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TimSmithRacing News
Guinness World Record Attempt June 2nd in Bakersfield California Tim Smith will be attempting to break the Guinness Record for The Worlds Fastest Electric RC car. The current record is 161.76 mph. Follow Tim Smith Racing on FaceBook or Twitter to get updates on the record breaking attempts.
RC Mits caught up with Tim before his latest attempt at the Guinness record for a short interview about the attempt.
MaxAmps voted Best Battery
Announced during this years RCX show was Car Actions "Readers Choice Award" and winning for BEST Battery was MaxAmps. This marks the fifth year in a row MaxAmps has won this award! Congratulations to the great people at MaxAmps. We are so proud to be apart of a wonderful organization filled with fantastic people.
Come out and meet Tim and the rest of the TSR race team at this years RCX show. On display in the MaxAmps booth will be the ISC World record holding 2 cell car (119 mph) as well as the car Tim is using to be the first to reach 200 mph and surpass the current Guinness World record (161 mph). Stop by, say Hi and check out the cars. For more info click HERE
Guinness World Record attempt April 7th in Bakersfield California Tim Smith will be attempting to break the Guinness Record for The Worlds Fastest Electric RC car. The current record is 161.76 mph. Though TSR's goal is to break the Guinness World Record our ultimate goal to become the first RC car to ever break the 200 mph barrier. Follow Tim Smith Racing on FaceBook or Twitter to get updates on the record breaking attempts.
New Test Location for the 200 mph goal? Thanks to the work of TSR team member Titto Medina we have a new test track that looks to be worthy of some big speeds. The first test session will take place Feb 25th. This will be more of a shake down of the car and the track surface to see if there are any unforeseen issues. TSR asked Tim about the goals of the test and future plans. "To be honest the goal of this first test session is not 200 mph but you never know how things will play out and the team will be ready to take advantage of any opportunities that come our way." "I have only seen the track on Google earth but from what I can see it looks fantastic. I believe the runway and side road are more then 3300 feet long and the narrower of the two is still 50 feet wide." "As for future plans, if the surface works out at this new test track we plan to learn as much as possible, make any changes needed and schedule a return in March with the goal to run 200 mph." " The new location also happens to be exactly 200 miles from my house." Check out the location HERE
With a New Year comes new hopes and plans. TSR sat down with Tim and asked him what his goals where for this season and the big question, When will 200 mph fall? "My goal is simple and that is to have a better year then last year which so far looks good, I have yet to get hit by a truck so it already is better then last year." " To really get the most out of the season I will be starting early this year and spending many extra hours every week at our new home track in Carson Ca. testing the new 1 cell speed run car and further work on the open car. 100 mph is the goal of the 1 cell car and 200 mph is the goal of the open car. I was the first to put 2 cells over 100 mph and would like to claim that record in 1 cell as well." "200 mph is the mark everyone wants yet No One has reached. My blast in testing of 179 mph was the fastest non-official of any RC car but I know of a few other cars rumored to be in the 170 mph area and I don't know if 200 mph can elude everyone much longer!"
Top Secret testing... One of our sources at TSR who asks to remain anonymous is reporting testing of a new speed run car design that is said to have eclipsed any current record speed. The reports are runs of 177 mph and 179 mph making it the fastest electric car on earth. Stay tuned as the information becomes available.
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Tim breaks his leg and puts the 2011 season on hold.
While riding home in mid November only days after setting a new ISC 2 cell record Tim was hit by a truck on the freeway. He was rushed to the hospital. The surgery lasted more then 7 hours and when all was said and done Tim had a broken knee that required a 4 inch metal plate and 7 screws plus a severally broken ankle that took 2 metal plates 6 inches long and 20 screws. "We are into the physical therapy several times a week learning to walk again and just general recovery process right now. I still have a ways to go but I look forward to getting back out to the track as soon as possible." If you would like to send Tim a email please feel free.
Tim breaks the ISC 2 cell speed record of 101 mph with a blast of over 119 mph! After two days of high speed racing at the annual ISC Ultimate Speed Run held at Auto club raceway in Fontana California Tim was able to defend his 2 cell record with runs of 112 mph and finally 119 mph. Tim Smith Racing wants to thank all its wonderful sponsors who without none of this would be possible.
UpGrade RC joins TSRacing Radio controls number one supplier of the hottest custom skins, decals, shirts, hats pit mats and more. Our team has been using UpGrade RC products long before they were kind enough to support TSRacing and would continue to, they are high quality products that seem to make everything look Great! You can't always win but you can always look like a winner, UpGrade today! check them out at UpGradeRC
Tim Smith Racing hats and shirts coming soon! along with Extreme parts and record breaking motors.
Questions or Comments? Feel free to email us at TimSmithRacing@gmail.com
After the dust settled from the MHRA-ROAR west coast championships one thing was clear. It had been a great race for Tim Smith Racing.
