Very variable & very unpredictable weather conditions during the whole
weekend. At least we got some dry qualification heats. And most of the final
in 1:8 Track was also dry. The attendance for this race was very poor for the
1:8 Track class. 235mm is totally dead in Scandinavia now. And 1:8 is struggeling.
It seems like everybody wants to compete in the 200mm class.
QUALIFYING RESULTS 1:8 TRACK (5 fastest consecutive laps):
1) avg. 13.85 - Ytternes - Slide
2) avg. 14.08 - Berntsen - Mugen
3) avg. 14.10 - Andersen - Serpent
4) avg. 14.27 - Haugen - Mugen
5) avg. 14.60 - Magnussen - Slide
Ytternes built up a comfortable lead after the start. Then made a mistake which
put Haugen in the lead. But shortly after also he made a mistake, and Ytternes
took over the lead. After being slightly faster and also due to more mistakes
by Haugen, Ytternes had with 5 minutes left a 3 lap lead. Ytternes then stripped
his front belt, but was still able to keep a good enough pace to finish first.
Then his receiver battery back went empty with 2 minutes to go... Still, a very
strong & steady race by Lars Haugen, and a very well deserved first ever
R/C car race win for a guy who has been among the best for a long time now.
FINAL RESULTS:
1) Lars Haugen - Mugen/NR/GRP
2) Svein Harald Ytternes - Slide/JP/GP Speed Tires
3) Kjeld Holmsen - Slide/Sirio/GP Speed Tires
4) Kim Nygård Jørgensen - Slide/NR/GP Speed Tires
5) Johnny Magnussen - Slide/RB/GP Speed Tires
6) Stig Berntsen - Mugen/JP/GRP
7) Frank Andersen - Serpent/NovaMega/GRP
This is the first time in Scandinavia that SMP is the dominant brand in a race:
57% Slide
29% Mugen
14% Serpent
FASTEST LAPTIMES IN THE FINAL:
1) 13.79 - Ytternes - Slide
2) 14.01 - Haugen - Mugen
3) 14.32 - Magnussen - Slide
4) 14.55 - Nygård Jørgensen - Slide
5) 15.04 - Kjeld Holmsen - Slide
SHY's setup & remarks is posted in the setup-section.
Kim(i) preparing for rain Kimi
in action! A
Johnny Magnussen rain special solution
A closer look at Johnny Magnussens very beautiful & very fast SMP Slide.
He uses Kyosho shock absorbers front & rear.
A 1:5 "Scuderia NSU", very cool!:-) Home
made alloy wheels! J.
Magnussen's mascot Team
Slide preparing for the final
200mm: Berntsen 2, Bremsrud 1, Johannesen 3 SHY's
Slide, TQ & 2nd in the final 1:8 Track:
Ytternes 2, Haugen 1, Holmsen 3
/SHY 21.6.04
Knut Eriksen (Serpent/RB/Ellegi) and Ytternes (Slide/JP/GP Speed Tires) were
in a class of their own in the main final. And just before the 1st pit stop
Ytternes was on Eriksen tail, controlling the small distance. Just waiting there
as he knew Eriksen would have to do a tire-change mid-way, while Ytternes could
finish on one set of tires. But for reasons unknown Ytternes car went dry at
4:30. Which cost a lot of time. He managed to get back but it also flamed out
at the next stop and the plug broke. This cost 7 laps, and he was then all the
way down in 7th position. He did a very hard recovery drive, to make the podium
and 3rd place in the final minute! Kjølstad won the race in front of
Eriksen. Without the 7 laps lost Ytternes would have had the potential to win
with a 2-3 laps lead, but that's not worth much regrettably!
Fastest laptimes sunday/finals:
1. Ytternes (Slide/JP/Enneti): 12.98
2. Eriksen (Serpent/RB/Ellegi): 13.06
3. Per-Henrik Kjølstad (Serpent/Mega/Ellegi): 13.30
The rest of the drivers were above the 13.50 marker.
