Super Scale Grand Prix Malaysia 2010 Round 2
Date: March 21, 2010 (Saturday)
Venue: Kota Raja track, Klang
Classes: Novice and Open
Organisers: Hobby Haven
Motors allowed: Handout Yokomo 48-turn
Batteries: Handout Ni-Cd 1400mAh for Novice, 2S lipo or 6-cell Nickel-based for Open.
Gearing limits: none
Tires: open
This is round two of the SSGP. The first round was an endurance race. This round,
the Novice and Open classes are each separated into their own heats and mains.
Heats and the main (there's only 1 main) were 5 minutes for Novice class. Open class had 5-minute heats and a 10-minute main for each group.
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A quick photo of everyone before the madness starts.
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The cars. You see a variety of shells for this race as the Mazda Speed 6, Dodge Stratus and any other shell deemed
unrealistic by the organisers are not allowed.
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Some cars had more muscle than could fit under their shell.
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Entrance was free for participants aged 12 and under.
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Eric Chow made a rare appearance as a participant.
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His very fast BD5. Many racers are now waiting for the new Lipo-friendly Yokomo car to arrive at his shop.
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Pitting next to me was Kraisorn whose table was full of DIY widgets and whazzits. This one is a wooden ride height gauge.
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Kraisorn's homemade solder stand, complete with temperature control. He said the motor and mount were
part of a gizmo for cleaning motor commutators back when he was racing 23-turn brushed motors.
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Edward on camera duty for the day
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For the 5-minute heats, ratios were really easy to figure out.
Run the biggest pinion you have and the smallest spurs you can get your hands on.
The fastest guys were running tiny RW spurs from TP Racing
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Norazam's pace-setting ratio.
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Zack's a bit extreme. He used a 48-pitch setup to get a 41T pinion, 60T spur, coupled with an internal ratio of 1:2.00 for a final ratio of 1:2.93.
He'd wanted to run a 58T spur but the shop had run out of those.
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I finished bottom of the bottom (C) main, so that leaves plenty of room for improvement, but overall, a fun day out.
The rain held off until right before prize-giving, which is about as good as it gets for Malaysian weather.
I'm starting to get the hang of racing again and looking forward to the next round.
Novice Class Results
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Position
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Driver
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Car
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1
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Fuhren
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Yokomo SDWCSP
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2
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Jason Wong
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BD5
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3
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Ahmad
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Xray
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4
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Far
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Kyosho TF5
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5
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Scott
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Tamiya TA05
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6
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Harry Klang
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Tamiya TRF416
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7
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Fairuz
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Top Scythe
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8
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Zaki
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Top Scythe
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9
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Wei Han
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Tamiya TA05
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10
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John
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HL Lightning
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11
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Amir
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Yokomo BD5
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12
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Adip
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HY
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Open Class A Main
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Position
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Driver
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Car
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1
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Zack
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Yokomo BD5
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2
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Norazam
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Tamiya TRF416WE
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3
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Iezat Ismail
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Xray T3
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4
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Joseph
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Yokomo BD5
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5
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Wafie
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6
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Ernest
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Yokomo Super Plus
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7
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Shahriman
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Baracuda R2
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8
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Danny
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Tamiya TA05
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9
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Azrin
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10
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Eric Chow
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Yokomo BD5
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Open Class B Main
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Position
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Driver
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Car
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1
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Mohd Nazri
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2
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Kenneth
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Tamiya TRF416WE
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3
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Ezme
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Tamiya TA05
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4
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Kraisorn
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Top Scythe
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5
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Sobrain
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Xray T3
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6
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Syams
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Yokomo
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7
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NG LK
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Tamiya TA05R
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8
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Ong Soon Aun
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HB Cyclone
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9
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Epeen
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Losi XXX-S G+
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10
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Kamal Myvi
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Kyosho TF5
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Open Class C Main
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Position
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Driver
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Car
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1
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Iwan
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2
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Thompson
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3
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Sim
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Tamiya TA05
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