Carlos Peracho wins Spanish Nationals opener

Last weekend the first national race of the Spanish 1/8th On-Road Championship took place in Cerdanyola, close to Barcelona. The weather forecast was not very promising but only a little rain shower on Friday morning delayed the start of the free practice. Qualifying saw Oscar Cabezas, driving a Motonica, take the pole position ahead of Serpent driver Nacho Lopez in 2nd, with Shepherd drivers Carlos Peracho and Joaquin Villegas having a good run to take 3rd and 4th.

They were joined by Shepherd driver Alberto Gonzalez who bumped up from the semi finals. At the start of the final Carlos showed that he was fast. Although he made some small mistakes he put a lot of pressure on the leading duo of Cabezas and Lopez. Cabezas soon broke his car after driving over some pieces on the track, passing the lead to Lopez who had a nice fight with Carlos. During this stage of the race Alberto Gonzales had to retire due to radio problems. At 14 minute of race Carlos ran out of fuel losing 3 laps on Lopez but he still remained in 2nd place. A few minutes later Lopez had to retire too due to a mechanical problem, giving the lead to Carlos who crossed the finish line in 1st position in front of Carles Echarri. Joaquin, who had some problems at the beginning of the race, was also able to recover and finished in 3rd position.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]