The world championships are underway!  A rain affected first day of qualifying is done (with just one heat still to run – presumably tommorrow?).  Top 10 is interesting:

1. Takaaki Shimo – Kyosho
2. Chris Tosolini – kyosho
3. Hideo Kitazawa – Mugen
4. Mike Swauger – Mugen??
5. Simon Camilleri – Mugen (Sth Aus)
6. Josh Cyrul – Kyosho
7. Ken Furukawa – Kyosho
8. Simon Nicholson – Kyosho (NSW)
9. Jilles Groskamp – Serpent
10. Francesco Tirono – Kyosho

Big day for Kyosho with 6 cars in the top 10. Serpent seem to be just slightly off the pace, and Mugen are close by. Australia’s Simon Camilleri and Simon Nicholson both well in the top 10. Awesome – go Simon! Tough day for Jason Dorn with a problem in his first heat, and his second round yet to be run (held over until tommorrow I think). Jason has speed but sits well down the order at the moment. Hang in there Jason!
I’ll be trackside Thursday arvo, Friday and Saturday (and maybe Wednesday arvo for a while), but in the meantime I’m following stories at a few websites:

• The official event website has results on a race by race basis, plus photos coming
• RB Engines site has stories and photos
• Serpent’s mytsn site has stories and photos
• Event thread on RC Tech’s Nitro page has up to date info

If you have any other sites with news or photos, post them here.  Cheers!