Stop #43 lands at the new Tandemonium for the SDS All Mass Finals

The RC Drift Journey is framed by its own description as a survey rather than a highlight reel: it documents people, cars, tracks, competitions and communities, one stop at a time. A finals weekend at a floor that is new to the series fits that brief neatly — a venue debut and a season-ending event in the same visit.

That framing also sets expectations for what the video is. It is a record of a gathering, credited to the person who shot the stills alongside it, not a results broadcast.

If you are reading this to decide whether to drive at the new floor or enter the next round of the series, the posting does not get you there on its own. Four things are missing from it.

• The surface and the layout. Whether the new floor is carpet, P-tile, polished concrete or a painted floor changes the whole configuration a 1/10 RWD car needs — tire, ride height, spring and gyro gain are all chosen for the surface. The post does not say which it is.
• Whether a spec tire is in force. Many tracks and series mandate one so nobody buys grip. Not stated here.
• The series format. Plenty of RC events run solo qualifying followed by lead-and-chase battles, with judges scoring line, angle, style and proximity, and the drivers swapping lead and chase between runs. That is the common shape of the format, not a claim about this series: the organizers' own rulebook governs, and it is not quoted in the posting.
• Results. No winners, placings or driver names appear in the description, so none are reported here.

None of that is a criticism of the video. A stop on a documentary series is not obliged to publish a scoresheet. It does mean the authoritative version of the finals sits with the organizers, and this piece will be updated if that record surfaces.

Stop #43 is on YouTube: RC Drift Journey Stop #43, New Tandemonium, SDS All Mass Finals, posted by Mr Mino Media on October 11, 2026, with photography credited to Aline Paola. The video is marked embed-and-credit by the channel.