View Full Version : IFMAR 1/12 & 1/10 ISTC World Championships
The IFMAR Electric World Championships are being held Full Throttle Speedway in Kissimmee, Florida starting Saturday, October 23, and running through the following Saturday. The racers are competing for two World Championships, one for 1/12 scale, and one for Touring Cars.
Information on the race can be found at the follwing sites:
http://www.roarracing.com/worlds/ and
http://www.FullThrottleSpeedway.com
The 1/12 Scale electric World Championships are being run first. There are 76 entries in this class. For 1/12 scale racing, it is a wonderful facility with nice wide lines, and a long straightaway. The track was built in August, 2003, and has been fixed up quite a bit for this event, plus all the re-building after it was torn up three times by three separate hurricanes that came through Florida recently. The track size overall is 250' x 100'. The racing line normally is 1,000 feet, but has been cut back to 550 feet for this event.
Yesterday was lots of practice sessions. Today was the first day of qualifying. We got to the track early, to find things more or less in a state of organized confusion. Gradually, everything got sorted out, and the program got started.
The day started off with Opening Ceremonies. As usual, the racers all gathered behind banners for the country they came from, after which they marched out onto the track. There was Concours Judging for the best paint scheme, group photos were taken, and several speeches were made starting off the event.
When the ceremonies were completed, there was one last practice round before the program got started for real. We then got to run four rounds of qualifying.
The track is excellent. I haven't found even one person who doesn't appreciate how nice it is. It is smooth and flat, with minimal tire wear. The lanes are nice and wide, so that is not a problem. The crashes I have seen mostly seem to come from people taking the turns a bit too tight, and hitting something, which can send the car flying into another board.
Weather is great. It's sunny and hot, typical Florida weather. While the track is in pretty good condition, the surrounding area shows all kinds of devastation from the three hurricanes that recently hit this area. In fact, the top of the driver's stand was torn off every time a hurricane hit. Jorge Ruiz, track owner and Race Director, gave up on using wood, and had Vince Tate and his dad weld up a metal structure for the top of the driver's stand, which might prove to be hurricane proof - not that anyone is in any hurry to test this out.
One major problem at this race has been the lack of tires. Apparently the Jaco Tire Distributor was expected to show up with lots of tires for those racers running them, but the word now seems to be that he is not coming. Chris Deakin, who was down to his last set of worn-out tires, spend many hours today driving all over Florida in search of a store that had some for sale - on a Sunday.
The racing is unbelievable! Masami Hirosaka is every bit as good as I remember him to be from years ago. I don't have words to describe how good a driver he is. Atsushi Hara is just slightly behind, and Atsushi is also looking fantastic! There are lots of others who are up there in this very top category. Hiderou Kitazwa was on a 40-lap pace in the last race of the day, until one mis-step cost him a few tenths of a second, and the TQ. Mike Blackstock is right up there behind Hiderou, looking like with a little bit of luck, he's also ready to take the title.
Racing continues tomorrow with two more rounds of qualifying, then the Mains. Stay tuned!
Here are the standings, as of four rounds:
2004 IFMAR Electric World Championship --- 1/12 Modified ---
Using 4 qualifiers
pts Name Pts Laps/Time Pts Laps/Time |pts-
Laps/Time
620 Masami Hirosaka |155- 39/8:11.16 |155- 39/8:11.68
|155- 39/8:06.27
|155- 39/8:02.68
612 Atushi Hara |153- 39/8:17.95 |153- 39/8:11.84
|153- 39/8:07.34
|153- 39/8:03.84
608 Hiderou Kitazwa |152- 38/8:02.70 |152- 38/8:01.53
|152- 38/8:02.32
|152- 39/8:07.21
603 Mike Blackstock |151- 38/8:04.08 |150- 38/8:04.94
|151- 38/8:02.46
|151- 39/8:09.56
599 Michael Lufaso |150- 38/8:06.95 |151- 38/8:02.75
|148- 38/8:07.76
|150- 39/8:10.07
597 Yutaka Takizawa |149- 38/8:08.90 |149- 38/8:12.84
|150- 38/8:04.91
|149- 39/8:12.70
581 Jilles Groskamp |138- 37/8:10.16 |147- 38/8:13.38
|149- 38/8:07.50
|147- 38/8:02.90
579 Sakke Ahoniemi |146- 37/8:00.74 |142- 37/8:05.54
|145- 38/8:10.70
|146- 38/8:05.44
574 Thomas Pumpler |143- 37/8:04.01 |146- 37/8:02.52
|142- 37/8:01.76
|143- 38/8:08.45
573 Marc Rheinard |140- 37/8:07.65 |139- 37/8:07.76
|146- 38/8:10.24
|148- 39/8:23.37
568 Hubert Honigl |144- 37/8:03.96 |143- 37/8:03.88
|144- 38/8:15.25
|137- 37/8:04.89
566 Surikarn Chaide |136- 36/7:58.45 |144- 37/8:03.81
|147- 38/8:09.88
|139- 37/8:01.85
566 Takuya Itou |148- 38/8:12.61 |135- 36/8:03.62
|143- 37/8:01.53
|140- 38/8:13.09
561 Jeffery Brown |139- 37/8:09.76 |140- 37/8:07.07
|140- 37/8:06.75
|142- 38/8:10.88
549 Hiroyuki Matumo |135- 36/8:00.49 |129- 36/8:07.21
|141- 37/8:05.02
|144- 38/8:08.42
546 Ryota Takahasi |147- 38/8:17.75 |148- 38/8:13.38
|106- 30/6:27.13
|145- 38/8:06.61
536 Brian Kinwald |128- 36/8:09.63 |138- 37/8:10.48
|136- 37/8:11.64
|134- 37/8:13.71
536 Fernando Gordin |137- 37/8:12.38 |134- 36/8:04.71
|133- 36/8:02.93
|132- 37/8:16.19
534 Andrew Gray |127- 36/8:12.43 |132- 36/8:06.14
|139- 37/8:08.07
|136- 37/8:08.40
532 Josh Cyrul |145- 37/8:03.54 |145- 37/8:03.65
|118- 34/7:27.33
|124- 35/7:37.15
531 Paul Lemieux |141- 37/8:07.48 |136- 37/8:14.02
|113- 32/7:05.31
|141- 38/8:11.21
526 Chris Doseck |130- 36/8:07.08 |131- 36/8:06.39
|138- 37/8:08.57
|127- 36/8:09.25
523 Jacob Delano |125- 36/8:14.75 |133- 36/8:05.62
|134- 36/8:02.09
|131- 36/8:00.42
517 Keith Robertson |126- 36/8:12.93 |128- 36/8:10.04
|130- 36/8:08.66
|133- 37/8:15.15
510 Darrin Cambell |123- 35/8:01.51 |127- 36/8:16.86
|131- 36/8:08.64
|129- 36/8:07.82
503 Simo Ahoniemi |133- 36/8:03.47 |137- 37/8:12.75
|135- 37/8:16.39
| 98- 19/4:10.50
502 Jonas Andersson |105- 30/8:06.50 |130- 36/8:07.01
|132- 36/8:03.27
|135- 37/8:12.64
493 Mikael Nilsson |124- 35/8:00.55 |123- 35/8:04.15
|120- 35/8:11.55
|126- 36/8:10.10
