USRA Division I Nats 7th G7 Pro at Chick's Hobbiz, Ashland, VA (USA), AUG 13, 2011 [Level 2 IOC RACE - 9 PROS, but Classic]

BEUF WINS HIS 8TH G7 NATS DESPITE ROCKETING PETR KRCIL

USRA-1 legend P-A already eliminated at Quarters - Skinner eliminated at Semis for 15 inch

August 13, 2011 - The USRA Div 1 Nats are no longer the slot-racing event of the year. The last decennium the event lost completely its glitter and glamour. The event became so much "second hand" that the Atvidaberg 12 hours were organised this year during the same week-end of the G7 Pro. In former days that should have been a sacrilege, now there were more pros at the Swedish 12 hour race - even the reigning world champion Josef Korec and the best all-time racer Vladimir Horky (winner of 31 worlds!) than at the G7 Pro race. Year after year that number diminishes. This year only 9 pro racers showed for the race. At this year's G7 Worlds they were 27! That proves enough that the USRA Div 1 Nats are since years no longer the most important slot-racing event of the year. With only 9 pros at the start the race even lost its level 1 IOC status.
Several top racer, being present at Chick's Hobbiz even did not start this year. Among them the former winner Joe "Chubby" Salzman (USA) - two days ago still winner of the OMO G7 race - Ulf Edgar Pietsch (D), Jose Mario Serra (BR), Brad Friesner (CDN), Andre Villar (BR), Fabio Signoretti (BR), Stuart Koford (USA), Chris Radisich (NZ), etc., etc. G7 is since a couple of years no longer the most popular discipline in wing car racing (something that triple G7 world champion Paul Pfeiffer already predicted in 1999). Now G27 Lite and OMO G7 are the popular classes. Former popular classes as International G15 and G27 became museum antiquities, having no longer the smallest sense to be kept on the calendar.

QUALIFICATIONS - We noted no sharp times at the qualifications, staying miles away from the 1"404 WR realised by "Beuf" in 2007. TQ went to Bill W.H. Skinner in 1"5021, enough to win the Craig Landry Trophy. Second and third best time were realised by Petr Krcil (CZ) and "Gugu" Bernardino (BR). We noted 29 entries in total, except for six all by American racers. The unusual weak time realised by USRA G7 legend P-A Watson from Texas (the record holder in the number of entries at the USRA Pro G7 at the main) let understand that he didn't show with his best car this year. Watson is the lonely wing car racer on earth who won in the past $ 10,000 cash for winning a wing car race. It happened in 1987 in France on the John Ford Blue King of Toulouse. This year it was after his poor 1"6699 fully predictable that he should have big problems to survive the Quarters.

QUARTERS - We noted three major surprises at the Quarters. That P-A was eliminated was not among the three surprises, it was predictable as written above. That Japan's Jiro Takeuchi was eliminated was indeed a suprise. At the Geezer race - of which the final results were so much a pure puzzle that I daren't to publish them - he qualified easily in 1"58. Today his car seemed slower and after only 145 laps he was out with technical woes in the pits. Eliminated too were Les Wright (USA) and Reggie Coram (StM). Very few were the spectators who expected that they should not survive the Quarters. Among the 13 racers who missed the move to the Semis we found 11 Americans. Their Brazilian opponents all survived the Quarters.

SEMIS - For the first time since the start of the USRA Nats - where covering was terrible - we get from Shontel some information permitting a short report. At Semi B Archie King (USA) was leading the six first segments until his motor fried. That Semi is dominated by the Brazilians "Gugu" Bernardino (698 laps) and Emerson Fischler (694 laps). Two Americans make the move to the main together with the Brazilians: Shelby Thomas (691 laps) and Chase Walker (689 laps). Gary Puetz comes only two laps short to realise the main. Also eliminated are Zdenek Benes (CZ), James Grinstead and the very unlucky former leader Archie King.
In Semi A it's "Beuf" Pedersen setting the pace, visibly at an higher speed than Archie King, later "Gugu", did at the previous Semi. Petr Krcil and Marty Meltaburger have no problems to follow the pace of "Beuf" some laps behind. Felipe Tavares da Silva and Larry Langdon lost too much time on technical woes to have the smallest chance to avoid elimination. Eliminated since long is John Batson who's motor was knocked out and whose chassis didn't function any longer properly. He thus retired after 375 laps. Struggle went among Bill W.H. Skinner and Oliver Sonnbichler for the fourth place, the last one insuring the move to the main. Skinner was leading Sonnbichler during the six previous segments, but at the one but last segment the Austrian can undo his arrears and passes Skinner. The American, who already last year lost the move for a couple of laps - finishing ninth overall - fights like a devil, comes in the same lap as the Austrian, but comes ... 15 inches short to pass him. So Skinner finishes again ninth overall, just like last year, and the Austrian architect reaches for the second time the main at the USRA Div 1 G7 Pro Nats.

MAIN FINAL - We went to the main with no less than six racers who realised already last year the main. For the States that are Paul "Beuf" Pedersen (last year's winner) and Chase Walker (last year's third). For Brazil it are "Gugu" Bernardino and Emerson Fischler. For Czechia it is the multiple former world champion Petr Krcil (who finished last year as runner-up). And for Austria Oliver Sonnbichler - using MSP armatures - kept the memory of Martin Gramann alive by reaching again the main. New in the main are the Americans Shelby Thomas and Marty Meltaburger.
After the first segment the #1 & #2 of last year, Beuf and Krcil, are already lieding the rest of the field in 148 laps, followed at one lap by Chase Walker and Shelby Thomas. After two segments the race is already over for Krcil. He looses 61 laps in the pits. The four Americans (order: Beuf-Chase-Marty-Shelby) lead now the four non-Americans by a serious margin. Also for Oliver Sonnbichler, who lost 50 laps on repairs - the race seems over. During the third sement Krcil can reduce his arrears on Beuf by ten laps, however not enough to dream still of a podium place. Beuf has now already six laps over Walker, ten over Meltaburger. First non-US driver is Emerson Fischler, but already 23 laps down to "Beuf". At mid-race "Beuf" has 581 laps, 27 more than Meltaburger. First non-US racer is always Emerson Fischler, now already 32 laps down to the lead and always fourth. Nobody doubts that "Beuf" will win his 8th USRA G7 Nats. Only Krcil is a little faster but his arrears of 50 laps are unbridgeable. During the fifth segment Fischler can catch the third place, 31 laps down to "Beuf". Krcil is still 50 laps down. During the sixth segment Krcil can reduce his arrears on Beuf from 50 to 35 laps. "Gugu" who had just passed Fischler for the third place runs in problems and drops into seventh position. Walker is now second at 15 laps, Fischler third at 33 laps. Sonnbichler is immobile in the pits. During the seventh segment Krcil - the fastest man on the track, can move into third position, 12 laps down to Chase Walter, but 31 to Beuf. The race is over: "Beuf" is on his way to victory lane, already for the ...8th time at the USRA G7 Pro race.
During the very last segment the rocketing Petr Krcil comes back to only ... one lap behind Chase Walker. Winner is Paul "Beuf" Pedersen. But let's be honest: without the technical problems at the second segment, where he lost 61 laps, Petr Krcil should have won the 2011 USRA G7 Pro Nats. He is without any doubt the MORAL WINNER of the race. First Brazilian is Emerson Fischler on rank #4. [JPVR]

