Nordman & Ronnefalk claim Nordic titles
Last weekend saw the Nordic Championships take place in 1/10th 2WD and 4WD buggy at the Radøy raceway in Norway, not too far from Bergen. The race featured a really strong field with champions from Norway, Sweden and Finland in contention.2WD kicked off with a wet track making the standings a little unexpected initially, but with a drying track for the final two rounds the results really changed as PerErik Nordman came into shape with his Kyosho Ultima RB-5 SP2 and won the last two of the 4 rounds of qualifying making him the top qualifier.
Finals were quite exciting as the wind got stronger and track temperatures went up and down all through the afternoon. PerErik and Kjell-Gunnar Guttormsen battled all through A-main 1 but after a solid overtaking maneuver PerErik held a firm grip on the lead as he won the first round. A-main 2 ended with a DNF for PerErik after he crashed out and Kjell-Gunnar won the round making him a hot contender for the overall win ahead of the last round. A-main 3 saw PerErik scamper off to take the win with a solid run ahead of a fast David Ronnefalk and Ketil Petersen.
2WD podium:
1. PerErik Nordman – Kyosho/Orion
2. Kjell-Gunnar Guttormsen – Team Associated/LRP
3. Ketil Petersen – Team Associated
4WD was run on Sunday in fantastic conditions with a dry track and plenty of sunshine throughout the day. Practice showed this was a race about PerErik Nordman and 1/8th scale ace David Ronnefalk as they matched each other all through the event with quite a gap to third. Former Swedish Champion Otto Ausfelt was the only one who got close to the pace of David & PerErik’s Orion powered Kyosho Lazer ZX-5 FS2 cars.
PerErik and David split the four rounds of qualifying equally winning two rounds each, PerErik had a better time and took TQ with a margin of 0.6s ahead of David. David proved a little more consistent than PerErik through the finals as he won the race with a really strong drive in A-main 1 & 2. PerErik won the last round securing a 1-2 victory for the Swedish Kyosho team.
4WD podium:
1. David Ronnefalk – Kyosho/Orion
2. PerErik Nordman – Kyosho/Orion
3. Otto Ausfelt – Yokomo
Thanks to PerErik Nordman for the report.