480 Darren Johnston |118- 35/8:11.74 |121- 35/8:09.94
|122- 35/8:10.92
|119- 35/8:12.63
474 Andrew Sawyer |122- 35/8:02.86 |124- 35/8:03.11
|128- 36/8:13.33
|100- 27/6:18.72
473 Loic Etienne |111- 31/8:05.02 |117- 35/8:13.37
|124- 35/8:08.71
|121- 35/8:04.92
470 Fred Kellner |120- 35/8:05.29 |122- 35/8:04.38
|127- 35/8:02.39
|101- 30/8:08.47
469 Wilhelm Pichler |119- 35/8:09.41 |119- 35/8:11.76
|123- 35/8:10.20
|108- 32/8:11.33
463 Stan Hausmann |117- 35/8:18.47 |114- 34/8:00.30
|119- 35/8:22.13
|113- 34/8:21.55
460 Mark Dawson |115- 34/8:09.69 |111- 34/8:14.70
|116- 34/8:35.36
|118- 35/8:12.70
459 Frank Calandra | 95- 6/1:23.27 |120- 35/8:10.30
|121- 35/8:11.03
|123- 35/8:03.50
444 Michael Bruce |114- 34/8:42.67 |113- 34/8:00.52
|103- 28/6:38.83
|114- 34/8:08.44
443 Justin Vergunst |110- 31/8:05.07 |118- 35/8:12.84
| 99- 16/3:43.84
|116- 34/8:04.03
442 Chris Tosolini |102- 28/5:59.37 |126- 35/7:51.21
|115- 33/7:22.08
| 99- 22/4:41.60
431 Andrew Thompson |109- 31/8:08.59 |104- 32/8:13.34
|108- 31/8:01.52
|110- 33/8:12.96
428 Magnus Hedlund | 98- 18/4:23.36 |107- 33/8:05.96
|111- 32/8:04.28
|112- 33/8:04.44
426 Dez Chand |108- 31/8:14.38 | 93- 7/1:46.51
|114- 33/8:11.61
|111- 33/8:07.75
423 Mark Strasnick |101- 28/7:01.53 |108- 33/8:05.08
| 97- 11/4:35.22
|117- 35/8:22.99
422 Tricia Whiteley |106- 30/8:03.01 |103- 30/8:02.57
|110- 32/8:08.22
|103- 31/8:19.00
421 David Spashett |142- 37/8:04.65 |141- 37/8:05.58
| -- -- DNS ----
|138- 37/8:03.05
420 Gregory Anthony |104- 30/8:07.30 |109- 33/8:01.30
| 98- 14/3:24.41
|109- 32/8:08.10
416 Mark Burgess |113- 33/8:16.39 | 99- 28/8:15.20
|102- 27/8:04.20
|102- 31/8:24.65
414 Wimpie Van Aswe | 96- 10/2:44.77 |101- 30/8:07.75
|112- 32/8:02.57
|105- 31/8:10.58
412 Alan Curry | 97- 16/5:17.00 |102- 30/8:03.39
|107- 31/8:02.33
|106- 31/8:08.95
412 Barry Strasnick |103- 30/8:15.22 |100- 30/8:08.49
|105- 30/8:14.92
|104- 31/8:14.86
408 Scott Smart |112- 33/8:27.58 |105- 33/8:11.50
| 96- 6/1:48.66
| 95- 6/1:39.19
406 Jason Butterfie |100- 28/8:31.36 | 95- 13/3:52.57
|104- 29/8:15.60
|107- 31/8:00.62
377 Simon Nicholson |132- 36/8:06.98 |116- 35/8:13.79
|129- 36/8:10.16
| -- -- DNS ----
365 Mike Dumas |134- 36/8:00.71 | 94- 12/2:46.10
|137- 37/8:09.80
| -- -- DNS ----
364 Andrew Cooke |129- 36/8:08.93 |110- 33/7:40.99
| -- -- DNS ----
|125- 36/8:20.20
360 Thomas Esposito | -- -- DNS ---- |115- 35/8:19.90
|125- 35/8:04.39
|120- 35/8:10.16
359 Jeff Dayger |131- 36/8:07.02 | -- -- DNS ----
|100- 18/6:34.24
|128- 36/8:08.22
351 Cyril N'Diaye | -- -- DNS ---- |112- 34/8:12.97
|117- 34/8:01.67
|122- 35/8:03.97
326 Luke Burley |121- 35/8:05.05 | 96- 21/5:03.66
|109- 32/8:13.89
| -- -- DNS ----
320 Matt Griffin | -- -- DNS ---- | 97- 24/5:30.76
|126- 35/8:02.70
| 97- 9/2:34.49
304 Rafael Angulo |116- 34/8:02.19 | 92- 2/0:29.02
| -- -- DNS ----
| 96- 7/1:55.89
299 Peter Ellis | 99- 20/5:24.13 |106- 33/8:09.82
| -- -- DNS ----
| 94- 3/1:18.18
255 Kazue Kitazawa | -- -- DNS ---- |125- 35/8:01.61
| -- -- DNS ----
|130- 36/8:06.37
222 Mark Calandra |107- 30/7:11.98 | -- -- DNS ----
| -- -- DNS ----
|115- 34/8:06.13
199 Alf Skaar | -- -- DNS ---- | 98- 27/8:04.99
|101- 26/8:11.36
| -- -- DNS ----
0 Michael McMahon | -- -- DNS ---- | -- -- DNS ----
| -- -- DNS ----
| -- -- DNS ----
0 Chris Deakin | -- -- DNS ---- | -- -- DNS ----
| -- -- DNS ----
| -- -- DNS ----
CharlieS
10-25-2004, 03:02 PM
Great, Thanks For the UPDATE Mike.
CharlieS
10-25-2004, 06:41 PM
Mike, come back, we need more updates........
namsho
10-25-2004, 10:29 PM
Not available on organizer's web site.
We're waiting for....
Race report will follow. Here are the top 10 results:
1 - Masami Hirosaka 200
2 - Atushi Hara 198
3 - Mike Blackstock 196
4 - Jilles Groskamp 195
5 - Mike Lufaso 194
6 - Yutaka Takizawa 192
7 - Ryota Takahasi 191
8 - Hideo Kitazawa 191
9 - Thomas Pumpler 190
10 - Marc Rheinard 187
silly_boi
10-26-2004, 02:05 AM
Congradulations to Masami, his 14th World Title, he's by far the best driver in the history of IFMAR!
YoKoMo-MX4
10-26-2004, 11:33 AM
CONGRATS Masami! Huzaah!!!
'nuff said,
MX4
While I do not yet have a complete set of official results, as they first need to be approved by IFMAR before they are given to me, I do have the equipment list for what the top 10 racers used. Since this came from each of them in person, it should be mostly accurate... at least it is what the top 10 racers said they were using.
1 Masami Hirosaka
Car: Associated 12L Yokomo Special Motor: Reedy Ti 10x2
Batteries: Yokomo Z3300 HVR ESC: GM SX12 World Special
Tires (f/r): TRC / Yokomo Body: Parma Speed 8
Radio: KO Esprit Vantage Favorite Food: Vanilla
2 Atushi Hara
Car: Hara Products Hammer 12 Motor: Orion AH 10x2
Batteries: Orion GP 3300 ESC: Hara Products Twister 2
Tires (f/r): Jaco Body: Hot Bodies
Radio: KO Favorite Food: Soda
3 Mike Blackstock
Car: Associated 12L4 Motor: Reedy
Batteries: Reedy ESC: Novak GTX
Tires (f/r): Jaco Body: Protoform
Radio: KO Helios Favorite Food: Spaghetti
4 Jilles Groskamp
Car: Calandra Racing Concept (CRC) Motor: Peak Vantage V2
Batteries: Peak GP3300 ESC: Nosram
Tires (f/r): CRC Body: CRC
Radio: Sanwa Favorite Food: Fries
5 Mike Lufaso
Car: Associated 12L4 Motor: Reedy Ti 10x2
Batteries: Reedy Realtime ESC: LRP Quantum 2
Tires (f/r): Yokomo Body: Parma
Radio: KO Favorite Food: Tacos
6 Yutaka Takizawa
Car: Xenon Racing XR12 Motor: Xenom Hades 9x3
Batteries: Fusion Promatch ESC: Futaba MC800C Ver 2
Tires (f/r): Jaco Body: Parma
Radio: Futaba 3PK Favorite Food: Heiniken Beer
7 Ryota Takahasi
Car: Xenon Racing XR12 Motor: Xenon Hades 9x3
Batteries: Fusion Promatch ESC: Futaba MC800C Ver. 2
Tires (f/r): Jaco Body Parma
Radio: Futaba 3PK Favorite Food: Hot Fudge
8 Hideo Kitazawa
Car: Xenon Racing XR12 Motor: M/T Motor "First"
Batteries: Promatch GP3300 ESC: Futaba MC800C
Tires (f/r): Jaco Body: Parma
Radio: Futaba 3PK Favorite Food: Steak
9 Thomas Pumpler
Car: Assoc. RC12L Yokomo Special Motor: Orion V2
Batteries: Orion 3300GP ESC: Robitronic
Tires (f/r): TRC / Yokomo Body: Parma Speed 8
Radio: Sanwa Favorite Food: Spaghetti
10 Marc Rheinard
Car: CRC Motor: Orion V2
Batteries: Orion 3300GP ESC: Atushi Hara Twister 2
Tires (f/r): CRC Body: CRC
Radio: Sanwa M8 Favorite Food: Steak
I will put together a small summary of the racing action, and post it here in the very near future.
