The annual TITC or Thailand International Touring Car Championship 2011 was held at a new venue at RC City in Bangkok, Thailand between Feb 23rd-27th, 2011. The new facility feature a sheltered rooftop touring and drift track with many hobby shops surrounding it. With over 700 entries in total to compete classes in Modified, Open Brushless 11.5T, Brushless 13.5T, Formula, FWD Touring and 2WD Mini. P.Y.Tang representing Team Xray Singapore and Team Orca was able to finish in a respectable A-Main 6th in Brushless Open 11.5T and B-Main 5th in Modified Class achieving his best result so far since joining the TITC in 2009.
As this is the first time for most drivers to race in a sheltered track, many have problems adapting to the tight and technical track. Moreover, the traction level is very much different compared to most tracks. The TITC 2011 layout consisted of 3 fast chicanes, 1 slow chicane and 2 large sweepers. During the initial testing, P.Y.Tang stated that he was having low traction problems but was easily solved by switching tire addicitve but once that was solved, his Xray T3'2011 was struglling with traction rolls and difficulty in driving a highly responsive car due to very high traction. After a few days of setup changes, P.Y.Tang was able to make his Xray T3'2011 easier to drive with good consistent lap times. Most of the major setup changes were at the shocks, droops and roll centers. By switching the front universal to Litemodz CVS also made the car much faster in corner speed and more steering which was required in the tight layout.
In the Brushless Open 11.5T class, all drivers uses the handout Speed Passion 11.5T V3 motor and zero fixed timing with your choice of ESC. P.Y.Tang Xray T3'2011 was equipped with the new Orca Vritra VTC Pro-Spec MK2 ESC that was easily clocking the top 3 fastest laptimes during the qualifying heats, seeing him leading the pack in some qualifying heats, traction rolls would cost him dropping his position well below. Also suffered from a stripped spur gear in Qualifying Heat 5, P.Y.Tang had to settle with qualifying overall 7th in the A-Main. Starting the finals in a unfavourable position in the mid-pack, it would be hard to compete for a podium spot. During the Final A1, P.Y.Tang managed to climbed up to 4th, after dropping down to 10th during the first chicane corner contacts. In the Final A2, it was looking good for P.Y.Tang after avoiding a pileup was in 4th after the first corner, looking to pass Tanes M. for 3rd. Close battling went on until 3-minute mark when Tanes M. overshot the long sweeper allowing P.Y.Tang to take the inside line into 3rd. While catching up to Chavit in 2nd, and defending from hard-presurring Tanes M in 4th, unfortunate slight contact from Tanes M. from behind caused P.Y.Tang to spin out in the middle chicane, dropping him to 8th. Final A3 started off clean this time and unable to pass, P.Y.Tang managed only 5th, and overall standings 6th in the top 10.
Top 10 Qualifying Standings (Open Brushless 11.5T)
A-Main:
1. Wong Hei Feng - Hotbodies - 600 pts
2. Tanes M. - Xray - 595 pts
3. Jackie Siow - Xray/Orca - 592 pts
4. Azri Amri - Kyosho/Orca - 591 pts
5. Chavit S. - Tamiya - 589 pts
6. Sizheng Dong - Yokomo - 589 pts
7. P.Y.Tang - Xray/Orca/Litemodz/Huge RC/H-Energy - 582 pts
8. Padungkiat K. - Hotbodies - 581 pts
9. Chau Man - Xray/Orca - 580 pts
10. Tedy Syah - Hotbodies - 580 pts
Top 10 Final Standings (Open Brushless 11.5T)
A-Main:
1. Wong Hai Feng - Hotbodies - 20 pts
2. Tanes M. - Xray - 18 pts
3. Chavit S. - Tamiya - 17 pts
4. Sizheng Dong - Yokomo - 15 pts
5. Padungkiat K. - Hotbodies - 14 pts
6. P.Y.Tang - Xray/Orca/Litemodz/Huge/H-Energy - 13 pts
7. Chau Man - Xray/Orca - 12 pts
8. Jackie Siow - Xray/Orca - 9 pts
9. Azri Amri - Kyosho/Orca - 8 pts
10. Tedy Syah - Hotbodies - 7 pts
Using the same car and ESC system, P.Y.Tang qualified in B-Main 5th for the Modified Class. According to P.Y.Tang, his setup for the Xray T3'2011 was not much difference in both of the classes as he was using the OrcaQ QX1 Limited Edition 11.5T Brushless Racing Motor. During the initial testing, P.Y.Tang was using the Orca RX2 6.5T Brushless Motor but the QX1 11.5T gave an advantage in the tight layout with a smoother and easier drive around sweepers and corners, yet still very torquey in the in-field after optimizing the settings to his Orca Vritra speedo. Qualifying heats was quite an easy drive for P.Y.Tang, trying to make less mistake and focusing more on better driving lines. Consistent top 15 qualifying results between Q1-Q5 and posting best result of 18 laps 5:00.041 qualifying 9th in Q6 secured a place for P.Y.Tang in B-Main. P.Y.Tang started off Final B1 with a fresh set of tires but a small contact in the long sweeper, dropping him down the pack and managed only 8th. In the Final B2, a cleaner and more consistent run took P.Y.Tang into 2nd after the first minute, but unable to hold the pressure from Paphon C., P.Y.Tang finished in 3rd, and overall 5th after 2 finals.
