Reedy TC Race of Champions 2004

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    • June 1, 2004 at 8:37 pm #12173
      PandaBear
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      POSITION DRIVER CAR
      1 Surikarn Chaidajsuriya TAMIYA
      2 Greg Hodapp X-Ray
      3 Atsushi Hara HPI
      4 Marc Rheinard TAMIYA
      5 Matt Francis Losi
      6 Barry Baker Associated
      7 Craig Drescher Associated
      8 Satoshi Maezumi TAMIYA
      9 Mike Blackstock Associated
      10 Mark Pavidas Associated

      http://www.tamiya.com/japan/info/040531.htm

    • June 2, 2004 at 12:54 am #51929
      betty.k
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      there woulda been some fancy driving at that place!:p i dunno who the hell any of those guys are, but congrats!:8ball:

    • June 2, 2004 at 2:47 am #51931
      micro_Amps
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      Surely you have heard of Surikarn before, the man is a god.
      🙂 uA

    • June 2, 2004 at 3:38 am #51932
      betty.k
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      nah, don’t forget i’m still yet to clock 1 year in the hobby!:D:8ball:

    • June 2, 2004 at 3:30 pm #51949
      PandaBear
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      Surikarn is reigning IFMAR TC World Champ; Maezumi is one of Japan’s top drivers and Rheinard is one of Europe’s finest.

      The Race of Champions is invitational-only for
      the best-of-the-world’s-best handpicked by
      Mike Reedy (US motor building legend)
      and this year it was run “best of 10 races”.

      (given that combo, you’d need 120% in ALL facets
      of skill, setup, equipment AND Luck to win)

      Held this yr at Tamiya USA’s track in California.

    • June 3, 2004 at 4:01 am #51974
      leonli17
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      I guess the Luck takes about 99.9%. lol

    • June 3, 2004 at 4:30 pm #51982
      PandaBear
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      yeah, most of those 10 guys are probably on par in terms of equipment & driving skill. Luck plays a big hand especially when there is mega-carnage on the track.

      Reedy Race is interesting as they ban one-ways (Tamiya 415 comes std with one-way, no option diff or spool even). Cars had to be constant 4WD.

      This makes drivers change their driving style a bit… like braking real late into corners and using that to maintain corner speed instead of a one-way/spool’s superior acceleration out of corners.

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