Race Gallery Winternats 2007
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![]() ...only in Friedrichshafen! |
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![]() Thomas and Patrick entertained the crowd with some practice runs. |
![]() Thomas is already training his son to follow in his footsteps (while mom is watching in the background) - Patrick is a tough opponent to start ones racing career against. |
![]() Osku and Alex getting ready for another run. |
![]() Alex has created the monster on the left which is about to eat Zaby´s Plymouth alive. |
![]() Silvano was a big help on Saturday typing all the results on the PC besides racing a few cars and getting a ru-finish in PR. |
![]() Kescha´s Volvo and Jürg´s Competition Coupe. |
![]() Silvano, Roger and Rolf watched Alex and Zany race their creations. |
![]() Kescha´s Beetle and Alex´ Dodge SS cars. |
![]() Alex had a good time - here he´s showing us his resin bodied projects for the next races. |
![]() The racers were busy all weekend long - Osku and Peter had a few cars to prepare and maintain. |
![]() Again a big crowd of spectators followed the races. |
![]() Alex has discovered his faible for resin bodies long ago. |
![]() Fred at work - what else?. |
![]() Alex at work as well, but usually to help other racers with repairs. |
![]() Keith and Patrick. |
![]() If it´s pinstriped, it´s probably Kescha´s. |
![]() Marcel´s Rocket car. |
![]() Dr. Frankenstein and his Monster. |
![]() Jürg and Kescha sharing a laugh. |
![]() Thomas was using his road race controller minus the brake. |
![]() Keith Grech was a contender in every class he entered on his first trip to the Winternationals. |
![]() Kescha was jumping back and forth between his cars... |
![]() ...the racetrack ("are two motors legal in bracket racing?" - "the race director said they are.")... |
![]() ...and the PC. |
![]() Kescha and Jürg looking at the computer screen are abviously puzzled by the ETs laid down by some of their competitors - "Are you sure that´s a Gp12 motor this guy´s running?" - "Actually, it´s a S16D, but it wouldn´t have been fair to let him run against the other SS cars, so I secretly put him in the Gp12 field" - "You should have put him in the Gp20 field with the ETs he´s running... or maybe the Opens, so I have a chance." |
![]() Some wheelie bars needed adjustment - no sweat for the knowledgeable racer from Malta. |
![]() Alex was helping aspiring racers like Marcel to prepare their chassis and if we should ever have a trophy for the best (and quickest) mechanic it should go to him. |
![]() This years raffle had even more prize as the last one, thanks to TR Motorplex, Ian Hill, Pro Slot, slotcars.ch and JDS. |
![]() This great looking GP20 Pontiac was sponsored by TR Motorplex - thanks again for your support! |
![]() After taking a few € from each racer (don´t forget he´s Russian), Kescha drew the raffle winners himself this year - if you didn´t win anything, you need to pay more next time. |
![]() Jürg Broder won a pair of sterling silver dragster headers donated by JDS. |
![]() Road track racer turned Straightliner Rolf Meier won a S16D drag arm sponsored by Pro Slot. |
![]() And the third winner in a row from Switzerland, Hans Rzany also won a S16D Pro Slot drag arm. |
![]() Austrian racer Peter Kouba is a former Ford mechanic and thus was the perfect recepient of a Jo-Han Ford Pinto FC kit, donated by Hans Rzany. |
![]() Marcel Quint from Germany attended his first slot car drag race and walked away with a Pro Slot Gp12 drag motor. |
![]() After winning a S16D last year, Patrick Boenisch followed in his uncle Joerg´s footsteps and won a Gp20 from Pro Slot this time - the perfect jumpstart for a new Top Fuel project. |
![]() After some Swiss, Austrians and Germans, it was time for the Maltese to win something and Keith Grech was the first to get a custom-built Gp20 with all the newest bells and whistles from Candian wizzard Ian Hill. |
