Race Gallery Winternats 2010 - the race:
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![]() Kescha prepared the track and glued the shutdown... |
![]() Peter was a very strict tech inspector (together with Alex). |
![]() Alex and Kescha did their best to keep everyone happy and keep things organized. |
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![]() Jürg was our main photographer and was backed up by Kurt, Dani and Claudia. |
![]() Claudia made sure everyone was aware of the 1-minute clock. |
![]() The 2 canaries from Austria, Fabio and his uncle Kurt. |
![]() Rookie racer Christof and Kurt Fink. |
![]() Kurt's road racing slot cars. |
![]() Thomas' 2 back-up dragsters, too heavy for the 120g-class, according to their owner. |
![]() The dynamic duo from France - Jack and Daniel were a great addition to the Winternats. |
![]() The Swiss pit - Thomas, Roger "Spiderman" Lüber, Claudia and Jörg. |
![]() ...joined by Dani. |
![]() Jörg made sure everything was square on his (ex-Kurt-)Mustang. |
![]() Winternats rookie Jörg Böttcher from nearby Switzerland. |
![]() Claudia and Dani. |
![]() Kescha had to replace the roof-wing on his Gp12 Ford Prefect. |
![]() Kescha's S16 Streamliner and Jürg's bracket-Ford. |
![]() Claudia's controller-bag. |
![]() Alex is responsible for all of our track's electronics. |
![]() Alex' pit-box. |
![]() Björn's pit-box. |
![]() Björn is ready for Chrismas!. |
![]() Concourse cars. |
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![]() Our three absolutely neutral judges from Switzerland - Dani, Thomas and Roger. |
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![]() Raffle winners: Fabio got a JDS Styrene body... |
![]() Roger a Lexan FC body... |
![]() Kurt a Toyota kit donated by DVan of Bracket500... |
![]() Roger didn't win twice - he just accepted a Revell Mongoose FC kit for Dani, who was out to lunch... |
![]() Peter got a S16D drag motor donated by ProSlot... |
![]() Christof won a Pro Slot Gp12... |
![]() Björn was very happy about the Gp20 Vette, built by Ian Hill and donated by Jörg Stauffer, who had previously won the car a few years ago; Other winners were: Claudia - Lexan pickup body by Alex Mahl, Daniel Caso - Gp20 Drag Motor by Pro Slot, Jürg Broder - TF dragster by Jörg Stauffer. |
![]() The pits were busy as usual. |
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![]() Thomas worked on his PS cars. |
![]() Claudia was looking forward to racing and starting the other racers. |
![]() Slingshot dragsters and Altereds are very popular in S16 - here are some examples: Kurt Fink and Claudia, |
![]() Kurt Bilgeri and Jürg's Anglia, |
![]() Claudia's Vega and Rogery´s great AA/FA, |
![]() Swiss precision at work - Jürg vs. Roger, Alex (from Austria) the official chief starter. |
![]() Kurt B. and Dani are sent on their way by Alex. |
![]() Roger´s Fiat and Kurt's Firebird. |
![]() Kurt Fink's Comp Coupe qualified 13th. |
![]() Roger and Claudia in S16 qualifying, Alex sending the racers down the track. |
![]() Roger's Altered had it's share of problems and missed the field, Claudia's Vega qualified 6th with a 0.937. |
![]() Fabio, Kurt Bilgeri, Alex and Jürg. |
![]() Fabio was scratching his head and struggled in PS and PR, Dani raced his '55 in both classes, as well. |
![]() Swiss Pro Mod racer Rolf Ammann and his son were very interested spectators, and especially liked Jürg's ´38 Chevy for obvious reasons (Rolf races a similar car). |
![]() Fabio staging his yellow Pennzoil racer against Roger´s Ford in PS - Fabio prevailed in 3. |
![]() Claudia's Willys was too quick for Kurt's Mustang, but her reaction times were too quick for a win - 2 fouls sent her car back to Switzerland. |
![]() Kurt Fink's Mustang met the same fate as Claudia against Dani's Chevy. |
![]() Christof and Kurt F.. |
![]() Jörg, Alex and Kurt B.. |
![]() Peter's great-looking Flashback Slingshot. |
![]() Kescha's ´34 Ford and Peter's Digger. |
![]() The Ford prevailed in round 2 of PS. |
![]() Peter and Kurt getting ready for rd. 1. |
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![]() Alex and Kurt. |
![]() Claudia and Jürg in PR. |