The 1/12 Scale World Championship started with practice rounds on Saturday, October 23. Qualifying started Sunday, and continued through Monday morning. In all, six rounds of qualifying were run. The way the results are scored, is that first the race organizers pick a "number" that is greater than the number of contestants. In this race, that number was 155. The fastest racer in the first round gets 155 points. The second racer gets 154, the third 153, and so on. This is done for each of the six rounds. When qualifying is finished, each racer's two "worst" rounds are dropped, and then the points for the four remaining qualifiers are added together.
In the 1/12 scale Electric World Championships, Masami came in first place in his best four qualifiers, so he earned 620 points (155 + 155 + 155 + 155). With Masami coming in first in every one of the qualifiers, Atsushi Hara came in second in all four as well, and earned 612 points, for second place. This is how the Finals were set up.
The top 10 racers after qualifying were:
1 - Masami Hirosaka
2 - Atsushi Hara
3 - Hiderou Kitazwa
4 - Mike Blackstock
5 - Michael Lufaso
6 - Yutaka Takizawa
7 - Marc Rheinard
8 - Jilles Groskamp
9 - Ryota Takahasi
10 - Thomas Pumpler
The way the Finals were run, the very lowest Finals only got one run. The D, C, and B Final got two runs each. The A Final got three runs. For the A, the winner gets 100 points, second place gets 99, third gets 98, and so on. The points for a racers two best Finals are added together and that is what determines how well the racer did in the Final. For example, if Racer-A got a first, a third, and a sixth, the worst race (the sixth place finish) is dropped, and that racer gets 100 + 98 points, for a total of 198.
As of this writing, the results for the lower Finals are not yet official, so I do not have them to post. I do know that among others, Jake "the snake" Delano put in a really good run in his first C-Final. He wasn't the fastest person on the track, but he drove brilliantly, made some spectacular passes, and worked his way up to the front as other racers faltered. When the leader's batteries started to dump, Jake still had plenty of power left, and took over the lead for the win.
A-Mains.
In the first A-Main, Masaki started on the pole, with Atsushi Hara right next to him. As expected, Masami took off in first place, and while Atsushi tried to stay with him, Masami seemed just a hair faster. However, on lap #3 Masami made a mistake, causing his car to flip. While he was having trouble, Atsushi took over the lead Masami made another mistake on lap #11. Atsushi now had a nice lead, but could he keep it for eight minutes? Little by little, Masami closed the gap. Hiderou Kitazwa dropped out on lap #26. Marc Rheinard dropped out a few laps later, on lap #32. Mike Lufaso, who had been running in the #3 spot for the whole race, had problems on lap 31, dropping him back, and allowing Yutaka Takizawa to take over third place. Meanwhile, Masami was literally right on the tail of Atsushi, trying to get by, while Atsushi was doing his very best to prevent it. Atsushi built up some breathing room a few times, but soon after Masami was right back with him, knocking on the door. On lap #39, the last lap, Masami came up even with Atsushi, and bumped him. Atsushi later on told me that if his batteries were still up there, he thought he could have held Masami off, but with his batteries going away, even though the finish line was just 60 feet or so away, there was nothing he could do. Score round #1 for Masami, with Atsushi taking second, and Yutaka taking third place.
In the second A-Main, Masami made no mistakes. In the first few minutes he flat out drove away from everyone else. Atsushi had a solid second place, but he needed to catch Masami - with two wins, Masami would automatically be the winner of the Worlds. Hiderou once again had problems, dropping out on lap #4. Mike Blackstock held onto third place until lap #31 when Jilles Groskamp took the place over. That's how they finished, Masami in first, followed by Atsushi and Jilles. (This also meant that Masami was now the World Champion, and Atsushi, with two second place finishes, had earned second place.)
Masami decided not to run the third A-Main, which would have an effect on the rest of the racers as well. Atsushi already had two second place finishes, but wanted a first and a second if possible. Hiderou took the lead in this race, followed by Atsushi and Mike Blackstock. Atushi had problems on lap #8 that dropped him way back. Mike moved up to second place when Atsushi dropped back, and he followed Hiderou around for the whole eight-minute race. So, the finishing order was Hiderou, Mike, and Michael Lufaso.
In calculating the points, Masami had two wins, making him the World Champion. Atsushi finished with two second place finishes, giving him Second Place. Because Masami did not run, Mike Blackstock was able to get 99 points for his second place finish, giving him the remaining Podium Spot for Third Place. Had Masami run, and won, Mike would have gotten one less point, meaning he would have tied for points with Jilles Groskamp. If the third round was to be the tie-breaker, that would have placed Jilles in third... But none of this is relevant, as Masami did not race the third round, so the results are:
1 - Masami Hirosaka 200 points
2 - Atsushi Hara 198 points
3 - Mike Blackstock 196 points
4 - Jilles Groskamp 195 points
5 - Mike Lufaso 194 points
6 - Yutaka Takizawa 192 points
7 - Ryota Takahasi 191 points
8 - Hideo Kitazawa 191 points
9 - Thomas Pumpler 190 points
10 - Marc Rheinard 187 points
It was an excellet series of races, and Masami has now won his 14th World Championship!!!!
The Sedan World Championships start tomorrow... Lots more racing yet to come!!
microrcdude
10-27-2004, 09:50 AM
Congrats to Masami and Hara for a 1-2 finish!
BhamBrent
10-27-2004, 02:24 PM
Great job! Mike, :D
silly_boi
10-27-2004, 09:14 PM
Any news on the TC on wednesday yeT?
The 1/12 Scale World Championship started with practice rounds on Saturday, October 23. Qualifying started Sunday, and continued through Monday morning. In all, six rounds of qualifying were run. The way the results are scored, is that first the race organizers pick a "number" that is greater than the number of contestants. In this race, that number was 155. The fastest racer in the first round gets 155 points. The second racer gets 154, the third 153, and so on. This is done for each of the six rounds. When qualifying is finished, each racer's two "worst" rounds are dropped, and then the points for the four remaining qualifiers are added together.
In the 1/12 scale Electric World Championships, Masami came in first place in his best four qualifiers, so he earned 620 points (155 + 155 + 155 + 155). With Masami coming in first in every one of the qualifiers, Atsushi Hara came in second in all four as well, and earned 612 points, for second place. This is how the Finals were set up.
The top 10 racers after qualifying were:
1 - Masami Hirosaka
2 - Atsushi Hara
3 - Hiderou Kitazwa
4 - Mike Blackstock
5 - Michael Lufaso
6 - Yutaka Takizawa
7 - Marc Rheinard
8 - Jilles Groskamp
9 - Ryota Takahasi
10 - Thomas Pumpler
The way the Finals were run, the very lowest Finals only got one run. The D, C, and B Final got two runs each. The A Final got three runs. For the A, the winner gets 100 points, second place gets 99, third gets 98, and so on. The points for a racers two best Finals are added together and that is what determines how well the racer did in the Final. For example, if Racer-A got a first, a third, and a sixth, the worst race (the sixth place finish) is dropped, and that racer gets 100 + 98 points, for a total of 198.
Jake "the snake" Delano put in a really good run in his first C-Final. He wasn't the fastest person on the track, but he drove brilliantly, made some spectacular passes, and worked his way up to the front as other racers faltered. When the leader's batteries started to dump, Jake still had plenty of power left, and took over the lead for the win. There was lots of other great racing, but I think I'll jump right to the triple A-Mains, racing for the World Championship!
A-Mains.
In the first A-Main, Masaki started on the pole, with Atsushi Hara right next to him. As expected, Masami took off in first place, and while Atsushi tried to stay with him, Masami seemed just a hair faster. However, on lap #3 Masami made a mistake, causing his car to flip. While he was having trouble, Atsushi took over the lead Masami made another mistake on lap #11. Atsushi now had a nice lead, but could he keep it for eight minutes? Little by little, Masami closed the gap. Hiderou Kitazwa dropped out on lap #26. Marc Rheinard dropped out a few laps later, on lap #32. Mike Lufaso, who had been running in the #3 spot for the whole race, had problems on lap 31, dropping him back, and allowing Yutaka Takizawa to take over third place. Meanwhile, Masami was literally right on the tail of Atsushi, trying to get by, while Atsushi was doing his very best to prevent it. Atsushi built up some breathing room a few times, but soon after Masami was right back with him, knocking on the door. On lap #39, the last lap, Masami came up even with Atsushi, and bumped him. Atsushi later on told me that if his batteries were still up there, he thought he could have held Masami off, but with his batteries going away, even though the finish line was just 60 feet or so away, there was nothing he could do. Score round #1 for Masami, with Atsushi taking second, and Yutaka taking third place.
