The last round of Open Challenge series took place in Ruzyne last weekend. As usual organisers prepared open fast track with some big jumps. From previous rounds we more or less knew what conditions to expect and made good starting set-ups for both my XB2 and XB4â™16.
In 2wd qualifications my Team Orion powered XB2 got faster every round and TQed all three qualifications ahead of Michal Blahovsky and Vaclav Broz. In 4wd my XB4â™16 was dialled since the first lap gained easily overall TQ by TQing first two rounds.
In 2wd finals I had some good fights with Michal Blahovsky and managed to take the win in all three finals!
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2WD TOP 10:
1. Kaja Novotny (TQ) â“ XRAY XB2
2. Michal Blahovsky
3. Vaclav Broz 4. Martin Koncel â“ XRAY XB2
5. Vlastimil Smolik â“ XRAY XB2
6. Frank Hempel 7. Jindrich Jirak â“ XRAY XB2
8. Arnold Lorenz
9. Thomas Mager
10. Jan Vild
In 4wd finals my Orion powered XB4â™16 won all three finals almost a lap ahead of second driver and set the fastest lap of the race!
4WD TOP 10:
1. Kaja Novotny (TQ) â“ XRAY XB4
2. Michal Blahovsky
3. Vaclav Broz 4. Martin Koncel â“ XRAY XB4
5. Filip Rajdus â“ XRAY XB4
6. Tomas Rajdus â“ XRAY XB4
7. Jan Domansky 8. Jindrich Jirak â“ XRAY XB4
9. Petr Tomasek â“ XRAY XB4
10. Vlastimil Smolik - XRAY XB4
As this was the last race of the series, there was also overall price giving ceremony, where I took the title in both 2wd&4wd classes.
