jeb@eisx.UUCP (07/11/83)
These are (some of) the final results of the 18th World Soaring
Championships, after 12 competition days:
Standard Class: 1 Stig Oye, Denmark (LS-4) 10,780 points
2 Tom Beltz, U.S. (LS-4) 10,771
3 Buchanan, Australia (LS-4) 10,714
4 Eric Mozer, U.S. (LS-4) 10,499
The results must have been a real heartbreaker for Tommy Beltz,
but the manufacturers of the LS-4 must be celebrating. Will
the Standard Class be the next one-type competition?
15-meter Class: 1 Kees Musters, Netherlands (Ventus A) 11,259
2 Karl Striedieck, U.S. 11,145
3 Goudriaan, South Africa 10,709
10 Ray Gimmey, U.S. 10,278
Open Class: 1 Ingo Renner, Australia (Nimbus 3) 11,784
2 Bruno Gantenbring, W. Germany (Nimbus 3) 11,295
4 George Moffat, U.S. (Nimbus 3) 10,587
7 Dick Butler, U.S. 10,450rmiller@ccvaxa.UUCP (07/20/83)
#R:eisx:-56900:ccvaxa:5100008:000:1310 ccvaxa!rmiller Jul 18 22:01:00 1983 correction: Eric Mozer was 5th in the standard class, not 4th. remember that the weather at Hobbs was very homogenous over the contest. the reason the Ls-4A (standard class) and the Nimbus 3 (open class) cleaned up was because there wing loadings were higher then the competition. in weak weather, it would have been a toss up between the Ls-4A and the DG-300 and also between the Nimbus 3 and the AS-W 22. believe me, Tommy Beltz has absolutely nothing to be broken hearted about, that 9 point loss was due to a 10 point penalty back in the middle of the contest. but also belive me when i say that there was NO ONE IN THE WORLD who could touch Ingo Renner of Australia in the open class! he was 216 points from a perfect contest and gave up over half of that by being safe and starting early on the last day (when he had over a 650 point lead on Bruno Gantenbrink of West Germany). the only time anyone has EVER seen a more impressive piece of flying was when Renner won ALL 8 days of the Australian Nationals last year! The only reason he did not do it at Hobbs were people like George Lee of England (112 MPH on day 4 on a 350 mile triangle) and Bruno Gantenbrink who both claimed they were flying as well as they ever had! Richard J. Miller Scorer, 18th World Soaring Championships uiucdcs!ccvaxa!rmiller