Pepinster International - August
14th/15th 2004
The annual
Pepinster event was held over the weekend of August 14-15th and the F2C event
attracted just 13 entrants this year. Weather on arrival was cool and overcast
on the Saturday with racing starting at midday.
Fastest in the
first round were Langworth/Broadhead - recording a 3:19.7 in the second race
of the day. The two teams of Fischer/Straniak (AUT) and Ougen/Surugue (FRA)
both flew in two-up races at the end of the first round and recorded 3:23.5
and 3:23.6 respectively to claim 2nd and 3rd spots.
The second round
saw many teams improve with Mohai/Nitsche (HUN/AUT) recording the fastest time
of the heats - a 3:15.3. The two French teams of Ougen/Surugue and
Bucci/Perret also went inside 3:20 to fill the next two places after the end
of round 2.
Round 3 was
pretty disastrous as many teams tried to hard to get into the 6 semi-final
positions - the fastest time recorded being a 3:25.1. Several
disqualifications were issued in this round and Fitzgerald/Bollen wrote their
model off when their take off tangled with a landing model and they performed
a perfect 3/4 loop into the deck.
The Sunday saw
blue skies and a nice warm day with plenty of sunshine.
In the first
round of semis Fischer/Straniak immediately led the way with a 3:17.2 and
Dessaucy/Dessaucy (BEL) put in a 3:22.0 in the same race. No other "fast"
times were recorded in the first round with Ougen/Surugue being disqualified
in a "robust" race for whipping and holding centre - other teams getting
reflies after landing their models to avoid a dangerous situation evolving.
In the second
round of semis both Fischer/Straniak and Langworth/Broadhead opted not to fly
thus giving a chance to two refly teams. The fastest time of the meeting came
in the second race with Ougen/Surugue taking advantage of an easy race to
record a superb 3:08.6 - this despite clipping the prop at the last stop !!.
Mohai/Nitsche put in a 3:22.8 and Borer/Studer a 3:22.9 but neither of these
was fast enough for a final place.
All three models
got away well at the start of the final with Ougen/Surugue clearly the fastest
in the air but a bit "close" on setting. During the second tank the French
model overheated and had to be backed off at the second stop.
Dessaucy/Dessaucy had restart problems towards the end of the race and the
French model now ran cold following the early adjustment. Fischer managed to
survive to the end - despite looking exhausted and were first over the finish
line with a 6:51.2 - Dessaucy/Dessaucy around 5 laps behind on a 6:59.8 and
Ougen/Surugue coming home with 7:14.9.
Congratulations
to the Belgian Club for a well organised event, a great banquet (fondue
affair) and a fantastic array of trophies.
(thanks for this
report - supplied by Dave Rudd)
| |
F2C |
|
HEAT 1 |
HEAT 2 |
HEAT 3 |
SEMI 1 |
SEMI 2 |
FINAL |
| 1 |
FISCHER J / STRANIAK H |
AUT |
3'23"5 |
58 laps |
3'26"7 |
3'17"2 |
|
6'51"2 |
| 2 |
DESSAUCY L / DESSAUCY J |
BEL |
3'31"2 |
3'20"8 |
3'38"6 |
3'22"0 |
50 laps |
6'59"8 |
| 3 |
OUGEN T / SURUGUE R |
FRA |
3'23"6 |
3'18"4 |
|
DISQ |
3'08"6 |
7'14"9 |
| 4 |
MOHAI I / NIETSCHE H |
HUN/AUT |
3'25"5 |
3'15"3 |
|
3'25"2 |
3'22"8 |
|
| 5 |
BORER H / STUDER H |
SUI |
3'41"8 |
3'31"7 |
DISQ |
|
3'22"9 |
|
| 6 |
LANGWORTH M /BROADHEAD J |
GBR |
3'19"7 |
3'23"2 |
3'25"1 |
3'33"5 |
|
|
| 7 |
FITZGERALD M / BOLLEN T |
GBR |
3'43"9 |
3'25"6 |
DISQ |
3'34"6 |
3'38"5 |
|
| 8 |
BUCCI L / PERRET JP |
FRA |
3'26"5 |
3'19"8 |
DISQ |
4'00"6 |
69 laps |
|
| 9 |
MILES D / YELDAHM G |
GBR |
4'00"4 |
3'34"2 |
3'57"1 |
|
|
|
| 10 |
PIERRON F / PERRET M (juniors) |
FRA |
4'33"2 |
3'51"8 |
|
|
|
|
| 11 |
KOLLAR S / SURUGUE G |
FRA |
4'01"8 |
43 laps |
DISQ |
|
|
|
| 12 |
METKEMEIJER B / METKEMEIJER R |
NED |
5'16"8 |
4'02"2 |
4'10"1 |
|
|
|
| 13 |
SIRJACQUES R / PICARD F |
FRA |
DISQ |
4'56"3 |
|
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