USRA Division I Nats 7th OMO at Chick's Hobbiz, Ashland, VA (USA), AUGUST 11, 2011 [Level 3 IOC RACE - 9 PROS]

CHUBBY SALZMAN BEATS FELIPE TAVARES & J-M SERRA

August 12, 2011 - It's impossible to write any decent report on what is happening at this year's USRA Div 1 Nats. Paul Kassens's team, supposed to cover the meeting, is even too lazy to publish correctly the name and first name of the racers in the published results. If they write "Ron H", how to know if it is "Ron Hershman" or "Ron Herrera". And who of the OWH readers knows that "UEP" stands for "Ulf Edgar Pietsch"? And who is "Peter"? Is it "Peter Fröbl" or perhaps "Petr Krcil"? And Japan's "Jiro" is there. But is this "Jiro Takeuchi" or someone else. I am too old for puzzling, because reading the results is solving a puzzle. What a complete lack of respect for the OWH readers. All Kassens's team does is publishing pics and pics and pics, without the smallest comment. It's obvious that they make only a report for those who are there without the smallest interest in the rest of their readers. In 40 years I never have seen such complete ignorance of readers. Kassens's guys fill dozens of web pages to tell just a bloody nothing. What a bunch of imbéciles is covering this year's Nats??? Take the G7 Geezer Race of yesterday. All we know is that "Jiro" TQ-ed in a sharp 1"58. And that it was. They are even too lazy to publish the smallest puzzle result. Instead of doing somewhat on this complete anti-promotion of wing car racing, Paul Kassens continues to publish completely empty remarks, helping you not one step further in knowing what's going on at Chick's Hobbiz. Worst of all is that nobody else is bringing any news and that we all are condemned to consult the pure nonsense that Kassens & Co publish. The USRA Div 1 Nats became so marginal, that nobody else publishes one word on it! [JPVR]

USRA Division I Nats Open G27 Lite at Chick's Hobbiz, Ashland, VA (USA), AUGUST 9, 2011 [Level 3 IOC RACE - 8 PROS]

PETR KRCIL BEATS FELIPE TAVARES & "BEUF" PEDERSEN

Nats I covering: Even the Amish do better without computer, without TV & without electricity

August 10, 2011 - It's well known in the States that we are looking after some decent sponsors in view of the 2013 IRRA Retro Racing Worlds in Chicago. Main condition to find sponsoring is that the event can be covered national wide on TV. On trying to conclude a TV contract we always must tell how great, how magnificent is our sport. Imagine now one moment that a potential TV station asks to see the results of the recent American National Championship. And let them have a look on the right table and at the three small tables below. What will a producer tell when he sees the right table: that slot-racing must be extremely marginal, not worth any TV covering, because organisers are even not capable to publish the name and the first name of the competitors. And remark also (1) that I completed the names where I could, and (2) that I did at least an effort to publish the complete ranking. Indeed, on the OWH - becoming day after day more ridiculous with on the cover the "Flat Worlds" -only the top 10 were published, and then in such a way that the reader had to guess that Petr K must be Petr Krcil, that Felipe must be Tavares da Silva, that Emerson can only be Fischler, that the G in James G stands for Grinstead. Imagine that the Amish organise tomorrow a sport event and that they cover it. OK, they cannot put in on the internet, can not use a web cam, can even not use an electrical type writer - because their religion forbids the use of electricity - but you can be sure that one of the Amish will note the results in his best handwriting, that no first name and no name will be missing, that his Amish friend will bring the results plus the handwritten report to the local Amish Herald Tribune (and even to the Amish Times) and that in the evening edition everybody will be able to read a nice report and decent results.
But what does Paul Kassens at the OWH? He's too lazy or to poor, or both, to make himself the report, he sends Shontel to Chick's Hobbiz - of course unpaid - and she does even not the smallest effort to publish the names of the racers. This is a pure shame. Such people ruin all our efforts to bring a very marginal thing as slot-racing national wide on TV. People watching the OWH must have the impression that what is published is only intended at the competitors themselves (they at least know who are Mike M, Ed G, Derek, Nick G, Merrell, Big Willy, Flabo, etc), not at a broad public. Please Paul Kassens, return immediately to your Philippines, stay there and close your ridiculous OWH. If you are too poor or too lazy to do it yourself, and if you are unable to pay someone doing your work, stop then to ridicule slot-racing as a sport. Go to the beach, pay court to the girls, drink a glass of fine wine at somebody else's costs, but stop your continuous insults at the address of all those who love and promote the sport. And if in a country with 300,000,000 inhabitants there are only 10 racers showing at the 35th Int'l G15 Nats, then write nothing about it, because that too proves how marginal slot-racing in the USA is nowadays! [JPVR]

30TH G7 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, PLZEN (CZ), MAY 21, 2011  [Level 1 IOC RACE - 24 PROS]

JOSEF KOREC BEATS FRÖBEL AFTER TERRIBLE BEUF BAD LUCK

TQ for MSP Schöne in 1"418 - 1291 laps of Korec no new WR (=1317 by Schöne)