In the second A-Main, Masami made no mistakes. In the first few minutes he flat out drove away from everyone else. Atsushi had a solid second place, but he needed to catch Masami - with two wins, Masami would automatically be the winner of the Worlds. Hiderou once again had problems, dropping out on lap #4. Mike Blackstock held onto third place until lap #31 when Jilles Groskamp took the place over. That's how they finished, Masami in first, followed by Atsushi and Jilles. (This also meant that Masami was now the World Champion, and Atsushi, with two second place finishes, had earned second place.)
Masami decided not to run the third A-Main, which would have an effect on the rest of the racers as well. Atsushi already had two second place finishes, but wanted a first and a second if possible. Hiderou took the lead in this race, followed by Atsushi and Mike Blackstock. Atushi had problems on lap #8 that dropped him way back. Mike moved up to second place when Atsushi dropped back, and he followed Hiderou around for the whole eight-minute race. Mike was noticeably faster than the pack of racers falling further and further back behind him. So, the finishing order was Hiderou, Mike, and Michael Lufaso.
In calculating the points, Masami had two wins, making him the World Champion. Atsushi finished with two second place finishes, giving him Second Place. Because Masami did not run, Mike Blackstock was able to get 99 points for his second place finish, giving him the remaining Podium Spot for Third Place. Had Masami run, and won, Mike would have gotten one less point, meaning he would have tied for points with Jilles Groskamp. But none of this is relevant, as Masami did not race the third round, so the results are:
1 - Masami Hirosaka 200 points
2 - Atsushi Hara 198 points
3 - Mike Blackstock 196 points
4 - Jilles Groskamp 195 points
5 - Mike Lufaso 194 points
6 - Yutaka Takizawa 192 points
7 - Ryota Takahasi 191 points
8 - Hideo Kitazawa 191 points
9 - Thomas Pumpler 190 points
10 - Marc Rheinard 187 points
It was an excellet series of races, and Masami has now won his 14th World Championship!!!!
SEDAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Tuesday was a rather quiet day, as the staff prepared for the second World Championship to be held here, for electric Touring Cars. New racers arriving for this event got their photos taken for their ID badges, and practice tires were made available for sale. The track was closed Tuesday - for some people, it was a chance to go sightseeing, or just relax, something Florida is good for (besides huricanes!).
Wednesday started out with a huge crowd showing up for this very popular class. The track layout would be the same, but racing would be done in the opposite direction, so racers who had been in the earlier World Championship wouldn't have an advantage from already knowing the track.
Practice sessions started early. After a couple of rounds of practice, two "controlled practice sessions" were held. These would be used to set up the qualifiers. It isn't so much placing racers with similar abilities in each qualifier, but rather making sure the very fast racers aren't mixed together with the very slow racers. The slower racers are spread out in the lower qualifiers, and the racers get moved to the later qualifiers.
Here are the results for the two timed practice sessions that were held today. Again, this is PRACTICE only, not QUALIFYING (although it is important to do well here, if you want to be placed in a "better" qualifier...
Points Name Pts laps/timPts laps/time
310 Masami Hirosaka |155- 24/5:12.|155- 24/5:09.79
304 Marc Rheinard |153- 23/5:00.|151- 24/5:11.98
303 Surikarn Chaidejsur|151- 23/5:01.|152- 24/5:11.98
299 Atsushi Hara |150- 23/5:01.|149- 23/5:00.53
295 Steen Graversen |148- 23/5:04.|147- 23/5:01.89
291 Greg Hodapp |143- 23/5:07.|148- 23/5:01.34
290 Daisuke Yoshioka |144- 23/5:07.|146- 23/5:01.91
290 Chris Tosolini |145- 23/5:06.|145- 23/5:02.06
288 Billy Easton |135- 23/5:09.|153- 24/5:11.07
286 Craig Drescher |146- 23/5:05.|140- 23/5:04.42
286 Joel Myrberg |149- 23/5:03.|137- 23/5:04.77
285 Jilles Groskamp |147- 23/5:05.|138- 23/5:04.76
280 Barry Baker |152- 23/5:00.|128- 23/5:06.69
275 Andrew Moore |125- 23/5:12.|150- 24/5:12.24
273 David Spashett |138- 23/5:08.|135- 23/5:05.26
266 Kiyokazu Suzuki |122- 23/5:12.|144- 23/5:02.65
266 Kazuo Muramatu |130- 23/5:10.|136- 23/5:05.06
265 Jeffery Brown |132- 23/5:10.|133- 23/5:05.74
262 Hiderou Kitazawa |140- 23/5:08.|122- 23/5:08.56
254 Simo Ahoniemi |115- 23/5:14.|139- 23/5:04.66
253 Travis Amezcua |119- 23/5:12.|134- 23/5:05.36
253 Martin Hudy |133- 23/5:09.|120- 23/5:09.38
249 Satoshi Maezumi |118- 23/5:13.|131- 23/5:05.99
247 David Jun |123- 23/5:12.|124- 23/5:08.23
247 Masayuki Murai |134- 23/5:09.|113- 23/5:11.60
246 Teemu Leino |105- 22/5:01.|141- 23/5:04.24
246 Brian Kinwald |121- 23/5:12.|125- 23/5:07.92
245 Juho Levanen |113- 22/5:00.|132- 23/5:05.76
242 Martin Crisp |116- 23/5:13.|126- 23/5:07.48
242 Hung Tse Shing |124- 23/5:12.|118- 23/5:10.23
242 Jonas Kaerup |131- 23/5:10.|111- 23/5:11.80
241 Lee Woodhams |120- 23/5:12.|121- 23/5:08.83
233 Josh Cyrul |114- 23/5:32.|119- 23/5:10.08
231 Michael Dumas |117- 23/5:13.|114- 23/5:10.98
227 Hubert Honigl |104- 22/5:03.|123- 23/5:08.54
227 Fernando Gordinho |127- 23/5:11.|100- 22/5:01.29
224 Mike Blackstock |109- 22/5:01.|115- 23/5:10.81
223 Kyle Skidmore | 80- 22/5:19.|143- 23/5:03.97
222 Lex Tyler |112- 22/5:00.|110- 23/5:12.18
220 Chris Ashton |111- 22/5:00.|109- 23/5:12.73
219 Ryota Takahasi |102- 22/5:04.|117- 23/5:10.24
218 Jared Scott |106- 22/5:01.|112- 23/5:11.60
217 Andreas Myrberg | 90- 22/5:09.|127- 23/5:06.80
212 Andrew Gray |108- 22/5:01.|104- 22/5:00.37
209 Yoshinari Maeda |110- 22/5:00.| 99- 22/5:01.32
205 Tommi Torikka |100- 22/5:04.|105- 23/5:14.78
203 Masayuki Miura |136- 23/5:08.| 67- 21/4:39.00
200 Chris Doseck | 93- 22/5:07.|107- 23/5:13.50
195 Thad Garner |101- 22/5:04.| 94- 22/5:04.81
193 Andrew Abbott | 98- 22/5:07.| 95- 22/5:04.76
