Tamiya Asia Cup Singapore Championships – Round 1

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Tamiya Asia Cup Singapore Championships – Round 1

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Last weekend, Stargek Singapore hosted Round 1 of the 13th Tamiya Asia Cup Singapore Championships. The event was held in a large tent outdoors, laid with carpet and proudly sponsored by West Mall and Stargek Singapore.

On Saturday, It was the Tamiya Fiat Abarth 500 Challenge, a 180 minute endurance race. Each team was handed a Tamiya XB Fiat Abarth 500 M05 to race. Special rules included a fixed interval of 30 minutes for each battery change, compulsory driver change every 45 minutes and no modifications to the XB cars. After 180 minutes of battling, the Acorn-powered Team M Racing 2 led for most of the race only to suffer a freak accident in the final hour when one of their rear friction shocks gave way causing them to lose almost 50 laps.

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Eventually it was Team Three Little Tigers that came out top as they had a near flawless race with only a minor technical glitch which prevented them from clocking more laps. Team M Racing 1 came in a close second and Acorn-powered Team M Racing 2 filled the final podium position.

Tamiya Fiat Abarth 500 Challenge Final Results

1 Three Little Tigers
2 M Racing 1
3 M Racing 2 (Acorn Racing)

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Sunday was the main event where all the serious racing happened. In the M-Sports Category, powered by Acorn Racing’s 4200mAh 30C 2S1P 7.4V stick pack style, Leonard Sim and Gerald Low were on fine form and fighting for the top qualifiers (TQ) spot. However slight mistakes prevented Gerald taking the TQ and giving the TQ spot to Leonard. Leonard took advantage of his spot on the first row and continued to display his fine form by winning all three rounds of finals.

M Sports Final

1 (TQ) Leonard Sim (Acorn Racing)
2 Goh Kee Choon
3 Gary Soon

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In the Formula 1 (F1) Category, all racers are using Tamiya’s newest F1 chassis and F1 motor, the F104 chassis and Formula Tuned motor. Testing between Acorn Racing’s 4200mAh 30C 2S1P 7.4V stick pack style and Acorn Racing’s 3800mAh 36C 2S1P 7.4V stick pack style, Acorn Racing’s Allister Lim managed to out qualify his closest rival Daniel Chee by two laps and setting the fastest lap.

In the finals, he stuck to Acorn Racing’s 4200mAh 30C 2S1P 7.4V throughout the three finals but could not captalise his first row spot and winning only one final and eventually taking third position. It was overall a wonderful weekend of racing in Round 1 of 13th Tamiya Asia Cup Singapore Championships with Acorn Racing winning two titles of Top Qualifiers and a first and third positions.

Although clearly disappointed with his result, on a positive note he mentioned that not only the batteries was giving him extra speed and the ballistic punch on the straights; it was consistent throughout the five minute final which is what racers are looking for.