyosho Pits I spent a lot more time in the pits today, talking to people and taking some photos of the cars. First stop for the day was to visit with Josh Cyrul. Josh and Bobby Flack are pitting next to each other, with David Spashett directly opposite them. The rest of the Kyosho team is at the same table. Jerry Cyrul is being pit-guy for both Josh and Bobby. I asked Josh which car the team was going to be using, and he told me that all but one of the racers had switched to the new belt-drive car, the V-one-RRR. I asked Josh what it was that was different about the car, and mid-way through the discussion, Mr. Yoshinobu Nikaido, the designer of the car, came over and gave me even more information. The following is a summary of what they told me. I have photos to illustrate the following, which I will post later. The new V-One-RRR uses plastic inserts both for the rear suspension pins and for the front upper a-arms. This provides a way to change the roll center to any of four different positions. The car has both servos in a lay-down position, and they are about as low as they could possibly get in the car without scraping on the track. This is to lower the CG. The suspension geometry was changed to improve tire wear, and to improve performance on bumpy tracks. (Bumpy tracks certainly does fit this World Championship track!!!) The transmission ratio was changed from 2.5 to 2.0. This allows the engine to run cooler, and gives more top speed. The pulley on the two- speed shaft was changed from 19 to 21 teeth, and the pulley on the rear drive was changed from 48 to 42 teeth. This lowered the rear drive mechanism, which gave both a lower CG and also improved the angle of the rear dogbones. The two-speed gears were made smaller, to further lower the CG. The RRR uses zero-degree steering knuckles for more cornering speed. The Ackerman was increased to give quicker response. Josh says that the new car has so much steering response that they are dialing out steering. The RRR uses a rear anti-sway bar up on top, rather than behind the car. The rear arms are each 2mm longer, and lower. The battery was relocated underneath and forward. After we got done with the technical session on what is new with the car, I asked Mr. Nikaido to tell me in on sentence why the RRR is working better than the shaft drive car. His answer, and Josh´s answer, are that the RRR has more aggressive handling, which makes the car capable of going faster (and also makes it easier to make a mistake). The shaft-drive car is easier to drive, and many racers will prefer it for that reason. However, here at the Worlds, the RRR does seem to be the faster of the two.
03 - Saturday Part 2, Serpent News At the end of yesterday´s practice session, most of the Serpent drivers went over to the race hotel for a session with Michael and Rene. I believe this was all arranged by the Serpent Distributor in Brazil, who is also racing at the Worlds. A large board was provided, marked with all of Michael´s setup information. Michael´s car was on display, for everyone to look at and ask questions. There was also a table outside with food and drinks for all the guests. I have some photos which I will try to post later. We left after an hour or so, but there were still lots of people there with questions on how to get their own cars to work better.
Great info Mike :)
[IMAGE] Josh Cyrul and Yoshinobu Nikaido [IMAGE] the new Kyosho RRR [IMAGE] the new Kyosho RRR [IMAGE] Barry Baker, setting up his Associated Nitro TC3 [IMAGE] Sander de Graaf, checking the Team Associated fuel for 16% nitro content [IMAGE] Mark Pavidis, getting ready to head out for practice [IMAGE] David Spashett [IMAGE] The Marshals - theyreally fast, and they are quickly learning about radio control car racing [IMAGE] When/if these guys get the antenna right, we will have internet access and live reporting [IMAGE] the drivers stand, late in the day
Heres the track layout, as posted on the website: [IMAGE] I will try to edit this drawing and put numbers on the corners, so I can say which part of the track my images were taken at.
Awesome stuff!! Thanks so much! The RRR looks cool. inboard rear sway bar, laydown servos with protective bar, neat details.
Mike M, thanks for the pics and info.....GREAT pics. Ronnie
keep up the good pics and info mike!choco
Hey Mike, I see: "Sander de Graaf, checking the Team Associated fuel for 16% nitro content" It seems that Sander gave up the Nitromax for testing and chose 'The Glen Livet'. If that's the case, everybody should be able to bump the percentage up quite a bit:):):)
Josh is running a front diff on his RRR?
yo mike! any g4 drivers?
Nick, that RRR does look pretty cool! I think we should save up and get them next spring.
Man I never thought I would see the day that Ron was talking so much good about the K cars ;) lol.
Gotta see what the NTC4 has to offer. I'm still happy with the ntc3!!
Hey Mark nice to see you here. Saw you cleaned your " precious " with a nice spectrum analyser. When is the release of the new version???? Still no word from Master D though ;)
Car Action's results page is now active. For today and tomorrow, you can see the practice lap times. Starting on Tuesday we will have the heats. JL had the technicians correct the radio problems - the upload speed is now 256 kbps, so we fully expect to have the "live results" screen going by Tuesday. Please go to this web page: http://www.jlapracemanager.com/cgi-bin/JLapVRCarAction.asp?Where=FEBARC That should take you right to the practice lap times. If it's working for us here in Brazil, it certainly should work for the rest of the world with better internet connections!
...and yes, not always, but sometimes I can now post from the track. It was working, then the connection died, and now it is back up again. I've got a few lap times... Adrien Bertin is running between 17.6 and 18.0 The following are a few racer's best lap times from the early practice session this morning: Barry Baker 18.4 Mike Swauger 18.9 Mark Pavidis 18.6 Michael Salven 17.9 Takaaki Shimo 18.3 Not everyone is running transponders, and many of those who are haven't given their transponder number to the timing people yet, so we may not have good lap times on everyone until qualifying starts. Engine wise, the Sirio seems to have an edge over anything else so far. It is the same engine as before, but built to the current IFMAR specifications.
Thanks Mike for the update ;) How are the new Mega engines running? Looking at the time of Michael Salven they're doing nice.
John they couldn't get the sidewinderfuel om time so now they make their own fuel with some nice whisky's ;) Hope they don't use Oban it's nicer to drink that one.
Hey Jkruit, yep the old spectrum analyser did the job :D and I'm sure D is here somewhere *sneaky* As for the fuel/whisky, as long as it isn't Macallan, I'm not too bothered ;-) I'm pretty interested to see that Salven isn't running a hole in his front windscreen!! At the German champs just up the road from me, he was very fast with the Mega engine and amazingly he ran it at only 95C!!! and again without a hole in the windscreen. Mike, have you any pics of Salven's 710 without its shell on? Cheers, Mark.
Mark go to bed!! and watch out for the trees tomorrow ;) Hope the bigger brother of the Mega engine will be as promising as the little one.
Yes! You tell him Jkruit! He needs my concoction of whiskey + nitro ... :)
John, Sander also has the more exotic test equipment; he was just doing a quick test. I mentioned earlier that Masaaki Hirosaka was helping the Kyosho team, and wearing one of their jackets. I mentioned to him today that someone here had asked me to take a photo of him with the jacket on. He smiled, and came back a few minutes later wearing a bright red Kyosho shirt for the photo... I will post that later on. By the way, he is also starting a new company: Masaaki Hirosaka 336-5 Oibara Misatomachi Gunma-Gun Gunma-Pref, 370-3102 Japan Tel/Fax 81-(0)27-371-7541 Email: hirosaka@jg8.so-net.ne.jp Homepage: http://www.hirosaka.jp/ I believe Alberto and Lomberto Picco arrived today, but I haven´t had a chance to talk to them yet. Pieter Bervoets and one of his sons also arrived, and started setting up his new rc video game. Pieter says the game is finished, and they will be setting up a booth for video game competition. I was going to talk to more people in the pits today, but then I started thinking that I may or may not be allowed out on the track once qualifying starts, and I really wanted to get some more action shots. Choco will be happy... I got lots! Yoshinobu Nikaido, designer of Kyosho´s new V-One RRR was up in the spectator stands early in the day, watching his drivers. He explained that from up on the driver´s stand, you do not get a very good view of the elevation and banking changes in the track, and he wanted to watch how the suspension was working from much lower. He is right - when I was up on the driver´s stand, the track looked flat. Several drivers told me they didn´t realize how parts of the track were on an "up" or "down" incline until they walked around to the back of the track. Also, it is very difficult to see the "camber" of the track from up on the stand. In addition to all that, the fastest parts of the track are much lower than the rest of the track. Later on, I was talking to Takei Tatuya as he was watching Francesco Tironi run. Takei is the Kyosho team manager. His words to describe the track - "very unique". That sounds pretty typical... I was asking Robbie Collins (from Mugen), Mark Pavidis (Associated), and Maurizio Busnardo (Serpent) about this earlier, and while nobody dislikes the track, they usually call it "unique", "interesting", or "very technical". Today was "controlled practice" meaning everyone got the same amount of track time. This will continue tomorrow, along with the Opening Ceremonies. Qualifying starts on Tuesday, with two rounds per day for three days. That is when we´ll really find out how fast everyone is. Everyone seems to agree that Adrien Bertin is the fastest person here so far, and there seems to be maybe five or six racers quite close to Adrien. Others are still working at it. I´ll stop here, and work on some photos...
I used a babelfish translation and it looks like Hirosaka san is free agent for technical support at races. So Kyosho must have hired his assistance for this race, since yokomo is not in this competition then there is no conflict. I'm sure what he learns from working with Kyosho then can incorporate into yokomo's future car. Mike, the video game Pieter's son was working on must be virtual RC. Could you please ask them when is the release date? Their website says game coming summer 2004 and the Summer is now officially over. Many of us can't wait when the game is out because we need to get practice playing with toy cars over the winter other than electric cars. Great Job Mike, please keep the news coming. It makes me feel like I'm there.
Is Mike Blackstock attending? It looks like US didn't use up all its allowance of racers for the race. I can see only 14 ROAR memembers on the Worlds Team. GO ROAR drivers!!!
Thanks 2 Mike Myers, I almost feel like Im there. We gotta find a way 2 pay this man 4 the work he does! Go TEAM MUGEN!!!!!!!!
Here is a collection of images from today, with a bit of information on some of them... [IMAGE] David Spashett, with Barry Baker following [IMAGE] Barry Baker [IMAGE] Adrien Bertin - front wheels in the air from the bump in the track [IMAGE] Mark Pavidis [IMAGE] Josh Cyrul, after hitting the same bump in the track [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Michael Salven, rear wheels in the air from hitting the bump [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Bobby Flack [IMAGE] A marshal, not quite sure what to do about a runaway car... [IMAGE] Maurizio Marques crossing the finish line
Regan LeBlanc was telling me about walking around the park where the track is located, and finding these rats the size of dogs. I was kidding him that it must have been a few too many Cervesas the night before, but he insisted they were for real, even though the photo he claimed to have taken of them to prove it didnt come out. I said "sure they were real...". So, we went to take another look, and he sure enough was right!! The difference was that he saw them on land the day before, and now the whole family was out in the lake swimming around. I guess that technically speaking, theyre rodents, not rats, but they are certainly huge! Heres the photo to prove it, although Ill need to get one of them on land to really show how big they are... but from a distance!! [IMAGE]
Mike, thanks for the info about Masaaki ! In that case, it should be okay to post that picture to the public... V.good observation from Tom Kelley :) I agree.
Did they have big,wide,flat tails?? LOL
Those are Capybaras, the largest in the rodent family. They are a part of the diet of natives who live in the rain forests in the amazon as well as anacondas. Let's not forget it's Brazil.
Does anyone know the personal transponder ID number that Adrien Bertin is using? THere are lots of ID numbers without names at the JLap website and I could not find Adrien Bertin... thanks.
Masaaki Hirosaka!! [IMAGE]
Isn't that Masami's dad?
Andhy, JL went through all the sheets to try to find that for me, but apparently Adrien hasn´t provided the information yet to the people in Timing and Scoring. For that matter, we do not even know if there is a transponder in his car yet; other racers are running without one, and he might be as well. I will try to find that out tomorrow. I also hope to get photos of Adrien´s car, Barry Baker´s car (or Mark Pavidis), and Michael Salven´s car. Since tomorrow is opening ceremonies, there are other shots I hope to get as well. Jarrod, yep - that´s Masami´s father. I was just going to take the photo with the Kyosho jacket, but he wanted me to wait so he could put on this shirt for the photo! :-)
I liked how they spelled "BLAZIL" on the shirt! LOL So who won?
Pete I think thats how they spell it in Japan. The race has not yet started :)
Mike great photos. Its crazy how many cars are in the air in those photos. The surface of the track looks really crazy. Tell Regan I want to see a photo of him with his new giant pet rat. :)
Mike, THANK YOU for Papa Masami's on the Red Kyosho T-Shirt.. I hope you don't mind if I am posting this picture on www.tq- racing.com. I put a number of links to this forum ...
ha ha ha!!! Thats because their chassis must be frat!!! You can see the R is overwritten by the L. Japanese have problem pronouncing words with R's and L's in them. I assume most racers who are practicing are keeping their own times and don't want anyone to no their personal lap times during practice, it could cause them to loose advantage if one could easily gage their times versus others. At least thats what some might think.
I am covering the World Championships in Brazil, and am staying in the home of a local racer who is competing in the event. Mauro Marques invited me to stay with him - his son, Mauricio, has been racing for many years, and is competing with his Serpent 710. I will have a lot more to say about my stay in Brazil, but that is another story. The entire car was rebuilt in preparation for this event. All the latest hop-up parts were fitted, and for the first testing Mauricio went out with the front one-way configuration, with the rear diff mostly locked up. In a practice session at a local track, the car worked very well, but when we got to the Jundiai Worlds track, it was a different story. Part of that of course is because the track started out with very poor traction, but as the track got better, the rear end of the car remained very loose. The best lap time was 19.4 seconds. This is with the Mazda body. After a couple of days of practice, Mauricio changed to the front diff setup, softening up the rear diff allowing it to work. The setup he chose was very similar to the one posted by Michael Salven at the Serpent meeting. The car was very smooth and stable, but the lap times did not improve. The car was under-steering when the grip came up. To make the turn, Mauricio had to slow down quite a bit more than he wanted to. Lap times are getting much worse. He even tested out the shorter wheelbase setup, to see if that would help, but it did not and they put it back to standard setup. Mauricio had been running 38 shore tires front and rear when the grip was not so good. For tomorrow, he is going to try to run 40 fronts and 45 rears, to see if that helps. Another test is going to be trying to stiffen the rear differential. Tune in tomorrow for the sequel for this story!! [IMAGE] Mauro and Mauricio
Yes, that's true. Most factory drivers/ or better drivers do not want others to know what they are doing and always try to 'hide' their lap times. I don't think they'd show their true potential at all times ... not until the qualifying heats...
I believe those rodents are nutria and they can weigh up to 20 lbs. I think they were imported into the U.S. from S. America to feed on the water hyacinths or lilies that deplete waterways of oxygen. Now they are multiplied greatly because there may not be enough predators to control the population. Looks like most of the cars are running lots of ground clearence to clear the bumps.