May 23, 2011 - There can be no doubt that this year's Plzen Wing Car Worlds were the best since the real first Wing Car Worlds in Gothenburg in 1978. Venue was excellent: except for P-A Watson, Chubby Sazlman, Anders Gustafson and Stefan Törnfeldt all the best wing car racers of the world were present. Sure, there were no racers from Australia, but after the 2004 Ultimate G7 Race we all know that the Aussies - except perhaps for Wayne Bramble and Tim Tyler are no match for the European, American and Brazilian wing car racers. And yes, there were no wing car racers from Portugal and Mallorca, but at the 2004 Ultimate G7 Race they were nowhere as they are practicing on obsolete hyper slow King tracks. Splendid were the web cam images in a real top quality. We all know that Czechs are grand masters in all what is technics, but we didn't know that they are also such grand masters in broadcasting. The images were perfect, even on a full screen, at the same high quality as at your own TV station. And yes at the last race, the G7 race, the web cam failed with over 150 spectators, and the lap counter was not visible but the local Koreja kept us informed after each stint. Czechs are great organisers but that they were able to realise such a splendid speed fest was even for the biggest optimists among us a major surprise!
We found 39 racers at the start: 24 official pro racers (names in green) and 15 semi-pros. America was present with 8 racers, a record (if we forget the 2004 Ultimate G7 Race where Americans enjoyed starting bonuses). The ten last years things really changed a lot. Before 2000 the USRA Division I Nats were considered to have a higher prestige than the Wing Car Worlds. Americans came never to Europe on years such worlds were not organised in the USA. Now nearly nothing is still left of the grandeur of the former USRA Division 1 Nats: one hardly finds some Europeans travelling to the Nats. The summit of wing car racing goes now to the Wing Car Worlds and the Campeonato Brasileiro. The USRA Div 1 Nats lost their magic attraction, they are no longer the place to be. Finland, nowadays the #1 wing car country in Europe, was present with seven racers, all their best drivers. The Germans, having carefully prepared this year's Wing Car Worlds by showing at the Czech Nats and the Worlds W-U Races in  January and February were present with their six best racers. Sweden, until the mid 1990s still the #1 wing car nation in Europe was only present with four racers, one of them, André Eriksson, being the very successor of Lasse Åberg who seems to have retired from active competition in wing car racing. Czechia had only four own racers at the start, but with Horky, Korec, Krcil and Benes their four best men. Brazil, having beaten sharply the USA in G27 and in G27 Light, was present with seven racers. Slovakia, Austria and Sint-Maarten had each one driver at the start. Nobody from Argentine or Switzerland, although those countries were present at other wing car races at this year's Plzen Wing Car Worlds.
Concerning the race direction the Czechs eventually understood that one doesn't need an Andy Wasserman to find a fine race director. At Plzen race director Siggi Glink was worth several Wassermans, making that results were on the web only a couple of seconds after each run.

QUALIFICATIONS - Before the start of the qualification round there was a mot of speculation if the 1.404 realised by Paul "Beuf" Pedersen on 3 March 2007 should be improved or not. Several specialists didn't believe it was possible on a King track with larger curb radiuses and with shorter streets. It was believed that the Zlin King was rather one for a new 40-minutes record (1317 laps by Mario MSP Schöne on January 25, 2011) than for a one lap WR. That the Zlin track is one pf the fastest in the world was proven at the qualifications where no less than 13 racers realised times in the 1.4s. However, nobody could go under the 1"4. Best time was 1.418 by Germany's Mario "MSP" Schöne, followed by a 1.428 for the IOC #1 Vladimir Horky and 1.452 for the American world record holder Paul "Beuf" Pedersen.
CONSIS - The 24 fastest qualifiers were automatically qualified for the Quarter finals. The 15 others had to go through the Consis were only the 8 best could make the move to the Quarters. Here Bill W.F. Skinner (USA) was the fastest with 515 laps. It was painful to see that we lost already three of our seven Finnish racers: Esa-Pekka Soyrinki, Pekka Sippola and Jyri-Ville Pouttu. Also eliminated was Austria's Oliver Sonnbichler, who in normal situations is a man for the Semis or the Main. But now he lost all his chances by technical problems shortly after the start. The most pai!nful elimination was that of Per Persson who was leading his consi at mid-race, but who came two track sections short to make the move. Also eliminated were Rainer Borsutski (D) and Jeff Mack (USA).
QUARTER FINALS - Drama before the start of the Quarters when Forrest Watchers - who finished as vice world champion in OMO G7 (just as last year) - was eliminated with a broken forefinger. Dramatic race also for Klaus Wickert (D) who realised the 12th place on 32 but was eliminated. Same story for the former world champion Petr Krcil (CZ). For Reggie Coram and for two new world champions - Hamilton Veronese (BR) in G27 Light and Mikael Silén (S) in OMO G7 - the race finished early after technical woes. Brazil, still so convincing in G27 and G27 Light lost three more racers: Marcelo Triginelli, Fabio Signoretti and the 2010 G7 wing car world champion Filipe Tavares da Silva. With four Brazilians eliminated only three made the move to the Semis. The Americans lost half of their racers at the Quarters with Les Wright, Gary Puetz, Al Chuck and Chase Walker all four eliminated. Disastrous race for the new European G7 wing car champion Juha Yli-Sipola coming more than 40 laps short - all lost in the pits - to make the move. Zdenek Benes (CZ) and Peter Karlsson (S) were the other racers being eliminated at the Quarters. So we noted the following situation after those Quarters:
- USA has only 2 of its 8 starters still in competition;
- Finland lost 4 of its 7 starters and goes with 3 racers to the Semis;
- Czechia lost half of its 4 entrants and has only Horky and Korec in the Semis;
- Brazil lost 4 of its 7 starters and goes with 3 racers to the Semis;
- Sweden has only one of its 4 racers in the Semis: André Eriksson;
- Germany did pretty well by losing only 2 of its 6 entrants with Peter Fröbel who survived on a miraculous way with only 499 laps, finishing as last of the survivors;
- For Slovakia Vlado Okali survived, but for Sint-Maarten Reggie Coram was out, just as Oliver Sonnblichler for Austria.

