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daz75 27-03-2018 11:36 PM

Anyone remember the Tamiya Challenge Series
 
Me and my dad used to race in it think it was the first real series I ever did. You used to win tokens or vouchers if you did well we won enough for 2 new boomerangs :D

There was a big final can't remember where seem to remember it being in a big cow shed lol

bigalbi 28-03-2018 09:24 PM

I remember racing in the Tamiya Challenge at Aylesbury and (I think) Amersham. Would have been maybe 1987?

Memory now dulled by excessive age and possibly alcohol intake!

daz75 29-03-2018 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by bigalbi (Post 986337)
I remember racing in the Tamiya Challenge at Aylesbury and (I think) Amersham. Would have been maybe 1987?

Memory now dulled by excessive age and possibly alcohol intake!

:lol: tell me about it. Still got the trophy tho :thumbsup:

Yorkiebar 29-03-2018 03:38 PM

I remember it well!

I entered a couple of regional qualifiers up near me, one was in Sheffield at the Octagon Centre, the other I can't remember where. I did well enough to qualify for the Champs held at Three Counties Showground in Malvern that year, 1986.

I did absolutely rhubarb racing, my modified Hotshot had so little steering lock I had to do a 3 point turn at the hairpin every lap! I did manage to win the concourse d'elegance though and come home with a trophy for it!

The tokens that you won were called Tamiya bonds, I won enough for a set of the yellow plastic oil filled shocks and a Tamiya cap which I still have somewhere. :)

Yorkiebar 29-03-2018 03:43 PM

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Still have this too...

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Yorkiebar 29-03-2018 03:45 PM

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And the concourse trophy I won...

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daz75 29-03-2018 08:46 PM

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Malvern that was it, love the concourse win :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Here's my trophy one of the only ones i kept

bigalbi 29-03-2018 10:08 PM

No trophies for me. I think I came 4th in the B final at Aylesbury! :)

Yorkiebar 29-03-2018 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by daz75 (Post 986388)
Malvern that was it, love the concourse win :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Here's my trophy one of the only ones i kept

Haha, cheers - was a complete fluke, loads of expensive custom airbrushed shells around and the Tamiya UK dude picked my black and white stripy 2nd hand £6 shell because I'd stuck some funky lettering on the side.

Cool - what did you place, and what class / buggy? Was that the same year? :)

daz75 29-03-2018 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Yorkiebar (Post 986393)
Haha, cheers - was a complete fluke, loads of expensive custom airbrushed shells around and the Tamiya UK dude picked my black and white stripy 2nd hand £6 shell because I'd stuck some funky lettering on the side.

Cool - what did you place, and what class / buggy? Was that the same year? :)

Was standard class I think using a boomerang. Unfortunately it doesn't say on the trophy the position but I think it was around 7th or 8th in the A


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