Tom, considering how many racers are up in the bleachers with stop watches timing the other racers, the information is getting around anyway, at least to the racers. I sometimes hesitate to use the numbers I get, as I would rather get them from a computer that doesn´t allow for any "interpretation". I did "white out" the frequency number in the photos of Josh´s car, as frequencies are not published at World Championships, and I didn´t want to be posting information that is not supposed to be posted... which surprised me anyway, as I didn´t think the camera would capture it so well! Anway, it is now midnight here; I am off to sleep. The weather forecast for the next few days is not all that great. We´ll see what happens.
http://www4.climatempo.com.br/novo/index.php
Click on "details" under Sao Paulo.
Where it says "Selecione a cidade" select Jundiai
You can now see the weather we are expecting.
It helps if you can
read Portuguese, but
it is not hard to
figure out that we are
expecting rain...
Mike, how many drivers (if any) are still running the FW05R?....or have they all switched over to the RRR?? BTW, great pics!
Is it raining cats and dogs there now Mike? Forecast really doesn't look good. :(
thanks Mike for the pics!!you knew i was gonna be happy!!choco
mike, hi! keep up the good work!!! by any chance, take a picture of Luca Piromalli and his car if you can. THANKS!!! carlo
Mike, the pictures aren't working for me, I tried cutting and pasting the links too. Is the server down ? Doug
I KNOW,I WASA GONNA PRINT SOME COLOR PICS BUT THE PICS WILL NOT SHOW UP...WHATS UP WITH THAT?CHOCO
Two Words: Rain Tires One More Word: Balloon I successfully weatherproofed my old MTX-3 and ran it in the rain... It was kind of exciting...
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PICS?I CANNOT PULL THEM UP.IS ANYONE HAVING THIS TROUBLE?
Gil, I don't see the pics either. Maybe the server is down.
YEP...WELL ALL WE CAN DO IS WAIT....THANKS JARROD...GIL
i cant see the pics too.
No news at all? :( Maybe that antenna got knocked off in the thunderstorms.
HAHAHAHA,I KNOW...I HOPE ALL IS WELL OVER THERE...CHOCO
Yeah me too 'cos I'm like starving for news. On the other hand, I've seen pictures of the wet track ... no chance of any practise there let alone heats!
It is a long story, but the server I was using now says that ftp is not working. So, I moved all the images to a different server, and corrected the links up above. If anything is still broken, please let me know - just leave a response here.
05 - Monday
We got to the track today to find lots of unpleasant surprises. For
starters, the ground was soaked. It rained pretty hard last night,
and the track was quite wet. Worse yet, the wind and rain had severly
damaged the tent everyone was pitting under, and the officials were
concerned the whole thing might collapse. So, everyone was told to
find another place to pit. Many racers headed over to the radio
control airplane areal, where there was a covered shelter with
concrete floor. Others set up shop next to one of the containers that
were spread around the pit area. Many racers figured the day was a
washout, but the IFMAR officials said they would hold a meeting at
noon, and then decide what to do.
With nothing much else to do, we ended up sitting around talking, or
working on cars. Some racers wandered over to a tent where Pieter
Bervoets and his son were demonstrating their new rc video
game, "Virtual RC Racing". I spent some time with the various teams
asking how they dealt with the problems with the customs officials.
There were some ingenious answers, but I will leave out who said
what.... For starters, since it was so difficult and/or expensive to
bring in fuel for the cars, some teams decided to just bring in the
oil and mix their own fuel at the track. It´s a good thing the
customs officials didn´t decide to test out the "shampoo" in some of
these racers suitcases, or it might have turned out to be something
quite unsuitable for washing your hair!!!!! For the teams that played
things out "by the book" it was a matter of luck if they got through
customs or not. Some people had to pay over $1,000 to get through,
while others had all their gear photographed, to make sure when they
left the country, so did the racing gear. Still others just walked
through customs, with no problems whatever. For whatever reason, when
one team said they wanted to bring in fuel, they were told that for
every "dollar" of value for the fuel, there would be one
hundred "dollars" in duty. When the team asked to talk to a
supervisor to complain, the person explained that he WAS the
supervisor, and that was the final answer! It was universally agreed
on that when World Championships are held around the world, an effort
should be made to find countries that do not make it overly
complicated for the racers to bring in their gear!
As the day went on, the sun worked its way through the clouds
eventually, and it started turning into a decent day. With a little
help from the sun, the track dried out, and by lunchtime the track
looked ready to drive on.
At the meeting, it was decided that we would run some more practice
rounds today until around 5pm, when the Opening Ceremonies would be
held. Since tomorrow is also looking like rain, it will be another
practice day. The six rounds of qualifying will be held on Wednesday
and Thursday, running three rounds per day. With only 100 or so
racers here, that should work just fine, assuming that the weather
decides to co-operate just a little.
The internet link died a couple of times today, but was brought back
to life each time. We are still hoping to have a "live" update, but
it is not a sure thing yet. The link you want to remember is:
http://www.jlapracemanager.com/cgi-bin/JLapVRCarAction.asp?Where=FEBARC
Here is what we hope you will be able to see:
If racing is going on at the track, you will see the computer
screen that the people at the track also get to see.
When the race ends, the computer screen will remain, for up to
an hour, unless another race starts.
If another race starts, the computer screen will go "live" again,
and you will see the next race as it happens.
If no other race starts, after an hour the screen will switch back
to the "static" race results page.
At any time if you are seeing the "live" results, you will be able
to click on a link and go to the "static" results.
The afternoon today was spent on several rounds of controlled
practice. The track, as could be expected, was pretty bad for a while
until traction built up again. By late in the afternoon, the track
was once again in fairly decent shape. Practice stopped a little
before 5pm, and everyone got ready for the Opening Ceremonies.
Many of the racers got dressed up in special matching uniforms, so all
members of the team from each country looked the same. While that
country´s national anthym was played over the loudspeakers, the
country members marched in front of all the country flags, and lined
up behind the flag for their country. One by one, each country´s team
was introduced. All the cars were spread out in front of the racers,
and afer several speeches opening up the event, there was a concours
judging to select the best paint jobs. The winner will be announced
after the end of the event. It was a nice ceremony, not overly long,
and it was nice for the many spectators to get a good close-up look at
all the cars.
Concourse ended, and many of us headed off to home and/or dinner. As
we drove away from the track, in about fifteen minutes we drove right
into a rainstorm. I guess we lucked out in being able to get in
today´s events. I hope tomorrow´s weather is also reasonable.
[IMAGE] What was left of the tent. [IMAGE] Team Sirio [IMAGE] Adrien Bertin [IMAGE] Pieters new rc video game, Virtual RC Racing [IMAGE] Team Mugen [IMAGE] Michael Salvens Serpent 710 [IMAGE] Michael, helping set up Mauricio Marques car [IMAGE] The Track [IMAGE] Bobby Flack, green car, in practice [IMAGE] Close Racing! [IMAGE] Barry Baker, middle car [IMAGE] Barry, just missing another car by inches! [IMAGE] Adrien Bertin [IMAGE] Mikey Swauger [IMAGE] Michael Salven, Mark Pavidis [IMAGE] Opening Ceremonies
if things work out for a live feed of the mains,what is the time differental for california ?
hey mike could u go snoop around team mugen and see if the mtx-4 might be hiding under a towel or table or something!lol.
I dont think that car is Marks! Its not his paint scheme and it has a odonnell sticker on it. That is his ugly mug though!
Mike, If you get a chance , can you swing by the OFNA pit and see how they're doing? Thanks
Real nice Job Mike !!
Can't thank you enough Mike... Great coverage!
HI all !!! Arrggghhh im about 50km from the track and im stuck on my job !!! ... So Mike, if you talk to the guys from Venezuela say HI to them by me (Patricio Concha) ... Just a question Mike, what digital camera and camcorder are you using ?, i love the quality of your material ... im about to buy a digital camcorder and i think you have a valuable opinion for that ... cya and enjoy the worlds !!! Pat
once again,awesome pics mike!!choco
Mike, I think that the blue/white car with flames is not Pavidis', but Baker's car.
i saw a guy on the pic.wearing a Team Magic shirt... is that Luca Piromalli? Any RB Concept drivers? Awesome work mike... Great coverage!!! carlo
Mike,
Thanks for the great coverage, it is like I am sitting in the
bleachers at the track watching the whole event. Thanks a bunch.
David
Christian Strohm: you're right.. that 'flame' car is Baker's. Pavidis' is the distinctive jagged blue red white designed by a famous Japanese artist Takashima Design.
Mike, I'll repeat what everyone is saying ... thanks for the very good coverage. We're keeping our fingers crossed that your TV screen idea works and if you need help (from Europe) let me know. :D
"#188 of 192 by Christian Strohm (ccks) on Tue Oct 12 00:15:08 2004: Mike, I think that the blue/white car with flames is not Pavidis', but Baker's car." Mark has had very similar paint jobs for a VERY long time. Here he is with his car... [IMAGE] Here is his car on the track... [IMAGE] This car is not Pavidis as Mike said a few posts back and I assume Christian is talking about :) [IMAGE]
Mike-------You are Awsome! Keep up the good work.
IS IT RAINING THERE?CHOCO
ANY UPDATES?
Looks like they are running controlled practice today. Controlled Practice I wish they would show the "Average Lap Time" instead of the "Average Speed" in the print-outs. To me that's more better to know! BTW, "More Better" is a technical term we use here in the southern USA!
looks like another rainy day.. only one round of controlled practice ..
any pics of the sexy girls?choco
Let´s see... to answer questions first. Henry, to find the time difference between Brazil and anywhere, start here and you´ll quickly have the info: http://www.timeanddate.com/ Henry, I´ll try to get some spy shots inside the Team Mugen trailer. (I´ve already got spy shots from inside the RB trailer - will post them as soon as I get a chance.) Chris, OFNA´s new car is working out very well; I will try to get a photo tomorrow. Patricio, camera is Nikon D70. Lenses are the standard lens that comes with it, a 10.5mm fisheye, and an ancient 80-200 zoom. Christian, thanks - the caption is now corrected to say Barry´s car, not Mark´s. Carlo, yes, RB is here with Rody, Bernard, engines, parts, and lots of support help for the racers. I am not sure who the driver is - maybe he is identified on the RB site? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Report coming soon; photos coming later on tonight. Some will be, hmm, well, rather interesting! :-) I hope I don´t get Barry into too much trouble!
I believe Brazil is on the same time as the east coast so that would make it 3 hours ahead of us Henry.
One of the reasons qualifying was put off until tomorrow, is because we expected it to rain today. The day started off nicely though, and we thought maybe someone paid off the weatherman to fix things for today. There was one complete round of controlled practice from 8:30am until 10:00am. After a short break, we had a second round of practice, but it was run as if it was a qualifier, with a three minute warm-up, then all the cars coming back to the pits, and then an IFMAR start for the "practice" qualifier. This ran from 12:30 until 12:45, when everything stopped for a lunch-break. The weather at this point had gotten rather nice. The park was packed with people, not only in the r/c area, but all over. There is an off- road track (empty today but for some bicycles), a motocross track, all kinds of sports areas, a bicycle motocross track, a bandstand, and tons of other things I haven´t checked out. Since today was a holiday, many hundreds (thousands maybe?) of people were out enjoying themselves. The first practice round had run quite smoothly, but in the second it seemed that a lot of cars started traction rolling. The turn as cars come downhill and make a tight turn onto the straigtaway was particularly nasty, and quite a few cars ended up on their lid or off on the grass. Michael Salven, Mikey Swauger, and Mark Pavidis were three of the ones who did it right in front of my camera lens, which made for some nice photos (coming soon). I´m not sure if all this was because of a change in track conditions, or that it was now a simulated race, but there were definitely more problems than in the first session. Racing was scheduled to resume at 2:00pm with a second "practice" qualifier, but as 2pm approached, the skies turned gray, the temperature dropped, a little bit of moisture fell (warning everyone as to what was to come), and about five minutes later we got a huge downpour, flooding the track and surrounding area, and changing the pit area from a dirt floor to mud. The rains lasted at least half an hour, ending any hopes we had of getting a bit more racing in. Still, we got in the morning session, which many people didn´t think we would, and everyone seemed in a very good mood! There was a roar from the crowd every few minutes, and I went over to check out what was happening. You´ll get to see the photos in a few minutes, as soon as I post them, but they rapidly took everyone´s mind off r/c racing and the rain!!!!! Anyway, after we hung around the track for another hour or so, some people (me included) headed off for home. The drive back to Sao Paulo is about a 45-minute drive when traffic is light, and I think it rained for all but maybe ten minutes of the trip. The plan for tomorrow is to start qualifying at 9am. There is an interesting schedule, to try to get everyone equal track conditions. The big question of course is the weather. Schedule: heat 1 9:00 10:00 14:45 heat 2 9:15 10:15 15:00 heat 3 9:30 10:30 15:15 heat 4 9:45 10:45 15:30 heat 5 11:00 13:30 15:45 heat 6 11:15 13:45 16:00 heat 7 11:30 14:00 16:15 heat 8 11:45 14:15 16:30 heat 9 12:00 14:30 16:45 The heats will be re-seeded at the end of Wednesday´s qualifying. I have the schedule for Thursday´s qualifying as well, but I think I will wait until tomorrow to post it, in case anything changes due to the weather.
I believe Brazil is on the same time as the east coast so that would make it 3 hours ahead of us Henry.
hey Mike, this is off topic. But how do you feel about the new Canon 20D? I have an EOS3 35mm SLR, so i wanna get a digital version since I have like 4 canon lenses. Any thoughts?
Sure - the camera helps you get a good photo, but it is the least important part. The camera to a photographer is nothing more than a wrench to a mechanic. It helps to have a nice collection of tools (meaning several lenses) but whether you use Canon, Nikon, Olympus, or whatever, what will make the photo good is you, not the camera. The camera I am using here is the least expensive Nikon DSLR they´ve ever made. My advice - get a DSLR (not a "point and shoot") and learn how to get it to do what you want. As to the "point and shoot", that would be like handing the mechanic a pair of pliers and telling him that´s all he gets to use... :-) Canon 20D should be a wonderful camera for you!!
Mike, Are you staying in São Pulo rather than Jundiai ?, why ? ... and where ? ... If you need something that i can arrange for you just say it ... cya !! (crying and suffering from hard pain for not being able to show up to the track !!!) ... Pat
Is that lap under 17 seconds from Barry Baker real or a mistake?. It is more than a second faster than anyone else.
Can't be under 17 secs ...
Barry made a mistake and ended taking a shortcut in the infield.
I watched the heats this morning, and I think that until now the fastest are the Kyosho/Sirio drivers. The V-One RRR is really working very well on the Jundiai track, and it seems to me that the Sirio engines have a little more top end then the others. On heats #8 and #9 (were almost all of the faster drivers are), the drivers from the other teams were having a hard time to keep up with the Kyosho/Sirio drivers!