SEMI FINALS - For the 3 surviving Brazilians the Semi finals finished as one big disaster. The fresh G27 world champion, Isasias Jordaõ, was just as his country mate Marcelo "Bambi" Serra victim of technical woes, early in the race. So both failed to defend their chance. A complete other story for "Gugu" Bernardino who was in his semi involved in a gruelling combat with Mario "MSP" Schöne for the fourth place. MSP had a poor start and was initially 10 laps behind "Gugu". By turning continuously in 1.7s he could bit by bit narrow the gap, but starting the last stint, he was always 2 laps down to "Gugu". Only during the last stint MSP succeeded to pass "Gugu" so that the Brazilians lost their last and best man. For Finland the former European champion Leo Hongisto struggled already with problems before half race so that it was impossible for him to reach a fourth place. Jari Porttinen, under normal conditions always a man for the Main ran also in problems and was eliminated before mid-race, so that of the 3 surviving Finns after the Quarters only one could make the move: Petteri Pirhonen. Of the Germans Peter Fröbel was, just as at the Quarters, the man reaching the Main with the lowest number of achieved laps. Nobody expected to find him in the Main, but it was well known that he prepared this race on the most meticulous way, after having been present at Zlin as well in January as in February. Everybody believed that among the Bruhl wing car racers Ulli Pietsch and Heiko Thinschmidt were the guys to make the move to the Main, but no, it were Mario "MSP" Schöne after his terrible fight with "Gugu" and the unexpected Peter Fröbel. For Slovakia it was generally expected that Vlado Okali should make the move, but he too was eliminated after technical woes. Two fastest men at the Semis were Vladimir Horky (CZ) with 791.04 laps and Bill W.H. Skinner (USA) with 790 laps. 
MAIN FINAL - So we went to the Main with 2 Americans (Beuf & Skinner), with 2 Czechs (Horky and Korec), with 2 Germans (Schöne and Fröbel) and with 2 Scandinavians (Pirhonen and the surprising André Eriksson). Unfortunately we had no pics of the track during the three first stints, and no lap totals during the whole race. Fortunately Koreja remarked in time the UStream problems pitting up from mid-race the situation on the forum. Once the images of the track were restored we found the main favourite, Vladimir Horky, in last position. We saw how he had several times braid problems, loosing dozens of laps. When we got image we found Bill W.H. Skinner going out on the lead, followed on 3 laps (at mid-race) by Josef Korec and Paul "Beuf" Pedersen. During the fifth run Skinner was loosing speed, being passed by Korec. That run "Beuf" was deslotting three consecutive times. After five runs Korec was leading the surprising André Eriksson by 3 laps, "Beuf" with 12 laps, then Skinner, then Fröbel, then MSP, then Pirhonen and far behind the unlucky Horky. During the sixth run we saw Korec struggling on red and loosing lap after lap on "Beuf". Towards the end of the heat "Beuf" took the lead, whilst Eriksson ran in serious problems. Skinner dropped into fifth position, being passed by MSP and Fröbel. After six heats "Beuf" was in for 1328 laps, a new world record. But then, towards the end of the seventh heat, the car of "Beuf" broke its guide. We saw him with maximum adrenaline smashing his controller to the floor. At once it was all over for the American. Korec took aver the lead whilst Fröbel was passing MSP for the second place!!! Korec won his second G7 Worlds (his 14th world championship). Fröbel was the happiest man on earth by finishing 2nd. [JPVR]      

9TH G7 OMO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, PLZEN (CZ), MAY 21, 2011  [Level 1 IOC RACE - 24 PROS]

MIKAEL SILÉN BEATS FORREST WATCHERS & VLADIMIR HORKY

No new WRS -1.606 of Benes & 1047.09 of Thinschmidt not improved -Horky looses at the end

May 22, 2011 - Never before in slot-racing history one found so many racers at the start of an OMO G7 race. At Plzen there were no less than 55 starters, among them - except for "Beuf" Pedersen (present, but a non-starter) and Anders Gustafson (absent) - all the best wing car racers in the world. We noted twelve entrants from Finland (still the first European wing car nation), nine from Germany (becoming the second European wing car nation after a Blue King was installed at Brühl), eight from Czechia and the U.S.A., four from Sweden (the former first European wing car nation, where the same wing car racing is on its way to pass away after Stefan Törnfeldt had to close his track), six from Brazil, two from Switzerland, Austria, Argentine and Slovakia, and one from Sint-Maarten. No racers from Portugal at the start, although the Porto King is still alive. Of the former important European wing car nations nobody is left. Here I think on France were there was a florishing wing car centre in Creteil (with the Thibaults, Didier Moret, Alain Lefèbvre and so many others) and on Holland (where no more wing car racers are left at the former wing car temple of Uden).

Fastest qualifier is the fresh European G7 wing car champion Juha Yli-Sipola (SF) in 1.633. It has been written that the 13 fastest qualifiers were all faster than the former world record. That, however, is pure nonsense, due to the ridiculous world records sheet at the OWH, keeping the world absolutely not well informed about the evolution of the world records. The actual WR in OMO G7 over one lap is 1"606 realised on February 19, 2011 at the same Plzen King by Zdenek Benes (CZ) who that day improved his own WR of 1"643 realised at the same track on January 22. Some readers of the OWH  are blinded by the 1.5s realised during the race by Felipe Tavares da Silva (1.534), by Hamilton Veronese (1.574) and by Vladimir Horky (1.591). Here it probably concerns three riders although I cannot exclude that the 1.591 of Horky was regular. However the fastest laps during a race are never taken in consideration on keeping WRs. Another nonsense on the OWH - also due to the ridiculous record files Paul Kassens publishes - was the affirmation that after 40 minutes no less than nine racers improved the 40 minutes lap WR. That too is pure bullshit, because the WR is 1047.09 laps, realised on February 19 by Heiko Thinschmidt (D) at the same Plzen King track. That was an improvement of the 1044.02 laps WR set by Ulli Edgar Pietsch on the same track on January 22.

We had to wait the end of Group C before having an idea what was the number of achieved laps to beat. Here Mikael Silén (S) - who won earlier two wing car world championships plus the USRA Div 1 G7 Pro Nats - realised a sharp 1033.00 laps. In Group B Josef Korec (CZ) was believed to do better, but, unfortunately he lost early in the race some 40 laps in the pits. So the winner was perhaps to be found in Group A. Here Vladimir Horky (CZ) and Mario "MSP" Schöne (D) were leading during the first half of the race at the same pace as Silén. Then we lost Schöne and it seemed that Horky was on his way to win his ... 32nd world championship. With one stint left his final lap total was forecasted at 1034 laps, enough to win. Unfortunately Jan Žemli¢a (CZ) who was following as second to Horky made of the last stint the start of a crash fest. That made Horky deslotting and being at once in problems as his car at once stopped going. It was only a small problem (braids up) but it made him loosing eight or nine laps, enough to loose the race.  So Mikael Silén (S) won his third wing car world champion-ship, ahead over a fantastic Forrest Watchers (USA) - who last year finished already as runner-up - and over Vladimir Horky (CZ) & Zdenek Benes (CZ). By his strong performance Silén gave full evidence that Swedish wing car racing is still alive, despite the decreasing number of Swedish wing car racers.

