cody king, 2011 ifmar winner, ifmar world championships, 1/8 off road buggy, pattaya thailand, rc, radio-control Latest race news from AKA:AKA would like to congratulate Cody King and Jared Tebo on an outstanding performance at the 2010 IFMAR World Championship in Pattaya, Thailand. The 2010 field was arguably the best collection of driving talent and [...]
After Friday night’s track grooming, many of the lower finals drivers were raving about how fun the track was. It was definitely well oiled, but there seemed to be a bit more traction than the previous time the track was ran on this oiled. Sunday morning is here and the track looks great. All of [...]
Team Orion is proud to announce that Cody King was crowned 2010 IFMAR 1/8 Off-Road World Champion with a Team Orion CRF engine some hours ago! Cody won the 1-hour final in front of Atsushi Hara and Team Orion’s Jared Tebo who took TQ position at this great event in Pattaya, Thailand. [...]
Jared Tebo takes TQ in commanding fashion! Jared Tebo was off to his typical ways in heat one, setting the TQ time to beat with a 13/10:13. In the following heat Ryan Maifield had quite a bit of pressure to put down a good run. His 2 previous runs were plagued with technical problems. [...]
Latest race news from Pro-Line: Today we were up early in order to see what might be in store for us at the track. Unlike yesterday, we found the track very similar to how we left it after practice with only small repairs. The first round of qualifying showed that the Pro-Line team had speed [...]
Latest race news from Orion: Team Orion is proud to announce that team driver Jared Tebo TQ’d the 1/8 IFMAR Off-Road World Championships 2010 with a CRF Technology engine! After the qualification rounds US Nationals winner 2010 Jared Tebo is in TQ position at these years World Championships in Pattaya/Thailand. Learn more about the Worlds [...]
Day 6 – Q5 & Q6 Qualifying round 5 has been completed. I just walked the track with Ryan Cavalieri and we were discussing the wear on the track and line changes to avoid the colossal ruts. Cavalieri has 4 quality runs already and is looking to pick up the pace a bit. His plan [...]
ifmar world championships, 1/8 off road buggy, pattaya thailand, rc, radio-control The weather this morning was back to typical. The skies are very overcast and the temperature is slightly cooler than yesterday’s sunny afternoon. The track is showing a fair amount of wear on the sweeper and the faces and landing of high speed jumps. [...]
ifmar world championships, 1/8 off road buggy, pattaya thailand, rc, radio-control Round 1 is in the bag and the sun is no longer hiding behind clouds for the first time since we’ve been here. Track temperatures have spiked to 118 degrees and oil is starting to seep through a few areas of the track. The [...]
Timed practice and opening ceremonies Its 8am here in Pattaya as everyone is walking the track to see the maintenance performed last night. What was assumed to be concrete patches on the track look like a mixture of sand and oil. Almost all of the off camber corners have a fresh coat of this concoction [...]
ifmar world championships, 1/8 off road buggy, pattaya thailand, rc, radio-control Latest race news from Pro-Line: It all started at the shop with the production of the Revolver 2.0. The mold had only been completed at 1pm and we were able to grab a very limited supply at 8:15pm before making the 100-mile drive to [...]
Latest race news from Team Associated: Rounds 1 & 2 of the 2010 1:8 scale IFMAR Worlds are now officially in the history books with Team Associated’s Ryan Maifield holding the top qualifier position for both. Ryan is turning fast and super consistent laps with a 14/10:37 in round 1, and a 14/10:35 for round [...]
ifmar world championships, 1/8 off road buggy, pattaya thailand, rc, radio-control Day 2 in Pattaya was not off to a good start for many of the drivers. The scene outside the Zign Hotel was a mob of drivers and mechanics waiting for the already late shuttle to transport them to the track. What was supposed [...]
ifmar world championships, 1/8 off road buggy, pattaya thailand, rc, radio-control On the agenda today: registration, tech inspection, setup pits and walk the track. There are two different pit areas. Tables setup outdoors underneath easy-ups or the air-conditioned storage containers adjacent to the track. The weather in Pattaya is in the high 80’s and very [...]
