（开赛-1）04年电车世界赛照片2！[25-10]

report by Mike Myers of Starting Grid


We got to the track early today. Things were more or less in a state of organized confusion. Gradually, everything got sorted out, and the program got started.

The day started off with Opening Ceremonies. As usual, the racers all gathered behind banners for the country they came from, after which they marched out onto the track. There was Concours Judging for the best paint scheme, group photos were taken, and several speeches were made starting off the event. When the ceremonies were completed, there was one last practice round before the program got started for real. We then got to run four complete rounds of qualifying.

The track is excellent. I haven't found even one person who doesn't appreciate how nice it is. It is smooth and flat, with minimal tire wear. The lanes are nice and wide, so that is not a problem. The crashes I have seen mostly seem to come from people taking the turns a bit too tight, and hitting something, which can send the car flying into another board. Weather is great. It's sunny and hot, typical Florida weather. While the track is in pretty good condition, the surrounding area shows all kinds of devastation from the three hurricanes that recently hit this area. In fact, the top of the driver's stand was torn off every time a hurricane hit. Jorge gave up on using wood, and had Vince Tate and his dad weld up a metal structure for the top of the driver's stand, which might prove to be hurricane proof - not that anyone is in any hurry to test this out.

One major problem at this race has been the lack of tires. Apparently the Jaco Tire Distributor was expected to show up with lots of tires for those racers running them, but the word now seems to be that he is not coming. Chris Deakin, who was down to his last set of worn-out tires, spend many hours today driving all over Florida in search of a store that had some for sale - on a Sunday.

The racing is unbelievable! Masami Hirosaka is every bit as good as I remember him to be from years ago. I don't have words to describe how good a driver he is. Atsushi Hara is just slightly behind, and Atsushi is also looking fantastic! There are lots of others who are up there in this very top category. Hiderou Kitazawa was on a 40-lap pace in the last race of the day, until one mis-step cost him a few tenths of a second, and the TQ. Mike Blackstock is right up there behind Hiderou, looking like with a little bit of luck, he's also ready to take the title. Racing continues tomorrow with two more rounds of qualifying, then the Mains. Stay tuned!

以下是引用irvine在2004-10-25 23:40:04的发言：
现在的1/12车子，车壳扁扁的，路碟比它还高，就快变成一张纸了

是很薄

把车壳摘掉就是相片了[em01]

就是天线竖太高了

如果天线的高度降底到和车壳一样高，又不影响接受效果，那就爽了。
（不翻车情况下）

硬天线竖那么高会把重心抬高吗？

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-10-26 17:10:32编辑过]

以下是引用马达王在2004-10-26 17:06:15的发言：
就是天线竖太高了

如果天线的高度降底到和车壳一样高，又不影响接受效果，那就爽了。
（不翻车情况下）

硬天线竖那么高会把重心抬高吗？

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-10-26 17:10:32编辑过]

防翻车天线

以下是引用马达王在2004-10-26 17:06:15的发言：
就是天线竖太高了

如果天线的高度降底到和车壳一样高，又不影响接受效果，那就爽了。
（不翻车情况下）

硬天线竖那么高会把重心抬高吗？

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-10-26 17:10:32编辑过]

碳纤硬天线好轻！！！

PRO TEN是否取消了世界赛？