192 Jason Ruona | 86- 22/5:11.|106- 23/5:14.21
190 Jonas Andersson | 48- 15/4:20.|142- 23/5:04.16
190 Darrin Campbell | 94- 22/5:07.| 96- 22/5:04.21
189 Pelle Martin | 88- 22/5:10.|101- 22/5:01.29
189 Simon Nicholson |129- 23/5:10.| 60- 21/5:10.48
188 Richard Barton | 91- 22/5:08.| 97- 22/5:03.50
188 Andrew Cartwright |139- 23/5:08.| 49- 18/3:58.34
182 Ralph Burch Jr. | 53- 18/4:00.|129- 23/5:06.67
181 Paul Wynn |128- 23/5:10.| 53- 19/4:11.27
178 Chris Grainger | 62- 20/5:02.|116- 23/5:10.47
177 Paul Lemieux |141- 23/5:07.| 36- 5/1:09.54
175 Darren Shank | 96- 22/5:07.| 79- 22/5:09.48
175 Sakke Ahoniemi |137- 23/5:08.| 38- 12/2:38.79
175 Ben Cosgrove |142- 23/5:07.| 33- 4/0:55.93
174 Chee Yong | 97- 22/5:07.| 77- 22/5:10.44
173 Rafael Angulo | 81- 22/5:14.| 92- 22/5:05.54
173 Yutaka Takizawa |107- 22/5:01.| 66- 21/5:01.88
171 Andrew Cooke | 85- 22/5:11.| 86- 22/5:07.25
171 Cyril N'Diaye |103- 22/5:04.| 68- 22/5:23.92
169 Matt Francis | 39- 3/0:39.5|130- 23/5:06.10
169 Rob Hughes | 84- 22/5:12.| 85- 22/5:08.49
167 Mikael Nilsson | 92- 22/5:08.| 75- 22/5:11.14
165 Tony Vredenberg | 87- 22/5:10.| 78- 22/5:10.09
163 Justin Vergunst | 74- 21/5:01.| 89- 22/5:06.38
161 Michael Lufaso | 58- 20/5:12.|103- 22/5:00.70
161 Fill Saenkov | 77- 21/5:00.| 84- 22/5:08.63
160 Antonio Mateo | 67- 21/5:08.| 93- 22/5:04.95
160 Thomas Pumpler |126- 23/5:11.| 34- 5/2:20.74
154 Andy Lam | 52- 17/3:56.|102- 22/5:00.86
153 Furman Walker | 45- 11/2:31.|108- 23/5:13.12
153 Kevin Woods | 70- 21/5:07.| 83- 22/5:08.64
153 Mathias Larsson | 79- 21/5:00.| 74- 22/5:11.54
149 Patrick Jespers | 76- 21/5:01.| 73- 22/5:11.59
148 David Martin | 83- 22/5:13.| 65- 21/5:01.91
147 Juraj Hudy | 89- 22/5:09.| 58- 21/5:14.86
142 Loic Etienne | 73- 21/5:02.| 69- 22/5:15.33
142 Tyree Phillip | 99- 22/5:05.| 43- 15/3:32.85
141 Matt Griffin | 50- 17/3:59.| 91- 22/5:05.82
141 Jacob Delano | 65- 21/5:09.| 76- 22/5:11.02
139 Niclas Larsson | 69- 21/5:07.| 70- 22/5:14.07
138 Mark Pavidis | 40- 5/1:05.8| 98- 22/5:03.12
135 Todd Hodge | 47- 12/2:45.| 88- 22/5:06.57
131 Ryan Cavalieri | 41- 6/1:21.5| 90- 22/5:06.02
128 Leonard Chew Yen | 64- 21/5:10.| 64- 21/5:03.03
127 Andrea Nerone | 46- 12/2:48.| 81- 22/5:09.29
127 Yau Cheuk Lun | 95- 22/5:07.| 32- 4/0:56.63
125 Rick Hohwart | 38- 3/2:17.7| 87- 22/5:07.00
123 John Doucakis | 78- 21/5:00.| 45- 17/4:17.17
122 Thomas Esposito | 82- 22/5:13.| 40- 13/3:11.61
118 William Lee | 36- 1/0:13.7| 82- 22/5:08.95
116 Andrew Thompson | 55- 19/5:06.| 61- 21/5:10.13
115 Alexande Lopez | 68- 21/5:08.| 47- 17/3:54.84
114 Steve Weiss | 34- 1/0:20.6| 80- 22/5:09.38
113 Michael Gibson | 56- 19/5:03.| 57- 20/4:49.52
112 Gregory Anthony | 57- 20/5:15.| 55- 20/5:01.29
112 Michael Bruce | 75- 21/5:01.| 37- 6/1:23.04
111 Decoo Patrick | 60- 20/5:09.| 51- 19/5:01.20
109 Peter Ellis | 59- 20/5:11.| 50- 19/5:05.49
108 Scott Smart | 54- 19/5:09.| 54- 20/5:09.87
106 Franceso Martini | 71- 21/5:07.| 35- 5/1:17.12
105 Skip Gibson | 49- 16/3:53.| 56- 20/4:57.97
104 Stan Hausmann | 33- 1/0:24.1| 71- 22/5:13.45
104 Juan Matgo | 63- 21/5:11.| 41- 14/3:27.32
103 Luke Burley | 51- 17/3:59.| 52- 19/4:54.24
103 Joshua Pain | 72- 21/5:04.| 31- 4/1:20.12
100 Peter Pepe | 61- 20/5:07.| 39- 13/3:16.94
96 Mark Dawson | 37- 2/0:28.0| 59- 21/5:12.48
96 Tony Parreiro | 66- 21/5:09.| 30- 1/0:19.07
91 Seng Chung | 43- 10/3:17.| 48- 18/5:10.84
90 David Bowser | 44- 10/2:20.| 46- 17/3:57.23
84 Eric Jin Yian | 42- 9/2:18.9| 42- 15/5:07.40
79 Wimpie Van Aswegen | 35- 1/0:15.8| 44- 17/5:14.00
72 Darren Johnston | -- -- DNS -| 72- 22/5:13.06
63 Michael Jones | -- -- DNS -| 63- 21/5:04.24
62 Timothy Potter | -- -- DNS -| 62- 21/5:04.57
0 Rudi Irrgang | -- -- DNS -| -- -- DNS ----
0 Michael McMahon | -- -- DNS -| -- -- DNS ----
0 Jean-Marc Betticher| -- -- DNS -| -- -- DNS ----
0 Jukka Steenari | -- -- DNS -| -- -- DNS ----
Racing starts "for real" tomorrow (Thursday). According to the latest schedule, there will be a practice round, followed by three rounds of qualifying. I believe Friday will be the same.
Reminder - the above is just "practice qualifiers", NOT real qualifying.
StevePond
10-27-2004, 11:43 PM
Thanks for the updates Mike. You da man. ;)
silly_boi
10-28-2004, 01:18 AM
mike- is jukka steenari not at the race? or is there other reasons for his DNS?
primuswoostinkinhoo
10-28-2004, 03:51 PM
what is a 12L yokomo special
stormperson
10-28-2004, 06:29 PM
primus- From what I saw of masami's and blackstock's chassis it was the same shape as an l4 chassis with some cut outs under where the electronics mount, possibly thinner graphite, and it was a yokomo rear pod.
From talking to some people I dont think Jukka is coming to the worlds or that is atleast what i heard from a losi driver who did alot of the asphalt JRX-S testing before the worlds.
Casper
10-28-2004, 06:51 PM
According to Orion's site it looks like Matt Francis will put the new losi in the show. Hara looks to be struggling a little. Had a top 10 in round 3 but is not top 10 over all.
primuswoostinkinhoo
10-28-2004, 07:09 PM
i halfass searched for pics of this yokomo special, and of hara's hammer and that xenon thing and came up with just about nothing
stormperson
10-29-2004, 09:35 AM
masami's car: http://www.fseara.org/gallery/albums/album47/masami_001.sized.jpg
blackstocks (better view of the yok rear pod):http://www.fseara.org/gallery/albums/album47/blackstock_001.sized.jpg
hara's hammer 12:http://www.kimihiko-yano.net/Image3/P9190051.jpg
I dont have any pics of it, but i was pitting next to the xenon team at the worlds and it looked just like a 12l conversion probably a thin chassis for asphalt (since the japanese I dont think run alot of carpet) or at least their worlds chassis was probably pretty flexable like everyone elses. But nothing special.
BhamBrent
10-29-2004, 06:34 PM
On Barry & Marks car's, Theres on antenna wire coming out of the body :confused: . What receiver are thay running?
Casper
10-29-2004, 06:50 PM
May be the new spektrum?
death_rx78
10-29-2004, 08:50 PM
Some racers have been testing this new radio system...