Patricio, I am staying with Mauro Marques in Sao Paulo, which is why we are going back and forth each day. Everything is working out fine, except that I seem to finish photos, get an hour of sleep, and it is time to wake up again. :-) Seriously, thanks, but everything is going very well. Mauro has shown me a few parts of Sao Paulo, and it has been a very enjoyable trip. As to the cars and engines, an hour race is a very long time, and a lot of things can influece who will be in the lead when the race ends. As to just plain watching the cars, I see things the same way Christian does. The Kyosho/Sirio combination does seem to have an advantage. ...OK, enough typing. Time to finish up the piccys.
I think Swauger is waiting untill it counts and u're gonna c the MTX-3 on rails.
[IMAGE] Oops... [IMAGE] Rubbing Fenders! [IMAGE] Francesco Tironi [IMAGE] Chris Tosolini [IMAGE] Craig Drescher [IMAGE] Fabio Domanin [IMAGE] Michael Salven traction rolling in the corner leading onto the back straight. [IMAGE] Josh Cyrul coming up on Craig Drescher [IMAGE] Josh Cyrul trying to avoid Fabio Domanin [IMAGE] Mark Pavidis traction rolls, as Takaaki Shimo approaches [IMAGE] The Associated Pits, during the afternoon thunderstorm [IMAGE] Is Ray Wood planning another video? :-) [IMAGE] The Press. Really!! [IMAGE] Barry Baker getting some Press Coverage! [IMAGE] Err.... Wow!
I'll make sure to send these to Barry's wife. Mike, can you rip off one of those shirts for me... souvenir of course. Barry can keep his. And tell Ray, he's a nut. Can't wait for his... err... video. Great job!
nice pics mike:) RB Hot Chicks!!! Any Team Magic G4 drivers? good job!!! keep it up:)
ahhhhhh!i am loving it.....i cannot talk right now....choco
LOL.......RC verion of "Girl Gone Wild"........ Anyhow.....at the Jlap site...already posted the 10/16/2004 Final result...no need to guess who win or lose....(another LOL).
so who is on top
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Heats Standings
10/13/2004 15:32:14
Gas Touring
Pos. Car Racer's Name
Results
1 6 Francesco Tironi 33/10:05.575(1) 32/10:05.928
(2)
2 3 Takaaki Shimo 33/10:07.294(2) 27/10:18.144
(1)
3 7 David Spashett 33/10:11.248(1) 33/10:12.222
(2)
4 5 Adrien Bertin 33/10:11.555(2) 32/09:45.837
(1)
5 5 Josh Cyrul 33/10:11.957(1) 25/07:43.704
(2)
6 2 Chris Tosolini 33/10:12.661(2) 29/10:14.979
(1)
7 8 Mark Green 33/10:14.896(2) 25/07:57.509
(1)
8 3 Massimo Fantini 32/10:02.196(2) 16/04:56.239
(1)
9 8 Ken Furukawa 32/10:04.922(2) 30/10:13.509
(1)
10 1 Takuya Ito 32/10:05.453(1) 32/10:06.701
(2)
11 4 Craig Drescher 32/10:08.109(1) 31/10:00.714
(2)
12 6 Michael Salven 32/10:11.075(1) 32/10:14.548
(2)
13 5 Bobby Flack 32/10:12.078(2) 27/09:18.852
(1)
14 8 Stefano Colombini 32/10:13.247(2) 32/10:24.129
(1)
15 6 Steve Olanier 31/10:00.686(2) 31/10:09.016
(1)
16 8 Teodorio Syah Teddy 31/10:02.176(2) 30/10:10.458
(1)
17 7 Mark Pavidis 31/10:02.818(1) 18/06:08.612
(2)
18 9 Michael Swauger 31/10:03.803(2) 0/00:00.000
(1)
19 5 Reto Koenig 31/10:04.070(2) 31/10:20.553
(1)
20 3 Niki Duina 31/10:04.879(2) 23/10:04.763
(1)
21 7 Darin Ishitani 31/10:06.231(2) 10/03:18.318
(1)
22 2 Paul Coleman 31/10:06.410(2) 30/10:05.200
(1)
23 8 Brandon Mcnally 31/10:06.490(2) 21/10:03.539
(1)
24 6 Carlos Peracho Heras 31/10:07.549(2) 30/10:08.387
(1)
25 4 Mauricio Busnardo 31/10:07.557(2) 31/10:13.983
(1)
26 9 Renato A. Tradardi 31/10:13.607(1) 29/10:06.423
(2)
27 1 Guillermo San Martino 31/10:13.793(2) 30/10:15.352
(1)
28 1 Arnaud Chaussard 31/10:15.371(2) 27/10:11.150
(1)
29 7 Cheung Hang Hung 31/10:18.086(2) 30/10:12.086
(1)
30 3 Alain Levy 30/10:00.612(2) 30/10:11.258
(1)
31 4 Robbie Collins 30/10:02.862(2) 30/10:07.949
(1)
32 9 Gerhard Kandelhart 30/10:03.146(1) 14/07:48.581
(2)
33 7 Chung Min Hsu 30/10:04.158(1) 26/10:00.898
(2)
34 7 Chad Bradley 30/10:05.408(2) 30/10:09.839
(1)
35 5 Luca Piromalli 30/10:12.870(2) 23/10:05.448
(1)
36 1 Fabian Kaloustian 30/10:15.437(1) 29/10:05.498
(2)
37 1 Adrian Castro 30/10:17.839(2) 20/09:52.734
(1)
38 8 Ramon Guasch Palma 30/10:18.422(2) 29/10:01.652
(1)
39 2 Erich Heshiki 29/10:03.892(1) 25/09:51.555
(2)
40 5 Dennis Picthail 29/10:06.108(2) 28/10:22.153
(1)
41 8 Patrick Bandeira 29/10:06.409(1) 26/10:15.139
(2)
42 10 Hermann Berger 29/10:10.689(1) 29/10:17.917
(2)
43 6 Jeffrey Lin 28/09:31.659(2) 22/10:01.873
(1)
44 8 Mauricio Marques 28/09:46.744(1) 26/10:16.663
(2)
45 1 Keevin Sharp 28/10:00.524(1) 21/09:53.971
(2)
46 1 Fernando Gaspareto 28/10:04.957(2) 16/09:37.649
(1)
47 7 Javier Hernandez 28/10:05.197(2) 1/09:42.731
(1)
48 9 Per-Ola Hard 28/10:06.428(2) 1/10:01.392
(1)
49 3 Felipe Francheschi 28/10:07.442(2) 1/10:12.687
(1)
50 9 Marcos Corbani 28/10:10.841(2) 27/10:21.534
(1)
51 10 Clebs Spessoto 28/10:12.603(2) 1/10:14.076
(1)
52 8 Javier Godoy Panebian 28/10:15.578(1) 21/07:29.652
(2)
53 4 Barry Baker 28/10:17.619(2) 14/04:19.663
(1)
54 4 Marcos Pena 28/10:19.902(2) 1/10:07.641
(1)
55 10 Rolando Dias Olivan 28/10:34.383(1) 1/00:37.994
(2)
56 2 Andres Calens 27/09:45.663(2) 25/10:10.730
(1)
57 6 Christian Ausweger 27/09:51.024(2) 1/10:05.465
(1)
58 5 Rafael Alvares 27/10:02.815(2) 19/10:00.781
(1)
59 3 Herman Lebenbaum 27/10:11.480(1) 0/00:00.000
(2)
60 9 Paolo Morganti 26/09:35.766(1) 16/09:36.141
(2)
61 3 Luiz Marco Pozzan 26/10:14.451(2) 1/10:03.271
(1)
62 2 Fabio Domanin 25/10:13.186(1) 15/09:27.869
(2)
63 3 Thiago Nascimento 25/10:17.977(1) 20/09:09.020
(2)
64 1 Antonio Benchimol 25/10:19.598(2) 24/10:01.323
(1)
65 5 Pablo Iravedra 24/10:00.625(1) 17/10:01.456
(2)
66 7 Eduardo Dulac 23/08:35.419(1) 17/10:01.478
(2)
67 1 Martin Zuccala 22/08:17.859(2) 21/10:08.027
(1)
68 10 Nestor Vidaurre 22/10:18.300(1) 14/09:22.057
(2)
69 7 Felipe Ribeiro 21/10:09.259(2) 20/10:44.588
(1)
70 10 Alejandro Cabrera 20/09:33.017(1) 3/01:13.787
(2)
71 2 Gabriel Wolanski Brito 20/10:14.466(2) 15/04:59.228
(1)
72 2 Ariel Monaco 19/10:06.028(1) 12/10:18.915
(2)
73 3 Flavio Elias 14/05:29.718(1) 9/05:38.413
(2)
74 4 Martin Forms 14/10:19.485(1) 13/08:20.905
(2)
75 9 Renato Paiva 10/03:27.178(2) 1/10:21.613
(1)
76 2 Henrique Winik 8/06:13.480(2) 2/01:39.364
(1)
77 4 Juan Carlos Rossi 1/08:09.772(1) 0/00:00.000
(2)
78 9 Vitor Carneiro 1/10:08.723(2) 1/10:09.093
(1)
79 6 Cesar Salvadori 0/00:00.000(2) 0/00:00.000
(1)
80 9 Decio Moraes 0/00:00.000(2) 0/00:00.000
(1)
81 6 Gabriel Rasteli 0/00:00.000(2) 0/00:00.000
(1)
82 4 Milhen Farah 0/00:00.000(2) 0/00:00.000
(1)
83 5 Rodrigo Canselo 0/00:00.000(1) 0/00:00.000
(2)
84 2 Rafael Viveiros 0/00:00.000(1) 0/00:00.000
(2)
85 6 Eduardo Dias 0/00:00.000(1) 0/00:00.000
(2)
86 4 Brett Parker 0/00:00.000(1) 0/00:00.000
(2)
the heats are overlapping the pics...i cannot see...choco
The above list is the un-official results, directly from the computer. They may change or be revised if any racer is disqualified. I hope to have final, official, results by early this evening.
HEY MIKE,WHEN ARE WE GONNA SEE A PIC OF YOU WITH THE PRESS GIRLS? CHOCO ALSO HOW IS SALVEN DOING?I HEARD HE WAS NOT FEELING WELL TODAY...
Hey Mike, Get over to Josh and Jerry, and get them fired up. Tell Josh I said to have fun.
It looks like Bobby Flack won't be doing too much bumping up through the finals this time, lol. Which car is he driving the RRR or the FW05?
WHERE'S BAKER
Tom, He is running the RRR,so is Josh. Ted
Eddy....Baker is 53, 28 laps, and we all know that he was messing around, tried not to show all he can do in 10 minutes too early. It is not even a qualifier....just practice.
Eddy, T Torres probably got Barry into trouble when he sent those pics of Barry with the ladies to his wife! Barry is probably back home answering some tough questions! LOL
When do Quals start?
The above listing was qualifying, not practice. It was also un- official. Here is the official list of standings, from the printout I was given at the end of the day: 1 Francesco Tironi 2 Takaaki Shimo 3 David Spashett 4 Adrien Bertin 5 Josh Cyrul 6 Chris Tosolini 7 Massimo Fantini 8 Ken Furukawa 9 Takuya Ito 10 Craig Drescher More later - am trying to figure out where things stand after most of round #3.
Mike how are paul's ofnas looking?
Mike, thanks for the clarification, I thought today is the 12th....if that is the case, Kyosho does dominated the whole thing, so far.
07 - Wednesday Well, up until now it´s been just practice, but racing started today for real. Everyone was at the track bright and early, and ready to finally get on the track when it counts! The qualifying heats were run in a very unusual order. Basically, the order was: heats 1, 2, 3, 4 heats 1, 2, 3, 4 heats 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 heats 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 heats 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Qualifying started off right on time, and ran pretty smoothly until just about the end of the morning´s schedule. Around noon, we had a power failure, while heat #8 was running, but it only affected the public address system, not the scoring computer, so while the racers ran out of fuel, wondering what had happened, the race actually did get completed properly. Since it was going to take a while to fix, we stopped for an early lunch break. After lunch, we continued on with the qualifying, but for a brief interruption during heat #5 in round #3. Fortunately, the rain was minimal, and racing continued on. I think everyone breathed a sigh of relief as heat #9 was completed. We would have run heat #5 over again right then, but moments after running race #9, it started raining yet again, this time a bit harder. So, round #3 is sort of complete, but won´t really be finished until we get to run heat #5 over again, which will happen around mid-day tomorrow, weather permitting. The racing was excellent. The guys at the top are all quite talented, and while they sometimes get within inches of each other, there are very few collisions. Some of the top racers looked great, and others who are normally up at the top really looked like they were struggling. Michael Salven was still having traction roll problems. Barry Baker´s car did not look as good as it had during practice. Craig Drescher and Mark Pavidis have the best performing Associated cars here. Josh Cyrul looked ballistic, but in his first heat he ran out of fuel inches before the finish line, in his second heat something in the car broke, and in his third heat he had a problem during his pit-stop. To me, Josh´s car "looked" the fastest on the track, but that was partly because of his driving style. Adrien Bertin looked flawless on the track, and Francesco Tironi ditto! Ditto also for Takaaki Shimo! The Kyosho/Sirio cars certainly seem at this point to have an advantage. If my attempt at sorting out where things stand right now after almost finishing three rounds is right, they fill the top six places so far, and eight of the top ten! We´ve still got three more rounds of qualifying, and only the top four racers will qualify directly into the Final, so there is still a lot of racing to go. Then too, the Final will be a full hour, so while it´s important to be the quickest, the winner has to last a full hour on what is an extremely "technical" track! The following are the official standings for the first ten places after round #2: 1 Francesco Tironi 2 Takaaki Shimo 3 David Spashett 4 Adrien Bertin 5 Josh Cyrul 6 Chris Tosolini 7 Massimo Fantini 8 Ken Furukawa 9 Takuya Ito Barring any exceptionally fast runs from any of the racers in heat #5, I think the following will be the qualifying standings after three rounds. I will get the complete, official list tomorrow, so this is not an official list. I just took the results for each of the top racers and listed their best qualifying finish so far: 1 Adrien Bertin Sirio/Kyosho 33 10.04.361 2 Francesco Tironi Sirio/Kyosho 33 10.05.575 3 Josh Cyrul Sirio/Kyosho 33 10:05.592 4 Takaaki Shimo Sirio/Kyosho 33 10.07.294 5 David Spashett Sirio/Kyosho 33 10.07.935 6 Chris Tosolini Sirio/Kyosho 33 10.09.553 7 Massimo Fantini Serpent MAX 33 10.11.342 8 Mark Green Serpent Picco 33 10.14.896 9 Takuya Ito Sirio/Kyosho 33 10:17.383 10 Ken Furukawa Sirio/Kyosho 32 10:02.463 Tomorrow we will run the remaining three rounds of qualifying, as well as running heat #5 from round #3. We will see if the weather cooperates. It should be another exciting day of racing!!
