Mark Pavidis Joins Kyosho
11-12-2007, 01:58 PM
#1
Mark Pavidis Joins Kyosho
Press Release:
Monday, November 12, 2007 - Kyosho America announces that, as of Monday, November 19th, Mark Pavidis will be joining them as a product designer at their Lake Forest, California facility. Pavidis is a two-time World Champion and the reigning IFMAR World Champion in 1/8 Off-Road, and has 18 years of R&D, product development, and design experience that he brings to Kyosho.
During his tenure as a Kyosho Factory driver, Pavidis has already been instrumental in the design and testing of certain Kyosho vehicles. Kyosho America's Marketing Director Steve Pond says, "Having Mark on staff will give us a distinct advantage because he's raced at the highest level of competition in the world for decades. Not only will he be able to design new products, his considerable racing skill will allow him to test them to the highest limits. Combined with the considerable talents of Gil Losi, Jr., we’re very excited about the possibilities of future products that will result from our newly-formed team."
Monday, November 12, 2007 - Kyosho America announces that, as of Monday, November 19th, Mark Pavidis will be joining them as a product designer at their Lake Forest, California facility. Pavidis is a two-time World Champion and the reigning IFMAR World Champion in 1/8 Off-Road, and has 18 years of R&D, product development, and design experience that he brings to Kyosho.
During his tenure as a Kyosho Factory driver, Pavidis has already been instrumental in the design and testing of certain Kyosho vehicles. Kyosho America's Marketing Director Steve Pond says, "Having Mark on staff will give us a distinct advantage because he's raced at the highest level of competition in the world for decades. Not only will he be able to design new products, his considerable racing skill will allow him to test them to the highest limits. Combined with the considerable talents of Gil Losi, Jr., we’re very excited about the possibilities of future products that will result from our newly-formed team."
11-12-2007, 02:38 PM
#3
Mark has been employed by Pro-Line Racing for the last 8 years, so it's a little hard to make him "part of R&D" when he collects a paycheck from another company. He's already been part of the R&D process in a limited capacity by virtue of the fact that he's on the team, which is already stated in the press release. Now he will be on the staff of Kyosho America, which opens up the door for him to be part of the R&D team exclusively.
Last edited by SteveP; 11-12-2007 at 02:50 PM.
11-12-2007, 07:46 PM
#6
Congrats Mark!
11-13-2007, 03:29 AM
#7
Tech Initiate
Wow. Sounds like an All-Star team. I just hope it's not TOO many all-stars in the same team. Egos tend to clash when that happens.
11-13-2007, 03:50 AM
#8
So he's going full time R&D? Who'll replace him on the race team?
My guess.......Drake.
My guess.......Drake.
11-14-2007, 09:41 PM
#11
Kyosho started the ball rolling on this earlier this year when they hired Gil Losi Jr. I'm really excited to see what their next 1/8th scale will be like. I'm glad to see that they're picking up the "serious racing" mantle that AE and Losi seem to have dropped.
11-15-2007, 07:56 AM
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11-15-2007, 08:05 AM
#14
. how about more drivers, especially electric onroad and electric offroad.
11-15-2007, 08:09 AM
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