Daniel Kobbevik und Ty Tessmann schreiben in diesem Beitrag, wie sie die IFMAR-Weltmeisterschaft Elektro 1/10 Offroad in China erlebt haben. Daniel schaffte den Doppelsieg, was für ihn der Gewinn des 2 und 4WD IFMAR-Weltmeistertitels Junior bedeutete.

Endergebnis 4WD

1. Ryan Maifield – Yokomo
2. David Ronnefalk – HB
3. Spencer Rivkin – Asso
4. Ty Tessmann – Xray
5. Jörn Neumann – Xray
6. Naoto Matsukura – Asso
7. Ryan Cavaleri – Asso
8. Dakotah Phend – Losi
9. Bruno Coelho – Xray
10. Dustin Evans – Asso

Endergebnis 2WD

1. Ryan Maifield – Yokomo
2. Ryan Cavalieri – Asso
3. Lee Martin – Yokomo
4. Jared Tebo – Kyosho
5. David Ronnefalk – HB
6. Dakotah Phend – Losi
7. Jörn Neumann – Asso
8. Michal Orlowski – Schumacher
9. Kyle Ward-McBride – Asso
10. Bruno Coelho – Xray

Englische Version

Race report by Daniel Kobbevik

I was very exited about this WC, and my goals were at least B-main in both classes. We struggled a little bit in start when our batteries was not aproved, and we needed to buy batteries at racetrack. But they worked well, so that was good. First up was 2wd, and we had tested very little. But rest off the team had worked very hard before race at Hudy arena, just that the track conditions was very different from what we meet down here. My XB2 2018 with the start setup from a mix between Tessmann and Bayer was working good, we just went down to 78 spur, to get a little more traction in the rear.

Qualification started and first run was really good, I could have been top 5 in round, but made small mistake on jump combo before finish line and came 9 in round. A good start, and I really felt I could go superfast with my XB2, it was amazing to drive, so I felt very confident about next rounds. Second round came up, I was fighting with Lee, and Evans about finish top 3 in round, and on last lap we passed a car that was one lap behind us, both Lee and Evans came by, I was hit from behind and my rear axel popped out, and I came 12 in round, I was very frustrated at same time as I felt I could be and fight in the top.

Third round again on last lap and I was like top 5 in round finish, Evans make mistake on last jump combo, marshall running out and stepping on my car to save Evans…. not on purpose off course, but it seemed like it was not meaning for me to make A-main, I was 14 in round. 2 more qualifiers, rain came, and my car was not at all dialed, we was really cought on bed, we acted to late and did not manage to get car work on the conditions that came up. So I ended 18 after Q5 was finished. In B main my car was ready after we had done some changes and worked very good, I ended 16, with dragracing Rivkin for the 16 spot. Not the result I had hoped for, but I won the WC title Under 16.

Then it was time for 4wd and my hopes were big, but in reseeding round I lost my rear tire after 3 laps, and I did reseed in to 3 best heat, I knew then that it was going to be hard to reach A-main on this track. So I needed the last reseeding round to be good. Unfortently that round was late at night and track was slower, and it was cars in the cornes upside down, and I did not improve my reseeding time. So I had to go in 3 best heat. The track was not blowed or cleaned so it was not possible to get the same speed as the 2 heats after me, we just swiped the track for the heats after us, and I could not make mistake to have a chance.

First round I was 12, second I was 13, third round I was 9, 4 round I was on a very good pace, but axel popped out on a landing, so we needed to reduce droop in rear. Then I needed a 6 in Fifht round, but that round was never done, rain came and I was B-main again…. Ended 14 after four qualifications done. And after B-main done I ended 15 in total, again I was the winner of WC under 16. The good thing is to feel and see that I have the speed to compete against the fastest drivers, many drivers struggled at this WC. Now its 2 years until next 1/10 WC, and both me and Team XRAY will work hard to better the result! I am thankful for all the hard work Juraj, Martin, Ty, Gordon and all the rest off team put down to make the best for us! We will all be back stronger.