Mike, are these Sirio motors newer versions?
any pics for wednesday?choco
Other than meeting current IFMAR specifications, Andrea said the engines are not really "new". What is very different in the "whole package" is the car.
pics mike,pics...i am having withdrawls....help......choco
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I was told that this made it more fair. To me, it seems like it did the opposite. Tomorrow, we run heats 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 heats 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 heats 1, 2, 3, 4 heats 1, 2, 3, 4 heats 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 I think the people involved probably do have a really good reason, and I´ll try to find out what it is.
thanks ..for the explanation
SO WHO LOOKS FAST MIKE
[IMAGE] Team Associated [IMAGE] Qualifying [IMAGE] Mark Pavidis, Craig Drescher [IMAGE] Michael Salven, Takaaki Shimo [IMAGE] Craig Drescher, bottom-side up [IMAGE] Armaud Chaussard trying to avoid Michael Salven [IMAGE] Chris Tosolini [IMAGE] I told you we had fast marshals! [IMAGE] Adrien Bertin (we expect Adrien to be TQ after three rounds) [IMAGE] Francesco Tironi (we expect Francesco to be in second place in the standings after three rounds) [IMAGE] Josh Cyrul (We expect Josh to be third in the standings after three rounds)
great shots !! THANK YOU !
Can someone please post the brand of tires most of the Kyosho drivers are using? Those white spoked wheels....are the ones I'm talking about.... Oh, by the way. THOSE ARE GREAT PICS MIKE!!!!!!! Thanks for posting them. Ronnie
It's a Cyrul World... Kick some @ss, Josh! Thanks, Mike! Each day I wait for your photos... it's like waiting for Christmas.
to integra: those are Kyosho touring tires, the box are red color (not the green GRP Powers)
Just curious, Note Josh's front window cutout, i would have thought that was illegal as it extends from the window to the roof. I thought the windscreen cooling hole and refuelling hole had 2 be 2 seperate holes. Any clues. Dave
mike, you wouldn't have refueling piccys by any chance, would you ?
Dcalwell: As long as the hole is don't exceed 50mm it should be fine cos that's consider the refuel hole.
OH MY!AWESOME PICS MIKE...DAMN...YOU OUTDO YOURSELF EVERYTIME...CHOCO...
Very impressed with the RRR. It may be early but they seem to have it covered. I recon Josh will be the man and take the big trophy.
Looks like the K cars are kicking serious butt!!! Note to Team Associated: Get your butts in gear, guys!
Go Kyosho/Sirio! -----------Spark looks out the window for signs of 'flying monkeys' or perhaps an off-worldly hue to the sky!
GO SERPENT!WIN!WIN!CHOCO
:-D Kyosho good. I been saying it for a long time. haha.
Yeah choco ... GO SERPENT!
I HAVE FAITH THAT SERPENT WILL BE IN TOP 10 THIS YEAR....GO SERPENT!!!! CHOCO
Where are the HPI guys? Guess that Kyosho is going to take the win for the first 200mm World Championship.
J Pablo, I understand that the only people driving HPI cars are Team Brazil. I think you might be right about Kyosho too. There's a dinstinct advantage to have 8 out of 10 drivers up there plus they're all fast. If one drops out, there's others to take the win.
No HPI no Hara? Guess this one is the fault of IFMAR scheduling both electric TC and World TC events one after the other. This is why Yokomo is not even going.
Masami and Hara both wanted to concentrate on the electric worlds and that is why they did not go to Brazil. Traveling back and forth is grueling.
A lot of people have been saying this. So, I just want to point out that EP Worlds is definitely NOT the main reason. It isn't fair to say that to IFMAR. If it were the case, then JMRCA (Japanese body) would have informed IFMAR through FEMCA. Moreover, Masami n Hara would not have registered in the first place, especially Masami would not have participated in the Pre Worlds. Every one knew about the dates in Brazil n Florida. In addition, Mugen Seiki (Fukuda, Tanaka, Osaka) and Kawahara (Kitade, Yuruki) do ot have anything to do with EP Worlds, yet they cancelled. I am sure Yokomo, HPI, Mugen Seiki and Kawahara are dying to get the 200mm IFMAR title. Mind you, Surikarn also canceled as soon as Kawahara canceled. You might remember that both Kawahara drivers (Surikarn & Kitade) made it to the Grand Final in 1:8 Worlds Cincinnatti and were doing really well! THe true reasons might not come out to the public, perhaps not for the time being. Some people knew what actually happened but it is not fair to the parties involved if those people who knew started to spread the stories. Besides, travelling from Sao Paulo to Florida is not that hard...
Mike, how's the track condition this morning? Did it rain overnight?
Now Im wondering what happend. The race is not as big as I thought it would b. Im sure Im not the only one that feels this way.
86 racers in an IFMAR Worlds can't be called 'big'. Also if we look at the number of the countries present.
the 1/12th and ISTC electric worlds coming up later this month has around 209 entries.
THATS NO GOOD....CHOCO
Thats what im talking about there seeems 2 b very few drivers there. Sometimes we get more drivers at club races. Someting is wrong. But Im happy 4 the guys that did make it there.. KICK ASS TEAM MUGEN!
I suspect that the cost of travelling there was very high. The Brazilian customs is making it harder for them as well, in terms of future races. We had more racers last weekend at our state series race.
Jarrod- Are all the ifmar worlds limited to 150 entries? i know 1/8th off-road are, and they have a waiting list 100 strong for each worlds.
GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGGOGOGOGOGO SERPENT!!!CHOCO
I've posted the top 10 positions if you're interested. This is only after partial round 4 but its the faster groups that ran first and even so only Mark Pavidis managed to improve. go to http://3hobby.com
Yeah 86 drivers at a worlds is really poor attendance. Thats y 1/8 is the best!!! MRX-4 all day! Winternats it's on!
Man I don't think they should ever have a worlds in Brazil anymore! IFMAR really needs 2 look in2 these things b4 they alow a race somewhere. I hear that there r tons of tyres stuck in costoms. And there having problems with fuel.
Andy, in post 263 you seem to indicate that you have some idea as to why there are some big name pull outs. Would you like to give us some more info? In regard to the numbers (or lack of). The 235 part of the event was cancelled because of lack of entries for the pre-worlds (or so I'm lead to believe). I think the pre-worlds in Aust for 1/8th only attracted 3-4 entries. At least there would have been more poeple there if they had of run the 235 class as well.
Pooh, I agree with you. Sort of defeats the purpose of holding a race when half the field is "limping" on the wrong tyres (if they have any left by now) and whatever else that the customs are holding.
Yeah then there woulda been 88 total drivers. 86 1/10 and 2 235...lol I love IFMAR and they've done a great job in the past. But this time I think it was a waste.
In my post earlier I stated IFMAR was wrong for making both worlds on the same day. Since this opinion was not adequately informed I apolgize for making that statment. I'm sure IFMAR did what they had to do. In any case, I'm sure it was a scheduling compromise. In any case we'd like to hear why there was so many last minute pullouts. Maybe they knew ahead of time about how customs with the tires and fuel. I wonder if Masami had a bad trip through customs and told others from Japan to save the trip. Perhasps 235mm racing would have made for an interesting addition to fill out the entries a little more. At the last event in 2002, both classes were run in the same event, but the 200mm was a 'World Cup', and the 235mm were 2wd TC's. Many top drivers went back to back for 1 hour twice, which is probably why no one wanted to do it.
08 - Thursday We got to the track this morning to find the whole place soaked. It was still raining, and didn´t really stop for another hour or so. The weather forecast was pretty poor, but we were hoping to get some qualifying completed. Eventually, the sun came out, the track did dry up, and by mid-morning qualifying got started again. There were a few weather interruptions, but by the end of the day, we had finished round #3, finished round #4, and started round #5. The situation on qualifying right now, is that if tomorrow morning is decent weather, we hope to be able to complete the fifth round of qualifying. If the weather is wet, round five will be scrapped, and qualifying positions will be as posted below as of round #4. It wasn´t really all that bad a day; while the rain did make a mess of things, we still got in lots of racing. One advantage of not having a full field of 150 racers is that the Finals will not take as long as they otherwise would, an the IFMAR crew can be more creative about scheduling, having from now through Sunday to complete the event. As to the qualifying itself, the positions at the top remained relatively unchanged. The only big change is that Mark Pavidis got in a good run, an moved into 10th position, moving Michael Salven down to 11th. I do have a cute story regarding Michael. In resp:sgrid8,125,158 I wrote about Mauricio Marques, who had been struggling with his Serpent 710. I asked Michael if he would mind looking over their car, and Michael said he would be glad to. So, I brought Mauricio and his car over, and Michael checked everything out, making some suggestions on how to fix the problems. Well, that made a night and day difference! The car was finally working again, and Mauricio was again able to drive it without all the strange handling problems. Well, today, while Michael and his mechanic were sitting in the stands, I noticed Mauricio ready to go out and qualify, and pointed him out to Michael. Michael watched for a bit, turned to his mechanic, and said Mauricio´s car was working better than his own car! In parts of the track where Michael had to be so careful not to traction roll, Mauricio was just driving real hard, sometimes getting up on the berm and everything, with the car having no tendency to traction roll whatever. We talked about it for a while, and after the qualifier Michael borrowed Mauricio´s car to check it out. I have not yet heard back from Michael as to what the differences were, but his mechanic said that "Mauricio´s car was a completely stock car", and Michael would go back to a basic setup. I´ll say one thing - it sure made Mauricio feel good to have Michael ask to borrow his car to look it over! Michael is far from the only racer having troubles - a quick look through the Qualifying List will show some extremely talented racers way down in the list. While it is true that some of the better racers did not show up for this event, there is no lack of talent here! We have most of the world´s best gas racers, and despite the problems with customs and so on, this is a maybe the best "Driver´s Track" that I have ever seen. It is an extremely challenging track, and racers need to adapt to some really unique track situations (on-camber, off- camber, up-hill, down-hill, bumps, etc.) In my previous report I wondered about the very strange qualifying schedule. I asked Dallas about that this morning, and his answer makes sense. Very often, the qualifiers are run from #1 through to the last qualifier, and then the order is reversed, with another round starting with the last heat and running backwards down to heat #1. That effectively switches the "first" and "last" heats, but the guys in the middle are still in the middle, regardless of the switch. IFMAR is trying to give everyone a chance to qualify at the beginning, middle, and end of a round, so everyone get an equal chance to run on a "better" track. Having been at this race for so long, it is almost beginning to feel like I live here. As I said earlier, the track is in the middle of this huge park. It is absolutely beautiful, as you can surely tell from the photos. There is a huge tent that most racers are pitting under. Electrical power (220 volt) is available at each table. There is also an internet connection at a corner of the tent - bring over your computer, plug in the network cable, and you´re on. It is a short walk to the track area. The opposite side of the track has this huge grandstand set up, that can hold lots of spectators. When racers want to take a break, they can head up to the stands, and get an excellent view of the whole track. Behind the grandstand is the food concession area. The food is good, an very reasonably priced. If you really want to get away from it all, you can go for a walk in just about any direction and go through different areas of the park. Here is the qualifying standings as of the end of the day today, through round #4. There are 84 names, and I will type in the top 50: Adrien Bertin Franesco Tironi Josh Cyrul Takaaki Shimo David Spashett Chris Tosolini Massimo Fantini Takua Ito Ken Furukawa Mark Pavidis Michael Salven Craig Drescher Stefano Colombini Bobby Flack Brandon McNally Luca Piroalli Barry Baker Armaud Chaussard Steve Olanier Paolo Morganti Teodorio Syah Teddy Michael Swauger Reto Koenig Mauricio Busnardo Niki Dulna Darin Ishitani Fabio Domanin Paul Coleman Carlow Peracho Heras Flavio Elias Gerthard Kandelhart Felipe Francheschi Renato Tradardi Guillermo San Martino Robbie Collins Alain Levy Cheung Hang Hung Chad Bradley Ramon Guasch Palma Mauricio Marques Fabian Kaloustian Renato Paiva Fernando Gaspareto Adrien Castro Per-Ola Hard Marcos Pena Erich Heshiki Martin Zuccala Jeffrey Lin If I can get the official data from JL, I will type in the complete qualifying standings, including qualifying times. What happens tomorrow depends completely on the weather. If we are not able to complete round #5, then the top four names on the above list will be placed directly in the Final, and the rest of the field will be placed in sub-finals and have to advance up throught the field to make it into the Final.
Oh yeah... today´s collection of photos should be pretty exciting. I hope to have them posted in an hour or two. I´ve also created item:sgrid8,141 which will ONLY have pictures in it, no text. If you know someone who may not speak English, but would like to see the pictures, just mail them the following link: http://www.rc-racing.com/cgi-bin/backtalk/peek:sgrid8,141
After the qualifying heats of today, I have to change my oppinion about the engine power. I saw Michael Salven running, and he doesn't seem to lack on power. I watched him racing head-to-head with Josh Cyrul on round 4 for a couple of laps, and Salven would even pull up a little on the straight, but Cyrul catched him in the infield. It seemed that Salven had to slow down too much to make the tighter corners without traction-rolling, while Cyrul's V-One RRR seemed more planted. But power was definitively not a problem for the new Mega!
Mike, where can I post the articles translated into portuguese?
Slow Steady, it is a shame that for whatever reason some teams decided not to attend to such event. I was waiting to see the ROAR Champion. On the other hand I'm really exited to know stories like the one's that Mike tells about things happening on track. Also, those great photos that he takes (better every time), I'm looking forward to get the video. So, keep posting.
Mike, What you think about the finals ?, they will be held on Saturday as scheduled or will be at Sundays morning ? ... i will have to work over until saturday night but i would love to drive to Jundiai and at least see the finals ... thanks and WOW, you are doing a GREAT JOB OUT THERE !!! Pat
Christian, just create a new item (go to "conf home" and click on the icon for entering a new item) and post it in Portuguese. Patricio, I expect they will be held on Saturday. If it rains all day Saturday, that would be a different story, but the chances are that we will have enough good track time Saturday to get the racing in. ....and you´re welcome! ....to everyone!
