Wilck goes fastest to take provisional TQ

In the 4th round of qualifying it was Viktor Wilck that set the fastest overall qualifying time of 19 Laps 5:04.49 to top the qualifying standings with one round left to be run. It was a great run for Tamiya in heat 21 with Groskamp getting 2nd position with 19 Laps in 5:05.76 and Marc Rheinard in 3rd with a 19 Lap run in 5:06.19. The Tamiya team are working very closely together working with each others settings, Groskamp and Rheinard using the same springs as Wilck had done in round 3. Heat 20 had seen young Swedish Xray racer Alexander Hagberg get TQ with a 19 Lap run in 5:06.91, beating out Martin Hudy and Toni Rheinard.

Viktor Wilck and Jilles Groskamp now head the qualifying placings after 4 rounds with Teemu Leino up to 4th with early TQ sitter Steen Graversen down in 4th .

Modified results after 4 rounds
1. Viktor Wilck (SWE) – 19L 304.49 460 [152 153 (151) 155]
2. Jilles Groskamp (NL) – 19L 315.23 460 [155 152 (145) 153]
3. Teemu Leino (FIN) – 19L 306.34 459 [153 (147) 155 151]
4. Steen Graversen (DK) – 19L 309.80 456 [149 155 152 (145)]
5. Andy Moore (GBR) – 19L 306.89 454 [151 150 153 (124)]
6. Juho Levanen (FIN) – 19L 312.37 449 [150 151 148 (139)]
7. Alexander Hagberg (SWE) – 19L 306.91 449 [(145) 149 150 150]
8. Marc Rheinard (DE) – 19L 306.19 445 [146 (145) 147 152]
9. Martin Hudy (SLO) – 19L 307.43 444 [(137) 146 149 149]
10.Simo Ahoniemi (FIN) – 19L 309.98 434 [(134) 144 144 146]

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Thiele stamps his Authority on Stock

Once again it was the 28 year old SMI and Orcan sponsored racer Christoph Thiele from Germany that won the 4th round of stock qualifying to make it 4 wins from 4 and confirm his place as one of the favourites to take the stock title in tomorrows finals. In 2nd place it is defending Champion Bastian Hennig (below), 10 points behind the confirmed pole sitter, following a bad run in round 4. The 3rd spot now belongs to Florian Ring, making it a trio of Germans at the front of the stock field. Moving from nowhere to 4th is Jimmy Maddison, the IIC winner from the UK, who had a bad first run but now with 3 good results counting and his lowest score dropped he has moved up.

Stock results after 4 rounds
1. Christoph Thiele (DE) – 17L 305.05 465 [(155) 155 155 155]
2. Bastian Hennig (DE) – 17L 314.45 455 [151 153 151 (144)]
3. Florian Ring (DE) – 17L 308.26 454 [(150) 151 150 153]
4. Jimmy Maddison (UK) – 17L 310.07 451 [(116) 150 152 149]
5. Dennis Fadtke (DE) – 17L 309.48 450 [(143) 152 146 152]
6. Marcus Hirn (DE) – 17L 310.02 449 [(121) 148 153 148]
7. Luke Hobson (UK) – 16L 301.11 441 [153 (140) 145 143]
8. Tommy Bergfeldt (S) – 17L 309.68 441 [147 (143) 143 151]
9. Miek Niemann (DE) – 16L 300.99 438 [(120) 149 142 147]
10.Palle Hornum (DK) – 17L 315.03 438 [146 144 148 (142)]

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Teemu Leino goes quickest in Rd3

Teemu Leino has gone quickest overall in mod class and now moves into 3rd place in the overall qualifying standings. With a run of 19 laps in 5min 06.34 he took the round win in front of Andy Moore, who once again set the new TQ in heat 20. In the final heat it was round 2 winner Steen Graversen that set the early pace and was the first driver to drop into the 15 second bracket with a 15.98 second lap. Early on he was followed by the Tamiya pairing of Jilles Groskamp and Viktor Wilck, but Groskamp rolled and this allowed Leino to move in to the second position behind Graversen. Later on in the race with Steen slowing slightly and Leino going quicker, getting a 15.84 second lap on his way to the quickest qualifying run of the event.

After round 3 of qualifying Steen Graversen moves into the provisional pole position in front of Swedish racer Viktor Wilck in 2nd with Teemu Leino now up to 3rd.

