Satoshi Maezumi '94 RC10 Japanese Nats Champ

[R-NO]

Following the interest in Reggie's recent post about a RC10 that ended up 3rd at the '93 Japanese Nats, I thought some of you would enjoy that.
In '94, Satoshi Maezumi -an Atlas driver back then, after a few years at Yokomo- won the 2wd mod Japanese Nats at the Yatabe Arena in front of Masami Hirosaka. Here are pictures of his RC10 Worlds car. That was Satoshi biggest achievement, after his '91 appearance in the 2wd '91 Worlds A-main in Detroit (the sole standard RC10 of the final, against the Stealth protos) and before winning the '96 1/10 on-road Touring Car Japanese Nats, (again in front of Masami and Barry Baker in 3rd if I recall well) driving an Atlas powered Kyosho TF2 with Atlas hop-up parts.
Now, Maezumi is the most iconic Tamiya driver in Japan, although a big win or a Worlds final has always eluded him since joining the firm of Shizuoka a decade ago.

[tiger1]

nice looking car.

minimini may have heard of him??

[Charlie don't surf]

Very cool! Didn't he finish 2nd in 2WD Mod at the 93 nats?

[GJW]

so what tires are they? very cool indeed

[59burst]

I could be wrong. but they used to cut and re-glue 4wd front tires to make them narrow for 2wd front. had the tires with same pattern for 4wd front before

[minimini]

wow......this one is crazy good........

during that time......I remembered Satoshi was sponsored by KO Propo/ Team Atlas ......driving a YZ-10.........still a 2nd line driver in Team Yokomo.........

[R-NO]

I could be wrong. but they used to cut and re-glue 4wd front tires to make them narrow for 2wd front. had the tires with same pattern for 4wd front before

yokomo F350 front 4wd tires

[minimini]

I could be wrong. but they used to cut and re-glue 4wd front tires to make them narrow for 2wd front. had the tires with same pattern for 4wd front before

yokomo F350 front 4wd tires

yes.........during that period.......most of the Japanese drivers were using 4wd front tyres in 2wd cars......

[Charlie don't surf]

What is the red battery pad? I thought that it was an MIP part in my build, but now I don't know what it is