/SHY 7.10.03
1. Mikael Fransson (S) Serpent
7. Svein Harald Ytternes (N) Slide/JP/GP Speed Tires
Ytternes was in 4th position, fighting for 3rd when his throttle servo started
to malfunction. Which forced him to back off and loose several positions. Ytternes
was the only non-swede in the final.
/SHY 7.10.03
| 1:8 Track MHF Trophy 2002 | |||||||
| Pos | Name | Club | Car |
Qual
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Final
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| 1 | Joakim Olsson | MHF-U Skarpnäck |
MRX-3
|
16 | 5.09.00 | 138 | 45.02.41 |
| 2 | Bengt Andersson |
Veteq 02
|
16 | 5.14.49 | 136 | 45.00.23 | |
| 3 | Mattias Eriksson | MHF-U Skarpnäck |
Vector NT
|
16 | 5.14.11 | 134 | 45.17.71 |
| 4 | Svein-Harald Ytternes | Norge |
SMP Slide
|
15 | 5.06.04 | 129 | 45.03.99 |
| 5 | Mats Dagergren | MHF-U Skarpnäck |
MRX-3
|
15 | 5.09.71 | 121 | 45.13.09 |
| 6 | Tobias Emilsson | Lycksele MK |
Picco
|
15 | 5.14.07 | 121 | 45.15.02 |
| 7 | Patrik Sahlin | MHF-U Skarpnäck | 15 | 5.00.63 | 113 | 45.17.02 | |
| 8 | Nicklas Johansson | MHF-U Skarpnäck |
MRX-3
|
16 | 5.09.01 | 74 | 25.38.15 |
| 9 | Teemu Saarien | HyUA |
MRX-3
|
16 | 5.07.78 | 52 | 17.00.26 |
| 10 | Patrik Emilsson | Lycksele MK | 15 | 5.13.22 | 0 | - | |
QUALIFICATIONS:
1- A. Picco / Picco Prototype
2- M. Geisendorf / SMP Slide V2002 Chrome
3- A. Bertin / Kyosho Fantom
4- S. Solaroli / Vector NT
5- C. Aygon / Mugen MRX-3
6- M. Salven / Veteq 2002
7- S. Zatla / Mugen MRX-3
8- O. Mack / Veteq 2002
9- F. Bestel / Mugen MRX-3
10- A. Chaussard / Vector NT
14- J. Nydegger / SMP Slide V2002 Chrome
15- R. Sahli / SMP Slide V2002 Chrome
FINAL RESULTS:
1. Michael Salven / Serpent Veteq 02 / NovaMega
2. Sebastien Zatla / Mugen MRX3 / JP
3. Markus Geisendorf / Slide Chrome / RB Swiss
4. Alberto Picco / Picco Prototype / Picco
5. Roger Sahli / Slide Chrome / Novarossi JP
6. Daniel Hurth / Serpent Vector NT / RB
7. Franck Bestel / Mugen MRX3 / Novarossi
8. Stefano Solaroli / Serpent Vector NT / RB
9. Adrien Bertin / Kyosho Prototype / Sirio
10. Christophe Aygon / Mugen MRX3 / JP
From left: 2 Zatla, 1 Salven, 3 Geisendorf
Source: MyTSN.com and jpracing.com
SMP driver Oliver Mack of Germany has won the latest EFRA Gp in Lostallo, Switzerland.
Michael Salven had put his car on the pole spot but had his engine stop in the
final and had to fight back to regain the third position on this ultra big track.
The track is a "multi-track". For 1:8 the track layout gives a total
length of 403 (!!!) metres. Markus Geisendorf on his home track took the 2nd
position with Roger Sahli in 4th. This was the big guns' last warmup before
next months World Championships in Australia. There was a high level of competition,
with drivers such as current world champion Adrien Bertin, Franck Bestel, Van
Gestel and Solaroli.
The enormous track inbetween the swiss mountains. Geisendorfs playground!
