PN Racing World Cup 2008
Finals- The Fastest cars at the Worlds...
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So you heard the news right? We kicked some
serious tail at the PN Racing Mini-Z World Cup
in 2008 in all the 2WD classes. Now, since we
love to share how we do what we do, we bring you
the exclusive pictures and set-ups used by our
winning cars in Vegas. As a bonus, we've included
Cristian's test mules, which were not only fast
at the PNWC, but are usually where revolution
begins!!! |
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Above are Jacob Feinstein's and Cristian Tabush's
cars. Pan Car #1 is Cristian's, #2 is PNWC 08
Champ Jacob Feinstein's. In the case of the 350Z's
#1 is PNWC 08 Champ Jacob Feinstein's and the
#2 car is CT's. Wanna see them without the bodies
on? Scroll down my friends... |
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JACOB'S
2WD Modified RR-02







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Admire the craft of building a finely tuned Mini-Z
MR-02 my friends! (Or as we like to call it: RR-02!)
Jacob's car is a full option Reflex Racing machine.
He is using a wide track front, 96mm H-plates and Reflex's
body mounting system. The front swaybar is a PN Racing
swaybar kit modified to work with the WTF.
Jacob TQ'd the PNWC 2008 by a wide margin and easily
won the first 2 mains to secure the 2WD Modified crown
in domintaing fashion!
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JACOB'S Modified Pan
Car RR-02







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Simplicity was the key in the Pan Car class. This
class has no weight limit so the less parts the better.
The set-up was nearly identical with the exception of
the front swaybar and springs. The Pan Car was not prone
to traction rolling due to it's lower Center of Gracity,
so a softer front was in order. Jacob did not use a
top shock in this setup.
Jacob easily won the first 2 mains of Pan Car Modified
to secure the PNWC 2008 title. |
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Cristian's 2WD Modified
RR-02







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Cristian's success on the track has come through
set-up refinement and breakthrough ideas that push the
envelope of Mini-Z racing to the next level. Above you
see the car where most of these ideas come to be, are
evaluated and developed on.
Cristian qualified second, but after some bad luck
in the mains, finished 7th in 2WD modified at the 2008
PNWC. (Notice the SSG2WD V.2 on the rear end... Not
the same as the AWD tire, this tire has the 2 grooves
towards the outside to provide improved lateral grip.
These tires were developed for medium-high to high grip
tracks.)
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Cristian's Modified
Pan Car RR-02






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The idea of a 96mm Pan Car came to Cristian early
Saturday morning after he could not get his Pan Car
to run right. He had the quickest 2WD Modified Car at
the time, so it occurred to him to copy the exact same
set-up on his Pan Car since it was waaaaaay off pace.
The result? The car that dominated qualifying for Pan
Car Modified. The front swaybar was omitted since the
car was not traction rolling and the top shock was omitted
because it wouldn't fit under the body. Instead Cristian
used a 94mm RM triangle h-plate mount to prevent the
suspension from sagging.
Cristian ran well in the mains, but early mistakes
in the first 2 A-mains cost him far too much, allowing
Jacob to run away for the wins. In the 3rd A-main, Cristian
was well on his way to the only 56-lap run of the weekend
until the last corner, when a lapped car collided with
him costing him 2 seconds. Cristian finished 2nd overall.
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Lex's 2WD Stock RR-02




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Lex's car was powered by pistachios. Hence the picture
above. His car was not any different than the previous
RR-02's displayed on the page. Once again we find 96mm
H-plates, Wide Track Front Suspension system and SSG2WD
tires. It is a nice thing to note that Lex used the
same set of rear tires for practice, qualifying and
the mains.
Lex was awesome in 2WD Stock, but winning was not easy.
He has some stiff competition fom Chad Nelson and Reflex
teammate Jacob Feinstein. In the end, Lex was just too
smooth.
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| The Set-Ups
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Jacob Feinstein
Nov. 6-9, 2008
PNWC 08 Finals
Las Vegas, NV
2WD MOD |
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Jacob Feinstein
Nov. 6-9, 2008
PNWC 08 Finals
Las Vegas, NV
PAN CAR MOD |
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Cristian Tabush
Nov. 6-9, 2008
PNWC 08 Finals
Las Vegas, NV
2WD MOD |
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Cristian Tabush
Nov. 6-9, 2008
PNWC 08 Finals
Las Vegas, NV
PAN CAR MOD |
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Lex Tyler
Nov. 6-9, 2008
PNWC 08 Finals
Las Vegas, NV
2WD Stock |
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You didn't think we wouldn't share with you, huh?
Pretty basic stuff here my friends, nothing we haven't
been preaching about on the forums and our website for
the past year. Are you believers now?
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Written by
Cristian Tabush
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