2012 Karjala Grand Prix qualifying races
Pre-Qualifying Race 1[edit | edit source]
Race 1
Mika Tervo led off the line until Vladimir Simonov passed him on lap 4. Tervo nearly binned it on lap 7, allowing Antero Virtanen into 2nd. Virtanen was amazingly fast, taking the lead at halfway and never looking back.
Contact between Franz Redlich and Denis Predikin in turn 1 cost both drivers a shot of prequalifying. Redlich bogged down in the sand while Predikin continued on albeit very slowly.
Vijay Pushanda escorted Jacques Bouvier into the tire wall after the Dwyer S on lap 2. Needless to say, the Frenchman was not pleased.
Ike Durbin was the other retirement, when he spun off in the same place Pushanda crashed, hitting the tire barriers and eliminating himself immediately.
The hero of this race was Tolyatti, on the simple fact that neither of the two Tolyattis in this race blew up, and Vladimirovich made it through. Also, Yevgeny Kuznetsov made it through in the second RUS Autosport car. The third PSI car, driven by Jim Hayes, DNPQ'd as well as Andreas Laporta and Kraig Mummert.
Race 1 Results[edit | edit source]
Position | Number | Driver | Sponsor | Team | Car | Laps | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 51 | ![]() |
Neste Oil | Kallela Motorsports | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
2 | 9 | ![]() |
Gessler | Gessler Richter MC Team | Gessler MTW12 | 16 | running |
3 | 78 | ![]() |
Arotel | Katzev Engineering | Katzev KE03 | 16 | running |
4 | 39 | ![]() |
Kesko/Cargotec | Silven Racing | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
5 | 23 | ![]() |
Nokia / Finnair | Finntech | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
6 | 74 | ![]() |
Hershey's | Mitchell & Sons Racing | Tremwell Knight | 16 | running |
7 | 256 | ![]() |
Wernström | Wernström Motorsport GmbH | Wernström 256 | 16 | running |
8 | 95 | ![]() |
Baltic Motorsports | Baltic Motorsports | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
9 | 85 | ![]() |
Tolyatti / Gazprom | Avtomobilniy Tolyatti | Tolyatti 112 | 16 | running |
10 | 36 | ![]() |
Buxton Powerworks | BlackDiamond Racing | Omecha BDM3 | 16 | running |
11 | 20 | ![]() |
Finnair | Finntech | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
12 | 777 | ![]() |
Speed Energy | Team EFR | EFR Journey MC90 | 16 | running |
13 | 88 | ![]() |
Vampt | Team EFR | EFR Journey MC90 | 16 | running |
14 | 82 | ![]() |
Aeroflot/Rosneft/Rusnal | RUS Autosport | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
15 | 64 | ![]() |
The Shafer Group | Mitchell & Sons Racing | Tremwell Knight | 16 | running |
16 | 07 | ![]() |
PCC | Power Steering Incorporated | Tonare Surge | 16 | running |
17 | 47 | ![]() |
Altoros | Xenos Racing | Xenos Claymore SH | 16 | running |
18 | 98 | ![]() |
Telefonica/Movistar | Blackstorm Motorsports | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
19 | 54 | ![]() |
Nokia | KRM Motors | Lycoia Brute | 16 | running |
20 | 460 | ![]() |
Verizon | FAC Motorsports | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
21 | 92 | ![]() |
BKR Australia | BKR Australia | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
22 | 0 | ![]() |
Alex Harrison Racing | Alex Harrison Racing | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
23 | 60 | ![]() |
Kalberg's Ice Cream | Eichholtz Autosport | Omecha MA02 | 16 | running |
24 | 71 | ![]() |
7-UP | 426 Motorsports | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
25 | 29 | ![]() |
Delano | James Dalton Racing | Bolden Kiowa | 16 | running |
26 | 18 | ![]() |
Five Guys Burgers & Fries | Star Team Nemoto | Nemoto Respetto | 16 | running |
27 | 110 | ![]() |
Yellow Trucking | Leckliter Racing | Lycoia Brute | 16 | running |
28 | 05 | ![]() |
Benneton / Allianz / Mueller | Team Mueller GmbH | Mueller MZ6 | 16 | running |
29 | 83 | ![]() |
Tolyatti / Gazprom | Avtomobilniy Tolyatti | Tolyatti 112 | 16 | running |
30 | 02 | ![]() |
Gessler.de | Ralf Zimmerman Motors | Omecha MA03 | 15 | running |
31 | 68 | ![]() |
Skullcandy | Terra International Motorsports | Lycoia Interceptor | 10 | accident |
32 | 42 | ![]() |
HP | Scuderia Tutino | Tutino T12 | 2 | accident |
33 | 14 | ![]() |
Airlantis | Majestic Motorsports | Gasnier Spahi | 2 | accident |
Pre Qualifying Race 2[edit | edit source]
Race 2
First off, Tom Delgado makes an idiot of himself and tries to run Kevin Dwyer off the road, but Dwyer has none of that, backs off just enough for Delgado to hook himself on Dwyer's front end and spin off into the tires. Derp derp derp...