Top 4 Qualifiers after 6 rounds:
1.M. Salven
2. O. Mack/Slide
3. M. Geissendorf/Slide
4. S. Solaroli
From left: Nr. 1 Salven, nr. 2 Mack, nr. 3 Geisendorf
Final Results:
1. Oliver Mack/Slide
2. Markus Geisendorf/Slide
3. Michael Salven
4. Roger Sahli/Slide
5. Stefano Solaroli
6. Ilia Van Gastel
7. Beat Waelti
8. Franck Bestel
9. Adrian Bertin
10. Mattia Pesenti
From left: nr. 2 Geisendorf, nr. 1 Mack, nr. 4 Sahli
| 1 | Knut Eriksen | Kyosho Fantom |
| 2 | Svein Harald Ytternes | Slide V2001 |
| 3 | T. Berntsen | Vector 00 |
| 4 | S. Berntsen | Vector NT |
| 1 | Knut Eriksen | Kyosho |
| 2 | Svein Harald Ytternes | Slide |
| 3 | Stig Berntsen | Vector |
| 4 | Trond Amlien | Picco |
| 5 | Tormod Ovesen | Kyosho |
| 6 | Terje Holm | Slide |
| 7 | Per Espen Knudsen | Slide |
| 8 | Trygve Berntsen | Vector |
| 9 | Frank Andersen | Veteq |
| 10 | Per Henrik Kjølstad | Veteq |
| 14 | Johnny Magnussen | Slide |
| 17 | Kjell M. Sveberg | Slide |
| 21 | Johnny Mydland | Slide |
| 24 | Ernst Olav Pettersen | Slide |
Report:
27 drivers in total showed up. It must be many years since we last saw so many
participants. The weather was perfect with 25 degrees and sunshine. The grip
was awesome. My setup was with blue MED springs and 90 degrees stabilizer in
the rear(!). Many drivers experienced traction rolling. The TQ and winner, Knut
Eriksen, was in a class of his own. He was always a couple of tenths quicker
per round. He has practised several times a week at this track for a couple
of seasons - so he is really the local hotshot. Last years lap record of 13:80
was pulverized this year after the resurfacing of the track. Knut Eriksen managed
12:99. My fastest lap was 13:16. A victory for Knut and Kyosho that is well
deserved! Congratulations! Last years winner, Frank Andersen, never got up to
speed with his Veteq and had to settle for 5th place in qualifying and 9th place
in the final. His brother Øyvind did not show up at all. I really wonder
if we will see him race again, as he has not participated in one single race
this year. In general it also looks like it is only the top european drivers
who are able to turn out any significant potential from the Veteq, as most experienced
drivers in Scandinavia one after one are going back to the Vector. And instantly
being quicker.
As to newcomers Tormod Ovesen finished in 5th place in his first ever 1:8 track
race. Simply stunning! But he is a hotshot in the 1:8 OR scene, still... Also
Terje Holm finished in a strong 6th place in his first season with 1:8 track.
He has previous experience from 1:10 track. The same goes for Per Espen Knudsen,
who finished in 7th place, also a SMP driver. He rarely gets to practise, so
he really has a lot of unused potential. Good old Amlien finished in a strong
4th place. With an old car and very little practise. All in all - a weekend
of some very strong driving from a huge amount of racers. The level of competitiveness
for this class has for sure increased in Norway. Frank Andersen, who has been
dominating for many years, was not able to qualify directly for the final. That
says a lot about how much the general level has increased!