The highlights of the weekend mostly centered around the 10.5 ROAR spec class where Tim top qualified the class, set the track and national record for elapsed time and MPH from the old record of 2.05 seconds at 60 mph to an astounding 1.77 seconds at over 73 mph! Tim also went on to win the finals over TS Racing team driver and #2 qualifier Gabe Hernandez. Tim also #2 qualified in the 3 cell "Top Fuel" class but due to a mechanical failure was eliminated in the semi final round. The staff at TS Racing would like congratulate Tim and Gabe on a great race and also wish to thank all our wonderful sponsors and support that make this all possible.
Questions or Comments? Feel free to email us at TimSmithRacing@gmail.com
* Rockwell watches joins to sponsor TSRacing team *DNA Energy Drinks to be 2010 sponsor *Six Feet Deep Clothing Joins forces with TSRacing
** Tim Smith Racing is very excited to announce Rockwell watches as a 2010 team sponsor. Rockwell watches are committed to quality, design and style and TSRacing looks forward to an exciting season.
**Thirsty? Need a boost? Well wait no more! Tim Smith Racing is excited to tell all its fans that if you need a boost do what team TSRacing does and gulp down a DNA Energy drink. Guaranteed to add 5-10 mph per driver.
**TSRacing is so proud to announce that Six Feet Deep clothing joining forces to not only be the fastest RC cars but the best dressed drivers in the game! Welcome Six Feet Deep Clothing. Questions or Comments? Feel free to email us at TimSmithRacing@gmail.com
*New drag classes for the up coming 2010 season. *ROAR to join forces with MHRA drag racing in 2010 season
**With the joining of ROAR and MHRA a new “spec” drag class has been announced. The new class will be a 10.5 ROAR approved sensored motor and single 7.4V ROAR approved lipo hard case. TSRacing will field two cars in this inaugural class this season.
**ROAR and MHRA join forces to bring drag racing to a world stage. With the help of Rubin Benitez, ROAR’s competition director, Drag Racing will be sanctioned by ROAR for 2010 and beyond. Rules have been submitted and approved. They should be posted sometime mid January 2010. The biggest part of this is it allows tracks to become ROAR sanctioned tracks and take part of the affordable insurance policy they have. It also makes us part of a global organization. ROAR is a division of IFMAR which is the worldwide org for RC racing. If you are a track promoter or owner contact ROAR for sanctioning paper work. If you are a racer contact ROAR and join. http://www.roarracing.com/
This month TSRacing "In The Pits" interviews Tekin team manager Randy Pike
Tim Smith breaks milestones and records at the ISC Ultimate Speed run in Fontana CA~!
When the dust settled after the USR 09 two milestones in the RC world had been set. The first is Tim piloting his 2wd stock entry to not only a new ISC speed record of 101 mph but also becoming the first RC driver to ever attain the 100 mph mark in any 7.4v vehicle. Not to be out done Tim set out to shatter the old electric modified record of 97 mph. His run of 116 mph was enough to take the record but by the time the weekend ended Tim set the bar even higher by laying down a run of 126.5 mph also becoming the driver of the fastest 2wd RC vehicle on the planet!
We would like to thank our sponsors who are the real reason for all our success. Grand Motorsports MaxAmps Speed passion Precision Racing systems Speed Clean
Tim Smith Racing sets new closed course speed record at the ISC 2009 Insane Speed Run event!
In a tiring weekend of racing we were lucky enough to stamp our name in the speed record books one more time. This time is was at the ISC 2009 Insane speed run event. A closed course oval track (velodrome) were we set the new Modified speed Record. During the same weekend we managed to qualify 2nd for the All Star Shoot-out oval race presented by The Southwest Tour that had the worlds top oval drivers from all around the country and even as far as Japan competing. More details and pictures to come, if you can't wait head over to the ISC web site for all the details and inside scoop on all the new records and links to HD videos of runs. A special thanks to MaxAmps batteries for supplying us with more power then we could even use, The ISC and Southwest Tour for putting such a great event and RCmits.com for all the photos and videos.
Tim Smith Racing Wins at the ISC event and sets a new world Speed record~!
Yellow Rocket from the past~! The car is new but the paint design is from long ago. When asked by Mike Ogle head Honcho at GMS, what I would like the new car to look like I said “Remember that yellow one you did for me back in about 1988, I loved that car.” and the next thing I knew a box arrived containing a paint job all the way from 1988~! The newest team car was not only created for the drag strip but also with the idea of running in this years ISC RC speed challenge in an attempt to become not only one of the quickest cars on the planet but the fastest too. Featuring: The new GMS wheelie bar system Novak motor and esc, MaxAmps lipo cells and the Spektrum DX3R system it’s easy to see why we are so excited to add this car to our team.
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