Supported by HPI, Team Orion, LRP, Avio and Tiger
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RS4 Nitro Stock (A Final) — 20 Minute Final
This was the first of the long Nitro Finals, which is nice because while these guys are racing, our scrutineers and other helpers could have a breather, and some dinner…. Anyway, as anyone will tell you with a long race, the secret is to finish it!! It was good to see that only 1 car didn’t make the end and that up front it was close between TQ man, Rudi Haupert, Kostantin Agrafiotis and Artyom Lopukhin from Russia.
After 30 minutes and plenty of pit stops and rushing around collecting cars that stalled and cars that ran out of fuel, Rudi, car 1 came home first followed by Artyom and Kostantin from Greece.
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RS4 Nitro Stock (A Final) — Final Results
- Rudi Haupert
- Artyom Lopukhin
- Kostantin Agrafiotis
- Maxin Gulin
- Antonis Zoulias
- Loic Zimmwerman
- Limnios Thanasis
- Hubert Caulavier
- George Arkoumanis
- Julien Merle
RS4 Nitro Modified (A Final) — 30 Minute Final
This was the second of the long Nitro Finals, this time 30 minutes. This class places even more attention on the preparation as not only do these cars race longer but they go faster and run 2-speed gearboxes and you can even go through a set of tyres in 1 long Final. Noting that 1 of these races is nearly the equivalent of 2 races meetings without stopping!!
LRP driver Andy Kramer sat on pole but didn’t have a good run and retired with 66 laps on around 20 minutes which left it up to John Sotiropoulos from Greece to finish the race up front. John ended up well clear of 2nd place, showing that by keeping your car running and going fairly quick you stood a chance of winning a race like this. Fellow Team Mate John Arkoumanis strolled home 4 laps down and another 2 laps ahead of 3rd placed Kris Ritchie.
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RS4 Nitro Modified (A Final) — Final Results
- John Sotriopoulos
- John Arkoumanis
- Kristopher Ritchie
- Dan Trnka
- Bernard Courtois
- Alain Gaillard
- Loic Bonnardel
- Andy Kramer
- Jon Sterling
- Remy Romano
RS4 Super Nitro Modified (A Final) — 30 Minute Final
This was the last final of the weekend and the last of the long Nitro Finals. These are still a favourite class because of the size and appeal of the cars, especially with the introduction of the Suzuki Pikes Peak body which was seen around the track over the weekend and was doing well in the Final.
These cars are pulling around 30 — 40mph down the long back straight before hitting the brakes hard to slow them for the first corner…
The Le-Mans start worked fine and with some sensible drivers realising that because of the length of the final, there is no point rushing around risking breaking your car hurtling into the first corner on the first lap, especially with cold tyres (believe me you do see it happen)!!
Again we had British interest in this final in the form of young Dominic Carter whose car looked excellent all weekend, although in practise he’d managed to wear out 3 rear drive belts with small stones jamming his rear diff. With a bit of gaffer tape and some common sense, Dad Derrick made some protection against the small stones that were getting lodged and Dominic promptly stormed away with the race winning by a massive 3 laps.
His mum couldn’t quite believe it and was soon in tears, the UK Team were all cheering at the top of their voices and little Dominic didn’t even realise he’d won. A classic racing moment to finish off the weekend… Well done Dominic!!
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 Dominic, the littlest racer, driving the BIGGEST cars |
RS4 Super Nitro Modified (A Final) — Final Results
- Dominic Carter
- Gilles Nottoli
- Michael Hamann
- Christian Maechler
- Patrick Barriot
- Fausto Ameli
- Alain Durand
- Walter Cossatto
- Daniel Trnka
- Marco Cannes
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