Statistics:
How is the team effort? I've played around a little with statistics. Let's say
that last finish gives 1 point and first place gets 27 points. The "constructors
championship" would then be:
| 1 | Serpent | 116 points | 9 cars |
| 2 | SMP | 105 points | 7 cars |
| 3 | Kyosho | 83 points | 6 cars |
| 4 | Picco | 66 points | 4 cars |
| 5 | Jin Feng | 8 points | 1 car |
As you can see, Serpent is still on top after many years of almost monopoly in Norway. But they also had more cars this time, so how well did they do as a whole team? If we divide the total points on the number of cars for each team, this is the result:
| 1 | Picco | 16,5 points |
| 2 | SMP | 15,0 points |
| 3 | Kyosho | 13,8 points |
| 4 | Serpent | 12,9 points |
| 5 | Jin Feng | 8,0 points |
This shows that the best team effort was done bye the "old Picco boys" with their good old Picco cars. They know their cars very well and they helped each other to find a good set-up. On the contrary the Serpent team were strong in numbers, but falls somewhat through as to getting every single driver to perform well, even though they collected the most points in total. And SMP? 2-2-2... seems to be the melody...
Svein Harald Ytternes, 20.8.2001
Top-10 qualifying:
1 Michael Salven VETEQ
2 Oliver Mack Slide
3 Mikael Fransson VECTOR NT
4 Ilia van Gastel VETEQ
5 Marcus Geisendorfer Slide
6 Franc Bestel VETEQ
7 Rick Vrielinck VECTOR NT
8 Manuel Huber Mugen
9 Carlos Peracho VETEQ
10 Jack Ermen VETEQ
Final positions:
1. Salven (D)Veteq/NovaMega 163 45.00
2. Mack (D) Slide / NR 163 45.12
3. Geisendorf (CH) Slide 159
4. Fransson (S) Vector NT / RB 159
5. Wurst (D) Mugen/Rex 153
6. Berntsen (N) Vector NT 152
7. Ermen, Jack (NL) Veteq/NovaMega 151
8. Cuypers, Nick(B) Vector/RB 143
9. Meister (D) Veteq/NovaMega 141
10. van Gastel (B) Veteq/RB 90
Fastest lap in final Salven with 15,66sec, average speed in final 57,7
km/h .
Track length 265m, covered distance in 162 laps = 42.92 km.
16. Geisendorf Markus
Report :
Already during training there were problems with the new 3 chamber muffler.
Salven TQ'ed with his Veteq, 0.3 second in front of nr. 2 Oliver Mack with his Slide.
In the final Oliver's engine flamed out due to the problems with the
new muffler, and he therefore could not get a better result than third.
Salven lead the race for 15 minutes, until he crashed into a backmarker
who had spun in front of him. Mack drove the fastest lap times in the
final, even if this very bumby track not is a "Slide-track"
(It is a car built for fast and flat race tracks). The winner was Aygon
with his Mugen, in front of Chaussard with Kyosho. As opposed to Mack,
both these drivers did the final without a tire change.
| Res. | Name | Club | OMK Trophy I | OMK Trophy II | Total | Car |
| 1 | Trond Amlien | OMK | 21 | 23 | 44 | Picco Integra |
| 2 | Johnny Magnussen | OMK | 22 | 21 | 43 | SMP Slide |
| 3 | Knut Eriksen | OMK | 18 | 25 | 43 | Kyosho Fantom |
| 4 | Stein-Arild Østgaard | OMK | 19 | 22 | 41 | Picco Integra |
