2015 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships

36°00′45″N 140°05′09″E / 36.012406°N 140.085835°E / 36.012406; 140.085835

2015 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships
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Event Information
Event Title2015 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships
Dates run3 — 10 October 2015
Club Information
Club NameJMRCA Kanto
VenueYatabe Arena
LocationTsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture
Host country Japan
SurfaceArtificial turf
Vehicle Specification
Class1:10 Electric Off-Road Buggy Schumacher Tires
2wd Title
First Spencer Rivkin (JPN)
Associated–Reedy
Second Ryan Cavalieri (25x17px)
Associated–Orion
Third Jared Tebo (USA)
Kyosho–Orion
TQ Jared Tebo (USA)
4WD Title
First Bruno Coelho (POR)
XRAY–LRP
Second Naoto Matsukura (JPN)
Kyosho–Muchmore
Third David Ronnefalk (SWE)
Hot Bodies–Orion
TQ Bruno Coelho (POR)
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2015 IFMAR World Championships

The 2015 IFMAR 1:10 scale Electric Off-Road World Championships (2015年IFMAR EP オフロード世界選手権) is the 16th edition of the IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship for 1:10 scale radio-controlled electric off-road buggies sanctioned by the International Federation of Model Auto Racing (IFMAR). It was run over two separate classes (2WD and 4WD) over eight days from 3 to 10 October, with each class running for three days each in total.

The national sanctioning body, Japan Model Racing Car Association (JMRCA), acted as the host nation on behalf of the Far East Model Car Association (FEMCA), with JMRCA Kanto acting as the host club for the championship taking place at the Yatabe Arena in Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture. This was the arena's third time hosting the event and its second time hosting a 1:10 off-road race, the first since the 1995 event. It also became the first Off-Road Worlds to take place in an indoor venue since 1999.

The event was best known for its decision to be run on artificial turf for the first time, ending a tradition of dirt tracks in the tournament's entire 30-year history, a decision that has not been met without controversy.[1] As a result of this controversy, the decision became known as "Astrogate"[2] and the event as "Turf Worlds".[3]

Jared Tebo and Steven Hartson, both of the United States, were the defending champions of the 2WD and 4WD class respectively. The 2WD class was won by Team Associated's Spencer Rivkin who, at the age of 16, became the youngest driver to win the 1:10 off-road race.[4] After losing to Naoto Matsukura in electric touring car when he won the last two of three heats needed to secure a title[5] the previous year,[6] XRAY's Bruno Coelho of Portugal won the 4WD class.[7]

Background

During the annual general meeting for electric racing on September 26, when the Off-Road Worlds was still in session, Yatabe Arena was awarded hosting rights[8] under IFMAR's bloc host rotation order as it turned to FEMCA, who represents Asia,[9]

This was the Yokomo owned venue's third IFMAR event, its first was as a 1:10 electric off-road championship in 1995. They also hosted the 2000 Electric On-Road Worlds (1:12, PRO 10, touring car), the only time three official world championship events took place under the same host. Beside the Worlds, the circuit regularly hosts the JMRCA All-Japan Championships.[10]

Circuit

Main article: Yatabe Arena

The circuit was originally famously built by Yokomo as a replica of the circuit used for the 1989 Worlds in Australia to help themselves prepare for the race three months prior, using soil samples collected from the track.[11] The circuit was at the time built over a large plastic awning. The venue was reopened in 2011 following a major refurbishment work which included a new permanent building that was built.[1]

There are currently four circuits in total, one is used for off-road racing in its original building, three others are on-road circuits housed under the new building, two are used as a drift circuit and the other used for on-road carpet racing.[12][13][14]

When Yatabe Arena was given the right to host the world championship following the 2013 Worlds;[8] at the time, the rulebook stated that the choice of surface was packable rock free dirt[2] but a proposal was sent to IFMAR to run the event on artificial turf.[1] On December 15, 2014, the rules was reamended to allow for the track to be entirely run on artificial turf following a vote by the four continental blocs with only ROAR of North America opposing,[15] with some traditionalists branding this decision to run the world championship on a "touring car track with jumps"[1] and in a public poll conducted by the NeoBuggy website, 62% of readers opposed the decision.[16] The reason for this decision was in response to the rise of professional carpet racing for off-road racing, particularly in Europe,[17] with its highly successful Euro Offroad Series [de], a winter multi-round professional championship taking place on indoor carpet tracks.[1]

As off-road racing has traditionally taken place on dirt track, artificial turf in off-road racing is considered to be easy to set up, durable and easier to maintain[18] and thus became a choice surface over dirt, with manufacturers producing parts and cars designed for racing on this type of high-grip surface.[19] Also, it enables events to take place in commercial venues such as shopping malls.[17]

