Steen Graversen sets pace in Rd2
Danish Kyosho racer Steen Graversen has won round 2 of qualifying in the modified class to move up into the top 3 in the overall standings. Scoring a 19 Lap run in 5:09.80, his time was 6 seconds quicker than the fastest qualifying time of Jilles Groskamp, set late yesterday evening. Jilles, who started first on the road had a clear track ahead of him, but was never on TQ pace and claimed 3rd in the round to stay on the current TQ position. His team mate Viktor Wilck sees himself in 2nd in the standings after a 2nd placed spot round 2, combined with yesterdays 3rd spot. In heat 20 it was Alexander Hagberg that set the early pace but slowed at the very end, allowing a quick Andy Moore to take the heat win and claim the TQ spot, albeit for a brief moment.
The penultimate heat of round 2 started quickly, with Toni Rheinard the first to bring his lap times close to the magical 15 second region, with a 16.09 and then the laps started to tumble in the final run, with Steen setting the first sub 16 seconds lap with a 15.98, which was equalled by Teemu Leino, who then went 1/100th of a second quicker to end with the fastest overall lap time with a 15.97.
Steen Graversen, who is running a special Shin edition Kyosho TF-5 Stallion, stated that “The car is really super here. The cornering speeds are amazing. I am really happy with how it is working and with my run.”
Mod results after 2 of 5 rounds
1. Jilles Groskamp (Netherlands) – 19L 315.23 307 [155 152]
2. Viktor Wilck (Sweden) – 19L 311.41 305 [152 153]
3. Steen Graversen (Denmark) – 19L 309.80 304 [149 155]
4. Juho Levanen (Finland) – 19L 312.37 301 [150 151]
5. Andy Moore (England) – 19L 316.48 301 [151 150]
6. Teemu Leino (Finland) – 19L 316.27 300 [153 147]
7. Ronald Volker (Germany) – 19L 314.28 296 [148 148]
8. Alexander Hagberg (Sweden) – 19L 314.24 294 [145 149]
9. Marc Rheinard (Germany) – 18L 303.49 291 [146 145]
10.Shin Adachi (Japan) – 18L 302.09 286 [147 139]
In the stock class it was yesterdays TQ racer Christoph Thiele that confirmed his top pace, by setting the the fastest time in round 2 to move himself 4 points ahead at the front of the qualifying rankings. Biggest mover of the day was Xray racer Bastian Henning who claimed 2nd overall in the round to move himself from 4th overnight to second in the qualifying standings after 2 rounds, with Florian Ring now in 3rd spot.
Stock results after 2 of 5 rounds
1. Christroph Thiele (Germany) – 17L 313.83 310 [155 155]
2. Bastian Hennig (Germany) – 17L 314.45 304 [151 153]
3. Florian Ring (Germany) – 17L 318.05 301 [150 151]
4. Rasmus T. Callesen (Denmark) – 16L 301.84 299 [152 147]
5. Dennis Fadtke (Germany) – 17L 317.43 295 [143 152]
6. Luke Hobson (England) – 16L 301.11 294 [153 141]
7. Oliver Nathe (Germany) – 16L 307.74 294 [148 146]
8. Tommy Bergfeldt (Sweden) – 16L 308.96 290 [147 143]
9. Palle Hornum (Denmark) – 16L 309.27 290 [146 144]
10.Soren Jeppesen (Denmark) – 16L 306.69 289 [144 145]
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