Race report by Ty Tessmann

This past week the 1/10 Electric Offroad World Championships were held in Xiamen, China.  The track being very different from the typical 1/10 tracks in America, it was very large,  high speed, bumpy and high grip, this made it a challenge to get around with such small cars.

The 2WD portion of the worlds was up first and based on what we knew from our testing, practice went pretty well with our car handling the high grip, high speed surfaces really well and I felt comfortable driving it around the track.  Unfortunately the weather went bad after practice and it rained over night, luckily they had covered the track for the forecasted rain but water still seeped onto the track through the tarps and more ran on while they took the tarps off, this giving a completely different surface for us to race on.  They did their best to dry the track out as best as they could but puddles had left some very slick spots, while some of the track remained fairly high grip.  Not really knowing what to expect, and since they cancelled the last practice round we didn’t change much on the car which we realized later was a mistake.

In Q1 my car was ok but not perfect so we made some changes for Q2.  Q2 was another ok result but the track seemed to lose grip dramatically as it became polished and had much less grip.  Looking back we should have gone for it and put on a bigger setup change, but hesitating ended up costing me the tie for 10^th place, Kyle McBride won the tie breaker leaving me in 11^th place, starting 1^st in the B main.

We put on the setup that we would typically run in the US, taking into account the high speed of the track and for the B main my car was the best it had felt on the lower grip surface, I had a good battle with Dustin Evans and Naoto and was able to win the B main with a good run.  Unfortunately we adjusted our car to this setup just too late, I was super disappointed with the result, but we learned some things and made good progress with the team and we are very excited for the future.

After a “day off” which we spent at the track preparing our 4wd car and gluing tires, the 4wd portion of the race was underway. Wednesday they resurfaced the track putting more molasses water on the track but the grip was never as high as it was for 2WD.  This time we started with our typical US setup with a few adjustments to handle the high speeds.  Right from the start of 4WD I was fairly happy with my car making small adjustments throughout.  Going into qualifying I felt very good about 4WD and high hopes that the result would be much better.

Qualifying went pretty good, I TQ’d round 2 , and was also able to TQ round 5 but they cancelled round 5 due to them not being able to finish because of the rain, but with 2 of the 4 qualifiers being counted I was TQ.  Once the rain cleared and they were able to remove the tarps, they had a short practice for all heats and then went into the mains. The wind picked up and was blowing very hard which greatly affected everyone especially in the jump section, which made for chaotic mains.

A1 I finished 2^nd and A2 I finished 3^rd, so I knew that in A3 if I could win with a good time I had a chance at the overall win, early on in the race I was able to create a good gap on the rest of the field, that’s when I hit a bump on the end of the straight and it sent my car flying.  I was probably charging a little too hard as I wanted to make a good time, but this crash cost me the lead, the next part of the race was kind of a blur with so much happening and so many cars crashing, at some point Maifield got ahead and I was pushing to get by him, when I got together with Maifield I waited to let him get by again which allowed Spencer to get by to take the lead, I pushed super hard to find a way to get by them but I was unable to do so and would finish 3^rd in A3.  This race was even more frustraing than 2WD as I felt I had a car that could have won but I just made too many mistakes.

Thanks to the whole XRAY team for the help and support, it is great to be on such an awesome team.

Thanks to all my sponsors for making it possible to race and do what I love to do, XRAY, RC America, Proline, OS, Hudy, Orion, MKS, VP Fuel, A Main Hobbies, Lunsford, Avid, Muchmore, Stick It 1, 110%, Darkside, Live RC, Red RC, Neobuggy.

Thanks to my family for all their help and support, they have stood by from day one and have sacrificed a lot. Most importantly I want to thank my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, without him I would not be where I am today.

Handel:  ,  ,  ,   ,  , , und Fachhandel.

Quelle: teamxray

Weitere Links

Starkes Statement von Jörn Neumann

Bruno Coelho neuer EFRA Europameister 4WD 2017

IFMAR WM 2015 in der Yatabe-Arena – Entscheidung in der Klasse 2WD

Ryan Maifield schafft das Double – IFMAR-Weltmeister 4WD

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