Semi victories for Tranchev and Ender

Bulgarian National Champion Borislav Tranchev and Swiss driver Pacor Ender have won their 1:8 scale Semi Finals here at the inaugural Bumod Grand Prix to secure their places in the one hour A Main final which is scheduled to get under way at 15:25 Turkish time. In the Semi A, pole sitter Sabrina Lechner was comfortably leading when she got punted off the track and hit the curbing which resulted in two wheels coming off her Serpent 966. Dropping down to sixth, the German rejoined the race recovering to finish second despite a very difficult handling car which had stripped a front belt.  Fresh from racing at last weekends Euro B Championships in Italy, 17-year-old Tranchev drove a very calculated race up front taking his Picco powered Mugen to a 1 lap winning margin. With the Top 3 moving up from the Semis to the Main final Damian Petrov, also from Bulgaria, took the final bump up position. Austrian Meisinger who started from second on the grid had a terrible start. Put on his roof at the first corner he recovered to run second but then a front trackrod came off his Serpent 960. A less dramatic Semi B saw Ender take his Motonica to a comfortable win over Turkish Mugen pairing Alparsian Ozanturk and Gokmen Cakan.

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