Race Report
1999 NORRCA On Road Nationals
Las Vegas,
Nevada—Western R/C
Raceway in Las Vegas, Nevada, was the host track for this event. They have a beautiful
oval and on road track, which drew over 200 entries from across the country as well as
Japan and England. The weather even cooperated, ranging from the high 80's to the low
90's. There weren't too many pan cars, but there were touring cars everywhere. |
 Masami Hirosaka was Top Qualifier, Yokomo/Reedy, with Mark Pavidis in 2nd place, just 1
1/2 seconds behind Masami. This was the first time Mark raced the RC10TC3 car. Jason Ruona
was sitting in the 4th spot after the first round, but eventually go bumped to the 11th
spot. Scott Hughes was in the 7th spot with Billy Easton 10th. Billy Easton also got
bumped to the B-Main.In the 1st Main Masami got a better start than Mark, and it stayed that way all the way to the end, with Mark matching Masami's lap times and finishing in 2nd. In the next two mains it seemed like Mark was being used as a bumper car, and he had to come from last place both time, eventually ending up in 4th place overall with some super driving. Meanwhile, Scott Hughes was carving his way up through the field with some great driving also to end up in 3rd place overall. All the Team drivers used Reedy Modifieds motors and batteries for power, with LRP speed controls and of course, Pro-Line tires. |
 In the Stock Modified Class,
Andy Smolnik was the class of the field with his smooth steady driving style taking the
win with his Reedy powered TC3. Tony Phalen, Greg Degani and Chad Bradley were also in the
main with their TC3's.
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| Mark Pavidis' TC3 setup for the Western R/C track: | |
| Front: | Outside hole on
tower 40 wt, #3 pistons red springs 0 degrees camber lower inside camber hole 4mm clearance chassis to ground. |
| Rear: | Outside hole on
tower 35 wt, #3 pistons red springs .5 degrees camber lower inside camber hole 4.5mm ground clearance |
| Batteries: | back |
| Gearing: | 72 spur/20 pinion |
| Tires: | Pro-Line |
| Wheel: | 24mm |
| Tire Insert: | Jaco, Firm |
| Speed Control: | LRP V6 |
| Servo: | Airtronics 9453 |
| Receiver: | LRP Phaser |
For Scott Hughes' TC3 setup at this race in PDF format,
click here.
For Mark Pavidis' TC3 setup at this race in PDF format,
click here.
For more information about the RC10TC3 kit,
click here.
For more about Reedy motors and batteries,
click here.
For more about LRP digital electronics,
click here.
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