By finishing tenth overall Marcelo Triginelli (BR) won 1.5 IOC points, just enough of exceeding a 120 IOC points total and entering now the historical elite of the pro racers as 163rd racer to realise the historical pro class. Among the semi-pros the unlucky Jan Žemli¢a (CZ) was the fastest letting Per Persson (S) and Jimmy Lee (USA?) behind.

24TH G27 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, PLZEN (CZ), MAY 19, 2011  [Level 2 IOC RACE - 14 PROS]

ISAIAS JORDAÕ BEATS "GUGU" & HEIKO THINSCHMIDT

May 20, 2011 - We find 26 racers at the start, 14 of them having the pro status. Germany is present with eight racers, Czechia with five, Sweden with four, Brazil and Finland with three, Argentine with two, the USA and Sint-Maarten with one. Remarkable absentee is Vlado Okali who won no less than four world championships in G27. Missing too is that other G27 specialist Stefan Törnfeldt. With Horky (IOC #1), Korec (IOC #2), "Gugu" (IOC #6) and "Beuf" (IOC #9) we have four top-10 racers at the start. Fastest qualifier is Luiz "Gugu" Bernardino in a sharp 1"653 (is this a world record in G27?) Second best time goes to the 2010 OMO world champion Isaias Jordaõ in 1"682. Third best time goes to the five-fold G7 wing car world champion Paul "Beuf" Pedersen in 1"693. They are the three lonely racers going under 1"7. It's decided that there will be no Semis, so the eight fastest racers at the Quarters will make directly the move to the Main Final. Of the eight German racers only one, Heiko Thinschmidt, will reach the  Main. The Czechs loose their absolute star racer, Vladimir Horky (31 times winner of a world championship) on technical woes, also local racer Zdenek Benes, the man who won at the 1988 Chicago IMCA Worlds a 1/1 Pontiac Fiero. Petr Krcil & Josef Korec are the two Czechs making the move. Brazil proves once more its actual superiority in wing car racing as it reaches with all three its racers the Main: Bernardino, Tavares da Silva & Jordaõ. The remaining places in the Main go to "Beuf" and to the new European G7 champion Juha Yli-Sipola.    
Contrarily to the G27 Light Worlds there is no fight between the Brazilians and the Czechs as the three Brazilians are pulling away from the rest of the field. Unfortunately Felipe Tavares has to let go his two country mates after technical problems. So Isaias Jordaõ and "Gugu" Bernardino are now fighting for victory. Eventually Isaias Jordaõ beats "Gugu", winning his second world championship. Third place goes to Heiko Thinschmidt. By finishing fourth, fifth and sixth the trio Petr Krcil, Josef Korec and "Beuf" disappoint. Fastest semi-pro is Argentine's Jorge Canaves, finishing as twelfth. No less than 55 entrants are scheduled for the OMO G7 Worlds of Saturday. [JPVR]

9TH G27 LIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, PLZEN (CZ), MAY 18, 2011  [Level 2  IOC RACE - 12 PROS]

HAMILTON VERONESE BEATS JOSEF KOREC & PETR KRCIL

Hamilton is the 100th world champion in history - 976 new WR 66 laps better than old WR

May 20, 2011 - Good show at the G27 Light Worlds with 34 entries. Of them Brazil and the USA are present with seven racers each, against five for Czechia and Germany, three for Finland, two for Argentine, Switzerland (!) and Slovakia and one for Sint-Maarten. This is already the 210th world championship (for all classes together: wing, scale, model) since 1978. The new Zlin King with its larger curbs and its shorter straights seems the fastest in the world. On this track G27 Light cars (the future in wing car racing?) go faster than OMO G7 cars on other tracks. TQ went to ex-world champion Petr Krcil in 1"877 with Fabio Signoretti (1"897) end Will W.H. Skinner (1"899) as runner-ups. Some top racers did not enter, among them Vladimir Horky, Mikail Silén, Mario "MSP" Schöne and the new European G7 champion Juha Yli-Sipola.  Three main favourites - Vlado Okali, Bill W.H. Skinner and Heiko Thinschmidt were already eliminated after the Quarter finals. Especially the elimination of Skinner was painful as he realised at the Quarters the ninth most laps, unfortunately in a Quarter were four others were still faster.
At the Semi finals the three first places go to Josef Korec - winner of the three first Worlds in G27 Light - with 722.06 laps, to Fabio Signoretti with 722 laps and to Petr Krcil with 721.01 laps. Among the eight eliminated racers we found surprisingly the five fold wing car world champion Paul "Beuf" Pedersen (only his second show in Europe after having been present at the Ultimate G7 Race of 2004) and Klaus Wickert. The Germans, very familiar with the new King track, have not one single racer in the Main. Here Brazil trusts four of the eight places with Tavares, "Gugu", Signoretti and Veronese. We find three Czechs in the Main: Korec, Krcil and the new comer Jan Kacerovský, causing a stir by being so well placed. The last place among the finalists goes to America's Les Wright.
In a splendid final where we witness a gruelling combat between the Czechs and the Brazilians, all records are broken. Finishing as seventh Les Wright still improves the WR by eleven laps! In front the two best Czech racers (Korec and Krcil) are fighting a battle on live or death with the surprisingly fast Hamilton Veronese, he himself no pro but a semi pro (less than 120 IOC points). Eventually he is more than two laps faster than his two famous Czech opponents. He wins the race with 976.09 laps, an unbelievable fast world record. He is the 100th world champion in slot-racing history and his pic has been added to the golden gallery of world champions (click here to see them all hundred). The results confirms a new trend in wing car racing where the Brazilians are since last year obviously the most consistent and fastest wing car racers in the world, faster than the Americans, the Czechs and the Finns. But where are the Swedish??? [JPVR]

1ST G12 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, PLZEN (CZ), MAY 16, 2011  [NO IOC RACE < 8 PROS]

PAVEL FLAISIG WINS - OTA PACES & VOJTIK ONLY 4TH & 5TH

May 20, 2011 - ESROC organises at the super fast King track of Zlin the first official world championship for G12 wing cars. In total 22 racers showed, among them four from Germany, two from Argentine and one from Brazil; With Antónin Vojtik, Osvaldo Vaccari and Ota Paces we found three former world champions at the start, being all three serious candidates to win this first G12 wing car worlds. That they were very serious contenders as already obvious at the qualifications where Ota Paces realised TQ in 2"170 with Osvaldo Vaccari as third in 2"194. The Brazilian, however, had bad luck in the quarter finals where he was eliminated with technical woes.