Modified Results after 3 rounds
1. Steen Graversen (Denmark) – 19L 309.80 456 [149 155 152]
2. Viktor Wilck (Sweden) – 19L 311.41 456 [152 153 151]
3. Teemu Leino (Finland) – 19L 306.34 455 [153 147 155]
4. Andy Moore (England) – 19L 306.89 454 [151 150 153]
5. Jilles Groskamp (Netherlands) – 19L 315.23 452 [155 152 145]
6. Juho Levanen (Finland) – 19L 312.37 449 [150 151 148]
7. Alexander Hagberg (Sweden) – 19L 309.33 444 [145 149 150]
8. Marc Rheinard (Germany) – 19L 310.69 438 [146 145 147]
9. Martin Hudy (Slovakia) – 19L 309.84 432 [137 146 149]
10.Helge Johannessen (Norway) – 18L 306.73 423 [143 141 139]

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Christoph Thiele secures Stock TQ

The 3rd round of qualifying for the stock class is now over and it was Christoph Thiele that has once more taken the first place in the round to secure his position as the stock class top qualifier. He was made to work for the win in this round by Schumacher racer Jimmy Maddison who was on the early TQ pace for the round but rolled and missed part of the track and had to slow as to not get an advantage. This incident put Thiele into the top spot with a 17 lap run in 5:07.54 and has given him a perfect score in the qualifying standings after 3 rounds, with 2 still left to be run.

Stock results after 3 of 5 rounds
1. Christoph Thiele (Germany) – 17L 307.34 465 [155 155 155]
2. Bastian Hennig (Germany) – 17L 314.45 455 [151 153 151]
3. Florian Ring (Germany) – 17L 318.05 451 [150 151 150]
4. Dennis Fadtke (Germany) – 17L 317.43 441 [143 152 146]
5. Luke Hobson (England) – 16L 301.11 438 [153 140 145]
6. Palle Hornum (Denmark) – 17L 315.03 438 [146 144 148]
7. Tommy Bergfeldt (Sweden) – 16L 308.96 433 [147 143 143]
8. Rasmus T. Callesen (Denmark) – 16L 301.84 429 [152 147 130]
9. Oliver Näthe (Germany) – 16L 307.74 429 [148 146 135]
10.Søren Jeppesen (Denmark) – 16L 306.69 429 [144 145 140]

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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Groskamp sets pace in Denmark

Jilles Groskamp has made the perfect start to his new tenure at Tamiya by setting the quickest time in round 1 of the 2008 DHI Cup, giving him maximum points for the round with 3 of the 5 to count. Heading into Heat 21, the final heat of the round, it was Hot Bodies racer Andy Moore that had taken the TQ spot over from Shin Adachi, who had only taken the spot in the previous heat. Heat 12 saw a gaggle of quick cars, all on TQ pace which included Juho Levanen, Teemu Leino and of course Groskamp. In the final moments Jilles managed to get his head down and put in the laps needed to take the top spot and was aided by a slowing Levanen, run time being a struggle for a lot of the competitors.

A racer who had a good pace, but was very unfortunate was defending Champion Ronald Volker, the German racer suffering a tire problem that slowed him but was still able to take 7th, “I am not happy with today. I had a problem with my tyre with no glue on the inside. For sure tomorrow I can improve tomorrow at least I hope so.”

Going in to tomorrows final 4 rounds of qualifying the race for TQ is still wide open but the overnight pole sitter is feeling confident of his chances, “It feels great. The first qualification and TQ, that is perfect. It was not very easy but I still did it and it counts because its round by round”. Asked if he would make any changes overnight to his TRF416 the Dutchman replied, “I will try some mirror changes maybe with the shocks and springs but the car is getting better as the tyres wear down. My big focus for tomorrow is to work on the power. Run time is very close now. I dumped a little at the end but I can see the motor is very dirty and I to clean it. Apart from my car I will help Marc (Rheinhard) with his car as it was not so good so he will try my set-up tomorrow.”

Top 10 Modified Qualifying Positions
After Round 1 of 5
1. Jilles Groskamp (Netherlands) – 19L 315.23
2. Teemu Leino (Finland) – 19L 316.27
3. Viktor Wilck (Sweden) – 19L 316.28
4. Andy Moore (England) – 19L 316.48
5. Juho Levanen (Finland) – 19L 318.38
6. Steen Graversen (Denmark) – 18L 300.95
7. Ronald Volker (Germany) – 18L 301.43
8. Shin Adachi (Japan) – 18L 302.09
9. Marc Rheinard (Germany) – 18L 303.49
10. Alexander Hagberg (Sweden) – 18L 303.79