12.02.2014
report by Donald Stark (VRC race reporter)
2014 Season 1, Round 3 @ RC Excitement '12
Six in one hand and half a dozen in the other, this season Is half way over. Or if you’re an optimist, the second half is just beginning. What ever you want to say or how ever you see it this weekends racing action was so hot it almost melted the snow outside. Two category of truck and three class per category with a total of 338 entries. This is round 3 of a six round series that uses your best four results for the final outcome. Each point or position counts and the racers this week appeared to have this in mind as nobody was giving away positions in any of the main events.
Pro Modified A-Main
The modified A-Main Lined up with Martin "The Wizard" Wollanka at the pole followed by Rob Gillespie and Nicholas Loriot. The horn sounded and Nicolas "The Lunch Box" Loriot hit the first turn ahead of Martin and Rob. Youthful enthusiasm was his friend with lightning fast reflexes like that we may have to start calling him "The flash" or "Lightning" what ever the case Nicolas was in the lead he and Gillespie swapped out the lead for most of the race. Jerome djay Delcourt made and appearance at the front shortly and then Martin tried to make a show before clipping a pipe and flipping over. Rob was running away with it when he clipped the back of a lapper and T-boned the pipe, he reversed and U-turned and got back underway just ahead of a hard charging Loriot.
The Pro A-Main finish was as follows:
1 Rob Gillespie US 30 08:11.572 -
2 Nicolas Loriot FR 30 08:12.149 +0.577s >
3 Jerome djay Delcourt FR 30 08:13.605 +2.033s >
4 Martin Wollanka AT 30 08:14.757 +3.185s >
5 Quentin Le Gall FR 29 08:01.095 +1 laps >
6 Matthew Stacey CA 29 08:09.723 +1 laps >
7 Billy Caley US 29 08:12.423 +1 laps >
8 Gergely Toth HU 28 08:00.651 +2 laps >
9 Ignacio Candel ES 28 08:06.849 +2 laps >
10 Barnabás Tóth HU DNS
Sport Modified Main Event
Variety is the spice of life and this class likes to mix it up like no other. There has been a different winner in this class each week. The one constant is Robert "The Red Assassin" Sorjonen, Robert is always on the podium he is consistently fast, it makes perfect sense that he is leading the points after three rounds.
Ben Moisio led lap one but surrendered to Canada's Austin Hauch, once Hauch passed Moisio he never looked back leading this from start to finish. Robert and ben battled for three laps then Robert ran away with second place. The finish order was as follows.
The Sport A-Main finish was as follows:
1 Austin Hauch CA 28 08:04.872 -
2 Robert Sorjonen CA 28 08:08.108 +3.236s >
3 Ben Moisio US 28 08:08.745 +3.873s >
4 Alan Reeves GB 28 08:10.271 +5.399s >
5 João Pereira PT 27 08:06.272 +1 laps >
6 Florent Gallot FR 27 08:07.871 +1 laps >
7 Tyler Palmer CA 27 08:08.314 +1 laps >
8 Mikael Baggesen SE 27 08:12.697 +1 laps >
9 Lindsay Mccabe ES 27 08:16.354 +1 laps >
10 Todd Davis US 26 08:15.352 +2 laps >
Club Modified Main Event
The entry level class is for those New to VRC or beginner drivers that are just learning. This week there were some very fast divers in the club class. This is usually the case each week as new players join and then realize they are way faster than the beginner drivers, they move up and then it happens again the next week.
The Club A-Main finish was as follows:
1 Riccardo Perin IT 28 08:06.500 -
2 Philippe Gross CH 27 08:01.263 +1 laps >
3 Björn Engman SE 27 08:01.303 +1 laps >
4 Giannis Papanikolaou GR 27 08:02.638 +1 laps >
5 Dan Murphy GB 27 08:04.763 +1 laps >
6 Kevin Tyler CA 27 08:06.020 +1 laps >
7 Josef Angleitner AT 27 08:12.380 +1 laps >
8 Tomas Hernestål SE 26 08:02.328 +2 laps >
9 Michael Dziuban CA 26 08:07.652 +2 laps >
10 Dani Fernandez ES 25 08:00.240 +3 laps >
Top 30 Combined Finish
I like to check the combined top 30 from time to time to see where I would be if everyone was racing together here is what this weeks results would have been like if we all raced together. The top 6 Club Drivers are in the top 30, The top 7 Sport Drivers are in the top thirty and the Winner of the sport class would have been 10th in the Pro A Main.
The Events page now has this option to sort (ALL) so that you can see where you finished against everyone, I finished 42nd.
1 Rob Gillespie US Pro 30 08:11.572 -
2 Nicolas Loriot FR Pro 30 08:12.149 +0.577s >
3 Jerome djay Delcourt FR Pro 30 08:13.605 +2.033s >
4 Martin Wollanka AT Pro 30 08:14.757 +3.185s >
5 Quentin Le Gall FR Pro 29 08:01.095 +1 laps >
6 Matthew Stacey CA Pro 29 08:09.723 +1 laps >
7 Billy Caley US Pro 29 08:12.423 +1 laps >
8 Nicolas Evens BE Pro 29 08:13.623 +1 laps >
9 Gergely Toth HU Pro 28 08:00.651 +2 laps >
10 Austin Hauch CA Sport 28 08:04.872 +2 laps >
11 Riccardo Perin IT Club 28 08:06.500 +2 laps >
12 Ignacio Candel ES Pro 28 08:06.849 +2 laps >
13 Robert Sorjonen CA Sport 28 08:08.108 +2 laps >
14 Ralf H. Vey DE Pro 28 08:08.597 +2 laps >
15 Ben Moisio US Sport 28 08:08.745 +2 laps >
16 Alan Reeves GB Sport 28 08:10.271 +2 laps >
17 Michél Guggisberg CH Pro 28 08:15.817 +2 laps >
18 Philippe Gross CH Club 27 08:01.263 +3 laps >
19 Björn Engman SE Club 27 08:01.303 +3 laps >
20 Arjan Van de Graaf NL Pro 27 08:01.325 +3 laps >
21 Giannis Papanikolaou GR Club 27 08:02.638 +3 laps >
22 Dan Murphy GB Club 27 08:04.763 +3 laps >
23 Darren Lord AU Pro 27 08:04.957 +3 laps >
24 Derek Sousa CA Pro 27 08:05.706 +3 laps >
25 Kevin Tyler CA Club 27 08:06.020 +3 laps >
26 João Pereira PT Sport 27 08:06.272 +3 laps >
27 Florent Gallot FR Sport 27 08:07.871 +3 laps >
28 Tyler Palmer CA Sport 27 08:08.314 +3 laps >
29 Milan Peka CZ Pro 27 08:11.086 +3 laps >
30 Pete Bent NZ Pro 27 08:11.283 +3 laps >
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