1989 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships

1989 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships was the third edition of the 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championship that took place in Australia at the St Ives Showground in Sydney between the 4th and 10th September 1989.[1]

1989 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships

Event Information
Event Title	1989 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships
Dates run	5 - 10th September 1989
Club Information
Location	Sydney,
Host country	Australia
Surface	Dirt
Vehicle Specification
Class	1:10 Electric Offroad Buggy
2wd Title
First	Masami Hirosaka Team Associated
Second	Jay Halsey Team Associated
Third	Cliff Lett Team Associated
4WD Title
First	Masami Hirosaka Yokomo
Second	Butch Kloeber Yokomo
Third	Rick Hohwart Kyosho

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Classification

Note: A-main only.

2WD

				Qual.	A1				A2				A3				Total
Pos.	Driver	Car Maker	Motor		Pos.	Laps	Time	Av Time	Pos.	Laps	Time	Av Time	Pos.	Laps	Time	Av Time	Laps	Time Total	Time Lap
1	Masami Hirosaka	Associated RC10GX	Reedy Gold Star		1	17	311.23	18.31	1	17	316.65	18.63	2	17	314.45	18.50	34	625.68	18.4
2	Jay Halsey	Associated RC10GX	Reedy		2	17	314.04	18.47	9	16	319.09	19.94	1	17	314.29	18.49	34	627.23	18.45
3	Cliff Lett	Associated RC10GX	Reedy		5	16	302.88	18.93	2	17	318.79	18.75	3	17	316.45	18.61	34	635.24	18.68
4	Mike Dunn	Team Losi JR-X2	Race Prep		3	17	318.74	18.75	4	16	304.69	19.04	7	16	311.67	19.48	33	623.43	18.89
5	Rick Vehlow	Associated RC10GX	Reedy		7	16	306.4	19.15	3	16	301.34	18.83	6	16	309.55	19.35	32	607.74	18.99
6	Jamie Booth	Schumacher Top CAT	Reedy		6	16	304.9	19.06	6	16	312.21	19.51	4	16	306.46	19.15	32	611.36	19.11
7	Craig Drescher	Associated RC10 Graphite	Reedy		4	16	302.7	18.92	5	16	311.25	19.45	8	16	314.78	19.67	32	613.95	19.19
8	Jack Johnson	Team Losi JR-X2	Losi Revolution		8	16	307.81	19.24	8	16	317.26	19.83	5	16	309.49	19.34	32	617.3	19.29
9	Joel Johnson	Kyosho Ultima Pro	Trinity		9	16	309.75	19.36	7	16	315.30	19.71	9	16	317.13	19.82	32	625.05	19.53
10	Ron Rossetti	Team Losi JR-X2	Losi Revolution		10	16	315.53	19.72	10	16	323.69	20.23	10	15	301.25	20.08	32	639.21	19.98
Source:[3][1]

4WD

				Qual.	A1				A2				A3				Total
Pos.	Driver	Car Maker	Motor		Pos.	Laps	Time	Av Time	Pos.	Laps	Time	Av Time	Pos.	Laps	Time	Av Time	Laps	Time Total	Time Lap
1	Masami Hirosaka	Yokomo YZ-870C	Reedy Gold Star		1	17	301.67	17.75	1	18	316.56	17.59	2	18	318.71	17.71	36	635.28	17.65
2	Butch Kloeber	Yokomo YZ-10	Reedy		3	17	309.91	18.23	2	17	302.12	17.77	1	18	318.50	17.69	35	620.62	17.73
3	Rick Hohwart	Kyosho Lazer ZX	Peak Performance		4	17	310.57	18.27	9	16	304.25	19.02	3	17	305.27	17.96	34	614.84	18.08
4	Cliff Lett	Yokomo YZ-10	Reedy		2	17	305.98	18.00	4	17	311.41	18.32	8	16	308.51	19.28	34	617.39	18.16
5	Jürgen Lautenbach	Schumacher Pro CAT	LRP		5	17	314.27	18.49	3	17	309.23	18.19	5	17	310.92	18.29	34	620.15	18.24
6	Phil Davies	Schumacher Pro CAT	Reedy		8	16	300.61	18.79	5	17	311.68	18.33	6	17	319.01	18.77	34	630.69	18.55
7	Mike Dunn	AYK Pro Radiant	Race Prep		6	17	317.39	18.67	7	17	317.45	18.67	10	9	164.19	18.24	34	634.84	18.67
8	Satoshi Kayano	Yokomo YZ-870C	Reedy		7	17	319.19	18.78	8	17	317.63	18.68	7	16	303.82	18.99	34	636.82	18.73
9	Rory Cull	Schumacher Pro CAT	LRP		9	16	302.91	18.93	6	17	316.1	18.59	9	15	302.01	20.13	33	619.01	18.76
10	Jay Halsey	Yokomo YZ-10	Reedy		10	13	253.25	19.48	10	5	87	17.4	4	17	308.87	18.17	30	562.12	18.74
Source:[4][5]

Reference

1. Hustings 1989, pp. 58-63. sfn error: no target: CITEREFHustings1989 (help)
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw0KG4xJ6_M Australian News Report of Event
3. Hustings 1989, pp. 46-50. sfn error: no target: CITEREFHustings1989 (help)
4. Koizumi 1989. sfn error: no target: CITEREFKoizumi1989 (help)
5. Kinoshita 1989. sfn error: no target: CITEREFKinoshita1989 (help)

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