The MSCC Open and the final round of the South German Championship were held on February 25-26 in Althengstett, a small town near Stuttgart. All together over 100 racers attended and the MSCC prepared a very fast and big indoor track. The organisation was top notch, there was good inexpensive food at the track, and even the timetable was held perfectly. At the drivers meeting, everybody was welcomed with a glass of champagne because the MCSS was celebrating its 10th birthday. Very cool⦠where else do you get something like that?
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The race started with three rounds of controlled practice. Team XRAY was represented by Thomas GĂĽnsel and Alexander Stocker followed by a lot of other XRAY drivers. The T2 worked perfectly right from the start.
From the beginning, Alex Stocker set the pace in the modified class but was followed closely by Felix Bischoff.
In the last qualification round Alexander Stocker showed the potential of the T2 by setting a new lap record and secured his pole position with the first and only 27 lap run of the weekend. Second was youngster Felix Bishoff with his Tamiya 415 MSX, followed by Bernhard Bopp with his Cyclone car.
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First Final
Alex Stocker hit a curb at the first corner, giving Felix Bischoff the possibility to take first place. But after a small mistake from Felix Bischoff it was again Alex who took the lead and he kept it until the end. Felix had some problems with his Tamiya and had to retire, and so Steffen Leinburger took second place.
Second Final
Right from the start Alex and Felix opened a gap ahead of the followers. Alex had a very fast and clean run and in the end won the final 5 seconds ahead of Felix Bischoff, thus securing the overall win. Steffen Leinburger came in third.
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Third Final:
Alex decided to try a slightly different setup which turned out to be a little faster but also a bit more tricky to drive. Through some mistakes of Alex, Felix Bischoff got into the lead and won the third final closely followed by Alex and Eric Dankel (who drove his T2 for the first time).
Final Ranking â“ Modified:
1. Alexander Stocker XRAY T2
2. Felix Bischoff Tamiya 415 MSX
3. Steffen Leinburger Hot Bodies 4. Dankel Eric XRAY T2
Stock Finals
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The stock finals were a close battle between Peter Deggelmann, Markus Wegmann und Thomas GĂĽnsel.
The first final was won by Peter Deggelmann followed by Markus Wegmann and Thomas GĂĽnsel. Right from the start, the top three opened a big gap ahead of the rest of the field.
In the second final, Markus Wegmann won with his T2 in front of Peter Deggelmann with Thomas again being third. So a interesting third final is going to come.
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In the third final, right from the start it was very close between the top three. After Markus had a little mistake, Thomas GĂĽnsel hunted Peter Deggelmann and was able to catch the lead. Then Thomas and Peter had some problems with each other but they kept it clean and waited if they would hit each other. This gave Markus the chance to come closer and closer and finally he managed to take the lead from GĂĽnsel. In the end he won the last final followed by Deggelmann and GĂĽnsel.
Final Ranking â“ Stock
1. Wegmann Markus XRAY T2
2. Deggelmann Peter 3. GĂĽnsel Thomas XRAY T2
4. Dirk Endres
5. Reich Patrik
6. Siegel Josef 7. Satorius Daniel XRAY T2
8. Ring Florian XRAY T2
9. Elena Kolloff 10. Hofer Martin XRAY T2