Instead of using the existing track, a new track will be temporarily built over its indoor on-road circuit in the venue's newly built extension, the Center Building;[18] to achieve this, the track require two layers of wooden sheeting put underneath the new surface to enable the piping, strips and corner dots to be screwed securely to the track.[1] Because of it being an indoor venue, it is the first Off-Road Worlds to take place in an indoor venue since 1999 which took place in Finland.[20]

The overall dimension of the track is 21.5m deep by 38m wide.[1] The circuit was extensively modified from the track originally used in the pre-Worlds based on feedback from competitors that was criticized for "lacking obstacles". The most significant additions from the IFMAR warm-up race is the inclusion of the large tabletop, originally built but was left out by the organizers. Another change made for the two events was that the main straight was relocated front of the drivers stand to the opposite side of the track.[1]

During the first day of racing, many of the drivers praised the overall layout some more positive than initially thought but criticized the circuit's five washboard section,[21] with some branding it "stupid" especially from Jörn Neumann and Ryan Maifield[21] and it being too high[1] however the sections was praised by a few drivers including the defending 2WD champion, Jared Tebo who claimed it encouraged driver errors.[21] The strips consisted of five black rubber strips placed underneath house doors, designed to force drivers to set their car to off-road racing ground clearance.[1] Four times world champion Ryan Cavalieri praised the track, describing it "fun except for the black strips".[21]

Dates

The event was initially to take place on September 26 through October 3 but a decision was made to move it forward 7 days to prevent a clash with the prestigious All Japan Model & Hobby Show [ja] in Tokyo[22] as a number of important JMRCA officials were required to be present at the show.[23]

Tires

Schumacher Racing Products have been announced as the sole supplier of control tires for the world championships. The tire used will be Mini Spike 2 Yellow compound with Med. Rear CAT foam insert for both 2WD and 4WD with Wide Stagger Rib Yellow compound with Med. Front CAT insert for the 4WD front.[24]

