Adrian Bernsten wins Rd1 of Norwegian Nats
Adrian Bernsten sent us a report from the first race of the Norwegian National Outdoor Series that was held last weekend in Spydeberg on Spydeberg Raceways beautiful facility. The practice started already on Friday, with 26 drivers present at the track. Throughout the practice it was me that could set the fastest lap times, with Helge Johannesen and my uncle Stig Berntsen closely behind. I had a good feeling before the race, since I’ve had a lot of practice there and have been the fastest. On Saturday we could also have some testing before the race, but then I got big radio problems. This continued on the first 2 qualification rounds as well, without finding out what the problem was. So before the 3rd and last qualification rounds we changed the receiver and created a new module on my radio. The problem was solved and I could drive my only, and the last qualification round without any problems. I also put the TQ run, with 7 seconds in front of Tom Erik Haaversen which claimed the 2nd spot, with Georg Ellingsen in 3rd and with Helge Johannesen claiming the last place to go directly to the main final.
The drivers that bumped up to the main final from the semifinals were all Xray drivers: Stig Berntsen, Frank Andersen, Truls Solberg, Joakim Nicolaisen, Bjoern Dahl and Mathias Rud making it 9 of 10 drivers driving an Xray car. When the main final started I started to pull away, having between 0.3-0.7 seconds faster lap times than everyone else on each lap, also my refueling lap times was approximately 1 second faster than everyone else. This quickly gave me a big and good lead, and in the end no one could touch me, and I won 5 laps in front of Tom Erik Haaversen in 2nd and Frank Andersen in third.
Top 10 results:
1. Adrian Berntsen – Xray
2. Tom Erik Haaversen – Xray
3. Frank Andersen – Xray
4. Helge Johannesen – Shepherd
5. Joakim Nicolaisen – Xray
6. Stig Berntsen – Xray
7. Georg Ellingsen – Xray
8. Truls Solberg – Xray
9. Bjoern Dahl – Xray
10.Mathias Rud – Xray
Thanks to Adrian Bernsten for the report.
