Trip to the 'Worlds'

[bigred5765]

panther makes em, the only time i ever remember seeing them used anywere was brian kinwald, so must be good eh??

[millzy]

ok who the hell are panther

[Chris Doughty]

I just thought I would clarify...

I read that info on another forum, I have no idea if that actually IS the official worlds tire or not yet...

[millzy]

ok but shouldnt they have said yet?? are they hand outs or what?

[Chris Doughty]

from reading the thread on RC tech they were just announced.

but... I didn't want anyone going to buy tires because of something that I said, I just read it from a random bod on some random forum.

[jimmy]

it lists them on the ifmar 2007 site and relates them to the losi tyres which were used at the warmup. not sure why they chose these over losi versions but maybe they are cheap and easy to get hold of in Japan?

[millzy]

so would the uk boys going have to wait untill they where there befor getting there tyres? not that the guys going pay for them

am i right in thinking you have to glue up your tyres in the tyre prep area when there and they are then marked?

[Chris Doughty]

they are provided by the host (at a cost) and glued up in a monitored compound.

you can only use tires you purchased from other sources for praccy and stuff - qually and finals tires need to be bought from the hosts stock of tires (same production batch)

[millzy]

cool, obv as im way under the level of being close to going i have no real idea on how things work at the worlds and only have gossip to go on.

[DCM]

Chris, are you going? (Doughty not you Mr Mills.... lol)

[millzy]

oi i could have been asked to go....i know im shit and my eye site is going ( realy bad when my brother can straight line a chicane on foza motorsport in a lmp1 car at 200mph and at a tone i still clip it every lap) but you never know

[DCM]

Chris, I am far further along to old age... but there are such things as GLASSES heehee

[millzy]

yeah but im getting on now 24 soon, there is no way i want to admit that my bad back and pore eye site is down to old age....its bad enough i have to put the hair line down to that im not adding more

[Chris Doughty]

no international fixtures for me this year

[DCM]

Chris D, thats a bummer!!!

Millzy.... sore back, bad posture, eye site, to much w*nking..... or old age, you admit to one or both??? roflol

[millzy]

i watched me and my big boobs on channel 4 the other day and tihs bird had size j breast and she had a bad back, i think thats why i have a bad back my man boobs are to heavy

[MiCk B.]

Here's the offical info from IFMAR

http://ifmar.org/pdf/final_tires_2007.pdf

I also got an e-mail from Frank Mostrey EFRA off-road rep with the same info.

MiCk B. :-)

[caneye]

Originally Posted by millzy

ok who the hell are panther

I believe they are american.
they make very popular 1/8 scale rallycross tires .. with bizarre names like gecko, komodo, chameleon. the komodo dragon is as popular as proline crime fighters.

[terry.sc]

Originally Posted by millzy

ok who the hell are panther

They have been around for 3-4 years, just not imported to Europe. Very big in rallycross and monster truck racing and they used to be an OEM supplier. Their buggy tyres work very well on US style clay tracks.

It's the equivalent of the USA saying "who the hell are Ballistic Buggy?"

[rcfan]

OMG it would be uber-sweet if you went there!
Just also get an HD camcorder and make vicky film some :-D
Then sell some Blu-ray wolds coverage :-D

Or make some more T-shirts! I´d buy one or two!