Report

2WD results

Main article: 2015 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road 2WD Worlds
Qual A1 A2 A3 Total Ref
Pos. Driver Car Motor Pos. Laps Time FL Pt. Pos. Laps Time FL Pt. Pos. Laps Time FL Pt. Tot Disc Net Laps Time
1  Spencer Rivkin (USA) Associated
RC10B5M		 Reedy Sonic Mach 2 3 2 17 5:01.181 17.064 2 1 18 5:16.137 17.137 1 1 18 5:15.551 17.175 1 4 2 2 36 10:31.688 [25][26][27][28]
2  Jared Tebo (USA) Kyosho
Ultima RZ6		 Orion VST2 1 1 18 5:14.709 17.142 1 4 17 5:03.793 17.129 4 3 17 5:01.535 16.909 3 8 4 4 35 10:16.244 [25][26][27][28][29]
3  Ryan Cavalieri (USA) Associated
RC10B5M		 Orion VST2 4 3 17 5:02.505 17.294 3 2 17 5:01.328 17.301 2 2 17 5:00.830 17.131 2 7 3 4 34 10:02.158 [25][26][27][28]
4  Neil Cragg (GBR) Associated
RC10		 Reedy Sonic Mach 2 2 6 17 5:09.235 17.109 6 3 17 5:01.978 17.183 3 4 17 5:02.951 17.196 4 13 6 7 34 10:04.929 [25][26][27][28]
5  Jorn Neumann (GER) Serpent
Spyder SRX-2 MM		 Orion VST2 6 5 17 5:06.651 17.357 5 9 17 5:11.622 17.316 9 5 17 5:06.129 17.229 5 19 9 10 34 10:12.78 [25][26][27][28]
6  Ryan Maifield (USA) Losi
22 Development		 Orion VST2 7 4 17 5:04.911 17.274 4 7 17 5:07.407 17.331 7 9 13 4:02.679 17.168 9 20 9 11 34 10:12.318 [25][26][27][28][30]
7  Martin Bayer (CZE) X-Ray
XB2 2015		 Orca RX3 9 9 17 5:16.223 17.522 9 5 17 5:07.079 17.394 5 6 17 5:06.884 17.403 6 20 9 11 34 10:13.963 [25][26][27][28]
8  Kody Numedahl (USA) Associated
RC10		 Reedy Sonic Mach 2 10 10 17 5:18.247 17.330 10 6 17 5:07.375 17.457 6 8 15 4:35.361 17.393 8 24 10 14 34 10:25.622 [25][26][27][28]
9  Michal Orlowski (POL) Schumacher
KF2 Low Grip		 Speed Passion 4.0 8 7 17 5:11.246 17.455 7 10 15 5:14.934 17.692 10 7 17 5:10.475 17.687 7 24 10 14 34 10:21.721 [25][26][27][28][31]
10  Lee Martin (GBR) Yokomo
YZ-2		 Muchmore Fleta ZX 5 8 17 5:15.735 17.185 8 8 17 5:10.982 17.251 8 10 0 0:00 10 26 10 16 34 10:26.717 [25][26][27][28][32]
Qual Finals Ref
Pos. Driver Car Pos. Time Laps FL Pt.
11  Elliott Boots (GBR) 12 B-1 17 5:05.137 17.34 1 [33]
12  Dakotah Phend (USA) 15 B-2 17 5:07.719 17.34 2 [33]
13  Joona Haatanen (FIN) 16 B-3 17 5:07.998 17.38 3 [33]
14  Kyle McBride (AUS) 13 B-4 17 5:08.401 17.354 4 [33]
15  Steven Hartson (USA) 18 B-5 17 5:11.722 17.301 5 [33]
16  Patrick Hofer (SUI) 17 B-6 17 5:13.671 17.693 6 [33]
17  Yusuke Sugiura (JPN) 11 B-7 17 5:14.453 17.574 7 [33]
18  Carson Wernimont (USA) 19 B-8 17 5:17.086 17.617 8 [33]
19  Kohta Akimoto (JPN) 20 B-9 16 5:05.549 17.765 9 [33]
20  Naoto Matsukura (JPN) Kyosho
Ultima RB6 WC		 14 B-10 16 5:14.79 17.735 10 [33][34]
21  Hupo Hoenigl (AUT) 21 C-1 17 5:08.171 17.613 1 [35]
22  Dustin Evans (USA) Losi
22-4		 22 C-2 17 5:16.107 17.448 2 [35][36]
23  Hayato Matsuzaki (JPN) 29 C-3 17 5:18.594 17.701 3 [35]
24  Kaito Kodera (JPN) 25 C-4 16 5:01.052 17.577 4 [35]
25  Jesper Rasmussen (DEN) 28 C-5 16 5:03.074 17.69 5 [35]
26  Chris Sturdy (AUS) 30 C-6 16 5:03.229 17.912 6 [35]
27  Marc Rheinard (GER) 23 C-7 16 5:04.049 17.686 7 [35]
28  Bruno Coelho (POR) 26 C-8 14 4:31.951 17.821 8 [35]
29  Tom Cockerill (GBR) 24 C-9 8 2:32.178 18.143 9 [35]
30  Craig Collinson (GBR) Team C
TM2 V2		 27 C-10 2 0:47.057 18.44 10 [35][37]
31  Travis Amezcua (USA) Durango
DEX210F		 31 D-1 17 5:15.639 17.796 1 [38][39]
