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.
Robert
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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?
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.
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