| 5 | John Røberg-Larsen | OMK | 17 | 17 | 34 | Serpent Vector |
| 6 | Per Espen Knutsen | OMK | 14 | 20 | 34 | Serpent Vector |
| 7 | Kim Jørgensen | OMK | 15 | 18 | 33 | Serpent Vector |
| 8 | Per Henrik Kjølstad | OMK | 25 | - | 25 | Serpent Vector |
| 9 | Stig Berntsen | OMK | 24 | - | 24 | Serpent Vector |
| 10 | Øyvind Grønbeck | OMK | - | 24 | 24 | Kyosho Fantom |
| 11 | Trygve Berntsen | OMK | 23 | 23 | Serpent Vector | |
| 12 | Tor S Erga | Klepp | 20 | 20 | Serpent Vector | |
| 13 | Atle Johannesen | OMK | - | 19 | 19 | Picco Integra |
| 14 | Leif Johnny Mydland | Klepp | 16 | - | 16 | SMP Slide |
| 15 | Per Chr. Paulsen | OMK | - | 16 | 16 | Picco Integra |
| 16 | Kjell Martinsen | OMK | - | 15 | 15 | Serpent Vector |
The top 3: From left: No. 3 Frank Andersen No. 1 Øyvind Andersen No. 2 Svein Harald Ytternes |
Res. |
Name | Club | Rounds | Car | Engine |
| 1 | Oyvind Andersen | OMK | 161 | Vector | Mega |
| 2 | Svein Harald Ytternes | OMK | 160 | Slide | JP |
| 3 | Frank Andersen | OMK | 155 | Vector | Mega |
| 4 | Stein-Arild Ostgaard | OMK | 150 | Vector | RB |
| 5 | Stig Berntsen | OMK | 150 | Vector | Mega |
| 6 | Terje Aamillom | OMK | 148 | Picco | RB |
| 7 | Atle Johannesen | OMK | 147 | Picco | RB |
| 8 | Per Henrik Kjoelstad | OMK | 144 | Vector | RB |
| 9 | Bo Teddy Tveitan | VMBK | 126 | Picco | RB |
| 10 | Leif Johnny Mydland | KRCK | 105 | Vector | RB |
| POS | NAME | CLUB | CAR | TOT.PT |
| 1 | Geissendorf Markus | MRCSG | SMP Slide | 335 |
| 2 | Sahli Roger | MCRTB | SMP Slide | 330 |
| 3 | Nydegger Juerg | MCRTB | ? | 277 |
| 4 | Garbani Romano | MRTM | ? | 253 |
| 5 | Wenger Martin | MCCT | ? | 236 |
| 6 | Buehler Jakob | MRR | ? | 236 |
| 7 | Felix Reto | MRR | ? | 204 |
| 8 | Pesenti Mattia | MRTM | ? | 201 |
| 9 | Gerber Hanspeter | MRCL | ? | 196 |
| 10 | Martinelli Luca | MRCU | ? | 187 |
39 contenders in total.
1º- Michael Salven - Serpent - Mega - Ellegi 2º- Karl-Heinz Meister - Serpent - Mega - Ellegi 3º- Christian Wurz - Mugen - Rex - Fast 4º- Oliver Mack - Slide - Rex - Arrows 5º- Hans Peter Holl - Serpent - Race 6º- Melanie Risse - Serpent - Mega - Ellegi 7º- Frank Gerlings - Serpent 8º- Daniel Reckhard - Neo - R&B - Enetti 9º- Dieter Fleischer - Slide - Rex 10º- Herald Huhn - Picco - Picco - Action
| 1 | Adrien Bertin |
| 2 | Michael Salven |
| 3 | Massimo Fantini |
| 4 | Daniele Ielasi |
| 5 | Oliver Mack (SMP) |
| 18 | Alexander Kaiser (SMP) |
| 21 | Roger Sahli (SMP) |
| POS. | CAR. | NAME | NAT. | CAR | ENGINE | LAPS | TIME | BEST LAP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | BERTIN Adrien | FRA | MUGEN | NR-JP | 213 | 1:00:11.68 | 16.02 |
| 2 | 4 | IELASI Daniele | ITA | VECTOR | NR | 212 | 1:00:03.19 | 16.12 |
| 3 | 3 | FANTINI Massimo | ITA | VECTOR | NR | 212 | 1:00:08.96 | 16.18 |
| 4 | 5 | AYGON Christophe | FRA | MUGEN | NR-JP | 211 | 1:00:00.82 | 16.20 |
| 5 | 6 | CYRUL Josh | USA | VECTOR | MEGA 3 | 211 | 1:00:23.81 | 16.27 |
| 6 | 8 | COLLARI Lamberto | ITA | PICCO | NR | 209 | 1:00:05.71 | 16.32 |