32  Ty Tessmann (CAN) 32 D-2 17 5:17.625 17.863 2 [38]
33  Ben Jemison (GBR) 40 D-3 16 5:03.222 17.984 3 [38]
34  Kazuki Sasatsu (JPN) 33 D-4 16 5:05.68 17.797 4 [38]
35  Zacarias Villalba (ESP) 39 D-5 16 5:10.823 17.954 5 [38]
36  Raymond Munday (AUS) 37 D-6 16 5:12.145 17.956 6 [38]
37  Juriya Kajiwara (JPN) 38 D-7 16 5:13.22 17.828 7 [38]
38  Malin Karlsen (SWE) 34 D-8 16 5:16.553 18.496 8 [38]
39  Richard Lowe (GBR) 36 D-9 14 4:20.445 17.845 9 [38]
40  Shiniosuke Adachi (JPN) 35 D-10 0 0:00 0 10 [38]
41  Joshua Pain (AUS) Yokomo
YZ-2		 41 E-1 16 5:01.29 18.045 1 [40]
42  Sylvain Gallo Selva (FRA) 44 E-2 16 5:04.596 18.235 2 [40]
43  Nana Kaiho (JPN) 43 E-3 16 5:07.604 18.46 3 [40]
44  Kai Kikuchi (JPN) 42 E-4 16 5:10.803 18.15 4 [40]
45  Daisuke Sakamoto (JPN) 46 E-5 16 5:11.685 18.363 5 [40]
46  Kyle Moon (GBR) 48 E-6 16 5:12.098 18.14 6 [40]
47  Billy Easton (USA) Serpent
Spyder SRX-2 MH		 E-7 16 5:15.864 18.029 7 [40][41]
48  Nathan Ralls (GBR) 49 E-8 16 5:17.955 18.2 8 [40]
49  Andrew Smolnik (USA) PR Racing
PRS1 V3		 47 E-9 15 5:02.566 18.2 9 [40]
50  Peter Forster (SUI) 45 E-10 11 3:37.833 18.479 10 [40]
51  Bartomiej Zambrzycki (POL) 52 F-1 16 5:05.5 18.399 1 [42]
52  David Ronnefalk (SWE) 56 F-2 16 5:12.179 17.969 2 [42]
53  Fabian Widmer (SUI) 53 F-3 16 5:15.331 18.503 3 [42]
54  Oliver De Montfumat (FRA) 57 F-4 16 5:18.064 18.757 4 [42]
55  Guan-Shian Chen (TWN) 58 F-5 16 5:19.129 18.587 5 [42]
56  Ju Won Kyou (KOR) 60 F-6 15 5:00.912 18.284 6 [42]
57  Frederik Hovgaard (DEN) 51 F-7 15 5:01.974 18.058 7 [42]
58  Brett Birch (GBR) 55 F-8 15 5:02.461 18.748 8 [42]
59  Frederic Pain (FRA) 53 F-9 15 5:10.651 18.524 9 [42]
60  Hayate Obokata (JPN) 59 F-10 5 1:49.991 18.791 10 [42]
61  Kevin Lee (GBR) 61 G-1 16 5:16.075 18.185 1 [43]
62  Jonathan Yeung (HKG) 67 G-2 15 5:01.929 18.607 2 [43]
63  Mathieu Chaffardon (FRA) 64 G-3 15 5:06.873 19.009 3 [43]
64  John Wakins (AUS) 63 G-4 15 5:08.316 18.792 4 [43]
65  Tomoaki Kato (JPN) 69 G-5 15 5:08.393 18.662 5 [43]
66  Carson Yeung (HKG) 65 G-6 15 5:11.726 18.942 6 [43]
67  Scott Pettet (AUS) 70 G-7 15 5:14.585 19.191 7 [43]
68  Yu Kikuchi (JPN) 68 G-8 15 5:17.649 18.825 8 [43]
69  Yoshiki Masuda (JPN) 66 G-9 13 4:11.232 18.729 9 [43]
70  Kevin Seysen (FRA) 62 G-10 0 0:00 10 [43]
71  Mike Walker (USA) PR Racing
PRS1 V3		 H-1 15 5:05.165 18.661 1 [44]
72  Jori Mykknen (FIN) 73 H-2 15 5:06.264 18.883 2 [44]
73  Eiji Chiba (JPN) 72 H-3 15 5:06.543 18.863 3 [44]
74  Arne-Peder Flesvik (NOR) 78 H-4 15 5:07.374 18.88 4 [44]
75  Yoshiaki Amasaki (JPN) 76 H-5 15 5:09.606 18.781 5 [44]
76  Hajime Ishihara (JPN) 75 H-6 15 5:13.146 18.676 6 [44]
77  Yuichi Aoyagi (JPN) 77 H-7 15 5:15.173 19.319 7 [44]
78  Derek Mccloskey (IRL) 74 H-8 14 5:03.131 19.199 8 [44]
79  Yavuz Kura (GER) 80 H-9 14 5:06.186 19.302 9 [44]
80  Kouki Kato (JPN) 79 H-10 1 0:29.207 29.207 10 [44]
81  Frank Lemke (GER) 87 I-1 15 5:03.347 18.603 1 [45]
82  Satsuki Yasmane (JPN) 82 I-2 15 5:04.606 18.852 2 [45]
83  Juraj Hudy (SVK) 88 I-3 15 5:11.824 18.823 3 [45]
84  Hidetoshi Matsuda (JPN) 83 I-4 15 5:16.567 19.409 4 [45]
85  Da-De Sun (TWN) 90 I-5 15 5:17.489 19.156 5 [45]
86  Yuzo Furudate (JPN) 85 I-6 14 5:01.517 19.478 6 [45]
87  Mikko Helistl (FIN) 86 I-7 14 5:02.785 19.772 7 [45]