Craig, it's a long story and I'd like to leave that to those directly involved to clarify. Sorry. It had been a subject of discussions among people in the industry (in Asia) since almost 3 months ago. At first, it was two manufacturers pulling out, then the other two followed. That's all I could I say, really. I mentioned about the 'true reasons' because there's been too many speculations which were not fair to the parties involved. It's 'not' EP Worlds schedule, for sure. THe 235 would not have been much of help. All those missing top drivers from Japan's best manufacturers do not have any interests in 235 and the 235 is really dead in most part of Asia. The custom story is also not a reason. Everybody, who are used to racing "worldwide" knows exactly how the custom in many countries can be a real problem. May be it isn't fair to say this: but I am from and am living in countries where custom duties are extremely unreasonable (30-50% subjected to rc goods, classified under 'exclusive items') and charge duties based on retail values (if they could find them printed somewhere, i.e. regardless of any invoices accompanying the goods. However, the good news is that "everything" can be arranged in such countries, if you know what I mean. But being a race organizer myself, it is the responsibility of the race organizer to prepare this thing and to ensure all visiting racers (with all their equipments) could get into the country without too much hassles. I am sure that the organizer of this event had done their job. But sometimes 'things' happen. I don't know what exactly happen in this event. I am not speculating, but could give you some examples based on our own experiences. e.g. the manufacturers not using the "right" freight shipping method due to miscommunications, or manufacturers/ shippers not being flexible enough etc. In my opinion, some manufacturers must learn to appreciate there are still so many countries having unreasonable custom duties/ regulations and if they are interested to bring in their goods (for racings or sales distribution), they must be more flexible and listen to the local parties involved.
Photos from heat #8 of Thursdays Qualifying [IMAGE] Chris Tosolini [IMAGE] Barry Baker [IMAGE] Massimo Fantini [IMAGE] Francesco Tironi [IMAGE] David Spashett [IMAGE] Takuya Ito [IMAGE] Paulo Morganti [IMAGE] Adrien Bertin
Photos from heat #9 of Thursdays Qualifying [IMAGE] Ken Furukawa [IMAGE] Takaaki Shimo [IMAGE] Craig Drescher [IMAGE] Fabio Domanin [IMAGE] Amaud Chaussard [IMAGE] Mike Swauger [IMAGE] Mark Pavidis [IMAGE] Josh Cyrul (just as Mark started to give Josh a bit more room)
...and no, that last picture is real, not a setup! Mark was a bit out of control and was trying to give Josh a bit more room just at the exact moment I snapped the shutter. The cars are flying - it´s the 1/2000 shutter speed that froze the action!
thanks again, Mike. I wondered why Massimo Fantini used Mugen Seiki (Fast) tires/ rims.. the last shot in post #288 conveyed the elevations in the track.. cool!
Mike those pic are amazing! Thanks for the updates!
More Photos from Thursdays Qualifying [IMAGE] Checking a Sirio pipe [IMAGE] The start of a qualifier [IMAGE] Rene pitting during a qualifier [IMAGE] Alberto pitting during a qualifier
Wonderful job, Mike!!! Regarding everyone's take on countries that IFMAR World events should be held to avoid excessive duties or detained shipping problems... wherever you go now a days, it will be the same thing. It's just like Andhy Djianto said, "everything" can be arranged, you just need to be creative.
Indeed..it's been a great event... the best coverages ever, especially through Mike's writing and Mike's lenses ... Regardless of the missing of some of the world's best drivers and the rains, it's been amazing ... As Mike rightly pointed it out: internet connections at the paddock, good food with reasonable price etc. etc. It's all good !
Bodies, Is the Mazda 6 the new Stratus :-), sure seems to be popular. DC
just what i was about to say....is everyone using the mazda 6? great photos mike
Hi Mike, if there is a change, please snap one of Teodorio Syah Teddy either in action or in the pit. Thanks a lot.
thanks mike for the refueling/pitting pics. are they not using fuel guns ?
who's alberto pitting for ?
Again, Great Pics Mike. I am amazed how many Kyosho's are at the top. Kyosho has some great drivers and good car setups...... Just if I could find out where we can get some of those Kyosho tires that all of them are using.....that would be great. Thanks. Ronnie
I think Alberto is fueling Darin Ishitani's car.
why wasnt he pitting for serpent ?
I'm glad to see all the Mazda6 bodies. At least the full scale version of the 6 is being raced in the SWC TC Series. I think Dodge stopped racing the vintage Stratus way back. It's too bad EFRA won't approve it because the full scale Mazda6 in the UK has a different truck lid. If IFMAR approves it, shouldn't EFRA? If IFMAR approves any body shouldn't all organizations (ROAR, EFRA, FEMCA, FAMAR, BRCA) allow them?
T Tores, I think they have their own pride and wanted to be aknowledge.
Today is going to hopefully be the remainder of round #5, and then the lower Finals. Hopefully I will wake up in time to figure which way the cars are going... :-) Weather outside is cool and damp, but not raining. That is probably a good sign, although it is a 45 minute trip to Jundiai, where the track is located.
Mike, drink a cup of them Brazilian coffee brew before you make your way to the track. We don't want out star reporter getting lost on the way to the track! LOL
All region 1 gas racers please note where the cars are during refueling!!!
thanks mike for a great report!great pics!choco
WHY IS CUSTOMS HOLDING THE 2000 GRP TIRES?I THINK ITS A SET UP AGAINST TEAM SERPENT...THAT SUX!CHOCO
No thats means tyres r heldup 4 everybody.
thats not good for all teams then.....hey pooh,i still may get that mrx 4....choco
Serpent cannot get 42 shore foams (Ellegi) locally at Brazil? No one run Serpent and Ellegi in Brazil? Or no local shop carry Ellegi?
They just cancelled TODAY's (15th) qualifier (cannot completed the full 5th qualifying).....so that means the result after the 4th round is the final orders.......www.mytsn.com does have some updated/latest info.
The 4 is a great car so get it. Trust me!
thanks pooh...got any pics of your mrx 4?choco
Naw no pic not yet. i don't paint very well so I kinda keep pic 2 a low. U going 2 the winternats?
I just spoke to John Grant (President of IFMAR)they are starting to run the lower mains now....
HEY POOH,I MIGHT GO...
THere has been on on going strike at the ports in Brazil for some time now, your lucky to get anything delivered at all... MAn I cant belive that the Kyosho Cars are working that good...I was considering going but Bradley talked me out of it, he was like "why go, your guys car sucks" He's like 3 laps off the pace now...
lol, sorry bout his luck :)
Thanks for the reply Andy. I guess we will have to read about it in Racing Lines. I hope it isn't a political thing because it's sad when that happens.
SO WHO'S TQ NOW
Adrien Bertian, Go to www.Rbproducts.com for mor ecomplet listings
Thats Complete!I mean..
I dont believe the lack of tires for serpent team. The local serpent distributor (who is runing the worlds too) is distributor for Enetti Tires too ...
On TSN their saying Mark Green ran all lower finals in the rain. Mark Green had to start from the bottom final and bumped up all the way. I'm just curious what different things they do for the setup for the wet conditions?
09 - Friday The weather Friday started out cool, but dry. It looked like we would be able to get int he fifth round of qualifying after all. The track crew got busy early in the morning sweeping off the track, in preparation for the rest of round #5. Observations - There are three main things you need in order to do well on this track. First, you need a very fast engine. There are many long straight sections of the track, and wide, sweeping turns, and to do well you need as fast as angine as possible. Second, you need a chassis that is "planted" on the track, and which allows the car to make the best use of all that engine power. The track is a combinatin of many different sections, and you need a chassis that works well on all of them. Third, you need outstanding driving ability. With the best drivers in the world racing here, the difference between them is measured in hundredths of a second, and that is the difference between being at the top and being an "also ran". I guess I should add one more thing you need - luck. While the best drivers make their own luck, stuff happens, and it´s best to not have things beyond your control go wrong. If you have a team competing at an event like this, it certainly helps to have as many talented racers as possible racing your brand of car. That way, if something does go wrong for one driver, you have someone else ready to step into his place. Applying the above to this race, the Kyosho/Sirio team seems to have an advantage. The Sirio engines are right up there at the very top performance wise. As to top speed, all the better cars are reasonably equal. With a radar gun, Massimo Fantini was clocked at 103kph with a Max engine. Adrien Bertin was turning 100 to 101 kph. Josh Cyrul was getting up to 99kph. Most of "the fast guys" were in the range of 98 to 100, so engine power alone is not going to give anyone a huge advantage. However, over the whole track, the Kyosho/Sirio cars seem to be a step above the rest. They look the most stable, and seem the easiest to drive fast. As Jerry Cyrul put it, "The Kyosho is the only car that will allow the hoursepower to be put down". I should add that while most of the Kyosho drivers were using Kyosho tires, Josh was using Jaco. There is a 2mm difference in off-set between them, so the setup on Josh´s car is slightly different than the setup of the rest of the team cars. While just about the whole Kyosho team is now using the new V-One-RRR, Takuya Ito and Hung Cheung Hang are still using the shaft drive car. As to driver ability, Associated, Kyosho, Mugen, and Serpent each have drivers at the very top level. All of them are capable of going home with the World Championship victory. However, Kyosho now has the most cars (seven) in the top 10. Serpent has two, and Associated has one. The four cars that did advance directly to the Final are all Kyoshos. Everyone else will need to work their way up through the lower finals. At this particular event, the track has a huge influence on the event. Most tracks are built on a level field, and while they might have "better" or "worse" asphalt, it isn´t too hard to eventually find a good setup for the track. The Jundiai track is different from anything I have yet seen. The layout is technical, but not too difficult. What makes it so unique and challenging is the vertical changes. Unlike most tracks, the far-away sections of the track, including the back-stright are much lower than the front sections. This is obvious if you look at the track from either end, but you can not see it from up on the driver´s stand. It takes additional skill to compensate for something you can "feel" but not "see". Then too, the camber of the track is constantly changing. Sometimes the track is "banked" at an agnele to allow you to go faster, but there are also places where it is banked the wrong way - sometimes right next to each other. It takes excceptional skill to drive this track at the fastest possible speed. Many racers were still trying to find a good setup, even as they were running the qualifiers. Today´s Events: Qualifying started at 9:30am. It was cool, but dry. We started out with heat #7, ran #8, and got started on heat #9. Michael Salven´s traction rolling problems were still evident. Actually, none of the cars "looked" as good as they had when the track was in better shape. Midway through the event it started to drizzle. Josh started to spin out on the wet track coming onto the straightaway, the wheels hit the berm, and the car rolled. A few minutes later it was beginning to rain a bit harder, and the heat was stopped. It was announced that the heat would be re-run at the end of the round, and weather permitting we would still get to complete the full round #5. Well, the weatherman was not cooperating at all, and the rains started up again even harder. After a short delay, it was announced that round #5 would be cancelled, and qualifying would be finished as of round #4. It was announced that the lower Finals would start at 1:30pm, rain or shine. Racers were quickly scrambling to find suitable tires, and to weather-proof their electronics. It was raining even harder when the first sub-final started. With only three cars in this race, and since all three would bump-up, all they needed to do was put in a lap. The race actually went a bit longer than that, while everyone at the track crowded around to see what racing in the rain was going to be like. For the most part, the cars were just slipping and sliding, creating nice rooster-tails for my photos. It was lots of fun for the spectators, but probably not much fun for the drivers. The 1/32 B-Final was a full field of ten cars. Mark Green easily dominated this event, driving as if racing in the rain was no big deal for him. Coming from England, it isn´t! The first three finishers, who get to bump-up, were Mark Green (37 laps), Christian Ausweger (34), and Luiz Marco Pozzan (29). The 1/32 A-Final had half the cars out before the race was even minutes old. The rains started up again, and for a while were down to just one car running. As the rain got harder, the track got more and more slippery, as the puddles grew into lakes. The race eventually settled down to around three cars running at a time. The top three finishers were Javier Hernandez (34 laps), Henrique Winik (33), and Eduardo Dulac (24). A computer glitch delayed the start of the 1/16 B-Final. The rain hadn´t let up, and the track almost looked more suitable for small boat racing. I was told that most electric rubber tires work well on a wet track. The real problem is keeping the engine running well. The electronics of course have to be waterproofed. For many, MANY racers, that was the real problem today! Anyway, Erich Heshiki won this race doing 42 laps. He was followed by Mark Green (39), and Hermann Berger (33). The rain slowed down a bit before the start of the 1/16 A-Final. The track was still soaked though. The marshals tried to sweep off the water into the drains, but the puddles instantly re-appeared as soon as they were emptied. About this time, the track people got some raincoats that we could use, to help keep dry. The pitmen really appreciated them! Again, several cars had radio problems, almost certainly from wet electronics. Gabriel Wolanski Brito won this event, with 41 laps. The other two bump-ups were Keevin Sharp (38) and Dennis Picthail (38). There was a delay in starting the 1/8 B-Final. It was just long enough to allow the rain to start up again. Yet again, cars that had bumped up from a previous race had radio problems, apparently from moisture working its way into the electronics. Despite the wet track, these guys looked quite a bit faster, and seemed more like they were actually racing each other, rather than just trying to get through the wet track. Mark Green and Alain Levy were the fastest - Alain was a tad faster than Mark, but got into difficulty more. Mark Green won this race with 42 laps. Alain also did 42, and Guillermo San Martino is the third bump-up who will get to race in tomorrow´s events, finishing with 41 laps. The final event for the day was the 1/8 A-Final. There was a long delay before starting the race, and it was already getting dark. Cold, wet, dark... not very exciting racing conditions! Gabriel Wolanski Brito never started. Mauricio Marques went half a lap before his electronics quit. Chad Bradley got in a whole 4 laps. Mid-way through the race, the only way to even attempt to get a photo of the cars was to use a flash, which I stopped using when I heard it might bother the racers. Dennis Picthail won the race with 41 laps. Cheung Hang Hung finished in second, also with 41. Keevin Sharp took third with 39. It´s a good thing the race ended when it did. A few more minutes and the cars would need headlights! Racing is now finished for today. The upper Finals are scheduled to start at 9am tomorrow (Saturday). With any luck, we will get some better weather than we had today. We´ve got the whole weekend if needed to get in the last few races, and everyone is hoping to be able to race on a dry track!
....look for some fascinating photos to be posted later on tonight!
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I see Raygun found his giant guinea pigs again. lol
LOOKS LIKE PAUL IS GONNA BE IN TROUBLE
Eddy, maybe Paul was inspired by Masaaki. Or maybe he stole the hat, because the Mugen pit looks pretty sad. BTW... Great stuff, Mike! Thanks for relaying the Finals and pics. The pit shots are awesome! Were they shot today? All I see are foam tires and no balloons.
Is there a list of who has made it through to the 1/4 finals?
I see Paul use a New Mega too ? Mike is the best RC reporter ;) He Mike please say hello from me too JP please
Mike, you saying there's two Serpent in the top 10, who are they? I thought Massimo was the only one?
Not sure how useful it is but if you *need* to see it I've listed the top 7 positions of each Semis at http://3hobby.com We just need to wait for today's Quarter finals now.
Mike, are you able to access your email?
I had an e-mail from Jl Pereira (JLap) last night, he said they where having problems with the Internet connection at the track. They're using a radio antenna type connection but uploads are very slow to non- existing!
No wonder there's draught of news.:(
Mike this is some of your best coverage yet. Thank you so much.
And we know it would be even better if Mike had good internet access!
Bros, anyone knows what is the result of the other Kyosho Japanese driver such as Ito & Ken Fukuyama?
