| Race report by Costas Agrafiotis |
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| On Sunday March 20, 2005, there was a big race in the island of Crete, Greece, for the All Crete Championship. The sky was blue, the sea was near, and the jumps were big for this fantastic track which was very enjoyable to drive. It was a great test for the National Championship in May 2005 and also for the EFRA GP Greece 2005 at the very same track in September 2005! |
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Team XRAY consisted of:
-Philip « Just had another Kid » Louis
-Thanos « Motocrosser » Macropoulos
-Costas « RadioControl » Agrafiotis
Those were just the Athens drivers⦠there were plenty more that completed the team locally! |
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| Results were very good, with Costas Agrafiotis claiming pole position, track record lap and the final win, after leading for 34 of the 35 minutes of the main final. Philip Louis was also on the podium with 3rd place, and local man Belibasakis was a solid 5th! One more XB8 made it to the Final and two more won 1st and 2nd place in the B final. |
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Makropoulos
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| The whole event was a success, mainly due to the fantastic track and local hospitality. XRAY drivers found a basic setup for the car and distributed it to anyone asking for it. The track had all kinds of corners - a big sweeper and a tricky triple-and-double jump - and it was changing grip conditions all the time so was the team was working together and changing setups to which the cars responded very well. |
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Louis Philip
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Actually it was Louis who helped alot with his setup ideas. Agrafiotis followed blindly and he just accepted as the car was doing better and better.
A final results:
1. Agrafiotis Costas XRAY XB8
2. Theologitis Stelios
3. Louis Philip XRAY XB8
4. Tsismenakis
5. Mpelimpasakis XRAY XB8
6. Xamourikos
7. Papazoglou
8. Xeiladakis
9. Pitsoulakis
10. Makropoulos XRAY XB8 |
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Agrafiotis Costas
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A big âśThanksâť goes to XRAY for the nice car, to Fanatix Models, to my teammates Louis P, and Makropoulos T, to Korres Model Tuning, to the Crete track and people, to my pitman Fragiskos and to Stelios Theologitis who came, helped, raced and made me very happy, to my sponsor www.radiocontrol.gr and most nice RC people!
Costas Agrafiotis
www.radiocontrol.gr |
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