published: 2016-07-30 21:16:30 (49665) Author: Willy Wuyts |
LSOR Finals Day Report. |
 LSOR Finals Day Report.The finals of the Large Scale Euros were held under bright sunny skies and produced 2 worthy champions who managed to tame the wild track here in France. 2WD Final Rick Hofman scored a perfect weekend to take the 2WD championship for Elcon and the Netherlands. Hofman who had TQd all 4 rounds of qualifying, backed that up with a win in his Semi-final and then a lights to flag victory, blitzing the field including his brother Thijs who made it an historic 1-2 for the siblings as he fought off Adrian Uhrik for the middle step of the podium. In truth this was not an exciting final but the quality of Ricks driving could not be doubted, and as he said in his post race interview ´´Now I go to 4WD´´ I expect the drivers of the premier class are pretty worried! |
 4WD If the 2WD final was a bit dull the 4WD was a classic race that will live in the memory for the ages. Tim Van Der Elst led from pole in the new Ultron Car and was quickly joined in a train by pre event favourite Valentin Peuziat (MCD), Jerome Sartel (Losi) and 2012 champion Dario Veseli. Van Der elst eventually had to relinquish the lead with mechanical problems leaving the other 3 to battle for lap after lap with the lead constantly changing right up to the 25 minute mark when Sartel began to fall away. Veseli then began to pile on the pressure and Peuziat could not respond as his tyres had been shredded by the abrasive and treacherous surface. Veseli managed to stroke his car home in the final couple of minutes, and the Croatian became a very popular European champion. |
 Finally we must congratulate the ModelEspace club for the superb organisation of this event, one that the whole town seemed to embrace given the large number of spectators who turned out to see the racing... |
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