XB8E wins at Swiss off-road Championships, Round 2
May 02, 2024
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Report by Philip Jeisy
The first round of the E8OR Swiss Championship 2024 took place at the astro track of the “RC Racing Club Arlesheim”.
There were two separate races on Saturday and Sunday.
I had a pretty good starting setup from the last training weekend so I could push the car from the very first round of the day. After some solid qualification rounds (and some setup advices), I placed my car on the second spot of the grid just behind Patrick Hofer and in front of Marco Rytz.
In the first and second A-main I always struggled with the double jump at the beginning of the straight, so I had the work much harder than I wanted to gain some spots. With a good 10 minutes run in the last A3-main I finished 2nd overall at the first race on Saturday just behind Patrick Hofer who was unbeatable. Very impressive drive!
The race on Sunday didn’t start as I expected: the last group of the first quali group was affected by some rain drops, so it wasn’t possible to reach a good position. After a pretty bad first qualy I could place my XB8E 2024 on the third spot of the grid.
The first A-main couldn’t work better for me: after some bad luck with a DNF of Patrick Hofer I could win the first main just in front of Noah Kaufmann, who had a really good pace on this high grip astro track. In the second main the positions swapped so I finished in second place, just behind Noah. The final and third round went perfect for me so I could bring home A3 and the overall victory on Sunday in front of Noah in second and Patrick on the third spot.
In conclusion, the weekend was just ideal for me. The XB8E 2024 worked perfect, the atmosphere on and off the track was great and the club did an excellent job.
A big thanks goes the guys to right and to my left (of the pit table). Thanks for all the support during the weekend and throughout the whole season! Results like that wouldn’t be possible without you.
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Results:
1. Philip Jeisy - XRAY XB8E
2. Noah Kaufmann
3. Patrick Hofer
