Tamiya Asia Cup Malaysian Qualifying Series 2010 Round 4
Date: July 25, 2010 (Sunday)
Venue: RC Connections track, Glenmarie
Classes: Super Touring, M-Chassis, FF-03, Formula 1
Organisers: Tamiya Underground
I'm a year late, but I finally finished building my M-05 and was eager to enter it in a race, and what better place than at
a Tamiya Asia Cup qualifier.
I was delighted to find out that the heats were ten minutes long.
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Formula 1 is still going strong with 18 participants.
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Time to look lively. Did everyone stay up late to clean ball bearings?
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No TAC race would be complete without Leonard Kee as MC.
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It's always nice to put faces to the names I read on the forums. Nice meeting you, Kamal Myvi.
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You know you are hardcore when the organiser puts out 4 categories and you enter yourself in 3.
My hat goes off to "Inspector" Lai and Sonny.
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The day started out nice and sunny. Someone even put their car out to dry the tire sauce.
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And this is why you should never complain about the Malaysian heat.
Before everyone got to finish their 3rd heat, it started to rain.
A few M-chassis drivers were game for some very wet mains.
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You cannot recycle styrofoam boxes but if you're clever, like Rosaidi here, you might be able to use them a
2nd time before throwing them out.
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In the end, even the wet runs didn't happen as the computer systems (two of them) failed.
The qualifying results were taken as the final results for this round.
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More pics from the day.
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Hatchbacks were very popular for the FF-03 class.
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My long wheelbase M-05 was very steady and suited my driving style (slow).
The Sweep tires and inserts (40R front, 25R rear, pink inserts all around) gave a very balanced amount of grip.
I did 29 laps on the first run, and was 10 seconds away from squeezing in another lap. I tried to push a little harder
in the 2nd heat and flipped the car once and spun it a few times, so ended up 10 seconds slower.
I told myself I would be happy to do 30 laps by the end of the day and I did that on the 3rd heat.
This put me into the lower half of the B (and last) main but that's not bad considering I hadn't been to a proper track
in months (nor ever, with this car and these tires).
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(Race results coming soon).
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