| Races report by Costas Agrafiotis |
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| On May 11, 2005 there was a big endurance race at the Arena Track in Athens. Team XRAY was reluctant to participate in this event, since in 4 days their cars had to be ready for the Greek Championship in Crete. But since everyone else had been practicing these days, Costas Agrafiotis decided to race the endurance race (with 1 hour final) to learn how to drive a little better. So off he went to teammate Papachrsitosâ™ pastry shop, ate some chocolate candies and went away with his XB8 so he could keep his own XB8 in top shape for the championship. Papachristos wished his car goodbye and went to make some more pastries. |
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| At the race, Costas decided to practice for an hour just before the 1 hour final. The XB8 already had a race under its belt and now would have one more hour. At the start of the race and for the ensuing 20 minutes, there was a close battle between 3 drivers: Agrafiotis, Stathopoulos, and Kenkes. All three of them had much fun on the stand until Sathopoulos almost destroyed his Mugenâ™s front end at the pit entry â“ he was not having fun any more. Kenkes was pushing hard but his tires did not like it, so Agrafiotis cruised to finish in first place, amazed that his XB8 lasted again for the whole race. |
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After the race, they all went out together to eat some souvlaki and sample the local beverages. Drivers from the final also had the chance to win some great chargers and other stuff from the organizer.
So now the cars were ready for Crete and the team traveled to the Southern Greek island â“ some for the entire weekend, and only Sunday for others. The local track is great and the EFRA GP will be held there in September. More than 40 drivers were present and the competition was really tough, and the track was very slippery and hot. After many souvlaki and some local âśrakiâť beverage, Agrafiotis, Belibasakis, and Louis made it to the Main Final. |
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Louis was unlucky and finished 7th but took home some points, local driver Belibasakis managed 6th, Agrafiotis tried hard, found a good setup just at the end of qualifying, but made mistakes and finished a very disappointing 2nd overall. The championship still has 5 races to go, with the next one at Thessaloniki, in Northern Greece, on a brand new track.
Team XRAY consisted of:
-Philip « No more kids for now » Louis
-Thanos « Motocrosser » Macropoulos
-Costas « RadioControl » Agrafiotis
Those were the Athens drivers, plenty more completed the team locally! |
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Endurance Results:
1. Agrafiotis Costas XRAY XB8
2. Stathopoulos Vasilis Mugen
3. Kenkes Fotis Mugen
Greek Championship 4th Round Results
1. Theologitis Stelios Kyosho
2. Agrafiotis Costas XRAY XB8
3. Pitsoulakis Kyosho
4. Papanikolaou Kyosho
5. Tsigos Mugen
6. Belibasakis XRAY XB8
7. Louis XRAY XB8
8. Perogiannakis Mugen
9. Stathopoulos Mugen
10. Terzis Kyosho
A big âśthanksâť goes out to XRAY for the great car, to Fanatix Models, to my teammates Louis P and Makropoulos T, to Korres Model Tuning, to the Crete track and people, to my sponsor www.radiocontrol.gr and most nice RC people!
Costas Agrafiotis
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