Ruepel

Ruepel is an Austrian Stunts racer and competition organiser from the early 2000s online scene. He is best known as a head member of the 2002 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 ISA and OWOOT on Stunts Wiki.

Career

Ruepel emerged in 2002 as one of the Austrian organisers behind the 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 IRC. See Stunts Wiki – ISA and 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 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: Stunts Forum – ISA/IRC.

Selected contributions

• ISA head member (with Pershing II and Agent Orange), 2002: monthly OWOOT-based championship. See ISA page.
• OWOOT rule co-developer (with Pershing II): the name and rule set later adopted and adapted by several competitions. See OWOOT page.
• Forum administration during ISA/IRC era (spring–autumn 2002). See 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 OWOOT and ISA.

See also

• ISA competition
• Indy Racing Cup
• OWOOT

Sources

• Stunts Wiki — ISA (head members; dates; handover to IRC): link.
• Stunts Wiki — OWOOT (crediting Ruepel and Pershing II): link.
• Stunts Wiki — Orion (note on ISA “maintained by Pershing II and Ruepel”): link.
• Stunts Forum — ISA/IRC board index (threads with Ruepel in 2002): link.