Round 4 and the Norwegian winter series was hosted by Borg MRK. This club is well known for it’s good races with big tracks and organisations , but most of the drivers got big eyes when they saw the track this time. Some ask if it was made for mini-z or M18 cars, so for some it was a little strange that BMRK had a so small track for this round
The race was at Quality resort hotel in Sarpsborg, and it was the hotel who stood for the serving but just a few drivers used the hotel for its refreshments- This was due the prices on things. Here is a list of prices
Breakfast 20$
Lunch 45$
Coffee 5$
Soda 7$
So most of the driver used other places to eat and buy some thing to drink
In SuperStock (19 turn) saw the best starting field so far this year, and they was out for Marcus Alvestad since he had won the last 2 NC races. So if any one else should have a chance to win the NCn Marcus Alvestad was the man to beat. After ended qualifying this was the starting line up for the A main
1 Marcus Alvestad Kyosho
2 Petter Berntsen Xray
3 Kai Ronning Tamiya?
4 Leif Tore Stensrud Tamiya
5 Lars A Andersen Xray
6 Knut Enger Xray
7 Kjell Nilsen Tamiya
8 Truls ”short cut” Solberg Tamiya
9 Jarle Karlsen Xray
10 Rune Nilsen Xray
In modified the best 3 drivers was on pace to fight for glory and honour, was this the day that Eirik Andreassen could take the win from Helge Johannessen and Adrian Berntsen, or had the Xray drives such an advantage since the have been wining all winter. After ended qualifying this was the starting line-up for the A main
1 Adrian Berntsen Xray
2 Helge Johannessen Xray
3 Eirik Andreassen Tamiya
4 Truls ”short cut” Solberg Tamiya
5 Christer Antonsen Hot Bodies
6 Roger Berntsen Xray
7 Gøran Langsholt Serpent
8 John Lara Associated
9 Kjell G Guttormsen Tamiya
10 Oddbjørn Tromborg Xray
In 1:12 Track some old ”new” faces had crawled out for this race since it was a big test of the carpet before the nationals. Havard Stenberg was a man to watch out for and Joakim Waale Loken was 2 of the “new ones” that could managed to give the Dahl brothers a fight. Or maybe it was touring/nitro star Helge Johannessen that was trying to dominate this class. This was the line up for the A mins in 1:12
1 Rolf Dahl BMI
2 Havard Stenberg Associated
3 Bjorn Dahl BMI
4 Joakim Waale Loken Corally
5 Tor Arne Nicolaisen Corally
6 Oistein Mo
7 Helge Johannessen CRC
8 Johnny Magnussen BMI
9 Torbjorn Jorgensen Corally
10 Ole ”Airborne” Bro BMI
Final 1 Superstock
After a start with a lot of crashes Petter Berntsen got clean away, and managed to get a lead over Marcus Alvestad, and managed to hold on his lead. This leaving Marcus Alvestad on 2nd and Truls “short cut” Solberg on 3rd . It was these 3 drives who was on pace to fight for the win.
Final 2
Now it was Marcus Alvestads time to be the dominant in this final, leaving the others behind.
And he win this final, followed by Truls “short cut” Solberg and Lars A Andersen. Petter Bentsen had some problems with his belts snapping on his Xray and had a DNF in this final.
Final 3
Again it was Marcus Alvestad who got clean away , after Petter Berntsen got a penalty for jumpstart. This may probably cost him the overall victory, a small heads up was that Petter Berntsen did set the fastest lap time by 7,059 sec. He was followed by Truls “short cut” Solberg so the total list after 3 mains was like this
1 Marcus Alvestad Kyosho
2 Petter Berntsen Xray
3 Truls ”short cut” Solberg Tamiya
4 Lars A Andersen Xray
5 Knut Enger Xray
6 Kjell Nilsen Tamiya
7 Rune Nilsen Xray
8 Kai Ronning Tamiya?
9 Jarle Karlsen Xray
10 Leif Tore Stensrud Tamiya
Winner of B final Jan-Tore Monstad
Finale 1 modified
Here did the top 3 pull away and followed each other closely, but after half driven final Adrian Berntsen was taken out by a slower car and he DNF. After this Helge Johannessen could ease on his driving and secure his first win of the day followed by Eirik Andreassen 2nd and Truls “short cut” Solberg on 3rd
Finale 2 modified
Again the top 3 did pull way from the rest of the field. This final was to be a real close race. After 5 min of driving the difference was 0,9 sec from Helge Johannessen to Adrian Berntsen on 2nd after Adrian had lead this final all the time. After a small incident Helge got in front and again Eirik Andreassen took the 3rd spot
Finale 3 modified
Like the other finals this was the same in the front leaving the rest of the field behind. After 12 laps Adrian Berntsen got in trouble after his belt snapped on his Xray, this gave Helge Johannessen and Eirik Andreassen the chance for a fight. After 28 laps Helge Johannessen makes a small driving error and Eirik passes by and managed to take the win in this last final.
Overall list modified
1 Helge Johannessen Xray
2 Eirik Andreassen Tamiya
3 Truls ”short cut” Solberg Tamiya
4 Roger Berntsen Xray
5 Christer Antonsen Hot Bodies
6 Adrian Berntsen Xray
7 Oddbjorn Tromborg Xray
8 John Lara Associated
9 Goran Langsholt Serpent
10 Kjell G Guttormsen Tamiya
Winner of B final was Robin Simonsen Nordlie
Final 1:12 Track
It was time for the big showdown in 1:12 and the Dahl brothers takes the lead, but after some incidents Havard Stenberg take over the lead and secures his win followed by Joakim Waale Loken and Bjorn Dhal on 3rd.
Final 2 1:12 Track
This was the revenge and the Dahl brothers leaving the rest behind. Again it was bigbrother Bjorn Dahl who was the better of them and managed to win in front of little brother Rolf Dahl, followed by Tor Arne Nicolaisen on 3rd
Final 3 1:12 Track
In this final we saw some horrible driving. Some of the drivers should had a lesson in driving 101. A gentleman's agreement if you drive on some one you should wait and let him pass you again before you start to drive on, but in this final to much stood on stake for some drives who has to win at all price. This made some impacts in this final. In the end it was
Joakim Waale Loken, followed by Havard Stenberg and Torbjorn Jorgensen in 3rd
After 3 mains this was the list for 1:12
1 Joakim Waale Loken Corally
2 Havard Stenberg Associated
3 Bjorn Dahl BMI
4 Rolf Dahl BMI
5 Tor Arne Nicolaisen Corally
6 Torbjørn Jorgensen Corally
7 Johnny Magnussen BMI
8 Oistein Mo
9 Ole ”Airborne” Bro BMI
10 Helge Johannessen CRC
Winner of B final was Joakim Nicolaisen
Next round is 17/02 in Fagernes with a track on 600sqm stay tuned for next report