RACE #1 - 1/2 #B Pos Car Driver´s Name Laps Total Time Fastest Lap On Lap 1 8 Mark Green 93 30:06.519 18.415 1 2 1 Chris Tosolini 92 30:14.773 18.151 85 3 7 Arnaud Chaussard 90 30:02.890 18.639 22 4 10 Flavio Elias 89 30:05.628 18.806 22 5 3 Mark Pavidis 82 29:49.384 18.067 1 6 9 Michael Swauger 73 24:19.780 18.610 59 7 4 Craig Drescher 72 23:19.355 18.238 45 8 6 Luca Piromalli 65 20:00.923 18.933 2 9 2 Takuya Ito 60 19:43.448 17.717 1 10 5 Bobby Flack 10 03:22.626 19.060 3 No this isn't Bobby, its his mom
RACE #1 - Semifinal #A Pos Car Driver´s Name Laps Total Time Fastest Lap On Lap 1 1 David Spashett 95 30:10.992 16.282 1 2 10 Teodorio Syah Teddy 94 30:10.771 18.359 40 3 4 Michael Salven 94 <font size="1" This all they had for A
more news for our SE Asian friends: Teddy Syach made a history ... please read here www.tq-racing.com I am just too excited to write anything more..
This is running order for the A-Final based on the info posted at www.tq-racing.com to start at 3PM Brazil time / 2PM EST 1.Adrien Bertin (Kyosho) 2.Francesco Tironi (Kyosho) 3.Josh Cyrul (Kyosho) 4.Takakaki Shimo (Kyosho) 5. Davit Spashett(Kyosho) 6. Teodorio Syach Teddy (Kyosho) 7. Michael Salven (Serpent) 8. Ken Furukawa (Kyosho) 9. Mark Green (Serpent) 10. Chris Tosolini (Kyosho)
GO JOSH!!!!!
Thanks Cindy... I have been so overwhelmed .... with all due respects to all other drivers, I must say that Teddy has just written a history. Mark Green is also re'mark'able indeed... I don't know if anybody else ever did from 1/64th all the way through the grand final. In all honesty, no one would have expected Teddy to make it to the Grand Final in 6th place.. I know the Final is not even started yet, but for us in SE Asia (I think), Teddy has just 'won' the Worlds. From an unpopular country like Indonesia with a very tiny RC market. Even Team Kyosho did not consider Indonesia was part of their team as we can see pretty well from the photo session, where A HongKong driver was there, but the Indonesian man. FYI, Teddy is not new to rc racing and have been attending a few IFMAR WOrlds (1:8 Mexico, Sydney etc.). He is the best in Indonesia and among the very best in SE Asia.. It's good to know more and more people from SE Asia make their name (after Surikarn Chaidajsuriya etc.) All the very best to the Grand finalist .. and MAY THE BEST WIN!!!
Yes, two names are special this WC ... Mark Green and Teddy Syach!!! Go guys, go guys!
Results 1 Adrien Bertin 2 Takaaki Shimo 3 Chris Tosolini
Kyosho VoneRRR makes it 1,2,3. Dominating the worlds in a most devastating manner. Wow!
It's a total KYOSHO DEMOLITION !!! Congratulations to Kyosho - Sirio and of course to the winner : Adrien Bertin ...
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The 1/8 worlds and now this (too bad about the offroad lol.) Spark will now jump in and tell us, kyosho good. :-)
1 Adrien Bertin 2 Takaaki Shimo 3 Chris Tosolini if this the final result then Adrien has a Top-Top-Top Year ! already European Champ. 1/8 th and Now this .. Whow that's kicking....
Yes Michel, agreed. Big congratulations to all three of them as well Team Kyosho/Sirio. Now the question is will you give us a huge discount for the 710 and *cough* the V1RR. :-D
Mick, Kyosho good!! Kyosho had 6 consecutive offroad 8th titles they had to let someone else have a chance ;) lol.
its not over yet,,,choco
Whats not over yet? I thought it was?
Adrian Bertin World Champion French Kyosho--Sirio driver Adrian Bertin is the first IFMAR World Champion for 1/10 scale 200mm. He drove a flawless and superb race. For the first half hour the race was between Bertin and Cyrul. Cyrul lost a full lap on the tire change, and when later on the side belt went he was out of the top-3. Shimo and Toselini backed up Kyosho's victory with 2nd and 3rd. source mytsn
The entry list says Bertin is from Luxembourg. Anyone else change tires? Oh yeah we gotta wait for Mike's report :-(. Sounds like Josh got his side belt back on, Not an easy task with a hot pipe even with gloves and they must have got it back on fast.
yep....he's from luxembourg....... the drivers changed their tires........
hey mike.....i'm the guy that took a picture of you today....please publish my photo....becoming famous with some help of mike myers......hauhauahuhahauhauhuahuahua! thanks! you did a very nice job!!!!
Mike, you have totally outdone yourself. This is the best coverage of a race that I have ever seen. Thank you for your wonderful pictures and writeups. I felt as if I were there.
10 - Saturday Saturday started off with gray skies with occasional patches of blue. The only thing good about the weather report was that the 80% chance of rain was better than Sunday´s 90% chance. Who knows, maybe we might get lucky... When we got to the track it was soaked (no surprise), but the skies were only partly cloudy and with a little help from the sun the track started to dry off. The schedule called for racing to start at 9am, weather permitting. The local TV station was already here, and set up a broadcast truck to beam the television feed off to the station for live coverage. As this is being written, at 9am, who knows how the event will turn out. An hour is a long time to race, especially for these 200mm touring cars. We have the top four positions filled in the Final (Bertin, Tironi, Cyrul, Shimo) an the ret of the field will need to advance from the lower finals. One thing is for sure - whatever car wins at this track is going to be the most-wanted car for anyone racing in the 200mm class! (If it wins on Sunday, it sells on Monday.) Of couse, this is really Saturday... One of the interesting things about this event is that there isn´t really anything "new" in way of cars and engnes. Rather, it is seeing the existing designs refined and enhanced. Mugen does have a new car in the works, but it isn´t expected to be available until some time next year. Serpent is racing the S710, with only some minor new parts. The team cars are quite stock. Even the Kyosho V-One-RRR is based on their previous model (but has numerous changes to provide additional adjustment and to improve the handling). Of course, they also have their shaft drive car, but the latest belt drive design has proven to be faster. (There seems to be an ongoing race between the Kyosho belt-drive design team and the shaft-drive design team to out- do each other!) The OFNA car looks quite good, but will any of their drivers be able to run with the fastest racers in the world in this class? We will see... 1/4 FINALS The track dried off, everyone got organized, the sun came out, and we were ready to go racing! The B 1/4 Final started at 9:45 under (temporarily?) sunny skies. It was a nice start, but after one lap Paulo Morganti got tangled up in traffic, spun around, and was quickly way back in the pack. The running order was Flavio Elias, Mark Green, Mauricio Busnardo, and Mikey Swauger. Flavio got into a crash with a lapped car and had to be brought to the pits for repairs. Shortly after that, Mike Swauger got into a wreck with another car. His body got pushed in, and the car wouldn´t move. The turn marshal was trying to stop the engine by closing off the stinger when a track official came running over, took the car, fixed the body, and put Mikey back on the track. The incident put Mikey way back, but not nearly as much as if the turn marshal had shut off his engine. The order was Mark, Darin Ishitani, Mauricio, Flavio, and Paolo. Mikey was driving like his life depended on it, and quickly got by Mauricio. It was soon Mark out front, with Mikey battling with Flavio. Mauricio later on told me that the other cars had more traction, and he was really struggling to keep up. When he saw Mikey coming up on him, he knew that Mikey was faster and would get by. When time ran out, Mark won with 61 laps, Mikey got second with 60, and Flavio finished in third, also with 60 laps. They would all advance into the B Semi-Final. After a short break, we started the A 1/4 Final. By this time the sun had come out, it was getting hot, and the skies were a perfect Kodak- blue. There wa a slight delay in starting this race due to a transponder problem, but that was quickly sorted out. Steve Olanier in car #1 flamed out at the start, and had to start from the pits. The initial running order was Fabio Domanin, Teddy Syach, Reto Koenig, and Carlos Peracho Heras. It was obvious who the crowd was rooting for - Teddy! Whenever he did something particularly good, everyone started yelling and cheering him on! Fabio meanwhile was having problems, flaming out a couple of times. Carlos quickly moved into the lead, and the running order was Carlos, Niki Duina, Teddy, and Steve Olanier. They traded places a few times. Steve and Niki were soon fighting over second, but while this was going on, Teddy was gaining on both of them. With a couple of minutes to go, Teddy made a pass and got up to third spot, but then spun out and had to do it all over again. With a minute to go, Teddy clearly had the faster car. He caught up and took over the third bump-up spot, leaving Steve behind. So, the cars that advanced to the Semi-Final were Carlos (61 laps), Niki (also 61) and Teddy (60). After the Quarter-Finals there was a long break. The top four cars had a full hour of practice and test time. As I saw it, that meant I had an hour-long photo session to try to get the best possible close- ups of each of them! The practice session gave the rest of us some free time, but it was soon time to get back to racing. SEMI FINALS The B Semi-Final had a clean start for the cars near the front, but it was a mess in the back half of the field. Takuya Ito had the lead at the start, but Mark Pavidis was soon out front. Mark had to make a lengthy pit stop, and Takuya took back the lead, followed by Craig Drescher, Mikey Swauger, and Mark Green. Around nine minutes into the half-hour race, the order was Craig, Takuya, Mikey, and Mark Green. Mark Pavidis flamed out, and Takuya had problems. Mikey was soon in the lead, with Mark Green trying to catch him, followed by Craig. Mikey pitted, and spun out coming out of the pits, but quickly recovered. Mark Green took over the lead, with Mikey in second, and Craig in third. The race was a little more than half over. Mikey tangled with a lapped car, but recovered without losing too much time. However, Mikey´s car just didn´t seem to be as fast as it had earlier. With nine minutes left, the order was Mark, Craig, and Mikey, with Flavio just a little further back. Several cars had problems and came into the pits. Mikey´s car looked like it flamed out, and it too had to be brought back to the pits. Then Craig had problems, and it was back to the pits for him too. Mikey´s car wouldn´t keep going - we later on found out it was a broken throttle servo. Craig was out as well. With four minutes to go, the order was now Mark Green, Chris Tosolini, and Flavio. Flavio got a "stop-and- go" penalty with under two minutes to go, which put Amaud Chaussard into third, out of reach of Flavio. That´s how the race ended, with Mark going 93 laps, Chris going 92, and Amaud going 90. The top two cars (Mark and Chris) would advance to the Final. Amoud might advance, unless the third and fourth place cars in the A Semi-Final were both faster than his time, in which case he was done and the four cars from the A Semi advanced into the Final. Speaking of advancing, Mark Green deserves special attention here! Mark started out in the 1/32 final, and advanced all the way to the Final! He raced in the rain, he raced in the dry, and he maybe had the best performing Serpent at the event! We would soon find out. The A Semi-Final was now up. Niki Duina broke one of the first rules of racing - do not break your car in warm-up. He had some repairs to do. Michael Salven also had problems, and asked for a ten-minute time to fix his car. Michael, his pitman, and Rene all started working on the car, trying to get it finished in the allowed time. They finished with a minute or so to spare, but Michael now had to start from the 11th spot on the grid, rather than his #4 spot. The race started, and it looked like a David Spahett show from the beginning. Dave was way out front, building up his lead. He was followed by Barry Baker, Michael Salven, and Ken Furukawa. Michael and Barry got together in a turn, and Michael got the better end of the deal, leaving Barry behind. Ken Furukawa then came up to pass Michael, and they too got into a tangle, with Ken getting the worst of it. He had a lot of ground to make up to catch up to Michael again. The running order was now Dave, Michael, and Teddy. This is where it really gets interesting... Here is Michael Salven, one of the world´s fastest on- road fuel racers, and this completely un-known (to me) driver is catching up to him, and fast. So who is Teddy? Whether any of us knew him or not made no difference, he wanted to get by Michael, and right now! He did, too, with Michael´s car ending up in the grass. Dave had a problem, and dropped back, but was quickly working his way back to the front. Teddy was leading, with both Dave and Michael coming up on him. Teddy went wide to give Dave room to pass (it was obvious Dave was quicker than Teddy) but with Michael trying to catch him, Teddy just went faster. With 15 minutes to go, it was Dave, Teddy, Michael. Michael did go by, and with ten minutes left in the race, Michael was in second, with Teddy back a little, but Teddy just pushed a bit harder and was soon up with Michael trying to go by. The crowd loved it - everytime Teddy closed in on Michael, they yelled, and when Teddy passed Michael they yelled even louder! With seven and a half minutes left Dave led, then Teddy, then Michael. Michael got by Teddy, but then took a turn a bit too tight, went through the dirt a bit, and Teddy got by once more. The race ended with David getting 95 laps, Teddy doing 94, and Michael also doing 94. The crowd in the grandstands was going wild, and I figured I needed to find out who this Teddy person was. It turns out he is a rather famous television person in Asia, with lots of websites talking about him... Unfortunately, I can´t read them, as they are all in Indonesian! THE FINALS So, we now had a nice long break to allow all the drivers in the Final to get ready. Finals were to start at 3:00pm. The starting order for the Final would be: Adrien Bertin - Kyosho Francesco Tironi - Kyosho Josh Cyrul - Kyosho Takaaki Shimo - Kyosho David Spashett - Kyosho Teddy Syach - Kyosho Michael Salven - Serpent Ken Furukawa - Kyosho Mark Green - Serpent Chris Tosolini - Kyosho After driver introductions, warm-up, and a practice start for each driver, we were ready for the big one. I think the news of this race must have spread all through Jundiai, as not only were the grandstands packed, so was every available inch of fencing surrounding the track. I´ve never seen this many spectators at an r/c car race before! The race was on! Adrien Bertin took off in the lead. Francesco Tironi was second, but had a problem on lap #5 and dropped back to last. Eight minutes in, on lap #17 Josh Cyrul, who had been shadowing Adrien, went by, and now it was Adrien´s turn to play shadow. The order was now Josh, Adrien, and Takaaki Shimo. About 11 minutes in, Michael Salven had a problem, and his car went flyng quite high up in the air. Chris Tosolini meanwhile had worked his way back up to the front, and went by Takaaki to take over third place. By 17 minutes in, Adrien had re-taken the lead, with Josh a short distance back, followed by Chris. Josh closed the gap, and got by Adrien. It was now 22 minutes into the hour-long race. Takaaki dropped back a bit, and the order became Josh, Adrien, Chris, and David Spashett. Teddy "Cinderella" Syach had a problem on lap #45 - Chris´car did something unexpected, and Teddy´s car hit him. It didn´t hurt Chris, but the rear pulley on Teddy´s car was damaged, and he had to come in for very lengthy repairs. (I was told that the Kyosho team nick-named Teddy "Cinderella" as they had all their official "team cars" in the Final, and here they got one bonus car into the final, driven by a privateer!!) Half way through the race, many of the cars came in for a tire change. Takaaki didn´t plan on changing tires though, so the new question would be whether Takaaki´s saving the time for a tire change would give him an advantage over the others. About this time Michael started having problems. He spun out once, and then flamed out on the back straight. After that, he also got a "stop-and-go" penalty. Shortly after Michael´s trouble, Josh also had problems, with his car being carried back to the pits. It turns out that both Josh and David had the same problem during this race, with the pressure line coming off. With 39 minutes into the race, the running order was Takaaki, Chris, and Adrien. Takaaki was fast, but Adrien, after his tire change, was faster yet, and quickly was closing in on Chris and Takaaki. By 44 minutes into the race, Adrien was in the lead, followed by Takaaki and Chris. Ken Furukawa was in 4th, ready to take over a podium spot if anything happened to one of the leaders. However, the remainder of the event was rather un-eventful, with everyone playing "follow the leader". The only racer who could run with Adrien was Josh, and while he did get by Ken, he was six laps down from Adrien, with no chance whatever to catch up. That´s how the race ended... 1 Adrien Bertin 190 laps 2 Takaaki Shimo 188 laps 3 Chris Tosolini 185 laps 4 Josh Cyrul 184 laps 5 Ken Furukawa 184 laps 6 Mark Green 183 laps 7 Francesco Tironi 182 laps 8 David Spashett 179 laps 9 Michael Salven 167 laps 10 Teddy Syach 124 laps I did not say it during practice, and I tried not to say it during qualifying, but now I guess it´s appropriate... It was nothing short of total domination by the Kyosho/Sirio team! They had eight of the top ten cars in qualifying, and after the bump-up process had sorted itself out, they had eight of their cars in the Final... and finished 1, 2, 3, 4, 5! It´s a job well done!!!! When everything was over, I asked Adrien for his thoughts about the race. "I think it was a nice competition, a real competition, as all the factories and the best drivers were here. This gives a real credit to the title. I am very proud about the work of our team; I want to cheer all the work done by my team mates, and I have a special vote for Josh. I think if I ever lose a title in the future, I hope it will be to Josh, because he is for sure one of the best in the world. And I am very proud of our performance for Kyosho and Sirio." I asked Adrien if there was anything special about the race he might want to say. "I did not expect that Shimo would not change tires. But then, I pushed, and was sure I could be much faster. I knew our qualifying tires were 4 tenths faster per lap, so I could catch him easily. They also help save the engine." (As far as I know, on the Kyosho/Sirio team, only Shimo did not change tires.) Well, the race is over, and it was a fantastic event! The group from Jundiai that put on the event did a superb job! There were certainly a lot of difficulties that they had to overcome, but in the end, it all worked out wonderfully! The track was certainly challenging, as a World Championship track should be. the facilities were first rate. Everything happened reasonably well, and despite having to deal with some horrible weather mid-week (this is the fist time I have ever experienced racing in the rain!), in the end it was a real winner! They should also get an A+ for maybe the very best public address system of any race I have ever been to. You could hear the speakers from anyplace around the track. I do not think that anyone is going to forget this event for a long, LONG time!
