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   TRF501X PROTOTYPE WINS 2ND AND 4TH PLACE!

TRF501X Prototype wins 2nd and 4th place at
IFMAR Pre-World Championships Race 1/10 Electric Off-Road!



At the 2006 IFMAR Pre-World Championships Race 1/10 Electric Off-Road held from September 8th-10th at the Ichirino RC Plaza Off-road Course in Hakusan City, Ishikawa Prefecture, the prototype of our high-end 4WD racing buggy TRF501X took 2nd and 4th place in the overall standings.

TRF Satoshi Maezumi’s Comments

For 2006, Team TRF (Tamiya Racing Factory) entered the prototype 4WD buggy TRF501X in the IFMAR Pre-World Championships Race 1/10 Electric Off-Road.
The TRF501X is being developed and tested with the goal of winning the IFMAR Electric 1/10 Off-Road World Championship that will be held in Japan in 2007. The Ichirino RC Plaza Off-road Course has a particularly challenging layout that tests a machine’s reliability, jump stability, and whether it has the necessary setting flexibility to deal with a wide range of surface conditions. We were able to pass all of these tests and achieve consistent lap times for a convincing demonstration of the machine’s high performance. My teammate Shinichi Suzuki and I were able to achieve 4th and 2nd place respectively during the qualifying heats. We had high hopes for the Finals, but they were unfortunately cancelled due to rain, so the qualifying rankings became the official results. Many fans came to the Tamiya booth at the event to check out the TRF501X and we fielded many questions, which indicated how much the R/C community anticipates the machine’s release. We’ll work ever harder on development and testing, so everyone can look forward to more improvements to the TRF501X in the future!!







4WD Class Results

1 Hayato Matsuzaki HB
2 Satoshi Maezumi TRF501X
3 Daisuke Yoshioka HB
4 Shinichi Suzuki TRF501X
5 Billy Easton YOKOMO
 
6 Shinnosuke Adachi KYOSHO
7 Tatsuya Sanpei KYOSHO
8 Masami Hirosaka YOKOMO
9 Kouta Akimoto KYOSHO
10 Yoshihiro Kawashima YOKOMO

Related Link:IFMAR Homepage
Related Link:2007 IFMAR Electric 1/10 Off-road World Championship Website
(Information is accurate as of September 12, 2006)
 



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