Norwegian National Winter Series - Kvinesdal

The first round of the Norwegian National Winter Series was organised by the Kvinesdal RC Club in the South of Norway with a record entry of over 80 drivers in attendance. Held in the classes of Touring Car Modified, Touring Car Stock 13.5T, Touring Car Recruit 21.5T and 1/12th scale Modified the race format saw three rounds of qualifying with the best result to count followed by triple mains. In the Touring Car Modified class raining Nordic Champion and Schumacher team driver Nikolai Haaheim would secure the overall TQ by topping all three rounds of qualifying. A close 2nd was Team Associated driver Petter Berntsen, Oskar Fjeld (Yokomo) followed in 3rd while Rune Svestol (Xray) came in 4th.

Norwegian National Winter Series Rd1 – Report

In the opening A-main Nikolai made a jump-start and was given a stop and go penalty and this allowed Petter and Oskar to pull away right from the start. Nikolai closed the gap but made contact with Oskar as he tried to make a pass, resulting in Nikolai to drop further down. This also allowed Petter to pull away and to take the win in the first leg. Nikolai eventually closed on Oskar again and made the pass to secure the 2nd place while Oskar finished in 3rd. In the 2nd final Nikolai had a clean start and he took the win from tone to tone win with Petter in a close 2nd and Oskar in 3rd once again. Come the last final Nikolai made a clean start again and opened a gap to Petter and Oskar. As the final went into its second half, Petter was emerging as the faster driver and started closing in on Nikolai. In the closing stages Nikolai ran into some traffic that slowed him down and allowed Petter to come right on his tail. However, Nikolay kept his cool and finished in 1st spot, three tenth of a second in front of Petter. Oskar once again finished in 2rd.

Touring Car Modified top 10:

1. Nikolai Haaheim – Schumacher/Muchmore

2. Petter Berntsen – Team Associated/Hobbywing

3. Oskar Fjeld – Yokomo/Muchmore

4. Tobias Sanden – Yokomo/Muchmore

5. Rune Svestol – Xray/Muchmore

6. Oystein Nygaard – Xray/Muchmore

7. Christian Aarli Hunsbedt – Xray/Muchmore

8. Haakon Nygaard – Xray/Orca

9. Geri Bjarte Terum – ARC/Muchmore

10.Lars A. Andersen – ARC/Muchmore

Touring Stock 13.5T top 10:

1. Roger Berntsen – Team Associated

2. Jonas Ramsrud – Serpent

3. Egil Amtedal – Yokomo

4. Espen Fjeldvaar – Tamiya

5. Jone Stakkeland – Xray

6. Steinar Orholm – ARC

7. Daniel Sindland – Xray

8. Kjetil Nordfonn – ARC

9. Anders Kleven – Xray

10.Emil Sorland Solberg – Xray

Touring Recruit 21.5T top 3:

1. Anders Engedal – Xray

2. Andreas Bryne – Schumacher

3. William Sorland Solberg – Xray

1/12th Modified top 10:

1. Helge Johannessen – Team Associated

2. Lars Haugen – Team Associated

3. Tom Erik Haaversen – Xray

4. Oyvind Stusdal – CRC

5. Joakim Waale Loken – Yokomo

6. Bjorn Dahl – Xray

7. Trygve Berntsen – Xray

8. Christian Hovden – Yokomo

9. Trygve Bull Freng – Xray

10.Lasse Andresen – Team Associated

Source: N. Håheim