Race:	from 07.01.2017 [09:00] to 16.01.2017 [08:30]
Class:	1:10 Short Course 4WD 13.5T
Track:	Padova IBR
Direction:	Official
Series:	2017 SEASON 1 - 1:10 SHORT COURSE TRUCKS 13.5T
Rankings:	1:10 electric short course 13.5T Spec
Points:	Level 1 ABC (1 - 80) with DNS* factor 75%

Welcome to Round 1 of the 2017 Season 1 Series 1:10 Short Course Trucks 13.5T Spec class.

This event is part of the 2017 Season 1 Series 1:10 Short Course Trucks 13.5T Spec. Of the 8 events your 6 best results will count for the Series championship.

Each events has 3 rounds of racing:
QUALIFYING - Saturday 09:00 AM till Wednesday 08:30 AM* - all
SEMI FINALS - Wednesday 09:00 AM till Friday 08:30 AM - Top 40 per class
MAIN FINAL - Friday 09:00 AM till Monday 08:30 AM - Top 10 per class

*GMT (to see times in your local time make sure to have set the correct time zone in your profile).

Time is chosen to allocate approx. equal racing opportunity for members from Australia, Europe and east & west coast USA.

The results will be split up based on racer classes Club, Sport and Pro.

2017 SEASON 1 CALENDAR
Round 1: IBR Padova
Round 2: MHS 3 (reversed)
Round 3: Pattaya
Round 4: Bash long (reversed)
Round 5: NEO14 (reversed)
Round 6: Las Vegas (reversed)
Round 7: RCX 2
Round 8: Barco Italy


Enjoy the racing season.

MAKE SURE TO RACE THE COMPLETE SEASON AND BEYOND

6-MONTHS ALL-INCLUSIVE AT 30% INTRODUCTION DISCOUNT

18.01.2017

Report by VRC race reporting


2017 SEASON 1 1:10 SC TRUCKS 13.5T ROUND 1 IBR Padova

Swedish offroader Robert Hillman has won first 2017 season race of SC 13.5 trucks. Robert`s run was consistent, fast and clear and this secured his victory in IBR Padova track.
TQ driver Erik Bottosso had his chances, but his race was ruin by two mistakes in early stage of the final. Erik`s pace was similar with Hillman but 6 seconds of mistakes was just too much and he had to settle to second place. Italian Tommaso Andreuccetti got last podium, with 0.120s difference before French Nicolas Loriot. These two had great battle of last podium place, finally Andreuccetti was stronger and Loriot had to settle to fourth place.


Swedish Robert Hillman was strongest with his Associated ride

In SPORT level French Gaetan Anger had great pace. This 20 years old French offroader was on his level, as he won this with 8.7 seconds margin before Michael Marsack from USA.
South African Anibal Menezes got third podium place, he was 3.4 seconds behind Marsack, when they came to checkered flag.

In CLUB level Spaniard Dani Tortuga, American Gary Crowell and Finnish Ilari Lamminsivu had good battle of podium places. Finally, Tortuga was the strongest, with 2.6 margin before Crowell at second place. Lamminsivu had to settle to third place, with frustrating 0.8 seconds margin to Crowell.


Bottosso`s three mistakes ruin his chances


FINAL RESULTS


A-main PRO

1|Robert Hillman|SE|14|08:09.563 2|Erik Bottosso|IT|14|08:15.135 3|Tommaso Andreuccetti|IT|14|08:22.266 4|Nicolas Loriot|FR|14|08:22.386 5|Tommi Vacklin|FI|14|08:23.011 6|Peter Haaima|NL|14|08:27.074 7|Arturas Svoba|LT|14|08:29.434 8|Jiri Mara|CZ|14|08:30.554 9|Carson Yeung|HK|14|08:32.051 10|Marshall Kirkholm|US|14|08:32.760

A-main SPORT

1|Gaetan ANGER|FR|14|08:27.549 2|Michael Marsack|US|13|08:00.420 3|Anibal Menezes|ZA|13|08:03.826 4|Gary Sundman|US|13|08:12.508 5|Rob Reeves|GB|13|08:14.980 6|Corey Tadd|US|13|08:15.931 7|Michael Olsljung|SE|13|08:19.263 8|Vesa Inkeri|FI|13|08:21.172 9|KEVIN PULLIN|US|13|08:21.294 10|Jens Förster|DE|DNS

A-main CLUB

1|Dani Tortuga|ES|13|08:19.468 2|Gary Crowell|US|13|08:22.080 3|Ilari Lamminsivu|FI|13|08:22.849 4|Nicholas Creery|CA|13|08:26.103 5|Tony Keigley|US|13|08:29.574 6|Samuel Chacon|ES|13|08:41.754 7|Martin Wallace|GB|12|08:02.083 8|Curtis Damm|US|12|08:04.154 9|Scott Foster|AU|12|08:19.366 10|Tristan Ghinzel|CA|DNF



Andreuccetti won his battle against Loriot

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