WORLDS: Inside the cars of the world's fastest 1/12-scale racers

0 Oct. 7, 2014, 6:54 p.m.

10/8/2014
By Aaron Waldron

LiveRC.com

There's not much to a 1/12-scale on-road race car - which is why the details are so important. To race at a championship level on a high-bite carpet course and carve within inches of unforgiving track barriers takes nerves of steel and a car tuned to extract every bit of performance from the foam rubber donuts fastened to all four corners. Looking ahead to the final round of qualifying and the triple-A mains that will determine the next world champion, here's a look inside the cars driven this week by the champions from ROAR, EFRA, and JMRCA.

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Three-time defending IFMAR World Champion Naoto Matsukura

Chassis: Yokomo R12C3

Battery: Yokomo Team Spec YB-P169BE 6900mAh 1S

Motor: Yokomo Racing Performer 3.5-turn

ESC: Yokomo BL Pro 3

Radio: Sanwa M12

Servo: Sanwa SRG-HL

Body: PROTOform AMR-12

Tires: Yokomo CRT Double Pink

NOTE: Naoto's car is fitted with prototype parts, though Yokomo mechanics wouldn't clarify what on the car was new. They also asked for no body-off photos.

ROAR Asphalt National Champion Josh Cyrul