Erik Demuth wins Rd1 of the Brazilian 1/5th Nats

The first round of this year’s Brazilian 1/5th scale National championship was held at the Clube Conesul in Portão Rio Grande do Sul Brasil. The track was very cold on the Saturday morning and the times slow, but after some qualifying rounds the lap times came down with Erik Demuth with his FG/Abbate Racing car made the best time on the track followed by Renato Brentato, Rui Vlademir and Stener completing the top 4 qualifiers to the final. The Main final scheduled to begin at 15:00 hours saw turmoil after problems with race timing saw the start of race being canceled. At the second start, Erik Demuth kept the lead until the finish. Renato Brentano who started second dropped down the order after a first corner crash but recovered to finish in second place. The third place went to Stener who was running his new car for the first time in this race and has already achieved great results. Young 8 year old racer Nicolas Lucae finished the race in an impressive 5th place showing that he will be one of the strong names for the future in Brazil.

Final Results:
1. Demuth Erik – 77 Laps in 30:21.850
2. Brentano Renato – 76 Laps in 30:15.580
3. Stener Stener – 72 Laps in 30:21.043
4. Santos Mauro – 71 Laps in 30:08.869
5. Lucae Nicolas – 70 Laps in 30:07.956
6. Kunze Eduardo – 70 Laps in 30:13.374
7. Barbosa Rui Vlademir – 69 Laps in 30:03.193
8. Sepel Flávio – 66 Laps in 30:09.473
9. Joazeiro Pedro Moacir – 60 Laps in 30:12.229
10.Jackson Jackson – 52 Laps in 29:02.007

Source: CHZ RC [chzrc.com.br]

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