Great coverage mike!!.. hoping more pictures coming :).. Looks like there is reasons for the next worlds event will be in Indonesia. Congratulation to Teddy Syach... Dont you worry, all serpent drivers WORLDWIDE knows your name well before your result... http://www.daltonshop.com/tips_tricks.htm
Pictures are on the way... there are four 512-meg Compact Flash cards all full of images from today! Yikes!!!! I know who I should email all of them to... :-)
GREAT JOB MIKE,
What's this about the first 200mm World Champion? What about the race in Ohio 2 years ago? It's one thing for one driver with one particular car to win a world championship. It's another when 8 out of 10 cars are the same make! Congrats to Kyosho and Sirio, and Adrien.
Jim, if I remember correctly, at the race in Ohio, there was only one "World Championship", and that was for the 235mm class. As I recall, the 200mm class was a "World Cup".
The words that come to mind are, "Holy Crap", when I think of the domination at an IFMAR Worlds. Congrats Kyosho Team and especially to Teddy, privateers own! Thank you Mike for the awesome coverage, you'll be going down in history as well :)
[IMAGE] ADRIEN BERTIN -- 2004 IFMAR 200mm On-Road Fuel WORLD CHAMPION!!!
Like the comment about emailing the pics, Mike!! *evil-grin*
Great coverage Mike, I really appreciate your work and effort to give us all the info available of the first 1/10 200mm World Championship. Thank you.
Thank you very much for your a great coverage on the events! Can't wait for more pictures!
Oct 17 More bits about Teddy Syach ... We just received more stories from Racing Lines' chief editor, about the famous TV actor from Indonesia. Apparently, the crowd were amazing. Perhaps the name "Teddy" and the fact he was from a fellow third world country captured the crowd's imagination and they really got behind him, cheering wildly when he moved into the lead at one stage of one of the lower finals and then when he made the move ups. At the introduction of the drivers the crowd chanted "Ted-dy, Ted-dy" for ages - also the same at the presentation. Quite amazing, we have never heard that before! It was apparent that he was pretty excited as well, a couple of times the persona was dropped and the real Teddy was unmasked! In the final he got up to third placing at one stage but that collision with Tosolini damaged the idler gear. Bad luck but a fantastic effort. We hope everyone in Indonesia (and SE Asia as well) are excited and happy and that it helps lifts RC in this region
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GREA GREAT GREAT JOB MIKE !!! Thanks a lot for bring us all the info about thjis fantastic event !!! cya !! Pat
Miscellaneous images from the last day, Saturday [IMAGE] Paul Colemans OFNA Hyper GPX4 [IMAGE] Pauls OFNA Hyper GPX4 [IMAGE] Mark Green [IMAGE] Teddy Syach [IMAGE] Takaaki Shimo, heading for the Final [IMAGE] Team Serpent, at the Awards Ceremony [IMAGE] The Serpent Virtual Team, at the Awards Ceremony, Tim Bervoets and Pieter Bervoets [IMAGE] Some of the people who put on this race! Good Job!!!!
I will repeat what everyone else has said: THANK YOU Mike for bringing such prestigious event closer to us who are not able to be there ... Cheers....
LOWER FINALS [IMAGE] The start of the 1/4 B Final [IMAGE] 1/4 B Final [IMAGE] The start of the 1/4 A Final [IMAGE] Action in the 1/4 A Final [IMAGE] Teddy Syach (car 2) fighting Steve Olanier (car 1) for the bump-up position in the 1/4 A Final. Teddy got it. [IMAGE] The start of the B Semi-Final [IMAGE] Action near the start of the B Semi-Final. [IMAGE] More action in the B Semi-Final [IMAGE] Mark Pavidis had car problems; here he got jammed under one of the track boards. [IMAGE] Michael Salven had car problems in the A Semi-Final; he was given a ten minute period to get his car fixed. [IMAGE] More action in the B Semi-Final [IMAGE] The start of the A Semi-Final [IMAGE] Action in the A Semi-Final [IMAGE] The start of the battle between Teddy Syach and Michael Salven in the A Semi-Final. [IMAGE] Michael and Teddy fought back and forth for most of the race for second place. [IMAGE] Michael and Teddy, still fighting with just minutes to go! [IMAGE] Teddys cheering section went wild when he passed Michael to finish in second spot. [IMAGE] The cars from the A Semi-Final ready for tech inspection. [IMAGE] Teddy, extremely happy over his victory, getting ready for the Final
The photos of the Final, and those of the winners, will be posted in a few hours. Time to head out for dinner. :-)
Mike, Nice pictures, what camera you use to take this pictures?
Nikon D70, mostly with the 18-70mm lens.
Mike there is a piece of software which I use to remove noise from my high iso pictures: Noise Ninja - it is a superb piece of software and one which you may consider yourself. You can find more info here: http://www.picturecode.com/index.htm Cheers, Mark.
THE FINAL (A photo story - 46 photos) [IMAGE] The start of the Final [IMAGE] first lap [IMAGE] first lap [IMAGE] [IMAGE] a huge crowd came out to watch the final! [IMAGE] the drivers stand was full of red t-shirts [IMAGE] the battle between Adrien and Josh went on for almost half the race [IMAGE] here Josh is out front [IMAGE] Mark Green made it to the Final, starting from the 1/32 Final [IMAGE] Josh and Adrien, still at it. [IMAGE] Tosolini goes by, as Salven is in the air. [IMAGE] Josh and Adrien [IMAGE] Adrien and Josh [IMAGE] Takaaki Shimo [IMAGE] Mark Green [IMAGE] Josh Cyrul (photo from early Saturday) [IMAGE] Adrien Bertin (photo from early Saturday) [IMAGE] Takaaki Shimo (photo from early Saturday) [IMAGE] Ken Furukawa [IMAGE] Michael Salven and Francesco Tironi [IMAGE] Chris Tosolini [IMAGE] The crowd [IMAGE] Josh [IMAGE] Michael [IMAGE] Michael with problems [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Tire change for Francesco Tironi [IMAGE] the track [IMAGE] the officials, running the event [IMAGE] Just a few minutes to go... [IMAGE] Its over! Adrien Bertin wins! [IMAGE] the cars are stopped in front of the stand, where the officials take them to tech inspection [IMAGE] Adriens car [IMAGE] off to tech inspection [IMAGE] Adrien Bertin, World Champion! [IMAGE] Shimo, Bertin, Tosolini [IMAGE] Jerry and Josh Cyrul - Josh fought with Adrien for half the race, until technical problems dropped him back. [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Brazilion RC enthusiasts, thrilled with how well this race went! [IMAGE] Takaaki Shimo [IMAGE] reviewing the race results
THE WINNING TEAM [IMAGE] Team Sirio, and Kyosho, happy with Adriens victory! [IMAGE] Adrien Bertin, World Champion! [IMAGE] The winning car. [IMAGE] The winning car, less body. [IMAGE] Adriens team: Francesco Munafo - mechanic, Adrien, and Laurent San Jose - pitman. [IMAGE] Awesome! [IMAGE] the Awards Ceremony
[IMAGE] Team Kyosho
Mike, our words can't say enough, but thank you! You're reports and photos have said it all!!!
CONGRATS ON KYOSHO!!CHOCO
what tires were they running while running in the rain anyone know??
I was curious about that also.
Michael Salven said it did not matter; he said the big thing is to keep the engine running, and to waterproof the electronics. When I asked again, Michael said that just about any "rubber electric car racing tires" will work OK in wet conditions with these sedan cars.
Hi Mike, I take it then, that the guys were using rubber tyres? There are some special rain tyres from a Swiss (I think) firm called Kissling, but they are pretty expensive, ehm, no, they are very expensive: at least €77 for a set! Cheers, Mark.
HEY MIKE,ANY MORE MISC. PICS?CHOCO
I asked Cesar Salvadori Júnior to send me a list of all the people who
worked so hard to put on this race. Here are the names:
Race Director : Sander de Graaf
Assitent R.D.: José Roberto Machado
IFMAR Referee: Dallas Matthiesen
FAMAR Referee: Manolo Vasques
FEBARC Referee: Sergio D´Angelo Moraes
Technical Director: Armando Nascimento, Rafael Alves de Souza
Assistent Tech Director: Claudio Margini
Timing / Scoring: Marcelo Daud
Assitent Timing: Jose Luiz Pereira
Radio Impound: Alexandre Manzona, Marcos Roberto Mayer
Official Starter: Helio Mattos
Turn Marshal Director: Willian Batista
Annoucer: Fabio Cirello & Diego Cirello
Registration: Giulianno Lucca
Secretary: Haroldo Negrini
Webmaster: Roberto Viveiros / Cesar Salvadori Jr
General Co-Ordinator: Edgar Ochiai
Now, another list of people that really helped with the race and/or
deserved to be mentioned:
Mike Myers of course!!! (race coverage)
Rody Roem and Bernard Duran (helping some drivers and pitting)
Mugen Seiki staff (Chris Moore, Robbie Collins, etc / offering
parts for free)
Roberto Viveiros (Drivers, mechanics and press ID cards)
Pieter Bervoets and his son (presenting the Virtual RC game)
The press (missing some names):
Mike Myers
Raywood R/c Videos
Rolando Dias (RC Model Spain)
Marc Maurus (RC Ragind Cars / RC Power - France)
Valentino Colli (RCM magazine - Italy)
Roberto Putvinskis & Altemar Fernandes (www.sixspeed.com.br )
Roberto Viveiros (www.rcnews.com.br )
Well, thanks to Marcelo Berton, who took the following photo, if youd like to know how all those low-angle car shots were done, heres how: [IMAGE]
Jeff, They were round tires..prolly foam...lol
great pics again........Thanks Mike for the great coverage.
Ok ... thank you Mike to put my picture here ... Now I know how to take this fantastics pics ...
Equipment used at by the 10 racers in the final:
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1 - Adrien Bertin
Car: Kyosho V-One-RRR Engine: Sirio S12TRPI Pipe: Sirio 2611
Tires: GRP Fuel: Sirio Radio: Sanwa
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2 - Takaaki Shimo
Car: Kyosho V-One-RRR Engine: Sirio S12TRPI Pipe: Sirio 2611
Tires: GRP Fuel: Sirio Radio: Airtronics
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3 - Chris Tosolini
Car: Kyosho V-One-RRR Engine: Sirio S12TRPI Pipe: Sirio 2611
Tires: GRP Fuel: Sirio Radio: Sanwa
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4 - Josh Cyrul
Car: Kyosho V-One-RRR Engine: Sirio S12TRPI Pipe: Sirio 2611
Tires: Jaco Fuel: Sirio Radio: KO
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5 - Ken Furukawa
Car: Kyosho V-One-RRR Engine: Sirio S12TRPI Pipe: Sirio 2611
Tires: GRP Fuel: Sirio Radio: Sanwa
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6 - Mark Green
Car: Serpent 710 Engine: Mega Pipe: Mega
Tires: Ellegi Fuel: Runner Time Radio: Sanwa
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7 - Francesco Tironi
Car: Kyosho V-One-RRR Engine: Sirio S12TRPI Pipe: Sirio 2611
Tires: GRP Fuel: Sirio Radio: Sanwa
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8 - David Spashett
Car: Kyosho V-One-RRR Engine: Sirio S12TRPI Pipe: Sirio 2611
Tires: GRP Fuel: Sirio Radio: KO
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9 - Michael Salven
Car: Serpent 710 Engine: Mega Pipe: Mega
Tires: Ellegi Fuel: Runner Time Radio: Sanwa
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10 - Teddy Syach
Car: Kyosho V-One-RRR Engine: Sirio S12TRPI Pipe: Sirio 2611
Tires: GQ Fuel: Sirio Radio: Sanwa
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GQ TIRES ARE GONNA SELL NOW!!CHOCO
LoL Bobby kinda figured that. Whats up bro ya get lost again, Off Road conference is up a little.....
