Team Orion Speed Weekend (Germany)
 

You can follow the action of the orion Speed Weekend at this website
team-orion-speed-weekend

Look at the drivers who are competing against each other, Rheinhard, Surikarn, Hara, Groskamp, Drescher and a lot more (sorry for those I forgot to mention). It is held in Rheinberg (Germany).

First training results are online. See url in the message above.

Top 10 (modified) after 3 rounds (fastest heat (last column) counts)

Hara, Atsushi 24 5.04,05 24 5.05,52 24 5.03,75 24 5.03,75
Rheinard, Marc 2 27,69 24 5.05,16 24 5.05,25 24 5.05,16 1,41
Spashett, David 23 5.05,75 23 5.00,44 24 5.07,37 24 5.07,37 3,62
Ahoniemi, Simo 24 5.26,53 24 5.11,60 24 5.08,18 24 5.08,18 4,43
Groskamp, Jilles 23 5.01,23 24 5.09,65 24 5.12,03 24 5.09,65 5,90
Myrberg, Joel 23 5.00,55 23 5.11,86 24 5.09,65 24 5.09,65 5,90
Moore, Andy 24 5.09,73 24 5.10,98 24 5.09,80 24 5.09,73 5,98
Wilck, Victor 23 5.00,77 11 2.24,82 24 5.09,82 24 5.09,82 6,07
Chajdajsuriya, Surikarn 24 5.11,43 24 5.10,49 24 5.10,29 24 5.10,29 6,54
Fischer, Marc 3 38,76 24 5.11,12 21 5.06,02 24 5.11,12 7,37

Further results are on the website Team Orion Speed Weekend (Germany)
Also some photo's are online. Just click 'Live News'

Looks like some great competition! And lost of good pics, especially of the track.

I personally love European carpet tracks. They are very good replicas of outdoor type tracks with lots of flowing turns and free space between lanes.

I hope the Carpet World Cup track in Geneva is of this caliber.

Rick, why don't you run carpet?

All 4 TC World Champions in the A-main so far.

Who will be the next one?

I agee with Rick. Due to space limitation, usually indoor carpet tracks are small.
This one is the largest I've seen so far with nice quick flowing turns.
From previous pictures, the Carpet World Cup takes place in a smaller arena, and last years track was pretty small..

But I dissagree with the pics.
Team Orion has spoiled us with much better coverage in the past.
This is taking place in Zurich if I am not mistaken.
I would expect much better coverage...
And pics of the equipment and cars of the top guys?
Where is all that? :cry:

@John:
The track is located at Rheinberg (Germany) and is organized bij a German RC club named: MAC Walsum. One of the organisers is Uwe Rheinard (yes indeed the father of .).
But on the other hand, there are pics ;-)
(And the result after 4 heats is on the site).

Top ten after last qually:

1. Hara, Atsushi - Hot Bodies/Orion - 24 5.03,75
2. Rheinard, Marc - Tamiya/Orion - 24 5.04,86
3. Spashett, David - Tamiya/Peak - 24 5.07,37
4. Ahoniemi, Simo - Corally/Corally - 24 5.08,18
5. Fischer, Marc - Corally/Corally - 24 5.08,99
6. Groskamp, Jilles - Xray/Peak - 24 5.09,65
7. Myrberg, Joel - Xray/Fantom - 24 5.09,65
8. Moore, Andy - Hot Bodies/Orion - 24 5.09,73
9. Wilck, Victor - Xray/Fantom - 24 5.09,82
10. Kaerup, Jonas - AE/Reedy - 24 5.09,88

Really?
Where?
Not of the track, organizers and Mr. Reinhard
I am talking about pics of the cars.. without the bodies.
Pics of the pit talbes to see all the new equipment.
Is there a link with these pics...?

Ok, I was wrong about the location... :blush:

BTW,
1st A-Final results:

1 Hara, Atsushi Team Hot Bodies 24 5.06,44
2 Rheinard, Marc MAC Andernach 24 5.06,83 0,39 0,39
3 Spashett, David Team Peak England 23 5.02,55 1 R 1 R
4 Wilck, Victor Team Xray schweden 23 5.03,33 1 R 0,78
5 Groskamp, Jilles Team Xray Niederlande 23 5.05,63 1 R 2,30
6 Kaerup, Jonas Team Asso Dδnemark 23 5.08,23 1 R 2,60
7 Moore, Andy Team HPI Europe 23 5.08,47 1 R 0,24
8 Ahoniemi, Simo Team Corally finnland 23 5.09,74 1 R 1,27
9 Fischer, Marc Racers Paradise 23 5.12,78 1 R 3,04
10 Myrberg, Joel Team Xray Schweden 22 5.01,39 2 R 1 R

Ah, no, there are no pictures of cars, equipment etc. On one of the first pictures you see Mr. Rheinhard, the 'big man' behind all of this.
I am sure there will be pictures (on other sites) after the event. Judging at the time, it is real close between Hara and Marc.
There are three very short videos (low quality, yes we are spoiled with the coverage of Team Orion in the past. I know it cost a lot of time and money to do that kind of coverage, and it was not possible at the moment).

