First race of XRAY Challenge Moravia and Slovakia cup was held in Hudy Arena the last weekend. The racing facility is truly amazing with two large permanent carpet on-road and off-road tracks, large permanent pits and a very nice restaurant. We have used both on-road and off-road tracks and raced on both in 5 different categories. The race started on Friday afternoon with a free practice which continued until midnight. There were 2 more hours of practice on Saturday morning for those who could not join the practice on Friday. On Saturday we run 3 qualifiers with 2 best results counted, followed with three final rounds.
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The first race on the brand new carpet tracks was very exciting to watch. The off-road track has many difficult and challenging jumps which makes it very difficult for many drivers. This race was also the first race for Martin Hudy at this new off-road track so no advantages for him. Martin decided to join the off-road race in the last minute and since he did not have built a car he grabbed from the display shelf Martin Bayerâ™s European Championship winning XB4. Martin changed only the tires and made 3 warm-up laps to learn the track which was good enough for him to take TQ and to win the off-road race.
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GT cars with stock motors were also really fun to watch. The race was mainly between Igor Liptak and Andrej Vnucko. Igor was able to set TQ however traction roll problems in the finals allowed Andrej to took the lead and to win in front of Igor and Miro Hargas.
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In stock category with limited motor (17.5) it was a very close racing during entire race. Martin Kratochvil grabbed the overall stock class win after very close racing in the last final, followed with Oliver Havranek and Milan Krecek in third place.
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The fastest modified touring category has enjoyed the most entries and was also the most thrilling one to watch. The race was dominated by Martin Hudy who won all three qualifiers rounds and finals. Marek Cerny, the current ETS stock champion, put some nice challenges to Martin and finished second overall. A tight and competitive racing was going on with chasing the 3rd place. The fight for the podium finish was between Jiri Vysin, Adam Janovic and Kuba Simurda. At the end it was Jirka Vysin who took the overall 3rd place.
1/10 off-road 4WD â“ TOP 3
1. Martin Hudy - XRAY XB4
2. Petr Sekula
3. Honza Slezak - XRAY XB4
Formula - TOP 3
1. Svetozar Spalek
2. Miro Hargas
3. Andrej Vnucko
Pan Car 1/10 - TOP 3
1. Andrej Vnucko
2. Igor Liptak - XRAY X10
3. Miro Hargas - XRAY X10
Touring Stock 17.5 - TOP 5
1. Martin Kratochvil - XRAY T4â™14
2. Oliver Havranek - XRAY T4â™14
3. Milan Krecek - XRAY T4â™14
4. Branislav Panak - XRAY T4
5. Mirek Novak - XRAY T4
Touring Modified - TOP 10
1. Martin Hudy - XRAY T4â™14
2. Marek Cerny - XRAY T4â™14
3. Jiri Vysin - XRAY T4â™14
4. Adam Janovic - XRAY T4â™14
5. Kuba Simurda - XRAY T4â™14
6. Jiri Janousek - XRAY T4
7. Tomas Liptak - XRAY T4â™14
8. Roman Korinek - XRAY T4
9. Martin Korinek - XRAY T3
10. Denis Kubik - XRAY T4â™14
At the end I have to say that I really enjoyed the race. Perfectly prepared tracks, amazing track layouts, fantastic food and service, all was superb and I could not imagine a better race than this. Therefore I canâ™t wait till next race round of the XRAY Challenge Moravia & Slovakia which is scheduled on 16th November.