Special attention went to good old Erich Lorenz, who in the 1980s was a team mate of Axel Pomeranz and Achim Burgmann. At the famous Pinky Point Trophy with a 1/1 Ferrari 308 GTB as first prize the duo Lorenz/Pommeranz was regularly among the top-5 and after the first year still a contender to win the first prize. But after 1986 Erich Lorenz was no more seen in competition ... during 25 years. At the Zlin G12 Worlds he made his come back to wing car racing with a tenth place in the overall standing.

Paces and Vojtik reached both the main final without any problem, but the new favourite was now Jan Žemli¢a who was fastest, both at the quarter finals as at the semi finals. When everybody speculated that he was the man able to beat Paces and Vojtik, the surprise came from Pavel Flaisig, the ISRA scale racer. With 842 laps (probably a new world record in G12) he was 13 laps faster than Jan Žemli¢a and17 than Josef Kacir. Paces came no further tan the fourth place and Vojtik no further than the fifth place. For Flaisig it was his first world title. [JPVR]

43RD ESROC OPEN G7 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP, BRÜHL (D), MARCH 20, 2011  [Level 2 IOC RACE - 13 PROS]

JUHA YLI-SIPOLA WINS HIS FOURTH ESROC G7 NATS

April 9, 2011 - The European wing car season 2011 started at Plzen with two new world records, one in Group 7 for Mario "MSP" Schöne (1317 laps) and one for Heiko Thinschmidt in Omo G7 (1044 laps). That the new Blue King track at Plzen is the fastest in Europe was proven in February at the Wing Car Worlds Warm-Up races. At the main final in G7 seven of the eight finalists realised more than 1225 laps with 1307 laps for the winner. At once the Brühl Blue King track is no longer interesting for most European speed freaks. In three months time it became a ... "slow" track, no longer attractive for those who wish to win the Plzen Wing Car Worlds in May. That may explain the real poor entry at this year's ESROC G7 Nats. World record holder Mario "MSP" Schöne, winner of five European G7 Championships (1990, 1191, 1997, 1998, 2009), was not interested to start on such ... slow (sic) track. And he was not alone. The three best wing car racers from Czechia, Vladimir Horky (winner of 31 world championships in all specialities, winner of the ESROC Nats in 2000, 2002 and 2004 and IOC #1), Josef Korec (winner of 13 world championships and IOC #2) and Petr Krcil (winner of four world championships and IOC #14) preferred to stay home. So of the Czechs only Zdenek Benes showed to defend his title. But also the Swedes showed no interest in the 2011 ESROC Nats. Their three best wing car racers Mikael Silén (winner of the Nats in 2005), Anders Gustafson (winner of the Nats in 1999) and Lasse Åberg (winner of the Nats in 1986-1987-1988) stayed all three home. Same story for the Finnish aces. Of them Leo Hongisto (winner of the Nats in 1992, 1993 and 2008) Marko Pirinen (winner of the Nats in 2001), Kimmo Rautama (winner of the Nats in 2006) and Petteri Pirhonen preferred not to start. Of all winners of the ESROC G7 Nats since 1985 only Juha Yli-Sipola (winner in 1995, 1996 and 2007) and Zdenek Benes (winner in 2010) were present. In the 43 year old story of ESRAC/ESROC G7 racing such was only seen in the three first years, later no more. Entrance at Brühl was the lowest in European G7 history. With only 22 entrants (6 from Germany, 5 from Finland, 3 from the USA, 3 from Brazil, 3 from Sweden, 1 from Slovakia and 1 from Czechia) the sympathetic Peter Fröbel was certainly not rewarded for all the efforts he did for the renewal of European wing car racers. Entry was even lower than in December at the German Wing Car Masters.
It was thus highly predictable that Juha Yli-Sipola should win his fourth ESROC G7 Nats; He finished eight laps ahead over Ulf Edgar Pietsch and twenty over Vlado Okali. His 1124 achieved laps are an anachronism in postmodern wing car racing. Or look at TQ, 1"590 for Vlado Okali), that's even above the 1"588 world record achieved by Mario "MSP" Schöne in ... 2003. The actual world record is 1"404, hold by America's Paul "Beuf" Pedersen.
In open class wing car racing everything turns around speed, speed and speed. If wing car racers can no longer find it on the five year old Brühl track, they look for faster tracks or in Europe, or in the States or in Brazil. It's well that Peter Fröbel anticipated on this. In January he went with 14 German racers to ultra fast Plzen King for the Czech Masters. In February he did it over with 6 German racers for the Worlds Warm-Up race. One could have expected some reciprocity from the Czech racers. But no, they did show with only ... one racer. What a shame. That to has never been seen in the long history of European wing car racing. Eventually Peter Fröbel found only 13 pros at the start of his 43rd G7 Wing Car Nats, just enough to obtain the IOC level 2 for the Open G7 race. That too feels as painful. [JPVR]

26TH ESROC G27 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP, BRÜHL (D), MARCH 18, 2011  [Level 3 IOC RACE - 9 PROS]

KLAUS WICKERT WINS G27 FROM OKALI & THINSCHMIDT

April 9, 2011 - Of the thirteen pros having competed the G7 Nats four did not enter the G27 race: Les Wright (USA), Jose Mario Serra (BR), Jari Porttinen (SF) and Felipe Tavares da Silva (BR). When Tavares entered international competition in 2007 he won nearly any race he entered, but the last months top results remained away. Let's hope that he'll find back his good shape at the May Wing Car Worlds at Plzen.
With only nine pros at the start the 26th edition of the ESROC G27 Nats came three pros short to be considered as an IOC event of rank 2. After Austria's great Martin Gramann having passed away G27 racing is the big speciality of such guys as Stefan Törnfeldt and Vlado Okali. For this year's race they were my two favourites. Unfortunately Törnfeldt missed the move to the main by one lap, so Okali was the man to beat. In G7 he won no less than five world championships and five European Championships. Of the 21 racers at the start Okali is the lonely one having won earlier the European G27 Nats. Did you know that never a racer from Finland won ESROC G27? Juha Yli-Sipola finished three times as runner-up, but never won ESROC G27. So he seemed to be the most dangerous outsider to hold off Vlado Okali from a sixth European title.
G27 lost much of its popularity the last years. It's expensive and has been overshadowed the last years by OMO G7 racing, an idea launched in 2000 by the triple world champion Paul Pfeiffer. I was always wondering why G27 racing was not to be replaced by OMO G7 racing, but it never happened. Slot-racers are conservative people. They never abolish a class, they just add always new classes to existing ones. In the States even G15 racing - having been never popular in Europe - is even practiced until to day, despite the fact that organisers of such races have all the problems of the world to fill eight lanes for such events.

