2006 IFMAR 1/8 Offroad World Championships
 

The IFMAR 1/8 Off-Road Fuel World Championships are being held this week in Jakarta, Indonesia. I'll be posting reports and images each day on SGrid Online.

Quite a change from the super-wet conditions for the pre-worlds - now it's dry and hot! The track is very similar to the old track, but has had some minor changes to improve things.

http://www.sgrid.com/2006/august/jakarta-track.jpg

Looks really good :lol:

That's great! Looking forward to see those new buggies pics (Team Magic M1, Mugen MBX5R, Kyosho MP777 WC, XRAY XB8 TQ and others).

Is there any live broadcast from the race?

How can you even see your buggy? Seriously?? That track looks HUGE!!! :eek:

It is huge, seriously.
Good thing is we have some paid marshalls on site during practice days and of course on race days.

That track is nutz! The winner would be the one with the best depth perception! :lol:

Bring your binoculars, then ....... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Does anyone know the price for first place?

Cheers

Monday's report and photos are now posted on SGrid Online.

http://www.sgrid.com/2006/august/practice.jpg
One view during today's practice session...

Yes, the track looks HUGE ... so far based on some info on the net, the average lap time during the first runs its around 48-49 second/lap ...

I heard that there are no North Americans at this race...

The only special news about north american pilots are the non-presence of Adam Drake and Travis Amezcua due to Team Losi wanting to promote their 8ight buggy on other European events like the novarossi grand prix ...

Other than that, i dont know ... (Paul Coleman is on the list, he is from USA right ?) ...

And about Team Magic M1 buggy, as far as i know they will not have any presence on the event ...


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There's plenty of Americans there...The first practice session shows Wheeler,Pavidas , Korts , and Hughes in the top 20

oops....my motor man gave me inacurate info...