Chris Callow & Leigh Hocken, 1st & 2nd place in F3D (AMPRA Champs).
The below PDFs contain the results for resent AMPRA Championships held in Maryborough, QLD.
AMPRA 2012 results
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Werribee Q500 & Sport pylon day
The weather for this day was brilliant. There was just a light breeze and mostly sunny. There was even a sighting of sun block in the pits.
Discussion in the pits before racing starts
There was some very close racing in Q500. One race saw a mid-air collision between Terry O’Connor and Mark French. Mark came out of it unscathed but the same couldn’t be said for Terry.
There was 3 EF-1 (Electric F1) models racing and a new comer to pylon, Daniel Arapakis racing his trainer. Well done to Daniel! He improved dramatically during the day.
This event is always a great opportunity for people to try pylon racing for the first time.
The results are now post on the site – results>>>
Daniel waits for the countdown to start
And he's off
Warrnambool 2012 – Event Report
Brian, James, Jim & Tom on the way out to the line - FA1 (Aust F3D)
After a break from racing of over a month, VMPRA members headed down to Warrnambool for a weekend of pylon racing. Members of the Warrnambool club turned out in force to help and to provide good food and refreshments for the weekend. The field was in great condition but the weather on Saturday was not so good with very strong wind and the rain starting to fall in the afternoon. Sunday really made up for it, with only a light breeze and scatter cloud cover.
On Saturday we flew 5 rounds of Q500 followed by another 5 rounds of F400. Once the rain started falling, FA1 was abandoned for the day.
FA1 (Aust F3D) about to launch
Sunday started with FA1 & Q500 alternating until 9 rounds of Q500 had been completed and then a further 4 rounds of FA1 was flown to complete the event.
All in all this was a very enjoyable weekend. As well as the on field action, we all went to the pub for dinner and a good chin wag on the Saturday night. It was a pity that entries for this event were down on the usual numbers but there was plenty of good racing to be had by all.
Results have been posted. See results >>>
Warrnambool Club House & Tony Axon
Brian Steel Launching James Hurley's Q500. David Axon's model is just in the air
Full gallery of photos from this event >>>
Check out this video taken at the event>>>