![]() Real-life drag racer Dominik Faessler got the second Ian Hill Gp20 and immediately put it to work in his Top Fuel dragster. |
![]() Charles Pace had a reason to smile when presented with the grand prize - a complete Gp20 car sponsored by TR Motorplex. |
![]() Fred Barthelemy was working on his cars all weekend long and the work paid off in Gp12. |
![]() Roger´s Ford ran well and Roger even had the better RTs, but Kescha´s Mercedes was too quick - that could change next year, though. |
![]() The Scoreboard was a great addition this year, thanks to Joe Bohannon!. ![]() Roger´s beautiful AFX Ford and Kescha´s Mercedes ran in Parma Stock. |
![]() Alex and Dominik in the later rounds of Parma Stock. |
![]() Peter´s Gp7 Beetle and Silvano´s Chevy Pickup ran in the Brackets. |
![]() Thomas´and Peter´s VWs... |
![]() ...and their owners/drivers. |
![]() Alex and Kescha/PR. |
![]() Marcel´s Gp12 and Jürg´s Santa ready for an exhibition run. |
![]() Bont, Fabian Bont - likes his beer neither shaken nor stirred. |
![]() Alex is getting ready to put his race face on. |
![]() Silvano´s and Kescha´s bracket cars after their crash in the shutdown - looks OK from here. |
![]() Kescha was seen doping his Gp20 (and other) cars. |
![]() Alex and Kescha both used Modelmartin resin bodies for their Gp20 creations. |
![]() Charles and Kescha with their Camaros had a very close semifinal race in Gp20. |
![]() Zany waits for Osku and Patrick (and the Photographers). |
![]() Thomas´ SS Beetle was shining on the outside but couldn´t stop Keith´s Ranchero. |
![]() Fred´s roadster ran into technical troubles and was sent home by Kescha´s Competition Coupe in SS-S16D. |
![]() Charles´ Mustang ran well and lost a close race to Kescha´s scarred VW. |
![]() Patrick upset Keith in the SS Quarterfinals. |
![]() Patrick ran an out of the box (blueprinted) ProSlot road S16D in his ´55 Chevy. |
![]() The SS Finals: Kescha and Patrick. |
![]() The VW wasn´t the prettiest car nor the fastest. |
![]() The SS Finals: Kescha and Patrick. |
![]() The (almost obligatory) handshake before the final round. |
![]() So this is how Alex gets the money for his new toys... |
![]() Kescha interviewed Dominik. |
![]() Kescha and Alex made some last-minute repairs on Patrick´s 34 Ford. |
![]() Alex had his own cheerleading section. |
![]() Charles´great looking ´57 Chevy ran in Gp12 and was a contender for the best lexan bodied car concourse. |
![]() Marcel´s FC sporting its new wheelie bars next to his rocket car chassis. |
![]() Alex didn´t red light this time - but his opponent did; Kescha?. |
![]() Zany doing a burnout (glueout?) with his Gp20 FC. |
![]() Peter and Hans brought their cars to the line with Kescha acting as chief starter and race announcer and Silvano looking on from his pit. |
![]() Charles is as serious a racer as you can get when on the starting line - Kescha and Peter were just two of his victims this year. |
![]() Jürg and Alex discussed their race tactics before the eliminations began. |
![]() Kescha and Patrick had a few duels this year and Patrick held his own against the "Iceberg". |
![]() It was the first (slot) drag race for the German Koch brothers and Marcel Quint and their Rocket dragsters. |
![]() Alex won this nice RC VW with the matching race plaque in place, sponsored by his finals opponent Dominik for his win in the all VW bracket race on Friday.. |
![]() Fred in a (rare for him) quiet moment. |
![]() The Maltese often seemed to be a bit faster then the other racers - even in front of the camera - Jürg, Charles, Zany, Keith and Osku. |
![]() Charles´ Mustang beat Jürg´s Dragster in rd1 of S16D. |
![]() Alex had brought a TV and video player and Kescha some drag racing videos to entertain the expo visitors. |
![]() Jürg´s Anglia from the perspective of his opponent - that might change next year, though. |
