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[usadar]

This was our first race in this year because Team Tokyo including myself went to race at the Checkpoint Cup at Buena Park in January & due to the heavy snow in Tokyo in February.

 

Because of several bumps on the main strait of our Gerding King during winter due to cold & dry weather & air-conditioning, we had decided to race GTC-FK instead of F-1 in February & March.

 

The track surface had been fixed thanks to our carpenter, Mr. Yoshida, & some fellow racers efforts, we had better not take chances until the weather becomes mild in Spring, so we will race GTC-FK in April, too.

In Can-Am I raced a new Kamo-DIO IRRA Can-Am chassis for the first time with a very good success, while Tebu raced his own build & Kamo-san ran his SCRRA light-weight Kamo-DIO Can-Am chassis with TSRD3 as I did at the Checkpoint Cup in January.

 

We enjoyed racing GTC-FK for the first time in Tokyo.

To make our racers' preparation easier & simpler, Parma Lola GT was designated as a spec body.

The minimum car weight of 110 grams with TSRD3/Falcon 7 as spec motors made the race very close.

 

I won what I had raced at last June's Retro Palooza at HVR, Kamo-Speed IRRA GTC chassis.

Tebu raced his own bulild, while Kamo-san raced what I raced for Can-Am, a new IRRA Kamo-DIO Can-Am chassis with some lead to make the car 110 g.

 

More pictures will be posted here and at our web-site: retro-tokyo.com soon.

 

Good Racing,

 

Haruki

 

Can-Am Qualify

 

Can-Am B-main

 

Can-Am A-Main

 

GTC-FK Qualify

 

GTC-FK B-Main

 

GTC-FK A-Main

 

 

 

 

 

 

[redbackspyder]

Great racing, and hope that everyone in Retro Tokyo enjoyed your efforts...  Again, it was a pleasure to meet all of the wonderful Retro Tokyo racers, and slot racing has brought us all closer together....  Looking forward to seeing the pictures, and hope that someday we may make the trip over to enjoy racing with all of you.....

[JerseyJohn]

Harucki, thanks for the report. Your program is also growing with 16 entries , that great. Race well and keep the hammer down. !!

 

regards, JJ

[usadar]

Mill & JJ,

 

Thanks a lot for your warm words.

 

Many pictures of our Race #1, including those of  the cars with their tech-sheets, are posted at our web-site:

 

http://retro-tokyo.c..._1st_photo.html

 

Some pictures from the above:

 

 

Tech for Can-Am.

16 turn-outs for Can-Am & 10 for GTC-FK.

 

Can-Am B-Main: Round-robin of 10 cars with 2 moveups.

 

Can-Am B-Main Drivers.

 

Sorry, Can-Am A-main cars & drivers will be posted in a next thread.

 

Can-Am A-Main Podium Cars.

 

Haruki's 1st place car:  Kamo-DIO IRRA Can-Am chassis built by Kamo.

 

 

Tebu's 2nd place car with Tebu's own buid.

 

 

Kamo's 3rd place car:  Kamo-DIO SCRRA Can-Am, no minimum weight requirement with a TSRD3 motor.

 

 

Can-Am A-Main Podium racers: (L to R) Tebu 2nd, Haruki TQ & 1st, Kamo 3rd.

 

GTC-FK B-Main cars.

 

GTC-FK B-Main drivers.

 

GTC-FK A-Main cars.

 

GTC-FK A-Main cars.

 

GTC-FK A-Main Podium Cars.

 

Haruki's 1st place car with a Kamo-Speed IRRA GTC chassis raced at last years Retro Palooza at Hudson Valley Raceway.

 

Tebu's 2nd place car with his own build.

 

Kamo's 3rd place car with a Kamo-DIO IRRA chassis, same as Haruki's Can-Am 1st place car's chassis with 10 g more lead.

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GTC-FK A-Main Podium Racers: (L to R) Tebu 2nd, Haruki 1st, Kamo TQ & 3rd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[usadar]

Can-Am A-Main cars.

 

Can-Am A-Main drivers.

[redbackspyder]

Great run guys, and beautiful cars... Thanks for the great pictures, as they show the real story, the pictures of the cars and chassis..... We can all learn from the shared information.....

[Matt Bruce]

Awesome Haruki, thanks for the report. Looks like you and Kamo are running some of my gears from the Checkpoint. I hope Tebu didn't strip his. Lol.