88  Yusuke Kobayashi (JPN) 81 I-8 14 5:05.349 18.218 8 [45]
89  Takahiro Ideura (JPN) 89 I-9 14 5:05.988 19.026 9 [45]
90  Tadashi Hattori (JPN) 84 I-10 5 1:40.476 19.224 10 [45]
91  Kiyotaka Ichikawa (JPN) 91 J-1 16 5:20.675 18.934 1 [46]
92  Kazuo Yokokawa (JPN) 96 J-2 15 5:06.858 19.547 2 [46]
93  Sven Rudig (AUT) 95 J-3 15 5:07.345 18.698 3 [46]
94  Michael Bolger (IRL) 92 J-4 15 5:11.802 19.249 4 [46]
95  Si Chang Su (KOR) 99 J-5 15 5:13.658 19.491 5 [46]
96  Masahiro Otsuka (JPN) 100 J-6 15 5:16.609 19.76 6 [46]
97  Yutaka Takizawa (JPN) 93 J-7 15 5:17.686 18.86 7 [46]
98  Hidemine Ono (JPN) 94 J-8 15 5:18.274 19.322 8 [46]
99  Tohru Iwata (JPN) 98 J-9 14 5:02.488 19.542 9 [46]
100  Satoshi Okayama (JPN) 97 J-10 14 5:10.262 19.629 10 [46]
101  Shin Chi Chou (TWN) 106 K-1 15 5:00.538 18.839 1 [47]
102  Yui Kaino (JPN) 103 K-2 15 5:05.126 19.17 2 [47]
103  Tzu-Chuen Wang (TWN) 108 K-3 15 5:10.101 19.726 3 [47]
104  Kazutaka Sera (JPN) 102 K-4 15 5:13.014 19.224 4 [47]
105  Yosuke Hosaka (JPN) 104 K-5 15 5:15.509 19.295 5 [47]
106  Yu-Kai Zeng (TWN) 107 K-6 15 4:54.512 18.737 6 [47]
107  Akihiko Takasaki (JPN) 105 K-7 14 5:00.419 19.388 7 [47]
108  Jing Ming Chen (TWN) 110 K-8 14 5:00.541 19.559 8 [47]
109  Rene Levetzow (AUT) 109 K-9 14 5:01.829 19.842 9 [47]
110  Alexandre Beauquier (FRA) 101 K-10 14 5:10.614 19.253 10 [47]
111  Shinya Kimura (JPN) 113 L-1 16 5:09.224 17.663 1 [48]
112  Scott Yang (TWN) SWORKz
S12-1M		 111 L-2 15 5:08.811 19.208 2 [48]
113  Daisuke Kato (JPN) 114 L-3 15 5:16.076 19.432 3 [48]
114  Yutaka Furuyama (JPN) 118 L-4 15 5:16.355 18.971 4 [48]
115  Ping Hung Hsu (TWN) 112 L-5 15 5:16.516 19.913 5 [48]
116  Ashley Peeler (AUS) 110 L-6 15 5:20.731 18.878 6 [48]
117  Motoyoshi Seki (JPN) 120 L-7 14 5:02.5 19.547 7 [48]
118  Satoshi Fujii (JPN) 115 L-8 14 5:03.521 19.347 8 [48]
119  Fumiyasu Toku (TWN) 117 L-9 14 5:10.27 19.616 9 [48]
120  Arnaud Taibi (FRA) 116 L-10 13 5:20.554 19.767 10 [48]
121  Tsuyoshi Ito (JPN) 122 M-1 15 5:11.994 19.643 1 [49]
122  Kenji Fukaya (JPN) 123 M-2 15 5:17.895 19.584 2 [49]
123  Ren Jie Chen (TWN) 125 M-3 14 5:03.813 19.85 3 [49]
124  Andrew Molkentin (AUS) 129 M-4 14 5:05.367 19.726 4 [49]
125  Mark Lim (SGP) 127 M-5 14 5:06.381 19.767 5 [49]
126  Toshiaki Fujimori (JPN) 130 M-6 14 5:06.996 19.63 6 [49]
127  Naoki Umezawa (JPN) 126 M-7 14 5:11.002 19.786 7 [49]
128  Susumu Tamura (JPN) 124 M-8 14 5:16.251 19.247 8 [49]
129  Keiiti Fujita (JPN) 121 M-9 14 5:19.171 19.939 9 [49]
130  David Church (GBR) 128 M-10 13 5:01.141 20.098 10 [49]
131  Lee Back Hee (KOR) 131 N-1 15 5:12.39 19.767 1 [50]
132  Kai Koivuranta (SWE) 132 N-2 14 5:03.54 19.764 2 [50]
133  Masanori Komada (JPN) 134 N-3 14 5:05.386 19.991 3 [50]
134  Chien-Fa Lin (TWN) 135 N-4 14 5:06.827 20.228 4 [50]
135  Mami Hoshino (JPN) 136 N-5 14 5:10.376 21.037 5 [50]
136  Jung-Nan Yen (TWN) 133 N-6 14 5:16.906 20.158 6 [50]
137  WK Foong (MYS) 138 N-7 14 5:17.718 21.038 7 [50]
138  Seiichi Takahashi (JPN) 137 N-8 14 5:18.36 20.447 8 [50]
139  Koichiro Teramoto (JPN) 139 N-9 13 5:01.049 20.931 9 [50]
140  Naomi Tomita (JPN) 140 N-10 13 5:02.876 21.075 10 [50]
141  Thierry Rosado (MON) 141 N-11 13 5:13.412 21.455 11 [50]
142  Masatsugu Ido (JPN) Yokomo
YZ-2		 142 N-12 6 2:12.592 19.119 12 [50]