![]() Jürg was one of our photographers whose pics you can see on this page. |
![]() Kescha´s Beetle sported a huge wing after qualifying that kept it in the slot long enough run after run to finally end up as the winner of a tough Ss field. Jürg´s Anglia was it´s first victim. |
![]() Osku´s beautiful ´69 Camaro lost a tight 2nd round race against Patrick´s ´55 Chevy. |
![]() Kescha´s Fiat again went to the Semis in S16D but couldn´t repeat last year´s 3rd place finish losing to Charles´ Mustang. |
![]() Charles´´57 Chevy ran OK in Gp12 but lost to Fred´s even better running Cougar in rd.2. |
![]() Thomas and Keith were next and the VW couldn´t shake off the gremlins that plagued it all weekend against the consistently quick Ranchero from Malta. |
![]() The racers had to change lanes and I just hope everyone got home with his own controller in the box and not somebody elses - it looked like an electrician´s nightmare with all the wires sometimes. |
![]() Thomas won the first race on a .497 foul by Keith but the racer from Malta then took the safe way to the next round with a pair of .7xx lights. |
![]() Kescha ran into Alex and Alex´ Lowrider into Kescha´s deslotting Beetle in the shutdown area at the end of this run. |
![]() Here´s the proof that a Lexan body is indeed NOT bulletproof. |
![]() Kescha´s VW won the fight despite losing a headlight and part of the fender and then won the war, beating Patrick´s Chevy in the final round. |
![]() Patrick and Kescha congratulated each other after the S16D finals. |
![]() Fred´s Cougar and Charle´s ´57 Chevy are just two of many Gp12 cars capable of mid-0.8 ETs. |
![]() Thomas and his son took a few minutes off to watch the show from the spectator side. |
![]() Keith is looking at his TF dragster desperately trying to find a recipe against Dominik´s (look at that smile...) .400 lights. |
![]() The cook from Malta finally found the recipe to barely hold off Dominik in rd.2. |
![]() Patrick on the other hand couldn´t hold off Charles depite some goot RTs. |
![]() Fred and Jürg made some practice laps in their Funnies - Lexan vs. Nostalgia Hardbody. |
![]() All the practice was for naught when Fred met Kescha´s new Camaro FC in the quarterfinals - Fred´s Pontiac slowed to low 0.9s while the Camaro ran back to back 0.820s and marched on to the semis. |
![]() Two of the most popular exhibition cars - Jürg´s Santa/Rudolph pair and Alex´ Wienermobil. |
![]() Kescha´s well-running TF-Dragster - spy Photo?. |
![]() Peter´s Ranchero and Kescha´s Deuces Wild FC - two Gp20 contenders. |
![]() Alex´ popular Bug Zapper also ran in the Gp20 class. |
![]() Charles and Zany concentrating on the tree. |
![]() Silvano´s cars. |
![]() Alex Koch was very interested in Alex Mahl´s and Patrick´s preparations for another run in TF - these two guys seem to race each other in this class every year. |
![]() Charles´Corvette and Patrick´s GTO ran in Gp20. |
![]() Everybody was paying attention whenever Charles brought his cars to the line expecting another record run (or maybe another upset from the German youngster). |
![]() Charles ran a 0.802 on his way to a 2nd round win over Osku. |
![]() Two of the older kids in attendance were Peter and Fred. |
![]() Kescha didn´t have much time to eat and got very hungry. |
![]() Peter Kouba´s Ranchero ran well in Gp20... |
![]() ...but Kescha´s new ´32 Ford FC had motor problems. |
![]() Patrick´s GTO couldn´t keep pace with Jürg´s Monza in Gp20 rd.1. |
![]() And neither could Osku´s Grand Am against Charles´Vette. |
![]() Zany was our new chief starter and did a great job. |
![]() Kescha and Zany at work with Fred checking out the flowcharts. |
![]() Alex barely squeezed by Roger Lüber in a Lexan vs. Hardbody Corvette duel. |
![]() Alex´car ran slightly better then Roger´s - Peter taking over Zany´s job as chief starter for a few minutes. |
