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'''Ruepel''' is an Austrian ''[[Stunts (video game)|Stunts]]'' racer and competition organiser from the early 2000s online scene. He is best known as a head member of the 2002 [[ISA competition|ISA Championship]] alongside Pershing II and Agent Orange, and as a co-author of the community’s OWOOT rule (“One wheel on/over track”). See [https://wiki.stunts.hu/wiki/ISA ISA] and [https://wiki.stunts.hu/wiki/OWOOT OWOOT] on Stunts Wiki.

== Career ==
Ruepel emerged in 2002 as one of the Austrian organisers behind the [[ISA competition|International Stunts Association Championship]], which ran monthly races under strict OWOOT constraints. ISA is recorded as being led by Pershing II, Ruepel and Agent Orange, and it operated from February 2002 until late September 2002, when the series ceased and stewardship passed to [[Mingva]] who continued it as the [[Indy Racing Cup|IRC]]. See [https://wiki.stunts.hu/wiki/ISA Stunts Wiki – ISA] and [https://wiki.stunts.hu/wiki/IRC Stunts Wiki – IRC].

During ISA’s run, the competition interacted with the contemporaneous [[ZakStunts]] scene: for instance, Orion team notes from 2002 mention that ISA was “maintained by two Austrian drivers, Pershing II and Ruepel”, and reference early tracks such as Adelaide and London while Orion drivers sought experience under OWOOT conditions. See [https://wiki.stunts.hu/wiki/Orion Stunts Wiki – Orion].

Ruepel was also active on the Stunts Forum in the ISA/IRC board during spring 2002, appearing in administrative and scheduling posts as the championship evolved. See the board index: [https://forum.stunts.hu/index.php?board=8.0 Stunts Forum – ISA/IRC].

== Selected contributions ==
* '''ISA head member''' (with Pershing II and Agent Orange), 2002: monthly OWOOT-based championship. See [https://wiki.stunts.hu/wiki/ISA ISA page].
* '''OWOOT rule co-developer''' (with Pershing II): the name and rule set later adopted and adapted by several competitions. See [https://wiki.stunts.hu/wiki/OWOOT OWOOT page].
* '''Forum administration''' during ISA/IRC era (spring–autumn 2002). See [https://forum.stunts.hu/index.php?board=8.0 ISA/IRC board].

== Racing style and legacy ==
Though most visible as an organiser, Ruepel is cited in community histories for formalising the “clean-driving” ethos of OWOOT: keeping at least one wheel on or over the track at all times. That stance shaped the identity of ISA and influenced how other competitions documented their rules in the early 2000s Stunts revival. See [https://wiki.stunts.hu/wiki/OWOOT OWOOT] and [https://wiki.stunts.hu/wiki/ISA ISA].

== See also ==
* [[ISA competition]]
* [[Indy Racing Cup]]
* [[OWOOT]]

== Sources ==
* Stunts Wiki — ISA (head members; dates; handover to IRC): [https://wiki.stunts.hu/wiki/ISA link].
* Stunts Wiki — OWOOT (crediting Ruepel and Pershing II): [https://wiki.stunts.hu/wiki/OWOOT link].
* Stunts Wiki — Orion (note on ISA “maintained by Pershing II and Ruepel”): [https://wiki.stunts.hu/wiki/Orion link].
* Stunts Forum — ISA/IRC board index (threads with Ruepel in 2002): [https://forum.stunts.hu/index.php?board=8.0 link].

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