| 7 | 7 | GREEN Mark | GB | VECTOR | MEGA 3 | 206 | 1:00:16.24 | 16.46 |
| 8 | 9 | KAISER Alexander | GER | SMP | NR | 206 | 1:00:16.73 | 16.35 |
| 9 | 10 | BURCH Ralph | USA | VECTOR | MEGA 3 | 129 | 39:17.64 | 14.81 |
| 10 | 2 | SALVEN Michael | GER | VECTOR | Nova MEGA | 91 | 25:15.91 | 16.20 |
| 15 | Oliver Mack | GER | SMP | REX | ||||
| 23 | Roger Sahli | CH | SMP | JP |
Expert Class: 1. Born Daniel 179 BMT / Nova 2. Sahli Roger 179 Slide / JP 3. Bühler Jakob 178 Vector / SX 4. Wenger Martin 177 Vector / SX 5. Schär Traugott 176 Vector / SX 6. Schläpfer Roland 172 Picco / Rex 7. Garbani Romano 172 Picco / Picco 8. Pethoud Michel 170 Vector / Collari 9. Kaech Jan 162 Slide / JP 10. Felix Reto 148 Vector / Nova
1 Oliver Mack SMP/Rex 2 Michael Salven Vector/MEGA Evo-3 3 Andreas Giesa Vector/MEGA Evo-3 4 Alexander Kaiser SMP/Rex 5 Melanie Risse Vector/MEGA Evo-3 6 Harald Huhn Picco / Picco 7 Philip Sting Vector 8 Herbert Montag Vector 9 Oliver Semmler Vector 10 Jens Brock Vector
| 1 - AYGON C. |
| 2 - SAHLI R. |
| 3 - BERTIN A. |
| 4 - MACK O. |
| 5 - CHRISTIANY S. |
| 6 - VAN GASTEL I. |
| 7 - CHAUSSARD A. |
| 8 - NOUGIER E. |
| 9 - QUILLIEN A. |
| 10 - OLANIER S. |
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PLACE |
DRIVER |
CAR |
ENGINE |
ROUNDS |
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BERTIN A. | STING | NOVA JP Racing |
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AYGON C. | STING | NOVA JP Racing |
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CHAUSSARD A. | VECTOR | R&B |
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MACK O. | SMP Slide | REX |
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SAHLI R. | SMP Slide | NOVA JP Racing |
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QUILLIEN A. | VECTOR | NOVA JP Racing |
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CUYPERS S. | VECTOR | R&B |
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ROEM R. | VECTOR | R&B |
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OLANIER S. | VECTOR | R&B |
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VAN GASTEL I. | VECTOR | R&B |
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1 Fantini, Massimo Italy 152 45.01,91 Vector 2 Kaiser, Alexander Germany 149 45.05,70 SMP 3 Sahli, Roger Switzerland 149 45.15,55 SMP
1 Rody Roem (F) Vector / R&B 2 Oliver Mack (D) Vector / Rex 3 Michael Salven (D) Vector / Mega 4 Bruno Dechen (F) Vector / R&B 5 Alexander Kaiser (D) Slide / NR
1 Karl-Heinz Meister D 165 laps Vector/Mega 2 Jan Kaech CH 161 laps Slide/NR 3 Hans-Bertram Kessler D 160 laps Vector/REX 4 Martin Wenger CH 159 laps Vector/Mega
1 Jan Kaech CH 150 laps SMP 2 Sander de Graaf NL 147 laps Serpent 3 Beat Stadler CH 146 laps Picco 4 Heinrich Schweizer CH 144 laps Serpent 5 Hans-Bertram Kessler GER 144 laps Serpent 6 Michel Pethoud CH 128 laps Serpent 7 Willi Born CH 128 laps Serpent 8 Helmut Kedro AUT 119 laps BMT 9 Han Koestler GER 118 laps Serpent 10 Martin Wenger CH 17 laps Serpent