To rub salt into the wound, Dwyer made it through.
As if things couldn't get worse for Delgado, his teammate, pole man Louis Kingston, slowly drifted back through the field but he hung on to the top 14 and passed Pre-Qualifying.
Jared Warth and Justin Keith collided after the former was booted by Ethan Everett on lap 2 in the Dwyer S. All three cars pitted for damage and were all a lap down afterwards.
Grigory Novakovsky pushed wide coming out of turn 3 and smashed the wall, taking himself out. Vladimir Nikolayev did the exact same thing the following lap.
Charlie Waters crashed, but this time he was completely innocent. In fact, Milano Rossini plowed through him like a bulldozer and eliminated both of them in turn 2 on the 11th lap. James Dalton reportedly threw his headset.
Speaking of notorious crashers, Anthony Griffith was bumped off the course by Cameron Taylor in turn 1 and lost a few positions as a result. He might have made the race otherwise, because Griffith set third fastest lap of the race...
Race 2 Results[edit | edit source]
Position | Number | Driver | Sponsor | Team | Car | Laps | Status |
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1 | 4 | ![]() |
Launch Orange | FLASH Racing | Inglesby Sonicboom | 16 | running |
2 | 290 | ![]() |
TNT N.V. | Worldsport | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
3 | 34 | ![]() |
Kesko/Cargotec | Silven Racing | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
4 | 1 | ![]() |
HAAS Manufacturing | Hodges-Walter Racing | Calton-Morel Altair | 16 | running |
5 | 23 | ![]() |
Lynxe | Volpi Racing Team | Volpi VC04 | 16 | running |
6 | 44 | ![]() |
Launch Energy Drink | FLASH Racing | Inglesby Sonicboom | 16 | running |
7 | 72 | ![]() |
Pepsi | Team SAAR USA | Saar Eagle | 16 | running |
8 | 21 | ![]() |
Nokia/Finnair | Finntech | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
9 | 55 | ![]() |
Nintendo | DeGarmo Enterprises | Juneau S2 | 16 | running |
10 | 81 | ![]() |
Quaker State | Full Throttle Racing | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
11 | 96 | ![]() |
Baltic Motorsports | Baltic Motorsports | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
12 | 09 | ![]() |
Spirit of Norway | Spirit of Norway | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
13 | 03 | ![]() |
Gessler.de | Ralf Zimmerman Motors | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
14 | 17 | ![]() |
Chicago Cubs | Star Team Nemoto | Nemoto Respetto | 16 | running |
15 | 24 | ![]() |
Spirit Fuels | Afterburner Motorsports | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
16 | 61 | ![]() |
Ruukki | Team Keranen | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
17 | 40 | ![]() |
DHL/Jasper Transmissions | Chip Stefano Motorsports | Mueller MZ6 | 16 | running |
18 | 126 | ![]() |
Applebees / Yellow Pages | RTR Automotive Engineering | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
19 | 52 | ![]() |
Gamestop | Big Mac Racing | Lycoia Brute | 16 | running |
20 | 84 | ![]() |
Tolyatti/ Gazprom | Avtomobilniy Tolyatti | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
21 | 779 | ![]() |
Team Whiper | Team Whiper | Lycoia Brute | 16 | running |
22 | 11 | ![]() |
Airlantis | Majestic Motorsports | Gasnier Spahi | 16 | running |
23 | 696 | ![]() |
Olvi | Altamont Autosport | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
24 | 08 | ![]() |
Kleffer Media | Power Steering, Incorporated | Tonare Surge | 16 | running |
25 | 15 | ![]() |
Amp Energy | Team SAAR USA | SAAR Eagle | 15 | running |
26 | 104 | ![]() |
Snowdrift Motorsports | Snowdrift Motorsports | Lycoia Brute | 15 | running |
27 | 65 | ![]() |
Graphite Max | G-MAX Crew | Omecha MA03 | 15 | running |
28 | 76 | ![]() |
Cathe | Mitchell & Sons Racing | Tremwell Knight | 15 | running |
29 | 30 | ![]() |
Delano | James Dalton Racing | Bolden Kiowa | 5 | accident |
30 | 512 | ![]() |
Rossini Kart | Rosini Sport | Omecha MA03 | 5 | accident |
31 | 93 | ![]() |
Gazprom | Cash Racing | Omecha MA03 | 4 | accident |
32 | 49 | ![]() |
Kaspersky Internet Securtiy | Ushanka Motorsports | Omecha MA03 | 3 | accident |
33 | 37 | ![]() |
Five Guys Burgers & Fries | Star Team Nemoto | Nemoto Respetto | 0 | accident |
Pre-Qualifying race 3[edit | edit source]
First corner, first lap, Radomir Stanyochev hooks Dieter Hallenstein and puts him out on the first corner. Oops. Early in the race, one of the biggest obstacles proved to be Chris Davenport. The Volpi driver managed to jam up the field quite hilariously, allowing everyone in front of him to build a huge gap.