Top 20 Qualifying Standings (Modified)
A-Main:
1. Andy Moore - Hotbodies - 465 pts
2. Shinnisuke Adachi - Kyosho - 460 pts
3. Jilles Groskamp - Tamiya - 459 pts
4. Marc Rhienard - Tamiya - 458 pts
5. Atsushi Hara - Hotbodies - 457 pts
6. Simon Nicholson - Kyosho - 451 pts
7. Victor Wilck - Tamiya - 450 pts
8. Meen Vejrak - Xray - 450 pts
9. E.C.Kim - Kyosho - 448 pts
10. Thomas Pumpler - Tamiya - 447 pts
B-Main:
1. Charlee P. - Xray - 445 pts
2. Satoshi Maezumi - Tamiya - 443 pts
3. Paphon C. - Yokomo - 433 pts
4. Yukiko Kodama - Yokomo - 429 pts
5. P.Y.Tang - Xray/Orca/Litemodz/Huge RC - 428 pts
6. Chau Man - Xray/Orca - 423 pts
7. Azri Amri - Kyosho/Orca - 423 pts
8. C.K.Tsang - 421 pts
9. Porapong R. - Tamiya - 419 pts
10. Antoni Caretti - Hotbodies/Orca - 419 pts
Top 20 Qualifying Standings (Modified)
A-Main:
1. Andy Moore - Hotbodies - 20 pts
2. Jilles Groskamp - Tamiya - 17 pts
3. Atsushi Hara - Hotbodies - 16 pts
4. Victor Wilck - Tamiya - 15 pts
5. Shinosuke Adachi - Kyosho - 14 pts
6. Marc Rheinard - Tamiya - 14 pts
7. Meen Vejrak - Xray - 13 pts
8. Simon Nicholson - Kyosho - 9 pts
9. E.C.Kim - Kyosho - 7 pts
10. Thomas Pumpler - Kyosho - 6 pts
B-Main:
1. Satoshi Maezumi - Tamiya - 10 pts
2. Charlee P. - Xray - 9 pts
3. Paphon C. - Yokomo - 9 pts
4. Chau Man - Xray/Orca - 8 pts
5. P.Y.Tang - Xray/Orca/Litemodz/Huge/H-Energy - 8 pts
6. C.K.Tsang - 7 pts
7. Yukiko Kodawa - Yokomo - 6 pts
8. Porapong R. - Tamiya - 5 pts
9. Antoni Caretti - Hotbodies/Orca - 4 pts10. Azri Amri - Kyosho/Orca - 4 pts
(Open Brushless 11.5T) Xray T3'2011 equipped with Orca Vritra VTC Pro-Spec MK2 ESC, Orca Infinite 6000 60C LiPo, Orca Power Boost, Orca 16V Capacitor Plate, Huge RC Ceramic Bearings, Litemodz CVS, H-Energy M11X Transmitter 2500Mah LiPo Pack.
(Modified) Xray T3'2011 equipped with Orca Vritra VTC Pro-Spec MK2 ESC, Orca Infinite 6000 60C LiPo, OrcaQ QX1 Limited Edition 11.5T Brushless Racing Motor, Orca Power Boost, Orca 16V Capacitor Plate, Huge RC Ceramic Bearings, Litemodz CVS, H-Energy M11X Transmitter 2500Mah LiPo Pack.
Litemodz CVS front
Litemodz CVS rear