Qualifications were won by "Gugu" Bernardino in 1"774. After having won four of the five races at the Worlds Warm-Up races at Plzen in February he's in extremely good shape and another dangerous candidate who Okali will find on his way to victory lane. 1"774 is a sharp time. At the Czech Masters at Plzen nobody went under that time. The nine pros having started easily survived the quarter finals and eight of them survived the semis with only poor Stefan Törnfeldt being eliminated. In the main final Okali found Germany's Klaus Wickert on his wave. He came ten laps short to beat the German. Heiko Thinschmidt completed the German success by finishing third, eight laps below Okali.
I saw Klaus Wickert the first time at rounds #2 and #3 of the Pinky Point meeting at the Antwerp Crest Hotel in 1985. At that meeting no less than six vintage 1/1 Hondas S800 could be won. There were 98 entrants and Wickert, driving a Porsche 904 GTS fit on a Cox Cucaracha chassis was one of the 32 racers to be qualified for the big 12 hour race. His team mate was Ralph Klose - in that day the dreamed successor of Bernd Möbus and Achim Burgmann, who were the stars of their time wing car racing. Möbus, driving with the late Martin Gramann failed to win the 12 hour race. Victory was for the Americans Csaba Szekelyhidi/John Strachan, heading Möbus/Gramann and Joel Montague/Jon Laster. The young Wickert, having started in twelfth position, moved up at mid-race to rank eight and eventually finished with Klose as ninth, a very fine result if one knows that he was preceded by such racers as Paul Pfeiffer, P-A Watson, Sergio Maresca, Franco Gianotti,  Janne Ekman, Bjarne Lilliendahl. That day Ralph Klose told me that his team mate Wickert should once win the G7 Worlds. Now I believe this prophetic words. [JPVR]

4TH ESROC OMO G7 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP, BRÜHL (D), MARCH 18, 2011  [Level 2 IOC RACE - 13 PROS]

U-E PIETSCH WINS OMO G7 FROM TÖRNFELDT & THINSCHMIDT

April 10, 2011 - OMO G7 racing is since a couple of years the popular speciality in wing car racing. We find thirteen pros at the start. Total entry is up to twenty nine racers: ten from Germany, six from Finland, five from Sweden, three from Brazil, three from the USA, one from Czechia, one from Slovakia.
In OMO G7 it's important to finish in the qualifications in the top-8, because then one can start in Main A with the fastest racers. Fastest qualifier is America's Bill Skinner Jr in 1"791 which is seriously lower than the 1"606 and 1"643 realised by Zdenek Benes, res. at the Wing War Worlds Warm-Up and at the Czechia Masters. Second best time is for Heiko Thinschmidt in 1"804, third best for Klaus Wickert in 1"821. The five other racers qualified for Main Final A are Zdenek Benes in 1"822, Felipe Tavares da Silva in 1"823, Peter Fröbel (the first non-pro racer) in 1"831, Rebecca Fröbel (the second non-pro racer) in 1"847 and Juha Yli-Sipola in 1"851. The last named won last year the OMO G7 race at the ESROC Nats and the OMO G7 race at the 2010 German Masters in Brühl. Surprisingly Ulf Edgar Pietsch who won OMO G7 as well at this year's Wing Car Worlds Warm-Up as at the Czech Masters, realised only the seventeenth time in 1"888, which condemns him to the Main Final C. Nobody believes that he still can win from that position, but he causes a stir by realising most laps: 887.95 against 865.15 for Sweden's Stefan Törnfeldt and 853.00 for Heiko Thinschmidt. First amateur is Ricard Jonsson on rank five, with Hannu Laitinen as second amateur on rank eight. Number of achieved laps is extremely low compared to 1047 realised by Heiko Thinschmidt at the Wing Car Worlds Warm-Up and the 1044 he realised at the Czech Masters. Thinschmidt is the major favourite for the upcoming OMO G7 World Championship [JPVR]   

Race director Andy Wasserman (USA) in good company. Wasserman is since years the race director at important European meetings for scale cars as well as wing cars. Below the podiums of G27 Light and G12.

WARM-UP RACE G7 WING CAR WORLDS, PLSEN (CZ), FEBRUARY 19, 2011  [Level 3 IOC RACE - 7 PROS]

"GUGU" 1307 LAPS BEATS FOR BEST CZECH WING CAR RACERS

April 10, 2011 - Although entry was low we found the three best Czech racers at the start: Vladimir Horky, Petr Krcil and Josef Korec. TQ was for Petr Krcil in 1"517, ahead over Zdenek Benes in 1"556. They were free from the Semis where Rainer Borsutzki and Christian Zoch were eliminated. Peter Fröbel was the lonely non-pro qualified for the Main Final. The race was dominated by "Gugu" Bernardino who came ten laps short to improve the new world record which Mario "MSP" Schöne realised one month earlier at the same track. No racers from Finland and Sweden showed for the warm-up, which can be a serious mistake if one wishes to prepair seriously the upcoming worlds in May. Petr Krcil and Zedenek Benes realised the second and third place. Vladimir Horky (fifth) and Josef Korec (fourth) disappointed. It was a very fast race where seven finalists realised 1225 laps or more.

WARM-UP RACE OMO G7 WING CAR WORLDS, PLSEN (CZ), FEBRUARY 19, 2011  [Level 3 IOC RACE - 8 PROS]

HEIKO THINSCHMIDT BEATS FOUR CZECHS IN OMO G7

April 10, 2011 - The OMO G7 race was in all aspects superior to the G27 race. The Germans were present with no less than six racers, against five for the Czechs. One Brazilian ("Gugu" Bernardino) and one Slovak (Vlado Okali) completed the entry field. Vladimir Horky and Josef Korec did not enter. Just as at the Czech Masters OMO G7 Germany's Heiko Thinschmidt won with 1047 laps, three more than at the Masters - if I am well informed a 40 minutes world record. Zdenek Benes realised at the qualifications a new world record in OMO G7 with a fabulous time: 1"606.
The second place went to Pavel Flaisig, not directly a wing car racer, but a regular scale racer. The third place was for TQ-ing Zdenek Benes. With Jan Zemlicka as fourth and Petr Krcil as fifth, what implies that Germany's Heiko Thinschmidt let in Czechia four Czech racers behind. The Germans Siggi Glink, Rainer Borsutzki and Peter Fröbel took the three first places among the non-pro racers, finishing res. as seventh, eighth and ninth. The two main finals were full of crashes, because only four racers reached the chequered flag without technical problems.

