| Race report by World Model |
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| Our team driver âśGary Huangâť participated in two classes in this National tournament, in 1/10 Electric Touring Car and 1/8 on-road car. It was held in Yongkang City, Zhejiang province, China. It was an asphalt road and the temperature reached 40 degrees Celsius, the ground temperature was even up to 65 degrees Celsius. It was a hard day, and you were likely get a heat stroke. According to the organizer, only one practice day was allowed for on-road classes. There were not only top drivers from different provinces in China, some of them came from Hong Kong and most of them only joined one class only. So, it was not easy for Gary who joined two classes, he should put much effort to get a good result. |
| 1/8 On-Road Nitro Cars |
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| As the track was quite small and was relatively narrow, it was not a typical track for 1/8 cars. As Gary and Gavin did not have a proper setting in the preliminary, just got 2nd place. In order to make improvement in the Final, they have adjusted the setting during night before the Finals day. They changed the 1st and 2nd plastic gears to 60 / 55 in order to enhance the traction of the car and fit to this small track. The Rear Suspension Holder was changed to narrow and the lowest point. The wheel base became narrow and the wide height has been lower. So, the traction was increased when the car was out of corners. To cope with the corners on a small track, without affecting the acceleration of the ultimate grip while enhancing the coordination at the rear part of the car, they have moved rear upper camber link outward, used Front F32 and Rear R35 tires. Due to the low humidity, they needed to tune the engine a little bit rich. The setting has been fixed and ready for the final day, but they did not have time to test the setting before the start of the final. Gary knew that there was a distance between the 1st car, he decided to chase over the 1st car at the 1st corner after start of the final. Although the 2nd car tried his best to get closer to Gary, he has also been attacked by the 3rd car. The 2nd car lost his advantage and made mistake after 3 mins. After a short period of time, the 2nd car was out of control in the straight road and quitted finally. Even the 3rd car was up to the 2nd place and pushed Garyâ™s car closely, Gary still preformed very well and kept the 1st place, and got the advantage after his first refilling oil. The time was passed by 13 mins, the engine of the 2nd car was off suddenly. So, Gary won the Championship in this class, head over the 2nd place by 5 laps. |
| 1/10 Electric Touring Cars |
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| As the brand and the model of the tires were open in this time, the drivers could use whatever tires they wanted and the difficulty was definitely increased. For this reason, Gary and Gavin has spent much time on the testing of the tires. The environment of the track was a little messy because there was no grouping for the practice day. It was hard for us to have a good setting for this race. The performance of Gary was not stable during all rounds of preliminaries, just got 5th place. In the final, Gary became more stable and preformed very well in the 1st round of the final. During the 2nd round of the final, Garyâ™s car was in the 3rd place. In the last two minutes the 2nd car had an accident and gave a chance to Gary to move up to 2nd place. At the last 4 laps, the 1st car was out of control, Gary took this chance to go beyond and got the 1st place in this round. Garyâ™s car moved to 2nd place at the early stage of the 3rd round, it was not easy to keep the leading position because Alfred Laoâ™s car has been chased by Garyâ™s car very closely, Gary needed to confront Alfredâ™s big challenge because Alfred also had a chance to win the championship if he got 1st place in this round. So, the competition was very keen and Alfred gave much pressure on Gary. Finally, Gary completed this round with 1st place and won the championship in this class. |
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| 1/8 Nitro |
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1.Gary Huang - XRAY RX8
2. Xu Zhanhao
3. Luo Wen Tao
4. Huang Yiwen
5. Wu Chaowen
6. Huang Jia Fat
7. Zhong Ye Yi
8. Qiu Zhenzhou
9. Yin Zhongqian
10. Lai Canxi
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