![]() Jürg's pickup put the Willys on the trailer (or in the box) in rd. 2. |
![]() Jürg choked but still won. |
![]() Alex and Kurt also met in rd. 2. |
![]() Two of the nicest cars in the field. |
![]() Alex' Nova and Kurt's Nomad. |
![]() Kurt was determined and went on to rd. 3... |
![]() ...where he met his fate and Dani's 55 Chevy. |
![]() Daniel brought some very nice cars all the way from France. |
![]() Daniel and Jack. |
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![]() Markus qualified his Slingshot dragster in the 7th slot. |
![]() Alex' box. |
![]() Jack, Daniel, Claudia and Jörg. |
![]() Daniel and Claudia couldn't decide on a dial-in... |
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![]() Dani, Claudia and Roger. |
![]() Dani's '57 Chevy and Roger's Ford Sedan. |
![]() Kescha was trying not to type on the glueboard and glue on the keyboard. |
![]() Dani and Claudia. |
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![]() Markus' Slingshot qualified #1 and beat Claudia's Pisano-Matsubara rail in rd. 2 of S16. |
![]() Fabio's Studebaker was Markus' first victim. |
![]() Claudia took care of Kescha's very fast Scrimaliner (actually, Kescha took care of himself with a pair of red-lights). |
![]() Peter's new "Digger" lost in rd.1 to Dani's Wynn's Jammer. |
![]() Claudia's Vega prevailed over Thomas' VW. |
![]() And Markus other Slingshot won against it's previous owner and his Ford T altered. |
![]() Peter and Alex met in the final round of S16,... |
![]() ...where Alex coupled great RTs with great ETs to get his first trophy of the weekend. |
![]() Claudia took a break from her starting-line duties to take some pics. |
![]() Kescha tried to re-energize himself... |
![]() ...with some new earrings. |
![]() Gp12 had two late qualifiers in Markus and Christof. |
![]() Christof made the field, but had to face Kescha's unpredictable but still quick Prefect in rd. 1. |
![]() Kescha set a new personal best of 0.817 at almost 53 mph, but destroyed his car, resulting in a new personal best of re-soldering a chassis. |
![]() Kescha's Opel GT was nowhere near as quick as the Prefect, but stopped on a dime thanks to its wider tires and managed to sneak all the way into the finals and a win against Peter's Olds Aero. |
![]() Gp20 FCs of Kescha and Jürg - both didn't last very long and paled in comparison to Markus, who gets our rookie of the year vote for winning the class and running consistent 0.7s. |
![]() Alex and Fabio in TF. |
![]() Jack Alvarez had a tough first round against Kescha. |
![]() Thomas defeated Kescha's Fuelish Pleasure in rd. 1. |
![]() And did the same to Kescha's Jungle Jim rail in the final round. |
![]() Alex and Daniel in Gp7. |
![]() Alex oiling his TF. |
![]() Markus ended Daniel's day in Gp7. |
![]() Kurt Bilgeri. |
![]() Jürg had donated some wooden trophies for our special-prize winners. |
![]() Markus and Kescha had the quickest cars in Gp7. |
![]() And now on to some exhibition cars: Thomas and Alex. |
![]() The rocket-car gang from Cologne. |
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![]() Two of our youngsters with some even smaller cars. |
![]() And another record attempt by Alexander Koch and his rocket FC - unfortunately, the car deslotted on a 0.4s (estimated) run and self-destructed a the finish line. |
![]() Daniel and Jack got the long-distance award... |
![]() and also the tough-luck trophy. |
![]() Alex had the first (and only) perfect RT. |
![]() Peter won concourse (both, hardbody and Lexan), and also had 3 ru-s. |
![]() Roger was awarded the "best engineered"-trophy for his S16 AA/FA. |
![]() Björn was all smiles after finishing 3rd in PR. |
![]() Jürg only managed a ru in PR this time... |
![]() losing to Dani. |
![]() Thomas invested a lot of energy into his 2 wins (PS and TF) and 2 3rd-place finishes. |
![]() Kescha bagged 2 wins (Gp12 and Gp7) plus a couple of ru-s. |
![]() Alex had one win (S16) and 2 3rd place finishes. |
![]() Our rookie of the year, Markus, won Gp20... |
![]() ...and finished 3rd in Gp7, thanks to his lucky shirt, besides setting some records and qualifying at or near the top in every category he raced. |