Wednesday, January 21, 2009

D10GP Yishun Tsuiso Night Battle @ Irwindale Circuit!!!

The Singapore official D10GP @ the Yishun Tsuiso circuit Night Battle Competition will be held on the 7 Feb 2009, 6pm Till 11.30pm Presented by SGDRIFTERS and IMPERIAL RC.

Registration will be on that day at the counter near the grand stand. Lookout for Zhirong or Marc.

Rules and Regulations
1.Fee is $20,PVC tires will be handed at the registration counter on that day.
2.Please bring a set of 26mm rims to fit the pvc tires if you don't have a set.
3.Fee is $18 for those who already have their own pvc tires.
4.Prizes will include Speedway Pal,ABC hobby products and Trophy-(1st position only)
5.Judging will be base on best of 3 run
6.Judging will be similar to U.P challenge(angle,proximity,flow) 
7.Overtaking during tsuiso is not advised unless the lead driver makes a mistake or crashes.

Qualifying Round
Drivers are judged in solo runs during the qualifying round and they are given 2 to 3 judged runs. The top 16 drivers are ranked 1 to 16 according to their points given by the judges. Each driver will be awarded 0 to 100 points in qualifying runs.

Tsuiso Battle
After these top 16 drivers are selected, the Tsuiso, "Best 16", heads-up eliminations start. The competitors who make it to the Tsuiso, drifts side-by-side, going against each other two cars at a time. Drivers are paired up based on their single run scores (1st vs 2nd, 3rd vs 4th, 5th vs 6th, etc). As the elimination rounds progress, one driver is eliminated from each run so from Best 16, it goes to Quarter-Finals (8 drivers), then Semi-Finals (4 drivers), then Finals (last two drivers) until a winner is declared. The winner and runner-up and the highest scoring driver from the two eliminated in the semi-finals takes third place. If the two drivers eliminated in the semi-finals have an equal score, a run-off round is run to determine 3rd place.

Judging
Judges evaluate speed, angle of attack and overall vehicle control and factors like slowing to the point of hindering the other driver, running into another car or spinning out mean an automatic end of the run. To advance to the next round drivers make a more aggressive drift angle, carrying a higher speed through a corner, and showing good handling of the car. The “Start Line” shall not be crossed for any reason when on the grid and preparing to start. Loss of points will result from such infraction. Passing is not encouraged during Tsuiso battles. If the leading car is taking the qualifying line, a pass would be considered to be an improper pass. Passing is only allowed if the lead car makes a mistake. A safe pass is one that is done in such a way that the car being passed does not lose any speed and control after the pass is complete. Drift angle is the difference between the direction of travel and the direction the vehicle is pointing.

Factors determining a driver's final score are awarded/deducted on following elements
1) Drift Angle - Good drift angle with not too much over or under steering.
2) Drift Speed - High speed and good control is is an advatage.
3) Drift Line - Keeping the line @ close clipping point.
4) Entry Speed - High entry speed with good control.
5) Dori-Dori - Extra points will be added for dori dori at straights.
6) Nudging - Points will be deducted determined by nudge impact.

Authorized Tires:
- PVC Tires are allowed.
- ABS Tires are not allowed.
- HPI Drift Tires are not allowed.
- Tamiya Drift Tires are not allowed.
- Yokomo Drift Tires are not allowed.
- Slick Tires are not allowed.

Vehicle Modifications, Interior and Exterior:
- GT Wings, Side Mirrors, Exhaust Pipes, Lights etc. are allowed.
- One-Way Differentials, Solid Axles, Spools are allowed.

Authorized Batteries:
- Side-By-Side Packs are allowed.
- Stick Packs are allowed.
- Li-Poly Packs are allowed.
- Li-Ion Packs are allowed.

Important Notes:
If the number of participants is less 16 on event day, only best 8 will be
selected from the qualifying rounds. Therefore Quarter-Finals will not take place.
- Non-Competitors please kindly switch off your Transmitter and Receiver
to prevent frequency interference during the race.
- Track will only be opened for the usual drift sessions and meets and will be open at 5.30pm before the drift event starts for candidates to warm up at the circuit.
- The organisers will not be responsible for any loss/Damage of personal items or belongings at the venue.
- Prizes will be awarded to Top 3 winners.

One night of non-stop dori action, 3 winners will emerge!!!

D.J/commentator - WenHao

Sponsored By Driftfactor Pub.

Media coverage by Fastlane Magazine


Stay tuned for Touge Shifters coverage on this exciting event!

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Singapore Tattoo Show 2009

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Ok... here is Touge Shifters coverage of the Singapore Tattoo Show 2009 @ Expo!! HPI Racing had a drift event at the tattoo show.... although i really can't see the link between RC drifting and tattoos.............. 

But anyways.. the event was alright.. though the track was small.... no tsuiso runs.. only single...... and 5 rounds of solo! Luckily it was cut to 4..... 5 was one too many runs.. haha

There were many booths displayed... tattoo artists from all over the world: Austria, Holland, Taiwan, UK, China, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and many more.... and of course.. Chris Garver from Miami Ink (USA)!

Chris Garver(right) signing on poster for a fan


A big turnout of participants.. roughly 22 cars


The incredibly TINY track....... 


Harley anyone??


A very beautiful work of art....


Ferocious tiger ART!


Death Note.... on a very familiar arm.. our good friend Harold from LAS! haha..


Tribal tattoo theme Levin

Kumakubo Team Orange Evo 8

Tokyo Drift APR Evo 8


JGTC Drift Toyota Supra


Clean Drift Master RX7 FD3s


My pretty bashed up GTR... still looks OK here =)

This wraps up our coverage on this event... stay tuned for more future events!

Monday, January 5, 2009

S13 Bumper Neon Test!

Light testing on my S13... will be a working prototype hopefully to be implemented on the team shells when its all done... =)



Stay tune for more updates!

Friday, January 2, 2009

Team car in the making!!! (GDB)

Okok..not really a drift car..but still can convert to FR wad..lol!! Even Team Orange got subaru, why not us !! xD

Getting Started..


More masking!!


Getting bored..lol..


Black first..


Last but not least..


More updates to come. =D

Happy New Year!!

-Ben

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Irwindale Circuit DM 1st January 2009

Venue: Irwindale Circuit
Date: 01-01-2009 (Thurs)


Quite a lot of drifters came today..mostly the same ones..and one noob drifter, he brought two cars. The drifters who came were: Suhaidi, Clifford, Dino, Farhan, Marc, Jevan, Colin & the newbie.. it was a very fun day, but bad news struck when we were about to finish the DM, it started to drizzle......LOL!! But luckily it gave us sometime to transfer our stuffs to the shelter under the driver's platform.... So once again, many thanks to all the participants.. =)

Happy New Year 2009!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009!! 

May 2009 bring everyone more joy, happiness & fulfilments.. 

Best Wishes!

- Team Touge Shifters