Please allow me to add the name of one of the missing press: Mr. David Smith from Racing Lines magazine; the premier RC car magazine from Australia which is also distributed in South East Asian countries. All reports & pictures posted in www.tq-racing.com were from Mike Myers (this forum) and Mr. David Smith who updated us with pics n infos on a regular basis and had provided us with invaluable information during the crucial moments (the last day).
sure..... I don't know hoy caould I forget Dave Smith..... Racing lines is a great magazine and Mr Dave is surelly a very friendly people....was nice to met him in Jundiai
That's right! David is a very nice guy!
Mike thanks for the effort put in by you for all the write ups and photo's. Do you by any change got some info about the virtual rc game ( release date or so )? Greetz
I will make sure to add Dave to the writeup. As to the virtual rc game, I know it is sometime soon, but I do not have an exact date.
Mike Are you in one piece? regards
I just now walked in the door. Yes, as far as I can tell, I'm still in one piece. I got to the ticket counter in Sao Paulo, only to be told that my flight was cancelled, but it turned out to be the situation I knew of, where I would have to spend the night in Santa Cruz. Flight was fine, and they put me up in a first class hotel (The Gran Hotel), meals and everything. The flight home today was quite late, as they kept the plane waiting for other arriving flights that were rather late. I'll send you an email later tonight; I wrote something about my stay with you in Brazil, but I think it will be much better if you post the story. :-)
Just poking around..... Checking out whats going on in the Flat part of racing.. lol looks like fun.
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Must be good to be back Mike ... what's your next coverage?
Next is Electric Worlds, but between now and then I need to finish up the race report and cut my images down to a reasonable number that I can put on a single CD, with captions. Bobby's right, it was fun, especially if you were wearing a red t-shirt.
I took all my notes from up above and combined them into a (very long) race report. I was going to post it here, but that means new people coming here would need to go through over 400 responses before finding it. So, I created a new item for it. The race report for the World Championships can be found in item:149. Photos are still in item:141.
About Mike coverage. Everybody wants to know ASAP the results and what’s in going on in a race like the worlds and stay on line waiting for any information (like me in any other “big” race). Now that the race is finished I must tell something about Mike’s efforts. I never said a word to Mike before this event and I invited him to stay in my home during the worlds in respect of his efforts during so many years before (in sgrid for instance) and his presence with us was a pleasure. We can’t talk so much during the races days because I was involved with the preparation of our car and Mike with the coverage but now (after the trip and coverage in Brasil) I thing that he has a new and different experience. We wake up every day at 6AM and at about 8 we were in the track (for all days). Mike takes his camera and block note and begins to take pictures and talk with everybody (when possible) about the cars, setups and impressions. As you can imagine this is not always fast or possible. Mike also was not able to put “live” information from the track, mostly because he must stay tuned for everything that was going on, and after each run he tries to talk with the races. Then, another run starts, and Mike begins again to take pictures, and so on … When we arrive at home maybe at 7pm Mike takes the computer and his camera, and begins to select all the relevant facts and pictures, and begins to write, and work with the pictures. This work was done every day at least 1AM (6 we wake up). His coverage was amazing with all the relevant facts and photos that happened in these days. In my opinion all the RC community must say TANKs to Mike (me included). I found a secret about Mike to share with everybody. We (my family) believe that Mike has two empty legs. When he begins to eat something first both legs are filled and only after this his stomach begins to fill, so we need 2 or 3 cows (rare done) every night to kill his hunger… hehe.
<grin> Yeppers, one of the best parts of the whole trip were the trips to the various "Churrascarias" that we went to. I've never had better food to eat in my life! You come in, and get a table. The waiter covers up your briefcase (or in my case, my camera case), and you get up to get a salad. The salad bar is so good, that you could spend your entire night visiting it, but you need to save room. In front of your plate is a small disc, red on top, and green on the bottom. As long as you leave it with the red side showing, the waiters leave you in peace... but once you turn it so the green side shows, look out!!! One after another, all the waiters start visiting your plate, each with a different kind of meat (steak, pork, chicken, etc...). For a listing of just a few of these, there is: Rabo / Ox Tail Lagarto / Eye of the Round Coxao Duro ou Cha de Fora / Outside Round ?Coxao Mole ou Cha de Dentro / Top Inside Musculo / Muscle - Shank Picanha / Rumpsteak Alcatra / Top Sirloin Contra File Argentino (Noix) / Sirloin File Mignon / Tenderloin Aba de File / Skirt of Tenderloin Beef Fraldinha / Bottom Steak Ponta de Agulha / Short Ribs Capa de File / Prime Rib Acem / Chuck Braco, Pa ou Paleta / Shoulder Peito / Breast Pescogo / Neck File de Costela / Strip Loin Maminha de Alcatra / Trip-Tip Cupim / Hump Most of these are on a metal "spit", and this is put back on the bar-b- que every few minutes, so when it gets to your plate, everything is just dripping with flavor!!!! (Which is why your bags and things were covered up). As long as you leave the green side showing, they keep piling your plate up with more food. When you are ready, you can call for a new plate, and start all over again!!!! There is no way I could describe in words how good these meals were!!!! On a scale of 1 to 10, they are completely off the scale!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would like to say something about the 200mm worlds in Brasil. To begin something about us (my son – driver - and I –mechanic-): We are involved with RC auto competition for about 10 years, electric at first and gas in the last 6 years. I’m an engineer with 49 years old and since 9 I flight planes. In 2000 we begin to race in 1/8 scale on road and love it, my son, with 20 years old now is the driver. Here in Brasil the amount of people running 1/8 scale and 235 class is decreasing in the last 3-4 years, (the budget is definitively an issue) and we also stop racing in 2002 – 2003. When we knew that it will be a 200mm “worlds” in Brasil, we decided to join the party. We can’t miss the change to participate. We always were above the average team around here (locally, we “thing”) so we think that we can do our part in this competition. We always like “very very” much Serpent stuff like some guys like green and others blue. I thing that Serpent introduced very important solutions for our Hobby/Sport in last X years, and is a milestone in this area. Our last car was a Vector and we loved it, so since we have to make a choice of a new car in 200mm class (after 2 years stopped) nothing more comfortable for us than to try the “new” 710, from a company that we respect so much, “we can’t go wrong with this car”. The first time that we put this car to run was in the pre-worlds in Jundiaí track and we can not make the car run well. My son’s filling was that the car can not make the tight turns (that is so common here) in the same speed that the others cars can (understeering), and if he tries to go a little bit faster then the traction rolling appears. At this time and during the next 5 races that we had before the worlds we were not 100% comfortable with the response of the car, and I imagined that this was because we were expecting the same response of 1/8 scale, or that we can not be able to find a decent setup. Then the Worlds begin. The Jundiaí track is one of the most challenge tracks around here, and for sure it is also difficult if we compare with others tracks in the world, of course this is MY feeling. For me to be close and see the top races of the world, with the best support, the best engines, the best everything for each one of these racers was very nice. What I realized during all the worlds was that the same tendency that we had in our car was very similar with the top drives. Of course, our lap times were much worst than the top serpent guys, but all the serpent cars responded very similar. I’m not a so experienced guy like the ones from serpent of course, but this was what my eyes saw. Nothing more natural for me (as a mechanic) to pay close attention to the serpent team. We went to the serpent meeting to see the best setup that the serpent team found until that moment and to talk with Salven and Rene about. I must say that Salven and Per-Ola (we had some contact with then) are both very nice and decent guys and Salven even help us in the following day to setup our car and he talked with my son about some tips like “how can you drive faster”. I was surprised with this kind of attention and much beyond the commercial factor I must say tanks to both particularly, and to all Team Serpent. After all we are two nobody guys from Brasil !!!??? I thing that nobody can say that something extra field determined or influenced the results. I didn’t realize missing things for the serpent guys, like tires or something like this. The serpent team dispatched everything before the race (temporary importation) and as far I know when they arrived everything was there and ok. Beyond this the serpent dealer in Brasil has all stuff that we need. In my view, the performance of Salven and Mark was ahead of the 710’s capabilities in the slow and tight corners if we compare with any other car. Maybe the 710 project was never in check before in a track with tight corners like the ones in Brasil and must be changed for this. The reason is simple: If after almost ten days nobody that drived Serpent cars (team serpent included) was able to find a decent setup to compete with others … who will? I’m not influenced by the results. Even if the serpent 710 was able to win the race, if you compare how difficult was to drive this car faster, and how easy was for the other cars you can conclude that the 710 has some problems (at least in this kind of track). Before the worlds I was in doubt about my skills to setup the 710 and my son’s drive style, but now I realize that everyone that was running the 710 had very similar complains: The car understeer very hard specially in tight corners. We tried everything (even shorten the wheel base) and found a setup very comfortable to drive (with the Salven’s help), but the lap time was high. So, like the team serpent (congratulation to all anyway) we tried to do our best and we had a very good time here. Maybe this race showed that actually there are some faster cars than 710 especially in tracks like this, and maybe what really matters is the bottom line: Which one can be faster or at least more stable or which one can offers the best solution to the drive’s skills, and we could thing to change the car, but my respect to Serpent as a Team and specially for the Serpent´s drives like Salven and Per-Ola has increased a lot. Congratulations to all, especially to team Kyosho (the red ones). These guys from the first day showed a very stable and a quick response car. It was really a shame the problem with Josh´s car. In my opinion the drives Josh, Bertin and Timo with the Kyosho´s car were two steps above anybody else. The Kyosho´s car was so good that even Salven (no doubt one of the best drives) with his 710 was in trouble with Ted (from Indonesia) in the semi final. If I’m not wrong in the semi after every pit Salven comes ahead of Ted, and Ted overtake Salven in few laps. Maybe Ted was the happiest guy but Bertin after the race. See you.
Definitely some great coverage, Mike went above and beyond the call. Great personal story from Mauro. Would like to see more of these from other teams and drivers, mostly Associated.
There's a Fogo de Cho resturant in Atlanta, but they don't quite have the exotic selection as you described above. http://www.fogodechao.com/
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The following three pages will give an idea of what a Churrascaria is like. Mauro took some photos of me at the table... will download them and post sometime soon. http://www.salecarvao.com/img/img_gauchos_02.jpg http://www.greenfieldchurrascaria.com/Gf-logo.gif http://www.picanharestaurant.com/index.php?page=7
Good LOW carb diet food.
Some interesting statistics... When the entry list for the race was at 81 cars, someone compared all the entry forms to see what people were using. This was printed on a hand-out sheet at the race, that I never really got to looking at until earlier tonight. Here are the statistics: Cars raced: Associated 11 Hyper 1 Kyosho 11 OFNA 3 Mugen 20 Serpent 27 HPI 3 Schumacher 2 Team Magic 1 Motor: RB 15 Picco 7 Sirio 17 JP 16 Novarossi 5 Picco Mega 5 Novamega 5 Max Power 6 Top 2 LRP 2 Prototype 1 Radio: Airtronics 15 Futaba 19 KO Propo 24 Sanwa 17 JR 6 Body: Mazda 6 66 Alfa 2 Stratus 13
only 11 kyoshos ??
brazilian delicacies sure make me starve !!
Interesting stats Mike. Looks like Kyosho will be invading the Brazilian market that has been a Serpent dominant one though. Mazda 6 was the trick then as far as bodyshells go.
Mike if you look around most major US cities have Brazilian style dining these days, there are a few major chains also :) Everytime I go to one I walk away so full its insane. So there really were only 11 Kyoshos there and they had 7 in the main? Thats insane! Mauro, thanks for sharing your story it was a good read. Thanks also for sharing you home/internet with Mike so he could get all the RC junkies our fix everynight :)
Spark No problem. Mike is always well come at my home. But I must now in advance when Mike is arriving to bye the cows ... hehe. Next time we will only eat green stuff.
Ive never had a green cow :) lol.
Michael Salven's Worlds Dear racers! Coming back from the 1/10 scale worlds, it took me some time to recover. I am still thinking about the race, where we had “only” 2 cars in the final and Kyosho took over the other 8 places. I was quite disappointed right after the race, but slowly I start to see the good points. But I have to admit, that it’s difficult. What happened? We arrived on Wednesday after a long flight to Sao Paulo, and another 1-hour trip by car to the track. The track is located in a nice recreational park, quite a contrast to the city of Sao Paulo. It has a lot of uphill and downhill parts, the straight is some 3m higher than the lowest part of the track. We also noticed that it was very dirty and quite narrow in some places. Thursday was the first practice day, where we struggled for grip. Our tires hadn’t arrived yet, so we used the few we had, all 40 shores. Friday and even more Saturday was quite good. I get the car good over the bumps, which where basically everywhere, but which unsettled the car mostly in the very fast sweeper onto the straight. We did good lap- times and I was quite happy. Our Ellegi tires, which should be provided by GRP, hadn’t arrived yet. On Sunday the grip changed, and we started to have traction rolling. Because GRP was still struggling with the Brazilian customs, we had no harder tires to try and worked on the set-up to solve the problem. At the end of the day we kind of get there, no traction-roll, but a little bit too slow in lap-times. Basically we hoped for harder tires to go back to the initial set-up. In the night to Monday it had rained and obviously the grip had changed again. In terms of lap-times we where back again, but at the end of the day we traction rolled again. No tires yet! Qualifying days where a mess, it rained a lot, and the race director tried his best to get all 6 heats, but he finally had to cancel 2 runs. Traction was never as good as on Sunday, which should be good news for us, but somehow we never found a good set-up again. That we where in the middle of qualifying, didn’t exactly help and the same goes for the tires, they never arrived. The rest of the days I borrowed whatever I could get, thanks a lot to team Venezuela! I had to run the semi-final, where I struggled at the end, running out of tires. But I managed to go through. The other final was won by Mark Green, who climbed all the way up from the 1/32 final, after his best run, a 33 lapper, who would have put him 6th or 7th on the grid, was cancelled, because they couldn’t finish that round due to the rain. Mark climbed up in the wet finals on Friday and managed to win all finals, including his semi-final. I changed some things for the final, where the car felt much better and I could actually climb up to fourth after a short period, but then I touched with David Spashett and got a stop and go. After that my race started to get messy. Also the car became worse with smaller tires, and at one time I hit the pit entrance, bending my stinger pipe, which caused the engine to flame out a few times. After we bend the pipe back into shape, it ran fine again. As I said, it was a mess. Marks final was a bit better, he could have finished 3rd or 4th, but he came in a few times without the pit-crew having him called in, but also he was out of contention for the win. After a week has gone, I realize that we didn’t do too badly. With all the problems with customs and so on, we still got 2 cars in the final. We definitely had no engine or horsepower problems, and in some way we did better than others. But after the European title and all the other races where the car worked so well, it was less than we expected. We will do better next time, I am sure.
There's an interview with Mark Green posted over at 3hobby.com.
Quick link: http://www.3hobby.com
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