Arun

R6

Marc 24 5.06
Daisuke 5.08
Hara 5.09
Masami 5.09.67
Andrew moore 5.10.25
Billy 5.10.63
Francis 5.11.27
Surikarn 5.11.32
Drescher 5.11.46
Spashett 5.12.05

JDM_DOHC_SiR

iTrader: (31)

All 24 laps!! Man the A-mains are going to be close!

johnbull

Interesting mix of manufacturers in the six different qualifying top 10s.

Tamiya, Yokomo, HPI, X Ray, Corally, Associated, Losi.

How many of these will actually have cars in the A?

At least 2 of each of Tamiya Yokomo and HPI are definates, but I'm not too sure about the rest.

Now that all six qualifiers have been completed, surely someone must have worked it out.

I make the top 3 qualifiers: Mark R, Masami and Diasuke.

Doug Gaut

HPI PRO4's 2-3-5!!! Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JDM_DOHC_SiR

iTrader: (31)

Thats what I am waiting for

Cobra81li200

I worked out the points of the guys who've made 4+ top 10's, and i've got a possible top 9

Marc Rheinard 620
Daisuke Yoshioka 613
Astushi Hara 610
Masami Hirosaka 607
Billy Easton 603
Surikarn 602
Andrew Moore 595
Matt Francis 595
Juho Levanen 580

Next could be Spashett as he've got 3 top10 finishes.

elijahbaley

Lifted off from www.tq-racing.com, in turn reported from Mike Myers of Starting Grid. For your information guys.
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Oct 30 04:25 GMT+7
The young Marc Rheinard wins the first battle of this ISTC World Championship by taking the TQ spot. The best four out of six qualifying rounds were taken according to the IFMAR regulation. Marc has been on form all week in comparison to all other drivers and is definitely superfast, sharp and accurate. He could overtake any other driver and has been consistently running and posting the fastest lap times.

Truly, Marc Rheinard deserved this TQ. The much anticipated Masami Hirosaka was somewhat lacking the pace. Many other big names did not make it into the A-Main. All team Orion drivers seemed to get better runs. In addition to the TQ winner, Atsushi Hara, Surikarn- the current World Champion, Daisuke Yoshioka all made it to the A Main.

As reported earlier, most faster drivers used front “spool” (fixed axle) and it is definitely the faster way of going around this fast track. It takes certain skills to master the use of front spool. The track is getting hotter everyday and would get ‘greasy' during mid day.

Up to the writing of this message, we were still not sure about the top 10 results, but Marc is definitely TQ and that Atsushi Hara, Daisuke Yoshioka, Surikarn would be among the top 5. Masami and Billy Easton should make it into the A- Main but would be somewhere in the lower mid field.
Starting Grid position is crucial in this particular fast track layout.

johnbull

Except that where I am it's 1/4 past midnight and I'm more than ready for bed.

Dave, have you got your TC4 yet ? Mine arrived today.

JDM_DOHC_SiR

iTrader: (31)

Yes and no...still waiting on about 5 kits some buddys want them too
-Dave

Cobra81li200

guys i've posted a possible top9, what are you waiting for to comment on it ?

slowhand

Just a small correction: not all articles in tq-racing were written by Mike Myers. Unless stated otherwise, all writings were done by tq-racing. We always do mention our sources.

thank you ...

stjerno

With 4 runs already Steen Graversen has 592 points so he'll be passing Juho )

daniz24

If Adachi is racing, maybe there's another Yokomo on the A Main.

Cobra81li200

Oops, I'm having a look, but I believe I saw him only 3 times in the top10

futureal

This is the official top ten:

Marc Rheinard
Daisuke Yoshioka
Astushi Hara
Masami Hirosaka
Surikarn
Billy Easton
Andrew Moore
Matt Francis
David Spashett
Juho Levanen