![]() Fred´s great Gp20 run ended against Keith´s seemingly unstoppable Summit Olds in the quarterfinals. |
![]() Keith´s ETs made everyone shake their heads in disbelief. |
![]() Jürg and Dominik were obviously enjoying themselves. |
![]() Kescha´s Camaro ran better but Alex had the RTs to win the race for 3rd place. |
![]() Gp20 final round - Charles´ Vette vs. Keith´s Olds. |
![]() Ready... |
![]() ...Set...Go!. |
![]() The guy with the smile obviusly won - Keith looks a bit unhappy about his ru finish. |
![]() On to the Opens - Alex and Kescha. |
![]() Kescha and Charles. |
![]() Charles laying down some glue. |
![]() Kescha with another long burnout. |
![]() Holli decided to make his slot drag racing debut in Gp7... |
![]() ...while Jürg´s Altered was a surprise semifinalist. |
![]() Charles and Keith in Gp7 qualifying. |
![]() The Maltese duo was concentrating hard. |
![]() While Kescha was working on the flowcharts for Gp7 Dominik and Marcel tested the new motors (Ian Hill Gp20 and ProSlot Gp12) they won in the raffle. |
![]() Both racers improved their peronal bests drastically. |
![]() Fred was finally back in the hunt in most categories and proved that with a holeshot first round win against Alex. |
![]() Alex had the better ETs but Fred was brilliant on the tree. |
![]() Alex Koch watched Peter finally run well in Gp7 and still lose on two fouls against Jürg´s slow but steady Altered. |
![]() Alex and Kescha had several close races this weekend but the Gp7 quarterfinal was not one of them. |
![]() Kescha´s Streamliner had braid troubles and slowed but it would have been difficult to beat Alex´ 85+ mph bracket racer even without the problems. |
![]() Alex and Charles were the two finalists. |
![]() First run: Alex redlights by .020 and wastes a better ET. |
![]() Keith is a very interested observer. |
![]() Second run: Alex has the better RT but Charles is on time as well and wins with a great 0.462. |
![]() 3rd Gp7 ru finish in a row for Alex but a new track speed racord, Charles finally gets his first win in Gp7. |
![]() The trophies. |
![]() Zany had the first perfect light on race day. |
![]() ![]() Peter was voted the recepient of the tough luck award, and also got the trophy for the best appearing hard body car for his El Camino on a tie-break decision. |
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![]() Kescha got the best engeneered trophy and a set of CNC wheels sponsored by Pro Track for his 2-Gp20 4WD Hook. |
![]() Dominik´s Streetbeetles VW Parts and Tuning sponsored this RC Beetle to the winner in our special VW-themed bracket race on Friday - Alex was the winner with his Gp20 Bug Zapper FC. |
![]() The winners: Kescha 3rd in PR. |
![]() Jürg is our (very deserving) PR winner. |
![]() Dominik finished 3rd and 2nd in PS. |
![]() Alex (finally) won PS in dominating fashion. |
![]() Charles was 3rd in SS. |
![]() For the 3rd year in a row, Patrick took a trophy home, this time for his ru finish in SS. |
![]() Kescha´s Beetle somehow survived to win SS. |
![]() Fred was a very deserving trophy winner in Gp12 - he finished 3rd (and 4th as well). |
![]() Alex was ru in Gp12 again. |
![]() Keith Grech didn´t have the best car but was the best driver to win Gp12. |
![]() Alex beat Kescha for 3rd place in Gp20. |
![]() Charles won Gp20 over Keith. |
![]() Charles also finished 3rd in TF. |
![]() Kescha got the ru trophy in TF. |
![]() Keith Grech was the TF winner. |
![]() Kescha again made it to at least the semis in Gp7 and beat Jürg for 3rd place. |
![]() Alex got another ru trophy for his Gp7 efforts. |
![]() Charles made the Maltese proud with another win, this time in Gp7. |
![]() Thanks again to everybody who participated in this great event - Roger, Patrick, Zany, Dominik, Alex, Peter, Charles, Kescha, Fred, Osku, Keith, Jürg, and (not pictured) Thomas, Markus, Silvano, Rolf, Fab, Holli, Alex, Marcel. |
![]() The European Championships in Malta are next. |