4WD results

Qual A1 A2 A3 Total Ref
Pos. Driver Car Motor Pos. Laps Time FL Pt. Pos. Laps Time FL Pt. Pos. Laps Time FL Pt. Tot Disc Net Laps Time
1  Bruno Coelho (POR) X-Ray
XB4 '16		 LRP
Vector X20		 1 1 17 5:00.652 17.263 1 1 17 5:01.589 17.405 1 10 DNS DNS 10 12 10 2 34 10:02.241 [51][52][53][54][55][56]
2  Naoto Matsukura (JPN) Kyosho
Lazer ZX-6		 Muchmore
Fleta ZX		 3 2 17 5:02.864 17.198 2 10 3 3:44.231 17.116 10 1 17 5:00.415 17.179 1 13 10 3 34 10:03.279 [52][53][54]
3  David Ronnefalk (SWE) HB
D413		 Orion
VST2 LW		 4 3 17 5:03.312 17.409 3 4 17 5:09.686 17.303 4 2 17 5:01.992 17.262 2 9 4 5 34 10:05.304 [52][53][54][57]
4  Michal Orlowski (POL) Schumacher
CAT K2		 LRP
Vector X20 5.5		 2 6 17 5:07.861 17.329 6 2 17 5:04.182 17.371 2 7 17 5:11.995 17.235 7 15 7 8 34 10:12.043 [52][53][54][58]
5  Ryan Maifield (USA) Losi
YZ-4		 Orion
VST2 LW		 9 10 16 4:56.172 17.435 10 3 17 5:08.186 17.459 3 5 17 5:08.896 17.445 5 18 10 8 34 10:17.082 [52][53][54]
6  Tom Cockerill (GBR) Yokomo
YZ-4		 Yokomo
RP M		 5 4 17 5:06.887 17.447 4 5 17 5:12.739 17.337 5 9 13 4:14.835 17.263 9 18 9 9 34 10:19.626 [52][53][54]
7  Martin Bayer (CZE) X-Ray
XB4 2015		 Orca
RX3		 6 5 17 5:07.356 17.547 5 6 17 5:14.961 17.654 6 4 17 5:07.124 17.462 4 15 6 9 34 10:14.48 [52][53][54]
8  Yusuke Sugiura (JPN) Kyosho
Lazer ZX-6		 Muchmore
Fleta ZX		 8 7 17 5:10.493 17.231 7 8 16 4:53.355 17.388 8 3 17 5:06.229 17.298 3 18 8 10 34 10:16.722 [52][53][54][59]
9  Hayato Matsuzaki (JPN) Yokomo
YZ-4		 Yokomo
RP M		 10 8 17 5:13.965 17.615 8 7 17 5:22.116 17.499 7 6 17 5:09.096 17.452 6 21 8 13 34 10:23.061 [52][53][54]
10  Jared Tebo (USA) Kyosho
Lazer ZX-6		 Orion
VST2 LW		 7 9 17 5:16.128 17.305 9 9 7 5:17.259 17.487 9 8 17 5:17.256 17.336 8 26 9 17 34 10:33.384 [52][53][54]
Qual Finals Ref
Pos. Driver Car Pos. Time Laps FL Pt.
11  Lee Martin (GBR) B-1 17 5:04.255 1 [60]
12  Masatsugu Ido (JPN) B-2 17 5:07.56 2 [60]
13  Carson Wernimont (USA) B-3 17 5:08.187 3 [60]
14  Marc Rheinard (GER) B-4 17 5:10.582 4 [60]
15  Kohta Akimoto (JPN) B-5 17 5:12.052 5 [60]
16  Kai Kikuchi (JPN) B-6 17 5:12.568 6 [60]
17  Jörn Neumann (GER) B-7 17 5:13.127 7 [60]
18  Ryan Cavalieri (USA) B-8 17 5:16.612 8 [60]
19  Ty Tessmann (CAN) HB
D413		 B-9 5 1:37.422 9 [60]
20  Kody Numedahl (USA) B-10 0 0:00 10 [60]
21  Kaito Kodera (JPN) Yokomo
YZ-4		 C-1 17 5:03.753 1 [60][61]
22  Shinya Kimura (JPN) C-2 17 5:07.038 2 [60]
23  Joona Haatanen (FIN) C-3 17 5:11.89 3 [60]
24  Elliot Boots (GBR) C-4 17 5:12.453 4 [60]
25  Dustin Evans (USA) C-5 17 5:13.924 5 [60]
26  Hupo Honigl (AUT) C-6 16 5:00.797 6 [60]
27  Dakotah Phend (USA) C-7 16 5:01.229 7 [60]
28  Malin Karlsen (SWE) C-8 16 5:01.946 8 [60]
29  Shiniosuke Adachi (JPN) C-9 16 5:02.42 9 [60]
30  Juriya Kajiwara (JPN) C-10 16 5:05.6 10 [60]
31  Neil Cragg (GBR) D-1 17 5:11.426 1 [60]
32  Chris Sturdy (AUS) D-2 17 5:16.569 2 [60]
33  Philipp Huber (SUI) D-3 16 5:00.627 3 [60]
