1989 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships

1989 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships

Event Information
Event Title	1989 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships
Dates run	5 - 10 September 1989
Club Information
Venue	St Ives Showground
Location	Sydney,
Host country	Australia
Surface	Dirt
Vehicle Specification
Class	1:10 Electric Offroad Buggy
2wd Title
First	Masami Hirosaka Team Associated
Second	Jay Halsey Team Associated
Third	Cliff Lett Team Associated
4WD Title
First	Masami Hirosaka Yokomo
Second	Butch Kloeber Yokomo
Third	Rick Hohwart Kyosho

1989 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships was the third edition of the 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship that took place in Australia at the St Ives Showground in Sydney between 4 and 10 September 1989.[1]

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Classification

Note: A-main only.

2WD

				Qual.	A1				A2				A3				Total
Pos.	Driver	Car Maker	Motor		Pos.	Laps	Time	Av Time	Pos.	Laps	Time	Av Time	Pos.	Laps	Time	Av Time	Laps	Time Total	Time Lap
1	Masami Hirosaka	Associated RC10GX	Reedy Gold Star		1	17	311.23	18.31	1	17	316.65	18.63	2	17	314.45	18.50	34	625.68	18.4
2	Jay Halsey	Associated RC10GX	Reedy		2	17	314.04	18.47	9	16	319.09	19.94	1	17	314.29	18.49	34	627.23	18.45
3	Cliff Lett	Associated RC10GX	Reedy		5	16	302.88	18.93	2	17	318.79	18.75	3	17	316.45	18.61	34	635.24	18.68
4	Mike Dunn	Team Losi JR-X2	Race Prep		3	17	318.74	18.75	4	16	304.69	19.04	7	16	311.67	19.48	33	623.43	18.89
5	Rick Vehlow	Associated RC10GX	Reedy		7	16	306.4	19.15	3	16	301.34	18.83	6	16	309.55	19.35	32	607.74	18.99
6	Jamie Booth	Schumacher Top CAT	Reedy		6	16	304.9	19.06	6	16	312.21	19.51	4	16	306.46	19.15	32	611.36	19.11
7	Craig Drescher	Associated RC10 Graphite	Reedy		4	16	302.7	18.92	5	16	311.25	19.45	8	16	314.78	19.67	32	613.95	19.19
8	Jack Johnson	Team Losi JR-X2	Losi Revolution		8	16	307.81	19.24	8	16	317.26	19.83	5	16	309.49	19.34	32	617.3	19.29
9	Joel Johnson	Kyosho Ultima Pro	Trinity		9	16	309.75	19.36	7	16	315.30	19.71	9	16	317.13	19.82	32	625.05	19.53
10	Ron Rossetti	Team Losi JR-X2	Losi Revolution		10	16	315.53	19.72	10	16	323.69	20.23	10	15	301.25	20.08	32	639.21	19.98
Source:[3][1]

4WD

				Qual.	A1				A2				A3				Total
Pos.	Driver	Car Maker	Motor		Pos.	Laps	Time	Av Time	Pos.	Laps	Time	Av Time	Pos.	Laps	Time	Av Time	Laps	Time Total	Time Lap
1	Masami Hirosaka	Yokomo YZ-870C	Reedy Gold Star		1	17	301.67	17.75	1	18	316.56	17.59	2	18	318.71	17.71	36	635.28	17.65
2	Butch Kloeber	Yokomo YZ-10	Reedy		3	17	309.91	18.23	2	17	302.12	17.77	1	18	318.50	17.69	35	620.62	17.73
3	Rick Hohwart	Kyosho Lazer ZX	Peak Performance		4	17	310.57	18.27	9	16	304.25	19.02	3	17	305.27	17.96	34	614.84	18.08
4	Cliff Lett	Yokomo YZ-10	Reedy		2	17	305.98	18.00	4	17	311.41	18.32	8	16	308.51	19.28	34	617.39	18.16
5	Jürgen Lautenbach	Schumacher Pro CAT	LRP		5	17	314.27	18.49	3	17	309.23	18.19	5	17	310.92	18.29	34	620.15	18.24
6	Phil Davies	Schumacher Pro CAT	Reedy		8	16	300.61	18.79	5	17	311.68	18.33	6	17	319.01	18.77	34	630.69	18.55
7	Mike Dunn	AYK Pro Radiant	Race Prep		6	17	317.39	18.67	7	17	317.45	18.67	10	9	164.19	18.24	34	634.84	18.67
8	Satoshi Kayano	Yokomo YZ-870C	Reedy		7	17	319.19	18.78	8	17	317.63	18.68	7	16	303.82	18.99	34	636.82	18.73
9	Rory Cull	Schumacher Pro CAT	LRP		9	16	302.91	18.93	6	17	316.1	18.59	9	15	302.01	20.13	33	619.01	18.76
10	Jay Halsey	Yokomo YZ-10	Reedy		10	13	253.25	19.48	10	5	87	17.4	4	17	308.87	18.17	30	562.12	18.74
Source:[4][5]

References

1. Hustings 1989, pp. 58–63.
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw0KG4xJ6_M Australian News Report of Event
3. Hustings 1989, pp. 46–50.
4. Koizumi 1989.
5. Kinoshita 1989.

Bibliography

• "IFMAR 1/10 World Championship" (in Japanese). c. 1989. Retrieved 3 June 2020. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help) [cutout of a Japanese magazine, unverified by website owner]
• Hustings, Gene (December 1989). "1/10 Off Road World Champs" (PDF). Radio Race Car International. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
• Kinoshita, S (1989). "1989 IFMAR 1/10 Scale World Championship" (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 June 2020. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help) [cutout of a Japanese magazine, unverified by website owner]
• Koizumi, H (1989). "1989 IFMAR 1/10 Scale World Championship" (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 June 2020. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help) [cutout of a Japanese magazine, unverified by website owner]
• "89年 IFMAR 1/10 電動超野車世界賽" [89 IFMAR Electric Off-Road Car World Championship] (PDF). RC World (in Traditional Chinese). Taiwan. November 1989. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
• 3rd IFMAR World Championships: 1/10th Electric Off-Road Buggies (PDF). Retrieved 3 June 2020.

Further reading

• Kinoshita, S (c. 1989). "1989 IFMAR 1/10 Scale World Championship" (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 June 2020. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help) [cutout of a Japanese magazine, unverified by website owner]
• Harman, Alan (December 1989). "Hurricane Hirosaka" (PDF). Radio Control Model Cars. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
• Hustings, Gene (January 1990). "IFMAR Offroad World Championships" (PDF). R/C Model Cars. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
• Blandin, Denis (November 1989). "3e Championnat du monde TT 1/10 en Australie". Auto8. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
• Houle, Rick (February 1990). "'89 IFMAR Off-Road World Champs". Radio Control Car Action. Air Age Media. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
• Houle, Rick (January 1990). "First Report from the Australian Offroad World Champs!". Radio Control Car Action. Air Age Media. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
• Pond, Steve (December 1991). "1991 IFMAR World Champs". Radio Control Car Action. Wilton, Connecticut: Air Age Media. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
• "The 3rd Annual IFMAR 1/10 Off Road World Championships" (PDF). R/C News. November 1989. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
• Reedy, Mike (November 1989). "1989 IFMAR 1/10 Off-Road World Championship: What's in a Name" (PDF). Competition Plus. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
• Waern, Lasse (1989). "Japanen Hirosaka vann allt" (PDF). Allt Om Hobby (in Swedish). No. 7. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
• Moase, David (13 September 1989). "World champ has rivals eating dust". Manly Daily. Retrieved 3 June 2020.