2007 Winternats, Florida – Tuesday Day 3
Well the rain held off, and the sun came out, to allow the organisers get the scheduled 2 rounds of qualifying in on Tuesday. In the 1/8th class, reigning Champion Mike Swauger, driving his MRT Ninja powered Mugen MRX-R, managed to squeeze the top spot away from Paolo Morganti, the Serpent racer just 1 second behind in 2nd position. Former 1/10th Winternats champ Scotty Gray was a further 3 seconds back in 3rd ahead of a non finishing Josh Cyrul who lines up a very quick 4th despite a DNF on this fastest run.
In the 200mm Sedan class, Ralph Burch, has put the all new Xray NT1 on provisional pole position ahead of Serpent 720 racer Danny Horta who was 9 seconds back in 2nd. But this of course doesnt tell the true story as both Chris Tosolini driving a Kyosho and Paolo Morganti with his Serpent 720 didnt manage to finish their fastest runs, which had they done so would have seen them a within 1 or 2 seconds of Burch. Qualfiying continues on Wednesday with rounds 3 and 4 to be run, we will keep you updated with the results and more pictures.
View some pictures as well as the top 10 after 2 rounds here…
1/8th Qualifying after 2 rounds
1. Mike Swauger – 24L 5.08 (Mugen MRX4R)
2. Paolo Morganti – 24L 05.09 (Serpent 960)
3. Scotty Gray – 24L 5.12 (Serpent 960)
4. Josh Cyrul – 23L 4.56 (Kyosho Evolva)
5. Chris Tosolini – 23L 5.01 (Kyosho Evolva)
6. Vincent Jackson – 23L 5.02 (Mugen MRX4R)
7. Michael Salven – 23L 5.03 (Serpent 960)
8. Aaron Buran – 23L 5.04 (Kyosho Evolva)
9. Philip Abed – 23L 5.04 (Mugen MRX4R)
10. Marco Vanni – 23L 5.06 (Mugen MRX4R)
1/10th Sedan Qualifying after 2 rounds
1. Ralph Burch – 22L 5.04 (Xray NT1)
2. Danny Horta – 22L 5.13 (Serpent 720)
3. Chris Tosolini – 21L 4.51 (Kyosho RRR)
4. Paolo Morganti – 21L 4.56 (Serpent 720)
5. Mark Green – 21L 5.04 (Serpent 720)
6. Barry Baker – 21L 5.05 (Xray NT1)
7. Teemu Leino – 21L 5.05 (Xray NT1)
8. Darin Ishitani – 21L 5.05 (Mugen MTX4)
9. Daniel Tomaschko – 21L 5.07 (Serpent 720)
10. Andrew Duperrouzel – 21L 5.07 (Mugen MTX4)
You can view the full results here.
You can also find a lot more images at the event site here.
Images: The Border [the-border.com]
