On Sunday, 13 April 2014, the 4th round of Greek Sweep Challenge was held at RcRing for the 1/12 Mod Class.
With the first national race approaching, every club race until May 11, could be considered as a warm-up race, with the same race format, 5 qualifying rounds and 3 finals.
Thanks to Markus Mobers, my MOBGUMS arrived on Monday before the race, so I had enough time to test them and practise for the race.They came in new yellow dish wheels with new compounds that seem to work perfectly!
QUALIFYING
During qualifying, I managed to win 4 out of 5 runs and secure the TQ spot, with my car being very fast and consistent.My 25mm wild turbo fan did a great job, keeping my cs speed control cool enough, to power my Muchmore Fleta ZX 4.5T motor. Boca Bearings performed great for another race, with zero vibration and full speed!
Mimis Papadopoulos with his Yokomo was the runner up, being very fast. We had a great battle, and with a little bit more practise he will be ready for the Nationals.
Nick Nikolakopoulos would start 3rd in the finals, being the track owner, thus have not practised at all! He run with his old 2008 vdesign crc, as his TOP Rebel was not ready, due to lack of time. Well done Nick.
TOP team mate Vaggelis Yfantidis was 4th qualifier. As everyone can see, he is a super cool guy!!!
5th qualifier, Aggelos Mpampas, has to practise a lot more, but his Yokomo looks nice.
6th qualifier, George Glianas driving for Xray
7th qualifier was Andreas Aggelakopoulos, son of Fotis Aggelakopoulos, Mr Fanatix Models, who came to the race for support on his drivers. Andreas took advantage of his dad, and was relaxing as Fotis was wrenching all the time on the car!
FINALS
First final was a tone to tone win for me, as Mimis was fighting with Nick and didn't bother me at all.Nick passed and finished 2nd, while Mimis was 3rd, with team mate Vagelis 4th. George Glianas made a pass to 5th leaving Aggelos and Andreas behind.
Second final was more interesting. At about 2min mark, when lapping a slower guy, we touched and Mimis passed me. After marshaling, I was 5 sec behind him, and pushed really hard to catch him. With two laps to go, I was on his tail, but he didn't left an inch for me to pass, so we finished with 0.3sec difference, Mimis first and me second. Nick was third again, with George 4th this time, as my cool team mate made some mistakes and lost positions to George and Andreas . Aggelos was 7th, after some crashed as well.
In the third and deciding final, after a good start and 2 sec lead at 1min mark, Mimis made a mistake trying to push, and lost the chance to challenge for the win.I won, leaving Mimis in second and Nick in third place.Vagelis (the cool guy!) was 4th, George 5th, and Andreas managed to pass Aggelos for 6th place.
It was a very nice race, after a while of not racing 1/12. The new track layout seems perfect for this class, and its outstanding performance.
Final Results:
1.Dimitris Mitropoulos - TOP Racing/Muchmore/WTF/MOBGUMS
2.Dimitris Papadopoulos - Yokomo/Hobbywing
3.Nick Nikolakopoulos - TOP Racing/Vdesign/Muchmore/CRC
4.Vagelis Yfantidis - TOP Racing/Hobbywing
5.Glianas George - Xray/Turnigy
6.Andreas Aggelakopoulos - Xray/HPI Flux
7.Aggelos Mpampas - Yokomo/Yokomo
