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Team Shepherd and Hegedus win the 2012 Hungarian Onroad Championship

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Mike Garrison

0 Nov. 5, 2012, 6 a.m.

11/5/2012

By Mike Garrison

LiveRC.com

Shepherd Race Report:

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Last weekend the final round of the Hungarian On-Road Championship was held near the famous Hungaro Ring. In the 1/10 touring class the championship was already decided in the previous rounds. Just like in previous year Gergely Csekő took the title in a really close battle with Simon Ciudan (Shepherd).

Gergely skipped the last race which left Simon without a real opponent. He won the race although Balázs Bihari was quite close in the 30 min final and finished only 1 lap behind the fast Shepherd driver. Gábor László completed the podium.

With this 1st place Simon equaled Gergely on the point table, so Gergely won the title because he had one more 1st place than Simon over the year. Overall 3rd place also ended with tie, but in this case Shepherd driver Laszló Kis-Orbán had better the positions and became 3rd overall.

Final round result:

1st - Ciudan Simon (Shepherd)

2nd - Balázs Bihari

3rd - Gábor László

Championship 2012

1st - Gergely Csekő

2nd - Ciudan Simon (Shepherd)

3rd- László Kiss-Orbán (Shepherd)

In the 1/10 stock class still 5 racers had a mathematical chance to win the title on the last race, but basically 3 drivers were in close battle. Last year's champion Balázs Bihari had the best chances, his big rivals were Krisztián Gulyás (Shepherd) and Péter Varsányi. After qualifying it was clear that the decision will be either Balázs or Krisztián. Krisztán took TQ, and in the the 30 min final we saw a close battle between them. Finally Krisztián won the race 12 sec in front of Balázs, but this 2nd place was enough for him to keep the lead in the overall championship. Krisztián came 2nd overall with the most 1st place which is fantastic achievement considering that he had to skip 2 races during the year.

Final round result:

1st - Krisztián Gulyás (Shepherd)

2nd - Balázs Bihari

3rd- Tamás Sági

Championship 2012

1st - Balázs Bihari (Capricorn)

2nd - Krisztián Gulyás (Shepherd)

3rd- Péter Varsányi (Mugen)

The championship title of the 1/8th class was decided also at the final round. Tamás Hegedűs was leading the points table with 12 point and his only opponent for the title was Tamás Sági who really needed to win the race to keep his chance alive. In the 30 min final apart from a small mistake from Tamás in the 2nd lap which dropped him back to 4th place, his title was never in danger. In the early stage Krisztián Gulyás was leading the race followed by Tamás Hegedűs on 2nd and Tamás Sági in 3rd place. Later on Tamás Hegedűs took over the lead from Kriszián and Tamás Sági made a mistake which damaged his car and forced him to stay in the pits for several laps. After this Tamás Hegedűs was able to cruise to victory and the Hungarian Championship title with Krisztián Gulyás and Tamás Sági in secon and third place.