Kevin Boyle
10-29-2004, 08:56 PM
Where are the pics of Mark and Barrys car?????
silly_boi
10-30-2004, 04:46 AM
obviously they are not in the A-main, not a very strong showing for the new TC4
Kevin Boyle
10-30-2004, 07:06 AM
Silly Boi,
At least there is one TC4 in the A Here are:
3 HPIs in the A main
2 Tamiyas
2 Yokomos
2 Losis
1 Associated
Here is the top ten from Petitrc's website
1-Marc Rheinhard " TRF 415 / Orion "
2-Yoshioka Daisuke " HPI Pro4 / - "
3-Atushi Hara " HPI Pro4 / Peak "
4-Masami Hirosaka "Yokomo SDW / Reedy "
5-Surikarn Chaidajsurija " TBEvo4 / Orion "
6-Billy Easton " Yokomo SDW / - "
7-Andy Moore "HPI Pro4 / Orion "
8-Matt Francis " Losi JRX / Trinity "
9-David Spashett " Losi JRX / Peak "
10-Juho Levanen " TC4 / -
BhamBrent
10-30-2004, 05:26 PM
Where are the pics of Mark and Barrys car?????
www.fseara.com
Kevin Boyle
10-30-2004, 11:57 PM
BhamBrent
HUH I do not follow? I thought there was some pics on another site I was missing????
StevePond
10-31-2004, 12:34 AM
Marc Rheinhard of Germany is reported to have won the Worlds in the touring class. He was driving a Tamiya TRF 415 with Orion power and Protoform Mazda 6 body.
Here are the final results for all racers in the 1/10th Touring Car
Class. Much more information, a race report, and photos will follow,
but not too much tonight - I'm going to sleep RSN. (Real Soon Now)
1 Mark Rheinard
2 Atsushi Hara
3 Daisuke Yoshioka
4 Masami Hirosaka
5 Juho Levanen
6 Andrew Moore
7 Matt Francis
8 Billy Easton
9 Surikarn Chaidejsuria
10 David Spashett
11 Joel Myrberg
12 Ralph Burch Jr.
13 Jilles Groskamp
14 Greg Hodapp
15 Kiyokazu Suzuki
16 Jared Scott
17 Steen Graverson
18 Chris Tosolini
19 Martin Hudy
20 Paul Lemieux
21 Hubert Honigl
22 Masayuki Miura
23 David Jun
24 Masayuki Murai
25 Satoshi Maezumi
26 Rick Hohwart
27 Kyle Skidmore
28 Kazuo Muramatu
29 Chris Grainger
30 Michael Dumas
31 Andreas Myrberg
32 Ryan Cavalieri
33 Mark Pavidis
34 Craig Drescher
35 Hiderou Kitazawa
36 Barry Baker
37 Brian Kinwald
38 Yoshinari Maeda
39 Simo Ahoniemi
40 Sakke Ahoniemi
41 Jonas Anderson
42 Josh Cyrul
43 Andrew Cartwright
44 Fernando Gordinho
45 Yutaka Takizawa
46 Richard Barton
47 Jonas Kaerup
48 Paul Wynn
49 Jeffrey Brown
50 Travis Amezcua
51 Ryota Takahasi
52 Mike Blackstock
53 Andy Lam
54 Yau Chewk Lun
55 Martin Crisp
56 Chris Ashton
57 Teemu Leino
58 Andrew Gray
59 Thad Garner
60 Mike Lufaso
61 Tommi Torrika
62 William Lee
63 Andrew Cooke
64 Hung Tse Shing
65 Ben Cosgrove
66 Thomas Pumpler
67 Jason Ruona
68 Pelle Martin
69 Lee Woodhams
70 Cyril N'Diaye
71 Darrin Campbell
72 Simon Nicholson
73 Todd Hodge
74 Chris Doseck
75 Matt Griffin
76 Michael Gibson
77 Andrew Abbot
78 Lex Tyler
79 Fill Saenkov
80 Mathias Larsson
81 Mark Dawson
82 Tony Verdenberg
83 Mikel Nilsson
84 Chee Yung
85 Loic Etienne
86 Andrea Nerone
87 Furman Walker
88 David Bowser
89 Juraj Hudy
90 Alex Lopez
91 Michael Bruce
92 Darren Shank
93 Rafael Angulo
94 Patrick Jespers
95 Rob Hughes
96 Joshua Pain
97 Justin Vergunst
98 Niclas Larsson
99 Antonio Mateo
100 Steve Weiss
101 Thomas Esposito
102 Skip Gibson
103 Darren Johnston
104 Stan Hausman
105 Tyree Philips
106 Andrew Thompson
107 Francesco Martini
108 Jacob Delano
109 Eric Gin Yian
110 Tony Parreiro
111 Gregory Anthony
112 Peter Pepe
113 Michael Jones
114 Kevin Woods
115 Luke Burley
116 Timothy Potter
117 Scott Smart
118 Leonard Chew Yen
119 Patrick Decoo
120 Peter Ellis
121 Juan Mateo
122 Seng Chung
123 David Martin
124 John Ducackis
125 Wimpie Van Aswegen
If I've been able to correctly interpret all the racer's handwritten
lists of what equipment they used, here's the equipment list for the
top ten racers in the A Finals:
1 Mark Rheinard chassis: Tamiya TRF motor: Orion V2 7x1
ESC: Hara Twister 2 radio: Sanwa M8
batteries: Orion GP 3300 qualified: #1
2 Atsushi Hara chassis: HPI Pro 4 motor: Orion AH 7x1
ESC: Hara Twister 2 radio: KO
batteries: Orion qualified: #3
3 Daisuke Yoshioka chassis: HPI Pro 4 motor: LRP Fusion
ESC: LRP QC2 radio: Sanwa M8
batteries: LRP qualified: #2
4 Masami Hirosaka chassis: Yokomo MR4 SDW motor: Reedy
ESC: GM SX-12W radio: KO Espri II
batteries: Yokomo Z3300HVR qualified: #4
5 Juho Levanen chassis: Associated TL4 motor: Reedy
ESC: LRP QC2 radio: Sanwa
batteries: Reedy qualified: #10
6 Andrew Moore chassis: HPI Pro 4 motor: Orion 7x1
ESC: Noram radio: 8.8
batteries: Orion GP 3300 qualified: #7
7 Matt Francis chassis: Losi JRXS motor: Trinity D6 8x4
ESC: LRP Q-2 radio: Airtronics M8
batteries: Trinity GP 3300 qualified: #8
8 Billy Easton chassis: Yokomo Mr4TC-SD motor: Reedy
ESC: LRP Q2 radio: Futaba
batteries: Yokomo qualified: #5
9 Surikarn Chaidejsuria chassis: Tamiya TB EVO 4 motor: Peak Vantage
ESC: Futaba radio: Futaba
batteries: Peak qualified: #6
10 David Spashett chassis: Losi JRXS motor: Peak
ESC: LRP radio: KO
batteries: Peak qualified: #9
I'll get some photos posted here soon - have to download several hundred images and go through them. In the meantime, some of the better images are posted at http://www.rc-racing.com/cgi-bin/backtalk/peek:sgrid8,150
The images from today won't be finished until tomorrow at the earliest.
StevePond
10-31-2004, 08:07 AM
Mike - thanks again for posting the info. I checked out some of the photos on your site and they're excellent. It looks like you spent a lot of time laying flat on the ground. ;)
Final results from the sedan class can be downloaded from the following link:
http://www.roarracing.com/worlds/results/ifmar-worlds-2004-elec-sedan-finalresults.doc
franknitty69
11-01-2004, 10:29 AM
4 Masami Hirosaka chassis: Yokomo MR4 SDW motor: Reedy
ESC: GM SX-12W radio: KO Espri II
batteries: Yokomo Z3300HVR qualified: #4
what is the chassis? i can't find it on yokomo's site. i race nitro and wanted to get into electric. i was looking at the mr4-tc sd cgm. should i be looking at this chassis instead?
thanks
IFMAR 1/12 SCALE ELECTRIC ON-ROAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
by Mike Myers
The IFMAR Electric World Championships were held at Full Throttle Speedway in Kissimmee, Florida starting Saturday, October 23, and running through the following Saturday. The racers were competing for two World Championships, one for 1/12 scale, and one for Touring Cars.
The track was built in August, 2003, and has been fixed up quite a bit for this event. The track size overall is 250' x 100'. The racing line normally is 1,000 feet, but has been cut back to 350 feet for this event. There were 76 entries at present for 1/12 Scale.
We got to the track early Saturday. Things were more or less in a state of organized confusion. Gradually, everything got sorted out, and the program got started. The day started off with Opening Ceremonies. As usual, the racers all gathered behind banners for the country they came from, after which they marched out onto the track. There was Concours Judging for the best paint scheme, group photos were taken, and several speeches were made starting off the event.
