Marc Rheinard Wins Thailand TC Champs; Orion finishes 1-2-3

PeterV · #1 03-13-2006, 06:09 PM

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Marc Rheinard led a Team Orion 1-2-3 sweep of one of Asia’s most prestigious event, Thailand’s TITC Touring Car Championships. Marc’s teammate, Atsushi Hara, made a valiant effort but came up just short of the World Champion. Sharing the champagne on the podium was Team Orion’s UK sensation, Andy Moore.

Austrian Thomas Pumpler scored a 5th place finish placing Revolution V2 powered equipped cars in four out of the top five positions in the A-final. With their exceptional cooling ability, V2 Modified motors withstood the exceptional Thai heat. In fact, 4th place finisher Surikarn used a Peak Racing V2 based motor to achieve his result. V2 based motor powered the top 5 cars!

Powering the factory driver’s cars was the all-new GP4300 super cell. Treated with V-Max voltage enhancement, these cells provide the maximum capacity available in a NiMH cell and contributed greatly to the convincing victory.

craig123 · #2 03-13-2006, 08:58 PM

It seems like Marc Rheinard would have to be the best driver going around at the moment it seems like he is consistently winning against other top drivers i,m not just saying this because i,m a Marc Rheinard fan but it seems like he is the best at the moment.Anyone that really follows electric onroad please tell me without being bias am i correct is he the best at the moment.

jmcn r · #3 03-13-2006, 11:58 PM

from what I am seeing Rheindhard seemed to have picked up from Hara and is taking a good amount of the major electric touring wins.

all i know though is that Orion has put together a great lineup of drivers and their V2 motors have been proving there guts over and over! domination?

Rick Hohwart · #4 03-14-2006, 10:16 AM

The most amazing thing about Rheinard is that he always seems to have a bit extrain the tank when he needs it. He is as fast as anyone. But he can always cut his lap times by a tenth or two when he needs to. Just when you think he can't go any faster, he does - effortlessly.

craig123 · #5 03-14-2006, 04:27 PM

yeah Rheinards results in electric touring cars over the last two years seem awesome.Can anyone tell me what sort of money would he get for winning a big touring car championship like this one just curious does anyone know???

jocktheglide165 · #6 03-15-2006, 02:54 AM

he is always wearing something over his head even in his ads for tamiya.........

Rick Hohwart · #7 03-15-2006, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by craig123

yeah Rheinards results in electric touring cars over the last two years seem awesome.Can anyone tell me what sort of money would he get for winning a big touring car championship like this one just curious does anyone know???

Drivers like Rheinard do not make aton of money from any one company. But when you add up the smaller amounts from each of his sponsors, it can be quite a bit.

jocktheglide165 · #8 03-15-2006, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Rick Hohwart

Drivers like Rheinard do not make aton of money from any one company. But when you add up the smaller amounts from each of his sponsors, it can be quite a bit.

I bet its the hat that lets him win its like good luck....

jmcn r · #9 03-15-2006, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by jocktheglide165

I bet its the hat that lets him win its like good luck....

its also another terrific way to represent your sponsor especially due to the fact that publicity/promotional/media pictures tend to be focused around the head.

those skull caps he wore should have been adorned with sponsor logos.