Further back in the field on lap 1, Stan Rosenstreter got booted off the road into the expanded runoffs in turn 7. This one wasn't really anyone's fault, as the field stacked up in front of him.
Kurt Plissken pitted after the first lap for mechanical difficulties.
The big hero of the race was Marcos Leonard, who came from 33rd (last) to 13th -- good enough to make it past pre-qualifying.
Avery Holtzmann was the only other retirement, ending his run against the tires coming out of the Dwyer S trying to hold off the aforementioned Leonard.
Nosova dominated this race thoroughly, leading start-to-finish. Packer Carroll is the most notable DNPQ, and that couldn't have made team owner Cyril Volpi too happy...
Pre-Qualifying Race 3 results[edit | edit source]
Position | Number | Driver | Sponsor | Team | Car | Laps | Status |
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1 | 8 | ![]() |
Arotel | Katzev Engineering | Katzev KE03 | 16 | running |
2 | 13 | ![]() |
Vodafone | Hodges-Walter Racing | Calton-Morel Altair | 16 | running |
3 | 3 | ![]() |
Backyard Grill | Hodges-Walter Racing | Calton-Morel Altair | 16 | running |
4 | 5 | ![]() |
Dyelated Paints | Xenos Racing | Xenos Claymore SH | 16 | running |
5 | 97 | ![]() |
TH Racing | TH Racing | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
6 | 7 | ![]() |
Jjaro / Tecate | Katzev Engineering | Katzev KE03 | 16 | running |
7 | 35 | ![]() |
Kesko / Finnair | Silven Racing | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
8 | 10 | ![]() |
Gessler / Red Bull | Gessler Richter MC Team | Gessler MTW12 | 16 | running |
9 | 62 | ![]() |
Ruuki | Team Keranan | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
10 | 25 | ![]() |
Nintendo | DeGarmo Enterprises | Juneau S2 | 16 | running |
11 | 330 | ![]() |
Atlantic Motorsports | Atlantic Motorsports | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
12 | 28 | ![]() |
Lynxe | Volpi Racing Team | Volpi VC04 | 16 | running |
13 | 999 | ![]() |
Umbrella Corp | Xenos Racing | Xenos Claymore SH | 16 | running |
14 | 53 | ![]() |
Nokia | KRM Motors | Lycoia Brute | 16 | running |
15 | 86 | ![]() |
Panda Licorice | Arno Herkkinan Motors | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
16 | 12 | ![]() |
Airlantis/LaCie | Majestic Motorsports | Gasnier Spahi | 16 | running |
17 | 2 | ![]() |
MaiaSoft | Volpi Racing Team | Volpi VC04 | 16 | running |
18 | 41 | ![]() |
Nikon | Terra International Motorsports | Lycoia Interceptor | 16 | running |
19 | 103 | ![]() |
Y2K Anti-Virus | Derrick Cash Racing | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
20 | 94 | ![]() |
Konan Tuning | Sinkonen Racing Team | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
21 | 22 | ![]() |
Freedomn For Palestine | BlackDiamond Racing | Omecha BDM3 | 16 | running |
22 | 56 | ![]() |
Ricky & Lewis's | Atlantic Motorsports | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
23 | 67 | ![]() |
Rutgers | MRD Motorsports | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
24 | 73 | ![]() |
Altoros | Altoros GP | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
25 | 91 | ![]() |
BKR Australia | BKR Australia | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
26 | 50 | ![]() |
E.Hill Security | Scuderia Tutino | Tutino T12 | 16 | running |
27 | 720 | ![]() |
Ironic Debt Reducers | Carcia-Aragon Motorsports | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
28 | 45 | ![]() |
Matusek | Munich Autoworks | Omecha MA03 | 16 | running |
29 | 231 | ![]() |
Red Hot Racewear | Eicholtz Autosport | Omecha MA03 | 16 | Running |
30 | 16 | ![]() |
Loan Ranger | Power Steering, Incorporated | Tonare Surge | 15 | Running |
31 | 19 | ![]() |
Ender Construction | BlackDiamond Racing | Omecha BDM3 | 12 | accident |
32 | 291 | ![]() |
TNT N.V. | WorldSport | Omecha MA03 | 0 | accident |
33 | 31 | ![]() |
Delano | James Dalton Racing | Bolden Kiowa | 0 | accident |