11.02.2016 15 comments
Report by Bruno Eliazord. VRC PRO Reporter & Pro Class Racer.
Hi everybody, we are here at Fort Myers Raceway in Florida, where the sun is shinning, the surfers are riding the waves, and girls are so beautiful.
More seriously, it was the second round of the 1:8 nitro sportscars spec championship, where 61 racers came, representing 16 nations, which make each VRC race a real world event !
The track is very fast, but with sharp turns, and a difficult part in front of the rostrum, where you have to turn early before the corner if you want to be fast without touching the unforgiving metal barriers. In real life the club organize the Winternats, and in 2008 the Roar 1/10th scale fuel on-road.
Now let's have a look at the qualifications :
Club class : on 13 drivers, « Mugen MRX 5 » from Germany is first with 32 laps / 7.01.854. Carl Huxford from United Kingdom is second with 31 laps / 7.00.742, and Jodie Grein from USA is 3rd with 29 laps / 7.21.866.The seven other drivers of the t... read more
22.02.2012 1 comment
Well over 200 racers from all corners of the world gathered last week to race the NOTORIOUS virtual Winternats 2012 sponsored by RCTECH. With a 45 minute final, the unforgiving metal barriers of Ft. Myers promised an extremely exciting race... Here are the results:
WINTERNATS 1:10 NITRO
1 Frank Hättich (Germany) 209 Laps 45:10.642
2 Kevin Pignotti (Italy) 204 Laps 45:10.402 +5 laps
3 Mario Spiniello (Italy) 203 Laps 45:12.520 +6 laps
4 Mustafa ALP (Turkey) 202 Laps 45:11.724 +7 laps
5 Paul Patto (Australia) 197 Laps 45:09.010 +12 laps
6 Francis Wathlet (Belgium) 196 Laps 45:03.270 +13 laps
7 Ingo Graf (Austria) 194 Laps 45:10.100 +15 laps
8 Zsolt Kálnay (Hungary) 132 Laps 30:14.658
9 Eric Brawley (United Kingdom) 130 Laps 30:06.900
10 Barnabás Tóth (Hungary) 130 Laps 30:07.444
http://www.vrcworld.com/events/results.aspx?event=1459#detail
WINTERNATS 1:8 NITRO
1 Kevin Pignotti (Italy)... read more
