By Summary of Sunday morning qualifying results at one-day Croatian road racing event, Prize of Zelina – ‘Velika Nagrada Zeline’ (0.808 miles – 1300 metres long street circuit in Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia), displaying pole-positions for:
Young talent Krizevci’s Karlo Grsic who set an unofficial 600cc lap-record (Superstock 600), Denis Morovic (Superstock 1000), Josip Jacmenjak (Supersport 300), Danijel Kopric (Sport Production 125), and Matija Branjusic (1000/600 B Race ‘Amateur’).
600/1000cc bikes are back on Croatian roads for the first time since June’s Prize of Krizevci ‘Croatia’s Monte Carlo’. Second from Stock 1000 race at Krizevci, Croatia’s fastest ever TT racer, Loris Majcan, is a non-starter in this weekend’s Sveti Ivan Zelina road-racing foray.
Overall qualifying results per class not including yesteryear, Supermoto, Scooter classes, read as follows:
Superstock 1000 / Big Boys :
1st – Denis Morovic – 45.694
2nd – Petar Besker – 46.639
3rd – Domagoj Bulat – 46.721
4th – Alesandro Boras – 47.565
5th – Antonio Ciko – 47.671
6th – Davor Grgan – 48.664
7th – Goran Krznaric – 48.802
8th – Milan Filipovic – 52.231
9th – Igor Krizanic – 52.867
10th – Mladen Kaniski – 53.144
11th – Ivan Majic – 59.241
Superstock 600:
1st – Karlo Grsic – 45.247 (Unofficial Supersport lap record)
2nd – Denis Morovic – 45.765
3rd – Valentin Knapic – 46.344
4th – Marin Marovic – 48.849
5th – Sinisa Bjelan – 49.468
6th – Matija Begovic – 50.441
Supersport 300:
1st – Josip Jacmenjak – 49.336
2nd – Franjo Pucek – 51.227
Sport Production 125:
1st – Danijel Kopric – 50.649
2nd – Dorian Velic – 50.840
3rd – Vilim Babic – 51.053
4th – Luka Krljan – 51.495
5th – Davor Buntak – 51.594
6th – Magor Papiga – 51.791
7th – Kresimir Kristo – 52.134
8th – Mihael Kusic – 52.992
9th – Luka Maricic – 53.980
10th – Mihael Filipasic – 56.660
11th – Miroslav Peklic – 1.00.145
1000 / 600 B race, ‘Amateur’:
1st – Matija Branjusic – 47.311
2nd – Denis Bukovcak – 47.639
3rd – Renato Haramina – 47.644
4th – Toni Pucl – 48.368
5th – Kresimir Kralj – 49.039
6th – Kresimir Kristo – 49.041
7th – Dalibor Matkovic – 49.043
8th – Marko Bunoza – 51.271
9th – Mihael Obad – 51.508
Words by Jan Vavra