April 10, 2011 - The three remaining races - G27, G27 Light and G12 - were all three won by Brazil's "Gugu" Bernardino. As there were only res. five, three and two pro racers at the start, none of those races went after IOC points. At those races Vladimir Horky and Josef Korec did not enter. In G27 light Zdenek Benes entered no more and in G12 the four best Czech wing car racers were all four absent. Here the famous ISRA scale racer Antónin Vójtik entered, conquering the fourth place. In G27 Light and in G12 Argentina's Jorge Cavanes - seen for the first time in international wing car meeting at last year's Campeonato Brasileiro - caused a stir by finishing res. third and second. He can be a dangerous candidate at the lower classes in the May Wing Car World Championship. In G27 Light we noted a fine performance by Sigfried Glink, who finished as runner-up, and by Christian Zoch, who finished as fourth. Petr Krcil disappointed both in G27 and G27 Light where he finished twice only as sixth.

OPEN CZECH MASTERS - OPEN G7, OMO G7, G27, PLZEN (CZ), JANUARY 21-23, 2011  [Level 3 IOC RACES]

MARIO 'MSP" SCHÖNE REALISES NEW G7 WR: 1317 LAPS

Jan & Petr Krcil's new King is fastest in Europe - Also WR for Pietsch (OMO) & Horky (G27)

January 25, 2011 - This week-end the first official races were contested on the new Blue King track that will be used for the Wing Car Worlds of half May. The track is a design of world champion Petr Krcil. The wood work was done by his son Jan Krcil. Finishing was done by the members of the AMDK Plzen where the track was installed. Four races were scheduled on this new track. Venue from Germany was high with no less than 12 entrants, among them America's Jeff Mack and the complete school of Brühl wing car racers, specialised in OMO G7 racing. The Czechs were present with 8 racers, among them the ISRA scale racer Pavel Flaisig. Not present was Josef Korec, having limited his racing activities to a couple of races per year. Of the other racers there was Vlado Okali from Slovakia and Oliver Sonnbichler of Austria who caused a stir by qualifying among the 3 first, as well in G7, G27 and OMO G7.
On Saturday morning the IOC #1 Vladimir Horky improved the world record over 40 minutes in G27 racing, realising a total of 947 laps. Zdenek Benes, who qualified in pole position with 1"777, finished as runner-up. Under the new art. 1.6 the race failed to go after IOC-points as only 5 pros showed, whilst 8 is the minimum needed for a race to be recognised as an IOC event. 
At the OMO G7 race, full evidence was given that the new King track at Plzen is really fast. Zdenek Benes was again the fastest qualifier, now in 1"643. The race was completely dominated by the Wing Car School of Brühl, with 5 of their racers in the top-5. The winner, Ulf Edgar Pietsch, realised 1044 laps, a new world record over 40 minutes in OMO G7. Peter Fröbel, the owner of the Brühl Blue King, who finished 4th in G27 was now second, letting Mario "MSP" Schöne, Heiko Thinschmidt en Klaus Wickert behind him. Vladimir Horky did not enter the OMO G7 race where rookie Jan Zemlicka was the first Czech. With 8 pros at the start the race was an IOC level 3 event. 
Last race of the meeting was the Open G7 race with 14 entrants, 7 of them being Germans. Of the 7 other entrants 4 were from Czechia, 1 American living in Germany, 1 from Slovakia and 1 from Austria. Fastest qualifier was Vlado Okali in 1"505. Petr Krcil and Oliver Sonnbichler missed the move to the main final. Michael Kayser caused a stir by reaching the top-8. No less than 5 Germans were among the best 8, together with the Czechs Vladimir Horky and Zdenek Benes, and with Slovakia's Vlado Okali.
That the Plzen Blue King track is the fastest in Europe was again proven at the G7 race where ex-world champion Mario "MSP" Schöne realised a new world record over 40 minutes with 1317 laps. Vladimir Horky, who finished as runner-up, improved with 1298 laps also the old world record. Just as at the German Masters of December 7 of the 8 finalists achieved more than 1000 laps, even 6 more than 1100 laps. With 8 pros at the start (we wrote their names in bold face) the race went at level 3 after IOC points. Mario "MSP" Schöne collected in total 16 IOC points and jumps over Lasse Aberg (S), Brian Saunders (GB) and Paolo Trigilio (I) to appear again in the IOC-top-10. Peter Fröbel collected enough points to move from the amateur's status to the status of semi-pro. I thank Jiri Micek sr and Zdenek Benes for the received info. [JPVR]

racer  G27	Nat	Qualif	Semi	Main	IOC pts
1. Vladimir HORKY	CZ	1.814	465.09	947.02	0
2. Zdenek Benes	CZ	1.777	442.03	929.03	0
3. Heiko Thinschmidt	D	1.865	463.00	929.00	0
4. Peter Fröbel	D	1.831	455.03	926.07	0
5. Oliver Sonnbichler	A	1.782	456.02	892.01	0
6. Siggi Glink	D	1.932	444.05	886.04	0
7. Klaus Wickert	D	NT	442.02	885.01	0
8. Christian Kehl	D	1.895	452.06	844.00	0
9. Petr Krcil	CZ	NT	439.04	-	0
10. Elo Elo	D	1.937	434.06	-	0
11. Michael Kayser	D	1.896	434.01	-	0
12. Bastian Thinschmidt	D	1.879	430.05	-	0
13. Werner Lange	D	1.893	430.03	-	0
14. Thomas Leupold	A	1.950	416.02	-	0
15. Thomas Trantura	A	2.032	400.01	-	0
16. Karl-Thomas Graessel	D	1.899	392.08	-	0
17. Jaroslav Derner	CZ	NT	359.09	-	0
18. Ivan Skalsky	CZ	2.034	348.00	-	0