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1985's Fastest

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While doing some research for the RPS Yokomo SE I just bought, I came across this article in the Dec 1999 issue of RC Car Action. Some interesting text, but the RC10 pics are all wrong; just a stock RC10 replica, not Halsey's actual car.

Enjoy.

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I read a Jammin’ Jay interview many years ago about some of his early racing. Included a story that I thought was about his first world championship, but perhaps it was his first national title. Any way he talked a lot about his father Jim, credited his win to Jim’s willingness to keep buying him alkaline batteries to practice the night before the race, long after everybody else had went home. Perhaps it was an ORRCA national or worlds, before the ’85 ROAR and IFMAR wins? When did nicads come into RC?

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just woke up great article to start the morning thanks mate :D

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Excellent post. Thanks a lot. :mrgreen:

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to bad it's not the real jammin' jays rc10. i'm still curious to what the rest of his car looked like.

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I remember reading an article from Gene Hustings about the rc10 world titles history and it said that Jay got ride of his original worlds winning car along time ago. Guess no one will ever see the inside of the original. :(

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Gids wrote:Guess no one will ever see the inside of the original. :(
there's more than a few pics of the original car on here with the body off.
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Man, how in the world did Gil Losi get that dog fighter to handle a track with that mono shock design?
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Man, I love that picture of the Yok! Thanks for sharing this article!
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Typicray@rainmans wrote:Man, how in the world did Gil Losi get that dog fighter to handle a track with that mono shock design?
In those days they jumps weren't 10 ft tall and 40 feet apart, the tracks have changed a ton. Last time I was at an indoor track they had a sweeper that went up the wall and back down like a slot car track. It was insane. Nothing like 1985 that's for sure
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Typicray@rainmans wrote:Man, how in the world did Gil Losi get that dog fighter to handle a track with that mono shock design?
You can see how here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2fT9dnDwP4
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Thank you for this old school post!
By chance anyone have a picture of the motors/similar that won the 1985 race for the rc10 and the yokomo 834b?
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