Results of second final
1 Hara, Atsushi Team Hot Bodies 24 5.07,69
2 Rheinard, Marc MAC Andernach 24 5.08,24 0,55 0,55
3 Spashett, David Team Peak England 23 5.01,35 1 R 1 R
4 Fischer, Marc Racers Paradise 23 5.03,55 1 R 2,20
5 Kaerup, Jonas Team Asso Dänemark 23 5.04,51 1 R 0,96
6 Wilck, Victor Team Xray schweden 23 5.05,58 1 R 1,07
7 Moore, Andy Team HPI Europe 23 5.06,21 1 R 0,63
8 Myrberg, Joel Team Xray Schweden 23 5.08,85 1 R 2,64
9 Ahoniemi, Simo Team Corally finnland 23 5.12,57 1 R 3,72
10 Groskamp, Jilles Team Xray Niederlande 23 5.14,79 1 R 2,22

The main reason is time. This year I raced more than I have in past years racing mostly 1/8 off-road and 1/10 gas truck. These two classes take a lot of time.

I have thought about trying to race some of the bigger carpet races (Snowbirds/Cleveland?etc) but there is limited practice time unless you leave a week ahead and practice somewhere else. I am already gone enough:-)

I am racing Carpet at the World Cup :D

I think the World Cup track is bigger this year because the pits have been moved to allow for space for the track. At least I hope so. Last year's track was pretty small. I think the format has changed too which sounds pretty interesting.

Yeah I wish Team Orion was able to get coverage fort his race. I wish I knew why we aren't doing it. We have , by now, all seen what is possible with internet race coverage. It is probably a mattr of time and money.

Final Results, Modified:

A Final
1 -55 Hara, Atsushi
2 2028 Rheinard, Marc
3 -88 Spashett, David
4 3222 Fischer, Marc
5 1825 Groskamp, Jilles
6 -99 Wilck, Victor
7 -51 Kaerup, Jonas
8 -21 Moore, Andy
9 -87 Ahoniemi, Simo
10 -104 Myrberg, Joel

B Final
11 -66 Hudy, Martin
12 -25 Cosgrove, Ben
13 -29 Chajdajsuriya, Surikarn
14 -48 Graversen, Steen
15 3870 Stocker, Alex
16 3458 Leinburger, Steffen
17 1866 Völker, Ronald
18 -81 Weiss, Steven
19 -31 Drescher, Craig
20 -96 Sieber, Daniel

C Final
21 -36 Falter, Sascha
22 4182 Wischnewski, Dirk
23 1286 Mobers, Markus
24 1312 Gassauer, Patrick
25 2922 Bopp, Bernhard
26 2030 Rheinard, Toni
27 6881 Krapp, Christopher
28 -28 Andersson, Jonas
29 -15 Betticher, Jean-Marc
30 -14 Levanen, Juho

D Final
31 -13 Andersson, Christer
32 -43 Wubben, Bart
33 -72 Leino, Teemu
34 1387 Südhoff, Freddy
35 -32 Pumpler, Thomas
36 -61 Suzuki, Kiyo
37 -40 Miura, Masayuki
38 -108 Vässmar, Magnus
39 -5 Lein, Sebastian
40 1643 Krämer, Andy

E Final
41 2351 Prümper, Björn
42 1709 Püpke, Rene
43 8518 Hoffend, Martin
44 7993 Spiess, Uwe
45 -27 NïDyiale, Cyril
46 1435 Bischoff, Felix
47 -109 Kroos, Mischa
48 -17 Bösiger, Marc
49 2447 Thiele, Christoph
50 7652 Veronesi, Federico

F Final
51 -64 Huber, Philipp
52 2440 Thiele, Olaf
53 -85 Mikkelsen, Thomas
54 8951 Hennig, Bastian
55 -70 Jensen, Lars Alex
56 3608 Geier, Christian
57 1506 Altmann, Tim
58 -65 Hudy, Juray
59 4161 Schönrock, Pascal
60 -97 Stensen, Endre

G Final
61 2370 Prümper, Yannick
62 -100 Van der Hagen, Chris
63 -74 Sobota, Peter
64 8760 Klei, Andreas
65 -78 Meier, Mattias
66 9293 Schiller, Thorsten
67 1493 Altmann, Kai
68 -54 Hagnauer, Philipp
69 -90 Vonderschen, Martin
70 -39 Rubow, Manuel

H Final
71 -91 Kunz, Tobias
72 4104 Franke, Oliver
73 -47 Grabis, Mathias
74 -73 Gutenberger, Peer
75 8437 Köpke, Melanie
76 -3 Adolfs, Thomas
77 4442 Heibrock, Oliver
78 7131 Mampel, Jörg
79 8386 Kreisig, Marc
80 -80 Ravn, Michael