The track is excellent. I haven’t found even one person who doesn’t appreciate how nice it is. It is smooth and flat, with minimal tire wear. The lanes are nice and wide, so that is not a problem. The crashes I have seen mostly seem to come from people taking the turns a bit too tight, and hitting something, which can send the car flying into another board.
Weather is great. It’s sunny and hot, typical Florida weather. While the track is in pretty good condition, the surrounding area shows all kinds of devastation from the three hurricanes that recently hit this area. In fact, the top of the driver’s stand was torn off every time a hurricane hit. Jorge gave up on using wood, and had Vince Tate and his dad weld up a metal structure for the top of the driver’s stand, which might prove to be hurricane proof - not that anyone is in any hurry to test this out.
One major problem at this race has been the lack of tires. Apparently the Jaco Tire Distributor was expected to show up with lots of tires for those racers running them, but the word now seems to be that he is not coming. Chris Deakin, who was down to his last set of worn-out tires, spend many hours today driving all over Florida in search of a store that had some for sale - on a Sunday.
The racing started with practice rounds on Saturday, October 23. Qualifying started Sunday, and continued through Monday morning. In all, six rounds of qualifying were run. The way the results are scored, is that first the race organizers pick a “number” that is greater than the number of contestants. In this race, that number was 155. The fastest racer in the first round gets 155 points. The second racer gets 154, the third 153, and so on. This is done for each of the six rounds. When qualifying is finished, each racer’s two “worst” rounds are dropped, and then the points for the four remaining qualifiers are added together.
In the 1/12 scale Electric World Championships, Masami came in first place in his best four qualifiers, so he earned 620 points (155 + 155 + 155 + 155). With Masami coming in first in every one of the qualifiers, Atsushi Hara came in second in all four as well, and earned 612 points, for second place. This is how the Finals were set up.
The way the Finals were run, the very lowest Finals only got one run. The D, C, and B Final got two runs each. The A Final got three runs. For the A, the winner gets 100 points, second place gets 99, third gets 98, and so on. The points for a racer’s two best Finals are added together and that is what determines how well the racer did in the Final. For example, if Racer-A got a first, a third, and a sixth, the worst race (the sixth place finish) is dropped, and that racer gets 100 + 98 points, for a total of 198.
The top 10 racers after qualifying were:
1 - Masami Hirosaka
2 - Atsushi Hara
3 - Hiderou Kitazwa
4 - Mike Blackstock
5 - Michael Lufaso
6 - Yutaka Takizawa
7 - Marc Rheinard
8 - Jilles Groskamp
9 - Ryota Takahasi
10 - Thomas Pumpler
A-Mains.
In the first A-Main, Masaki started on the pole, with Atsushi Hara right next to him. As expected, Masami took off in first place, and while Atsushi tried to stay with him, Masami seemed just a hair faster. However, on lap #3 Masami made a mistake, causing his car to flip. While he was having trouble, Atsushi took over the lead Masami made another mistake on lap #11. Atsushi now had a nice lead, but could he keep it for eight minutes? Little by little, Masami closed the gap. Hiderou Kitazwa dropped out on lap #26. Marc Rheinard dropped out a few laps later, on lap #32. Mike Lufaso, who had been running in the #3 spot for the whole race, had problems on lap 31, dropping him back, and allowing Yutaka Takizawa to take over third place. Meanwhile, Masami was literally right on the tail of Atsushi, trying to get by, while Atsushi was doing his very best to prevent it. Atsushi built up some breathing room a few times, but soon after Masami was right back with him, knocking on the door. On lap #39, the last lap, Masami came up even with Atsushi, and bumped him. Atsushi later on told me that if his batteries were still up there, he thought he could have held Masami off, but with his batteries going away, even though the finish line was just 60 feet or so away, there was nothing he could do. Score round #1 for Masami, with Atsushi taking second, and Yutaka taking third place.
In the second A-Main, Masami made no mistakes. In the first few minutes he flat out drove away from everyone else. Atsushi had a solid second place, but he needed to catch Masami - with two wins, Masami would automatically be the winner of the Worlds. Hiderou once again had problems, dropping out on lap #4. Mike Blackstock held onto third place until lap #31 when Jilles Groskamp took the place over. That’s how they finished, Masami in first, followed by Atsushi and Jilles. (This also meant that Masami was now the World Champion, and Atsushi, with two second place finishes, had earned second place.)
Masami decided not to run the third A-Main, which would have an effect on the rest of the racers as well. Atsushi already had two second place finishes, but wanted a first and a second if possible. Hiderou took the lead in this race, followed by Atsushi and Mike Blackstock. Atushi had problems on lap #8 that dropped him way back. Mike moved up to second place when Atsushi dropped back, and he followed Hiderou around for the whole eight-minute race. So, the finishing order was Hiderou, Mike, and Michael Lufaso.
In calculating the points, Masami had two wins, making him the World Champion. Atsushi finished with two second place finishes, giving him Second Place. Because Masami did not run, Mike Blackstock was able to get 99 points for his second place finish, giving him the remaining Podium Spot for Third Place. Had Masami run, and won, Mike would have gotten one less point, meaning he would have tied for points with Jilles Groskamp. If the third round was to be the tie-breaker, that would have placed Jilles in third... But none of this is relevant, as Masami did not race the third round, so the results are:
1 - Masami Hirosaka 200 points
2 - Atsushi Hara 198 points
3 - Mike Blackstock 196 points
4 - Jilles Groskamp 195 points
5 - Mike Lufaso 194 points
6 - Yutaka Takizawa 192 points
7 - Ryota Takahasi 191 points
8 - Hideo Kitazawa 191 points
9 - Thomas Pumpler 190 points
10 - Marc Rheinard 187 points
It was an excellent series of races, and Masami has now won his 14th
World Championship!!!!
The following is a list of equipment used by the top ten drivers:
1 Masami Hirosaka
Car: Associated 12L Yokomo Special Motor: Reedy Ti 10x2
Batteries: Yokomo Z3300 HVR ESC: GM SX12 World Special
Tires (f/r): TRC / Yokomo Body: Parma Speed 8
Radio: KO Esprit Vantage Favorite Food: Vanilla
2 Atushi Hara
Car: Hara Products Hammer 12 Motor: Orion AH 10x2
Batteries: Orion GP 3300 ESC: Hara Products Twister 2
Tires (f/r): Jaco Body: Hot Bodies
Radio: KO Favorite Food: Soda
3 Mike Blackstock
Car: Associated 12L4 Motor: Reedy
Batteries: Reedy ESC: Novak GTX
Tires (f/r): Jaco Body: Protoform
Radio: KO Helios Favorite Food: Spaghetti
4 Jilles Groskamp
Car: Calandra Racing Concept (CRC) Motor: Peak Vantage V2
Batteries: Peak GP3300 ESC: Nosram
Tires (f/r): CRC Body: CRC
Radio: Sanwa Favorite Food: Fries
5 Mike Lufaso
Car: Associated 12L4 Motor: Reedy Ti 10x2
Batteries: Reedy Realtime ESC: LRP Quantum 2
Tires (f/r): Yokomo Body: Parma
Radio: KO Favorite Food: Tacos
6 Yutaka Takizawa
Car: Xenon Racing XR12 Motor: Xenom Hades 9x3
Batteries: Fusion Promatch ESC: Futaba MC800C Ver 2
Tires (f/r): Jaco Body: Parma
Radio: Futaba 3PK Favorite Food: Heiniken Beer
7 Ryota Takahasi
Car: Xenon Racing XR12 Motor: Xenon Hades 9x3
Batteries: Fusion Promatch ESC: Futaba MC800C Ver. 2
Tires (f/r): Jaco Body Parma
Radio: Futaba 3PK Favorite Food: Hot Fudge
8 Hideo Kitazawa
Car: Xenon Racing XR12 Motor: M/T Motor "First"
Batteries: Promatch GP3300 ESC: Futaba MC800C
Tires (f/r): Jaco Body: Parma
Radio: Futaba 3PK Favorite Food: Steak
9 Thomas Pumpler
Car: Assoc. RC12L Yokomo Special Motor: Orion V2
Batteries: Orion 3300GP ESC: Robitronic
Tires (f/r): TRC / Yokomo Body: Parma Speed 8
Radio: Sanwa Favorite Food: Spaghetti
10 Marc Rheinard
Car: CRC Motor: Orion V2
Batteries: Orion 3300GP ESC: Atushi Hara Twister 2
Tires (f/r): CRC Body: CRC
Radio: Sanwa M8 Favorite Food: Steak
IFMAR 1/10 SCALE ELECTRIC ON-ROAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
by Mike Myers
Tuesday was a rather quiet day, as the staff prepared for the second World Championship to be hel, for electric Touring Cars. New racers arriving for this event got their photos taken for their ID badges, and practice tires were made available for sale. The track was closed Tuesday - for some people, it was a chance to go sightseeing, or just relax, something Florida is good for (besides hurricanes!).
