Tosolini & Swauger take victory at Florida Winternats

The 2010 Florida Winter Nationals are over and it was Sedan TQ Chris Tosolini that took the win in the 45 minute A-main, while in 1/8th scale it was class TQ Mike Swauger that also came out on top. Tosolini, who was driving the new Capricorn LAB-C01, was made work hard for his victory after stalling at the start, meaning he had to come back from 2 laps down to take the win. Made a little easier by drivers ahead of him making mistakes or flaming out, Chris’ outright pace was the deciding factor and when long time leader Ralph Burch started to run low on tires forcing him to change close to the end, Chris was able to get out in front and pull a 3 lap lead by the flag. Xray driver Ralph finished up in 2nd only 2 seconds ahead of a recovering DJ Apolaro, driving the Serpent 733. In 1/8th scale, Mugen driver Mike Swauger was able to convert his pole position into a 3 lap victory, with Serpent driver Paolo Morganti in 2nd and Italian racer Marco Vanni in 3rd. Like the Sedan final, it too was a race of attrition with only 5 drivers running at the end.

.12 Sedan A-Main Results
1. CHRIS TOSOLINI – 204 Laps in 45:02.67
2. RALPH BURCH – 201 Laps in 45:05.59
3. DJ APOLARO – 201 Laps in 45:07.66
4. PAUL LEMIUEX – 198 Laps in 45:12.38
5. JUAN PAOLO GOLOBIC – 149 Laps in 45:11.74
6. PAOLO MORGANTI – 109 Laps in 24:52.72
7. FRANCESCO MARTINI – 101 Laps in 45:14.91
8. SCOTT RISTER – 95 Laps in 22:22.70
9. CHRIS LEFEBVRE – 75 Laps in 29:51.49
10.MIKE SWAUGER – 68 Laps in 15:09.49

1/8 4WD Open A-Main Results
1. MIKE SWAUGER – 223 Laps in 45:06.49
2. PAOLO MORGANTI – 220 Laps in 45:04.47
3. MARCO VANNI – 212 Laps in 45:01.78
4. TONY RICE – 212 Laps in 45:10.32
5. RAFAEL ANGULO – 197 Laps in 45:11.89
6. SCOTTY GRAY – 119 Laps in 24:28.13
7. RONIEL REGALADO – 66 Laps in 14:30.21
8. SCOTT RISTER – 55 Laps in 13:08.92
9. DJ APOLARO – 32 Laps in 6:32.49
10.TED HAMMER – 9 Laps in 2:03.83

Images: David Larry