Austrian nitro on-road nationals Rd4

The fourth round of the Austrian nitro on-road nationals took place at the MORAC track in Graz, the venue of the 1/10 IC EC-A in 2013. Heavy rain on Saturday meant that only one driver tried tackle the first round of qualifiers and even the Sunday started wet, although under better conditions. As the rain stopped the track became more dry every round and nearly all drivers did their best to qualify as high in the ranking as possible. The third and final round of qualifiers took place under nearly dry conditions but mechanical problems for many of the usual top drivers meant mixed up qualifying results.

1/8 Top 4
1. Herfried Pucher – Motonica/Picco
2. Chrisitian Völker – Serpent/Novarossi
3. Harald Wendy – Serpent/Novarossi
4. Peter Grandinger – Xray/Novarossi

1/10 Top 4
1. Kurt Hubeny – Xray/Orcan
2. Manuel Singer – Xray/Novarossi
3. Michael Meisinger – Xray/Orcan
4. Leonardo Varga – Serpent/Orcan

The 1/8th semi B went to Nejc Mihelic, with Gerhard Ambros coming in in second place. The semi A went to Herfried Pucher 0.8 sec in front of Michael Klausner. In the A final Klausner took the lead in the first lap while Pucher, Gremlica and Mihelic ran into trouble with traction-rolling cars. Christian Schiff had a smooth and clear run handing him the second place with Harald Wendy coming in third after a tough battle with Scharler and Ambross.

1/8 final result
1. Michael Klausner – Mugen/Novarossi
2. Christian Schiff – Xray/Novarossi
3. Harald Wendy – Serpent/Novarossi
4. Erich Scharler – Mugen/Novarossi

In the 1/10th 200mm class the semi B was won by Gerhard Kandelhart in front of Leonardo Varga and the semi A went to Daniel Tomaschko followed by Markus Berer. In the final Manuel Singer took the lead after a few laps and won ahead of Gerhard Kandelhart and Franz Engel.

1/10 final result
1. Manuel Singer Xray/Novarossi
2. Gerhard Kandelhart Xray/Orcan
3. Franz Engel Xray Oran

Thanks to Michael Selner for the report.