On Sunday 19/1/2014 it was the first race for the 2014 Sweep challenge in Greece, held in Rcring.
The two classes, 1/10 TC and 1/12 Pan Car were held in a new layout, and everyone was excited.
1/10 TC
From the first qualifying, it was more than obvious that Michalis Kuriazis (Yokomo BD-7), Sakis Sikianakis(Xray T3) and John Kotsias(TOP Photon EX) were on pace for pole position. These three were fighting with each other for all five qualifyings. Fillip Isaakidis(TOP Photon EX) and Nick Nikolakopoulos (TOP SABRE S4) could only threaten them, with Nick setting the fastest qualifying run, but with 2 out of 5 runs counting, he just couldn't beat them on points.
Starting Grid:
1. Michalis Kuriazis-Yokomo BD7 2014
2. Sakis Sikianakis- Xray T3
3. Fillip Isaakidis- TOP Photon EX
4. John Kotsias-TOP Photon EX
5. Nick Nikolakopoulos-TOP SABRE S4
6. Michalis Pardalakis-Xray T3
7. Dimitris Mpakirtzis-TOP Photon EX
8. Chris Vasilopoulos-TOP Photon EX
9. Likourgos Danelis-Yokomo BD 7
Michalis Kuriazis Car:
Finals:
In the first final Michalis Kuriazis took an easy win, with Sikianakis second and Isaakidis third.
In the second final Sikianakis passed Kuriazis, but after an incident between these two, Kuriazis took the lead back and they both finished like that till the end of the race. So, he secured the overall win. Nick Nikolakopoulos finished third in this final.
In the third final it was John Kotsias that took the win and secured third place overall.Sikianakis and Isaakidis finished behind him having a great battle with Nick Nikolakopoulos.
Final Result:
1. Michalis Kiriazis-Yokomo BD7 2014
2. Sakis Sikianakis-Xray T3
3. John Kotsias-TOP Photon EX
4. Fillip Isaakidis-TOP Photon EX
5. Nick Nikolakopoulos-TOP SABRE S4
6. Michalis Pardalakis-Xray T3
7.Dimitris Mpakirtzis-TOP Photon EX
8. Chris Vasilopoulos-TOP Photon EX
9. Likourgos Danelis-Yokomo BD7
1/12 Pan Car
The 1/12 mod class started the 2014 season lookin promissing for the future, with many new drivers starting to build their new cars. Unfortunatelly most of them were not ready for the race.
My new TOP Rebel 12 was extremely fast and consistent through the entire runs and it was a real pleasure to drive, while I was experimenting with tyre diameter.The five qualifyings proved that, with me winning four of them, setting also a fastest lap about 4 tenths quicker than anyone else. Mimis Papadopoulos was also very fast with his new Yokomo, John Fokianos always fast with his new On-Point, Michalis Pardalakis stable on his CRC. Jonh Kotsias found the right tyre combination for his TOP Rebel 12,while Vagelis Nikolopoulos was struggling with speedo issues.
Starting Grid:
1. Dimitris Mitropoulos-TOP Rebel 12
2. Mimis Papadopoulos-Yokomo
3. Michalis Pardalakis-CRC GEN XL
4. Giannis Fokianos-On point
5. John Kotsias-TOP Rebel 12
6. Vagelis Nikolopoulos-TOP Rebel 12
Dimitris Mitropoulos Car:
Finals
Finals
In the first final it was a tone to tone win for me, but experiencing a battery failure just on the finish line made be anxius. Mimis Papadopoulos was second and John Fokianos third.
In the second final, I was driving in safe mode from the first lap. Nevertheless, we had a great battle with Mimis, and the lead changed between us a few times.In the end I was able to take the win just in front of Mimis, and secure the overall win.
In the third final I decided to push the car hard so as to see if my battery would last for the entire race and experiment with some small changes. Of course I hit the barriers many times, trying to set a faster lap than before, Mimis passed and at half way through the run I was dead last!Working my way through the field, I was stuck behind John Kotsias who was in second place at the moment. We had a great battle, as he was waiting for me to catch him but he was realy fast.We passed each other some times and at the end we finished first (John) and second (me), as Mimis had crashed two laps before the end of the race.
Final Result:
1. Dimitris Mitropoulos-TOP Rebel 12
2. Mimis Papadopoulos-Yokomo
3. John Kotsias-TOP Rebel 12
4. Giannis Fokianos-On point
5. Michalis Pardalakis-CRC GEN XL
6. Vagelis Nikolopoulos-TOP Rebel 12
Next race For Sweep Challenge will be in February 9, in the same track layout!