34  Frederik Hovgaard (DEN) D-4 16 5:00.808 4 [60]
35  Ben Jemison (GBR) D-5 16 5:04.121 5 [60]
36  Jesper Rasmussen (DEN) D-6 16 5:12.799 6 [60]
37  Nana Kaiho (JPN) D-7 16 5:13.121 7 [60]
38  Steve Hartson (USA) D-8 15 4:36.36 8 [60]
39  Craig Collinson (GBR) D-9 15 5:02.003 9 [60]
40  Kyle Ward-McBride (AUS) D-10 1 0:20.449 10 [60]
41  Billy Easton (USA) E-1 17 5:13.878 1 [60]
42  Daisuke Sakamoto (JPN) E-2 17 5:15.82 2 [60]
43  Fabian Luca Widmer (SUI) E-3 16 5:01.416 3 [60]
44  Raymond Munday (AUS) E-4 16 5:04.226 4 [60]
45  Richard Lowe (GBR) E-5 16 5:04.979 5 [60]
46  Kevin Lee (GBR) E-6 16 5:09.208 6 [60]
47  Zacarias Villalba (ESP) E-7 16 5:14.223 7 [60]
48  Bartolomiej Zambrzycki (POL) E-8 15 5:01.041 8 [60]
49  Joshua Pain (AUS) E-9 13 5:12.685 9 [60]
50  Peter Forster (SUI) E-10 10 3:18.789 10 [60]
51  Spencer Rivkin (USA) F-1 17 5:19.974 1 [60]
52  Andrew Smolnik (USA) F-2 16 5:11.895 2 [60]
53  Oliver De Montfumat (FRA) F-3 16 5:12.945 3 [60]
54  Nathan Ralls (GBR) F-4 16 5:14.454 4 [60]
55  Brett Birch (GBR) F-5 16 5:19.826 5 [60]
56  Kevin Seysen (FRA) F-6 16 5:19.858 6 [60]
57  Guan-Shian Chen (TWN) F-7 16 5:20.301 7 [60]
58  Sylvain Gallo Selva (FRA) F-8 15 5:00.492 8 [60]
59  Yusuke Kobayashi (JPN) F-9 15 5:04.477 9 [60]
60  Alexandre Privat (FRA) F-10 6 1:55.514 10 [60]
61  Mathieux Chaffardon (FRA) G-1 16 5:06.61 1 [60]
62  Juraj Hudy (SVK) G-2 16 5:07.017 2 [60]
63  Nick Sava (USA) G-3 16 5:16.78 3 [60]
64  Ju Won Kyou (KOR) G-4 16 5:17.371 4 [60]
65  Alexandre Beauquier (FRA) G-5 16 5:17.983 5 [60]
66  Kiyotaka Ichikawa (JPN) G-6 15 5:01.364 6 [60]
67  Scott Pettet (AUS) G-7 15 5:05.119 7 [60]
68  John Wakins (AUS) G-8 15 5:08.003 8 [60]
69  Kouki Kato (JPN) G-9 15 5:13.625 9 [60]
70  Si Chang Su (KOR) G-10 14 4:59.601 10 [60]
71  Yu Kikuchi (JPN) H-1 16 5:13.731 1 [60]
72  Tadashi Hattori (JPN) H-2 16 5:15.674 2 [60]
73  Sven Rudig (AUT) H-3 16 5:21.46 3 [60]
74  Frank Lemke (GER) H-4 15 5:03.482 4 [60]
75  Hidetoshi Matsuda (JPN) H-5 15 5:05.905 5 [60]
76  Yutaka Takizawa (JPN) H-6 15 5:06.954 6 [60]
77  Frederic Pain (FRA) H-7 15 5:08.358 7 [60]
78  Shih Chi Chou (TWN) H-8 15 5:10.799 8 [60]
79  Michael Bolger (IRL) H-9 14 5:07.227 9 [60]
80  Yuichi Aoyagi (JPN) H-10 11 3:48.104 10 [60]
81  Kyle Moon (GBR) I-1 16 5:20.392 1 [60]
82  Kazuki Sasatsu (JPN) I-2 16 5:20.568 2 [60]
83  Mike Walker (USA) I-3 15 5:00.993 3 [60]
84  Yavuz Kura (GER) I-4 15 5:06.071 4 [60]
85  Derek Mccloskey (IRL) I-5 15 5:10.365 5 [60]
86  Tsuyoshi Ito (JPN) I-6 15 5:11.172 6 [60]
87  Hidemine Ono (JPN) I-7 15 5:11.59 7 [60]
88  Ashley Peeler (AUS) I-8 15 5:15.274 8 [60]
89  Da-De Sun (TPE) I-9 14 5:03.837 9 [60]
90  Tohru Iwata (JPN) I-10 6 1:58.717 10 [60]
91  Yoshiaki Amasaki (JPN) J-1 16 5:15.967 1 [60]
92  Tomoaki Kato (JPN) J-2 15 5:04.531 2 [60]
93  Yutaka Furuyama (JPN) J-3 15 5:09.642 3 [60]
94  Mark Lim (SGP) J-4 15 5:14.694 4 [60]
