Originally Posted by Rich Browne
I don't agree that the RB motors have fallen by the wayside in 1/8th On Road. Scott Kimbrow (RB, Kyosho USA and Empire Racing) runs RB's. Here is our record for 2005: We took 3 Firsts (Paris Memorial '05, Speedine Grandprix '05 and Paris Memorial '04) three seconds (ROAR Nationals '05, Great Lakes Challenge '05 and Nitro Showdown '05). We won the RAMS title by TQing and winning 7 out of 8 races.
We finished no lower than second all year - we had no DNF's that was over 21 races in '05.
We (Empire) were fast last year - plus, we finished all of our races.
Let's see what happens this year.
Great results. No one can really argue with that, but with all due respect thats all in the USA. Where did they finish at the 200mm IFMAR worlds in Brazil in 2004? Where did they finish at the 1/8th IFMAR Worlds in Messina 2005?
Maybe i was a little unfair by saying that they have fallen by the way side. What im trying to say is that they have a bit of catching up to do, now that the 35 Plus 21 is out, JP is working on a 35 Plus 21, Sirio, Ninja, etc...