
Race
Report

Qualifying
1. Grant Reeve Nightmare on Pit Lane 1m13.929
2. Rene Smit Nightmare on Pit Lane 1m13.945
3. David Pennington Penlight Renault 1m14.272
4. Robert Romanowski BMS Racing 1m14.290
5. Robert Schaftlein Red Five Renault 1m14.421
6. Reinhold Schatzer 1m14.423
7. Robert Houghton Wreckage Inc 1m14.432
8. Oliver Roberts Digitech 1m14.609
9. Tero Savolainen Ural Ravers 1m14.676
10. Hans Gunnar Hansen Virtual Trundle 1m14.786
11. Luigi Pasciuto Italcar 1m15.242
12. Thomas Guenther Tonga Racing 1m15.279
13. Stephen Orr Ant Hill Mob 1m15.416
14. Alan Strang Digitech 1m15.425
15. David Wright Team Blizzard 1m15.441
16. Uwe Schuerkamp BMS Racing 1m15.464
17. Chris Bush 1m15.565
18. Jason Hess Red Five Renault 1m15.570
19. David Shaw Wreckage Inc. 1m15.710
20. Niko Jukarainen Penlight Renault 1m15.768
21. Anthony Long Wartburger Rennpappe 1m15.919
22. Axel Bruns Wartburger Rennpappe 1m15.949
Markus Kruggel Wild 13 1m15.949
24. Antonio Lodia Italcar 1m16.015
25. Robert Gustavsson 1m16.021
26. Eric Pilote Creasim 1m16.165
27. Michal Janak Magia-Chrysler 1m16.185
28. Paul Venkatesh Carnage Crew 1m16.187
29. James Smith Team Blitz 1m16.214
30. Andrew Clark Ant Hill Mob 1m16.216
31. Ste Hawkes Virtual Trundle 1m16.238
32. Mr Tom Taxipower 1m16.250
33. Paul Robins Stephenson Rocket 1m16.280
34. Nuno Maltez 1m16.432
35. Alisdair Walker 1m16.444
36. Michael Janzen Wild 13 1m16.460
37. Michael Askin Zippy-Volvo 1m16.472
38. Paul French The Spacemen 1m16.560
39. Peter Daas Sunny Coupe 1m17.139
40. Andrew Middleton 1m17.649
41. Radovan 'Raduz' Drazny AAtRV 1m18.091
42. Shawn Falzarano 1m18.108
43. Michal 'Snake' Hofman AAtRV 1m18.508
44. Stephen Keegan 1m19.040
Race - 81 Laps1. Oliver Roberts Digitech 1h49m49.284 20 2. Tero Savolainen Ural Ravers 1h50m33.145 16 3. Grant Reeve Nightmare on Pit Lane 1h50m39.044 12+1 4. David Pennington Penlight Renault 1h50m48.514 10 5. Reinhold Schatzer 1h50m56.062 8 6. Alan Strang Digitech 1h51m09.829 6 7. David Wright Team Blizzard 1h51m16.441 4 8. Jason Hess Red Five Renault 1h51m18.125 3 9. Rob Houghton Wreckage Inc 1h51m20.901 2 10. Hans Gunnar Hansen Virtual Trundle 1h51m25.302 1 11. Andrew Clark Ant Hill Mob 1h51m40.041 12. Pedro Celli Senna Team 1h51m53.127 13. Stephen Orr Ant Hill Mob 1h51m55.363 14. Robert Gustavsson 1h52m09.452 15. Thomas Guenther Tonga Racing 1h52m13.591 16. Niko Jukarainen Penlight Renault 1h52m16.683 17. Anthony Long Wartburger Rennpappe 1h52m18.540 18. Robert Romanowski BMS Racing 1h52m20.863 19. Axel Bruns Wartburger Rennpappe 1h52m28.405 20. Luigi Pasciuto Italcar 1h52m32.801 21. Alisdair Walker 1h52m43.816 22. David Shaw Wreckage Inc. 1h52m47.296 23. Michael Askin Zippy-Volvo 1h52m59.075 24. Markus Kruggel Wild 13 1h53m05.686 25. Mr Tom Taxipower 1h53m26.341 26. Nuno Maltez 1h53m26.437 27. Paul Venkatesh Carnage Crew 1h53m28.729 28. Michal Janak Magia-Chrysler 1h53m46.690 29. Andrew Middleton Carnage Crew 1h54m16.513 30. Uwe Schuerkamp BMS Racing 1h54m35.654 31. Paul French The Spacemen 1h54m50.538 32. Peter Daas Sunny Coup -1 lap 33. Martin Millward Ural Ravers 67 laps 34. Robert Schaftlein Red Five Renault 57 laps 35. Rene Smit Nightmare on Pit Lane 47 laps 36. James Smith Team Blitz 29 laps 37. Michal 'Snake' Hofman AAtRV 24 laps 38. Paul Robins Stephenson Rocket 21 laps 39. Michael Janzen Wild 13 17 laps 40. Radovan 'Raduz' Drazny AAtRV 14 laps 41. Eric Pilote Creasim 10 laps 42. Stephen Keegan 6 laps 43. Antonio Lodia Italcar DNF
The Nightmare on Pit Lane team looked set to make a running start to this year's championship after dominating the qualifying session. However, the domination of the old Omega Fusion team was short lived. Having tried to overtake 3 back markers at the end of the main straight, Rene Smit scraped the wall and couldn't make the pass. Anxious not to lose more time he attempted again on the next corner, but broke too late, and became another victim of the concrete walls at Phoenix. Both on an interesting 4 stop D tyre strategy, Grant Reeve continued as the lone NoPL competitor, but was unfortunate to lose a possible win after being caught up in a pit entrance accident. Needing a new front wing he risked reversing into and down the pit lane to save time, and a stylish hand-brake turn momentarily threated the lives of his pit crew. Such antics saved lots of time, but the event still cost him over a minute.
Robert Schaftlein was another top contender to make a bad start this year, being caught up in another pit lane incident. This time Robert had tried to squeeze down the inside of some slow cars to get to the pit lane, but found one of them dive for the pits at the the same time and it removed him from the race. David Pennington was more true to form, but appeared to be over-driving and a spin in lap 78 may have reduced his possible finishing position. Also worth a mention are top newcomers Tero Savolainen and Reinhold Schatzer. It's tough at the top, and these guys are straight into the first race with good finishes. The Ant Hill Mob are also new, and already poised for success. Definitely people to watch....
Last modified: Fri Dec 1 15:31:05 1995