95  Jori Mykknen (FIN) J-5 15 5:18.473 5 [60]
96  Kazutaka Sera (JPN) J-6 15 5:18.783 6 [60]
97  Akihiko Takasaki (JPN) J-7 14 5:00.838 7 [60]
98  Lee Back Hee (KOR) J-8 14 5:08.702 8 [60]
99  Ping Hung Hsu (TPE) J-9 6 2:08.095 9 [60]
100  Yu-Kai Zeng (TPE) J-10 4 1:25.497 10 [60]
101  Arne-Peder Flesvik (NOR) K-1 15 5:06.218 1 [60]
102  Carson YEUNG (HKG) K-2 15 5:12.717 2 [60]
103  Fumiyasu Toku (TPE) K-3 15 5:14.42 3 [60]
104  Scott Yang (TPE) K-4 15 5:15.218 4 [60]
105  Tzu-Chuen Wang (TPE) K-5 15 5:19.965 5 [60]
106  Rene Levetzow (AUT) K-6 15 5:23.986 6 [60]
107  Masahiro Otsuka (JPN) K-7 14 5:00.433 7 [60]
108  Jonathan Yeung (HKG) K-8 14 5:00.87 8 [60]
109  Satoshi Okayama (JPN) K-9 14 5:01.676 9 [60]
110  Ren Jie Chen (TPE) K-10 12 4:23.852 10 [60]
111  Travis Amezcua (USA) L-1 16 5:01.033 1 [60]
112  Yui Kaino (JPN) L-2 15 5:02.158 2 [60]
113  Motoyoshi Seki (JPN) L-3 15 5:09.717 3 [60]
114  Kazuo Yokokawa (JPN) L-4 15 5:13.878 4 [60]
115  Jing Ming Chen (TPE) L-5 15 5:18.486 5 [60]
116  Daisuke Kato (JPN) L-6 14 5:04.14 6 [60]
117  Susumu Tamura (JPN) L-7 14 5:05.351 7 [60]
118  David Church (GBR) L-8 14 5:07.479 8 [60]
119  Mikko Helistola (FIN) L-9 14 5:14.525 9 [60]
120  Andrew Molkentin (AUS) L-10 14 5:20.416 10 [60]
121  Koichiro Teramoto (JPN) M-1 14 5:00.407 1 [60]
122  Naoki Umezawa (JPN) M-2 14 5:04.576 2 [60]
123  Kai Koivuranta (SWE) M-3 14 5:05.114 3 [60]
124  Jung-Nan Yen (TPE) M-4 14 5:06.855 4 [60]
125  Chien-Fa Lin (TPE) M-5 14 5:07.803 5 [60]
126  WK Foong (MYS) M-6 14 5:10.829 6 [60]
127  Toshiaki Fujimori (JPN) M-7 13 5:04.526 7 [60]
128  Thierry Rosado (MON) M-8 13 5:20.11 8 [60]

Entries

Entrants Alloc. 2WD 4WD Ref.
ROAR 32 14 15 [62]
FEMCA 42 83
FAMAR 32 0 0 [63]
EFRA 32 48 48 [63]
IFMAR 12 n/a
Total 150 142 128

A number of federations submitted their entry lists in August. The Association of Australia Radio Controlled Model Car Club (AARCMCC) announced in August that they will be sending nine drivers.[64] Remotely Operated Auto Racers (ROAR), representing the North America intended to send 15 drivers with all but one (who is a Canadian) from the United States, half of its allocation total.[62] European Federation of Radio Operated Model Automobiles (EFRA) sent 58 drivers but with late cancellations and no-shows, 48 drivers competed.[63] British Radio Car Association (BRCA), representing the United Kingdom, being the majority being the most with 12 drivers followed by Federation Française de Voitures Radio Commandees (FFVRC), representing France, with 7.[65]

The most entries per country is the Japan Model Racing Car Association (JMRCA) with a total of 54 entries[66] Fourth Association of Model Auto Racing (FAMAR), representing South Africa, South America and the rest of the world did not send any drivers.[63]


See also

Previous IFMAR Worlds previously taking place in Yatabe Arena

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