Wednesday started out with a huge crowd showing up for this very popular class. The track layout would be the same, but racing would be done in the opposite direction, so racers who had been in the earlier World Championship wouldn’t have an advantage from already knowing the track. Unlike the previous races, competitors here would need to all run the same “spec” tire. This saves a lot of money for teams that otherwise would need to prepare hundreds of tires, to find the one that worked “best”.
Practice sessions started early. After a couple of rounds of practice, two “controlled practice sessions” were held. These would be used to set up the qualifiers. It isn’t so much placing racers with similar abilities in each qualifier, but rather making sure the very fast racers aren’t mixed together with the very slow racers. The slower racers are spread out in the lower qualifiers, and the racers get moved to the later qualifiers.
Qualifying started Wednesday - there was one practice round, then three rounds of qualifying.
An interesting observation on the qualifying procedure. Everyone gets six rounds of qualifying, and the best four count. Qualifying in electric racing is VERY important, more so than in gas racing. With fuel races, and bump-ups, even if you qualify with a car that breaks in every round, and start last on the grid in the lowest main, you can still bump up to the top. Not so here. Do badly in three runs, and you’re down in the dumps no matter how well you do in the other three qualifiers - and there is no way to advance from a low Main (Final) up to a higher one.
Masami was fastest in the early runs, but Marc Rheinard got the most points and took over the TQ position. When all was said and done, here’s the line-up for the A-Mains:
1 620 Marc Rheinard
2 613 Daisuke Yoshioka
3 610 Atsushi Hara
4 607 Masami Hirosaka
5 602 Surikarn Chaidejsur
6 602 Billy Easton
7 595 Andrew Moore
8 594 Matt Francis
9 582 David Spashett
10 581 Juho Levanen
Results of first A-Main:
1 - Marc Rheinard 24 laps
2 - Masami Hirosaka 24 laps
3 - Daisuke Yoshioka 24 laps
4 - Atsushi Hara 24 laps
5 - Andrew Moore 23 laps
6 - Matt Francis 23 laps
7 - Juho Levanen 23 laps
8 - Billy Easton 23 laps
9 - David Spashett 23 laps
10 - Surikarn Chaidejsur 22 laps
Marc led this race wire to wire. Masami started in third, moved up to second, and when Marc made an error, Masami took over the lead on lap #13. He held onto the lead for three laps, when Marc passed him. Masami held onto second for the rest of the race. Surikarn held onto third place for almost the whole race, but had a problem on lap 22, and did not finish. Daisuke ran most of the event in 4th place, and when Surikarn had his problem, took over third. There was a lot of swapping positions in the back of the pack. Atsushi qualified for a third-place starting postion, but ran in 5th for most of the race. He took over 4th place when Surikarn dropped out.
Results of second A-Main:
1 - Daisuke Yoshioka 24 laps
2 - Atsushi Hara 24 laps
3 - Masami Hirosaka 24 laps
4 - Juho Levanen 23 laps
5 - Marc Rheinard 23 laps
6 - Andrew Moore 23 laps
7 - Billy Easton 23 laps
8 - Matt Francis 23 laps
9 - Surikarn Chaidejsur 23 laps
10 - David Spashett 23 laps
Marc started in first, but had a problem on the first lap and dropped to 4th, with Daisuke quickly moving into first. Atsushi led for a lap, but then followed Daisuke in second place. Masami ran most of the race in third place, dropping back to 4th for lap 10 when Marc got by, but two laps later Masami moved back into third. On lap #20 Marc got by Masami to take over third place. On lap #22 Atsushi tried to force himself by Daisuke in a trick pass, and led for a lap, but on the following lap Daisuke did the same thing back to Atsushi, regaining the lead. The finishing order appeared to be Daisuke, Atsushi, Marc, Masami, and then Juho, but Marc received a five second penalty, dropping him back in the standings.
At this point, any of several racers could still win the World Championship. A-Main #3 would determine the overall winner.
Results of third A-Main:
1 - Marc Rheinard
2 - Atsushi Hara
3 - Masami Hirosaka
4 - Matt Francis
5 - Juho Levanen
6 - Surikarn Chaidejsur
7 - Daisuke Yoshioka
8 - David Spashett
9 - Billy Easton
10 - Andrew Moore
The race seemed to get off to a good start, but after turn 2 there were several crashes as the cars in the middle of the pack were jockeying for position. Marc led the race once again from wire to wire, so the real battle was for the following places. Daisuke ran the entire race in second. Surikarn held onto third place until lap #7 when Masami passed him. Masami and Atsushi were swapping places back and forth, with both having gone by Surikarn. So, the race order was Marc, Daisuke, Masami, and Atsushi. On the very last lap Atsushi got by Masami to take over third spot with Masami taking 4th. After the race, Daisuke received a 10 second penalty, which moved him back in the standings.
The way the winner is determined, is by adding the points for his two best finishes together. Marc, with two wins, got 200 points. Daisuke got 98 points for his first main, plus 100 points for winning the second Main for a total of 198 points. Atsushi got 99 points for finishing second in Main #2, plus 99 points for finishing second in Main #3, for a total of 198 points, tying with Daisuke. Apparently the third race was to be the tie breaker, and Atsushi’s 97 points for his 4th place finish in Main #1 was better than Daisuke’s 94 points for his 7th place finish in Main #3 (after the penalty had been applied). This put Atsushi second on the podium, with Daisuke in third.
Here are the final results for all racers in 1/10th Touring Car Class.
A Main
1 Mark Rheinard
2 Atsushi Hara
3 Daisuke Yoshioka
4 Masami Hirosaka
5 Juho Levanen
6 Andrew Moore
7 Matt Francis
8 Billy Easton
9 Surikarn Chaidejsuria
10 David Spashett
EQUIPMENT USAGE
1 Mark chassis: Tamiya TRF 415 motor: Orion V2 7x1
Rheinard ESC: Hara Twister 2 radio: Sanwa M8
batteries: Orion GP 3300 qualified: #1
2 Atsushi chassis: HPI Pro 4 motor: Orion AH 7x1
Hara ESC: Hara Twister 2 radio: KO
batteries: Orion qualified: #3
3 Daisuke chassis: HPI Pro 4 motor: LRP Fusion
Yoshioka ESC: LRP QC2 radio: Sanwa M8
batteries: LRP qualified: #2
4 Masami chassis: Yokomo MR4 SDW motor: Reedy
Hirosaka ESC: GM SX-12W radio: KO Espri II
batteries: Yokomo Z3300HVR qualified: #4
5 Juho chassis: Associated TL4 motor: Reedy
Levanen ESC: LRP QC2 radio: Sanwa
batteries: Reedy qualified: #10
6 Andrew chassis: HPI Pro 4 motor: Orion 7x1
Moore ESC: Nosram radio: KO
batteries: Orion GP 3300 qualified: #7
7 Matt chassis: Losi JRX motor: Trinity D6 8x4
Francis ESC: LRP Q-2 radio: Airtronics M8
batteries: Trinity GP 3300 qualified: #8
8 Billy chassis: Yokomo Mr4TC-SD motor: Reedy
Easton ESC: LRP Q2 radio: Futaba
batteries: Yokomo qualified: #5
9 Surikarn chassis: Tamiya TBEvo4 motor: Peak Vantage
Chaidejsuria ESC: Futaba radio: Futaba
batteries: Peak qualified: #6
10 David chassis: Losi JRX motor: Peak
Spashett ESC: LRP radio: KO
batteries: Peak qualified: #9
It was a really nice event, or should I say two events. The track was excellent, Florida provided that beautiful sunshine that attracts visitors from all over the world, the racing was every bit as good as one would expect at a World Championships, and in both classes, the winner really did deserve the title. Hats off to Jorge and all the people who helped, to the IFMAR people who came out to make sure things were done properly, and to all the racers!
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